It's 50 years later and the chiefs are still in charge of the educational institutions.

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The First Nations University of Canada is once again having internal problems and the root of the issue goes back to the old problem of mixing administration and politics.

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This is an ongoing and common problem in Indian Country. The chiefs hold on to political power to the point of maintaining control when it is not necessary and a board of lay people could do the job better.

In the 1970s, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations set up three educational institutions, and they were all led by boards of directors that consisted of chiefs. The process was supposed to be that the chiefs would set up the policies to run the institution and also provide a path to a future vision. Then the day-to-day administration would be conducted internally, and the board would direct the future policy and expansion of the institution.

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It’s 50 years later and the chiefs are still in charge of the educational institutions. The Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre, the First Nations........

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