Alberta Native News – Digital Edition – August 2026
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2026
We Need to Start Drumming Our Drum: The growing role of Alberta’s Friendship Centre Movement
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For more than 70 years, Friendship Centres have been a vital part of Indigenous community life…
Lawrence Paul: A decade of music, ready to be heard
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For Alexander First Nation Cree hip-hop artist Lawrence Paul, music has been a lifelong form of…
Rooted in Culture: Jonessa Strawberry, Miss Queen Treaty Six, raises awareness of online bullying and hate
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – At 22, Jonessa Strawberry, Miss Queen Treaty Six 2026, is using her regional title to raise…
Carrying Culture Forward: Kalaija Ward-Buffalo’s Journey Through Family and the Powwow Trail
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For Kalaija Ward-Buffalo, powwow is more than a gathering. It is a way of life rooted…
Operation Sole Helps Indigenous Youth Step Into the New School Year With Confidence
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For Indigenous youth graduating from the Oskayak Police Academy, the end of their two-week journey with…
Otipemisiwak Métis Government asks Town of St. Paul to restore its original name
By Jeremy Appel The Otipemisiwak Métis Government (OMG) has asked the Town of St. Paul to return to its original name of St. Paul des…
Large pension funds lack Indigenous rights-focused investment policies: study
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – None of Canada’s major pension fund managers have investment policies aligned with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…
O’Leary data centre faces setback in court
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s effort to block Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation’s (SLCN) request for judicial review of the water licenses…
EPSB honours Indigenous graduates
By Regan Lipes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A high school graduation is a truly magical time, full of hope, inspiration, and forward-gazing dreams. …