Sharon Acoose at her office at the First Nations University of Canada in Saskatoon. “He would give me a quarter ... or a nickel or a dime, whatever he had,” Acoose, 63, recalled during an interview with The Canadian Press. To this day, that same cycle is repeating itself with alarming frequency in indigenous communities across Canada, a CP investigation has found. Article Continued BelowAnd with its insidious links to suicide, violence and mental health problems, the issue of child sexual abuse is poised to be a key theme in next year’s long-anticipated national inquiry into the tragic phenomenon of murdered and missing indigenous women. Acoose was just three years old and living in Regina when it started — three separate uncles, all of them now dead.

Source: thestar November 20, 2016 18:51 UTC