Missing and murdered Aboriginal women summits divided
Two separate summits took place in Winnipeg last week and while they looked at the same issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women they had different opinions on how to address the problem.
Two separate summits took place in Winnipeg last week and while they looked at the same issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women they had different opinions on how to address the problem.
After deciding Wednesday to reject the Conservative government’s plan to introduce legislation on First Nations education, First Nations chiefs are now preparing a “plan of action” which will be tabled at an upcoming special assembly in December.
A Manitoba chief at the centre of a swirling controversy involving allegations of vote-buying and counter threats of legal action from a senior Aboriginal Affairs official says he’s worried the fall-out could result in Ottawa making his community pay the price.
Former Ojibway chief Terry Nelson is expected to lead a small delegation on a visit to Iran in October, APTN National News has learned.
By Jorge Barrera and Tim Fontaine APTN National News TORONTO–After one of the most fractious…
Needing only 40 votes to secure a second term as national chief Assembly of First Nations, Shawn Atleo appeared poised for victory on the second ballot.
Hundreds of First Nations chiefs began voting Wednesday morning for one of eight candidates vying to lead the country’s most influential organization for the next three years.
Canada will never be a whole country until the relationship is repaired with Indigenous people, says Joan Jack, a candidate for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
With less than 24 hours until chiefs elect a new leader of the Assembly of First Nations, it’s make-or-break time for the eight candidates.