Prime Minister says much more needs to be done to confront abuse in indigenous communities
Prime Minister says #MMIW Inquiry should deal with sexual abuse issues in First Nation communities.
Sexual abuse
Attawapiskat woman says AFN moderator muzzled her from calling out BC regional chief over Instagram photo
A woman from Attawapiskat says she was warned against naming Assembly of First Nations regional Chief Shane Gottfriedson before she spoke out against his continued role on the organization’s executive.
Lack of services perpetuates Indigenous mental health crisis: frontline workers
Lack of mental health services leaving children vulnerable to sexual abuse.
Isolation a barrier to exposing sexual abuse, incest on reserve: Bellegarde
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde says isolation is a barrier to exposing sexual abuse on reserve .
Letter requests inclusion of First Nations police in Val d’Or investigation
APTN National News A letter sent to Quebec’s minister of Public Safety Wednesday, and obtained…
First Nation sex abuse victims outraged over Leroux sentence
A Saskatchewan court sentenced a convicted pedophile Friday to three years in prison for sexually abusing children attending residential school in the 1960s.
Saskatchewan Chief will not receive severance
APTN National News Councillors in the Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation have done an about…
Nunavut sexual abuse offenders get more help than victims, says survivor
In Nunavut, sexual abuse victims often suffer in silence because it’s a cultural taboo.
Former Nunavut priest faces growing list of sex offence charges
Eric Dejaeger was deported from Belgium and arrested in January 2011.