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

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

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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

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party.Gordon, Sean. (12 July 2003) "White supremacists embrace political process for legitimacy." ''The Ottawa Citizen'' p. D2. 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 burned crosses on hillsides as a way to i ...

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1946 births Living people Aryan Nations People from Red Deer, Alberta Canadian neo-Nazis Western Canadian separatists {{Canada-bio-stub