Royal commission recommendations need implementing, say Native

From: News From Indian Country | Date: April 15, 1997 | Copyright information

News From Indian Country
04-15-1997
Royal commission recommendations need implementing, say Native leaders: Feds won't discuss it

by John Copley

Ottawa, Ontario (NFIC)

At the end of February, more than 300 of Canada's Native chiefs, including National Grand Chief and head of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Ovide Mercredi, met in Ottawa to discuss the final report and recommendations presented last fall by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Both the Prime Minister and the federal minister for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) were invited to attend ...

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