IAAW to host Indigenous Women’s Justice Forum: October 3 & 4
by John Copley (ANNews) – The Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW) will host the 2017 Indigenous Women’s Justice Forum on October 3rd…
Gatherings
Historic gathering brings thousands of Elders together
By John Copley (ANNews) – On Monday, September 11, 2017 several thousand Indigenous Elders from Canada’s First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities sat down together…
Feature artist for September 2017: Linus Woods
(ANNews) – The beautiful image on the cover of the September 2017 issue of Alberta Native News is “Bird at My Moms” and it’s a…
Historic National Gathering of Elders begins today in Edmonton
by John Copley (ANNews) – Thousands of Indigenous Elders, community leaders and members of Canada’s First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities are gathering this…
Historic National Gathering of Elders facing a funding shortfall
(August 23, 2017, Edmonton, AB in Treaty 6 Territory) – In less than a month well over 1600 Indigenous elders and seniors from across Canada will…
2017 K-Days Competition Pow Wow: And the winners are…
by John Copley (ANNEws) – The spectacular K-Days Pow Wow was held last month from July 25 – 27, sponsored by Northlands, in partnership with…
Dahlia Drive brings Haida art collaboration to Edmonton Folk Fest
By Deborah Shatz (ANNews) -The 2017 Edmonton Folk Festival was once again a convergence of great music, a spectacular location on the hill at Gallagher Park near…
Join a reenactment of first meetings in historical Edmonton: Sept. 1 & 2
by John Copley (ANNews) – Edmontonians are invited to take part in a unique and fun-filled experience that will give them the opportunity to both…
Calgary Folk Fest brought vibrant energy, perfect weather and great music
by Laura Moser (ANNews) – The 2017 Calgary Folk Music Festival brought vibrant energy and perfect weather to Prince’s Island Park this past weekend. It…
K-Days Pow Wow was truly a stellar event
by John Copley (ANNews) – The 2017 K-Days Pow Wow was held from July 25 – 27. The stellar event attracted nearly 1,000 dancers, each…