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Background commentary

“We have a right to be frustrated, concerned, angry – anger that’s building and building.”

Phil Fontaine, Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (CTV News, May 15, 2007)

“It’s time to quit being loyal Canadians …We don’t need the white man’s money. We need a share of our own wealth.”

“There are only two ways of dealing with the white man. Either you pick up a gun or you stand between him and his money.”

Terrance Nelson, Chief, Roseau River First Nation, Manitoba (CTV News, May 15, 2007)

Senator Roméo Dallaire: “We have heard about the Aboriginal Day of Action. Is the internal security risk rising as the youth see themselves more and more disenfranchised? In fact, if they ever coalesced, could they not bring this country to a standstill?”

The Right Honourable Paul Martin: “My answer, and the only one we all have, is we would hope not.”

Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Tuesday, April 8, 2008

“The little discomfort that I feel after this incredible journey pales in comparison to what our people suffer every single day.”

Shawn Atleo, newly elected Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, after an exhausting all-night marathon of balloting (Calgary press conference, July 24, 2009)