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AFN calls for Urgent and Transformative Climate Action Led by Indigenous Peoples following COP30: UN Climate Change Conference 2025

Summary: The AFN sent a delegation to the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP 30) for the UN Framework Convention on Climate ...
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L’APN appelle à une action urgente et transformatrice en faveur du climat dirigée par les peuples autochtones à la suite de la COP30 : Conférence des Nations Unies sur ...

Conformément à la résolution 36/2023 de l’Assemblée des Premières Nations, Mesures urgentes et transformatrices pour le climat dans le cadre de la stratégie nationale pour le climat de l’APN », et à ...
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Assembly of First Nations Women’s Council Calls for Action and Systemic Changes Following Shawn Lamb’s Statutory Release

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Women’s Council is calling for immediate action to protect the rights and safety of First ...
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Le Conseil des femmes de l’Assemblée des Premières Nations appelle à l’action et à des changements systémiques à la suite de la libération d’office de Shawn Lamb

(Le 27 novembre 2025 – Territoire algonquin non cédé, Ottawa, Ontario) – Le Conseil des femmes de l’Assemblée des Premières Nations (APN) appelle à la prise de mesures immédiate pour protéger les ...
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National Chief Lifts Up BC Legislators for Defeating Harmful Bills

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement today in response to British Columbia legislators ...
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National Chief Reaffirms Budget 2025 is a “Missed Opportunity for First Nations and Canada”

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement after Budget 2025, Canada Strong, was passed in the ...
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Federal Budget 2025

On November 4, 2025, Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne delivered Budget 2025, titled “Canada Strong.” The Federal Government positioned the document as an investment ...
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AFN National Chief Addresses Planning on Repatriation of Sacred Artifacts

(October 20, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement today in response to media reports that sacred First Nations items ...
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National Chief Speaks to Critical Police Reforms at Meeting of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety

(October 10, 2025 – Treaty 7 Territory, Kananaskis, Alberta) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will provide opening remarks at the meeting of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers ...
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National Chief Appears Before Senate Committee on Bill S-2 and Meets with Minister of Finance, François-Philippe Champagne

(October 1 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will appear before the Senate Committee today, October 1, to testify as part of a panel on Bill S-2, An Act ...
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National Chief Calls for Accelerated Action on Implementing the UN Declaration Act Following Release of Federal Report

(August 25, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement today in response to the Department of Justice Canada’s release of its ...
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Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Hosts National Virtual Forum on the Amended Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy

The event is closed to media. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will be available for interviews after the National Virtual Forum. A recording of the Forum will be released online shortly ...