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National Indigenous News October 26 · 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 Darrell Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_00: Prime Minister Mark Carney says this week's meeting with First Nations leaders will help forge new relationships as his government pursues a major project's building boom.
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  SPEAKER_00: First Nations leaders are meeting with Kearney and some of the country's premiers in Ottawa starting today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kearney said it's the first time in two decades the First Ministers have met in person with First Nations leaders.
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  SPEAKER_00: National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepanak said First Nations fought hard for the meeting and it should not be the last such gathering with First Ministers.
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  SPEAKER_00: The meeting comes as Kearney's government works to speed up major project approvals and development efforts some First Nations chiefs say threaten their rights.
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  SPEAKER_00: The premiers of Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec will not be attending the meeting.
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  SPEAKER_00: More than 70 years after his death, an Atikamec baby buried far from his family in Quebec City will be laid to rest in his home community.
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  SPEAKER_00: After 12 years of searching, the family of Maxime Ottawa has located his burial site, exhumed his remains, and confirmed his identity, bringing what relatives describe as immense relief.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maxime will be brought home to Manawan in a Tikamec community located about 250 kilometers north of Montreal.
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  SPEAKER_00: In 1954, when Maxime was just six months old, he was taken from Manawan to La Touc, Quebec for medical treatment without his parents.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was later transferred to Quebec City without his family being informed.
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  SPEAKER_00: He died on October 5th, 1954, after 43 days in hospital without loved ones having the chance to see him one last time.
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  SPEAKER_00: His parents only learned of his death two years later and were unable to hold a funeral or bury him according to their traditions and beliefs.
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  SPEAKER_00: The family's search eventually led them to St.
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  SPEAKER_00: Charles Cemetery in Quebec City, where Maxime had been buried.
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  SPEAKER_00: In October 2025, the Quebec Superior Court authorized the exhumation of his remains so that forensic testing could confirm his identity and, if successful, allow him to be reburied in Manawan.
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  SPEAKER_00: The exhumation proved particularly complex.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cemetery records indicate Maxime was buried in a plot containing five people, while the two neighboring plots contained four and five people respectively, all of them indigenous.
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  SPEAKER_00: One body was eventually exhumed and transferred to Quebec's forensic laboratory for identification testing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nearly a year later, on September 30th, Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the family received confirmation that the remains belonged to Maxime Ottawa.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maxime's remains are expected to return to Manawan today, ahead of a reburial ceremony on Wednesday that will honor his memory and the traditions of the community.
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  SPEAKER_00: A new initiative in Montreal is challenging healthcare providers to rethink how they build trust with their patients, starting with a clinic that provides gynecological care to indigenous women in a space where they feel safe and heard.
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  SPEAKER_00: The clinic aims to make care more accessible to the population while acknowledging the impact of systemic racism and other harms that women face within the healthcare system.
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  SPEAKER_00: At the clinic, appointments aren't dictated by the clock, as they can stay for as long as they need.
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  SPEAKER_00: From the art on the walls and the way the staff approach their work, the clinic's director says its location is intentional.
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  SPEAKER_00: Since launching in January, the initiative has held four clinics and seen roughly 30 women.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a look at your National Indigenous News.