Students of Attawapiskat Plead to Minister Chuck Strahl

Grade eight student, Shannen Koostachin of J.R. Nagokee School, has created a powerpoint presentation showing her school and asking Mr. Strahl to build them a proper school.

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[duichlas]

More drivel - they got millions, and cannot take care of a building. Give themn nothing, its a waste of my tax dollars to ungrateful wastrels.



[tmnats]

rip

[mightymissk]

Strahl said there was no money for a school--but there's lots of money for SPYING on native groups. Since 2007, Harper's been spending millions of our tax dollars, paying the RCMP to infiltrate First Nations community & protest groups.The Tories are right wing conservatives.They don't give damn about native people & they hate ALL poor people.

Actions speak louder than words. Tories build prisons, not social housing.They cut social programs & people die. The kids pleas were futile. For shame.

[Demoniqueful]

Government handouts. PPFFTTTT! This land is my land! Stolen from me and my people! Any money a governments gives out does not take what they took from us. Which is Priceless. Our communities need more that money. We need the truth to what happened to us an how we were exploited and ignored. Money is worthless to the price that we have paid through residential schools and our loss of culture. We are a beautiful people and deserve more! So let`s go get it.

[nihaoma248]

@Robb721 There's also not enough will from the INAC and the government to give the reserves what they need. Ultimately, it is their responsibility to provide the community with the school, the town shouldn't have to pay to build one themselves. There's just so many reasons why there is still such poverty, it may seem like there should be a simple solution, but really the situation is so complex. It's been difficult for me to write a paper on it, just because there is no clear answer

[nihaoma248]

@Robb721 There are many different reasons why the conditions on reserves are still horrible despite government handouts. I'm doing a paper on it right now. There are so many problems on reserves, and things that the money needs to be spent on, a lot of the time there is confusion between INAC and the reserves and people aren't sure where the money has gone/ where it has been spent. There just isn't enough structure and organization to make things happen, and make the money go far.

[Robb721]

Don't think I'm trying to cause trouble or be nasty, I simply want to ask a question. I worked on the construction of the Victor project and was told that every reserve resident was going to get $25,000 every year end in addition to the reserve getting over $30,000,000 every year until the mine closed, with all this money why is there a housing/school issue? have the reserve build teir own.

I'm just asking a question so dont rant over this

[julesbride]

RIP beautiful Shannen, heaven gained a much needed angel. Hopefully many will follow in your footsteps and fight for whats right...the right way!

[houseofinvention]

Shannen what a good video it made me cry i hope it makes Chuck Strahl cry and it makes him see reason.