Assembly of First Nations launches national cancer-screening awareness video
VANCOUVER, Sept. 24, 2014 /CNW/ – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy today launched a national video raising awareness of the…
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First Nations Health Managers Association is offering courses in Edmonton this fall and winter
The First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) is expanding health management capacity for First Nations across the country and their valuable and innovative courses are…
Lummi Nation carver accompanies totem on 9000 km solidarity journey
Nearly one month after leaving its home on the Lummi Nation in northwestern Washington State, a flatbed truck hauling a seven-metre (21 foot) sacred healing totem pole…
Inspirational kayas-ago exhibit on display at the Art Gallery of Alberta
Words can be a beautiful thing, especially when they are wound up in a sentence that reflects a mood, enhances an environment, creates an atmosphere,…
Amiskwaciy Academy inspires hope, creativity and good grades
On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Edmonton-based Amiskwaciy Academy welcomed in another school year, that will see more than 150 students, some of whom are new…
Cutting edge graphic novel explores the dark side of vengeance
A cutting-edge graphic novel that combines northwest British Columbian coast Haida Gwaii culture with Japanese manga art is now available in paperback. Red: A Haida…
Shillinglaw public art installation now on exhibit in Saskatoon
Saskatoon’s Cosmopolitan Park has a more serene look these days, thanks to the City of Saskatoon and Alberta Métis artist Heather Shillinglaw, whose first-ever public…
Canadians push for a National Inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women
Winnipeg police went into the Red River last month responding to a report by an off-duty police officer who had seen a man struggling to…
Featured Artist for September, 2014: Daphne Odjig
The stunning art featured on the cover of this month’s Alberta Native News is by Daphne Odjig, one of the most respected and uniquely individualistic…
Illuminated public art will igNIGHT Fort McMurray: Sept 26 – Oct 5
Art lovers and outside-the-box thinkers should most assuredly attend the igNIGHT temporary art installation in Fort McMurray from September 26 through October 5. Each night…