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Ottawa must take responsibility for the welfare of Natives in Mexico if it is to remain a trading partner in the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations said.

"There has to be a link between trade and human rights. The Canadian government should make sure that the rights of Indigenous peoples in Mexico are being respected," said Ovide Mercredi.

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Ottawa must take responsibility for the welfare of Natives in Mexico if it is to remain a trading partner in the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations said.

"There has to be a link between trade and human rights. The Canadian government should make sure that the rights of Indigenous peoples in Mexico are being respected," said Ovide Mercredi.

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Ottawa must take responsibility for the welfare of Natives in Mexico if it is to remain a trading partner in the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations said.

"There has to be a link between trade and human rights. The Canadian government should make sure that the rights of Indigenous peoples in Mexico are being respected," said Ovide Mercredi.

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Life for the Mushuau Innu in Davis Inlet has hit rock bottom, the community's chief said.

Residents of the impoverished village 330 kilometres north of Goose Bay are so tired of dealing with unwelcome justice officials and insincere politicians that they are considering an armed revolt, Katie Rich said.

"There is a lot of tension here in the community. If anybody, either on the RCMP side or the Innu side, provokes anything, anything might happen."

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Life for the Mushuau Innu in Davis Inlet has hit rock bottom, the community's chief said.

Residents of the impoverished village 330 kilometres north of Goose Bay are so tired of dealing with unwelcome justice officials and insincere politicians that they are considering an armed revolt, Katie Rich said.

"There is a lot of tension here in the community. If anybody, either on the RCMP side or the Innu side, provokes anything, anything might happen."

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Life for the Mushuau Innu in Davis Inlet has hit rock bottom, the community's chief said.

Residents of the impoverished village 330 kilometres north of Goose Bay are so tired of dealing with unwelcome justice officials and insincere politicians that they are considering an armed revolt, Katie Rich said.

"There is a lot of tension here in the community. If anybody, either on the RCMP side or the Innu side, provokes anything, anything might happen."

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Life for the Mushuau Innu in Davis Inlet has hit rock bottom, the community's chief said.

Residents of the impoverished village 330 kilometres north of Goose Bay are so tired of dealing with unwelcome justice officials and insincere politicians that they are considering an armed revolt, Katie Rich said.

"There is a lot of tension here in the community. If anybody, either on the RCMP side or the Innu side, provokes anything, anything might happen."

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The botched 1990 police raid on the Mohawk's barricade at Oka came as no surprise to the Natives, said the first Indian to testify at a coroner's inquest into the death of a Quebec police officer.

Eba Beauvais, who had been on the barricades for more than three weeks before the July 11 raid, said the expected Quebec provincial police to rush them that morning.

The Mohawks, who had held tobacco-burning ceremonies every morning at sunrise, were awake and aware of the gathering police force as officers showed up to take the blockade down.

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The botched 1990 police raid on the Mohawk's barricade at Oka came as no surprise to the Natives, said the first Indian to testify at a coroner's inquest into the death of a Quebec police officer.

Eba Beauvais, who had been on the barricades for more than three weeks before the July 11 raid, said the expected Quebec provincial police to rush them that morning.

The Mohawks, who had held tobacco-burning ceremonies every morning at sunrise, were awake and aware of the gathering police force as officers showed up to take the blockade down.

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The botched 1990 police raid on the Mohawk's barricade at Oka came as no surprise to the Natives, said the first Indian to testify at a coroner's inquest into the death of a Quebec police officer.

Eba Beauvais, who had been on the barricades for more than three weeks before the July 11 raid, said the expected Quebec provincial police to rush them that morning.

The Mohawks, who had held tobacco-burning ceremonies every morning at sunrise, were awake and aware of the gathering police force as officers showed up to take the blockade down.