Tagak Curley says Indigenous leaders who were spied on by the RCMP in the 1970s are owed an apology and perhaps compensation. Curley, the founding president of what’s now called Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, said being surveilled was like being “wrongfully accused for a crime we didn’t commit.” (Photo courtesy of Tagak Curley)
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Longtime Nunavut leader Tagak Curley wants an apology and perhaps compensation from the RCMP for its surveillance of Indigenous leaders — including him — in the 1970s.
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