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 of Parlia ...

We support transformational change in housing to provide a better quality of life for First Nations. There is a tremendous housing gap in First Nations communities, and First Nations people experience ...

(June 11, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – Today, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) released its National First Nations Justice Strategy (FNJS), a landmark document resulting from ...

On National Indigenous Peoples Day and the fourth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ...

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), ...

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will testify today to the House Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and ...

Summary: On June 16, 2025, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) held a National Virtual Forum on Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy: An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

We champion systems that promote justice, safety and security for First Nations peoples and communities. Decades of studies into policing and justice show that First Nations people are ...

(May 27, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak welcomed Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla upon their arrival yesterday at Ottawa ...