Our Story

Ka Ni Kanichihk means "those who lead" in the Ininew (Cree) language.

The vision for Ka Ni Kanichihk came from the Aboriginal community - women, men, elders and youth who recognized the critical need to develop greater human and capital capacity within the rapidly growing urban Aboriginal community. Ka Ni Kanichihk is committed to developing and delivering a range of programs and services that focus on wholesomeness and wellness and that builds on each individual's assets (gifts) and resilience.

Our mandate is to provide a range of culturally based education, training and employment, leadership and community development, and healing and wellness programs and services that are rooted in the restoration and reclamation of cultures. We believe that our ancestors left us a rich inheritance - traditional knowledge, languages, practices, customs and values. It is by embracing this legacy that we will be able to engage in a decolonization process.

As indigenous peoples, we will reclaim our traditional roles as leaders, teachers and healers. As a result, we can contribute fully to the health and well-being of our families, communities and nations.

We are a registered, non-profit, community based Aboriginal human services organisation. We are governed by a council inclusive of First Nation and Metis peoples in Winnipeg.

Vision

To honour the spirit of our ancestors, "those that go before" and to seek their wisdom to help guide our peoples back to balance and beauty.

Mission Statement

To awaken and heal the spirit of Aboriginal peoples that will guide us to our goodness, our strength, our beliefs, values, teachings, identity, and our history and to reclaim our rightful place within our families, our communities, and our Nations.