The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Executive calls on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to lay charges after an alleged assault at a home in Battleford on Sunday.

The man was reportedly attacked while unhooking a trailer with his 6-year old daughter sitting in the vehicle. The FSIN suggests it is a racially motived attack on the man from Poundmaker Cree Nation.

In the video, the attacker did strike the victim and grabbed his hair pulling him to the ground appearing to put a knee into his face while two other men watch. The attack occurred at a private residence.

A video posted to Facebook by Eleanore Sunchild shows three men approaching another man unhooking a trailer from his truck.  Only one of the men attacks the person unhooking the trailer and the audio is a little unclear despite the attacker’s yelling but he seems to be saying someone stole his pants.  You can view the video yourself here.

NDP MLA Betty Nippi-Albright, Critic for Truth and Reconciliation, First Nations and Métis Relations has issued this statement:

“I am absolutely appalled by the news coming out of the Battlefords a couple of nights ago and heartbroken that a six-year-old bore witness to this unprovoked attack. Sadly, attacks such as this one occur all too often in Saskatchewan. I stand with the FSIN in urging a swift investigation and appropriate charges. I also implore the people of Saskatchewan to write their MLAs and demand immediate action on the disproportionate levels of violence facing Indigenous people. Racism has no place in our province.”