A fire that took the homes of 31 people who lived on the Mosquito First Nation temporarily displaced eight families, but plans to rebuild their homes are underway.
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Posted: Mar 06, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: March 6
Cecile Moosomin wants to see a referendum held within the Mosquito Grizzly Bear s Head Lean Man First Nation to determine whether or not leadership will go ahead with a land settlement that would see the First Nation receive $127 million or, instead, pursue the land itself. (Morgan Modjeski/CBC)
Cecile Joan Moosomin walks across the land her ancestors have walked across for centuries. For Moosomin and her family the land is precious it s life.
Coming to a clearing in the woods, her partner Gale and her daughter Angel-Sky listen intently as she reads about the history of the land and the hangings that took place in the North Battleford area in 1885, and talks about what that history means for her.