Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand says there’s a need for more Indigenous-led services to help communities deal with tragedies and mental health issues.
Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand — whose sister, Bonnie Burns, and nephew, Gregory Burns, were killed in the attacks earlier this month — told a national summit on Indigenous wellness that such services were crucial to supporting families affected by what took place on the James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby village of Weldon.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.
Arcand said Indigenous-led services, like some of the programs offered by his organization, allow for nuanced supports and resources that account for issues such as intergenerational trauma from residential schools. Existing services — like systems in place for incarceration, child welfare and health care — have historically abused people from First Nations, he added.
Speaking at the summit, Arcand discussed the effectiveness of some of the Saskatoon Tribal Council’s community-based services, including their Health Bus program, which brings paramedics, mental health teams and dental services directly to members of First Nations communities who experience barriers to health services in urban areas.
“First Nations reserves and infrastructure is not there, or proper services, but these are things that need to be addressed,” Arcand said. “Unfortunately, it takes a tragedy for people to wake up and it’s got to stop. It’s got to be preventative instead of reactive.” Hajdu said the summit aimed to bring together people who are designing programs “through the lens of Indigenous experience, reality and connection to old age tradition, that are actually having more effective outcomes than Western-imposed programs that for far too long Indigenous people have suffered through.”
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