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National Indigenous News September 30 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_02: This is a look at your National Indigenous News.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm Daryl Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_02: The Manitoba government is partnering with the province's second largest city to purchase a private campground where historical records show a cemetery for children who died at a residential school is located.
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  SPEAKER_02: Premier Wab Canoo announced his government is working with the city of Brandon to acquire the Turtle Crossing Campground site, located south of the former Brandon Indian Residential School in western Manitoba.
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  SPEAKER_02: A news release says the cemetery was used from 1895 to 1912 after the area was converted into a suburban park.
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  SPEAKER_02: First Nations groups have long advocated for a search of the area to determine how many children were buried in the area and their identities.
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  SPEAKER_02: Oakinue says any future decisions regarding the site will be done in consultation with residential school survivors, impacted First Nations, and advocacy groups.
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  SPEAKER_02: Chief Jennifer Bone of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation says any searches will be indigenous-led, and technical expertise and community knowledge will help guide the work.
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  SPEAKER_02: The First Nation previously worked with researchers to investigate unmarked graves at the former Brandon Indian Residential School.
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  SPEAKER_02: It said more than 50 are on the campground.
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  SPEAKER_02: Church records and provincial vital statistics files have documented the cemetery for generations.
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  SPEAKER_02: In 2001, the land was sold and developed as Turtle Crossing Campground.
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  SPEAKER_02: In Alberta, the Poundmakers Lodge and Treatment Center is closing their day program over what they say is a lack of provincial funding.
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  SPEAKER_02: Daniel Barker Tromblay has more.
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  SPEAKER_01: Poundmakers Lodge Treatment Centers is closing its day program due to a lack of ongoing provincial funding.
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  SPEAKER_01: The program provided culturally grounded addiction treatment and recovery support to urban indigenous people, including parents unable to attend residential treatment.
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  SPEAKER_01: Brad Cardell, Executive Director of Poundmakers Lodge, says the closure of the downtown day program is unfortunate as it provided urban Indigenous clients with the access to culturally grounded treatment and support.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it's an unfortunate announcement that we had to make that we were unable to secure sustainable funding for our Indigenous-specific day program in the downtown core.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was a valuable program that served urban Indigenous people who maybe wouldn't otherwise be able to access uh these services anywhere else.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they were very culturally specific, provided individuals an opportunity to access addiction and mental health services from an Indigenous perspective.
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  SPEAKER_00: We had uh psychologists, therapists, counselors, nurses.
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  SPEAKER_00: We had access to pharmacy services.
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  SPEAKER_00: We were able to fast track individuals into psychiatric supports.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh unfortunately the government has decided not to fund this important program.
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  SPEAKER_01: Cardinal says Palmakers Lodge reached out to several provincial ministries for funding before the closure, but received no support.
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  SPEAKER_01: As the National Day for Truth Reconciliation approaches, he is urging the ministries to recognize the positive impact that the day program had on hundreds of clients in Emonton.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've reached out to uh various ministries, Ministry of Indigenous Relations, Ministry of Addiction Mental Health.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've reached out to Recovery Alberta, and the response was no.
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  SPEAKER_00: And at a time of truth and reconciliation, I think they need to be thinking about the supports and and uh services that they're providing to indigenous populations in an urban setting.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know that uh the province receives federal health transfer dollars, and we we need to be paying attention to how much of that actually actually transmits to services for our urban indigenous peoples in the Edmonton zone.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Edmonton, I'm Daniel Barker Tromble.
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  SPEAKER_02: The Ontario government is investing five point two million dollars to support sport and recreation opportunities and programming for Indigenous communities across the province.
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  SPEAKER_02: Funding will support hundreds of Indigenous-led programs that connect First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples across Ontario to more opportunities to participate in recreational and high-performance sport, including multi-sport camps, coaching clinics, and leadership programming.
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  SPEAKER_02: The$5.2 million investment will support three programs that deliver leadership and sporting activities, including$1.3 million for the Sport Pathway for Ontario Native Wellness.
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  SPEAKER_02: That is delivered in partnership with the Indigenous Sport and Wellness Ontario, where the program has reached more than 36,000 participants through multi-sport camps, athlete and coach development clinics, tournaments, family wellness programs, and sport equipment grants.
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  SPEAKER_02: $1.45 million is for the Community Aboriginal Recreation Activator Program, which supports up to 27 First Nations to hire a recreation activator to plan and deliver community driven sport, recreation, and physical activity programming for people of all ages.
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  SPEAKER_02: $2.5 million will be going to the youth cultural camps, supporting 10 indigenous organizations and communities which deliver cultural, language, and leadership programming through experiential and land based activities.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's a look at your national indigenous news.