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Language frees Innu

Author

Windspeaker Staff, Goose Bay

Volume

8

Issue

14

Year

1990

Page 3

Language differences saw trespassing charges dropped against 14 Innu who protested low level flights at Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay.

The provincial court failed to find a translator after searching for someone willing to translate Innu into English. Seven others who failed to appear in court were found guilty of trespassing on Defense Department property and fined $50 each.