Four indigenous themed new releases coming to NFB.ca in June
(May 28) – Throughout the month of June, seven new titles will be added to the selection of free content on NFB.ca, featuring the world…
Arts, Culture
First Nations Health Managers Association launches Covid-19 sharing resource – InfoPoint
(ANNews) – The First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) has launched its newest initiative – InfoPoint, an information sharing initiative developed for First Nations health…
Feature artist for May 2020: Jaimee Hele-Cardinal
By Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The beautiful and serene image on the cover of the May edition of Alberta Native News is by Saddle Lake…
Sugar Sickness is viewed as a small part of our identity
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – The literal translation in Plains Cree for diabetes is sugar sickness (sôkâwâspinewin), and when eating too much of the ‘good…
Casino closures in Alberta negatively impacting First Nations: Part 1
By Jake Cardinal “If there’s no money coming in, how do you justify paying people? You can’t.” – A First Nation Development Fund Director (ANNews) …
RCMP Shut Down Saskatchewan Sundance: A Timeline
by Jake Cardinal (May 2020) – “These are First Nations lands. This is Indian land. Stay off our lands unless you are invited,” declared Chief…
Blood Tribe proud of hard work keeping Coronavirus at bay
by Brandi Morin (ANNews) – The Blood Tribe Department of Health has three active cases of COVID19 and all of them are contained within the…
Activist Christi Belcourt urges: Counteract the chaos by standing up for what’s right
by Brandi Morin (AJNews) – Renowned Metis/Cree artist Christi Belcourt, originally from Alberta now living in Anishinaabe territory in Northern Ontario, is the April feature…
IAAW plants seeds of empowerment for financial healing
by Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – When a new group of Indigenous women gather to enjoy tea and bannock during an IAAW financial literacy session, they…
Coastal First Nations: Emergency Operations Centres Brace Against COVID-19 Threat
(April 29, 2020) – As coastal First Nations emergency teams race to put in place self-isolation measures, the ‘Namgis Nation is the first Indigenous community…