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flag A Canadian First Nation chief objects to a rule requiring acknowledgment of government funding for Orange Shirt Day, calling it painful and assimilationist.

flag A Canadian First Nation chief says he is offended by a federal rule requiring funded Orange Shirt Day events to publicly acknowledge government support, calling it disrespectful and reminiscent of forced assimilation in residential schools. flag The James Smith Cree Nation received $6,700 from Canadian Heritage for cultural activities, but the mandatory branding and thanks to Ottawa feel contradictory to reconciliation. flag The government says the rule ensures transparency, while the chief, who grew up without his language or culture, stresses the pain of being asked to honor the same system that erased it. flag The funding supports awareness, remembrance, and healing, but the controversy highlights ongoing tensions over Indigenous autonomy and the legacy of cultural erasure.

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