Trudeau keen to move away from the Indian Act and put more power into Indigenous hands
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says to get reconciliation right, Canada needs to listen to Indigenous…
Assembly of First Nation
Sheila North to run for AFN national chief
Sheila North has officially announced she is running for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. The grand chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), a group representing 30 First Nations in the province, is the third candidate to throw her hat in the ring.
Bellegarde declares candidacy for AFN national chief
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nation Chief Perry Bellegarde is taking another run at the brass ring of First Nations politics.
Education bill, meeting with Valcourt on Confederacy of Nations agenda
First Nation chiefs attending a planned Confederacy of Nations meeting in Ottawa Wednesday are expected to develop a strategy to immediately engage Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt on his government’s proposed First Nation education bill, APTN National News has learned.
Chiefs plotting revival of dormant ‘Confederacy of Nations’ to stop FN education bill
A group of First Nation chiefs plan to revive a dormant oversight body within the Assembly of First Nations to turn the organization against the Harper government’s First Nation education bill.
Iroquois caucus rejects First Nations Education Act
APTN National News The Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be appearing at a school on…
100 reserve schools "not safe," system needs "immediate injection" of cash: panel chair
First Nations schools need an “immediate injection” of money, says the chair of a national, three-person panel created by Ottawa and the Assembly of First Nation to study the education system on reserves.
100 reserve schools “not safe,” system needs “immediate injection” of cash: panel chair
First Nations schools need an “immediate injection” of money, says the chair of a national, three-person panel created by Ottawa and the Assembly of First Nation to study the education system on reserves.