Algonquin grand chief begins hunger strike over Ottawa Indigenous Peoples’ space
Jul 2, 2019 | 1:25 PM
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OTTAWA — An Algonquin grand chief is on a hunger strike, protesting the fact her community is not an equal partner in the development of a major centre for Indigenous Peoples in Ottawa.
Grand Chief Verna Polson of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council began her hunger strike late Monday, and it continues Tuesday with the leader also refusing water.
Polson argues the Algonquin Nation should be an equal voice in the project to turn the former U.S. Embassy across from Parliament into an Indigenous Peoples’ space.
The Algonquin Nation says it should have equal standing with Canada’s three national Indigenous organizations because the building is on unceded, traditional Algonquin territory.
