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An Alberta First Nation is advising its band members to take precautions when crossing into the United States, even though centuries-old treaty rights should protect them. The Blood Tribe First Nation, located in southern Alberta near Lethbridge, said in an advisory posted to its website, “It has come to our attention that individuals have been stopped and even detained by US agents.” Those authorities include U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE.

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The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is reaffirming its calls for the federal government to recognize First Nations jurisdiction over policing.

Chiefs from across Canada are meeting in Montreal this week for the AFN's annual general assembly.

On Wednesday, the chiefs in attendance adopted a resolution calling for Public Safety Canada to introduce federal legislation that recognizes "First Nations inherent, treaty and constitutional rights" over policing. The resolution was adopted with one opposition and one abstention.

Ghislain Picard, regional chief for Quebec-Labrador who holds the AFN portfolio on justice and policing, said the resolution reaffirms previous positions by the chiefs.

"The resolution will serve as a reminder of the positions that we have to acknowledge, respect and deliver in the face of what I would call opposition from all levels of government," he told the assembly.

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some redesigns of some object OCs I made for an object show concept (AFN)! meet masami and cassandra :]

i’m too lazy to type all the details about them and the object show, so you can read about them here!!

if I DO get the motivation to make this an actual thing, it’s probably going to be. veeeeeeery messed up. probably not as messed up as the ii2 finale (even though it’s just act 1) but yeah. messed up

An Afghan man walks by stacks of worthless Afghani notes in an underground strongroom of the country's national bank in Kabul November 29, 2001. Fleeing Taliban members plundered Afghanistan's national bank and made off with millions of dollars in cash two weeks ago during their hurried retreat from Kabul. The only cash left at the crumbling building consisted of ageing bundles of worthless 100 and 500 Afghani notes, stacked in dusty piles on the ground.