Chief re-elected.CHIEF RE-ELECTED Bentley Cheechoo has been re-elected as grand chief of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation for a second three-year term. The Native political organization represents 46 Cree and Ojibwa communities made up of Treaty 9 Indians INDIANS. The aborigines of this country are so called. 2. In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. . The Nishnawbe-Aski Nation area covers all of the land in Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it from north of the 50th parallel within the watersheds of Hudson and James Bays James Bay, shallow southern arm of Hudson Bay, c.300 mi (480 km) long and 140 mi (230 km) wide, E central Canada, in Nunavut Territory between Ont. and Que. Numerous rivers flow into the bay; many of these have been developed for hydroelectric power in Quebec (see . It represents more than 20,000 Native people in Northern Ontario. Cheechoo said the organization plans to gain recognition of Native self-government within the Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. constitution and pursue self-government negotiations with the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the provincial government. |
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