NFB announces three-year plan to redefine its relationship with Indigenous peoples
(June 20, 2017) – The National Film Board of Canada has announced a three-year plan outlining a series of commitments that respond to the work…
Arts, Culture
Celebrate National Aboriginal Day at the Art Gallery of Alberta
by Regan Treewater-Lipes (ANNews) – On June 21, National Aboriginal Day, the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) will be offering FREE admission all day long,…
Celebrate National Aboriginal Day in Alberta and across Canada
(ANNews) – June 21 is National Aboriginal Day across Canada and 2017 marks the 21st year that the event has been celebrated. Initiated in 1996 by then-Governor…
Feature artist for May 17: Anthony Antoine
(ANNews) – The powerful image on the cover of the May edition of Alberta Native News is entitled “Grizzly Fishing at Sunset.” It is an…
Edmonton Folk Music Festival announces stellar 2017 lineup – tickets are available now
June 5, 2017 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Folk Festival will return to Alberta’s capital city this summer, running from August 10 to 13 at Gallagher Park,…
Artist invites input for Edmonton’s Tawatinâ Bridge Art Project
by John Copley (ANNews) – Last summer, the City of Edmonton issued a Request for Proposals that called on Canada’s Aboriginal artists to submit their…
Amiskwaciy Academy hosts Spring Feast and Lost Prizes conference
by John Copley (ANNews) – Amiskwaciy Academy’s 2017 Spring Feast took place at the school on Thursday, April 27, and was followed a day later…
Herb Belcourt Park unveiled in Sherwood Park
by John Copley (ANNews) – In early January well known Métis Elder, community leader and former entrepreneur, Herb Belcourt, now 85 and retired, was diagnosed…
Alex Janvier to receive honourary diploma from NorQuest College on May 25
(Edmonton) – NorQuest College 2017 honorary diploma recipient and artist Alex Janvier has spent almost his entire life viewing the world through his canvases. So…
WHL star Ethan Bear has a great future in hockey
by John Copley (ANNews) – On May 3, 2017, the Western Hockey League announced the names of the league’s best overall position players, coaches, rookies…