Wednesday, September 10, 2008

First Nations chiefs pledge to step up calls for education funding

Winnipeg- It's time to turn up the heat on all federal political parties and focus attention on how aboriginal youth are being shortchanged by Ottawa, some First Nations chiefs declared Tuesday at a demonstration in Winnipeg.

On the same day that Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a campaign stop in Winnipeg, a small group of aboriginals rallied in front of the city's Indian Affairs office for better education funding.
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