A court proceeding which began in a Vancouver courthouse on Thursday, Jan. 18 may end a long-running dispute over the leadership of the Kwantlen First Nation.
The currently recognized hereditary leadership of the KFN brought the court action to counter a dissident group. The dissidents have been pushing for reform and calling for the chief to step down, and held a meeting in the fall of 2022 where they appointed three of their own councillors.
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