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    "Canadian native peoples' demands for justice deserve to be hear-and acted upon-from coast to coast."

    "Georges Erasmus has a map of Canada marked with little red flags. There are some over logging areas in Northern British Columbia. More over Mohawk communities in Quebec. Another batch is around Jame

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "A couple of months ago, George Erasmus was re-elected chief of the conference, he made an eloquent speech which was largely misinterpreted and to which most white commentators reacted badly. In his

    "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

    "Georges Erasmus leaves the top Indian job in the country this month still warning to the wind that Canada should play fair with natives while it has a chance."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1990     "George Erasmus, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, outlined a model of self-government Thursday night that would give native governments powers similar to those of provinces."

    "Canada's natives, living in Third World conditions, can't jump on the deficit-reduction bandwagon because they're mired in poverty and hopelessness, says the leader of the Assembly of First Nations.

    "Reports on the Third World conditions of Davis Inlet, Labrador, often remark on the lack of indoor toilets. Such reports aren't quite accurate."

    "Canadian natives want their next leader to have the political power of the prime minister or a provincial premier, says one candidate."

    "Bill Montour soon graduated from toys and household items. He spent 15 years as a high steel worker, putting buildings together, and occasionally, taking them apart. Now he's running for the nationa

Stonehouse, David, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1993     "The prison system must adapt to native culture if native inmates are to have any chance at rehabilitation, a young offender says."

    "'If there is ever a time when Indian people must stand united, the time is now,' says Roland Crowe. chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, which recently voted to rejoin the Assembl

    "If the six candidates for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations had their way, the Canadian political system would be drastically changed after June 11."

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 9 Dec 1998, pp.1, 2, 22     Healing Foundation projects could be held in condemned and crowded quarters By Lynda Powless, Editor A lack of capital dollars for healing projects may see some Aboriginal Healing Foundation funded p

Aubry, Jack, Southam News, 13 Dec 1990     "Canadian natives should establish their own national army for confrontations like this summer's Oka crisis, the Assembly of First Nations was told Wednesday."

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

    "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

MacGregor, Roy, Southam News, Summer 1990     "It is an astonishing admission. But George Erasmus now thinks he may have been wrong all along."

    "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."

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."