We all demand action, recognition and reconciliation – AFN National Chief

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde – Photo by Annie Wenjack
Ottawa, ON – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde issued the following statement:
“For First Nations, the past 150 years has been a history of colonialism marked by a tragic and avoidable shift in our relationship from partnership to colonialism. As peoples, we have endured the genocide of the Indian Residential Schools system and the oppression of the Indian Act.
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