Who Are We
The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) is a non-profit organization which advocates for the political interests of our member Nations in Ontario. AIAI is unique among provincial territorial organizations in Canada, because it is an association of several different member Nations; the Oneida, the Mohawk, the Delaware, the Potawatomi and the Ojibway. At AIAI, these diverse Nations form an alliance on political lines to protect their collective Aboriginal and Treaty rights.
Article on Indigenous politics and politicians
Adorned with statues symbolic of Canada’s colonial history, the Manitoba Legislature building stands on the banks of the Assiniboine River. Wab Kinew was six years old the first time he came to the Legislative building in 1988 to protest the shooting of JJ ...
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE ON ANYONE OR ANY NATION
London, Ontario May 17th, 2017 – In the opening pages for ‘Write’ magazine former editor Hal Niedzviecki wrote a very flippant article pushing for cultural appropriation. These words are bad enough on their own but the encouragement for an appropriation award...
Education is key to reconciliation
To the children we lost, the ones who survived, and the families who were never the same without them, today we honour and recognize your stories and your truths. For more than 100 years, our children were taken from us. Our communities and families suffere...
Our Nations
