Please pray for my mother: Spence's daughter
When she’s able Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence walks to the edge of the Ottawa River.
When she’s able Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence walks to the edge of the Ottawa River.
For one hour this morning the Mohawks of Kahnawake peacefully shut down an on ramp to the Mercier Bridge near Montreal.
OTTAWA–Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau says Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s now 10-day long hunger strike doesn’t set a “good example for young Aboriginal youth.”
OTTAWA–Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau says Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s now 10-day long hunger strike doesn’t set a “good example for young Aboriginal youth.”
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.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to “act” swiftly, listen to the message from the Idle No More movement and re-engage with First Nations people to avoid a potential “personal tragedy” unfolding on Victoria Island in Ottawa where Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence has entered the eighth day of a hunger strike.
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.
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