By Martin Lukacs - September 13, 2010

John Duncan's appointment in August as the new Minister of Indian Affairs was greeted with praise and hopeful expectation from many mainstream Indigenous organizations...But other First Nations leaders and activists believe Duncan's past tells another story, and they are forecasting a hostile course as he takes responsibility for steering the Canadian government's relationship with First Nations.

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that seeks to promote libertarian ideas and practices among the popular classes of that
city in southern United States.

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