Carry-The-Kettle leaders facing political turmoil seek answers, direction
The CTK Nakota Nation elections occurred on April 4, 2022, when Scott Eashappie was elected chief and six councillors were voted into office.Bellegarde was given notice on Sept. 16, 2022, of her “attempted removal.” Councillor Joellen Haywahe said there was an attempt at her removal which occurred on Aug. 28, 2022. She said she was not given a reason or any documentation of this decision.
Bellegarde said Chief Eashappie removed her completely off payroll and that he had no quorum in a tribunal to do so. A video was taken of the altercation. The chief said he could not comment on who took the video of the physical altercation. Councillor Dwayne Thompson who was seen in the video stopping the physical altercation said he had to intervene to maintain calmness in the room.
“At that moment, I just seen everybody just buckle up and freeze because we didn’t know what was going to happen,” said Bellegarde. “This has never happened before … I received numerous calls and messages stating that something has to be done … coming from elders, they don’t recall ever having a leader in Carry-The-Kettle attack anybody at a meeting.”
The physical altercation between Chief Eashappie and Dean Thompson was supposed to be the focus of a recent general band meeting in Regina on Sept. 24. “Our membership wants a non-confidence vote on the chief and we’ve passed a by a quorum for the suspension of six months on Chief Scott Eashappie,” said Bellegarde. “He’s going to have to accept it. But we’re waiting for a response from Indian Affairs on that. When that response comes forward, I guess that’s where we’ll know what our next steps are.”
In a different letter dated Sept. 27 to Chief and Council, ISC stated they received correspondence from Chief Eashappie with a BCR, tribunal recommendations and decisions, Ms. Bellegarde’s email with an attached BCR and letter from a lawyer.
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