CARRY THE KETTLE FIRST NATION -- First Nations communities in southern Saskatchewan are beginning to administer their first COVID-19 vaccines. It was a mixture of excitement and apprehension on Carry The Kettle First Nation as elders received their shots on Thursday. "We’re putting our trust and faith in the vaccine; that it is safe, that it is going to reduce the number of COVID positive results that we’ve been seeing," Carry The Kettle Band Councillor Shawn Spencer said. Carry The Kettle received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday and began administering the shots to residents 70 and over.