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Letter:
I think that it's a darned shame that the Assembly of First Nations is taking the responsiblity of saying what Native people need in relation to any money or anything that comes from the federal government for the people that suffered the abuse in those schools. I think that all of the native leaders should allow the people that were abused to decide what happens to anything…
Letter:
What should take place with the $350 million is to compensate all the victims of the boarding schools days, otherwise DIAND will hire consultants who will eat away at the money and Aboriginal people won't benefit from the funds at all. Very little money will filter into the Aboriginal community.
To me, it would make more sense to compensate each victim, whatever little of…
Letter:
What should take place with the $350 million is to compensate all the victims of the boarding schools days, otherwise DIAND will hire consultants who will eat away at the money and Aboriginal people won't benefit from the funds at all. Very little money will filter into the Aboriginal community.
To me, it would make more sense to compensate each victim, whatever little of…
Letter:
What should take place with the $350 million is to compensate all the victims of the boarding schools days, otherwise DIAND will hire consultants who will eat away at the money and Aboriginal people won't benefit from the funds at all. Very little money will filter into the Aboriginal community.
To me, it would make more sense to compensate each victim, whatever little of…
Letter:
I believe that while it was the right thing to do, I don't think that a federal government can offer an apology. It was not an apology, because an apology is an addmission of wrong-doing and an asking for forgiveness and I don't believe that was what was done. Also, I question whether or not the federal government can give an apology on action committed by their ancestors and…
Letter:
I believe that while it was the right thing to do, I don't think that a federal government can offer an apology. It was not an apology, because an apology is an addmission of wrong-doing and an asking for forgiveness and I don't believe that was what was done. Also, I question whether or not the federal government can give an apology on action committed by their ancestors and…
Letter:
I believe that while it was the right thing to do, I don't think that a federal government can offer an apology. It was not an apology, because an apology is an admission of wrong-doing and an asking for forgiveness and I don't believe that was what was done. Also, I question whether or not the federal government can give an apology on action committed by their ancestors…
You can't put a price tag on what Native people endured. Three hundred and fifty million is not a good amount. There is no price tag, because right now the cycle still continues. Native people have the hightest rate of suicide and there is a lot of addictions among our people. And one of the saddest things is the governement just can't get away with putting a price tag on that. I believe…
You can't put a price tag on what Native people endured. Three hundred and fifty million is not a good amount. There is no price tag, because right now the cycle still continues. Native people have the hightest rate of suicide and there is a lot of addictions among our people. And one of the saddest things is the governement just can't get away with putting a price tag on that. I believe…
You can't put a price tag on what Native people endured. Three hundred and fifty million is not a good amount. There is no price tag, because right now the cycle still continues. Native people have the hightest rate of suicide and there is a lot of addictions among our people. And one of the saddest things is the governement just can't get away with putting a price tag on that. I believe…
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A precedent-setting trial has begun to address the issue of the abuse suffered by former students of the Port Alberni Residential School and the resulting legacy of problems that abuse created for Aboriginal people in Canada.
The case was launched by 26 First Nations men who suffered sexual, emotional and physical abuse while attending the United Church-operated school in…
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A precedent-setting trial has begun to address the issue of the abuse suffered by former students of the Port Alberni Residential School and the resulting legacy of problems that abuse created for Aboriginal people in Canada.
The case was launched by 26 First Nations men who suffered sexual, emotional and physical abuse while attending the United Church-operated school in…
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A precedent-setting trial has begun to address the issue of the abuse suffered by former students of the Port Alberni Residential School and the resulting legacy of problems that abuse created for Aboriginal people in Canada.
The case was launched by 26 First Nations men who suffered sexual, emotional and physical abuse while attending the United Church-operated school in…
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Roy Whitney, chief of the Tsuu T'ina reserve near Calgary, is suing band member Bruce Starlight for defamation of character after obtaining a copy of a confidential letter Starlight wrote to Jane Stewart, minister of Indian and Northern Affairs. The letter accused Whitney and the Tsuu T'ina band administration of mismanaging reserve finances.
Starlight wrote the letter to…
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Roy Whitney, chief of the Tsuu T'ina reserve near Calgary, is suing band member Bruce Starlight for defamation of character after obtaining a copy of a confidential letter Starlight wrote to Jane Stewart, minister of Indian and Northern Affairs. The letter accused Whitney and the Tsuu T'ina band administration of mismanaging reserve finances.
Starlight wrote the letter to…