b"INDIGENOUS POLITICSas important as being able to negotiate situations, Archibald says. As Ive gotten older Ive learned that you need all of those things. One has to have courageStanding up and taking action is in leadership positions [and] at the same time one has to be able to have successful negotiations and find resolutions where people feel theyve achieved a win-winequally as important as being able situation as opposed to a win-lose.Archibald says she has always tried toto negotiate situations One has to have focus on one thing during each of her terms as a leader, whether it was during her two terms as Chief in her community;courage in leadership positions [and] at her two terms as Deputy Grand Chief with Nishnawbe Aski Nation, where she was the first female and youngest elected; her one term as Grand Chief withthe same time one has to be able to have Mushkegowuk Council, where she was also the first female and youngest elected; or her one term as Regional Chief withsuccessful negotiations and find the Chiefs of Ontario, where yet again she was the first female elected.For example, the first time I was Chiefresolutions where people I noticed that our administration really needed to be bolstered, Archibald says.feel they've achieved a When I became a Deputy Grand Chief at 24, my main portfolio was education and also working with youth, so one of the things I focused on [there] was whatwin-win situationdo we need on the ground in Nishnawbe Aski Nation. We had a big project when I was the Deputy Grand Chief the firstRoseAnne Archibald time where we examined the education processes and what was lacking inAssembly of First Nationscommunities, what we needed in terms of schools, curriculum, and all of the facets of education for Nishnawbe Aski Nation.RoseAnne Archibald (right) with Phyllis Jack Webstad, author, residential school survivor and creator of Orange Shirt Day, a day of remembrance in Canada. Photo by Jamie MonastyrskiOntario Native Womens Association27"