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A public inquest into the mass stabbings at James Smith Cree Nation and the town of Weldon doesn't begin until next week, but Chief Calvin Sanderson is already having trouble sleeping.

The accused was being held Thursday morning at the Porter County Jail on an $8,000 cash-only bond, records show.

The doctor who conducted the autopsy said the wound suffered by the victim was not consistent with the story given by Karen Sons, police said.

On Monday, Chief Wally Burns expressed the complex emotions in James Smith Cree Nation one year after the mass stabbing event that gripped the community.

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — Robert Head says people on his First Nation experienced one their worst mornings on Monday as they marked the anniversary of last year's mass stabbing.

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — Robert Head says people on his First Nation experienced one their worst mornings on Monday as they marked the anniversary of last year's mass stabbing.

First, they talk to robert, boyfriend number one who is on the road in his long haul truck. how did he react to the news? >> he was devastated. >> easy enough to check in on robert, gps records put in a full days drive away when nikki was murdered. and when they met him, as we did, they could plainly see that his grief was real. >> i mean, that was my better half, and she is gone. it is a hard thing. >> this was how detectives discovered the unusual nature of robert and nikkis relationship. robe...

Condolences and prayers offered as part of a traditional healing gathering

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — Shirley Sanderson remembers the night nearly a year ago when she went from house to house on a Saskatchewan First Nation looking for victims of a deadly stabbing rampage.

Karen Sons is charged with murder on allegations of shooting and killing 54-year-old Robert Head on Dec. 8, 2017.