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    "Grand Chief Phil Fontaine was relieved."

    "The Roman Catholic Church will spend $500,000 over the next five years to help natives deal with problems caused by Manitoba residential schools, it announced Wednesday."

Turtle Island News, 3 Dec 1997     "The federal government is afraid of admitting guilt if it apologizes to natives for the damage done by residential schools, says the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations."

    "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.

    "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."

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 10 Dec 1998, pp.1, 3     Natives want shares of dividend OTTAWA - Now that the federal budget is virtually balanced, Canada's Aboriginal Peoples want the federal government to throw some money their way. "We've put a very st

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "Family violence in native communities will not be wiped out until the social, economic, and historical factors which trigger the abuse are addressed, Phil Fontaine said Tuesday."

    "Some aboriginal women in Manitoba are fighting what they say are the sexist attitudes of male-dominated groups led by powerful chiefs."

    "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."

    "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

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 2 Dec 1998, pp.1, 18     "Anishnabek women may be leading the way to the future formation of female version of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN)."

    "What do the Indians want anyway? This plaintive question echoes the old whimper about Quebec, yet also grounded in an anxiety to do something about it."

Aubry, Jack, The Ottawa Citizen, 13 Jun 1991     "Canada's native chiefs proved this week they can hold a national political convention with plenty of drama and hoopla."

Turtle Island News, 24 Jul 1998     New Brunswick Indians lose tax case in Supreme Court OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada settled a sometimes ugly, five-year squabble between New Brunswick and its status Indians on Thursday by ruli

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1990     "Only time will tell but I believe we have a new native hero to go along with such giants as Tecumseh and Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) in native history. The man I refer to is NDP MLA Elijah Harper.

    A brief description of five candidates running for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and their platforms.

    "Aboriginal people have been "treated like dirt" since whites set foot in Canada but natives aren't going to be kept down anymore, a leadership candidate for the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesda

Brantford Expositor, 1991     "They all talk of the importance of returning to traditional values, and emphasize the need to improve living conditions in native communities."

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 8 Jul 1998, pp.1-2     Fontaine gets whopping raise while AFN cuts corners By Lynda Powless, Editor A $40,000 a year raise for Assembly of First Nations (AFN) leader Phil Fontaine is "ridiculous" says a Six Nations Council

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 9 May 1991     "Chief Coun. William Montour will face five competitors in his bid to be the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations."