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| Affiliation | Liberal |
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| Name | Elijah Harper |
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Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 03, 1949
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| Died | May 17, 2013
(64 years)
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Modifed | Campari_007
Oct 16, 2022 07:49pm |
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Native American -
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| Info | Elijah Harper was born in Red Sucker Lake, a reserve in northern Manitoba, in 1949. He served as Band Chief from 1978 to 1981. Harper became the first Treaty Indian to be elected as a provincial politician when he served as a Member of Parliament in the Manitoba legislature from 1981 to 1992. His provincial government positions include Minister for Native Affairs and Minister of Northern Affairs.
In 1993, he was elected to the House of Commons in Ottawa, where he was also a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Aboriginal Affairs.
Harper is best known for holding an eagle feather when he took his stand in the Manitoba legislature and refused to accept the Meech Lake Accord (agreement) proposed by the federal government. The accord did not guarantee rights to Aboriginal peoples. Harper's refusal to accept it led to Manitoba's being unable to approve the accord. As a result, the accord was eventually rejected and did not become law.
Elijah Harper is also known for bringing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples together from across Canada to find a spiritual basis for healing and understanding. This gathering was called the Sacred Assembly '95. The first gathering of its kind, it took place in Hull, Quebec, in December 1995. From this Sacred Assembly, people developed a Reconciliation Proclamation and a Statement of Principles and Priorities. These documents would guide people in the sharing at the Assembly. A second Sacred Assembly took place at the Sagkeeng First Nation in August 1997, just northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
For his work for his people, Harper received the Stanley Knowles Humanitarian Award in 1991, and a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in 1996. Elijah Harper was appointed Commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission on January 21, 1999.
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