Chief Shane Gottfriedson attended the first ever Crown-FIrst Nations Gathering in Ottowa on January 24, 2012.
Out of 400 Chiefs in attendance, Gottfriedson was one of 90 selected to sit in the main room where the Crown (Prime Minister) and AFN leaders were gathered.
Gottfriedson was also selected to speak on economies at the Gathering, where he touched on a few economic issues that are near and dear to the TIB specifically as well as First Nations as a whole.
Click here to read his speach