Feds must collaborate with Indigenous leaders and IRS survivors to investigate & protect burial sites
by the NCTR and the IRSHDC (June 2, 2021) – The discovery of an unmarked mass burial site at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School…
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Albertans call for name changes to Grandin Schools and other structures bearing his name
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In response to the recent discovery of a grave containing the remains of 215 First Nations…
Confederacy of Treaty Six Nations dissolves historic protocol agreement with Alberta
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations are so disillusioned and upset with the Alberta government…
Dehcho Divisional Education Council: Seeking Student Residence House Parents
Dehcho Divisional Education Council is Hiring Student Residence House Parents (June 2021) – The Dehcho Divisional Education Council is hiring house parents on contract, for…
AFN National Chief demands action for missing First Nations children and grave sites
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde released the below statement to mark the first day of Indigenous Peoples History month…
Lubicon Lake Chief recants support for K-6 Alberta curriculum
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The chief of Lubicon Lake Cree Nation is walking back his previous support for the Alberta…
Alberta commemorates the victims of the Kamloops Indian Residential School
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Last week a mass grave of 215 First Nations children was found buried near a former…
Remains of 215 Indigenous children discovered in Kamloops BC
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Last week, in a gut-wrenching and triggering discovery, the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found…
Alberta Ministry of Indigenous Relations is hiring: FT Executive Director of Metis Relations
(Edmonton) – The Alberta Ministry of Indigenous Relations has an opening for an Executive Director, Metis Relations. Job Information Job Title: Executive Director, Métis Relations…
Alberta Native News has openings for part time Indigenous Issues Reporters
(ANNews) – Alberta Native News is pleased to announce we are hiring part-time reporters beginning as early as June 7,2021. This is a 6-month contract…