Innu chief a casualty of indifference

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Katie Rich is stepping down as chief of Davis Inlet.

After 10 months of struggling with media and government to try and help her people, Rich says she is worn out and depressed. Things in the isolated village have not improved much. Ottawa won't let them move to the site of their choice, the kids are still killing themselves and the people are still facing a bleak future.

Indian Affairs Minister Pauline Browes sent her regrets at the news of the chief's resignation but her words ring hollow. Rich is as much a casualty of Ottawa's indifference to the Innu of Davis Inlet as any of the suicides.