Major Meeting Planned for Canadian and US Chiefs

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: Major Indian Groups To Hold
: Meeting

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: O T T A W A  (AP)

: Two of the largest Indian organizations in Canada
: and the United States plan to meet jointly for the
: first time to discuss common problems and
: strategies for solving them. 

: The Assembly of First Nations, Canada's main
: federation of Indian chiefs, and the U.S.-based
: National Congress of American Indians will meet in
: Vancouver in late July, assembly leader Phil
: Fontaine told a news conference Monday. 
: "There are many common issues related to land,
: access to resources, the treaty relationship,
: poverty-related issues, self-sufficiency and the like,"
: Fontaine said. 

: "It is not good enough, in the common struggle that
: we're engaged in, to confine ourselves domestically
: ... our issues must be elevated internationally," he
: added. 

: The organizations hope to emerge from the meeting
: with recommendations on how they can work
: together. One preliminary idea is to post reciprocal
: ambassadors. 
: The four-day meeting is expected to attract 5,000
: delegates. 


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