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 Aubry, Jack, The Ottawa Citizen, Fall 1991     "National Indian chiefs slammed the federal government's native self-government proposals Tuesday as a 'total betrayal'."

      "Indian Act regulations allowing government officials to arrest people on Indian reserves and burn down their houses on suspicion of them having an infectious disease are being scrapped."

      "The Assembly of First Nations said Wednesday it is willing to be a partner in the new Constitution if natives are treated as equals and granted self-government."

 Aubry, Jack, The Ottawa Citizen, Fall 1992     "If Canadians are not going to allow aboriginal self-government, then the time has arrived for Indians to claim it for themselves, including making their own laws, an angry national chief Ovide Mercredi said late Monday."

      "It's time to stop talking and start acting on native justice issues, says Justice Minister Kim Campbell."

 MacQueen, Ken, Southam News, Fall 1992     "Peter Ittinuar is one of the stories behind the march to the territory of Nunavut."

      "It's time to stop talking and start acting on native justice issues, says Justice Minister Kim Campbell."

      "Justice Minister Allan Rock appointed two natives as federal judges Friday, bringing to three the number of aboriginals on the federal bench."

 Bryden, Joan, Southam News, Winter 1994     "Wounds from past constitutional wars were ripped open again Wednesday as a Mohawk leader accused the Bloc Quebecois of leading a crusade to discredit his people and deny them their sovereign rights."

      "An Indian delegation professed Monday to be only partly satisfied with personal assurances from Prime Minister Diefenbaker that none of their treaty or traditional rights will be infringed by giving Indians the right to vote in federal elections."

 Windle, Jim, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 21 May 2014, p.2     "Concerned Onkwehon:we people from communities and nations across the part of Turtle Island known as Canada, delivered a powerful message to Prime Minister Steven Harper and his cabinet, that the gauntlet has officially been thrown down and it had better be taken seriously."

      "Mohawks are relatively new immigrants to Canada, so they can't claim an aboriginal right to duty-free and easy passage across the Canada-U.S. border, a federal government lawyer says."

 Aubry, Jack, The Ottawa Citizen, 4 Sep 1991     "A proposal for special courts with "community laws" for natives is one of several contained in a federal discussion paper which leaves the door open for creation of a separate native justice system."

      "Six Nations Chief Coun. William Montour has accepted the position of chief of staff for the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa."

 Windle, Jim, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), Winter 2016     "Six Nations Mohawk elder Janice Longboat was stunned but honoured when asked by a Trudeau aid if she would sit with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Truth and Reconciliation wrap up in Ottawa recently."