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CALGARY A Calgary family is searching for answers and seeking an apology from healthcare workers after they say their son was judged for his Indigenous ethnicity while seeking treatment in hospital. “They told him you re just another drunken native who s abusing the system just to get opiates,” said Richard Cushman, who believes his son Nathan was discriminated against in a city hospital for the colour of his skin. There is no audio or video recording of the allegations and CTV has not been able to independently confirm them, but they are disturbing. “That is totally not my son,” Richard said. “He will go through more pain than anybody I know without taking any medication because he does not like doing drugs and it s just stereotyping. It s just judging when you shouldn t be judged.”
Posted: Feb 06, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 6
Staff stand inside a COVID-19 testing site on Peguis First Nation in a December 2020 photo.(Peguis First Nation/Facebook)
Listening carefully to a client at her clinic, an eagle feather in her hand, Kathy Bird considers whether she should accept the client s tobacco offering, as she tries to determine whether she ll be able to offer the healing help that s being asked of her.
The eagle feather fan is to remove negative energy. Bird has plants nearby that she uses in traditional medicine, to make tonics and foot soaks.
Bird, 71, is a knowledge keeper and part of a larger group of traditional Indigenous healers who have offered vital support as COVID-19 has spread through First Nations communities across Canada.
After the summit ended on Thursday, the federal government announced it would begin co-developing new legislation to overhaul Indigenous health.
The legislation aims to ensure Indigenous control over the development and delivery of health services. Potts said she and her colleagues were surprised by the announcement, and have questions. We want treaty rights to health, we want to honour the treaties, honour that process of how health should be funded and how health should be delivered to the First Nations. That agreement, it already exists
There s also concern around the staying power of whatever comes out of that promise, as Potts notes legislation may not be supported in the long term and can be reversed.
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