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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Federal-policies-undermine-Indigenous-dental-health.jpg2000700Starting in 2016, a Cree child’s struggle to get braces became national news. Thirteen-year-old Josey Willier from the Sucker Creek First Nation suffered from chronic pain from her crooked teeth. Her dentist said that she needed braces to avoid more expensive and invasive surgery in the future, but the federal government, which administers the program […]