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      "The man in the blue suit looked out of place among the placard-carrying protesters in fur-trimmed parkas. He stood quietly on the fringes of the crowd, straining to hear the faint Inuktitut voices complain that the goods and services tax will strangle the North."

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

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

      "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."

      "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."

      "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."

      "Bloc Quebecois members tabled a bill in the Commons on Wednesday asking for annulment of the guilty verdict against Metis leader Louis Riel, hanged in 1885"

      "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."

      "Native protestors plan to present a petition to Prime Minister Jean Chretien today urging Ottawa not to remove income tax exemptions for thousands of Indians."

 Windle, Jim, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 19 Jun 2013, p.1     This article details a meeting between the Mohawk Workers, Liberal MP Dr. Carolyn Bennett, and Swiss Ambassador Ulrich Lehner during which the Mohawk Workers presented their objections to the Government of Canada's treatment of the Mohawks and the Six Nations of the Grand River.

 White, Vicki., Brantford Expositor, 9 Nov 1990     "Local Native rights groups are planning to join a rally in Ottawa on Saturday."

 Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), Mar 2016     Six Nations delegation lobbies Ottawa By TRT staff OTTAWA - Elected Chief Ava Hill along with a size­able delegation of Six Na­tions Council and staff as well as other stake hold­ers were at Parliament Hill in Ottawa recently on a mission to educate the new ...

 Windle, Jim, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 23 Mar 2016     Liberal Budget includes $8.4 billion for Indigenous Peoples By Jim Windle OTTAWA - Liberals announced the 2016 budget, $8.4 billion over five years to help indigenous communities, including $2 billion on water and wastewater systems in First Nations and ...

 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."

 Turtle Island News, 11 Feb 2015     "The new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says Prime Minister Stephen Harper personally told him that the Conservative government will not move ahead with its controversial overhaul of aboriginal education."

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 4 Mar 2015     "First Nation leaders and Canada's senior politicians may have met Friday to tackle the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women, but they came out of the meeting with little more than a promise to meet again next year...and two federal ministers distanced themselves from the group by holding their …

 Hill, Laura, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 16 Dec 2015     "It weighs 11 kilograms, consists of seven volumes and 3,766 pages, but the true weight of the final Truth and Reconciliation Commission report cannot be quantified."