The $5 payment that still defines Treaty promises that must be upheld
by Kinnukana (ANNews) – Every year, Treaty First Nations members across Canada are reminded of the promises made generations ago between Treaty First Nations and…
Business
FNBC announces new deal with Lil’wat Business Group
2025 | WHISTLER, B.C. – First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) has announced its largest deal yet under its Indigenous Land Development Program partnership with…
Indigenous relations consultant Melanie Daniels shares how she walks with the wind spirit
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – The wind spirit is one of the fundamental elements of life. Sometimes though, the wind is forgotten for how important…
ALCLA’s conservation work with native plants and reciprocal relationships
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – Traditional Indigenous plant medicines are plants that grow locally, also known as native plants. They grow in specific regions without…
Amnesty joins Bill C-5 criticism
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Human rights organization Amnesty International has joined First Nations leaders across Canada in expressing concern about…
Vancouver’s Housing Freeze Draws Fire from Indigenous rights advocates.
By John Wirth (ANNews) – In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), Indigenous people make up a disproportionate share of the unhoused population – a direct result…
Investigation: Are the Oil Sands killing First Nations? (Part 2)
By Jake Cardinal This is Part 2 of an investigative series on the Impact of Oil Sands on First Nations People by Jake Cardinal. Part…
Siksika Nation challenges Alberta’s lifting of coal mining ban in court
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Siksika Nation and the Blood Tribe are launching a court challenge of the Alberta government’s decision…
Sandy Sanderson’s understanding of being an ‘Eco-Preneur’
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “Our business is about purpose,” shared Sandy Sanderson, a member of Mikisew Cree First Nation and…
Summer camps teach Indigenous youth the FUNdamentals of business
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “The land and water heal us in every single way. Even just being out on the…