Sask: Grand Chief Derek Nepinak

Grand Chief Derek Nepinak: ONION LAKE, Sask. -- One of Canada's most outspoken aboriginal critics says he threw away his Indian Act card as an act of emancipation and is encouraging others to reject "racist policies" in their own way. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Both the Indian Act and the Assembly of First Nations are "relics" of the past, Nepinak said in an interview Wednesday. AMC Grand Chief Derek Nepinak has thrown away his status card at a meeting of chiefs unhappy with the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations. RUTH BONNEVILLE / ARCHIVES Photo Store Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, said he threw the card in the garbage at a National Treaty Gathering of rival chiefs in Onion Lake, Sask. The Assembly of First Nations is holding its annual meeting this week in Whitehorse, highlighting the growing schism within the country's aboriginal leadership. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.