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Chiefs Favor "Tinkering" with Act: Dorey
Chief and president Dwight Dorey of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) advocates First Nations return to traditional tribal governing entities.
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Chiefs Reject Executive-Negotiated Governance Plan
Reports on the varied reasons why First Nations chiefs rejected the Indian Affairs Minister’s proposed joint governance consultation process to change the Indian Act.
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Chiefs Right to Reject CAP as a Legitimate Voice
Chiefs Should Rule the Day, Not Tories
Draft Agreement on Governance Ready for Chiefs to Consider [Amendments to Indian Act]
Viewpoint of National Chief Matthew Coon Come as he lobbies to have Assembly of First Nations issues included in the federal government's First Nations Governance draft agreement.
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Grassroots Candidate Wants to Unseat Fontaine
Report on AFN national chief hopeful, Joe Nolan, whose campaign focuses on revamping First Nation political systems, such as universal voting practices for AFN elections, First Nation leadership accountability policy, and replacing Indian Affairs with sovereign governing structures.
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Indian Government: 400 Years to Re-Establish
Indian Self Government is Coming to Canada - Says Beaver
Martin Says All the Right Things to Chiefs [AFN Annual General Assembly]
Comments that Paul Martin’s speech in 2002 was met with interest and approval when he hinted at criticism of his own government's approach to issues regarding treaties and self-government, but with far less enthusiasm when he mentioned the First Nations governance act.
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