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Attawapiskat: Where Shannen's Dream Became a Reality (VIDEO)

Charlie Angus | Posted 08.26.2012 | Canada Politics
Charlie Angus

It's been five months since a unanimous vote by the government to build a new school in Attiwapiskat. This was Shannen's school. To them, it wasn't the government or the politicians who had made this school a reality, it was Shannen Koostachin. She was one of their own. She was their voice. After 13 long years of heartache and struggle, the community was finally getting a real grade school.