Monday, January 7, 2013

More Suppport for Attawapiskat Chief

The support is pouring in for Attiwapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, who is continuing with her hunger strike.

About 50 people from the Shibogma First Nation Council communities near Sioux Lookout are in Ottawa to stand behind Spence.

They left on Friday, and a majority of them plan on staying until Tuesday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan will meet with a delegation of First Nation leaders this Friday, where they will discuss aboriginal and treaty issues and economic development.