Youth Suicide Crisis in Tataskweyak Cree Nation

Rylee Nepinak is organizing this fundraiser.

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Dear Relatives of Turtle Island,

On August 11th I will be starting my journey from Vancouver to Halifax to fundraise and raise awareness for Tataskweyak Cree Nation.

Tataskweyak is currently in a State of Emergency. Sadly, there has been 13 suicides in their community over the past year, with 4 of them in the last two months.

With permission from the Chief, and Family members, I am sharing the names of the youth who have passed, to honour and remember them.

The 13 Relatives we have lost to this darkness and have passed on to the spirit world are

Jayden Osborne

Terrence Beardy

Gary Beardy

Raymond Beardy

Draycen Kematch

Chavon Flett

Sandy Mayham

Hunter Morin

Michelle Cook

Janine Chornoby

Jonathan Saunder jr

Chaiton Spence

Corwin Saunders

some photos included

Hunter Morin

Chaiton Spence

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>> Once the funds have been raised, the youth of Tataskweyak will be solely be the ones in charge of allocating the money into resources they believe to be helpful, and necessary.

My goal is to host a Tataskweyak Youth Town Hall meeting to listen to their voices, and ideas which will hopefully lead to creating a Community Youth Council. Here, the Youth will be given the opportunities to be heard and have a say on decisions regarding their home community.

I would love to see youth town hall meeting in every community, because their voices matter and it’s important to empower, and hear them.

Please consider sharing or donating. Let’s empower them together.

https://www.themanitoban.com/2021/07/tataskweyak-cree-nation-declares-state-of-emergency/42377/