AFN Annual General Assembly heads to Treaty 4 territory
Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders from across Canada will be gathering in Regina this week for the Assembly of First Nations’ (AFN) 38th annual general assembly.
This year’s theme will be Our Priority: Our Children Our Future, and will focus on closing the funding gap and building relationships between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous community.
“The meetings that take place over the course of the next week will set the tone for the coming year as we continue our fight for our Inherent and Treaty rights as First Nations people,” Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Chief Bobby Cameron said.
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde said he looks forward to working with Chiefs, Elders mothers, grandmothers and youth as the organization lays out its priorities for the next year. It’s a homecoming of sorts for the National Chief; he calls Little Black Bear First Nation, in Treaty 4 territory, home.