A fractured AFN has many questioning its future
Hundreds of chiefs will be soon be electing a new leader.
Hundreds of chiefs will be soon be electing a new leader.
The organization and grand chief hosting the election for the next national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is facing a lawsuit from their former in-house lawyer.
The first time Rinelle Harper’s father walked into the hospital’s intensive care unit to see his daughter she appeared so badly beaten he didn’t know if she would survive.
A northern Manitoba chief says he no longer recognizes the leadership of one of the province’s largest First Nation political groups.
A Manitoba First Nation organization whose grand chief could face a vote of non-confidence Wednesday has received a second “disclaimer of opinion” from an auditor because the organization lacked a traceable paper trail for its spent dollars, APTN National News has learned.
The federal Aboriginal Affairs department is probing the finances of a Manitoba First Nation organization whose embattled grand chief is trying to avoid a non-confidence vote by member chiefs.
The fate of Grand Chief David Harper and a forensic audit into Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak’s books remained uncertain following a shortened meeting by the organization’s chiefs executive council Thursday.
Chiefs on the executive council for Manitoba Keeewatinowi Okimakanak met Thursday to discuss the temporary removal of Grand Chief David Harper while the organization faces a full forensic audit.
Forensic auditors investigating a northern Manitoba First Nation organization want its grand chief to step aside because he could “pose a threat” to their probe, according to a letter obtained by APTN National News.