November 1, 2000 Denial of proper dental care 'may never have happened'

AFTER READING Ottawa Experimented on Native Kids (May Journal), and related articles in daily newspapers, I conducted my own research at the National Archives of Canada. I was left with quite different conclusions. ...

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November 1, 2000 Huron diocese rejects lobbying campaign

The Diocese of Huron has rejected General Synod's request that it ask parishioners to write letters to the Prime Minister and members of Parliament asking for a resolution to the residential schools crisis. In a letter...

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November 1, 2000 Lawyer investigated

Regina lawyer Tony Merchant has been investigated by the provincial law society over two letters he wrote soliciting residential school litigants. The Merchant Law Firm is handling as many as two-thirds of the 6,000...

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October 1, 2000 Church seeks members' help

For the first time, the Anglican Church is directly calling on its 700,000 members to exert pressure on their elected representatives in order to force the government to move on the residential schools crisis facing the church. ...

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October 1, 2000 Fledgling survivors' group to lobby for tribunal

The churches may have a powerful new ally in the form of a coalescing group of residential school survivors who plan to lobby the federal government to create a tribunal to deal with residential schools grievances. Alvin...

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October 1, 2000 Cariboo may lose control over future

It is looking less likely that the Diocese of Cariboo will vote to dissolve at its October synod meeting, because it won't be permitted voluntarily to declare bankruptcy. "The government is treating us like a bunch of...

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October 1, 2000 Mood of healing evident at Sacred Circle

Sweetgrass burning, tree planting, sharing stories of heartache and of peace - all were features of the fourth national Sacred Circle gathering of Native Anglicans in Port Elgin, Ont. last August. About 130 people from...

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September 1, 2000 No response yet

The federal government will give the Anglican Church an answer in the "near future" on what it plans to do about the mounting residential school litigation bills, says a top government official. Asked whether the near...

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September 1, 2000 Native professor lambastes churches' response

Faced with the evidence of thousands of Aboriginals suing the churches and federal government, some people have asked, was the Indian residential school system really all bad? Were there no redeeming features? Didn't some...

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September 1, 2000 Diocese of Cariboo plans own shutdown

The Diocese of Cariboo is expected to approve a plan to wind itself up during a synod Oct. 13 to 15. The diocese is being bankrupted by residential school lawsuits. It was found jointly liable last year with the national...

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