Assembly of First Nations

…National Indian Brotherhood (now the Assembly of First Nations), while Métis and nonstatus Indians were represented by the Native Council of Canada. These and other organizations advocated policies including aboriginal rights (recognized in the Constitution Act [Canada Act] of 1982), improved education, and economic development. In 1983 a government report…

…Indigenous peoples of Canada, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), reported that as many as 1 in 10 Native children were in outplacement situations; the ratio for nonnative children was approximately 1 in 200. The AFN also noted that Indigenous child welfare agencies were funded at per capita levels more…

…as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada from 1991 to 1997.