'Silenced her spirit': First Nations leaders say Saskatchewan court workers sent home for orange shirts

'How can we expect a system to deliver justice for Indigenous people, when it refuses to acknowledge the very history that continues to harm us?' says vicie-chief of Meadow Lake Tribal Council

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. — First Nations leaders say the pride two Saskatchewan courthouse staff felt on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation turned to shame after they were told to change out of the orange clothing they wore to work.

The Meadow Lake Tribal Council, which represents nine First Nations, is demanding Saskatchewan investigate why the two First Nations women were told Monday to go home from the courthouse in Meadow Lake, northwest of Saskatoon, to change their clothes.