‘It’s First Nations that are defending the Crown’: Chiefs oppose separatism at AFN assembly

Alberta First Nations have 'bought Canada time' though their legal battles against separatists, says Treaty 8 First Nations Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse-Nepinak at the Assembly of First Nations' annual general assembly in Ottawa, where chiefs voted unanimously in favour of an emergency resolution opposing provincial separation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY ELEANOR WAND
July 17, 2026

First Nations chiefs from Alberta say they are on the frontlines fighting separatists in their province, and are calling on the federal government to step up, after chiefs voted unanimously in favour of an emergency resolution opposing separatism at the Assembly of First Nat...

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