MPP Mamakwa reacts to being kicked out of legislature: ‘You cannot trample on First Nations’ rights’

MPP Sol Mamakwa shared his reaction to being named out of Ontario’s legislature after alleging Premier Doug Ford is ‘telling untruths’ to First Nations communities on Bill 5…

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MLAs in emotional exchanges over residential school burial sites

Caitlin Cleveland was being questioned by Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon about the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation’s assertion that the territorial government is improperly applying the NWT’s Archaeological Sites Act to residential school burials. The First Nation is investigating deaths that occurred while the St Joseph’s Residential School operated in Fort Resolution, between about 1903 and […]

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St. Anne’s survivor awarded $72K after review of denied abuse claim is still fighting

WARNING: This story contains details of abuse of children at residential schools For the residential school survivor known only as claimant T-00185, justice has been elusive. He alleged in 2009 under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement assessment process that he had been sexually abused by two older boys at the notorious St. Anne’s Indian […]

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Residential school survivors’ group on verge of shutdown amid lack of funding from Canada

A residential school survivors’ group on the verge shutdown due to a lack of funding is accusing the federal government of breaking promises and lying to survivors about Canada’s commitment to uncovering the truth. The Survivors’ Secretariat, which is conducting an investigation into missing children and unmarked burials associated with the former Mohawk Institute Indian […]

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