Assembly of First Nations 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 1600 3 Ottawa, Ontario K1 P 61- 5 s Telephone: 613- 241- 6789 Fax: 613- 241- 5808 _ c www. afn. ca Assemblee des Premieres Nations 55, rue Metcalfe, Suite 1600 Ottawa ( Ontario) K1 P 6L5 Telephone: 613- 241- 6789 Te1ecopieur: 613- 241- 5808 www.afn. ca ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY JULY 12, 13, & 14, 2016; NIAGARA FALLS, ON Resolution no. 3712016 TITLE: Establishing a Crown - First Nations Process on Land, Peoples and Governance SUBJECT: Crown - First Nations Relationship, Governance, Implementing rights MOVED BY: Chief Chris Baker, 0-pipon- na- piwin Cree Nation, MB SECONDED BY: Ted Quewezance, Proxy, Waywayseecappo First Nation, MB DECISION Carried; 1 objection WHEREAS: A. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( UN Declaration) recognizes: Article 3: Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. Article 18: Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision- making in matters which would affect their rights, through representatives chosen by themselves in accordance with their own procedures, as well as to maintain and develop their own indigenous decision- making institutions. B. First Nation sovereignty and self-determination are sacred rights bestowed by the Creator; a reality revered and protected by First Nations on Turtle Island. C. First Nation sovereignty was reaffirmed at the Treaty of Niagara in 1764 by the Crown of England and sanctified by the Two Row Wampum Belt. D. The British North America Act, 1867 and the Indian Act, 1876 imposed an Indian Act government on First Nations in an attempt to displace First Nation governments, jurisdiction and customary laws. E. First Nation' s Elders' oral history, spiritual beliefs and ceremonies, and the spirit and intent of Treaties will guide First Nations to disengage from the Indian Act.. Certified copy of a resolution adopted on the 14th day of July 2016 in Niagara Falls, Ontario PERRY BELLEGARDE, NATIONAL CHIEF 37- 2016 Page 1 of 2 Head Office/ Siege Social Unit 5 — 167 Akwesasne International Rd., Akwesasne, ON K6H 5R7 Telephone: 613- 932- 0410 Fax: 613- 932- 0415 Suite no 5 — 167, chennin Akwesasne International, Akwesasne ( ON) K6H 5R7 Te16phone: 613- 932- 0410 Telecopieur: 613- 932- 0415