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DECEMBER 7, 2000

Traditional foods and elders are being used to help treat Innu children in Labrador addicted to gas-sniffing.

The community of Sheshatshiu called for treatment for many children addicted to the substance. While some have gone off to a nearby military facility for help, others have been placed with families who live in traditional Innu camps.

Get the Story:
Traditional methods part of Innu children's healing (CBC 12/7)

Read A Report on the Innu:
Canada's Tibet – the killing of the Innu (Survival International 1999)

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