National chief says AFN encased in colonial ‘patriarchal structure’ that guarantees toxicity
RoseAnne Archibald calls for new structure to deal with First Nations issues.
Confederacy of Nations
Chiefs set to vote on dissolving Confederacy of Nations during AFN meeting in Halifax
The Confederacy of Nations is supposed to serve as a kind of watchdog within the AFN.
Chiefs plot next steps following education bill rejection
APTN National News A day after the special assembly rejected the federal government’s education bill,…
AFN rejects Harper government’s education bill, calls for immediate injection of $1.9 billion
The Assembly of First Nation called on the Harper government Tuesday to withdraw its First Nation education bill while also demanding the federal government immediately inject the $1.9 billion promised for 2015 in the last federal budget.
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.
Confederacy of Nations seeking education ‘accord’ with Ottawa: document
A group of Ottawa’s poor and homeless gathered on the sidewalk outside St. Paul’s waiting patiently to begin their weekly service unusually held in the church basement occupied on this Wednesday evening by First Nation leaders gathered for what many of them deemed to be a historic event.
Confederacy of Nations poised to hold first meeting in decade: Nepinak
A long dormant governing body within in the Assembly of First Nations is set to hold its first meeting in a decade this week in Ottawa, says the head of Manitoba’s largest chiefs organization.