The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is rejecting calls from First Nations leaders in the Yukon to put restrictions on what residential school survivors do with their compensation payments. - As many as two dozen funerals have been held in the Yukon for former students who had recently received thousands of dollars in compensation from the federal government. - More than $27 million in compensation cheques has flowed into the Yukon since September. To qualify for the money, former students have had to retell their experiences - experiences that included physical, emotional and sexual abuse. - National Chief Phil Fontaine said he does not believe the deaths can be linked directly to the compensation payouts, but instead are part of the much larger tragedy of high suicide and addiction rates among aboriginal Canadians. - But leaders including Diane Strand, chief of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, disagree. - Not...