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Canadian Indigenous leaders call Biden's apology for residential schools 'first step'

Canadian Indigenous leaders call Biden's apology for residential schools 'first step'

MONTREAL — Canadian Indigenous leaders say U.S. President Joe Biden’s apology for his country’s residential school system is only the first step toward healing generations of harm. On Friday, Biden apologized for the U.S.
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Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow

Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow

LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden did something Friday that no other sitting U.S.
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Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow

Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow

LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden did something Friday that no other sitting U.S.
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President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy

President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy

NORMAN, Okla.
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Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribes

Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribes

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will apologize on behalf of the U.S.
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‘More than just educational resources’: Squamish Language brought to life in library kits

‘More than just educational resources’: Squamish Language brought to life in library kits

Knowledge keeper curates resources to help anyone with a library card learn Skwxwú7mesh Sníchim and help revive a language that was once almost lost
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President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy

NORMAN, Okla.
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5 million adults without primary care, surgeries returning to normal: CIHI report

5 million adults without primary care, surgeries returning to normal: CIHI report

TORONTO — Eight-three per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one, a new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says.
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In Colombia, Amazon River's extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities

In Colombia, Amazon River's extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities

LETICIA, Colombia (AP) — Marciano Flores stood knee-deep in the Amazon River with the rest of his crew, ready to haul in a giant net as a man in a canoe circled in an attempt to drive fish their way.
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Search of Manitoba landfill for remains of slain First Nations women on track: Kinew

Search of Manitoba landfill for remains of slain First Nations women on track: Kinew

WINNIPEG — The effort to find the remains of two slain First Nations women believed to be in a landfill is on track and excavation in the target area is set to start in early December, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Wednesday.
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