FSIN Chief Perry Bellegard is in the running for Chief of the AFN. (Assembly of First Nations)
The Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is now in the running to lead the Assembly of First Nations.
FSIN Chief Perry Bellegarde announced this morning that he will be on the ballot when 633 chiefs vote for a new AFN leader in Winnipeg in December.
Shawn Atleo’s resigned as Chief of the assembly in May.
Bellegarde ran against Atleo in the 2009 AFN leadership contest. He is the former Regional Vice Chief for the AFN.
