London, Ontario September 30th, 2024 – When Phyllis Webstad went away to school wearing her orange shirt she would never have guessed the events that were put into motion or how what she went through would lead to becoming what it is today on September 30th. The National Day for...
AIAI RECOGNIZES ORANGE SHIRT DAY AND THE NATIONAL DAY
AIAI ACKNOWLEDGES THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
APOLOGY WITH RESERVATIONS
London, Ontario September 19th, 2024 – The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) recently issued a national public apology in the damage it has done to the Indigenous Peoples in the Health Care system and the roles it has played in many events that have caused so much harm to the Native...
TIME FOR CANADA TO REVERSE COURSE AND SUPPORT TRC CALLS TO ACTION
London, Ontario August 16, 2024 – The Federal Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund (RSMCCS) has been reduced from it’s original cap of $3 million to $500,000 per year. This is an 86 percent reduction of funds that was to be used to locate missing children and unmarked burials...
FEDERAL COURT APPROVES FIRST NATIONS CHILD WELFARE SETTLEMENT
London, Ontario October 26th, 2023 – For more than 15 years after the Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society launched a human-rights complaint a Federal Court Judge has verbally approved a landmark $23 billion settlement that will see Ottawa repay more than 300,000...
CORDA Applications open
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AIAI Health Scholarships
Lois Cornelius Education Scholarship
International Women’s Day
AIAI RECOGNIZES INDIGENOUS WOMEN ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY London, Ontario March 8th, 2023 – The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) wishes to express our gratitude and to honour all Indigenous women today on International Women’s Day. We honour them for their strength, hard work, and integrity in the...
Local State of Emergency declared by Oneida First Nations of the Thames
December 20, 2022, Oneida Nation of the Thames - The Oneida Nation of the Thames has declared a state of emergency as of December 15, 2022. Due to severe weather conditions, the water tower at Oneida, the community's primary source of water, has reached an all-time low. It is likely...
AIAI CONGRATULATES CHIEF LAURIE CARR ON HER RE-ELECTION IN HIAWATHA
London, Ontario December 8th, 2022 – The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians would like to extend their congratulations to Laurie Carr of Hiawatha First Nation, Michisaagiig of Rice Lake, on her re-election to Chief by way of acclamation earlier this week. Grand Chief Joel Abram says “I have always...