Advocates help women prepare to lead as number of female chiefs skyrockets in Northwestern Ontario
A women’s group says the number of female chiefs in Nishnawbe Aski’s 49 communities has doubled since 2002
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Chiefs protest cuts to children advocacy programs in British Columbia
APTN National News Chiefs are concerned about funding cuts announced by the British Columbia government…
MKO signs agreement with nuclear waste agency
Tuesday was a “monumental” day according to long-time opponents of proposed nuclear waste disposal sites in Saskatchewan.
What to pay a chief?
The Transparency Act may show how much chiefs make.
People furious over report of chiefs per diem rate: ‘double dipping has to stop’
Trina Roache APTN National News People across Nova Scotia are furious after finding out chiefs…
Ring of Fire chiefs demand Ontario walk the partnership talk
In Toronto, nine chiefs from the Matawa Tribal Council held an emergency meeting with the province this week.
First Nation-owned Wasaya Airways warned shareholders last month company’s ‘going down’ amid growing debt
Near the end of July the chief of Fort Severn First Nation in northern Ontario went on the local radio and told the community Wasaya Airways was in trouble with growing debt, adding the future didn’t look good for the company that has been serving them for over a decade.
Chiefs not impressed with what was accomplished at AFN special assembly
After three days of talks, two resolutions and about 200 chiefs and proxies in attendance the Assembly of First Nations annual winter gathering in Gatineau, Quebec ended Friday.
Chiefs consider changing June 21 Aboriginal Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations winter gathering want to change the name of June 21 from Aboriginal Day to Indigenous Peoples Day.