The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) kicks off its 44th annual general assembly in Halifax on Tuesday, and it remains to be seen whether it will get back to business, or if the group’s fractious leadership dispute will dominate the agenda.
National Chief RoseAnne Archibald was ousted at a June 28 virtual assembly in a vote attended by 231 delegates — less than half the 634 First Nations eligible. There are still 400 eligible chiefs who didn’t have their say.
Archibald, who is Cree, from Taykwa Tagamou Nation in northern Ontario, and the first woman to win the job, suggested her ouster was a coup fuelled by Liberal partisans and
