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The almost two-hour ceremony on Tuesday, replete with a fiddle player, prayers, speeches and gifts, was called a historic step in recognizing the Métis nation’s right to self-government. Critics said its a sure sign an election is around the corner with the Trudeau government using a longtime ally, federation president David Chartrand, in its quest to solidify its position ahead of a fall vote. "Very clearly, we are the government of the Métis people," Chartrand said after the outdoor si...

« Ce sera plus fort venant du chef de l’Église catholique et de notre point de vue, je pense qu’il doit cela au peuple autochtone », a jugé David Chartrand vice-président et porte-parole du Ralliement National des Métis dans une interview à la chaîne publique CBC. Pour M. Chartrand, des excuses sont essentielles pour entamer un processus de guérison et de réconciliation, mais elles ne seront vraiment efficaces que si le pape François vient les présenter en sol canadien et en par...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Cody Sellar Save to Read Later Dan Dowan makes an offering of tobacco at the stone base that once held a statue of Queen Victoria on Saturday. Dowan’s grandmother was forced to attend a residential school when she was a child. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press) The anger that drove two queen statues to the ground at the Manitoba legislature is understandable but misdirected, two local Indigenous leaders say. The ang...

Writers SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND-Her Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks is currently doubling down on security by erecting a fence around the entire church and cemetery after receiving threats  of a possible arson. Workers put up fence around the chapel Wednesday June 30 2021 on the eve of Canada Day. (Photo by Jim C. Powless Turtle Island News) On Wednesday afternoon a two-man crew from PuroClean Paramedics of Property Damage were setting up the metal fence at the church on Mohawk Road. ...

  OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some Indigenous leaders say arson and vandalism targeting churches is not the way to get justice following the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools. "This is not the way to go. The destruction of places of worship is unacceptable and it must stop," Trudeau said Wednesday. "We must work together to right past wrongs." Several Catholic churches have recently been vandalized or damaged in suspicious fires following the disco...

Kelly Geraldine Malone St. John Baptiste Parish Catholic church is shown in Morinville Alta, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 as firefighters put out hot spots. RCMP are calling the fire suspicious. Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson June 30, 2021 - 7:00 PM The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says he understands the rage, frustration and pain brought on by the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools, but funnelling that angu...

Article content OTTAWA — Indigenous leaders will visit the Vatican later this year to press for a papal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said Indigenous leaders will visit the Vatican between Dec. 17 and 20 to meet with Pope Francis and “foster meaningful encounters of dialogue and healing.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Canadian Indigenous leaders to seek reside...

Manitoba Métis Federation President David Chartrand said he will be leading a delegation of Métis leaders during a private one-hour session with the pope to ask him to come to Canada to express his apologies and his sorrow for what took place in residential schools and to begin the healing process. "It will have a greater sense of power and truth to his feelings and his pathway to healing if he comes into the soils of Canada, and stands here on our lands," Chartrand said in an interview with ...

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Canadian Indigenous Leaders To Meet With Pope Francis Leaders want apology for Catholic Church’s role in residential schools. Canadian Indigenous leaders will meet with Pope Francis in December in hopes of getting an apology for the Catholic Churchs role in Indian residential schools, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) said Tuesday. The meetings, between Dec. 17 and 20, have been long sought as Indigenous leaders...