Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is marking its first year in office. The system itself has been in place for 100 years and is still trying to turn itself into a political body, while remaining answerable to Ottawa. From what we have seen in the first year, it’s a struggle they haven’t made much progress on. The problem is because it is an elected part time body progress depends entirely on its leader. And currently hiccups are occurring that put any efforts they think they have made on progress behind, not to mention, the huge following the Grand River Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council has where supporters watching the new elected council simply shake their heads and move on. After a year in office the current SNEC is still struggling to find

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