First Nations leaders end hunger strike

Two First Nation members ended their 11-day hunger strike yesterday.

According to CBC, Shelley Young and Jean Sock were only drinking water between March 1 and March 11. Both are from Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia.

The Nova Scotian chiefs halted the negotiation process with the federal government to make the pair end their strike.

The chiefs will instead go back to their communities to inform them of their objectives.

The hunger strike was the pair’s way to stop the Nova Scotian chiefs from taking part in framework agreement negotiations with the federal government.

Which is meant to set the terms for future land negotiations with the Nova Scotian First Nation people.

As a result of the hunger strike, Chief Terry Paul will resign from head of the organization discussing with the federal government. But he added the process does not harm sacred treatises.

STORY WRITTEN BY: GREGORY WILSON