Frmr Manitoba NDP MLA Gord Mackintosh was on the team at the Meech Lake talks.
Gord had to leave the talks to come back home to Winnipeg for the birth of his son, my SiL, Gordon Elijah.
Harper gave Gordon that famous feather. Itβs now on loan to the Cdn Museum of Human Rights.
Elijah Harper was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, little known outside of the province.
But when he refused to accept the Meech Lake Accord and voted against it while holding an eagle's feather, he became an icon of resistance.
This is his story.
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