Le Aboriginal Women's Council était un des signataires de l'accord tripartite mentionné ci-dessus et s'était engagé, avec l'appui de ses membres, à travailler aux questions d'autonomie gouvernementale pour les femmes autochtones malgré l'absence d'un financement de base d'un palier quelconque de gouvernement.
The Aboriginal Women's Council was not only a signatory to that tripartite agreement, but was one of the founding members, who, through the support of its membership, committed itself to working on self-government issues for aboriginal women despite the lack of core funding from any level of government for its operations.