- LONDON (Reuters) -- A 59-year-old
retired builder from Yorkshire, northern England, was shocked to discover
he is in fact a tribal chief with a claim to thousands of acres of land
in Canada, British newspapers reported on Friday.
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- Mick Henry, the son of an English mother and a Canadian
soldier over in Britain during World War II, was recently tracked down
via the Internet by his long-lost Native Canadian relatives from the Ojibway
tribe in the province of Manitoba.
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- "I never thought something like this could happen
to anyone, certainly not someone like me," Henry told the Daily Mail
newspaper.
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- "They are still looking for a proper ceremonial
name for me. I thought they still lived in tents and went hunting for their
food. In fact they all have lovely houses and enjoy a wonderful lifestyle,"
he said.
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- Henry's father was an Ojibway who returned to Canada
soon after his son was born. He never maintained contact and died in 1998.
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- The Daily Mail published recent pictures of Henry reunited
in Canada with some of the 70 members of his tribe, all dressed in ceremonial
clothing and headdresses.
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- Henry is also apparently hoping to cash-in on his new-found
heritage and sudden celebrity status.
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- When contacted by telephone by Reuters, a Henry family
spokeswoman said: "He is not speaking to the media about his story
any more without a fee."
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