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National Indigenous News March 11 · 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: First Nations leaders on Tuesday unveiled five items repatriated to their communities after being held at the Vatican for more than a century.
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  SPEAKER_00: They also unboxed another two crates of items with origins that have yet to be determined.
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  SPEAKER_00: The returned items include a birch bark sap collector from Aquasny, embroidered leather gloves from Athabasca, Chippewan, a wooden bowl and spoon from Manitoulin Island, and a model cradle board from somewhere in Ontario.
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  SPEAKER_00: The items that have not yet been traced back to their communities of origin, which were unboxed in a private ceremony on Tuesday, include a bow and arrow, a loom, a child-sized jacket, an adult-sized dress, bone tools, baskets, and several pairs of moccasins.
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  SPEAKER_00: The items unboxed Tuesday are the last to be showcased of the 62 items repatriated to indigenous communities in Canada after being held in the Vatican collection for decades.
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  SPEAKER_00: Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepanak said she hopes the work done to repatriate these items will inspire other institutions holding similar artifacts to return them to their home communities.
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  SPEAKER_00: She said she will speak with Pope Leo about the other items the church holds when she visits the Vatican later this year.
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  SPEAKER_00: She said she also will be inviting him to Canada to meet with First Nations in their own territories.
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  SPEAKER_00: Woodhouse Nepanak said the Assembly of First Nations will be working with elders, knowledge keepers, chiefs, and academics to help determine the origins of the remaining items.
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  SPEAKER_00: Once that work is done, it will be up to the nation and community to decide what happens to the objects.
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  SPEAKER_00: The government of the Northwest Territories has introduced a temporary short-term subsidy to help offset the cost of electricity rate hikes for some residents.
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  SPEAKER_00: The subsidy is in place from February 1st, 2026 to March 31st, 2028, the government said in a news release.
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  SPEAKER_00: It will apply in communities where rates were set to rise by more than 15% over 2023-24 costs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Specifically, it will be applied to electricity bills for residents who live in communities where electricity is more expensive to produce, such as those that rely mainly on diesel or other fuel-based generation, and the South Slave communities served by the Tolson Hydro System.
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  SPEAKER_00: The subsidy will appear automatically on customers' bills.
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  SPEAKER_00: The government's initial aim was to cap electricity rate increases at 15% after the Power Corporation announced in October of 2024 that it was looking to increase them by around 18% due to major issues beyond its control.
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  SPEAKER_00: The changes reflect increased costs linked to several factors, including wildfire impacts, system upgrades, and the need to recover revenue not collected while the rate application was under review.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Manitoba government is providing$4 million to create 10 additional housing spaces in the Interlake region for Indigenous women and two SLGBTQIA Plus relatives moving away from violence or leaving emergency shelters.
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  SPEAKER_00: The spaces will be furnished studio apartments and residents will have access to on-site wraparound services, resources, and support tailored to their specific needs and off-site referrals for enhanced supports with community partners.
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  SPEAKER_00: Support staff, a communal kitchen, laundry, healing spaces, garden spaces, communal recreational areas, and childcare will all be part of these new apartments to promote holistic healing in a culturally familiar environment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Phase one of the project is expected to be completed this spring, with phase two slated to be complete in the summer of 2027.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a look at your National Indigenous News.