Infighting at AFN shows it’s ‘largely detached’ from grassroots, says Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation member Coburn; former Neskonlith Indian Band chief Wilson says ‘there are no winners today’
Chiefs and proxies representing AFN members voted on June 28 to remove National Chief RoseAnne Archibald from office following the conclusion of a human resources investigation. But Veldon Coburn, who's a member the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation, says the AFN has become 'an Ottawa lobbying organization' that has lost its original connection to grassroots concerns.
The sudden removal of the Assembly of First Nations’ national chief didn’t garner the attention it should have from chiefs or their communities, says one observer, because the organization has become "an Ottawa lobbying organization" that has lost its original connection...
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