Local Journalism Initiative \u00a001\/08\/2024 GRASSY NARROWS \u2013 The federal government is making a big cut in funding for residential schools initiatives, and that\u2019s \u201cvery disappointing\u201d to Chief Rudy Turtle. \u201cWe weren\u2019t expecting it,\u201d the Grassy Narrows First Nation chief said Thursday of Ottawa\u2019s decision to cut funding by 83 per cent. \u201cIt caught us by surprise, for sure.\u201d Turtle said the feds didn\u2019t communicate the decision directly to him or Grassy Narrows (Asubpeeschoseewagong) council. Instead, he said, \u201cI heard it through the media, plus from our residential school workers.\u201d He said the reduction \u201cdefinitely slows things down\u201d in his First Nation\u2019s investigation of the former McIntosh Residential School, which had children from Grassy Narrows and many other reserves from 1925 to 1969. The First Nation northeast of Kenora is heading… <\/p>\n
Local Journalism Initiative \u00a001\/08\/2024 GRASSY NARROWS \u2013 The federal government is making a big cut in funding for residential schools initiatives, and that\u2019s \u201cvery disappointing\u201d to Chief Rudy Turtle. \u201cWe weren\u2019t expecting it,\u201d the Grassy Narrows First Nation chief said Thursday of Ottawa\u2019s decision to cut funding by 83 per cent. \u201cIt caught us by surprise, for sure.\u201d Turtle said the feds didn\u2019t communicate the decision directly to him or Grassy Narrows (Asubpeeschoseewagong) council. Instead, he said, \u201cI heard it through the media, plus from our residential school workers.\u201d He said the reduction \u201cdefinitely slows things down\u201d in his First Nation\u2019s investigation of the former McIntosh Residential School, which had children from Grassy Narrows and many other reserves from 1925 to 1969. The First Nation northeast of Kenora is heading... <\/p>\n