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    ‘Bow your head, Canada. #RIP Elijah’

    Canadians remember Cree politician who blocked Meech Lake accord

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    <p>Former politician and honourary Cree Chief Elijah Harper holds up one of two Eagle feathers he held during Meech Lake proceedings, in Ottawa, May 20, 2008. Harper, who became a symbol of power for Canadian aboriginals when he helped scuttle the Meech Lake constitutional accord, has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson</p>

    Former politician and honourary Cree Chief Elijah Harper holds up one of two Eagle feathers he held during Meech Lake proceedings, in Ottawa, May 20, 2008. Harper, who became a symbol of power for Canadian aboriginals when he helped scuttle the Meech Lake constitutional accord, has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson

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