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    "The Assembly of First Nations and 27 other native organizations are losing most of their federal funding. A spokesman for the Assembly of First Nations said the organization was informed Friday it w

    "Wright chronicles five nations: The Aztecs, Incas, Mayas, Cherokee, and Iroquois."

    "Some major hurdles were cleared Monday toward a constitutional deal on native self-government."

    "Canada's Indians can profit greatly by setting off a bidding war for their loyalty between the federal government and Quebec in the upcoming referendum debate."

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

    "Former Chief Justice Brian Dickson is thanked by Ovide Mercredi, a 45-year-old Cree lawyer who was elected national chief of the Assembly of First Nations at the organization's annual meeting in Win

    "Constitutional Affairs Minister Joe Clark plans to meet aboriginal leaders in early July to discuss their participation in talks about Canada's future."

    "Indian groups will look to the provinces for allies in their battle to change the constitutional proposal they consider badly flawed, the head of Canada's largest native organization said Wednesday.

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

    "In the North, teenage girls blush red and shyly ask for Ovide Mercredi's autograph."

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

Baswick, Paul, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 24 Oct 2001     Mercredi decries armed response to terrorism Former National Chief calls for international peace conference to address issues of global terrorism and poverty By Paul Baswick HAMILTON - Ovide Mercredi

    "The federal government and Inuit in the eastern Northwest Territories have reached a staggering land-claim settlement that could redraw the map of Canada."

    "For the first time, natives were an official part of national Remembrance Day ceremonies at the memorial."

    "The overwhelming majority of local natives stood in silent opposition to Monday's referendum with less than one per cent of eligible voters casting ballots."

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

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

    "The new chief of the Assembly of First Nations says he will place aboriginal child welfare at the top of his priority list."

    "Ovide Mercredi started his new post as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations early today by telling Canadians they shouldn't be frightened by native demands for rights."

    "Ovide Mercredi says Canadians probably will greet his election as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations with a sense of relief."