AFN to get new National Chief today after removal of first female National Chief Before the end of the day today there will be a new leader of the Assembly of First Nations. Indigenous leaders from coast to coast are meeting in Ottawa this week for an AFN Special Assembly and election of a new National Chief. The assembly is taking place from Dec., 5-7, 2023, at the Shaw Centre The organization began as the National Indian Brotherhood in 1968 just as the Pierre Trudeau government was about to release its infamous White Paper, that would assimilate First Nations into mainstream society. It later grew into the AFN in 1982 . It continued to push Pierre Trudeau’s Liberals, even after the AFN helped enshrine Aboriginal rights in Canada’s Constitution. Voting…
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