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Hunger strike on Onion Lake First Nation

Jun 27, 2014 | 1:31 PM

The results of a recent election in Onion Lake Cree Nation have one woman declaring herself on a hunger strike.

Charmaine Stick believes the re-election of Chief Wallace Fox was fixed. She also says over $500 million of oil-revenue has been mismanaged by the current leadership, as her community lives in poverty.

“Our people are starving, we're still living in over crowded houses,” said Stick.

“With that amount of money we shouldn't even have a welfare system in our reserve. Our people should be well off financially.”