Protecting, promoting, and advancing inherent, Treaty, and
Aboriginal rights of Northern First Nations.
NIHB Updated Private Vehicle Kilometric Rates
To view this information in a PDF format, please click here. The NIHB Program has shared their updated kilometric allowance rates as of July 1, 2022. Allowance rates may be provided by the NIHB Program when a privately owned vehicle is used by an eligible NIHB client to access medically necessary health services. Prior to July 1, 2022, the NIHB kilometric rates when using a privately owned vehicle to access health services was 21.5 cents per kilometre (from April 1-June 30, 2022). For trips July 1, 2022 and onward, NIHB's kilometric rates will be 24.5 cents per kilometre. NIHB’s Read More...
National Cree Gathering Taking Place in Opaskwayak Cree Nation: July 26 to 29, 2022
2022 National Cree Gathering Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Manitoba from July 26 to 29, 2022 For more information, please call: 204-627-7130 204-620-0618
Government of Manitoba Seeking Youth (Age 15-21) to Be Part of a New Leadership Council: Apply by August 31, 2022
Manitoba Families is creating a Youth Leadership Council to engage community experts and youth from across the province to provide their perspectives, insights, and advice on current and emerging issues for youth who access services offered by the department including those who: are in the care of child and family services agencies, live with disabilities, live with families that receive Employment and Income Assistance, live in Manitoba Housing, and have experienced homelessness. The Youth Leadership Council will reflect the diversity of Manitoba including 2SLGBTQQIA+ youth. The council’s initial project will be to produce a high-level report about the effects of Read More...
MKO Statement on RCMP Shooting in Shamattawa
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release July 4, 2022 Treaty Five Territory, Thompson, MB Read More...
MKO Encourages Ongoing Reclamation of First Nations Culture and Movement Towards Reconciliation on July 1, 2022
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release June 30, 2022 Treaty Five Territory, Thompson, MB Read More...
MKO Commends Cyclists Working to Raise Awareness of Sexual Violence
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release June 29, 2022 Treaty Five Territory, Thompson, MB Read More...
MKO Continues to Be Concerned for the Safety of Indigenous Women Using Taxis in the City of Winnipeg
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release June 24, 2022 Treaty One Territory, Winnipeg, MB Read More...
MKO Acknowledges 50 Years Since the Loss of Youth from Bunibonibee Cree Nation Due to a Tragic Plane Crash in Winnipeg
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release June 24, 2022 June 15, 2022: Bunibonibee Cree 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.