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National Indigenous News April 28 · 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: Leaders in Nunavik are exploring the idea of banishment as a way to stop the flow of drugs and alcohol into their communities.
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  SPEAKER_00: Banishment is a historical practice that a growing number of Indigenous communities have been bringing back.
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  SPEAKER_00: If implemented, it would largely target non-Nunavik residents bringing in contrabands.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most Southerners working in Nunavik have housing tied to their contracts, so changes to employment policy could be one avenue for implementing such a policy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Another is through the landholding corporations which manage Inuit owned land.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are provisions to allow communities to banish people under federal legislation in the Indian Act and First Nations Land Management Act.
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  SPEAKER_00: One thing to keep in mind, banishment does not mean kicking people out as they please, as there are procedures to follow and it is based on evidence.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we have a very large youth group here in Samsung Cree Nation.
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  SPEAKER_01: Half of our population is youth.
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  SPEAKER_01: And as they're getting older, they have to leave the reserve in order to go get the training that they need for postsecondary or for trades.
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  SPEAKER_01: And when they're leaving, uh a lot of the time they end up building homes and surviving off reserve and just staying there.
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  SPEAKER_01: They don't come back home.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we want people to be able to get their education and their needs right here in our backyard in Samson Cree Nation so that they'd be able to stay here, grow their roots here, raise their families here, and help the community.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we have a large number of houses here that are falling apart, they're dilapidated.
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  SPEAKER_01: And as the leadership had mentioned earlier, they want training for trades so that we'll have construction, plumbing, electrical, and they'll be able to help us right here be able to fix our homes.
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  SPEAKER_01: In Mosquitese, I'm Joanna Luna.
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  SPEAKER_00: The government of Saskatchewan is investing$4.3 million annually over the next four fiscal years until 2029-30 for a total of$17.2 million in justice programs.
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  SPEAKER_00: The continued funding is being provided to more than 20 First Nations, tribal councils, and community-based organizations that deliver alternative measures and extrajudicial sanctions programs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alternative measures and extrajudicial sanctions programs hold people accountable for their crimes by providing them with the opportunity to take responsibility for their actions and repair harm to victims and communities.
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  SPEAKER_00: The programs have been part of Saskatchewan's justice system for decades and are designed to reduce reoffending while keeping victims and communities' needs at the forefront.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alternative measures programs are used when the accused is an adult, and extrajudicial sanctions programs are for youth.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a look at your national Indigenous News.