Assembly of First Nations annual assembly opens on Treaty rights, Bill C-5 and shadow of landfill search for Indigenous womens’ remains

By Carly McHugh Writer WINNIPEG, MANITOBA-The federal budget, Treaty rights and the impact of Bill C-5 may be among the agenda items for the Assembly of First Nations’ (AFN’s) Annual General Assembly on Tue., Sept. 2, but just holding the assembly in Winnipeg is sending a message. AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak issued a welcome to Treaty 1 territory, reminding everyone it’s the first time AFN assembly has been held in the province since 2004. The AFN passed a resolution in July 2023 cancelling its annual general assembly in Manitoba when the province refused to search the Prairie Green Landfill for the remains of First Nations women. The remains of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and an unidentified woman, known as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe were later found in  March 2025, at the Prairie Green Landfill near Winnipeg after Premier Wab…

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