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Jun 20 2010

What do you Think? Class action lawsuit against the AG of Canada for identity genocide of Aboriginal children

The federal government of Canada is being accused of “Identity Genocide of Children Targeted at Indian families and communities in Ontario”. The accusation is part of a class action lawsuit on behalf of at least sixteen thousand Aboriginal people who, as children, were either adopted or put in foster homes and “were systemically denied the [...]

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Jun 03 2010

Class action lawsuit against the AG of Canada for identity genocide of Aboriginal children

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The federal government of Canada is being accused of “Identity Genocide of Children Targeted at Indian families and communities in Ontario”. The accusation is part of a class action lawsuit on behalf of at least sixteen thousand Aboriginal people who, as children, were either adopted or put in foster homes and “were systemically [...]

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Aug 13 2008

Bandwagon – Nova Scotia

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We were just in Halifax interviewing Danial N. Paul author of “We are not the Savages”.  Daniel holds many awards which include an honarary degree in Letters, 15 years working within Indian Northern Affairs Canada and is a member of the Order of Nova Scotia and the Order of Canada.   “We are not the Savages” is a must [...]

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Jul 06 2008

Cheam Indian Band – July 5th

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Chief Sydney Douglas The funding of First Nations driven child welfare needs to be reviewed, The Ministry for Children and Family currently pays its employee more then we receive from the government to perform similar duties. Funding must be fair and equal. Currently in Sto:lo Nation’s there is no funding until there is an apprehension. So the system [...]

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Jun 29 2008

We Have Started our Journey In Victoria BC

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Honourable Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond British Coumbia’s First Representative for Children and Youth Head of the independent over site body for BC Ministry of Children and Families.   What follows is an overview of her on camera interview. And most troubling to me is that the number of non-aboriginal children in government care goes down year after year wile the [...]

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