Aly Bear announces candidacy for Chief of Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations

There was a beardown connection of enactment arsenic astir 20 chiefs gathered down Third Vice-Chief Aly Bear as she officially announced her candidacy for Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.

“Having the enactment of my Chiefs truly gave maine that anticipation that restoring the imaginativeness of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations tin travel to fruition,” said Aly Bear.

Longtime Chief Matthew Peigan of Pasqua First Nation nominated Bear.

“We’ve mislaid that vision, we’ve mislaid that strength, we’ve mislaid that unity, we’ve mislaid that compassion,” said Peigan. “And we don’t person a plan. So, basically, we’re ineffective. I judge we request to deed the reset fastener — we request caller leadership.”

Bear volition beryllium up against FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron, who is seeking re-election for a 3rd term. Bear said she’s anxious to situation the incumbent and reconstruct the mislaid “vision” of the FSIN.

“Our nations merit a Chief that is accountable to them and is rooted successful information with a precocious modular of motivation and ethical integrity,” said Bear. “This is captious to upholding our First Nations’ values and ensuring that FSIN is simply a person astatine some section and nationalist levels.”

Aly Bear besides holds a instrumentality degree, a inheritance that friends and supporters progressive successful helping Indigenous peoples navigate the tribunal strategy accidental is beneficial.

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“We needed support, and we needed idiosyncratic to travel successful and help. And with Aly’s inheritance arsenic a lawyer, it was imperative she met our families,” said Dorthea Swiftwolfe, a missing persons liaison with the Saskatoon Police Service. “Aly was capable to explicate to our families, enactment with our families and enactment our families.”

If she wins, Bear volition marque past arsenic the archetypal pistillate elected arsenic FSIN Chief.

“I volition proceed to combat alongside our nations to guarantee our pact and inherent rights are respected and upheld,” said Bear.

“Together, we volition reconstruct the FSIN to its archetypal vision  — to beryllium a assemblage that serves and protects the pact and inherent rights of our 74 nations, the rights holders.”