Aboriginal Rights
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Alberta Indigenous advocate Nellie Carlson passes away: ‘She left a remarkable legacy’Nellie Carlson, a Cree woman who lost her Indigenous status when she married a Métis man, died Thursday at the age of 93.CanadaSep 11, 2020
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‘They violated her’: Aboriginal hockey player says someone cut her hair after game in Nova ScotiaA Nova Scotia teen and her mother are speaking out after they say another hockey player cut her hair at a tournament in February.CanadaMar 9, 2020
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Innu Nation challenges agreement between Ottawa, NunatuKavut Community CouncilThe agreement setting guidelines for self-determination talks between the two governments was signed on Sept. 5.CanadaOct 8, 2019
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We can’t base justice system reform on knee-jerk reactions to the Gerald Stanley verdictIt makes no sense to engineer changes to the entire justice system based on one particular case, Rob Breakenridge says.CommentaryFeb 17, 2018
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‘Clearing the plains’ continues with the acquittal of Gerald StanleyDavid MacDonald of the University of Guelph says the acquittal of Gerald Stanley for the death of Colten Boushie means 'settlers' must step up and stand with Indigenous peoples to ensure they can implement their own justice systems.CanadaFeb 12, 2018
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Ontario ‘60s Scoop ruling could have ripple effect in SaskatchewanA ruling in favour of ‘60s Scoop survivors in Ontario could have a ripple effect in Saskatchewan.CanadaFeb 15, 2017
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Ontario judge rules in favour of ’60s Scoop survivorsAn Ontario judge has decided the '60s Scoop class-action lawsuit in favour of the plaintiffs and the court will now determine how much the federal government must pay in damages.CanadaFeb 14, 2017
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Canadian government seeking cross-country settlement over ’60s ScoopIn a major shift in tactics, the federal government said Wednesday that it wants to negotiate claims resulting from the so-called '60s Scoop in which thousands of aboriginal children were taken from their families and placed in non-native homes.CanadaFeb 1, 2017
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’60s Scoop plaintiffs finally to get day in courtThe lawsuit turns on a federal-provincial arrangement in which Ontario child welfare services placed as many as 16,000 aboriginal children with non-native families between 1965 and 1984.CanadaAug 21, 2016
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Ottawa slammed on First Nations funding for child welfare, suicide preventionThe federal government is still racially discriminating against aboriginal children in its delivery of services on reserves, First Nations advocate Cindy Blackstock told a Commons committee on Thursday.CanadaJun 9, 2016
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