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National Indigenous News March 26 · 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 Darrell Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_01: A Yukon nonprofit says the federal government is wrongfully dragging its feet on reconsidering a decision to cut funding for a program that delivered nutritious meals to hundreds of First Nations children in rural areas of the territory.
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  SPEAKER_01: The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate Society says its rural nutrition program served about 900 First Nations children, delivering food to rural communities for around$15 a day per child since 2019.
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  SPEAKER_01: The Society says in a federal court application that Indigenous Services Canada last year denied its funding request for 2025-26 and has failed to decide an appeal, missing a 30-day deadline by several months.
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  SPEAKER_01: The nonprofit's application says it's now going to court to compel Indigenous Services Canada to make a timely appeal decision, claiming First Nations children in the Yukon are being irreparably harmed by the ongoing delay.
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  SPEAKER_01: It says the funding denial spelled the end of the program and its absence has impacted Yukon's most vulnerable children who regularly go hungry.
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  SPEAKER_01: Indigenous Services Canada has not filed a response to the application, which says the federal department has committed to delivering a decision by June 2026, citing a significant increase in demand for its services as a reason for the delay.
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  SPEAKER_01: The first ever First Nations rodeo and relay will ride into GMC Stadium in Calgary as part of the Calgary Stampede in June.
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  SPEAKER_01: Daniel Barker Tromblay has more.
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  SPEAKER_02: And really the premise of this came from last year's Rotary International Convention, which was here in Calgary in June.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we hosted a relay qualifier, had 25 teams from both Canada and the U.S.
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  SPEAKER_02: come up to try and qualify for the Calgary Stampede.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we thought we should do that ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_02: And let's while we're at it, let's add a rodeo in.
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  SPEAKER_02: So we're really, really excited, and we think this could become something truly great in the future.
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  SPEAKER_02: Just a true sense of community and a celebration of culture and inclusivity.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Calgary, I'm Daniel Barker Tromblay.
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  SPEAKER_01: The Assembly of First Nations has renewed a cross-border agreement with its U.S.
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  SPEAKER_01: counterpart.
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  SPEAKER_01: The AFN is a national political advocacy organization representing over 630 First Nations across Canada, while the National Congress of American Indians, founded in 1944, advocates for Native American tribal governments and communities.
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  SPEAKER_01: The two advocacy organizations renewed their declaration of kinship and cooperation among indigenous peoples and nations of North America.
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  SPEAKER_01: The agreement was first signed in 1999 in Vancouver.
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  SPEAKER_01: The two organizations say the renewed declaration reflects the enduring ties among Indigenous nations across North America and strengthens collaboration on shared priorities, including international advocacy, sovereignty, and engagement with future generations of Indigenous leaders.
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  SPEAKER_01: AFN national chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepanak has previously said First Nations need to be at the table with provincial and territorial and federal governments on responses to U.S.
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  SPEAKER_01: trade tariffs against Canada.
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  SPEAKER_01: The AFN has also called on Canada to work with First Nations and the J Treaty Border Alliance to resolve border crossing issues with the United States in a manner respecting the nation to nation relationship and inherent and treaty rights.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a look at your national Indigenous News.