Grand Chief Arlen Dumas

• Archdiocese apologizes after Winnipeg priest accuses residential school survivors of lying

  Winnipeg priest Rheal Forest said during a service this month that students liked residential schools and only claimed they were victims of sexual abuse to get money.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2021
  
• Sioux Valley Dakota Nation declares state of emergency after rash of suicides

  Sioux Valley Dakota Nation demanded immediate assistance and money for mental health supports from Indigenous Services Canada, the nation's governance wrote in an open letter.

  Health

  Oct 11, 2020
  
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• MMIWG action plan stalled, say Manitoba Indigenous leaders

  Manitoba Indigenous leaders are calling for the federal government to take action to implement the MMIWG inquiry's recommendations. 

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2020
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• Arlen Dumas takes leave as Grand Chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

  Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas announced Friday he is taking "a brief leave of absence from his role to heal."

  Investigations

  Jul 13, 2019
• ‘We also need Canadians to acknowledge it’: Manitoba leaders respond to MMIWG report

  The national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its final report Monday, describing the violence against First Nations, Metis and Inuit women and girls a form of “genocide” and a crisis “centuries in the making.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2019