First Nations

What each province, territory is doing on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Friday is the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. The federal government made Sept. 30 a statutory holiday for its workers and federally regulated ...

Sep 27, 2022

Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch

Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III. Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen's death last week w...

Sep 14, 2022

Court rejects bid by AFN National Chief RoseAnne Archibald to overturn suspension

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations says an Ontario court has rejected a bid by National Chief RoseAnne Archibald to overturn her recent suspension. The organization issued a statement Thursday say...

Jul 01, 2022

Reconciliation Lethbridge asks media to become allies

Lethbridge, AB - A local advisory board says more needs to be done to advance reconciliation in Lethbridge and they want the media to be part of that.During a meeting on Thursday, the Reconciliation L...

Feb 11, 2022

First Nation says Alberta is preventing it from taking control of child welfare

EDMONTON, AB. -- A First Nation in Alberta says it's been nearly three months since it was supposed to take legal control of its own child welfare but the provincial government won't recognize the arr...

Jan 09, 2022

New National Chief RoseAnne Archibald vows to make AFN more inclusive, transparent

OTTAWA - Newly elected National Chief RoseAnne Archibald is pledging to hold governments' feet to the fire and to help make the Assembly of First Nations to be more inclusive and transparent. Over the...

Jul 09, 2021

Mounties say teen charged after 12-year-old shot, injured in central Alberta

SADDLE LAKE - RCMP in central Alberta say a 14-year-old has been charged in the shooting of a 12-year-old boy.Mounties say it appears the shooting on Friday at Saddle Lake Cree Nation was targeted.The...

Jun 29, 2021

Canadian Government outlines support for Indigenous agriculture initiatives

OTTAWA, ONT. -- In line with the month of June dedicated to recognizing the achievements, history and cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Mtis, the federal government is working to build a stronger a...

Jun 18, 2021

'You didn't get the best of me': Residential school survivor gets honorary doctorate

CALGARY - Clarence Wolfleg remembers the day his mother took him to school. It was 1956 and for the next 5 1/2 years he attended the Old Sun Residential School outside Gleichen in southern Alberta. "M...

Jun 08, 2021

Indigenous leaders frustrated after Pope passes on apology for residential schools

Indigenous leaders are expressing disappointment and frustration over comments from Pope Francis they say fell short of an apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. "It's just par...

Jun 07, 2021