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Vern Harper
Vern Harper (born June 17, 1932 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian First Nations Cree Elder, medicine man, and Aboriginal rights activist. The “Urban Elder” is a fifth generation grandson of Mistawasis, a hereditary Cree chief, and a sixth generation grandson of Big Bear ==Political Activism == Following a difficult and traumatic childhood and having later recovered from problems with drugs and alcohol, Harper became politically active as Vice-President of the Ontario Metis and Non-Status Indian Association in 1972. In 1974, with his then-wife, Pauline Shirt Harper (born July 13, 1943, Saddlelake, Alberta) he organized the Native People’s Caravan, a cross Canada trek to raise awareness of broken treaties and grievances against the Canadian government. In 1976, he and his wife founded the Wandering Spirit Survival School of Toronto. He is the author of Following The Red Road: The Native People’s Caravan, 1974 (1979).
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