Coronach, Sask. boy bullied for Indigenous heritage, family speaks out – Global News

March 18, 2024

A Saskatchewan family has turned to the RCMP and FSIN in an attempt to stop the harassment of their 10-year-old son.

Chasity Delorme said her nephew Victor Bear has been bullied relentlessly for five years about his Indigenous heritage.

“Victor is a very kind young man who once had long, beautiful hair and was once proud of his braid,” Delorme said. “Within a year of living in Coronach, it got to the point where he told his mom he was tired of being called Victoria and he wanted to cut his hair.”

The family moved to Coronach, Sask., five years ago, a small town near the Manitoba border.

Bear’s aunt said the 10-year-old boy is a skilled hunter and fisher and knows a lot about farmland but has struggled with bullies.

“It just started to increase in seriousness every year since,” Delorme told Global News. “This last particular incident got very aggressive.”

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