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.
Assembly of First Nations
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.
Ottawa willing to explore scrapping Indian Act, Aboriginal Affairs department: Penashue
The federal government is willing to explore scrapping the Indian Act and the department of Aboriginal Affairs if that is the will of First Nations chiefs, according to Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue.
AFN wants to sever financial dependence on Ottawa
MONCTON,NB-The Assembly of First Nations is exploring ways it can sever its financial dependence on the federal government, national Chief Shawn Atleo said Tuesday.
First Nations face ‘life or death’ struggle: Atleo
Saying First Nations were in a life or death struggle, Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo urged chiefs from across the country to back his ambitious, multi-year plan to scrap the Indian Act, the department of Aboriginal affairs and replace them with a First Nation-Crow n agreement “that advances and affirms our rights.”
