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Mohawk
Mohawk warriors heard that the government was trying to set up a golf course so they had to stop it and put up barricades to each entrance. The millatiary came and told them if they shot first they shoot back so they were in a standoff. The mohawks won and the golf course was never built. This was big cause it the mohawks showed to the government that they will never back down -
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Nisga'a people
Nisga'a people finally sign a treaty with the government so there voice got a little -
Elijah Harper
Elijah Harper was a cree member and knew his rights so he did not attend the meech lake accord which made the government sit back at his tables and look back at his rights. After looking around elijah was right and the government said that he wanted to win quebecs consent but english helped stop that -
Stoney Point
Stoney Point and Kettle First Nations people wrote and decades worth of letters to the government about the land the government needs to return because they used it for military training grounds and since they didn't give it back people went to protest but the police ended up killing a first nations man -
Shannen Koostachin
Shannen Koostachin was a 14 year old girl and wanted to enter a new safe school but she was turned down because people though one 14 year old voice doesn't matter