News & Events

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler has released the following statement in response to the Government of Canada’s delay of a national action plan on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: “We are coming up to the one-year mark since the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous…

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, on behalf of the Executive Council, sends heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and community of Ginoogaming First Nation following the sudden passing of Chief Celia Echum this morning: “We are very saddened to learn of the passing of our dear friend Celia Echum.  Her sudden death…

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler has joined with Grand Council Treaty #3 (GCT#3) Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh to decry the failure by the City of Dryden municipal council to support a motion condemning embattled Conservative Senator Lynn Beyak and calling for her resignation: “I stand with the leadership and citizens of Grand Council…

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler has announced the development of a Task Team to lead NAN’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic: “In our continued efforts to decrease risks to our communities from the COVID-19 pandemic, Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) is taking extraordinary steps to ensure that everything possible is done to…

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and Grand Council Treaty #3 (GCT#3) Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh are appealing to organizers for the postponement of the Northern Bands and Little Native Hockey League Hockey Tournaments next week. “The threat posed by COVID-19 is causing great concern in our First Nations and there is a growing…