Roger Fleury

[chittletalker]

HI Everyone,

One of the people I am most concerned about about is Roger Fleury who claims to be the the traditional  grand chief of the Algonquins. One of my concerns of him personally is that he would go to the communities and sometimes force his way into the the gatherings or ceremonies. He claims to be traditional Fire Keeper which is a very large responsibility in the community.  I had had encounters with him where he was very stand offish with me when I began questioning him and other time he was imposing his presence on the elder probably in search for knowledge. Later on I had seen him on t.v and a group of other people had did a protest on in Gatineau Quebec on where archaeological site. The Elders in the communities where outraged by this and I had also asked the leadership about him and he never consulted with the community leaders. Later that fall him and his group of protesters where served an injunction and he burned on his so-posed sacred fire which to some who are familiar with Algonquin custom only tobacco and other medicines go in the fire never trash or paper. which raises the question about him...   
I have asked numerous people from different "status" communities who he is no one knows him.

Here are a few links one of which has photo of him burning the injunction as well as his personal website.   
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/aboriginal-activist-roger-fleury-held-in-custody-after-refusing-to-agree-to-conditions
http://www.rogerfleury.ca/p/bio_12.html

[Autumn]

The mayor of Gatineau says he has the support of an Algonquin chief for a plan aimed at ending an over month-long occupation of a construction site where archeologists found artifacts dating back thousands of years.

Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin said he met personally with Kitigan Zibi Chief Gilbert Whiteduck whose community claims the area as their traditional territory. Pedneaud-Jobin said Whiteduck is supportive of the city’s plan to expand the archeological dig and create a park highlighting the Indigenous historical presence in the area, which is by the banks of the Gatineau River near where it flows into the Ottawa River.

Pedneaud-Jobin said he’s at a loss on how to satisfy the protestors who have been camped at the site since Aug. 7.

“We had many, many meetings and the issues keep changing,” he said. “And the protesters are still not satisfied and I’m at a loss, I don’t know what more we can do. We don’t see other options than to ask them to leave.”

The city plans to expand the archeological dig by an additional 40 square meters and to hand over all discovered artifacts to the Quebec government for preservation. The city also plans to incorporate the existence of the Indigenous presence in the area into a planned park.

Fleury dismissed Whiteduck’s support of Gatineau’s proposal. He said “brothers” in Kitigan Zibi are supporting the occupation camp.

Gatineau officials have discussed the issue with Quebec officials and Aboriginal Affairs regional office in Quebec City. They have been advised not to negotiate directly with Fleury’s group because they are not officially recognized.

http://aptn.ca/news/2014/09/17/gatineau-mayor-says-kitigan-zibi-chief-backs-plan-end-archeological-site-occupation/

[Autumn]

I don't know if any press showed up in September 2014, but it looks like Mr. Fleury invited them to a press conference where he was going to answer questions about whether he is chief of the Alqonquins.

Mr. Fleury Will Provide an update on the Jacques-Cartier Street sacred site. The blue-eyed Will Algonquin chief également responds To Those questioning whether he is a First Nations chief Actually.

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&ie=UTF-8&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rogerfleury.ca%2Fp%2Fbio_12.html

The photo below is from this site:  http://www.ipernity.com/doc/crowquiller/21547677

At least he has the official tee-shirt on!

[chittletalker]

thank you for adding that!    To add as well the town of Fort Coulonge is not an Algonquin Reserve or community it is a French town! and has no band registry or status which a new problem us as Algonquin's are having which Fleury is not the only case where we have non-status or people of questionable ancestry falsely representing the people in the political arena.