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Media Advisory – AFN Releases National First Nations Justice Strategy
(June 10, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) will formally release its National First Nations Justice Strategy on June 11, 2025, during a press conference featuring National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Regional Chief…
Statement from National Chief Regarding Building Canada Act: Enormous Responsibility Rests on MPs and Senators to Uphold the Honour of the Crown
(June 10, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak issued the following statement today on the tabling of Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy Act. “The AFN will hold a virtual…
Statement from National Chief: Meeting with the Prime Minister and Planning for a Chiefs Forum
(June 6, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak made a statement following her meeting yesterday with Prime Minister Mark Carney in which they touched on Canada’s plan to introduce…
Statement by National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak on Recent Remarks by Minister of Justice Sean Fraser on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(June 4, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak responded today to controversial remarks by Minister of Justice Sean Fraser made yesterday, in which the Minister rejected the notion that Indigenous peoples hold any “veto”…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Releases 2025 Progress Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Calls for Justice, Highlighting Human Trafficking Crisis
(June 3, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – On the sixth anniversary of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has released its 2025…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – 2025 Annual General Assembly Update
Summary: The AFN stands in solidarity with all First Nations impacted by the wildfire situation placing immense stress and displacement for our First Nations communities. The Annual General Assembly (AGA) is not cancelled at this time, however, we are closely…
AFN Responds to Federal Request for Feedback on Outline of National Interest Projects Legislation and Calls for Action on First Nations Infrastructure Gap
(June 2, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has responded to a request from the federal government to comment on an outline of federal legislation regarding national interest projects. The AFN released its…
Joint Statement from the Assembly of First Nations, Chiefs of Ontario, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, Southern Chiefs’ Organization, and Saskatchewan on Wildfires across Canada
(May 30, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – Assembly of First Nations, Chiefs of Ontario, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, Southern Chiefs' Organization, and Saskatchewan issued the following statement regarding the growing wildfire crisis across Ontario, Alberta,…
CALL FOR RESOLUTIONS: 3rd and FINAL NOTICE – AFN Annual General Assembly – RBC Convention Centre, Winnipeg, MB July 15-17, 2025
TO: All Chiefs, PTOs, Tribal Councils, AFN Staff FROM: AFN Resolutions Committee DATE: May 30, 2025 – 3rd and Final Notice RESOLUTIONS are the essential mechanism by which First Nations provide specific direction to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).…
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak to Address Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual Conference
(May 30, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will deliver remarks at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Annual Conference and Trade Show in Ottawa on May 30, 2025.…