Chief Perry Bellegarde has announced he will not be seeking re-election next summer as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Chief Bellegarde made the announcement the day before this year’s AFN general assembly, which wrapped up on Dec. 9. Following the assembly, Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya told…
The federal government has set aside $100 million for Indigenous people to help them deal with the coronavirus outbreak. That’s according to Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde who met with the Prime Minister Monday. In terms of immediate action, Bellegarde says he was clear on needs…
The Assembly of First Nations is either postponing or cancelling all in-person meetings due to the coronavirus outbreak. That fellows the Dene Nations’s decision this week to do virtually the same. In a news release, the AFN states that this includes, but is not limited to, all Chiefs Committees, Tri-Councils,…