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Matthew Coon Come
OC
National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
In office 2000–2003
Preceded by
Phil Fontaine
Succeeded by
Phil Fontaine
Personal details
Born
April 13, 1956 Mistissini, Quebec, Canada
Matthew Coon ComeOC (born April 13, 1956) is a Canadian politician and activist of Cree descent. He was National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations from 2000 to 2003.[1]
Born near Mistissini, Quebec, Coon Come was first educated at LaTuque Indian Residential School, in LaTuque, Quebec, part of the residential school system. He later studied political science at Trent University, and law at McGill University.
Coon Come was first elected as grand chief and chairman of Quebec's Grand Council of the Crees in 1987. He became known internationally for his efforts to defend the fundamental rights of First Nations peoples, notably in the campaign against the Quebec government's James Bay hydroelectric project.
MatthewCoonCome OC (born April 13, 1956) is a Canadian politician and activist of Cree descent. He was National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations...
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vibrant economy and a living part of its economic and cultural mosaic." MatthewCoonCome, a former Grand Chief who had opposed the Quebec Government (notably...
Great Whale Hydroelectric Project at the Earth Day 1990 celebration. MatthewCoonCome, then the grand chief and chairman of Quebec's Grand Council of the...
Candidate Delegate Support Percentage MatthewCoonCome 244 50.31 Phil Fontaine 202 41.65 Lawrence Martin 26 5.36 Marilyn Buffalo 13 2.68 Total 485 100%...
(non-political) interests. In 1991, under the direction of Grand Chief MatthewCoonCome, the Cree launched a very visible protest of the Grande-Baleine project...
convention, losing to Phil Fontaine but finishing ahead of incumbent chief MatthewCoonCome. Jamieson was awarded a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in 1998...
frequent reporting on Aboriginal matters by the federal government. MatthewCoonCome, a former AFN National Chief who has been confronted by protestors...
Canadian politicians alike. Both Perry Bellgarde, president of FSIN, and MatthewCoonCome, AFN national chief, were quick to distance themselves from Ahenakew's...
community activist Byron Chief-Moon, Kainai Nation American-born actor MatthewCoonCome, former NationalAssembly of First Nations Harold Crowchild, last surviving...
legal analysis via Pamela Palmater. Her analysis resembled that of MatthewCoonCome, who summarized the Grand Council of the Crees position in a scholarly...
more vocal this time than in the early 1970s. In 1990, Grand Chief MatthewCoonCome organized a canoe trip from Hudson Bay to the Hudson River, in Albany...
appointed by the Assembly of First Nations' former National Chief, MatthewCoonCome, and former Minister of Health, Allan Rock, to "make recommendations...
elected the first leader of the Canadian Alliance party. July 12 – MatthewCoonCome is elected leader of the Assembly of First Nations. July 14 – A tornado...
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information collected using these categories (e.g., the Census)." 2002 MatthewCoonCome, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations and other chiefs...
Miller author of "History of Native-White Relations in Canada", and MatthewCoonCome, Grand Chief of the James Bay Cree. TBA "The Other Side of the Disque"...
outgoing Deputy Grand Chief Rodney Mark. He succeeded Grand Chief MatthewCoonCome who had previously served five terms as Grand Chief over a 40-year...
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Retrieved October 4, 2008. Almanac of American Politics 2008, p. 366. Wald, Matthew L. (December 15, 2003). "William V. Roth Jr., Veteran of U.S. Senate, Dies...
2004 American independent coming-of-age teen comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt, and Sean Covel, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess, and directed...
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