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"Harper in Hagersville: 'We Want To Control Our Lives, Our Future'", Fall 1990, p. 2

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r e. e re a o p e>f tlii eral ~rnment with aborigillal peopie ~-" . Nathe people 4W not even ~- rijJht t.o vote untJi oiw 30 ,-- ._, ~ Md. .. -so Wbeo t iaict no to M~ll Lue:.· tt ,r,u maying ncfto -~ nctect ot.tbe federal ccwennn•" ~Jtr. ~. hfi long black ha1r ln -a ~t. "1be penunem baa trted to assbnilate -us, bopkle we wil.l Co ,aw,-y. But let m• tell YoU. we.,wtll be hel'e f9r pneratton.,. ~ 'weave to live together." Mathie ~le are at a ."crossroads," he said. - by the Quebec government on r 'll'l5niliiillpiiojleiie7pni=~ SaturdaJ. 'lbe arm.v ~ been ordered to talk about surrender only. 1bere should be more forums lite the one in Hagenvll1e "10 we <natives and non-natives> can or lea." un.dentand each other," Mr. Mr. H8lper aid he has re- Harper said1 celved support &om · native.' He urged native people not to people 8ClOII r.nada. use weapons. saylnc they could WJ1le pride of ladtan people speak louder, and with honor ls there. '1'be eollduif¥ is there. and respect. with their vaic8I. Aa leaden. we need that support Mr Harper received Anding to· be able to speak with conft- ovatl~ when he entered the dence. We can be a powerful room and when be ftnlshed foree in this country lf we"re t.o- speaking. People took pictures ofi gether." hlm. taped bls speech and lined He told non-native people in up ta shake Ids band and get his the audience to teH their govern- autograph. One penon wore a ments treatle, made sweatahlrt with Mr. Harper's plc- wltb •lilsir: ture on lt. Othen wore "Oka ;1'6Ntodlci6'w«>la~ aaotber Standoff" and "Battle of Oka" ~ tll6..,,..._t "fall- sblrta ancJ caps. - inc to deal Wftli' native people," "I got hls autopaph," Alva Mr. Harper aaµd. Martin of Six Nations told her "It should never have hap- fdendl. pened. It shoUld have been re- Mr. Harper ii a hero to her, solved~a,o." The provincial and federal she said "<What he did) gover,unents said . they . were =~entackQ_owledge I'm frustrated after a month and a half of necotlatiom. he noted. She cut out all the stories But that• not lone compared to about him in her newspaper and the hundreds ot,ean that natlw ua makhll -. acrapbook. people have b-.i waiting to be Mr. Harper wu presented listened to, he aaicL with a palntinc ot an eacle and 'lbe ~ should con- an eagle feather by Six Natlam Unue nfCOtl~ with the Mo- artist Arnold lacobL He wau hawk,. aid Mr. Harper. boldirll an eacle f•ther foJ '11le latelt acn,ement draftecl strencth when be ~ his blS< with Quebec Iadim Afra1ra Min- toric vote in the Manitoba later John Claeela WU ~ leclllature,

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