Indigenous leaders from across the country are in Vancouver this week for the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting.
The future of National Chief Roseanne Archibald is expected to be a hot topic.
The AFN’s Executive Committee suspended the former Ontario Regional Chief in mid-June following four separate complaints against her.
The Committee planned to block Archibald from attending the general meeting.
Archibald sought a court injunction but an Ontario court failed to intervene.
The Executive Committee has since reversed its decision and is allowing her to address the Chiefs today.
There are three separate resolutions for delegates to consider.
One calls for Archibald to remain suspended pending the outcome of the internal investigations launched.
Another asks the Assembly to remove her from office immediately and hold elections for a new National Chief in six months.
A third comes from supporters of Archibald.
They want all investigations dropped and Archibald reinstated while the Assembly conduct’s an independent third-party forensic audit into the previous eight years of financial activity of the AFN.
Also on the agenda is a resolution that calls on the federal government to support a national inquiry into the Sixties Scoop, the placing of Indigenous children into predominately non-Indigenous foster homes during the 1960s.
Another calls for the lifting of COVID-19 travel requirements.
