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Indian Country 52
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Project by David Bernie.
Indian Country 52 #9 – Broken System
Article “The Canadian justice system works against Indigenous people at every level, from police checks and arrests to…
Indian Country 52 #8 – MMIW&M
Articles “A man accused of killing a 15-year-old Indigenous girl and dumping her body in Winnipeg’s Red River…
Indian Country 52 #7 – Medicine vs. Food
Article “Nearly one million Canadians spent less on necessities like food and heat to afford their prescriptions in…
Indian Country 52 #6 – Justice System (Exclusion)
Articles “A case that became a flashpoint in the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Saskatchewan ended…
Indian Country 52 #5 – Progress? (Wahoo)
Articles “Major League Baseball’s Cleveland franchise boasted this week that the team has decided to retire it’s eighty-plus-year…
Indian Country 52 #4 – Broken Child Welfare
Articles “Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde is urging First Nations across Canada to create their…
Indian Country 52 #3 – Culture is our Medicine
Article “Emily Soosay is grieving the loss of her 22-year-old son Luwen Soosay-Morin, who took his life two…
Indian Country 52 #2 – Pharma Drug Dealers
Articles “Three American Indian tribes in South Dakota have sued the country’s top opioid manufacturers and distributors, accusing…
Indian Country 52 #1 – Traditional Tobacco Use
Article “Mat Pendleton pulled his kids away from the basketball and video games on a recent Saturday to…
Indian Country 52 #52 – Savanna’s Act
Articles “The murder of a Native American woman in North Dakota has inspired lawmakers in Congress to introduce…
Indian Country 52 #51 – Useless Crime Data
Article “The U.S. Justice Department does not adequately collect or use crime statistics from Native American tribes, a…
Indian Country 52 #50 – Bullying
Articles ““Several themes regarding these (serious) challenges emerged from the voices of the youth,” O’Soup said. “What is…
Indian Country 52 #49 – Toxic Water
Articles “The federal government is only spending 70 per cent of what it would cost to eliminate boil-water…
Indian Country 52 #48 – Mercury Poisoning
Articles “Ottawa and Queen’s Park have known about mercury poisoning and its impacts on the two communities for…
Indian Country 52 #47 – Body of Liberties (Slavery)
Articles “Here are three scenes from the history of slavery in North America. In 1637, a group of…
Indian Country 52 #46 – Discrimination (Native Americans)
Articles “More than half of Native Americans living on tribal lands or other majority-Native areas say they have…