Protest teepee back near Saskatchewan legislature days after ordered taken down

REGINA – To the sound of beating drums and applause people put up a teepee outside the Saskatchewan legislature only days after the government ordered it taken down and police arrested Indigenous protesters.

The Justice for our Stolen Children camp was set up in February after the acquittals of Gerald Stanley in the fatal shooting of Colten Boushie and Raymond Cormier in the death of Manitoba teen Tina Fontaine.

Both victims were Indigenous.

The Saskatchewan government said it ordered the removal of the camp over safety concerns.

The six people who were arrested by Regina police on Monday have since been released.

The teepee was set up again following an event marking National Indigenous Peoples Day. (CTV Regina, The Canadian Press)