Indigenous Peoples Organizations

The Arctic Athabaskan Council was founded in 2000. At that time it represented approximately 32,000 indigenous peoples of Athabaskan descent. Today there are council members in Alaska (including fifteen traditional villages)...

Coastal First Nations is a unique alliance of nine Nations living on British Columbia’s North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii. Each Nation has its own distinct culture, governance and territory.

Gwich’in Council International (GCI) represents 9,000 Gwich’in in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Yukon, and Alaska as a Permanent Participant in the Arctic Council; the only international organization where Indigenous...

Since 1972 the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre, has been providing the Indigenous community with a place to gather, access service and participate in Cultural teachings and practices. The Friendship Centre provides wrap...

The Indigenous Health Research Development Program operated from 2003 to the end of 2013 to increase capacity in Aboriginal health research in Ontario. The IHRDP provided funding for community-based research projects and...

Founded in 1977 by the late Eben Hopson of Barrow, Alaska, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has flourished and grown into a major international non-government organization representing approximately 180,000 Inuit of Alaska...

Native Canadian Centre of Toronto is a membership-based, charitable organization located in the heart of downtown Toronto in a beautifully renovated heritage building. NCCT offers a wide range of programs and services based...

The Newfoundland Aboriginal Women’s Network will strive to promote, enhance and encourage the health, social, educational, economic cultural, and political, well being of Aboriginal women within the Island portion of...

At the Niagara Regional Native Centre we strive to serve all Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island including First Nations, Inuit, and Metis.

Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg is a not for profit charitable Indigenous organization that provides high quality programs and services across the entire life cycle to the Indigenous population in Hamilton, Brantford and surrounding...

The Ontario Native Literacy Coalition (ONLC) is the only Indigenous specific provincial networking and field development organization in Canada that provides support to 19 Indigenous Adult Literacy Programs on Reserve and in...

The First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC) is a provincial Crown Corporation formed by the government of British Columbia in 1990 to administer the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Program. The mandate of FPCC is...