Student’s mom tried to see Atleo

April 29, 2014
Vicki Monague drove six hours from Beausoleil First Nation to confront AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo over his support for education bill. APTN/Jason Leroux
Vicki Monague drove six hours from Beausoleil First Nation to confront AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo over his support for education bill. APTN/Jason Leroux

By Jorge Barrera
APTN National News
Vicki Monague drove six hours from her home community of Beausoleil First Nation to Ottawa in hopes of confronting Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo over his support for the Harper government’s proposed First Nation education bill to govern reserve schools.

Monague said she embarked on the trip not in her capacity as a Beausoleil band councillor but as a mother of three school-aged children. Beausoleil First Nation spans three islands in the southern tip of Georgian Bay and sits about 458 kilometres west of Ottawa.

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