Self-identifying Indigenous group got $74-million in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change

Self-identifying Indigenous group got $74M in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change

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.

Self-identifying Indigenous group got $74-million in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change

Natan Obed said he wrote to Trudeau 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’

Should the feds have given millions to a self-identifying Indigenous group?

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.

Self-identifying Indigenous group receives $74M in federal cash

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 Nuna…