Chiefs from across Canada heard from representative plaintiffs ahead of a scheduled vote on a $47.8 billion child and family services reform agreement reached with Canada in July.

First Nations people in Canada weren't allowed to vote in provincial and federal elections until 1960, a little over 60 years ago. While many now exercise that right, others choose not to take ...

Some chiefs are campaigning to vote down the $47.8-billion child ... said in a statement that the agreement is First Nations-led, and that Canada “should not and will not tell Indigenous ...

Indigenous Services Canada and the Assembly of First Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Khelsilem put forward a resolution at this assembly calling for the vote to be ...

while First Nations were not allowed to vote unless they gave up their Indian status for almost a century. In 2004, a landmark court case gave all prisoners in Canada the right to vote - something ...

Chiefs are in Calgary this week for an Assembly of First Nations gathering where they're set to vote on the deal, but dozens of them have raised concerns about how it will work.

Canada will review the resolutions and determine next steps. "For decades, governments separated First Nations children from their families and communities, causing grief, trauma, and endless sorrow.

First Nations chiefs and proxies from across Canada voted down a resolution to ... with 267 chiefs and proxies voting in opposition. There were 147 votes in favour, with one abstention.

First Nations chiefs and proxies from across Canada have voted down a resolution to fully accept a settlement agreement on long-term reform of First Nations child and family services.