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The worst thing Perry Mcleod ever pulled out of a cistern was a car battery.
âThe family didnât know. They were using the water to wash their clothes, wash their dishes, wash their faces, brush their teeth,â he says.
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Mcleod is the water treatment plant operator at Peepeekisis Cree Nation, located roughly 110 kilometres northeast of Regina.
There are 150 homes, about 90 per cent of which are not hooked up to the water treatment plant. Water from the plant is pumped into trucks and driven to most homes, where it goes into cisterns â large concrete storage tanks.
Lack of funding for piped water on First Nations in Sask means some on reserves can t drink from their taps
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First Nations workers in Saskatchewan sacrifice wages, vacation to run underfunded water systems
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Welcome to another season of Home on the Rez!
Home on the Rez is a series of podcast episodes about housing in First Nations communities.
Home on the Rez explores how some First Nations communities are successfully addressing their housing challenges. The episodes feature in-depth interviews on a range of subjects on First Nations housing.
We are now on our 3rd season.
Each podcast is 15 minutes.
The podcasts are co-hosted by Jennifer Francis and Mick Favel. Jennifer and Mick are journalism students in the Indigenous Communication Arts (INCA) program at the First Nations University of Canada. Jennifer is from Kahkewistahaw First Nation and Mick is from Kawakatoose First Nation on Treaty Four Territory in Saskatchewan.