Pivotal AFN meeting opens in Halifax
Chiefs from across the country have gathered in Halifax for the annual meeting of the Assembly of First Nations for talks that will focus on education, natural resource development, and residential schools.
Education
Chiefs set to talk education during Halifax AFN meeting
Hundreds of Aboriginal leaders will meet in Halifax this week.
AFN chiefs expected to reject Bill C-33
-First Nation chiefs gathered for a special meeting of the Assembly of First Nations Tuesday are expected to formally reject the Harper government’s proposed bill for on-reserve education.
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.
Marchers take to parliament hill to send government a message
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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.
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…