Claims Process Now Open for First Nations Child and Family Services Class Action Settlement

Published: Aug 07, 2025Press Release
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Over 40,000 Claims Received Through Claims Process Launched to Distribute $23 Billion Federal Settlement Acknowledging Discrimination of First Nations Child and Family Services Program and Jordan’s Principle

Published: Aug 07, 2025Press ReleaseRead the Story
(August 7, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) — National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak announced today that over 40,000 applications have been received by the Administrator (Deloitte Canada) in the five months since the first two Claims Processes launched for…

AFN National Chief Visiting BC Communities

Published: Aug 06, 2025NewsRead the Story
(August 6, 2025 – Vancouver, BC) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will be meeting with Chiefs in British Columbia Thursday and Friday. Discussions will focus on First Nation priorities for the fall federal budget, closing the First Nations Infrastructure…

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Calls for Economic Reconciliation and Closing the Infrastructure Gap at Council of the Federation Meeting

Published: Jul 22, 2025Press ReleaseRead the Story
(July 22, 2025 – Huntsville, Ontario) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement today after participating in the Council of the Federation (COF) meeting, which brought together Canada’s premiers to discuss shared priorities, including infrastructure and economic…

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Speaks on Council of the Federation (COF) Meeting

Published: Jul 21, 2025NewsRead the Story
(July 21, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will hold a media scrum after joining Canada’s premiers for the Council of the Federation (COF) summer meeting on July 21, 2025, in Huntsville, Ontario. Date:…

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Holds Press Conference in Advance of Summit with Privy Council Office

Published: Jul 15, 2025NewsRead the Story
(July 15, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, joined by First Nations leadership, will host a press conference ahead of the Summit between the Prime Minister, the Privy Council Office, and First Nations leaders.…

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Hosts National Virtual Forum on the Amended Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy

Published: Jul 09, 2025Press ReleaseRead the Story
(July 9, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – The Assembly of First Nations will host a National Virtual Forum to bring together First Nations leaders for continued dialogue on the federal government’s amended Bill C-5, An Act to enact…

Annual General Assembly Call for Resolutions – New Deadline

Published: Jul 04, 2025BulletinRead the Story
RESOLUTIONS are the essential mechanism by which First Nations provide specific direction to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN). Resolutions should be national in scope and can: (1) define a mandate for the AFN; (2) relate to internal matters regarding…

Statement from the National Chief on the Senate’s Approval of Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy Act

Published: Jun 27, 2025NewsRead the Story
(June 27, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak made the following statement today in response to the Senate’s approval of Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act: “We lift up the Senators and Members…

On National Indigenous Peoples Day, National Chief Calls for Accelerated Action on UNDA Implementation

Published: Jun 21, 2025NewsRead the Story
(June 21, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – On National Indigenous Peoples Day and the fourth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) becoming law, National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and…

2025 National Forum on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA)

Published: Jun 21, 2025BulletinRead the Story
Summary: The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) 2025 National Forum on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) was held on February 4–5, 2025, on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh…
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