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Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 24 Dec 2012     "With a snow storm setting the backdrop Friday for one of the first major massive "Idle No More" demonstrations Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn Atleo says 'this is an important m

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario), 13 Dec 2000     "FREDERICTON (CP) - Officials at New Brunswick's troubled Burnt Church reserve say the Mi'kmaq community is paying a harsh price for its defiant stand against the federal government and its fishing l

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 23 Jan 2013     AFN leader under attack, fasting Spence was going to quit By Lynda Powless, Editor Assembly of First Nations leader Shawn Atleo is fending off attackers while others are maintaining the fasting Attaw

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 10 Dec 2014     "Three men are all vying for the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations in a vote today that is as much about the AFN as it is about who will lead it."

Turtle Island News, 26 Aug 2015     "Lawyers for the federal government were in court Wednesday to persuade a judge to force five First Nations to open their books to the public."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 6 Jun 1991     "Native leaders say aboriginal hunting and fishing rights may be the first big test of the provincial government's willingness to recognize their right to self-government."

    "'If there is ever a time when Indian people must stand united, the time is now,' says Roland Crowe. chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, which recently voted to rejoin the Assembl

Brantford Expositor, 1991     "They all talk of the importance of returning to traditional values, and emphasize the need to improve living conditions in native communities."

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 21 Jul 1999     Lawyer says native leaders have failed abused students SASKATOON (CP) - Lawyers have become advocates for aboriginals abused in residential schools because native leaders failed to take the lead, say

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 24 Dec 2014     "OTTAWA - Newly elected Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde has a long Christmas wish list."

Moses, David A., Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 28 Jul 1999, pp.1-2     AFN Conference centres on North-South unity by David A. Moses VANCOUVER, B.C. - Sixty years ago, members of both Canadian and American First Nations were invited by the University of Toronto to a joi

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 9 Jan 2013     Prime Minister agrees to meet with First Nation leaders By Lynda Powless, Editor The Assembly of First Nations is co-ordinating a delegation of First Nations leaders to meet with Prime Minister Harpe

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 28 Jul 1999, pp.1, 10     North American First Nations meet for "historic document" By Lynda Powless, Editor VANCOUVER - More than 100 resolutions later including the approval of a new AFN logo, and filing of a $1 million def

    "n languages ranging from Ojibwa and Cree to Gitksan and Mohawk, the six people vying for the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations shouted a chorus of defiance Monday."

    A brief description of five candidates running for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and their platforms.

    "If the six candidates for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations had their way, the Canadian political system would be drastically changed after June 11."

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 26 Sep 2001     National chief of Canada's First Nations condemns raid on Mi'kmaq traps HALIFAX (CP) - Non­native fishermen accused of firing shots and cutting native lobster traps are evidence of an unwillingness t

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 17 Dec 2008     "This International Day for Human Rights, on December 10th marks the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)."

    "Bill Montour soon graduated from toys and household items. He spent 15 years as a high steel worker, putting buildings together, and occasionally, taking them apart. Now he's running for the nationa

Delisle, Norman, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 17 Dec 1997     "A Supreme Court of Canada decision means the Quebec government will have to get the consent of native people before allowing new development projects, the Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nation