FSIN concerned about the delay in a national plan to address family violence
On September 15, 2014, the federal government announced a National Action Plan to Address Family Violence and Violent Crimes Against Aboriginal Women and Girls. The…
Health
AFN calls for full investigation into the treatment of Tina Fontaine by Winnipeg police
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Alberta Regional Chief Cameron Alexis is calling for a thorough investigation into the actions of City of…
Wear an Orange Shirt in recognition of Indian Residential School students
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Ghislain Picard is encouraging people across the country to mark Orange Shirt Day on Tuesday…
Canada uses World Conference to continue indefensible attack on UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples’ organizations and human rights groups are outraged that the federal government used a high level United Nations forum on Indigenous rights as an…
Assembly of First Nations launches national cancer-screening awareness video
VANCOUVER, Sept. 24, 2014 /CNW/ – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy today launched a national video raising awareness of the…
First Nations Health Managers Association is offering courses in Edmonton this fall and winter
The First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) is expanding health management capacity for First Nations across the country and their valuable and innovative courses are…
Lummi Nation carver accompanies totem on 9000 km solidarity journey
Nearly one month after leaving its home on the Lummi Nation in northwestern Washington State, a flatbed truck hauling a seven-metre (21 foot) sacred healing totem pole…
Canadians push for a National Inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women
Winnipeg police went into the Red River last month responding to a report by an off-duty police officer who had seen a man struggling to…
AFN expresses need to support Indigenous youth on World Suicide Prevention Day
OTTAWA, Sept. 10, 2014 /CNW/ – On World Suicide Prevention Day, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Ghislain Picard reminds First Nations and all…
Treaty 8 Alberta Chiefs urge PM to call for a National Inquiry combined with further action
On August 27, 2014, the Chiefs of the Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta, wrote to the Prime Minister of Canada and urged him to…