AFN hosts forum at Enoch Nation in preparation for pre-inquiry report
(Enoch Cree Nation, AB): Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Regional Chief Shane Gottfriedson and AFN Women’s Council Co-Chair Therese Villeneuve will present a report to…
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TRC Commissioners to receive 2016 Calgary Peace Prize from Mount Royal University
Members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Dr. Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild, will receive the 2016…
AFN Chief Calls for Justice, Dialogue in Federal Resource Revenue Class Action Suit
OTTAWA,/CNW/ – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde expressed his support for Poundmaker Cree Nation (SK) and Onion Lake Cree Nation (SK),…
Kwikwetlem First Nation title case aims for fair relationship
VANCOUVER /CNW/ – Kwikwetlem First Nation (KFN) has filed an Aboriginal title and rights and Charter claim with the Supreme Court. The First Nation filed…
Sask First Nations Sue Federal Government Over Oil and Gas Rights
On February 8, 2016, the Poundmaker Cree Nation and the Onion Lake Cree Nation, on behalf of certain oil and gas producing First Nations, have sued the…
AFN chief calls for inclusion, balance and diversity in the energy sector
(VANCOUVER, Feb. 10, 2016) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde today opened the AFN First Nations Forum on Energy: Setting Priorities…
Ike Barber Scholarships benefit hundreds of BC Aboriginal students each year
VICTORIA – More than 300 Aboriginal post-secondary students in BC will benefit from nearly a million dollars distributed by the Irving K. Barber British Columbia…
World Cancer Day: We must strengthen approaches to First Nations cancer control
(Ottawa, ON) – On World Cancer Day, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde, together with AFN Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day, calls…
Community leader Cory Nicotine receives accolades for innovative youth work
by John Copley They say good things come in sets of three and that’s just the way it has happened for 26 year old Cory Nicotine….
Rubaboo Aboriginal Arts Festival comes to Edmonton: Jan. 27-Feb. 6
Edmonton, AB – The Rubaboo Arts Festival is committed to redressing the erasure of culture and moving us in understanding and inclusion. This 12 day…