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National Indigenous News May 8 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_02: This is the Look at Your National Indigenous News.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm Daryl Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_02: Ontario's Court of Justice took a rare road trip Tuesday to an important archaeological site at the center of a potentially precedent-setting court case in Southampton.
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  SPEAKER_02: At the request of the Songine First Nation, sentencing and tours of the site, along with historical context, took place outside of the courtroom Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's a unique setting for a unique case that could set precedent for future archaeological disturbances along the Lake Huron shoreline.
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  SPEAKER_02: In November 2022, the former owners of 6 South Rankin Street in Southampton were issued a stop work order and charged with disturbing an archaeological site after they started work for construction of a new home.
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  SPEAKER_02: The site was deemed an important archaeological site decades earlier after thousands of indigenous artifacts were found under the waterfront lot overlooking Lake Huron.
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  SPEAKER_02: Following years of legal wrangling, the former owners of 6th South Rankin Street have agreed to plead guilty to disturbing an archaeological site, pay a fine, apologize to the Songine First Nation, and most importantly, donate the land back to the Songine First Nation for restoration free of charge.
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  SPEAKER_02: Applications are now open for a new indigenous artist and residence in the city of Edmonton.
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  SPEAKER_02: Daniel Barker Tromblay is here with more.
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  SPEAKER_01: So really promoting the representation of indigenous artists in Edmonton.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, there's a lower amount of indigenous representation, even when you look at like public art across Edmonton historically.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it's really reclaiming space and also promotes you know indigenous ways of being and seeing the values so that the public can learn from that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you know, art is transformative.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Edmonton, our Daddy Park Patrol Blay.
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  SPEAKER_02: In the north, floodwatch advisories have been issued for the Yukon River in the Dawson region, as well as the Nordenskiold River in Carmacks, Yukon.
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  SPEAKER_02: A floodwatch means that river levels are rising and may exceed banks.
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  SPEAKER_02: If that happens, the advisory could be later upgraded to a flood warning.
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  SPEAKER_02: According to the floodwatch issued for Dawson on Thursday, a large ice jam downstream from the town site is causing the river to rise.
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  SPEAKER_02: That could continue as more ice flows downriver and meets that jam.
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  SPEAKER_02: The advisory says water levels in Dawson are now close to the peak of 1998 when water during breakup reached the second highest level since 1979.
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  SPEAKER_02: The official update Thursday said the downstream ice jam is 8 kilometers long, having grown overnight.
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  SPEAKER_02: The Dawson Flood Watch comes as the town also deals with a flood warning issued this week for the Klondike River in the nearby Henderson's Corner area.
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  SPEAKER_02: Some residents there are also under an evacuation alert.
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  SPEAKER_02: If the large ice jam downstream releases, the rise may be brief.
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  SPEAKER_02: However, it also notes that in any scenario, any assets on the riverside of the dikes are currently at risk.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's a look at your national Indigenous News.