Assembly of First Nations Resolution: Support for a National Guardian Program
At the Assembly of First Nations – Special Chiefs Assembly in Gatineau, Quebec in 2015, the Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution in support of a National Land Guardians Program. It expresses full support for the concept of Indigenous Guardian programs to support First Nations land management and oversight in their territories based on a cultural responsibility for the land. And it mandates the National Chief and Executive to support and assist in development a concerted and grassroots-led effort for a nationally-funded Indigenous Guardians program in Canada.
