Abram Benedict
Abram Benedict is the Ontario Regional Chief and a co-chair of the Jay Treaty Border Alliance, advocating for the rights of Indigenous peoples concerning border crossings between the U.S. and Canada. He has been a vocal critic of the blood quantum requirement imposed on Indigenous individuals born in the U.S. and is working to ensure that American-born Indigenous people are recognized as First Nations rather than simply American citizens.
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Chiefs of Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict organized a protest against the legislation.
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Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict argues that the law undermines indigenous territorial rights.
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Canada:
Regional Chief Abram Benedict of the Chiefs of Ontario and Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Grand Chief Cody Diabo say they both received invitations.
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Canada:
Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict says it will be 'a long summer' if the government passes the legislation.
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Abram Benedict is the Ontario Regional Chief who criticized the federal government's introduction of Bill C-5.
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Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict, who heads an umbrella group of all 133 of the First Nations chiefs in the province, have spoken out against it.
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Canada:
Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict said the entire bill was unacceptable and warned of widespread protests.
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Canada:
Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict warned of a repeat of the Idle No More movement due to the proposed bill.
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Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict told those gathered in Toronto the Ontario-specific deal will ensure their region is being supported.
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Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict is pushing to have the United States remove its requirement to prove Indigenous identity through blood quantum.
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