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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle7104569/

Direct talks between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and first nations leaders are near collapse before they have even begun.A chief whose hunger strike has made her a hero of the native protest movement urged fellow chiefs on Wednesday to join her in a boycott of the event.

Theresa Spence, the Chief of Attawapiskat who has gone without all food but fish broth and herbal tea for more than four weeks to back her demand for the meeting, arrived mid-afternoon and was greeted with a standing ovation.Ms. Spence had promised to end her hunger strike if the meeting was scheduled. Then she said she wanted positive results from it before she would eat again. On Wednesday, she said she would not go and urged the other chiefs to do the same because her demand that Governor-General David Johnston attend would not be met.

“We have to chart the agenda,” Mr. Madahbee said. “And if there is any honour in the Crown, the Governor-General better get his ass there.”

What a gong show.