The eldest daughter of Mi'kmaw activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, who was murdered in 1975, says it's a monumental shift for the Assembly of First Nations to have withdrawn support for imprisoned American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier.

The Assembly of First Nations has reversed 37 years of support for locked-up American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier, citing Peltiers alleged role interrogating murdered activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, who was Mi'kmaw from Nova Scotia.

A preliminary probe into Assembly of First Nations finances found no apparent policy breaches but did seeinstances where internal control policies may not provide staff with enough clarity or guidance, says a confidential report obtained by CBC Indigenous.