Month: June 2022
First Nations From Coast to Coast to Coast to Gather in Vancouver, BC for AFN Annual General Assembly July 5-7
/(Ottawa, ON): Hundreds of First Nations leadership, Chiefs, Knowledge Keepers, Elders, youth, women and 2SLGBTQ+ people from across the country will gather on the territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh in Vancouver, BC for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) 43rd Annual General Assembly (AGA) next week. DATES: July 5-7, 2022 LOCATION: Vancouver Convention […]
Read more »AFN Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse Presses Urgent Action at Meeting With Federal, Provincial, Territorial Ministers of Housing
/(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Manitoba Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse participated in a meeting today with Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Ministers of Housing and National Indigenous Organizations (NIOs), calling for more investments and support for First Nations housing and challenging Provincial and Territorial governments to work in partnership with First Nations. “I believe we […]
Read more »AFN Statement Regarding the Suspension of National Chief Roseanne Archibald
/Today, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Executive Committee and national Board of Directors of the AFN voted to suspend National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, effective immediately. The decision to suspend the national chief was prompted by her public statement issued on June 16, 2022, that breached her obligations to the AFN – contrary to her […]
Read more »AFN Yukon Regional Chief Adamek says Independent Criminal Investigation of Residential Institutions still needed
/(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Yukon Regional Chief Kluane Adamek says the appointment of an independent Special Interlocutor today by federal Justice Minister David Lametti does not eliminate the need for an independent investigation of crimes and human rights violations associated with Residential Institutions. “While the appointment of an independent Special Interlocutor […]
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