Minister ‘Outraged’ After AFN National Chief’s Headdress Taken From Air Canada Cabin

National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak places her papers on the podium at the start of a news conference on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on April 17, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

The federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is calling on Air Canada to “make things right” with the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, whose headdress was removed from an airplane cabin.

Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who leads the advocacy organization, said in a social-media post on April 25 her headdress was taken away and put in a garbage bag.