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UN Indigenous peoples rapporteur expresses “deep concern” over Attawapiskat housing crisis
The UN official tasked with monitoring the situation of Indigenous peoples around the world has contacted the Canadian government to express “deep concern” over the housing crisis in Attawapiskat, a northern Ontario First Nations community on the shore of James Bay.
Atleo leading delegation to visit Attawapiskat
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo is leading a delegation to visit Attawapiskat Tuesday.
Kashechewan gets $3.25 million for houses
Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan said Friday that another northern First Nation community along Ontario’s James Bay coast which once made national headlines over its own crisis would be getting money for houses.
De Beers decision to dump sewage into Attawapiskat played role in current housing crisis
While the housing crisis in Attawapiskat has the country’s full attention, it was an event on March 5, 2005, that pushed the community toward its current dire state of affairs.
Manitoba professor working with First Nations on new housing codes
The housing problems in First Nations go far beyond Attawapiskat.
Chiefs rally around Attawapiskat as call issued for oil pipeline blockade in three provinces
Manitoba chiefs called for “action” against existing oil pipelines on a day of heated words at a special chiefs assembly in Ottawa that heard from embattled Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and saw an impromptu march to the doors of Parliament Hill that ended with police intervention.
Atleo: First Nations people have reason to feel “angry and betrayed”
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo called the Attawapiskat crisis a “national disgrace” and said First Nations people have “reason to feel angry and betrayed,” during his opening speech to chiefs gathered for a special assembly in Ottawa Tuesday.