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National Indigenous News April 2 · 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: The Ross River Dena Council in the Yukon has declared the Finleason caribou herd to be a living ecological person with inherent rights.
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  SPEAKER_00: In a news release last week, the First Nation says those rights include the right to exist and thrive throughout its natural range, the right to ecological protection, the right to be free from destructive industrial activity, and the right to representation and legal protection.
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  SPEAKER_00: The First Nation's decision comes as Vancouver-based BMC Minerals has been working for years to open the Kazakaya mine on the council's traditional territory.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kazakaya means caribou country in the Casca language.
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  SPEAKER_00: In 2022, the First Nation sued the Yukon and Canadian governments for lack of consultation related to the project.
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  SPEAKER_00: That process ultimately ended up in the Yukon Court of Appeal, which ordered additional consultation in 2024.
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  SPEAKER_00: BMC Minerals is waiting for a decision on whether the project can proceed through the licensing and permitting processes.
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  SPEAKER_00: It previously underwent the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Board assessment process.
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  SPEAKER_00: According to the First Nation, the declaration reinforces its role as a guardian of the herd, and in accordance with Casca Law, the Council has the right to bring on legal proceedings in the herd's name.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Edmonton, Alberta, a decolonizing psychology panel brought together indigenous voices to Concordia University.
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  SPEAKER_00: Daniel Barker Tromblay has more.
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  SPEAKER_01: A decolonizing psychology panel was held on April 1st at Concordia University's Braxma Hall, exploring indigenous perspectives and culturally grounded approaches to mental health.
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  SPEAKER_01: Burke Palmer, a psychology student and co-organizer of the panel at Concordia University, says it's exciting to bring indigenous perspectives and psychology and understanding to students.
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  SPEAKER_02: It feels amazing, honestly.
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  SPEAKER_02: Like it just feels like I'm doing the work that we need to be doing.
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  SPEAKER_02: It feels like we're getting people to actually understand that decolonizing psychology is an important topic that we need to discuss, and it just feels really good.
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  SPEAKER_01: Miranda Day, co-organizer and psychology student at Concordia University, highlights the spiritual, physical, and emotional aspects of mental health, adding that integrating indigenous culture brings the whole person into healing.
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  SPEAKER_03: If we're talking about mental health, our mental health is just it's not just mental, it's emotional, it's physical, it's spiritual, and mental as well.
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  SPEAKER_03: So as we integrate culture, we're not really integrating culture, we're integrating the whole individual itself, taking care of every aspect of an individual.
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  SPEAKER_01: In Edmonton, I'm Daniel Barker Tromblay.
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  SPEAKER_00: As a precaution, water fixtures and taps at Sir John were taken out of service earlier this year, and bottled water was used instead.
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  SPEAKER_00: The measures will remain in place until the water is deemed safe to drink.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Northwest Territory's government also said it will replace fixtures or install water filters as needed at the other affected schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a look at your national Indigenous News.