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National Indigenous News April 23 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_01: This is a look at your National Indigenous News.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm Daryl Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_01: Gender diverse people, women, and their children who are leaving violence will find support through a$4.3 million partnership between the federal and BC governments.
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  SPEAKER_01: The funds are a one-time grant and are part of a broader range of initiatives funded through the Canada-British Columbia Bilateral Agreement to end gender-based violence announced in December of 2023.
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  SPEAKER_01: The$4.3 million was dispersed through BC Housing's Women's Transition Housing and Supports program to almost 90 nonprofit providers of women's shelters and transition housing and the Aboriginal Housing Management Association.
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  SPEAKER_01: Part of the money will be going to an online program set to launch this summer, giving particular attention to the higher risks faced by Indigenous women and the connection between gender-based violence and brain injuries.
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  SPEAKER_01: It includes training modules, educational plans, and best practices on identifying and addressing gender-based violence.
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  SPEAKER_01: The family of the late Chief Enoch Lapitac received some good news this week as his remains were found in a private burial plot.
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  SPEAKER_01: Joanna Luna has more on this story.
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  SPEAKER_02: The remains of Chief Enoch Lapitac has been found.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we caught up with the late grandson Dave Lapatak.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today, because we're going to do a reveal, this is going to be very historical that we have found the body of Chief Enoch Lapitac where he was buried.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we plan on exhuming him and bringing him back to Enoch Creation, where we're going to put him in a grave, most likely uh make a monument for him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we have uh gotten the news from Leah Redcrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: She's uh I guess uh she does archives and and and st and and stuff uh concerning you know history.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh she she's the head of this operation and uh she'll be she'll be online when we reveal it out there in the in uh elders meeting today.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are gonna exhum them the same way they did for Cheap Palmaker, where he was found at Sisica and brought back to Paul Maker, Saskatchewan.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're gonna be doing all this by protocol and uh with uh pipe ceremonies and uh sweetgrass and and everything else that has to do with uh um protocol with with the cranation.
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  SPEAKER_02: Hey Ninoch, I'm Joanna Luna.
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  SPEAKER_01: A new pilot program for medical travel, which aims to make the process smoother for patients, is coming to the Northwest Territories.
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  SPEAKER_01: The two-year pilot will establish three new medical travel nurse case manager positions in Yellowknife Primary Care.
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  SPEAKER_01: The three nurses will work to improve communication by coordinating appointments for patients and reduce unnecessary travel by batching appointments together.
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  SPEAKER_01: They can also help arrange virtual appointments where possible to eliminate the need for travel entirely.
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  SPEAKER_01: The pilot program is meant to help fill the gaps within the Northwest Territory's current medical travel system.
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  SPEAKER_01: The hiring process is currently underway and an exact start date isn't yet certain, but once the nurses are hired, they will begin in the role right away.
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  SPEAKER_01: For now, the program will only operate in Yellowknife and two other catchment areas, Fort Resolution and Lutzl K.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yellowknife is a major referral hub for the territory, which makes it an ideal location to test the pilot and gather data while being in Fort Resolution and Lutzl K will allow the pilot to understand the needs of smaller communities during its two year run.
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  SPEAKER_01: If the pilot goes well, the roles could be expanded in the future to other regions within the territory.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a look at your national indigenous news.