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Indige-Watch, the crisis response team for Elsipogtog First Nation, is calling for help with its funding set to expire.
Indige-Watch, founded in 2023, is funded through March
Sam Farley · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 26, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago
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Members of Indige-Watch in Elsipogtog are pictured with representatives from a drone company during a search and rescue training event in December. (Submitted by Patrice Dedam)
The crisis response team for a First Nation community in New Brunswick is calling for help with its funding set to expire.
Indige-Watch is an Indigenous-led crisis response team in Elsipogtog First Nation that works alongside RCMP officers to attend calls and de-escalate situations. But the program’s funding runs out in a matter of weeks.
This comes after a fatal police shooting of an Indigenous man in another First Nation in New Brunswick last week.
Indige-Watch executive director Patrice Dedam said in an interview with Information Morning Fredericton the recent death of Bronson Paul in Neqotkuk First Nation has “reopened deep wounds” for the community of Elsipogtog.
Her cousin,
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