Former Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence begins hunger strike over state of community | CBC News
Spence
became a focal point of the Idle No More movement after she subsisted
on fish broth and medicinal tea from December 2012 to January 2013,
demanding a meeting between the prime minister, the Governor General and
First Nations chiefs.
became a focal point of the Idle No More movement after she subsisted
on fish broth and medicinal tea from December 2012 to January 2013,
demanding a meeting between the prime minister, the Governor General and
First Nations chiefs.
Spence held the fast in a teepee on
Victoria Island in Ottawa and her actions added fuel to cross-country
protests across the country under the Idle No More banner.
Spence began the current hunger strike with Attawapiskat Band Coun. Sylvia Koostachin-Metatawabin on Sunday at midnight.