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An isolated northern Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency after a recent suicide and a rash of suicide attempts, including one Monday involving a seven-year-old child.
An isolated northern Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency after a recent suicide and a rash of suicide attempts, including one Monday involving a seven-year-old child.
Shamattawa First Nation Chief Eric Redhead made the declaration Tuesday morning, noting health services in the community of 1,425 are under stress due to several recent natural deaths.
Former Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) grand chief Sheila North announced May 14 that she is seeking to become the next grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. A member of . . .
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Theodore Fontaine, 79, shined light on dark legacy of residential school system
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Fontaine and Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger became, in the duo’s words, ‘best friends’ during nationwide speaking tours together on the trauma they experienced in youth.
In 1990, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs leader Phil Fontaine shocked Canada, by speaking publicly about the physical and sexual abuse he endured during his time in the residential school system.
In 1990, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs leader Phil Fontaine shocked Canada, by speaking publicly about the physical and sexual abuse he endured during his time in the residential school system.
He talked about how he was not alone ( If there were 20 boys, every single one of them… would have experienced what I experienced ) and how this abuse led to cycles of pain and violence throughout generations of Indigenous families.
Posted: May 12, 2021 10:30 PM CT | Last Updated: May 13
Sagkeeng First Nation, located just over 100 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, now has 48 known active cases of COVID-19. That s the most it has had in the community at one time throughout the entire pandemic.(CBC)
A First Nation near Lake Winnipeg is going into lockdown for a month after recording its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.
Sagkeeng First Nation entered lockdown Wednesday evening after reporting 20 new COVID-19 cases, including 17 variant of concern cases, on Tuesday. There was a record 48 total known active cases in the community Tuesday, according to a COVID-19 bulletin issued by the community.
WINNIPEG A residential school survivor and author who was an instrumental name in the reconciliation conversation has died. Theodore (Ted) Fontaine died at the age of 79-years-old. The former chief of Sagkeeng First Nation was among the authors of a book titled Did You See Us which shed light on the life children faced at an urban residential school in Winnipeg. Fontaine also authored Broken Circle, the Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools . In a statement on Facebook, the Southern Chiefs Organization (SCO) said Fontaine was a survivor of the Fort Alexander and Assiniboia Indian Residential Schools. Ted was a leader who held many senior positions, including being instrumental in negotiating the national employment equity settlement with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the statement from SCO reads.