Assembly of First Nations signage is seen during the second day of the Special Chiefs Assembly (SCA) in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.
Assembly of First Nations signage is seen during the second day of the Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Delegates from hundreds of First Nations are meeting on Kanien'kehá:ka territory this week to discuss priorities.
"I think everybody is really looking for ways to strengthen those ties and sort of turn the page on the RoseAnne Archibald era and try to reinforce or reconstruct that relationship at a First Nations level."from her role as national chief last June by chiefs during a special virtual meeting in response to two outside probes that concluded she had harassed AFN staff.
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said policing is one of her priorities and that she invited Public Safety Minister Dominic Leblanc to address the assembly to discuss it. "To have it here in Tiohtià:ke, in our territory… It gives us a chance to attend and, hopefully make a presence and have our voices heard," said Victor Bonspille, grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake.
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