First Nations leaders gathering in Ottawa this week to elect a new national chief say the top issue facing the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is the need to unify a fractured organization following years of turmoil, either by reform or returning to the foundation on which the AFN was built.
Among the delegates milling about the convention centre or shuffling in and out of campaign rooms at the Westin Hotel, one theme — the need for unity — recurs.
“Right now, we’re divided,” said Chief Jamie Wolfe of Muskowekwan First Nation in Saskatchewan as he stood outside the convention centre, where debate over chiefs resolutions was getting
