Editing Assembly of First Nations (section)

{{Short description|First Nations organization in Canada}}
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| name = Assembly of First Nations
| native_name = {{nativename|fr|nolink=on|Assemblée des Premières Nations}}
| native_name_lang = fr
| image = Assembly of First Nations (emblem).png
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| caption = AFN Logo
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| abbreviation = AFN
| formation = Developed from the NIB beginning in 1978, eventually holding its first meeting in April 1982 in Penticton, British Columbia.
| headquarters = [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada
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| region_served = [[Canada]]
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| language = [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]]
| leader_title = National Chief
| leader_name = [[Cindy Woodhouse]]
| national chief = Cindy Woodhouse
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{{Indigenous rights}}
The '''Assembly of First Nations''' ({{langx|fr|Assemblée des Premières Nations}}, '''AFN''') is an [[Deliberative assembly|assembly]] of Canadian [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] ([[Indian band]]s) represented by their [[Tribal chief|chiefs]]. Established in 1982 and modelled on the [[United Nations General Assembly]], it emerged from the '''National Indian Brotherhood''', which dissolved in the late 1970s.

The aims of the organization are to protect and advance the aboriginal and treaty rights and interests of First Nations in Canada, including health, education, culture and language.<ref name="two">{{cite web|url=http://www.afn.ca/misc/AFN-AGA-2009.pdf |title=Consolidated Statement of Revenue and Expenses |work=AFN Executive Committee Reports |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102145955/http://www.afn.ca/misc/AFN-AGA-2009.pdf |archive-date=2009-11-02 }}</ref> It represents primarily [[status Indian]]s.

The [[Métis]] and [[non-status Indian]]s have organized in the same period as the [[Congress of Aboriginal Peoples]] (CAP). Reflecting changes in where Aboriginal peoples are living, it represents primarily urban Indians, including off-reserve status Indians and [[Inuit]].