AIAI CONGRATULATES NEW ONTARIO REGIONAL CHIEF
For Immediate Release:
June 27, 2012
Toronto, ON –In a traditional leadership selection process held at the All Ontario Chiefs Conference, Stan Beardy was chosen to lead the Chiefs of Ontario and serve as a member of the Assembly of First Nations Executive.
Grand Chief Gordon Peters stated, "I have worked with Regional Chief Beardy on a wide range of issues in the past and am confident that he will serve the Indigenous Peoples of this territory well.”
Regional Chief Beardy will leave his position as the Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and begin the task of improving the lives of the Indigenous Peoples throughout this area of Turtle Island.
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For more information, please contact: John Jones, Communications Coordinator - AIAI at 519-434-2761 or jjones@aiai.on.ca .
