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Article: Solidarity with Guatamala (First Nations of Canada forges links with First Nations of Guatemala).
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- December 1, 1998
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By Rebeka Tabobondung
Windspeaker Columnist
I spent this summer working within an Indigenous organization in Guatemala. I am First Nations myself, Ojibwa from Wasauksing Nation in Ontario. The main objective of my internship was to foster links between First Nations in Guatemala and Canada so that both peoples can learn about and support each other in our struggle for social, political, and economic advancement - in short self-determination.
The Canadian organization that facilitated the internship is called CoDevelopment Canada. They people there are not new to the idea of the importance of fostering inter-Indigenous links and have been ...
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