Protecting, promoting, and advancing inherent, Treaty, and
Aboriginal rights of Northern First Nations.
Walking Beside Our People™ Indigenous Harm Reduction Education & Community Wellness Program
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: 📣TO OUR MKO FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES Every life matters. Every person deserves dignity, compassion, and support. Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) recognizes that First Nations communities continue to experience significant impacts related to substance use and the toxic drug supply. These challenges are connected to many factors, including trauma, grief, mental health, housing insecurity, poverty, social exclusion, and barriers to culturally safe health services. Harm reduction is about meeting people where they are and walking beside them. It means reducing the risk of harm, preventing overdose, supporting people without judgment, and creating pathways toward wellness, healing, and hope. Read More...
Employment Opportunity: MMIWG Wellness & Community Support Liaison (2) in Winnipeg
Full Time Term Position - March 31, 2027 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba Under the supervision of the MMIWG Liaison Unit Director, the MMIWG Wellness & Community Support Liaison will design and deliver culturally responsive and dignified trauma-informed health and wellness supports for individuals who have been impacted by the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people (MMIWG2S+). This includes providing emotional and cultural wellness support to families, survivors, and communities who are impacted by gender and race-based violence. These health and wellness support services are available to any First Nation people on and off reserve belonging to Read More...
Build a Skill. Strengthen your Community. Protect our water.
Only 20 seats available! The program provides training and certification for Water & Wastewater Operator Level 1, aimed at strengthening skills and protecting water in Indigenous communities in Manitoba. Eligibility: Applicants must have a Grade 12 diploma or Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC). Must be a member of and reside in one of the following MKO ISET Sub-Agreement Holder communities: Manto Sipi Cree Nation Opaskwayak Cree Nation Marcel Colomb First Nation Pimicikamak Cree Nation Mathias Colomb Cree Nation Misipawistik Cree Nation Sapotaweyak Cree Nation Shamattawa First Nation Mosakahiken Cree Nation Norway House Cree Nation Tataskweyak Cree Nation Wuskwi Sipihk First Read More...
MKO Stands with SCO in Condemning Dangerous ‘Winnipeg Sun’ Column on Residential School Denialism
Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba — Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) is outraged that the Winnipeg Sun, led by CEO Kevin Klein, a registered candidate for Read More...
MKO Condemns Racist Display at Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc and Calls for Action Against Residential School Denialism
For Immediate Release September 28, 2026 Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Treaty 5 Territory - Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak strongly condemns the racist and hateful display by white Read More...
MKO Introduces the Two-Spirit Flag at All Assemblies and Gatherings
For Immediate Release September 18, 2026 MKO Introduces the Two-Spirit Flag at All Assemblies and Gatherings Treaty 5 Territory, Thompson, Mb - Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Read More...
MKO Supports Misipawistik Cree Nation’s Call for Voluntary Halt to the Moose Hunt
Treaty Five Territory, Thompson, MB - Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. supports Misipawistik Cree Nation and Chief Heidi Cook’s call for a voluntary halt to moose hunting Read More...
Media Statement: MKO Raises Concerns Over Federal Changes to Impact Assessment Regulations Ahead of International Investment Summit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, MB - Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) is raising concerns regarding new federal regulatory changes that remove several Read More...
MKO Mission Statement
To maintain, strengthen, enhance, lobby for and defend the interests and rights of First Nation people within its jurisdiction and to promote, develop and secure a standard quality of life deemed desirable and acceptable by its First Nations without limiting the generality of the foregoing and the objectives of MKO.