b'SFNWCWe Filled the Legislature with RedThe Declaration to Honour First Nations Women and GirlsON RED DRESS AWARENESS DAY 2022, the halls of the Saskatchewan Legislature were filled with First Nations women, girls, families, leaders and Knowledge Keepers. On this day, First Nations families who had lost a mother, a daughter, a sister, a niece, a cousin or a friend gathered in the building, proving First Nations people will always support each other and stand together to fight for justice for our people.On this day, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and the Saskatchewan First Nations Womens Commission (SFNWC) brought the Declaration to Honour First Nations Women and Girls to the Saskatchewan Legislature.This updated Declaration to Honour First Nations Women and Girls was developed by the FSIN Womens Commission Chiefs to bring awareness and assert our need for protection from the disproportionate levels of violencein all its formsfaced by First Nations peoples. It was read on the Legislative floor and was then accepted and unanimously adopted by the Saskatchewan Party. This show of support to accept and honour the Declaration is a step forward in addressing and creating solutions to combat systemic racism and violence experienced by First Nations women, girls and Two-Spirit people.On Red Dress Awareness Day, we showed up to the Legislative Building united with families and First Nations leadership from across the province, from the North to the South, to support families and demand justice for missing and murdered First Nations peoples, said FSIN Vice Chief Aly Bear. The Declaration to Honour Indigenous Women and Girls was adopted by the Saskatchewan government on Thursday, May 5. We filled the Legislature with red and demanded the support to 50OUR PRIORITY Issue 12021/22'