The Samson Cree First Nation is holding a referendum on Jan. 4th, asking residents to give the band the authority to banish gang members.
"It is just getting to the point where we need to do something drastic," said band member Theresia Boysis, 65.
"It's for the safety. Our little kids they want to run around and play too. They can't. Too many of our young people have been murdered, for what reason?"
Boysis keeps her ear on her police scanner an eye out her front window.
"I will go to bed at 8 p.m. and will be up at midnight just to keep an eye," she said.