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National Indigenous News August 6 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_00: This is a look at your National Indigenous News.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Daryl Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nunavut's drinking water management is coming under scrutiny from the highest oversight office in the country.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Auditor General of Canada will conduct a performance audit of the territory's drinking water management.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Auditor General independently scrutinizes government programs and organizations and reports findings to the territorial legislative assemblies in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Boil water advisories are common in the territory.
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  SPEAKER_00: Arctic Bay residents have been asked to boil their water before consuming since August 26, 2024.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pond Inlet's boil water advisory began on July 17th, 2025.
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  SPEAKER_00: Senakilwak has been under a do not consume water order since 2016.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rankin Inlet had a boil water advisory lifted on July 27th after 12 days, and Cambridge Bay had its own advisory lifted on July 31st after eight days.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joe Haven had a boil water advisory that ran from January 15th to August 4th.
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  SPEAKER_00: In a statement, the Office of the Auditor General said the audit is still in the planning phase.
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  SPEAKER_00: Its scope, methodology, and timelines are also still being determined.
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  SPEAKER_00: The audit results are expected to be released in 2027.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Ontario government is investing$7 million through the Indian Residential School Community Engagement Fund to support community-led healing, commemoration, and initiatives that honor missing children, survivors, families, and communities affected by the residential school system.
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  SPEAKER_00: The fund provides up to$250,000 to eligible indigenous communities and organizations to support engagement, public education, and research activities that address the impacts of the residential school system.
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  SPEAKER_00: Among other initiatives, the fund can be used to support ceremonies, monuments, healing gardens, interpretive displays, and commemorative plaques that foster opportunities for reflection, remembrance, and storytelling.
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  SPEAKER_00: Funding will also continue to support community engagement, mental health, and addictions help, staffing and research activities.
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  SPEAKER_00: Applications for the funding are open until September 16th.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Royal Alberta Museum is returning more than 17,000 artifacts collected north of Fort McMurray, Alberta to the Fort Mackay First Nation.
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  SPEAKER_00: The collection includes arrowheads, tools, bones, and other cultural items, some of which are up to 11,000 years old.
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  SPEAKER_00: The artifacts come from an area near Moose Lake, which is located northwest of the First Nation and is considered culturally and historically significant.
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  SPEAKER_00: The items were collected by a University of Alberta student between 1975 and 1977.
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  SPEAKER_00: The artifacts were sent to the university and then to the Royal Alberta Museum in 1981.
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  SPEAKER_00: A ceremony was held last week, which featured drumming and singing at Elsie Fabian School, the K6 school run by the Fort Mackay First Nation, where the first of 77 artifacts were unveiled.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a look at your National Indigenous News.