First Nations youth "unrest" aimed at "own" leadership
One the eve of Tuesday’s Crown First-Nations Gathering, B.C’s Grand Chief Stewart Phillip warned of a potential youth uprising if talks didn’t go smoothly.
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First Nations youth “unrest” aimed at “own” leadership
One the eve of Tuesday’s Crown First-Nations Gathering, B.C’s Grand Chief Stewart Phillip warned of a potential youth uprising if talks didn’t go smoothly.
Harper tells chiefs they should contact their MPs
First Nations leaders will be listening closely to the words Prime Minister Stephen Harper chooses in his speech at the Crown-First Nations gathering Tuesday after he left chiefs feeling underwhelmed by his response to their presentations during a special, two-and-a-half hour meeting with a delegation Monday.
Copps gets backing from ex-AFN chief in Liberal party president race
A high profile First Nations leader is backing Liberal cabinet minister Sheila Copps in her bid to become president of the beleaguered federal Liberal party.
AFN kept “oil pipelines” resolution from vote over “terrorism” concerns: Manitoba chief
A resolution from Manitoba chiefs calling for “action on oil pipelines” was kept from a vote during the special chiefs assembly in Ottawa last week because a lawyer for the Assembly of First Nations determined it could be interpreted as “terrorism,” according to the chief who proposed the resolution.
Atleo: First Nations have to “reason” with Canada
Chiefs with the Assembly of First Nations have headed home.
Chiefs prepare for meeting with Harper
The moment of reckoning for First Nations is soon approaching.
‘A leader for his people’
Quinn Meawasige was in rehab trying to kick a nasty drug and drinking habit when he received a phone call from Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo.
Some chiefs raise concerns AFN ignoring views of Treaty nations
The push by Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo to radically alter Canada’s relationship with First Nations has left some chiefs wondering whether the national organization is overreaching on its mandate.