(April 14, 2016) Earlier today the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgement in Daniels v Canada. Click the following link to view the judgement: http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15858/index.do…
by John Copley (ANNews) – Last month we reported that the 2016 Métis Spring Festival scheduled to take place in St. Albert had been cancelled…
(Edmonton) – Aboriginal fashion designer and Arts student Derek Jagodzinsky (’10 BDes) has been awarded the first ever Indigenous Graduate Award, a newly-established $15,000 Government…
(Camrose, AB) – Wahkohtowin Lodge, a gathering place for Aboriginal students at the University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus, has officially opened, offering a space where…
by Xavier Kataquapit Recently in conversations with several First Nation Chiefs in Northern Ontario I learned that they are all dedicating a lot of time…
Dawn Lavell-Harvard, President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, attended the sixtieth session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, which began…
(March 22, 2016): Today’s federal budget is a significant step in closing the gap in the quality of life between First Nations peoples and Canadians…
by Theresa Majeran (Edmonton) – 2016 marks the 15th anniversary for the Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards (BBMA) program. Its success has been remarkable. This year…
by John Copley (ANNews) – The Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society (Bent Arrow) was established in Edmonton in 1994 by Brad and Shauna Seneca to…
Kyle Mitchell Saddleback (DOB: 1986/05/13) of Maskwacis, Alberta was charged with several drug related charges on the Blood Indian Reserve in 2015. On March 10,…