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Passport restrictions fly in face of tradition
By Doug Cuthand, January 29, 2007
The Leader-Post

A new chapter began this week in Canada’s relationship with the United States with new American regulations that require passports for air passengers entering the U.S. All non-Americans need a passport to enter the U.S. and Americans require one to re-enter.

This is not going over well in Indian Country and for good reason. The border has been in place only for about 200 years and it’s totally arbitrary when it comes to our traditional national boundaries.

In Saskatchewan, members of the Dakota Nation sought asylum in Canada following …

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By Paul Choi. The Hamilton Spectator. NIAGARA FALLS (Jul 17, 2006)

More than 150 natives from across North America paraded through the Canada-U.S. border in Niagara Falls Saturday to commemorate a centuries-old treaty that enables them to freely enter either country.

But for some participants of the noon-hour parade, the event also served as a reminder of the land claim stalemate at Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia — a 40-hectare subdivision Six Nations natives claim is theirs under treaty.

To these participants, the parade was symbolic of the struggle all natives undergo to ensure age-old treaties aren’t forgotten or superceded by modern law.

“In …