First Nations leaders responded to comments by ousted Assembly of First Nations (AFN) national chief RoseAnne Archibald in a Facebook live video Thursday by saying they want the AFN to get back to work.
In the video, Archibald called her removal as national chief a “coup” orchestrated by the AFN’s regional chiefs.
In an AFN virtual assembly on June 28, 71 per cent of chiefs in attendance voted for her removal. She is the first national chief to be voted out of the office mid-term.
“This isn’t a coup,” said Scott McLeod, chief of Nipissing First Nation, about 300 kilometres north of Toronto.
“This is what the chiefs want and
