US EditionSelf-identifying Indigenous group got $74-million in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change
- The NunatuKavut Community Council has received nearly $74 million in federal funding for Indigenous programs since 2010, according to government data.
- Obed stated his organization rejects the claim that a group can be Metis and then identify as Inuit.
- The Metis National Council supports Obed and calls NunatuKavut's claims of Inuit identity "fraudulent," urging the federal government to stop aid.
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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…
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