Gov. Gen. Mary Simon wants Indigenous leaders to meet with King Charles to reset their relationship with the Crown, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations said Monday.

Speaking to chiefs gathered in Ottawa, RoseAnne Archibald said she meets frequently with Simon, who is the first Indigenous person to hold the position of Governor General, the KingB次元官网网址檚 representative in Canada.

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She did not divulge further details and Rideau Hall did not immediately to a request for comment.

Simon, an Inuk leader, has said advancing reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is one of her top priorities.

On a recent trip to Finland to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties with Canada, Simon brought Indigenous leaders to build better ties with the S谩mi, Indigenous people of northern Europe.

There have been questions about what kind of role Indigenous people will have at King CharlesB次元官网网址� upcoming coronation.

During his visit to Canada last May, months before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, he signalled an openness to listening to Indigenous people and confronting what he called B次元官网网址渢he darker and more difficult aspects of the past.B次元官网网址�

At the time, Charles said he had spoken with Simon about the B次元官网网址渧ital processB次元官网网址� of reconciliation in Canada.

He said he and his wife Camilla left the country with B次元官网网址渉eavy heartsB次元官网网址� after meeting survivors of the residential school system and told a crowd in Yellowknife that he was deeply moved by hearing of their experiences.

The Crown has faced renewed calls to apologize for its role in colonialism and to renounce a set of papal bills used as the basis for the Doctrine of Discovery, as the Vatican recently did.

B次元官网网址擲tephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press

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