Month: July 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY: National Indigenous Leaders Expect Full Inclusion in Intergovernmental Tables
/July 14, 2017 (Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) President Natan Obed and Métis Nation (MNC) President Clément Chartier will hold a press conference on Indigenous Peoples’ participation in federal-provincial-territorial intergovernmental tables, and the 2017 Council of the Federation meeting scheduled for Edmonton July 18-19. The Council of […]
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Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde Looks Forward to Working with New Governor General of Canada
/October 2, 2017 (Ottawa) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde congratulates Julie Payette on being sworn in today as the 29th Governor General of Canada. “Governor General Payette is the new representative of the Crown, our partner. I encourage Her Excellency to meet with First Nations in our territories as much […]
Read more »Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde Statement on Commissioner’s Resignation from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
/July 11, 2017 (Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde issued the following statement today on the resignation of Commissioner Marilyn Poitras from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, announced in a letter yesterday and effective July 15, 2017: “Our first thoughts are for the […]
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