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National Indigenous News October 14 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_00: This is the Look at Your National Indigenous News.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Daryl Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_00: Regina Public Schools has laid out a new three-year plan for Indigenous Education.
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  SPEAKER_00: The school division's plan includes integrating treaty teachings into all student studies.
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  SPEAKER_00: The plan, revealed in early September, was created to support students through five principles: respect, relationality, reciprocity, relevance, and responsibility.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was also created with consultation with the Indigenous Education Advisory Council, Community Elders, the Indigenous Student Forum, and Indigenous Advocates.
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  SPEAKER_00: The first target was younger education at the elementary level.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some treaty education exists already in different social studies courses that are available to high school students.
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  SPEAKER_00: High school students can also currently choose to graduate with a Metis SASH or a treaty medal if they so choose.
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  SPEAKER_00: Starting in November, every public school in the city will fly the Metis flag throughout the month.
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  SPEAKER_00: In just its first few months of operation, this new plan is working through exploring a wide breadth of options, with Regina Public Schools examining potential curriculum additions, course options, and inclusive programs before anything school specific is approached.
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  SPEAKER_00: As the federal government begins developing a national water security strategy, impacts from upstream industrial development are top of mind for the government of Northwest Territories and Indigenous governments alike.
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  SPEAKER_00: The recently announced strategy's aim is to address freshwater-related threats and opportunities by protecting freshwater ecosystems and securing water for both communities and the economy.
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  SPEAKER_00: The government of Northwest Territories says it flagged the same transboundary water issues, including potential releases of treated oil sands tailings water and development of nuclear power, data centers, and hydroelectric facilities as key upstream challenges.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Dene National Assembly recently passed a resolution to establish the Dene Water Council in recognition of increasing pressures from industrial development, resource extraction, climate change, contamination, cumulative effects, and other activities.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Council will be a Dene-wide institution dedicated to protecting, preserving, monitoring, and restoring the waters of the Dene territory.
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  SPEAKER_00: The oil industry's plan to treat toxic oil sands tailings and release them into the Athabasca River was a primary concern at the Dene National Assembly.
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  SPEAKER_00: First Nations in and around Fort Chippewan have led the charge against the plan, known as Treat and Release, citing concern about possible negative impacts on wildlife, land, water, and human health, particularly cancer.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Canada Water Agency is leading the development of the national strategy.
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  SPEAKER_00: In its submission, the government of Northwest Territories urged the Canada Water Agency to emphasize trust, effective communication, co-governance, indigenous leadership, and the integration of indigenous knowledge in the strategy.
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  SPEAKER_00: A$3.4 million expansion at a Saskatoon clinic in the Market Mall was unveiled last week, aimed at giving Saskatchewan faster access to medical imaging services.
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  SPEAKER_00: The expansion at National Medical Imaging includes an additional MRI unit, bone density diagnostic equipment, and a CRM imaging system.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of the expansion's biggest additions is the new MRI system, bringing the facilities total to two.
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  SPEAKER_00: The machine will allow the clinic to see more patients, distribute exams more efficiently, and offer more specialized imaging services requested by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Market Mall location in Saskatoon is the first 100% First Nations owned diagnostic imaging clinic in Canada.
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  SPEAKER_00: The clinic is owned by the Peter Chapman Band, Chakastapis in First Nation, and the James Smith Crenation.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a look at your national indigenous news.