Across the Medicine Line. The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) met at the United Nations this week to advance their renewed Declaration of Kinship and Cooperation — a shared commitment to the rights, well-being, and self-determination of First Peoples across the Canada–U.S. border. The two organizations, representing more than 1,000 distinct Nations and communities, are focused on Indigenous free trade, border mobility, and the movement of medicines, cultural items, and traditional goods tied to Indigenous health. This builds on a declaration renewed and signed March 24 at the Reservation Economic Summit in Las Vegas — itself a renewal of an agreement first made in 1999. “Though borders were imposed upon our homelands, the relationships among our peoples never ceased. Trade did not end. Traditions endured. Our kinship has remained strong across generations.” — Mark Macarro, President of NCAI “Canada and the U.S. can fight all the...