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National Indigenous News April 6 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_00: Here's the latest National Indigenous News on the Windspeaker Radio Network.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Brooklyn Britton.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tensions between the Nova Scotia government and First Nation leaders flared up over the weekend amid a continuing debate over who has jurisdiction in Indigenous communities.
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  SPEAKER_00: Premier Tim Houston says blocking highways is never acceptable after protesters set up multiple blockades in reaction to an RCMP raid on an unregulated indigenous cannabis shop in Cape Breton.
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  SPEAKER_00: Houston made the comments after leaders of Potlitech First Nation, where the raid took place on Thursday, rejected an RCMP description of the protests as an illegal blockade.
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  SPEAKER_00: Potlotech said in a news release blocking Highway 4 after the storefront raid was instead a powerful demonstration of unity and solidarity across our nation, without giving a specific legal rationale.
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  SPEAKER_00: After protesters blocked the highway with heavy equipment, officers abandoned seven RCMP vehicles and left on foot.
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  SPEAKER_00: Six of the vehicles were damaged when retrieved by police the next morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: The premier called on First Nations leadership to work with the province to move towards safe, regulated dispensaries and communities where profits can stay in the community.
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  SPEAKER_00: The head of chiefs of Ontario says the organization is eager to move ahead on an eight point five billion dollar agreement on long-term reform in First Nation child welfare after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approved a deal with the federal government.
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  SPEAKER_00: The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society Executive Director, Cindy Blackstock, said they are still reviewing the decision, but were very pleased to see the tribunal's injunctive order preserved.
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  SPEAKER_00: And 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_00: The Society appealed the denial, but claims the federal government has shirked its legal obligation to deliver a timely appeal decision.
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  SPEAKER_00: According to the Society, the program operated in 13 rural First Nation communities, which provided funds to hire cooks, maintain kitchens, and deliver food to kids, including breakfast and school lunches and seasonal food hampers.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is your latest National Indigenous News.