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The Assembly of First Nations (French: Assemblée des Premières Nations, AFN) is an assembly of Canadian First Nations (Indian bands) represented by their chiefs. Established in 1982 and modelled on the United Nations General Assembly, it emerged from the National Indian Brotherhood, which dissolved in the late 1970s.
Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada's Conservative Party, speaks at the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
The 2018 leadership election took place on July 25, 2018, at the Annual General Assembly in Vancouver, British Columbia. [10] Loretta Pete Lambert, of the Little Pine Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, was the chief electoral officer.
The Assembly meets about 4 times a year to give mandates to its Bureau and to the Commissions it has set up. From 1985 to 1992, the elected chief of the Assembly was Konrad Sioui. Since 1992 it has been Ghislain Picard . [3] The AFNQL is attached to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) whose office is located in Ottawa. The chief of the AFNQL is ...
Cindy Woodhouse (born 1982 or 1983) [1] is a Canadian First Nations (Pinaymootang First Nation) politician and the current National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. [2] Prior to being elected as AFN National Chief, Woodhouse served as Manitoba regional chief from 2021 to 2023.
Shawn A-in-chut Atleo (Ahousaht First Nation, born 1967), is a Canadian activist and politician, a former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada (serving 2009 to 2014). [1] He also has served since 1999 as a Hereditary Chief of the Ahousaht First Nation , part of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation based in British Columbia .
AFN may refer to: Access and functional needs, a population category in emergency management; Additional funds needed, a financial concept; Afghan afghani, ISO 4217 currency code; Air Force Network (AFNET), digital information grid owned by Indian Air Force; Alaska Federation of Natives
In June 2017, Bellegarde marched in the Toronto Pride Parade. He was the first AFN National Chief to do so. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also marched in this event. [9] On July 25, 2018, Bellegarde was re-elected to a second term as National Chief in the Assembly of First Nations' 2018 leadership election. [10]