Native leader Michele Audette, of Mani Utenam, Que., smiles at the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly in Toronto on July 19, 2012. Audette, president of the Native Women's Association, has written an emotional letter to the prime minister, pleading with him to do what it takes to end Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's five-week-long hunger protest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu