Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Attawapiskat Called Deplorable


Canada's top aboriginal leader says the spotlight on the deplorable living conditions on the  Attawapiskat First Nation is "a moment of reckoning.''

Shawn Atleo, grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations, says it's long past time to take care of the needs of Attawapiskat and other reserves in the same position.

Many residents of Attawapiskat live in tented shacks with no insulation, no bathrooms, and no running water.