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Eagle feather held aloft

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It's hard to figure what was going on in a security guard's imagination when he considered an eagle feather a "potentially dangerous weapon."

It's an incident that the security guards at the House of Commons would rather forget. And, despite the round of apologies from the guard, the Speaker of the House and the Minister of Indian Affairs, the fact that a young Mi'kmaw woman was barred from entering the House of Commons because she carried an eagle feather is still a cause for concern.

Eagle feather held aloft

Page 6

It's hard to figure what was going on in a security guard's imagination when he considered an eagle feather a "potentially dangerous weapon."

It's an incident that the security guards at the House of Commons would rather forget. And, despite the round of apologies from the guard, the Speaker of the House and the Minister of Indian Affairs, the fact that a young Mi'kmaw woman was barred from entering the House of Commons because she carried an eagle feather is still a cause for concern.

The truth about Ipperwash

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After listening to several weeks of testimony, Judge Hugh Fraser visited the site of the Ipperwash confrontation, something lawyers say was a key decision because it allowed the judge to see with his own eyes the evidence that was almost impossible for prosecutors or defense attorneys to effectively introduce in a courtroom setting.

The truth about Ipperwash

Page 6

After listening to several weeks of testimony, Judge Hugh Fraser visited the site of the Ipperwash confrontation, something lawyers say was a key decision because it allowed the judge to see with his own eyes the evidence that was almost impossible for prosecutors or defense attorneys to effectively introduce in a courtroom setting.