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Brazeau not “legitimate representative” of First Nations: Ontario chiefs

13 years ago By Mark Blackburn

An organization representing Ontario First Nations chiefs has written all MPs and Senators asking them to no longer consider Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau as a “legitimate representative” of First Nations.

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FN leaders call on Ottawa to sign declaration

14 years ago By Mark Blackburn

Six months after a promise in the Speech from the Throne and three years after it was adopted, First Nations leaders in Canada continue to call on the Stephen Harper government to sign the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.