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NAN Supports Neskantaga’s Call for Action during Treaties Recognition Week

Thunder Bay, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler supports members of Neskantaga First Nation who are at Queen’s Park today during Treaties Recognition Week calling for provincial action to immediately resolve the longstanding issues with the community’s water system. “It is simply unacceptable that Neskantaga First Nation members were forced to evacuate…

Neskantaga Leadership Identifies Minimum Demands before Considering Returning Members to Community

Thunder Bay, ON: Neskantaga First Nation Chief Chris Moonias and members of Council have identified the minimum conditions they will accept before considering a return of their members who were forced to evacuate this week due to the immediate health threats from the remote community’s water system. “I have sent these conditions to Indigenous Services…

Canada Ignores Urgent Public Health Crisis, Refuses to Support Neskantaga First Nation Evacuation Again

Thunder Bay, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and Neskantaga First Nation Chief Chris Moonias have demanded a coordinated response to the State of Emergency declared by the remote community as immediate heath threats from the water system has forced the community to evacuate its members. “For weeks Chief Moonias has made…

Who We Are

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is a political territorial organization representing 49 First Nation communities within northern Ontario. It represents the legitimate, socioeconomic, and political aspirations of its First Nation members of Northern Ontario to all levels of government in order to allow local self-determination while establishing spiritual, cultural, social, and economic independence.