COVID-19 has highlighted housing shortages in some northern First Nations in Manitoba just as the federal government announced funding for proposed solutions to the issue.
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Publishing date: Jul 19, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • In a fiery and impassioned speech on the steps of the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas took direct aim at Manitoba Indigenous Reconciliation and Northern Relations Minister Alan Lagimodiere, after he made comments last week defending the intentions of Canada’s residential school system. Photo by Dave Baxter /Winnipeg Sun/Local Journalism Initiative
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Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) Grand Chief Arlen Dumas took direct aim at newly-appointed Indigenous Reconciliation and Northern Relations Minister Alan Lagimodiere during a Monday press conference, after the PC MLA made comments last week defending the intentions of Canada’s residential school system.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Jul. 19, 2021
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Sagkeeng First Nation is bracing for difficult revelations, with a ground-penetrating radar search of its former residential school grounds starting Tuesday morning.
Sagkeeng First Nation is bracing for difficult revelations, with a ground-penetrating radar search of its former residential school grounds starting Tuesday morning. This is going to be a difficult time for our people, Sagkeeng Chief Derrick Henderson told the
Free Press. But you have to honour those children (and) those families, after what happened.
The Anishinaabe community, 120 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, spent Sunday in ceremony and started smudging Monday the grounds of the former Fort Alexander residential school.
Why don t you just resign: Chiefs condemning responses of Pallister, government Written by Taylor Brock Monday, Jul 19 2021, 2:38 PM Chief Garrison Settee of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. points to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba s steps as he asks for Premier Brian Pallister s resignation. (Screenshot: Southern Chiefs Organization/Facebook)
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Indigenous leaders are asking for action after racist comments from leaders in Manitoba s government.
The Summit of Treaty 5 Sovereign Nations (STSN) says it is taking action to call out and respond to racism and hate crimes against First Nations peoples.
Chief Garrison Settee of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) says the only way to stop racism is to confront and face it.