To Be Indian in Canada Today …

To be Indian in Canada today …

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On reserves, in Métis communities and in the cities, aboriginal children go hungry, lack warm clothing and solid educational resources, die as infants at a rate two to four times the national average and endure immunization rates 20 times lower than …
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Prison walls to hide the view

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Even in soft, tolerant and liberal Canberra, where the general imprisonment rate is lower than elsewhere, there are apparently disproportionate jail rates, with an indigenous person about 13 times more likely to be in custody than representation would …
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US Military suicides continue to climb, reaching record in 2012

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US Air Force – 59 suicides. The average suicide rate in the US military – 24 suicides per 100,000 soldiers – is lower than the civilian suicide rate for men aged 17 to 60 – 25 suicides per 100,000 in 2010. … “Actually, we may continue to see …
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Tuesday's Sentinel police log

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Floyd Robinson, 38, of Carlisle was charged with indirect criminal contempt after police say he violated a protection from abuse order against him in the 200 block of Lincoln Street at 2 a.m. Jan. 11. According to police, the … Brandon Crytzer, 20 …
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