It looks like the Province is reluctant to have a discussion with Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) and Sapotaweyak Cree Nation (SCN) with regards to their request to cancel non-Indigenous moose hunting in the MKO region. SCN Chief Genaille feels that people making decisions in Winnipeg have no idea of how it impacts First Nations communities and people living in the north.
“Without the sustainability of consultations with First Nations people living around the area, and just relying on the input of government officials that live in the City of Winnipeg, they’re not paying attention to the people they’re impacting with the decisions they are making, said SCN Chief Nelson Genaille. “We need proper consultation in this matter and for the Province to listen to the actual land stewards, because when First Nations people go on the land, we see what’s happening.