Shawn Atleo talks education and AFN executive with APTN
The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says his executive knew that he was striking a deal with the government over education.
First Nation Control of First Nation Education Act
‘I’m not the Indian Prime Minister’: Atleo responds to secret education agreement with Harper
By Cara McKenna APTN National News Former Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo…
Education bill, meeting with Valcourt on Confederacy of Nations agenda
First Nation chiefs attending a planned Confederacy of Nations meeting in Ottawa Wednesday are expected to develop a strategy to immediately engage Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt on his government’s proposed First Nation education bill, APTN National News has learned.
Chiefs plotting revival of dormant ‘Confederacy of Nations’ to stop FN education bill
A group of First Nation chiefs plan to revive a dormant oversight body within the Assembly of First Nations to turn the organization against the Harper government’s First Nation education bill.
Grassroots unease growing over Harper government’s First Nation education bill
Vicki Monague drove six hours from her home community of Beausoleil First Nation to Ottawa in hopes of confronting Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo over his support for the Harper government’s proposed First Nation education bill to govern reserve schools.
