Canada's First Assembly About Nations Names Those First Female Commander Were Open At A Former School.

In 1990, at the age of 23, Archibald was the first woman and youngest boss to be elected to the Taykwa Tagamou Nation, a remote community in Ontario. He took over AFN from Perry Bellegarde, who served two terms.

Roseanne Archibald won the lead after five rounds of voting and discounts from her main competitor. (Twitter / @RoseAnne4NC). Canada's First Assembly of Nations (AFN) elected a female national leader for the first time Thursday, at a time when local issues are in the spotlight after hundreds of marked children's graves were open at a former school.

Roseanne Archibald, former Ontario regional leader, will represent 634 states at AFN, working for local communities at the federal level. The population of the First Nations makes up nearly 5% of the country's 38 million people. He won the lead after five rounds of voting and discounting his main competitor.

"Today is a victory, and you can tell all the women in your life that the glass ceiling has broken," Archibald told reporters after his election. In recent months Canada has struggled with its past attitudes towards indigenous peoples. Since May, hundreds of unmarked children's graves have been found in former schools where inland children were amain separated from their families in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called "cultural genocide."

In 1990, at the age of 23, Archibald was the first woman and youngest boss to be elected to the Taykwa Tagamou Nation, a remote community in Ontario. He took over AFN from Perry Bellegarde, who served two terms.

Local Foreign Minister Mark Miller congratulated Archibald and opposition leader New Democracy Jagmiet Singh, who said she was "the first woman elected as national chair of the First State Assembly to break down barriers." On Tuesday, Mary Simon, an Inuka woman, became the first local person to be appointed Governor-General of Canada. He will act as deputy head of state for Queen Elizabeth II.