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Violence Across NAN Territory Demands Urgent Response from Canada and Ontario

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler is calling on the governments of Canada and Ontario to treat the escalating drug-related violence across NAN territory as the public safety emergency that it is. Today’s virtual press conference held by Ginoogaming First Nation Chief Sheri Taylor underscores exactly why – communities are…

Ginoogaming First Nation Forced to Fund Its Own Safety as OPP Fails to Act

Ginoogaming First Nation, ON – Ginoogaming First Nation Chief Sheri Taylor and Council are demanding that the Ontario Provincial Police take full responsibility for the ongoing drug and crime crisis in their community. Today, Chief Taylor and Council are meeting with the OPP to confront the force’s failure to provide adequate enforcement and funding support.…

NAN Calls on Prime Minister to Apply Same Investment Ambition to First Nations Infrastructure

THUNDER BAY: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to apply the same investment ambition in First Nations communities following his announcement in Thunder Bay today of a $4.7 billion investment for rail passenger cars. “We understand the need to strengthen the Canadian economy, but investing in Canada must also mean…

Who We Are

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is a political territorial organization representing 49 First Nation communities within northern Ontario. It represents the legitimate, socioeconomic, and political aspirations of its First Nation members of Northern Ontario to all levels of government in order to allow local self-determination while establishing spiritual, cultural, social, and economic independence.