cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51921563

An Alberta First Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law.

The Saddle Lake Cree Nation, located northeast of Edmonton near St. Paul, says health care is a right under Treaty 6 and falls under its inherent jurisdiction.

The First Nation has invoked the “medicine chest clause” provision from the treaty signed in 1876, which Indigenous Peoples interpret as a promise to provide comprehensive health care.

Greenland's government said Friday it would establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to shed light on a campaign of forced contraception carried out by Danish authorities from the 1960s to 1990, after experts failed to agree on whether the practice constituted genocide. The brutal campaign saw thousands of Indignous women and girls receive intrauterine devices or contraceptive injections without their consent.

In short:

A new study has found First Nations people with disability are spending extended periods in custody, and some fail to receive appropriate healthcare.

The researchers conducted interviews with people with lived experience, family members, legal aid practitioners, solicitors and academics.

What's next?

The team will now investigate how the findings can drive reform.

A couple of years ago Hawthorn's Kaitlyn Ashmore, a Dja Dja Wurrung woman, spent some time in Alice Springs.

She was immediately taken by the gift for footy so many kids had up there, but knew the pathways for development were limited.

"I've been out to the communities … the talent up there is incredible," Ashmore said on the eve of the AFLW's Indigenous Round.

"But it's just getting them down here, or getting them in a program, and then keeping them in there and making them feel culturally safe."

You can find coverage of Indigenous AFLW players at !sports@quokk.au .