Chief Theresa Spence is planning her exit strategy to end her weeks-old fast Thursday by demanding a commitment from federal opposition leaders and chiefs to press the Conservative government on a list of demands going forward.
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s “life partner” says the federal Aboriginal Affairs department should finally launch the forensic audit requested by the community in 2004 if it’s serious about tracking the millions of dollars that have flowed through the band’s coffers.
Holding a hunger strike in sight of Parliament Hill would set Chief Theresa Spence up for criticism. Indeed, in the last few days, criticism against the Attawapiskat Chief has multiplied. Also multiplied, the degree of inaccuracy of the allegations leveled at her.
A new blockade shut down Winnipeg’s busiest artery Wednesday.
Hundreds of kilometres to the west of Ottawa in North-Eastern Saskatchewan, a housing crisis on one small reserve has citizens frustrated and desperate.
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa says she won’t allow authorities to take her to the hospital if her hunger strike takes a turn for the worse.
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa says she won’t allow authorities to take her to the hospital if her hunger strike takes a turn for the worse.
Hunger-striking Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence issued a statement Tuesday again calling on the prime minister and the governor general to agree to a meeting with First Nations leaders from across the country to discuss the treaties.
A group of First Nations leaders and supporters of hunger-striking Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence taped a letter to the gates of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s home Monday demanding he agree to a meeting with First Nations leaders.
