First Nations Student Deaths Inquest
A joint inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students is running Thunder Bay, Ont. All of the students died between 2000 and 2011 while attending high school in the city, hundreds of kilometres away from their remote First Nations where access to education is limited.
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Wesley-Esquimaux says 'history hasn't gone away, it's still coming with us'. Looking at Indigenous 'enlightenment' helps heal #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:07:38 PM -
Wesley-Esquimaux says lack of conversation about historic trauma = First Nations youth experiencing 'unconscious impact' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:05:40 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says priest in First Nation said 'those who talk about residential schools are like pigs rolling in own filth' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:04:33 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says other traumas include moving people off the land, silencing Elders + woman, use of alcohol for coping #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:57:53 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says it's clear unresolved grief and trauma in First Nations communities goes far beyond residential schools #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:52:31 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says between 20 million to 118 million Indigenous peoples were affected by diseases brought by Europeans #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:50:57 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux's masters thesis compared response to plague in Europe to impact of disease from contact in North America #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:49:35 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says #TRC was 'not an Indigenous commission, it was a Canadian commission,' to educate all Canadians #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:46:32 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says her mother says of residential school 'the biggest damage for her was never knowing her parents' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:44:30 PM
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At residential schools 'children were damaged on their heads from ear-pulling, hits with open fists,' Wesley-Escquimaux says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:42:58 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says there was a policy of sending kids who tried to run-away from res. school to schools further away frm home #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:41:59 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says there were 121 residential school in Ont. + 40 % of students died 'either in schools or running away' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:37:06 PM
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In addition to her academic credentials, Wesley-Esquimaux says both her parents went to residential school at Shingwauk #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:33:26 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux is testifying as an expert in inter-generational trauma, as it relates to residential school #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:25:31 PM
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First witness at the #tbinquest on Tues. is @cynthiawesley She's vice-provost of Aboriginal initiatives at @mylakeheadby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 2:23:30 PM
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#tbinquest adjourned for the day. @mylakehead Cynthia Wesley Esquimaux + #tbay police deputy chief Andy Hay scheduled to testify Tuesday.by Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 10:10:36 PM
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Jury returns, causing everyone to stand again. Coroner jokes: 'I'm regretting my decision not to wear my Fitbit to work today' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:52:10 PM
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Community profiles 'while not perfect in every detail give a clear picture of life on reserve,' coroner rules #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:50:05 PM
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'If my friend [INAC lawyer] has information that is different, I welcome him to enter it.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:46:25 PM
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Source material for some of info in First Nations community profiles comes from #CBC , Globe and Mail. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:44:19 PM
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Jury excused again as NAN lawyer objects to INAC's lawyer question re: endnotes, source material for community profiles. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:37:43 PM
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Mushkegowuk case based on 'lost' diaries of Ont. Treaty commissioner showing oral promises different than written treaty #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:32:38 PM
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Murray Klippenstein, for Chiefs of Ontario, begins questioning Hunter. He also represents Mushkegowuk in its case re: Treaty 9 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:29:27 PM
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NNEC lawyer Esquega: We know why [Treaty obligations] not on paper, because Canada + Ontario wrote that paper. Hunter: right #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:25:20 PM
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NNEC lawyer to Hunter: there's a whole other perspective that First Nations share abt Treaties not on paper right? Hunter agrees #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:22:59 PM
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Coroner tells jury he instructed lawyers to make 'distinction between that which is set in law + that which is not decided' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:20:38 PM
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Coroner instructs jury that it's not their 'job to make decisions about what exactly the Treaty obligations are' 1/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:19:47 PM
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Nishnawbe Aski Nation lawyer: From NAN's perspective you don't need a court to determine what is their ancestral right #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:13:45 PM
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Coroner: concern is that 'Treaty matters' are disputed, have not been ruled on by court, could confuse jury #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:12:25 PM
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Jury excused again as NNEC lawyer begins asking about Hunter's understanding of treaty promises #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 9:06:38 PM
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Hunter says flights from remote First Nations to #tbay = approx. $1 ,000. Gas can be $3 per litre for 12+ hr drive on winter Rd #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:58:34 PM
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Jury returns. Bryson to Hunter: your role with NAN is not to assess youth needs, correct? Hunter: right. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:56:24 PM
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Bryson was asking Hunter if he was the most 'appropriate' person to be giving in-depth testimony about each of the First Nations #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:53:36 PM
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Jury excused while coroner discusses use of word 'appropriate' with PACY lawyer Chantelle Bryson #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:52:27 PM
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'So many communities do have cultural ties, strong language retention, traditional ways,' Hunter says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:24:44 PM
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Hunter says Webequie is ' has alcohol, drug issues, social issues stemming from lack of infrastructure, social services' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:22:58 PM
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Hunter says Poplar Hill was home to a residential school which 'tore families apart' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:19:40 PM
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Hunter says Pikangikum has a school up to grade 12, but only in portables after school fire. New school promised for 2017 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:18:42 PM
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Hunter says Kasabonika has school up to Gr. 12, but school, like all infrastructure in the island community, is 'over-capacity' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:17:11 PM
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Hunter says Keewaywin First Nation has a population of 340. Two of the students who died are from Keeawaywin. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:15:06 PM
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Hunter now going over profiles of home communities for students who died. E.g. Mishkeegogamang has 100 houses for 1,000 + pop. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:07:57 PM
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Hunter: reserves = a lot of social change, it was a different atmosphere, a different kind of order, a lot of internal conflict #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:04:43 PM
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Hunter: once people settled in the communities [reserves] in 1950s/60s, traditional ways of resolving disputes were 'decimated' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 8:03:25 PM
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Coroner decides to allow more time for witness to continue talking about Treaty briefly, then community profiles #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 7:59:35 PM
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Coroner: 'With respect, this inquest will not settle treaty obligations' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/1/2016 7:55:13 PM