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National Indigenous News April 7 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_00: Here's your National Indigenous News on the Windspeaker Radio Network.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Brooklyn Britton.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health has issued a drug overdose alert for onion lake crenation, saying that there had been a significant increase in suspected overdoses.
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  SPEAKER_00: The alert, which also covers the surrounding areas, did not say how many overdose incidents have been reported, nor did it have information on the substance involved, but said multiple instances had needed naloxin, a drug to treat opioid overdoses.
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  SPEAKER_00: Onion Lake Crenation is about fifty kilometers north of Lloyd Minster and straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan provincial border.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Saskatchewan provides free naloxin kits and training on how to administer it to anyone at risk of an opioid overdose, as well as to anyone who might witness an overdose.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thousands of indigenous hockey players traveled to Edmonton this past weekend with the goal of winning Alberta's native hockey provincials and the expectation of making lifelong friends.
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  SPEAKER_00: Teams with players aged seven to twenty-one from Treaties 6, 7, and 8 First Nations, Metis settlements, and communities competed in one of the biggest hockey tournaments in Western Canada.
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  SPEAKER_00: Native hockey action continues with the senior division championships in Edmonton, April 17th to 19th.
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  SPEAKER_00: The government of Northwest Territories is offering grants up to$8,000 for programs to get more youth out on the land.
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  SPEAKER_00: The program, which is held every year, is known as Take a Kig Trapping.
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  SPEAKER_00: While individuals can't apply, schools and indigenous governments and organizations can.
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  SPEAKER_00: Applications can get up to$8,000 and have a year to create an on-the-land learning experience for youth aged six to twenty, learning a wide range of skills, including trapping, setting fishnets, hunting, firearm safety, and learning proper methods of preparing pelts for market.
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  SPEAKER_00: The deadline to apply for the fall trapping program is October 31st.
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  SPEAKER_00: An Alberta First Nation will be in court today seeking to shut down a petition urging the government to quit confederation.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of King's Bench judge to suspend the petition campaign on the grounds First Nations consent is required first.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is alleging a failure by Alberta, Canada, and the province's chief electoral officer to uphold treaty rights.
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  SPEAKER_00: A group named Stay Free Alberta is collecting signatures to qualify for a referendum on Alberta leaving Canada.
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  SPEAKER_00: State Free Alberta has said it has already collected more than 178,000 signatures required to trigger the vote, with a month to go before it must submit the names to Elections Alberta.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is the latest national indigenous news.