Hundreds of people lined up this afternoon to pay their respects to Elijah Harper, the Manitoba politician who blocked the Meech Lake constitutional accord in 1990.

The Manitoba government says Elijah Harper's body will lie in state in the province's legislature on Monday.

Elijah Harper, the Cree politician who inspired Canadian aboriginals by blocking the Meech Lake constitutional accord while clutching an eagle feather in the Manitoba legislature, has died. He was 64.