Terry Long (born May 1, 1946) is the former leader of

Aryan Nations Aryan Nations is a North American antisemitic, neo-Nazi and white supremacist hate group that was originally based in Kootenai County, Idaho, about miles (4.4 km) north of the city of Hayden Lake. Richard Girnt Butler founded Aryan N ...

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. He was born in

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, and ran for public office in the Lacombe, Alberta Riding as a member of the

Western Canada Concept The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian federal political party founded in 1981 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories (which included ...

party. In the 1980s and early 1990s, he led Aryan Nations's Canadian branch and staged a major rally and

cross burning In modern times, cross burning or cross lighting is a practice which is associated with the Ku Klux Klan. However, it was practiced long before the Klan's inception. Since the early 20th century, the Klan has burned crosses on hillsides as a way ...

Provost, Alberta Provost () is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the junction of Highway 13 and Highway 899, west of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. History The town was originally named "Lakeview" but renamed by the Canadian Pacific Ra ...

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