Female Newsmaker of the Year: Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence
Due to her hunger strike that garnered national headlines and inspired and influenced the actions of others, Theresa Spence is Wawatay’s Female Newsmaker of the Year.
As the calendar flipped to 2013, Spence was in the midst of her hunger strike on Victoria Island in Ottawa.
The Attawapiskat chief was calling on the prime minister and governor general to meet with her and all the other chiefs to discuss the treaty relationship and address the issues plaguing First Nations across the country.
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