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When Kathleen Greene was eight years old, they told her she had to go to residential school or her father would go to jail. So she went, kicking and screaming.
The kicking and screaming didn't last. Once inside the school, Greene soon learned how to endure the insults, the sexual abuse and beatings without tears.
"One day, I decided not to cry," she said, " and when…
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When Kathleen Greene was eight years old, they told her she had to go to residential school or her father would go to jail. So she went, kicking and screaming.
The kicking and screaming didn't last. Once inside the school, Greene soon learned how to endure the insults, the sexual abuse and beatings without tears.
"One day, I decided not to cry," she said, " and when…
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The Federal Court of Canada handed down a decision July 6 support-ing Bill C-31, which restored status to 118,000 Indians who had lost it through various means, including women who had married white men.
The 1985 bill was challenged by the Sawridge First nation in northern Alberta, led by Chief Walter Twinn, the Tsuu T'ina First Nation outside Calgary and the Ermineskin…
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The Federal Court of Canada handed down a decision July 6 support-ing Bill C-31, which restored status to 118,000 Indians who had lost it through various means, including women who had married white men.
The 1985 bill was challenged by the Sawridge First nation in northern Alberta, led by Chief Walter Twinn, the Tsuu T'ina First Nation outside Calgary and the Ermineskin…
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A small group of Kanehsatake residents is cultivating millions of dol-lars worth of marijuana and the authorities are turning a blind eye, says resi-dents of this Mohawk community wet of Montreal.
One Mohawk, who asked to remain anonymous, said that local dope growers have admitted to paying off police officers to avoid being investi-gated. The marijuana is being grown in…
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A small group of Kanehsatake residents is cultivating millions of dol-lars worth of marijuana and the authorities are turning a blind eye, says resi-dents of this Mohawk community wet of Montreal.
One Mohawk, who asked to remain anonymous, said that local dope growers have admitted to paying off police officers to avoid being investi-gated. The marijuana is being grown in…
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Non-insured health benefits, including things like eyeglasses, dental services, prescription drugs and medical supplies, may be cut or severely re-stricted under new budget guidelines being hammered out by Health Canada.
A letter sent to the Assembly of First Nations and signed by assistant deputy Health minister Paul Cochrane said there are five options the…
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Non-insured health benefits, including things like eyeglasses, dental services, prescription drugs and medical supplies, may be cut or severely re-stricted under new budget guidelines being hammered out by Health Canada.
A letter sent to the Assembly of First Nations and signed by assistant deputy Health minister Paul Cochrane said there are five options the…
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The RCMP have identified as many as 90 suspects in their investiga-tion into physical and sexual abuse at Native residential schools in British Columbia. Of those identified, however, many are dead and others may be, before any charges can be laid.
Though suspects have been identified, there are still two years of evi-dence gathering to go before the RCMP will lay charges…
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The RCMP have identified as many as 90 suspects in their investiga-tion into physical and sexual abuse at Native residential schools in British Columbia. Of those identified, however, many are dead and others may be, before any charges can be laid.
Though suspects have been identified, there are still two years of evi-dence gathering to go before the RCMP will lay charges…
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Miners and construction workers are flooding into Innu and Inuit ter-ritory in Labrador, where the world's biggest nickel and copper mine has been discovered in the middle of an ancient Native burial site.
"It's scary. They just might set up another town right there in the middle of Innu territory," says Chief Katie Rich of the Mushuau Innu First Nation, whose mother's…
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Miners and construction workers are flooding into Innu and Inuit ter-ritory in Labrador, where the world's biggest nickel and copper mine has been discovered in the middle of an ancient Native burial site.
"It's scary. They just might set up another town right there in the middle of Innu territory," says Chief Katie Rich of the Mushuau Innu First Nation, whose mother's…
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On June 22, in the posh surroundings of Edmonton's Hilton Hotel, members of the Lubicon Lake Cree Nation called a press conference to an-nounce that they are seeking to form their own band. The break-away group's leader, Billy Joe Laboucan, explained that the Little Buffalo Cree Nation, as they plan to be called, had applied formally for band division in February.
"We have…
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On June 22, in the posh surroundings of Edmonton's Hilton Hotel, members of the Lubicon Lake Cree Nation called a press conference to an-nounce that they are seeking to form their own band. The break-away group's leader, Billy Joe Laboucan, explained that the Little Buffalo Cree Nation, as they plan to be called, had applied formally for band division in February.
"We have…
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Differences between the Walpole Island Band Council and members of that community have escalated so that there are now calls for the chief''s resignation. The unhappy Ontario community of just over 1,000 has been racked with internal strife, made visible by protests, petitions and the use of what are described by one of the dissident members as goon squad tactics.
"This…