Wab Kinew contemplating run for AFN national chief
Wab Kinew is considering a run for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, APTN National News has learned.
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Valcourt attacks Confederacy of Nations, calls chiefs ‘rogue’ and threats to national security
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt moved aggressively to undermine the Confederacy of Nations Thursday, labeling the chiefs behind the organization as rogues who are “threatening” national security.
AFN election for national chief should be held this fall: executive
The election for the next national chief of the Assembly of First Nations will likely be held this fall, according to the organization’s executive chiefs committee that has taken over the role in the interim from Shawn Atleo who resigned from the post last Friday.
AFN executive meets to discuss next steps
APTN National News OTTAWA—Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo announced his resignation Friday…
Video: National Chief Shawn Atleo resigns Friday in Ottawa
APTN National News Reaction is still coming in from across the country regarding the resignation…
Grassroots unease growing over Harper government’s First Nation education bill
Vicki Monague drove six hours from her home community of Beausoleil First Nation to Ottawa in hopes of confronting Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo over his support for the Harper government’s proposed First Nation education bill to govern reserve schools.
FN Education Council: AFN-Ottawa deal carries ‘assimilating and paternalistic nature’
The proposed First Nation education bill partly unveiled this past Friday will still retain the “assimilating and paternalistic nature” of its previous incarnation, according to a Quebec First Nation education organization.
Housing a hot topic at AFN meeting in Toronto
APTN National News The Assembly of First Nations is talking infrastructure and housing in Toronto….
AFN chiefs vote to end treaty discussions with federal officials
Assembly of First Nations chiefs torpedoed a committee Thursday created last January during a meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and AFN National Chiefs Shawn Atleo.