A six-year-old Pauingassi boy drowned as a result of bullying from his peers, RCMP confirmed Saturday.
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Sgt. Steve Colwell said three boys -- ages seven, eight and nine -- stripped Keeper naked and pushed him into the lake.

Keeper couldn't swim and drowned after he was unable to keep his head above water.

Colwell said the three youths were questioned about the young boy's death, but can't be held criminally responsible since they're under 12.

You know... had this story been instead about a six-year-old being mauled to death by three dogs, I think the cops' perspective on criminal charges would be different. Funny... I don't see a relevant difference at all.

Winnipeg sure is some kind of special.

In a country that prides itself on its human rights record and ranks as one of the best countries to live in by the United Nations, Canada is failing the Ojibway people of the First Nation to provide the most basic necessities of life.

On May 23, 2006, Pauingassi First Nation’s Chief Harold Crow hosted SCO Grand Chief Chris Henderson, on his first official tour of Pauingassi as SCO Grand Chief.

“If there’s ever been a case to be made about why this new federal Conservative Government should honour and implement the Kelowna Accord, I would argue that the Pauingassi First Nation is a prime example of why the critical investments identified in the Kelowna Accord areneeded,” stated Grand Chief Henderson. “The things that we take for granted in the more southern part of Manitoba are evidently lacking in this isolated community of Pauingassi.”

Among the major needs is a new air strip and port. As it currently stands, residents of Pauingassi who travel by plane must land at the air strip in Little Grand Rapids First Nation. There, they must board a boat which travels across Fishing Lake to the community of Pauingassi, which is approximately 20 to 25 minutes when the waters are calm. In the wintertime, transportation is provided by a winter road. But even the winter roads are becoming more and more problematic with global warming, which is causing milder and warmer winters...

...Pauingassi First Nation is no stranger to seeing its share of tragedies. Last summer, the Winnipeg Free Press featured an expose on the gas-sniffing epidemic afflicting some of the people of Pauingassi. This feature ran on the eve of former Prime Minister Paul Martin’s Cabinet meeting in Winnipeg. It was at this time where First Nations youth confronted former Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott on the plight on Pauingassi...

To be fair, this happened on a small First Nations reserve in northern Manitoba, not in Winnipeg.

This is the third homicide case out of Pauingassi in the past year where young killers were involved.

Two girls, aged 13 and 15, were charged in May with the beating death of a 22-year-old woman. The site of her killing is only a few metres from the cemetery where Adam Keeper was buried Tuesday.

Keeper's grave site is directly beside that of Jeremy Crow, who died last August after being hit in the head with an ax. A 15-year-old youth and two adults have been charged with the slaying.

To be fair, this happened on a small First Nations reserve in northern Manitoba, not in Winnipeg.