Canada 150 incidents ‘wakeup call’ on progress not yet made on indigenous issues

‘The type of wholesale change and following through on reconciliation, as the federal government has committed to, just isn’t happening,’ says Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day.
Ontario Regional Chief Day, left, and Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Pat Madahbee outside a tepee erected on Parliament Hill just ahead of Canada Day celebrations.
Evident amid the hoopla of Canada 150 was a lack of celebration among many indigenous people, which a high-ranking First Nations chief and an academic both say should be seen as a “wakeup call.” There was the unexpected erection of a teepee on Parliament Hill, days before Canada Day, organized ...

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