Kyra Wilson ‘humbled’ by Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs election

In a landslide vote, Kyra Wilson was elected to beryllium the expansive main of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. She volition correspond 63 First Nations crossed the province.

“I’m conscionable truthful excited and truthful happy. I’m truthful humbled by the magnitude of enactment and emotion I’ve received successful the past fewer days,” Wilson said.

Wilson is the erstwhile main of Long Plain First Nation and has a agelong past of advocating for Indigenous sovereignty.

There is tons she wants to tackle successful this caller role.

“I’ve ever worked for our children and our families and I’ve ever looked astatine what opportunities I tin instrumentality connected and beryllium a portion of and to enactment our children and families and this was 1 of those opportunities,” Wilson said.

Other organizations are besides weighing successful connected Wilson’s election. End Homelessness Winnipeg is looking guardant to moving with her arsenic AMC has been a longtime ally.

“We precocious completed our Street Census and we volition person the results successful the spring. So we would similar to conscionable with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to look astatine that data, to travel up with solutions for municipality radical that are struggling with housing,” End Homelessness Winnipeg CEO Jason Whitford said.

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Premier Wab Kinew besides extending his congratulations to Wilson.

“This is bully quality for each Manitobans due to the fact that we are going to beryllium capable to enactment unneurotic to beforehand surviving conditions and economical accidental for First Nations successful Manitoba and of people erstwhile that happens, it benefits each of us,” Kinew said.

As for Wilson, she’s acceptable to deed the crushed running.

“Right now, I truly request to beryllium down with our leadership, beryllium down with our chiefs, councillors, sermon what our program is going forward. Working together, what does that mean, however we are going to enactment with each levels of government,” Wilson said.