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NAN Calls for Expanded First Nations-Led Policing and Community Safety Model

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler issued the following statement following today’s federal announcement highlighting Budget 2026 investments in First Nations policing and community safety: “Across Nishnawbe Aski Nation, our First Nations are facing increasingly serious threats from violence, organized crime and illegal drug trafficking. Families are grieving the loss…

NAN Honours Warriors Who Answered the Call

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) honours the service and sacrifice of Indigenous warriors and veterans on Remembrance Day. More than 12,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit people served in Canada’s major 20th-century conflicts. During the First World War, some communities sent nearly every eligible man aged 20 to 35. In the Second World…

NAPS Launches Border Control Pilot Program to Help Disrupt Drug Trade, Enhance Community Safety and Security

(THUNDER BAY, ON) – The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service formally launched its NAPS Border Control (NBC) pilot program, providing participating remote First Nation communities with additional support and tools to help maintain public safety and security. The program’s launch was announced Monday, Nov. 9 at the Thunder Bay International Airport and featured delegates from the…

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.