Statement from the Anishinabek Nation to all federal political parties and candidates 

Statement from the Anishinabek Nation to all federal political parties and candidates    ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (March 26, 2025) – The newly sworn-in Canadian Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Mark Carney recently called a snap...

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Anishinabek Nation engages with U.S. policymakers on Great Lakes

WASHINGTON, D. C. (March 5, 2025) – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Linda Debassige is in Washington, D.C., from March 5 to 7, to participate in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Annual Great Lakes Day. She...

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Anishinabek Nation congratulates Premier Doug Ford on securing third term

ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (February 28, 2025) — On behalf of the Anishinabek Nation, Grand Council Chief Linda Debassige congratulates Premier Doug Ford on securing another majority government during this 2025 Provincial general election: “The Anishinabek Nation welcomes working with...

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Ontario Chiefs-in-Assembly support agreements prioritizing the welfare of First Nations children

ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (February 27, 2025) – After nearly two decades and much advocacy by many, on February 26, 2025, the Chiefs of Ontario passed a resolution to support and ratify the Final Agreement on the Long-Term Reform of...

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Anishinabek Nation welcomes First Nations leadership and lands technicians to the 9th Annual Lands and Resources Forum

ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (February 11, 2025) – The Anishinabek Nation kicks off its 9th Annual Lands and Resources Forum: Kina-Gego-Naabadosin—Everything is Connected taking place from February 11 to 13 in North Bay, Ontario. “With the theme of Kina-Gego-Naabadosin –...

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Anishinabek Nation and Thunder Bay District Health Unit launch new storybook

THUNDER BAY (January 29, 2025) – The Anishinabek Nation and Thunder Bay District Health Unit launch the newly published book, Migizi and Giniw’s Important Journey: Niish Migizi Bimisewin, today in Thunder Bay, Ontario. “We are so very excited to share...

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Anishinabek Nation and Ontario Health sign Relationship Protocol to enhance health and wellness

CHIPPEWAS OF RAMA FIRST NATION  (January 16, 2025) – Leadership of the Anishinabek Nation and Ontario Health gathered today to sign a ground-breaking new initiative – a relationship protocol aimed at improving health and wellness for the 39 Anishinabek...

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Anishinabek Nation advocates for great recognition and respect for minerals in ancestral and traditional territories

ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (December 20, 2024) – Greater recognition and respect of all minerals that lie within the Great Lakes Region being ancestral lands and traditional territories of Anishinabek First Nations and other First Nations is required by...

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‘Settlements are not taxpayer dollars’: Grand Council Chief Linda Debassige

ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (December 17, 2024) – The federal government's fall economic statement — tabled just a few hours after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet and questioned her government's recent handling of the economy — calls...

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Anishinabek Nation kicks off ninth annual Treaties Recognition Week

ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (November 4, 2024) – The Anishinabek Nation kicked-off the ninth annual Treaties Recognition Week with an episode about the Robinson Huron Treaty Annuities Claim on the Anishinabek Nation Bemaadizijig Ganoonindwaa—Talking to People Podcast. “Treaty education and...

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