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#shamattawa — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. (The #Keewatin #TribalCouncil declared a regional #StateOfEmergency on Thursday afternoon to draw attention to the "dire" situations on the northern #Manitoba communities & to urge #immediate #GovernmentAction .
    The tribal council is made up of 11 communities, including #Shamattawa FirstNation & GodsLakeFirstNation - which have already declared states of emergency in the last six months.)

    cbc.ca/amp/1.6788564

    #Canada #HumanRights #Indigenous #NativePeoples #HelpNeeded #CommunityInCrisis

  2. #Chief of #remote #FirstNation of #Shamattawa declared #StateOfEmergency after series of #devastating events.
    Jordan Hill cited #death by #suicide of a young girl after her Mom called #RCMP for help & officers #failed to take daughter to nursing station.

    Hill said his #community was already #hurting from loss of apartment building (by fire on March 9) that housed the elderly.
    Shamattawa 1,500 is only accessible by air/winter road.

    aptnnews.ca/national-news/sham

    #Canada #Alberta #Indigenous #Crisis