Wikipedia Draft:Tristen Durocher

Tristen Durocher is an Indigenous musician and activist from Canada.

Tristen Durocher was born in 1996. He is Métis, originally from Air Ronge, northern Saskatchewan, Canada.

Tristen Durocher considers himself two-spirited, possessing both a male and female mind, and is involved in the LGBTQ community.

Tristen Durocher launched in 2020 an initiative to raise the awareness of the population and governments on the mental health challenges of Indigenous youth. He is an advocate for suicide and mental health programs.

He walked approximately 635 kilometers between his community of Air Ronge and Regina, to establish a camp in front of the Saskatchewan legislature, at Wascana Park. . He began a fast on July 31, 2020 and concluded it on September 13, 2020, 44 days after the start of the fast,. Tristen Durocher’s goal was to get the Saskatchewan government to take action to fight suicides in Indigenous communities

His peaceful struggle was punctuated by the provincial government asking him to dismantle his tipi installed in front of the legislative assembly, because no authorization request had been made beforehand. . Judge Graeme Mitchell dismissed the government’s application for a court order to remove Durocher, saying the bylaws and trespassing notice against him are unconstitutional,. The decision is based on the ceremonial fast protected for the Indigenous population, under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Tristen Durocher is also a traditional Métis fiddle and a fiddle teacher. In 2009, he received the SaskTel Indigenous Youth Award for Art in recognition and participated in the provincial Northern Spirits program coordinated through the Northern District for Sport, Culture and Recreation. In 2019, he received the People's Choice in the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Competition. He was also placed 9th among 35 of the Canada's top fiddlers

His peaceful initiatives for better access to mental health programs for Indigenous youth, as well as his sharing of Métis culture through music, aim to improve the well-being of the Indigenous population of Canada and support reconciliation efforts.