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.
First Nations chiefs are the most powerful people in the world, but fear holds them back, said Terry Nelson, one of the candidates running for national chief.
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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.
While chiefs gather this week at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to vote for the next national chief of the Assembly of First Nations they will also be laying out the agenda for Wednesday’s winner to push.
A Mohawk University of Victoria professor and backer of Pam Palmater, one of the leading contenders for Assembly of First Nations national chief, blasted two prominent journalists Monday, calling one a racist and the other ignorant after they wrote columns essentially backing incumbent Shawn Atleo in the race to lead the largest First Nations organization in the country.
By Tim Fontaine APTN National News TORONTO–Hundreds of chiefs and potentially thousands of people are…
A prominent Iranian-Canadian human rights activist and wife of Defence Minister Peter MacKay says she “pleaded” with Terry Nelson, a former Manitoba chief running for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, to end his dealings with Iran and cancel a planned trip to the country’s capital.
Home ownership is a dream for many families, but finding that dream home in the Northwest Territories is much harder.
