First Nations poverty, Attawapiskat school, suicides, water

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Phil Fontaine talks about First Nations poverty, health care, suicide rates, the fight for a school in Attawapiskat, Ontario, children, education, safe drinking water, the First Nations housing crisis, unemployment, Indigenous languages, human rights (repeal of Section 67 of the Charter), and success stories.

"There are over 100 First Nation communities that operate under boil water advisories. So what is the response to that? Well the first response is to blame Chief and Council. Well we didn't pollute and contaminate our water source. It's someone else that did that but we're expected to fix that." (Read about the clean water crisis in Native communities on the Polaris Institute website at http://www.polarisinstitute.org/boiling_point_0 and http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/Boiling%20Point_0.pdf )

"We don't want more than ordinary Canadians have, but we certainly want to receive what ordinary Canadians expect, and in fact receive, from their governments."

Sign the "First Nations Children of Attawapiskat Fight for a School" petition to Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl at http://www.petitiononline.com/FNCA08/petition-sign.html

(From a speech to the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples (Canada), hearings on Bill C-292, An Act to Implement the Kelowna Accord, April 16, 2008.)

See the entire session at:
Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3594725264673116493&hl=en
Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8246203659857238374&q=&hl=en
Part 3: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1933398438865598240&hl=en

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• First
• Nations
• Aboriginal
• child
• children
• kids
• poverty
• Attawapiskat
• education
• youth
• suicide
• drinking
• water
• health
• rights

[RedWings216]

You gotta do something about the Drugs that get taken into the reserves

Drugs are ruining the youth

[hinepare]

Oh sorry - forgot to thank you so much for uploading.

[samsnames]

@456japan: R u Japanese? Let u n on a secret. Read Chippewa's seven fires prophecy. Chippewa's conquered Japan in 12th century. They r the Samurai. Whites liberated Japan in the 1869 Boshin War. Japan's current leaders now regret siding with the whites. Write chemtrails conspiracy in above youtube search box to learn why. All non whites r warned in 7 fires prophecy about what the whites can do.

[RedNativeRose]

@lucy9359 wow! I agree with what you say

[thebluebunny1]

i pray natural clean lead free houses be built and the knowlege of capturing and cleaning the rain water so people dont have to drink polution

[Chibiiymanitou]

The most poverty viictims I witness was in Regina.... totally it is uncalled for and an attack on the Indian... this is a shame... sure crime... Regina is inhumane and appalling to the eyes... a saw a women with no shoes on her feet walking downtown Regina yeah what ever it appears that she suffer with a mental health symptom... no excuses she was not at fault! The housing is that bad... by the way where are my taxes going anyways...

[gjkfunk16]

i agree with this totally , we maybe poor but we are rich in other ways of life ,i think probally only one of the benefits of growing up poor

[lucy9359]

@456japan It is not white people it is evil people but some how race comes into it uh...there are many evil people in every nation

[456japan]

you white bastards have taken ENOUGH from the native americans,their culture has been corrupted,soiled by YOU!!!they are forced to live like animals,a crying shame!!!did you know they are drinking lysol coz they cant afford a bloody beer!!!!give them back everything you took!!! PRIDE!!!!!!

[Mrreserveatim]

Poverty is caused by greedy control of profits and opportunities of elitist without heart for the uneducated and unaware poor.That a billion dollars could employ 50,000 persons at 20,000 each paid $10./hr to work 2000 manhours fulltime job yearly.Sad not as greedy few less than 1000 persons want to be paid $1,000,000 each plus bonuses for work.Takes 1000's build a life not a few greedy few no shame. Create new works could clean all water,soil and air sources together 1000 to 10000 days.