June was already a politically significant month for Indigenous Peoples.
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National Indigenous People’s Day is this month. So is the sixth anniversary of the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s executive summary and 94 Calls to Action.
It’s also the month when Shannen Koostachin the Attawapiskat teenager who advocated for safe and equitable schools for First Nations kids died tragically in a car crash 11 years ago. Shannen’s Dream, a campaign by the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society to achieve “safe and comfy schools” for Indigenous children in Canada, is named in her honour.
Justin Trudeau today issued the following statement on National Indigenous History Month oyetimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oyetimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It’s been horrific to read the recent headlines about the remains of 215 Indigenous children found at a former residential school site in so-called Kamloops,…