Feature artist for October 2020: Lauren Crazybull
(ANNews) – Lauren Crazybull, a Niitsitapi and Dené painter currently residing in Edmonton, returned to Kainai territory last year to research the land and language…
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COVID Community Roots Program providing funding across rural Alberta
(ANNews) – Alberta Blue Cross is calling on organizations across rural Alberta that are serving their communities through the pandemic to apply for grant funding through…
First Nations and environmental groups call for immediate actions to protect boreal caribou
CALGARY – The Alberta Wilderness Association, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN), Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN), David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice say a recent agreement…
Southern Alberta Art Gallery honoured with a Blackfoot Naming Ceremony
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Lethbridge) – A Blackfoot Naming Ceremony was held at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG) on Friday, October…
First Nation Police Forces to be provincially recognized by Alberta
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Proposed changes to the Police Act introduced on October 21, 2020 would formally recognize First Nations police…
Proposed K-4 Alberta social studies curriculum update denounced by experts as racist
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A proposed K-4 social studies curriculum update from a government-appointed panel is being condemned by Indigenous…
Feature artist for October 2020: Lauren Crazybull
Justice is needed in Nova Scotia to protect the Mi’kmaw fishers – violence should not be tolerated
BBMA disburses $700K in 2020 for Métis education across Alberta
Alberta Regional Chief Marlene Poitras calls on Prime Minister to stop the Racial Violence directed at Mi’kmaq Fishermen
FNHMA to host a virtual celebration of First Nation health managers: November 4
The outrageous treatment of Joyce Echaquan shows Canada’s systemic racism – again
Supreme Court upholds ban on peremptory challenges – seen as a victory for racially diverse jury selection
