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Palmater backer blasts prominent journalist as "white supremacist" after column on AFN election

A Mohawk University of Victoria professor and backer of Pam Palmater, one of the leading contenders for Assembly of First Nations national chief, blasted two prominent journalists Monday, calling one a racist and the other ignorant after they wrote columns essentially backing incumbent Shawn Atleo in the race to lead the largest First Nations organization in the country.