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AFN Renewal Commission Report of Recommendations 2005 A Treaty Among Ourselves Returning to the Spirit of Our Peoples AFN Renewal Commission Report 2005 Assembly of First Nations Renewal Commission 473 Albert Street, 8th floor, Ottawa, ON K1R 5B4 (613) 241-6789 • toll-free: 1-866-869-6789 www.afn.ca Table of Contents table of . contents. Letter of Transmittal 1 Preamble . 2 Introduction . 5 Background . 5 Mandate and Methodology . 5 Report Structure . 6 Chapter 1 - Our Shared Vision of Renewal AFN Renewal Vision . 7 AFN Renewal Framework. 8 Why is AFN Renewal Required?. 9 Implementing the Recommendations to Achieve the Vision . 13 Renewal is an Honourable Goal . 14 Chapter 2 - An AFN Rooted in Culture: Respect For First Nation Values Introduction . 15 Issue: First Nation Values . 17 Issue: Traditional Leadership and Decision-Making Practices . 18 Issue: First Nation Traditional and Cultural Practices and Languages . 19 Chapter 3 - Making the AFN Representative Introduction . 21 Issue: Defining AFN Membership . 22 Issue: Exercising the Rights of Membership . 23 Issue: Representation of Individual First Nation Citizens and Urban First Nation Organizations . 25 Issue: National Election . 27 Issue: Relationships with Other First Nation Organizations . 30 Issue: Effective Representation in National Forums . 32 Issue: Effective Representation in International Forums. 33 Issue: Support for Nation-Building . 36 Chapter 4 - A Responsive AFN: Renewing AFN Governing & Corporate Structures Introduction. 39 Issue: Treaties . 41 Issue: AFN Assembly Structures. 43 First Nations-in-Assembly. 43 The Confederacy of Nations . 43 Issue: Executive Structures . 45 The AFN Executive Committee . 45 The National Chief . 48 AFN Regional Chiefs . 50 Issue: Advisory Structures (Councils: Elders, Women, Youth) . 52 Elders . 53 Women . 53 Youth . ..

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