HousingAttawapiskat Crisis
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Aboriginal firm irked by feds' housing snub (2/18/2012)
(Manitoba) -- What about us? a Kenora company is wondering, after the home-building contract for troubled Attawapiskat First Nation was granted to a new New Brunswick...
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PHOTOS: The ice road to Attawapiskat (2/16/2012)
(Ontario) -- The northern Ontario reserve of Attawapiskat gets 2 more houses by convoy
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Attawapiskat gets 2 more houses by convoy (2/15/2012)
(Ontario) -- Two more houses arrived at the northern Ontario reserve of Attawapiskat late Tuesday after a 12-hour trip over 300 kilometres of ice road from Moosonee.
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More Attawapiskat homes en route over ice road (2/14/2012)
(Ontario) -- A convoy carrying two more modular homes for the people of Attawapiskat is on its way to the native community facing a housing crisis. The flatbed trucks...
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Three homes arrive in Attawapiskat (2/13/2012)
(Ontario) -- Three new, modern familysized homes have arrived in Attawapiskat, but no one in the northern Ontario First Nation facing a severe housing crisis can move...
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Attawakpiskat modular homes ready for delivery (2/10/2012)
(Ontario) -- The remote northern Ontario First Nations community of Attawapiskat will be receiving this weekend the first two modular homes promised by the federal...
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Homes finally headed to Attawapiskat (2/10/2012)
(Ontario) -- The first of many pre-fabricated homes are finally headed to Attawapiskat, months after the troubled Aboriginal community was thrust into the national...
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Attawapiskat-bound homes delayed (2/6/2012)
(Canada) -- Modular homes en route to the northern Ontario First Nations community of Attawapiskat have been delayed because their lots are not yet ready, CBC News has...
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Attawapiskat homes to start final leg of journey (2/3/2012)
(Ontario) -- Modular homes destined for the beleaguered First Nation settlement of Attawapiskat could start moving along an ice road next week as the vital link to...
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Attawapiskat third-party manager “sitting on” funds for new houses: NDP MP Angus (2/1/2012)
(Ottawa) -- The outside consultant hired by the federal Aboriginal Affairs department to manage Attawapiskat’s finances “is sitting on†funds the...
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Benefit concert planned for Attawapiskat (1/13/2012)
(Canada) -- Aboriginal musicians Derek Miller and Digging Roots will perform at a benefit concert Jan. 14 to raise funds for the housing crisis in Attawapiskat.
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First Nation aid group raises funds for furniture (1/12/2012)
(Ontario) -- A humanitarian aid organization is trying to raise $80,000 to furnish new modular homes for Attawapiskat. The federal department of Aboriginal Affairs is...
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Emergency volunteer team distributes $100K in aid in Attawapiskat (1/5/2012)
(Ontario) -- A provincial volunteer team distributed $100,000 in aid to Attawapiskat on Thursday. The First Nations community in northern Ontario declared an emergency...
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Local First Nation has sent OVERT to assist at Attawapiskat (1/5/2012)
(Ontario) -- A local paramedic and police officer are among the small team of emergency workers on the ground in the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat, to carry...
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Chief Terrance Nelson: Undeclared Economic Sanctions in Canada (1/1/2012)
(Ontario) -- Attawapiskat First Nation has done a fantastic job of creating debate on the First Nation housing crisis in Canada. The problem is most people still have no...
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Modular homes on their way to Attawapiskat (12/29/2011)
(Ontario) -- Residents of Attawapiskat will be seeing some relief in the coming weeks. Aboriginal Affairs has announced that the twenty-two modular homes are en route to...
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Housing En Route to Attawapiskat (12/28/2011)
(Canada) -- Attawapiskat remains in the public eye as Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in an exclusive interview on CTV, defended oversight measures that effectively...
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Attawapiskat homes inch across northern Ontario (12/26/2011)
(Canada) -- The first modular homes destined for Attawapiskat on James Bay’s west coast have made it about half way. The four homes arrived in Cochrane in northern...
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Attawapiskat healing centre now a temporary shelter, Ottawa says (12/25/2011)
(Ontario) -- A healing centre in the troubled Attawapiskat reserve has been turned into a temporary shelter as the band struggles with a housing crisis. The retrofitting...
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How one woman is trying to change native people’s health care experience (12/25/2011)
(Canada) -- The crisis in Attawapiskat has left many Canadians feeling confused and dismayed about how such poor living conditions could exist in this country. It has...
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MP at odds with grand chief over housing crisis (12/22/2011)
(Canada) -- Penticton’s federal politician has waded into current events surrounding aboriginal housing, but one First Nations leader is suggesting he put recent...
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UN Indigenous peoples rapporteur expresses “deep concern” over Attawapiskat housing crisis (12/20/2011)
(Ottawa) -- The UN official tasked with monitoring the situation of Indigenous peoples around the world has contacted the Canadian government to express “deep...
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Rae notes reserve's plight not unique (12/19/2011)
(Canada) -- Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae travelled to the troubled Attawapiskat reserve in northern Ontario Saturday, to witness the residents' living conditions...
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Attawapiskat chief welcomes extra homes, but not third-party manager (12/12/2011)
(Ontario) -- Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence says her community appreciates the federal government’s decision to send more modular homes to the isolated Northern...
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First nations lament living conditions in ‘many Attawapiskats’ (12/12/2011)
(Ontario) -- With the spotlight on Attawapiskat, remote first nations across the country are now trying to turn the world’s eyes to miserable conditions on their...
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More modular homes for Attawapiskat, but may not arrive for weeks (12/12/2011)
(Ontario) -- A he-said-she-said debate over what was, or wasn't said about the ongoing crisis on Attawapiskat continued Monday, as the minister overseeing the file...
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Canada's First Nations: a scandal where the victims are blamed (12/11/2011)
(Ontario) -- In October, the Attawapiskat First Nation declared an emergency. And no one came to help. The community, situated in far northern Ontario and made up of 1,...
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Habitat for Humanity To Partner With First Nations on Housing, HGTV’s Mike Holmes Weighs In (12/11/2011)
(Ontario) -- Habitat for Humanity Canada is reaching out to the country’s aboriginals in a partnership with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) aimed at helping...
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Attawapiskat chief fires back at feds over mobile homes (12/10/2011)
(Ontario) -- The impoverished First Nation of Attawapiskat has shot back at the federal government's offer to evacuate the community and bring in 15 new modular...
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A Letter from Attawapiskat (12/10/2011)
(Ontario) -- Editorial Note: In early November 2011, the Attawapiskat Cree First Nation reserve declared a state of emergency due to a desperate housing situation, with...
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Attawapiskat residents 'prepared to stay and wait' (12/9/2011)
(Ontario) -- The chief of the troubled Attawapiskat community says she believes residents don't want to take Ottawa's offer to evacuate the reserve, and called...
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Attawapiskat’s chief cool to offer to relocate residents (12/9/2011)
(Ontario) -- The chief of a troubled northern Ontario reserve battling a housing crisis and abhorrent living conditions said her community may turn down an evacuation...
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Without saying who pays, Ottawa sends modular homes to Attawapiskat (12/9/2011)
(Ottawa) -- The federal government has bought 15 modular homes for the remote first-nations community of Attawapiskat, but Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan is...
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Attawapiskat to get 15 new homes (12/9/2011)
(Ontario) -- The federal government will send 15 modular homes to the troubled Attawapiskat reserve in northern Ontario to help deal with the community's housing...
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Start building houses “fresh” in Attawapiskat: Mike Holmes (12/8/2011)
(Ontario) -- Mike Holmes knows all about building homes in remote communities. The host of Holmes on Homes is in a partnership with the Whitefish First Nation in Ontario...
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Government offers to evacuate residents from troubled northern Ontario reserve (12/7/2011)
(Ottawa) -- Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan has proposed two options to the troubled Attawapiskat reserve in northern Ontario — work with the federally...
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Government will evacuate Attawapiskat if necessary (12/7/2011)
(Ottawa) -- The federal government says it will evacuate some makeshift homes in the troubled northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat while housing and other supplies...
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Ottawa offers Attawapiskat evacuation plan (12/7/2011)
(Ottawa) -- The federal government is offering to relocate families living in tents and shacks in the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat until adequate housing...
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Plan offered to help Canadian Indians (12/7/2011)
(Ontario) -- The Canadian government Wednesday offered to relocate Indian families living in shacks in northern Ontario until adequate housing can be provided.
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Attawapiskat requires answers not more handouts (12/7/2011)
(Toronto) -- For most of us, it’s hard to justify Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s chutzpah in banning a government-appointed manager from entering the...
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Focus on crisis, not money, urges Attawapiskat chief (12/7/2011)
(Ontario) -- The chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation in Ontario says people there are ``dying slowly,'' and that while the emphasis remains on finances, more...
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Native children's lives at risk (12/7/2011)
(Canada) -- Should Canadians be surprised with the tragic circumstances unfolding in the native community of Attawapiskat, west of James Bay? The answer is no.
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NDP says Attawapiskat should get army help (12/7/2011)
(Ontario) -- The federal NDP's interim leader says the military should be sent to Attawapiskat to help the housing crisis on the northern Ontario Cree community....
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NDP wants military aid for remote Ontario reserve (12/7/2011)
(Ontario) -- Interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday to send immediate aid to Attawapiskat - the northern Ontario reserve which...
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Government offers to provide more housing for Attawapiskat (12/7/2011)
(Ottawa) -- The Conservative government has agreed to provide more housing for Attawapiskat, but only if it is purchased by the federally appointed consultant who was...
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Government unrolls plan for Attawapiskat (12/7/2011)
(Ottawa) -- Federal funds will be used to purchase 15 winterized portables to help tackle the housing crisis at a northern Ontario reserve. Aboriginal and Northern...
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Ottawa to send 15 houses to Attawapiskat by end of January: Duncan (12/7/2011)
(Ontario) -- Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan said Wednesday the federal government would send 15 modular homes to Attawapiskat to relieve the northern Ontario...
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Attawapiskat chief says 'enough is enough' (12/6/2011)
(Canada) -- The chief of the troubled Attawapiskat First Nation received a standing ovation at an Assembly of First Nations meeting in Ottawa Tuesday, telling her fellow...
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Stop building junk on reserves, says Mike Holmes (12/6/2011)
(Canada) -- For Canada's most famous — and outspoken — home renovator, the solution to the First Nations housing crisis is remarkably simple. "When...
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Teach First Nations to build their own homes (12/6/2011)
(Canada) -- Home renovator and television star, Mike Holmes, is weighing in the housing crisis in Attawapiskat. Holmes, who has a home renovation show on HGTV, has...
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CN receives $29M housing grant (2/19/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- On Feb. 8, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $404 million in Indian Housing Block Grant allocations to nearly 300 tribes in 27...
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U students design, build homes for Navajo families (2/19/2012)
(Utah) -- Local architectural students are leaving the classroom to build homes for deserving Navajo families in an unconventional way. The Design-Build-Bluff project at...
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Community upset over shoddy homes built by Quebec (2/15/2012)
(Canada) -- The Anishinabe community of Maigan Agik was hoping to spend a warm winter in their newly renovated houses. That was the promise made by the government of...
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Kansas tribes receive grants (2/11/2012)
(Kansas) -- Four tribes in Kansas have received $1.6 million in Indian housing block grant allocations, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently...
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HUD awards S.D. reservation grants; OST gets $11m (2/10/2012)
(South Dakota) -- South Dakota Native American tribes have been awarded $29.9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to...
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HUD funds Indian housing block grant (2/10/2012)
(Nevada) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced $37.3 million in Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) allocations to 13 Nevada tribes.
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Feds announce $67 million in Alaska Native housing grants (2/10/2012)
(Alaska) -- Federal officials said $67.4 million in Indian housing block grants have been awarded to 46 Native villages and tribes in Alaska.
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12 Year Old Boy Helps Grandmother Save Home from Foreclosure (2/10/2012)
(Wisconsin) -- A 12-year-old stopped his grandmother from becoming homeless by appealing to strangers to donate money to help save her home from foreclosure.
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14 Arizona tribes benefit from housing grants (2/9/2012)
(Arizona) -- Fourteen American Indian tribes in Arizona have been awarded a combined $44 million in federal housing grants. The money is part of more than $400 million...
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Eight Oregon Tribes Awarded Grants For Affordable Housing (2/9/2012)
(Oregon) -- The government agency that oversees federal housing policy says it's awarding nearly $14 million to eight Oregon tribes. The money is part of a tribal...
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HUD gives $3.1M to Mississippi Band of Choctaws (2/9/2012)
(Louisiana) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says two Louisiana tribes will get a total of $184,600 in Indian Housing Block Grants, and the...
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HUD: $3.7M grant for Indian housing in Wyo (2/9/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced a $3.7 million Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) will be allocated to the...
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Lummi Nation Among Reservations Receiving Housing Grant (2/9/2012)
(Washington) -- The Lummi Nation is one of seven reservations to share in more than $8.5 million in federal grant money to build and modernize affordable housing and...
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North Dakota Receives Over $3 Million From HUD (2/9/2012)
(North Dakota) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced funding for North Dakota programs.
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Okla. receives more $90M for Indian housing (2/9/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $90 million in Indian Housing Block Grant allocations to 31 tribes in Oklahoma.
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Housing and Urban Development funding improves lives of Navajo families (2/8/2012)
(Arizona) -- In the vast 27,425 square mile expanse of the Navajo Nation, infrastructure development is perhaps the greatest challenge families face when it comes to...
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Gun Lake Band Earns HUD Housing Block Grant (2/8/2012)
(Michigan) -- Even though it has been operating a casino in Bradley for nearly a year, the Gun Lake Band of Pottawatomi Indians was still eligible for over 178 thousand...
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HUD funds $13.4 million in Indian housing grants for Nevada (2/8/2012)
(Nevada) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced $37.3 million in Indian Housing Block Grant allocations to 13 Nevada tribes.
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Nisqually tribe gets $588,000 HUD housing grant (2/8/2012)
(Washington) -- The Nisqually Indian tribe is among 25 tribes in Washington state to receive more than $33 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...
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Shinnecock get $182K federal housing grant (2/8/2012)
(New York) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will give $182,265 to the Shinnecock tribe to be spent on affordable housing, part of $404 million in...
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