Atleo clinches re-election after third round of voting
Shawn Atleo won re-election Wednesday after three rounds of voting gave him another three year mandate as the head of the Assembly of First Nations.
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Some First Nations could quit AFN in wake of Atleo victory: Nelson
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Chiefs to vote third time after Atleo misses threshold and Palmater supporters dig in
Shawn Atleo missed the magic 60 per cent mark for re-election by three votes on the second ballot, sending chiefs to the polls of a third time Wednesday in the election for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
Atleo on victory's edge as chiefs begin second ballot voting
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 chiefs cast vote for national chief
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.
"We are nations," says AFN candidate Gabriel
Perhaps best known for her role as spokesperson during the 1990 Oka Crisis, Ellen Gabriel said Canada must change the way it deals with First Nations.
Backroom deals, speeches key to AFN national chief victory
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.
Palmater backer blasts prominent journalist as "white supremacist" after column on AFN election
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.
Candidates offer competing visions during AFN debate
Six of the eight candidates vying for the role of national chief of the country’s most influential First Nations organization squared-off in a debate which aired Thursday.