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"This is where survivors can go to the court and speak or have their lawyers speak for them," said Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs residential school co-ordinator Jennifer Wood.
"The reason this is attractive is this is not an intimidating experience. There's no court hearing (where people will be cross-examined) and they don't have to be questioned by a judge," Wood said.Manitoba's AMC is the only First Nations organization to hire a co-ordinator specifically to deal with the residential school issues. Wood's job is to help survivors of the schools fill out complicated applications for the payments.See the full content of this document
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Residential School Survivors Speak Out
By Alexandra Paul
HUNDREDS of aboriginal people who were forced into Indian residential schools in the 1900s will have their say in court this week on a $1.9-billion federal...See the full content of this document
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