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NAN Statement as Manitoba Premier Moves to Adopt Permanent Daylight Time for Province

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) has issued the following statement following the Premier of Manitoba’s announcement this week that it will move to permanent daylight time effective November 1, 2026: “We respect Premier Wab Kinew’s right to make the decision to adopt permanent daylight time based on feedback received by the people of…

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Demand Accountability in the Death of Miranda Mamakwa

Sioux Lookout / Thunder Bay, ON — Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) are demanding immediate, public accountability following the death of Miranda Mamakwa, a mother of three young children from Fort Severn First Nation, after Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program repeatedly failed to arrange the medical travel she…

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…

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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.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation News

September 19, 2026

NAN Statement as Manitoba Premier Moves to Adopt Permanent Daylight Time for Province

September 10, 2026

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Demand Accountability in the Death of Miranda Mamakwa

September 10, 2026

Violence Across NAN Territory Demands Urgent Response from Canada and Ontario

September 10, 2026

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

September 3, 2026

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

August 22, 2026

NAN Mourns Passing of Educator and Community Leader Norma Kejick

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