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National Indigenous News September 14 · 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: Ganoogaming First Nation in Ontario says the Ontario Provincial Police has agreed in principle to develop a long-term written policing framework to address the community's safety concerns.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Ojibwe community northeast of Thunder Bay first declared a state of emergency in May of 2024 over issues related to violence and drug trafficking.
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  SPEAKER_00: The First Nation says it has spent about$1.6 million on its own security measures since May, when it hired the security group Anishinabe Ambassadors Inc.
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  SPEAKER_00: to help prevent illegal drug-related activities.
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  SPEAKER_00: Genugaming is primarily served by the Anishinabek Police Service with support from the OPP.
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  SPEAKER_00: From June 22nd to August 13th, the First Nation says community-funded checkpoints operations recorded over 22,000 vehicles being processed, with 27 drug-related seizure incidents and at least 42 items seized or recovered, and 13 alcohol-related incidents and 16 open alcohol containers confiscated, with one weapon being transferred to the OPP.
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  SPEAKER_00: The First Nation said the OPP made verbal commitments to form a public safety partnership with the First Nation with identified senior OPP leadership, and a 30-day timeline for a follow-up meeting has been announced.
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  SPEAKER_00: With more on the movie Bannock is Love.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here is Joanna Luna.
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  SPEAKER_02: Indigenous filmmaker Tyra Delver from Saddle A Cree Nation is featuring her film at Toronto International Film Festival.
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  SPEAKER_02: Her film is called Bannock is Love.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we cut up with her.
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  SPEAKER_01: So Bannock is Love is about community and love that surrounds Bannock making.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's an incredibly personal story of myself, but also I feel that many of the audience members can connect to it in many different ways, whether it's seeing the particular uh brand of Bannonic that we use or you know, just seeing the love in in what Bannock represents.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think that it's it's truly hard to miss, you know.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's it's something that I'm really proud that I I made.
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  SPEAKER_01: The moment came and it's here and it's it's quite spectacular, I think.
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  SPEAKER_02: In Edmonton, I'm Joanna Luna.
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  SPEAKER_00: A new project dedicated to educating the public about the grandfather teachings of Indigenous people has been unveiled in Regina's Norman View neighborhood.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sunday at Ken Jenkins Park, a medicine wheel with four distinct colors was showcased, along with a board describing the seven grandfather teachings, those being wisdom, love, respect, courage, honesty, humility, and truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: The park was selected for the project since many children and families who live in the area could benefit from the historic indigenous knowledge.
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  SPEAKER_00: The medicine wheel is also meant to create a welcoming space for reflection, learning, and community connection.
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  SPEAKER_00: Roughly four years of preparation went into the project, and at the site, people can scan a QR code with their phones to learn more about the teachings.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is also a board at the park describing the seven grandfather teachings and the animals that represent each teaching.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a look at your national indigenous news.