Indigenous Peoples Organizations

The Chippewas of Rama First Nation have been known as a caring, sharing people throughout history. Our Chippewa territory has been called ‘the gathering place’ where travellers rested before continuing on their journey, where...

The Coalition of Hamilton Indigenous Leadership (CHIL) is a collaborative of Indigenous organizational leaders. CHIL receives federal, provincial, and municipal funding which is then allocated to local Indigenous agencies to...

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.

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples represents the interests of Métis, status and Non-status Indians, and Southern Inuit Indigenous People living off-reserve in Canada. Our mandate is to improve the socio-economic conditions...

The File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council (FHQTC) is the political and service organization for the Qu’Appelle Agency and the File Hills Agency, delivering programs and services to the 11 First Nations in the Treaty Four...

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...

Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) or The Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago is an independent civil organization of which members are from Indigenous Peoples communities around the archipelago. AMAN works...

Indigenous Works, formerly the Aboriginal Human Resource Council, is a national social enterprise. We were founded as a non-profit national organization in 1998 as a recommendation from the 1996 Report on the Royal Commission...

Dayakology Institute or ID is a non-governmental organization that carries out efforts to revitalize and restitution of Dayak cultural identity. ID was established as a response of the Dayak Indigenous People to various...

We are experts in the field of advocacy, policy, program delivery and support, and continually work to advance the capacity of Indigenous women, their families, and communities. Esquao, the Institute for the Advancement of...