In March of 1975, at the First Annual All Ontario Chiefs Conference, a joint First Nations Association Coordinating Committee was formed, constituting an unincorporated federation of the four major Ontario First Nation organizations. The purpose of the committee was to provide a single Ontario representative to the Assembly of First Nations (then, the National Indian Brotherhood). From this committee emerged the Chiefs of Ontario office whose basic purpose is to enable the political leadership to discuss and to decide on regional, provincial and national priorities affecting First Nation people in Ontario and to provide a unified voice on these issues.
Former Ontario Regional Chiefs, from left to right: Grand Council Chief Pat Madahbee, Deputy Grand Chief Gord Peters, Angus Toulouse, Charles Fox, Chief Tom Bressette.
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The circle and the map represents the continuity, strength and harmony of the First Nations peoples of Ontario; the five feathers signify the four political organizations of the Chiefs of Ontario; the fifth feather represents the independent nations and First Nation peoples living off reserve, First Nations who are not forgotten. The overall symbol represents the continuance of the First Nations peoples of Ontario struggle for pride, culture, self-determination and spirituality.
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Media Releases
Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare Welcomes New and Returning Ministers in Ontario’s Cabinet Shuffle
(Toronto - ON, June 23, 2021) Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare issued the following statement today on changes to the Ontario
CHIEFS OF ONTARIO CONGRATULATE GLEN HARE AS ONTARIO REGIONAL CHIEF ELECT AT THE 47TH ANNUAL ALL ONTARIO CHIEFS CONFERENCE
(Toronto, ON, June 16, 2021) — A historic day, the Chiefs in Ontario elected Glen Hare, former Anishinabek Nation Grand Chief
Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald Archibald Responds to Ontario’s plan to Search the Grounds of Former Residential Schools Across the Province
(12:00 P.M., June 15, 2021 - Taykwa Tagamou Nation Territory, ON) – Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald, together with Ontario First
MEDIA ADVISORY – CHIEFS OF ONTARIO TO ELECT A REGIONAL LEADER AT THE 47TH ANNUAL ALL ONTARIO CHIEFS CONFERENCE
(Toronto, Ontario, June 14, 2021) — A new Ontario Regional Chief will be elected in the first-ever, virtual traditional ceremony at