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A special team will be established at Assembly of First Nations headquarters in Ottawa to lead the fight to stop the First Nations governance act and other legislation proposed by the minister of Indian Affairs.

A resolution was passed by the chiefs on Dec. 12 to focus political action on lobbying to stop the suite of legislation put forward by Minister Robert Nault.

"The first step is to establish a command and control centre at the AFN, devoted to implementing the action plan against the suite of legislation," Six Nations Chief Roberta Jamieson told the chiefs. "We need people and we need money devoted to it. I think we need to consider re-directing some of the resources that in the past have been used to support some aspect of the suite, and make sure it's devoted to the action plan to oppose the suite."

The plan also calls for a special chiefs' confederacy in February to evaluate how the efforts are progressing.

The plan calls for "direct action to convince Canadians in general and government to stop and withdraw the legislation," the Six Nations chief added.