{"id":36708,"date":"2014-12-29T12:22:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T04:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=36708"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:43:53","slug":"manitoba-chief-who-showed-aboriginal-housing-to-south-african-diplomat-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/29\/manitoba-chief-who-showed-aboriginal-housing-to-south-african-diplomat-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba chief who showed aboriginal housing to South African diplomat dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36730\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/louis-stevenson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36730\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/louis-stevenson.jpg\" alt=\"Former Peguis First Nation Chief Louis Stevenson (screenshot)\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/louis-stevenson.jpg 620w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/louis-stevenson-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Peguis First Nation Chief Louis Stevenson (screenshot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PEGUIS FIRST NATION, Manitoba &#8212; A Manitoba chief who shone a light on the living conditions of his reserve during a tour by a South African ambassador in the 1980s has died.<\/p>\n<p>Former Peguis First Nation chief Louis Stevenson&#8217;s controversial plan in March 1987 saw Glenn Babb, who was South Africa&#8217;s ambassador to Canada, visit his community.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tadalista online <a href=\"https:\/\/petlosshelp.net\/eblog\/images\/gif\/tadalista.html\">https:\/\/petlosshelp.net\/eblog\/images\/gif\/tadalista.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>At the time, Canada and the global community were turning against apartheid in South Africa.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy wegovy online <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/wegovy.html\">https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/wegovy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The result of the tour was international attention that raised the profile of aboriginal living conditions on reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson served 13 straight terms as head of the Ojibwa community, 220 kilometres north of Winnipeg, before losing in a hotly contested election in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson died Saturday at the age of 64 following a long illness.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy deltasone online <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/deltasone.html\">https:\/\/nationalconferenceonems.com\/wordpress1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/png\/deltasone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEGUIS FIRST NATION, Manitoba &#8212; 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