The election of a new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations went to a fourth ballot in Calgary Wednesday night after the third round of voting had a B.C. businessman leading a band ...

Shawn Atleo has quit as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations amid rancour over the federal government's proposed overhaul of aboriginal education. Atleo made the surprise announcement at a ...

Shawn Atleo is defending his actions in the lead-up to the federal government's tabling of its controversial aboriginal education bill, nearly six months after quitting his job as national chief for ...

The leader the Assembly of First Nations says his doctor has ordered him to take time off after a frustrating week of negotiations with the federal government and chiefs from his own organization.

OTTAWA - The abrupt postponement Wednesday of an Assembly of First Nations news conference spoke volumes about the turmoil and mistrust that underlies planning for Friday's meeting between aboriginal ...

TORONTO - First Nations politics are about to get a lot more interesting. The current national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Shawn Atleo, is going to officially launch his campaign for ...

TORONTO – Incumbent Shawn Atleo has been re-elected as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, vowing to assert his people’s rights in Ottawa and at the mines, hydro projects and oilfields ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inspired by Nelson Mandela's legacy, the National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations Shawn Atleo delivered a message of ...

CALGARY – An aboriginal leader from British Columbia became the new national voice for First Nations people on Thursday after a marathon election with eight rounds of voting. Shawn Atleo, 42, was ...

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says aboriginal peoples will not support resource development at any cost after he met Thursday with leaders of a band embroiled in a battle against ...

Amid the noise and rhetoric of the federal election campaign, there have been few promises focusing on First Nations. But Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo is optimistic that will ...

Shawn speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on Friday, May 2, 2014. Atleo is resigning as the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Shawn Atleo stepped down ...