Doug Cuthand: Splitting of Indigenous Affairs was overdue

It came as a surprise. None of the First Nations or Métis leaders were aware that the summer calm would be broken by a history making event like the splitting of Indigenous Affairs into two separate entities with two cabinet ministers. It is an interesting scenario; both of the ministers — Carolyn Bennett and Jane Philpott — are medical doctors, and the patient is in need of serious rehabilitation.
The initial reaction from the Assembly of First Nations and the Federation of S