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A turning point on Indian status

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People is clear that Indigenous peoples have the right to determine their own membership. The government must cease legislating Indigeneity.

Opinion
BY ROBERT BERTRAND
June 17, 2019

Opinion | BY ROBERT BERTRAND | June 17, 2019

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