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Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has voted in a closed-door meeting to shut down the local library. The council actually went behind closed doors to close a public institution and they did it without even notifying the librarian or library board . Or anyone who even has a book out on loan. They did it without telling you, the public, the Six Nations community. The council decided, in a closed meeting, to shut down an institution that promotes free access to knowledge, to literacy, helps bridge the divide between the digital world and the printed word. And they went behind closed doors to do it. They closed out the public. They closed the door on you the people that voted for them and didn\u2019t even bother to tell the librarian… <\/p>\n

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Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has voted in a closed-door meeting to shut down the local library. The council actually went behind closed doors to close a public institution and they did it without even notifying the librarian or library board . Or anyone who even has a book out on loan. They did it without telling you, the public, the Six Nations community. The council decided, in a closed meeting, to shut down an institution that promotes free access to knowledge, to literacy, helps bridge the divide between the digital world and the printed word. And they went behind closed doors to do it. They closed out the public. They closed the door on you the people that voted for them and didn\u2019t even bother to tell the librarian... <\/p>\n

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