Updated 10:43am ET: Spence remains under observation in hospital and on IV as per doctors' orders, according to spokesman Danny Metatawabin. She will miss her scheduled news conference this morning.
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is expected to mark the end of her six-week protest in Ottawa with a news conference and subsequent events with First Nations leaders in Ottawa.
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A news conference is tentatively scheduled for 11am ET / 8am PT that includes Liberal interim leader Bob Rae.
The Nishnawbe Aski Nation is organizing a tentative event to "honour and thank" Spence at a downtown Ottawa hotel this afternoon.
The Assembly of First Nations and Native Women's Association of Canada, along with the NDP and Liberals, are supporting Spence's 13-point "Declaration of Commitment." The document calls for an immediate meeting between the Crown, federal and provincial governments, and "all First Nations."
Spence, Raymond Robinson, and other fasters have been in Ottawa since mid-December, headquartered at Victoria Island in the Ottawa River near Parliament Hill.
Meanwhile, AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo returns to the public eye today at a Vancouver news conference and B.C. chiefs' assembly.
The AFN had released eight demands in advance of the Jan. 11 meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa. The government agreed to a "high-level dialogue" on land claims and treaties, more involvement by the Prime Minister's Office and Privy Council Office, and the promise of a future meeting with Atleo.
-Andrew Thomson
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