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    "Some major hurdles were cleared Monday toward a constitutional deal on native 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 Mercr

    "When the Charlottetown accord was defeated last October, native leaders promised Canadians they would intensify calls for native rights and self-government."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1993     "Ken McQueen, the national affairs columnist for Southam News recently told a story which bears repeating. It strongly hints that the aboriginal peoples claims to an inherent right to self-government

    "Natives have won a tentative deal for self-government, Constitutional Affairs Minister Joe Clark said Wednesday."

    "Nowhere is the complexity of the self-government debate more evident than in two native communities near Brantford."

Garlow, Johnathon, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), Fall 2015     "This is an ambitious summary of a complicated and multifaceted history compiled from many different sources. This version represents only one perspective and may vary from other teachings."

    "The severe social and economic problems Davis Inlet- from widespread substance abuse to rampant unemployment- have long been commonplace in numerous native settlements."

    "Native groups from across the country gave gifts including blankets, a hunting rifle, paintings and a gnarled talking stick, given by Vancouver Island natives to signify Erasmus is a chief speaker."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1992     "The people of Canada, including a lot of First Nations people recently voted in "The Referendum" to turn down the changes their leaders had proposed to the Canadian Constitution. These leaders inclu

    "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

    "Constitutional Affairs Minister Joe Clark believes the distinctive nature of Canadian aboriginal society will never again be separated from a place in constitutional reform."

Bramham, Daphne, Southam News, 26 Jun 1991     "Canada's unjust treatment of natives is a national disgrace that must be corrected quickly."

Gregoire, Marie-Lauren, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 25 Apr 2001, pp.1-2     Regional Director addresses Governance Act to Six Nation Council By Marie-Lauren Gregoire OHSWEKEN - John Donnelly, regional director general for INAC Ontario, spoke to councillors at a special Six N

    "A kind of peace treaty, the two-row wampum was a beaded belt with a design consisting of two dark rows of beads on a light background. The design indicates two nations, says Kahgee, the Europeans an

    "The "historic" agreement that recognizes the right of the First Nations of Ontario to self-government was announced Thursday in the legislature."

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."

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

    "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

    "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."