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Chief Theresa Spence pledges to continue hunger strike

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence said she will continue to press on with her hunger strike until Prime Minister Stephen Harper agrees to meet with her and other aboriginal leaders to discuss the issue of treaties.

Chief Spence's hunger strike

10 years ago
Duration 2:39
Attiwapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence is into her third week on a hunger strike and insists on a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, CBC's Terry Milewski reports

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence said she will continue to press on with her hunger strike until Prime Minister Stephen Harper agrees to meet with her and other First Nations leaders to discuss the issue of aboriginal treaties.

CBC's senior correspondent Terry Milewski interviewed Spence, who is entering her third week of the hunger strike.

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