ARTICLES BY Guy Chevrette and Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come

FORESTRY CASE: A THREAT, A PROVOCATION AND A CONVENIENT EXCUSE

March 12, 1999 • By Guy Chevrette and Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come

There has been a tense exchange of letters between Native Affairs Minister Guy Chevrette and Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come about the Cree forestry lawsuit (see News, page 5). Here we reprint excerpts (Chevrette’s letter is translated from French). For those wishing to see the complete and untranslated versions of ... read more ››

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