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THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum, on behalf of the NAN Executive Council, has issued the following statement following an apology by Pope Francis for the abuses suffered at Indian Residential Schools to Indigenous delegates at the Vatican this week: “It has taken tremendous courage for Survivors who…

It is now painfully clear that Indigenous people have no trust in the Thunder Bay Police Service or the Thunder Bay Police Services Board. The repeated failures of the Thunder Bay Police Service require a fundamental re-examination of whether it should continue to exist. All of the ongoing investigations with the Ontario Civilian Policing Commission,…

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation welcomes a ruling that a video depicting the racist and degrading treatment of an Indigenous man by the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) will be considered at the inquest into the deaths of two other Indigenous men while in police custody. “It is very important for the families that…

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Derek Fox is calling for provincial and federal agencies to respect all community pandemic protocols that remain enacted in First Nations across NAN territory as the Government of Ontario prepares to ease restrictions. “While numbers may be in decline in some parts of the province, we…

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum and the NAN Executive Council offer condolences as funeral services are being held today in Sandy Lake First Nation for three children who lost their lives in a tragic house fire last month: “Today we join with the family and community in…