Respected Metis Elder harassed at Edmonton City Centre Mall
By Deborah Shatz (ANNews) – A respected Métis elder who has devoted much time and effort to promoting reconciliation and Indigenous awareness in Edmonton was harassed…
Social Issues
Muriel Stanley Venne is named Honourary Skirt at the 2018 SkirtsAfire Festival in YEG
(Edmonton) – The SkirtsAfire Festival, March 8 – 11, 2018, is a 4-day multidisciplinary arts festival which celebrates women in the arts. It is held in various venues along Alberta…
‘Children of God’ musical tells powerful story of Residential Schools: Mar. 3-24 in YEG
With Special Discounted Price for Alberta Native News Readers. (EDMONTON) – Children of God – a new musical written and directed by Corey Payette whose cast…
Alberta Youth Advocate brings humanity to child welfare reviews
By John Copley (ANNews) – Before Alberta’s Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (OCYA) became an independent office of the Alberta Legislature in 2012,…
Treaty 8 Urban Child and Family Services opens their doors in Edmonton
Edmonton, Alberta – February 20, 2018 – Today marks an important development for First Nations children caught up in the Alberta Child Welfare system. The…
Alberta government begins engagement sessions with 60s Scoop survivors
By John Copley (ANNews) – On February 1, 2018 the 60s Scoop Indigenous Survivors Society of Alberta (SISSA) joined the Alberta Government at Blue Quills…
Igniting the Warrior Spirit gatherings are coming to Edmonton and Kamloops
(ANNews) – Dennis Cameron is a visionary event planner whose company is aptly named Visionary Planning, Development and Management Group. He refers to himself as…
Trudeau: Canada will partner to create a Recognition and Implementation of Rights Framework
(February 14, 2018) – For too long, Indigenous Peoples in Canada have had to prove their rights exist and fight to have them recognized and…
Public libraries across Canada will be hosting a series of dialogues about reconciliation
OTTAWA, Feb. 1, 2018 /CNW/ – The Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCUNESCO) is partnering with several important Canadian institutions – the National Centre for Truth and…
Voices of Indigenous youth shared online in cross-Canada project
Winnipeg – January 26, 2018 – As the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins, voices of Indigenous youth across Canada have been…