By Alessia Passafiume First Nations chiefs who attended a closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and premiers last month say their concerns were overshadowed by Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew’s call for the abolition of the Indian Act. One chief also criticized Carney’s tone as he responded to a comment about how the United States works with Indigenous people. “We have to ask ourselves if this was a co-ordinated effort between Wab Kinew and the prime minister,” Treaty 8 First Nations Grand Chief Mercredi said of the talk about abolishing the Indian Act. Chief Sheila North of Bunibonibee Cree Nation in northern Manitoba said it’s beginning to appear that way to her. “I hope that wasn’t the case because that would mean they were disingenuous in what they wanted the…
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