Article: Native women's association has new president.

Windspeaker Staff Writer

WINNIPEG

As of July 16, the Native Women's Association of Canada has a new president. Marilyn Buffalo, a member of the Samson Cree Nation of Alberta, was elected to the position at the association's 23rd annual general assembly in Winnipeg.

As president, Buffalo is the official spokesperson for Native women in Canada. She will lobby all levels of government on issues affecting women and youth in international, federal, provincial and Aboriginal forums. The association will also prepare an action plan on issues raised in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples report.

"My main task as president will be to ...

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