[news] Innu fight for survival and Nitassinan

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December 30, 2005 | Valerie Taliman | Indian Country Today

GENEVA - What happens to Indian people when their colonizers take away everything they need to survive? They start killing themselves at a rate unsurpassed anywhere in the world.

That's part of the Innu people's tragic struggle to retain their land, resources and traditional lifeways, according to Armand MacKenzie, an Innu lawyer representing his people in a human rights conflict spanning two continents and nearly six decades.

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