Her agenda was two action items: Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and the Jay Treaty
It may only have been her “elevator pitch” but Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to speak with United States President Joe Biden.
Her agenda was two action items: Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and the Jay Treaty. Archibald will continue to lend her voice and energy to the issue. In June, she has been invited by the National Congress of American Indians to attend a conference in Minnesota, which could lead to another audience with Biden in Washington.
“During the lead-up to the dinner with President Biden, I did have an opportunity to speak to a couple of senators… and there seems to be really a great deal of support for this idea from anyone I spoke to,” said Archibald. “All of Turtle Island has been settled in a way that’s extremely harmful to our women and girls, particularly from the onset of those settlers arriving. It’s not a new problem. It’s gotten to the point where we have to take concrete actions to make sure that our women and girls are safe and protected,” said Archibald.
However, in 1952, the U.S. Congress limited that movement to persons “who possess at least 50 per centum of blood of the American Indian race.”
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