First Nations give United Nations an earful

Tyler Clarke reports that the Prince Albert Grand Council's 12 member bands are joining hands with 74 bands within the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and rejecting the federal government's First Nations Education Act. They will be proposing their own education acts based on the cultural needs of their bands. The bands will have a chance to meet with the United Nations rapporteur on the rights of the indigenous peoples. During the few minutes they will get with Anaya, the bands have put together points in their favour citing Article 14 of the United Nations Declaration of Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, which states that First nations have the right to establish and design their own education systems. The band members will also use the meeting to point out other ways the Canadian Government is ignoring the United Nations Declaration of Rights of the Indigenous Peoples.



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