Powerful ‘Pîkiskwe-Speak’ art installation is on display at Galerie Cité in Edmonton
By Regan Treewater (ANNews) – On a bitterly cold Edmonton evening, as the city’s urban arteries were clogged with hockey-fans and those bound for MacEwan…
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FNS statement re BC Liberal MLA Mike Morris’ ignorant remarks regarding Indigenous languages
by the First Nations Summit Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia – The First Nations Summit is astounded and disappointed by the clear lack of…
Muriel Stanley Venne is named Honourary Skirt at the 2018 SkirtsAfire Festival in YEG
(Edmonton) – The SkirtsAfire Festival, March 8 – 11, 2018, is a 4-day multidisciplinary arts festival which celebrates women in the arts. It is held in various venues along Alberta…
‘Children of God’ musical tells powerful story of Residential Schools: Mar. 3-24 in YEG
With Special Discounted Price for Alberta Native News Readers. (EDMONTON) – Children of God – a new musical written and directed by Corey Payette whose cast…
METIS MUTT with Sheldon Elter is live at The Roxy until March 4
(ANNews) – Edmonton audiences are in for a real treat as Theatre Network presents “Metis Mutt,” a One Little Indian Production from February 13 –…
Feature artist for February 2018: Brenda Morency
by John Copley (ANNews) – Brenda Morency, aka Seekachees, is an artist, an educator, an entrepreneur, a student and a member of the Swan River…
Igniting the Warrior Spirit gatherings are coming to Edmonton and Kamloops
(ANNews) – Dennis Cameron is a visionary event planner whose company is aptly named Visionary Planning, Development and Management Group. He refers to himself as…
Public libraries across Canada will be hosting a series of dialogues about reconciliation
OTTAWA, Feb. 1, 2018 /CNW/ – The Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCUNESCO) is partnering with several important Canadian institutions – the National Centre for Truth and…
Immediate actions taken by Ottawa to comply with Canadian Rights Tribunal
OTTAWA, Feb. 1, 2018 /CNW/ – The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, issued the following statement: “Today, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal released…
Voices of Indigenous youth shared online in cross-Canada project
Winnipeg – January 26, 2018 – As the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins, voices of Indigenous youth across Canada have been…