The Uncle of Monica Burns is urging provincial leaders to push for an inquiry into murdered and missing Aboriginal women following his niece’s murder.
The body of Monica was found on a remote snowmobile trail northwest of Prince Albert.
While police have not released too many details about the incident they do believe it was a homicide.
Monica’s uncle, Chief Justin Burns of the James Smith Cree Nation says incidents like these remind people of the importance of an inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
He says more needs to be done to push through an inquiry on a national level.
“It’s falling on deaf ears once it hits Ottawa and they don’t think it is an emergency to do an investigation into our missing women.”
Chief Burns says First Nation chiefs across the province in country need to make a collective push against the federal government.
“A lot of our Indigenous women are being targeted right now. Even in the City of Prince Albert this isn’t the first time this sort of scenario has occurred.”
The James Smith Chief says his niece was a kind-hearted and outgoing person.
The James Smith Cree Nation is planning a walk for missing and murdered aboriginal women on January 29 in Prince Albert.