Article Origin
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year
1996
Page 2
Saskatchewan leader Chief Blaine Favel said he now has proof that the
Canadian military isn't servious about combating racism within its
ranks. Favel, grand chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian
Nations is angry that two militia officers have been reinstated after
the pair was suspended for leading a racist war game. The training
exercise involved a scenario where a group of Aboriginal people
blockading a road were being led by a glue-sniffing ex-convict named
Frankie Fencepost. While the military contends there was no deliberate
intent to racially slur Natives, Favel believes the armed forces is
refusing to get to the root of the problem.
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