[news] Nfld. premier says rash of suicides in Natuashish need attention

[Resist!ca]

Canadian Press October 1, 2004 NATUASHISH -- The former Innu chief whose nephew was among four young men to kill themselves in recent months says he's had it with the hypocrisy of the federal and provincial governments. Frustrated and still shocked over the suicide of his 21-year-old nephew, Simeon Tshakapesh said Friday that if mental-health workers are not sent in to the relocated Labrador community of Natuashish, he wants the band to target the Voisey's Bay mine with protests.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/10/3/17612/3430