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Elijah Harper

Oji-Cree politician · 1949-2013

Held an eagle feather and said no, and the Meech Lake Accord died.

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Life story

1. March 3, 1949 · Red Sucker Lake, Manitoba
   Born at Red Sucker Lake in northern Manitoba
2. 1978 · Red Sucker Lake
   Became chief of Red Sucker Lake
3. 1981 · Winnipeg
   Elected to the Manitoba legislature, the first treaty First Nations person to sit there
4. June 1990 · Winnipeg
   Refused unanimous consent eight times, running out the clock on Meech Lake
5. 1993 · Churchill, Manitoba
   Elected MP for Churchill
6. May 17, 2013 · Ottawa
   Died in Ottawa

In the timeline

• 1990 — Meech Lake fails

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Elijah Harper
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia