Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alessia Passafiume, Sarah Smellie
Publication Date: October 7, 2024 - 07:12
Self-identifying Indigenous group got $74-million in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change
October 7, 2024
As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.Natan Obed, president of an organization representing about 70,000 Inuit across Canada, said he wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over a year ago to express his concern about the NunatuKavut Community Council’s ability to receive federal grants and fisheries allocations based on a “simple self-declaration of Inuit identity.”
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