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Danielle Smith's Record of Anti-Indigenous Punditry

Smith has expressed a disdain for Indigenous Peoples dating back to her days as a newspaper columnist at the turn of the millennium.

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Jeremy Appel
Dec 21, 2022
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Danielle Smith on a horse in 2014. (Danielle Smith)

Onion Lake Cree Nation has launched the first of what will likely be many legal challenges to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s signature Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act.

Chief Harry Lewis says the legal route is the nation’s only option, since it wasn’t consulted at all in drafting the bil…

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