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With our organization we had people from half the First Nations in Canada complain to us about no accountability no democracy and no equality. The First Nation leaders were in control of everything. You do what they say or it's the highway, so to speak.
Individuals aboriginal citizens are not represented by anybody, particularly the Assembly of First Nations. That’s why grass roots advocate Leona Freed favours a modernized treaty annuity which would direct resources directly to ordinary aboriginals. (2 minutes)
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There are fundamental questions which have never been answered by those who condemn the residential school system. Were we to leave people by virtue of no common language, illiterate, innumerate and unable to deal with the larger society?
Calls to “crack down” on illegal cigarette sales on Native reserves are a good moment to understand why First Nations are led into illegal markets and how to respond to that.
A new poll shows more Manitobans favour running a hydro line on the east side rather than the west side, which raises the issue of whether investing in First Nation communities on the east side would be better use of money.
I refer to your column in the Winnipeg Free Press on July 9th, “It’s time to focus on healing”, where you appear to encourage moving on in the Residential Schools issue. Over the years I have spoken to a considerable number of former staff members, teachers and students from the Indian Residential Schools and I can assure you, from my perspective, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will discover very little of the truth they are seeking and there will never be a true and full reconciliation. More — email from Bill Steele, Winnipeg
“Indian bands in Manitoba are falling behind those in Saskatchewan and Alberta when it comes to improving governance institutions, a new survey has found.”
A recent event in Winnipeg organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission highlights the need to focus on healing from residential schools, as well as present a more balanced perspective on these institutions, which were not all negative.
“That’s where I think the Frontier Centre for Public Policy really does make a big difference. You guys are out there saying go ahead and do it, here’s what you need to do and here’s why it’s important. I think more and more leaders are seeing what happens when you do do that. There are enough examples now of successful First Nations that you can’t say it’s not possible or they’re not capable. I think the next step is for people to grab on to it in a larger way and move quicker because they’re missing a lot of great opportunities and we’re missing a whole generation if we don’t move faster than we are now.”
“The fourth annual Aboriginal Governance Index by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) found that several First Nations in Saskatchewan are well-governed.”
Five national Aboriginal organizations have received about $239 million in taxpayer money.