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Indigenous Nations, Spirituality

Leaders of the host Nations discuss the mixed emotions surrounding the papal apology

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By Chevi Rabbit, Alberta Native News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

(Ermineskin Cree Nation, Treaty Six Territory) – It was an historic three days in central Alberta as Pope Francis embarked on his “penitential visit.”  The first stop in the Papal visit was in Maskwacis, where the Pope offered an emotional apology at the site of the former Ermineskin Residential School. His remarks evoked a range of emotions. The Chiefs of Treaty Six First Nations provided these reflections as part of a press conference following the Pope’s apology in Ermineskin Cree Nation.

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Indigenous Nations

Despite ‘embarrassing’ ‘soap opera’ playing out at the AFN, national chief finds support from the chiefs-in-assembly

By Sheri Narine, Windspeaker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

National Chief RoseAnne Archibald has received the support of chiefs-in-assembly and remains in her position as head of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

Chiefs spoke emphatically today, the first of the three-day AFN annual general assembly in Vancouver, admonishing the executive committee, which comprises the regional chiefs, for overstepping their boundaries and declaring Archibald’s suspension unilaterally June 17 for allegedly breaching confidentiality in respect to a workplace investigation against her.

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