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the spate of suicide attempts started last october with the death of a 13 year old girl. since then, dozens of the community s 1,800 people have attempted suicide, culminating in 11 attempts in one night last week. i was being told i was a dirty indian and that i wouldn t make it in life. i might as well not try because my people are weak. the policies that have got us there were definitely racist. share this land fairly, that s what the original treaties were about. we ve got to start fighting for our people. i m tired of being belittled just because of who we are. my story today is all about the aboriginal people here, and their experience makes a mockery of canada s reputation as a progressive, wealthy nation. calgary the business hub of oil rich alberta. prosperous, diverse, seemingly at ease with itself. but, as in much of canada, there is one community that appears to be falling through calgary s cracks. early this summer, the body of a young aboriginal woman wa ....