Indigenous News
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Residential school abuse records must be re-examined for names of deceased: advocatesThe records made up the Independent Assessment Process, the protocol through which survivors had to access compensation for abuses they suffered as children.CanadaJul 24, 2023
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Residential school ‘denialists’ growing increasingly violent, special interlocutor warnsCanada has a role to play to combat this sentiment and that “urgent consideration” should be given to what legal tools exist to address the problem, Kimberly Murray says.CanadaJun 16, 2023
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Revised Indigenous child-welfare settlement going back to Canadian Human Rights TribunalThe deal includes an additional $3 billion that includes compensation for 13,000 more children and other amendments that both sides are hoping will satisfy the tribunal's concerns.CanadaApr 5, 2023
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Ottawa’s underfunding of Indigenous policing amounts to discrimination, services sayThe services, represented by the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario, recently launched a complaint over the matter with Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.CanadaApr 3, 2023
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‘Work to be done’: 1 year after residential schools apology, Vatican rejects Doctrine of DiscoveryResidential school survivors in Canada have called for the Doctrine of Discovery to be rescinded for generations. Advocates weigh in on the impact of the Vatican's statement.CanadaMar 30, 2023
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Vatican formally renounces Discovery Doctrine after decades of Indigenous demandsDuring Pope Francis’ 2022 visit to Canada, during which he apologized to Indigenous peoples for the residential school system, he was met with demands to renounce the papal bulls.CanadaMar 30, 2023
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Some landlords blocking residential school searches, government adviser saysThere is currently no federal law in place to protect suspected gravesites or grant communities access to land that is privately owned, Kimberly Murray says.CanadaMar 21, 2023
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An Indigenous RCMP commissioner? ‘Excellent idea,’ Justin Trudeau saysJustin Trudeau says the next RCMP commissioner will be selected through an independent process and he did not commit to ensuring Lucki's successor is Indigenous.CanadaMar 3, 2023
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Canada’s first Indigenous languages office aims to operate by summer, commissioner saysRonald Ignace was appointed to the role in June 2021, along with several directors, and told MPs that the main focus to date has been on staffing up the office.CanadaFeb 6, 2023
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Experts call for more ‘sustainable’ funding to revitalize Indigenous languagesSeveral speakers emphasized the need for funding in front of members of the House of Commons Indigenous and northern affairs committee, which is studying the issue.CanadaDec 12, 2022
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