B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis

BC First Nations seek funding for Indigenous-led essential services

TNG spoke at the UN to highlight an urgent need for funding to address the toxic drug crisis

B.C. First Nation at UN calls for government help battling toxic drug crisis

Tsilhqot'in National Government Vice-Chief Francis Laceese said the crisis is a "continuation" of threats Indigenous Peoples have faced in the form of residential schools and the smallpox epidemic that devastated Indigenous communities in B.C. in the early 1860s.

B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis

Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia are at the United Nations headquarters in New York City calling for the provincial and Canadian governments to fund recovery beds and other supports in the battle against the toxic drug crisis. Chief Roger William with the Tsilhqot'in Nat...

NEW YORK — Members of the Tsilhqot-in Nation were present on Thursday at United Nations Headquarters in New York to ask the governments of British Columbia and Canada to increase support services in the fight against the toxic drug crisis. Chief Francis Lacese said that this crisis is the "persistence" of the threats that Aboriginal peoples have faced, including Indian residential schools and the smallpox epidemic that devastated British Columbi…

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B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis – Energeticcity.ca

NEW YORK — Members of the Tsilhqot’in Nation in British Columbia are at the United Nations headquarters in New York City calling for the provincial and Canadian governments to fund recovery beds and other supports in the battle against the toxic drug crisis. Chief Roger William with the Tsilhqot’in National Government says they’re asking for help to address the crisis in their own way, through culturally centred programming, improving access to …