Feature artist for January 2019: Lana Whiskeyjack
(ANNews) – The stunning painting that appears on the cover of the January 2019 edition of Alberta Native News is entitled ‘Three Generations – series…
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Metis National Council launches Metis Nation Sixties Scoop Portal
Winnipeg, MB – On January 2, 2019, at the Manitoba Metis Federation Home Office in Winnipeg, Métis National Council Minister of Social Development, David Chartrand,…
Seeking answers and lessons learned from the IRS Settlement
By Regan Treewater (ANNews) – On November 14, 2018, people from across the greater Edmonton area gathered in the penthouse reception room of the Holiday…
Agreement-in-Principle reached to resolve Indian Day Schools Litigation
December 6, 2018 – On December 6, 2018, Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, along with Garry McLean, Claudette Commanda, Mariette Buckshot and Roger Augustine,…
Third Annual Orange Shirt Day celebration at Edmonton City Hall Friday, September 28
Edmonton, AB – The Society for Safe and Caring Schools & Communities is expecting a full house at Edmonton City Hall for the third annual Orange…
Poignant Short Film about an Alberta Indian Residential School will be screened at EIFF
(ANNews) – Indigenous filmmaker Jay Cardinal Villeneuve will be in Edmonton on September 30, 2018 to attend the premiere of his acclaimed film “Holy Angels”…
Settlement of Sixties Scoop Class Action
TORONTO, Aug. 9, 2018 /CNW/ – The courts have approved a settlement between representatives of certain survivors of the Sixties Scoop and the Federal Government…
2018 Orange Shirt Day Logo Contest Winner Announced
(July 31, 2018) – The Society for Safe and Caring Schools & Communities is pleased to announce the winner of the annual Orange Shirt Campaign…
Minister Richard Feehan affirms Alberta’s commitments to Indigenous people
by John Copley (ANNews) – In a recent interview leading up to the June 21 Summer Solstice and National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD), Alberta’s Minister of Indigenous…
AFN marks the third anniversary of the TRC Calls to Action
(Ottawa, ON) – To mark the third anniversary of the release of 94 Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Assembly of…