National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak made the following statement today in response to the Senate’s approval of Bill C-5, ...

RESOLUTIONS are the essential mechanism by which First Nations provide specific direction to the Assembly of First Nations ...

Summary: The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) 2025 National Forum on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) was held on February 4–5, 2025, on the unceded and ...

TO: All Chiefs, PTOs, Tribal Councils, AFN Staff FROM: AFN Resolutions Committee DATE: May 30, 2025 – 3rd and Final Notice RESOLUTIONS are the essential mechanism by which First Nations provide ...

In 2016, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Elders’ Council released an Elders’ Statement on Environment and Climate Change, acknowledging the climate crisis. In the face of government inaction, an ...

(May 27, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will formally release a third landmark report titled “Benefits for All ...

363 First Nation communities lack both broadband internet and standard cellular services.Of 748 communities studied in the Closing the Infrastructure Gap 2030 report, 61% did not have adequate high ...

(March 25, 2025 – Toronto, Ontario) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will address the Canadian Club at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario to discuss Assembly of First Nations ...

January 21, 2025 Dear President Donald J. Trump, As National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), I advocate on behalf of First Nations individuals and communities across Canada on matters of ...

(March 10, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) -- National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, along with compensation administrator Deloitte, announced today the opening of the first two claims ...