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Norway Residential House

Elijah Harper holding the eagle feather, which symbolizes courage and strength.

He held the eagle feather in protest to show his opposition to the Meech Lake Accord.

Elijah Harper Law Assignment Bibliography

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Elijah Harper

What was the Meech Lake Accord?

it was a law that was being passed without the input of the first nations people. The purpose of this amendment was to get Quebec to agree to be a part of the constitution and so Anglophones and Francophones were told to give their input, but the first nations were not being treated like Canadians and were not een mentioned in the constitution.

courtesy of image: parliment of canada

Legal Issues he wanted to change

• Believed that the Native Canadians were being deprived from their rights (human rights)

• Believed so because they weren’t allowed to live according to their own traditions, beliefs and values (he hated residential school but was forced to go. He also recognized that after residential school many native children forgot their own language and traditions.)

• After the Meech lake accord which would assure that the French and English culture would be preserved in Canada but nothing about the first nations or the aboriginal rights.

Biographical Information

• Born march3, 1949 in Red Sucker Lake in Manitoba

• Attended Norway House for residential school and did his high school in garden hill and Winnipeg.

• Went to university of Manitoba.

• Later worked as a community development worker, supervisor for Manitoba Indian brotherhood and a program analyst for Manitoba department of northern affairs

• In 1978 he was elected as chief of red sucker lake First Nation

• Ran in election for Member of Legislative Assembly for NDP and won to become the first native Canadian to have a seat in the Manitoba legislature.

His actions that brought change...

what legal tradition (positive, natural) was

he influenced by?

- Did jobs which would help bring change to the aboriginal commuity (supervisor for Manitoba Indian brotherhood and a program analyst for Manitoba department of northern affairs.)

• Ran for member of legislative assembly for NDP, also he was the first native Canadian to do so.

• Opposed the Meech Lake Accord. This would be an amendment in the constitution which would deny the first nations of their human rights.

- he was always in politics and so he used his political power to bring about change.

• Elijah Harper was most likely influenced by natural law because his beliefs were based on the fact that written las are not always just and he never conformed to them. He didn’t conform to the positive law because it means he would believe justice is conforming to the laws and his opposition to the Meech lake accord wouldn’t be possible since he would have agreed to the new laws being implemented. he was also raised in an aboriginal household, which meant that he believed in nature and its divine powers.

Did Primary or Secodary laws Influence the changes implemented?

• Primary source laws influenced the event of change in this case since his decisions and concerns regarding the human rights of the aboriginal people revolved around the constitutional amendment, the approval of the senate, house of commons and legislatures.

How successful were his actions and what oppositons did he face?

  • In order for a constitutional amendment to take place, all provinces must agree with the decision. If one province rejects this, the amendment cannot be a part of the constitution. Since Elijah harper rejected this and even though the government gave Manitoba an extension for 3 months Elijah harper was firm in his decision and eventually the government failed to make this amendment a part of our constitution.
  • The conservative government and those in favor if this amendment opposed Elijah harpers decision to oppose it.
  • Quebec also oposed Elijah Harpers decsion since this ammendment guaranteed them certain rights which they favoured (it would help Quebec be a distinct society).

What, if any, lasting effects did the individuals efforts have in the law?

• Elijah Harper had a lasting effect on Canadian law and the citizen (especially of the aboriginal community in Canada) forever. Not only did he prevent the Meech lake accord being a part of the constitution, he also started an idle no more movement.

• The idle no more movement started after Elijah harper successfully prevented the Meech lake accord and held the eagle feather to symbolize his decision of denying the governments decision to deprive the aboriginal’s human rights. This movement inspired other first nations to learn more and stand up for their rights to be an equal to the others instead of being inferior to the English and French speaking Canadians.

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