Post by blackcrowheart on Mar 24, 2006 10:25:21 GMT -5
Eliminate Canada-U.S. border for natives: Chippewa leader
Eliminate Canada-U.S. border for natives: Chippewa leader
Wed Mar 22, 01:02 PM EST
A Minnesota native leader is working to bring in new rules that would
allow aboriginal people to freely cross the Canada-U.S. border, as they
did before Europeans colonized North America.
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Chippewa Chief Kevin Leecy submitted his proposal to the Minnesota
Chippewa tribe's legislative committee, saying European settlers were
the ones who created boundaries like the border.
"We have Minnesota-Chippewa tribe members who may have parents from
across the border," said Leecy.
"There are Chippewa tribes, I know you call them First Nations, but the
blood is still Ojibwa, even across the border because these are
water-ways. And that's how we traveled as aboriginal people, is through
the water-ways," he said.
Leecy's proposal would include all people with Chippewa-Ojibwe heritage,
including those in Manitoba, Ontario, Michigan and Wisconsin.
If it gets approval from the full tribal executive committee, it will go
to a special election to all Minnesota Chippewa tribe members as early
as this fall.
Eliminate Canada-U.S. border for natives: Chippewa leader
Wed Mar 22, 01:02 PM EST
A Minnesota native leader is working to bring in new rules that would
allow aboriginal people to freely cross the Canada-U.S. border, as they
did before Europeans colonized North America.
ca.news.yahoo.com/s/22032006/3/winnipeg-eliminate-canada-u-s-bord\
er-natives-chippewa-leader.html
<http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/22032006/3/winnipeg-eliminate-canada-u-s-bor\
der-natives-chippewa-leader.html>
Chippewa Chief Kevin Leecy submitted his proposal to the Minnesota
Chippewa tribe's legislative committee, saying European settlers were
the ones who created boundaries like the border.
"We have Minnesota-Chippewa tribe members who may have parents from
across the border," said Leecy.
"There are Chippewa tribes, I know you call them First Nations, but the
blood is still Ojibwa, even across the border because these are
water-ways. And that's how we traveled as aboriginal people, is through
the water-ways," he said.
Leecy's proposal would include all people with Chippewa-Ojibwe heritage,
including those in Manitoba, Ontario, Michigan and Wisconsin.
If it gets approval from the full tribal executive committee, it will go
to a special election to all Minnesota Chippewa tribe members as early
as this fall.