APTN National News January 23, 2020 – Indigenous inmate population rising, Blackjack inquest beings

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In this episode of APTN National News: Year after year, the number of Indigenous people in Canada’s federal inmate population keeps rising. The inquest into the 2013 death of Cynthia Blackjack is finally underway in Whitehorse. As the race for the white house heats up, democrats laid out their plans for Indian Country at a Native American presidential forum recently held in Las Vegas.