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Woman to vie for native leadership | The Chronicle Herald

7.6.12

Woman to vie for native leadership | The Chronicle Herald: OTTAWA — Pam Palmater knows full well that the odds are stacked against her in the race to be the most powerful First Nations leader in the land.

The 42-year-old lawyer, author, professor and political pundit has never been a chief, has only had her First Nations status for a year, and works in downtown Toronto, far from her reserve.

But Palmater, a Mi’kmaq from New Brunswick, says she feels compelled to run for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, pushed by a groundswell of grassroots support.

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