{"id":79750,"date":"2024-02-16T09:44:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=79750"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:44:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:44:25","slug":"first-nations-emergency-alert-app-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/16\/first-nations-emergency-alert-app-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"First Nations emergency alert app launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0By Shari Narine \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan is implementing an emergency alert system created by Indigenous people for Indigenous people. &#8220;We were just walking around sort of in chaos, responding to this emergency, thinking it was an isolated incident,&#8221; said Chief Robert Head of Peter Chapman Band. He was speaking of the September 2022 stabbing spree carried out by Myles Sanderson that resulted in 11 people being killed and 17 injured at James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon. &#8220;(We were) not knowing the full picture of a larger attack in the community in many places and towards many people, so an emergency alert app could have given the membership heads up that morning,&#8221; said Head. 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He was speaking of the September 2022 stabbing spree carried out by Myles Sanderson that resulted in 11 people being killed and 17 injured at James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon. &#8220;(We were) not knowing the full picture of a larger attack in the community in many places and towards many people, so an emergency alert app could have given the membership heads up that morning,&#8221; said Head. 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