Exploring Theme: "Agreements"

AFN Assembly, Dec. 06, 2023. Flags of the First Nations in attendance are displayed. APTN File photo  APTN News: As First Nations chiefs get ready to head to Calgary to vote on a $47.8 billion agreement to reform the child welfare system next week, a growing number of leaders, including the chief of the Tŝilhqot’in...

Chiefs from B.C., Sask., Quebec-Labrador sign letter expressing concerns that AFN is overstepping mandate CBC Indigenous: Three regional chiefs representing nearly half of First Nations say a national association is overstepping its mandate by making decisions that will directly affect children and families without consent. They also accuse the Assembly of First Nations of attempting...