Winnipeg: Manito Sipi Cree

Manito Sipi Cree: Northern chiefs called on the province for an apology and laws against bullying by bureaucrats after hearing allegations a family living in Winnipeg for medical treatment faced a decade of mistreatment by welfare officials. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. MKO represents 30 northern First Nations, including the remote Manito Sipi Cree in northeastern Manitoba where the family, including the mother, father and 11 children, are band members. The community, 565 kilometres north of Winnipeg, has no hospital, no resident doctor and no road. MKO Grand Chief David Harper right and Manto Sipi Cree Nation Chief Michael Yellowback at a new conference Monday regarding comments described as bullying and discrimination toward a First Nations family. Photo Store "When a social worker tells a mother on social assistance to 'shut her legs because they have too many children, it is an outrage," Grand Chief David Harper, leader of the northern Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, said at a press conference today. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.