Canadian tribal chief: Fight for rights not over

Published January 24, 2013 10:12pm ET



TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian aboriginal chief who galvanized a national protest movement over treaty rights ended a six-week hunger strike Thursday, but vowed the fight for better conditions in indigenous communities will continue.

Theresa Spence, an Attawapiskat chief in northern Ontario, decided to end her hunger strike after Canada’s main opposition political parties agreed to sign a declaration agreeing to help aboriginal communities push for improvements to housing and education.

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