A court injunction has been filed against protesters on the Thunderchild First Nation.
The citizens began protesting oil drilling they say was set to happen on their Sundance grounds.
As a result, the members have been camped out on the site for the past few weeks.
Eldon Okanee says some seismic testing was already happening earlier this summer.
He adds contractors ripped up bushes, placed markers near a lodge and ended up desecrating some ceremonial cloth.
Okanee says the Sundance grounds are a sacred site for the band and there’s no way development should be happening anywhere near them.
At the very least, he says the band’s leadership should have consulted the membership about what was happening before any drilling began.
“You know, we’re very adamant about not allowing oil drilling on our sacred lands,” he says. “It can’t come at the expense of our ceremonies, our values, customs and traditions.”
Okanee says the band has filed an injunction to try and force the protesters to leave the Sundance grounds.
The injunction is scheduled to be heard tomorrow morning at Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon.