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    "Since the beginning of time, American Indians have lived independent, on their own lands, long before there ever was a white government in America. Any agreements made were made with the British Emp

    "Inuit leaders signed a landmark deal qith the Quebec government Thursday laying out a framework for talks leading to the establishment of an autonomous regional government."

Garlow, Nahnda, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 24 Jun 2015     The Annishnabe Nations of the Ottawa River Watershed are walking nearly 300km to declare independence from the nation-state of Canada and will simultaneously declare 'tibenindizowin' (Independence) i

    "Georges Erasmus, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, criticizes Indian Affairs minister Tom Siddon in an excerpt from an interview in the Wawatay News, an Ontario-based native pu

    "One of Canada's top Native leaders wants the federal government to negotiate native land claims and self-government agreements at the same time."

    "Canada's outdated and "discriminatory" Indian Act is keeping natives from becoming free and equal players in Canada, says a native leader."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 6 Jun 1991     "Native leaders say aboriginal hunting and fishing rights may be the first big test of the provincial government's willingness to recognize their right to self-government."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 4 Jun 1991     "After nine months, the province and the Chiefs of Ontario have produced a policy which could bring new life to the struggle for native rights."

    "Their economies have taken a beating. Relations with neighbors have soured. Non-native police patrol their communities and land claims continue to fester."

    "An Ontario Ojibway band pulled out of the Union of Ontario Indians on Tuesday, saying it can assert native sovereignty over issues such as gambling better on its own."

    "For a week an angry band of Indian warriors in Ohsweken, Ont. tried to reverse history and throw over the white man's law. Led by hereditary chiefs, Iroquis braves of the Six Nations tribes stormed

    "Ovide Mercredi said it would be different the second time around. In a stunning, come-from-behind victory early today, Mercredi became the national Indian chief of the most powerful aboriginal organ

Stonehouse, Eldon, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) ( CTVglobemedia), 1957     "The chiefs, warriors and women of the Six Nations recited their history, religion and traditions in the white man's court this afternoon in a continuation of their battle for the independence of the