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OTTAWA RoseAnne Archibald of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation in Ontario has become the first woman to serve as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. The AFN has made her-story today, she said Thursday, using a play on words to outline the historic win. Today is a victory, and you can tell all the women in your life that the glass ceiling has been broken. And I thank all of the women who touched that ceiling before me and made it crack. You are an inspiration to me. Archibald secured victory after her rival, Reginald Bellerose, who has been serving as Chief of Muskowekwan First Nation in Saskatchewan for the last 17 years, conceded.
RoseAnne Archibald first woman to lead Assembly of First Nations as national chief
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Flags from communities across the country are piled together as the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly comes to an end in Toronto on Thursday, July 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu
OTTAWA – RoseAnne Archibald of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation in Ontario has become the first woman to serve as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
“The AFN has made her-story today,” she said Thursday, using a play on words to outline the historic win.
“Today is a victory, and you can tell all the women in your life that the glass ceiling has been broken. And I thank all of the women who touched that ceiling before me and made it crack. You are an inspiration to me.”
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