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The Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic was founded in 1978 by Aboriginal
people living in the District of Thunder Bay who identified
the need for culturally appropriate legal services. The structure
of the clinic and its service delivery model were designed to
respond to the need to provide culturally appropriate legal
services for people of aborginal ancestry, who, because of cultural
and geographic barriers, did not have access to existing traditional
legal services. The clinic’s special outreach mandate
to serve aboriginal clients in this District has been preserved
by maintaining an all-Aboriginal Board of Directors who are
elected in five area communities – Armstrong, Geraldton,
Marathon, Nipigon, and Thunder Bay. The membership of the Kinna-aweya
Legal Clinic is also reserved for individuals of Aboriginal
ancestry. The legal clinic’s services however, are available
to all residents of the District of Thunder Bay who are financially
eligible.
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