An Exit Interview with Perry Bellegarde, National Chief
The outgoing AFN leader on the ‘sacred work’ facing residential school communities, dismantling the Indian Act, marking progress and more.
Tyee frequent contributor Christopher Guly is an Ottawa-based journalist and member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery. He served as director of communications for the Winnipeg Council of Treaty and Status Indians from 1984 to 1985. SHARES Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde, soon to hand over the reins, sees progress in five key bills passed during his term, and a COVID-19 response that likely averted ‘tragic’ death tolls.
Photo via the AFN website.