First Nations women under-represented as chiefs: ‘We need to restore the balance’
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North, who is from Bunibonibee Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, held that position until 2018. She then launched a campaign to become the Assembly of First Nations national chief and finished as runner-up to Perry Bellegarde. Had she won, she would have been the group’s first female national chief _ a title now held by RoseAnne Archibald after her election win last year.
In the years since North last held a grand chief title, the number of female chiefs has gone up slightly in Manitoba, but women are still under-represented. Out of the 63 First Nations in the province, 11 are run by women.‘It is a crisis’: Northern Sask.
“I think that there’s been the attitude or thinking that leadership is only for men ? it stems from colonization and the way that all unfolded in our country. Our women were pushed to the back rather to be seen and not heard,” said North.In the summer, the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in northern Manitoba elected its first woman as chief.
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