Feature artist for August 2019: James Black
(ANNews) – The beautiful image on the cover of this month’s Alberta Native News is a detail from a painting by James Black, a talented…
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Xavier Kataquapit: For the love of language
by Xavier Kataquapit (August 20, 2019) – Most of the time we take the language we speak for granted. We were brought up speaking one…
Sex-based discrimination through the Indian Act finally comes to an end after years of advocacy
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – August 19, 2019) For over 143 years the status and registration provisions of the Indian Act have been wielded as a colonial…
Settlement approved for Survivors of Federal Indian Day Schools and Federal Day Schools
(August 19, 2019) – The Federal Court has approved a nation-wide class settlement to compensate survivors for harms suffered while attending Federal Indian Day Schools…
Northern Lakes College’s Loon River Site is returning to full campus status
(Loon River, AB) – After six years as a Community Access Point (CAP), the Northern Lakes College Loon River site is returning to full campus…
Saddle Lake Cree Nation celebrates grand opening of the Saddle Lake Health Care Centre
(ANNews) – On August 9, 2019, onihcikiskwapowin – Saddle Lake Cree Nation celebrated the grand opening of their new and expanded Saddle Lake Health Care Centre….
PM Justin Trudeau commemorates International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
(August 9, 2019) – The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: “Today, on…
New federal funding will support Indigenous tourism growth in Alberta
(Treaty 7 Territory Calgary, Alberta) – Indigenous Tourism Alberta (ITA), with a mandate to grow the Indigenous tourism economy in Alberta, announces federal funding from…
Edmonton student’s art selected as the logo for the 2019 Orange Shirt Program
Edmonton, AB – The Society for Safe and Caring Schools & Communities (Safe and Caring) is pleased to announce the winner of their annual Orange…
AFN Chiefs declare the climate crisis is a state of emergency
August 2, 2019, amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton, AB): On July 23, 2019, the Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting, unanimously passed a resolution…