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Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Chiefs of Ontario Release Documentary, Call for Urgent Action on Remote Airport Crisis

(Toronto, Ont. – Oct. 28, 2026) Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and Chiefs of Ontario (COO) published a new documentary today highlighting the serious infrastructure problems impacting airports in remote First Nations. These infrastructure gaps affect First Nations’ access to medical care, essential supplies and emergency response—they have even cost lives. For remote First Nations in…

NAN Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler’s Remarks from First Nations–First Ministers’ Meeting

UNCEDED ALGONQUIN TERRITORY, OTTAWA: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler delivered the following remarks at today’s First Nations–First Ministers’ Meeting in Ottawa: I want to acknowledge all of you – relatives and friends that are here in this room. Miigwetch for being here and for accepting our tobacco offering to Elder Claudette Commanda…

Statement on First Nations-First Ministers’ Meeting

UNCEDED ALGONQUIN TERRITORY, OTTAWA: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler has issued the following statement as NAN First Nations leaders prepare to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and provincial and territorial premiers at Monday’s First Nations–First Ministers’ Meeting: “Monday’s meeting with Prime Minister Carney and provincial and territorial premiers comes at a…

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.