We walk with our community on their journeys
Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. is a trusted heart of Winnipeg’s Indigenous community. Our vision is to lead our people back home to a place where we are self-determining, healthy, happy, and respected for our cultural and spiritual strengths and ways of being.
What We Do
A number of Indigenous led prevention and intervention programs that help children, youth, women, men, and families heal, succeed, and become leaders. Ka Ni Kanichihk provides education and job-skills training, support for women and families, and mentorship. We walk with people on their path of recovery from trauma.
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June 15, 2026
Honouring Two Lives, One Legacy: Renaming of the Oscar & Amanda Lathlin Memorial Award
June 15, 2026
Medicine Bear Counselling, Support, and Elder Services- Honouring Red Dress Day
June 15, 2026
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Our hearts are full, our spirits are soaring, and our gratitude is overflowing!🔥🫶
The Keeping the Fires Burning Organizing Circle would like to express its heartfelt appreciation to the many, many hands and hearts that made its 25th Anniversary a Gathering to remember!
To Our Relatives, Our Communities, Our Sponsors… Kitchi-Miigwech, Marsee, Mussi Cho, Wapida, Qujjanamiit, Thank you for 25 years of community building and coming together to celebrate and honour First Nations, Metis, and Inuit cultures, traditions, and Peoples.
With love and gratitude!
Until next year…
⛳️ Sponsor Announcement ⛳️
We’re excited to announce Dufresne Furniture & Appliances as the Putting Contest Sponsor at Ka Ni Kanichihk’s First Annual Golf Tournament!
Their support is helping bring this exciting event to life, and we’re grateful to have them as part of this inaugural tournament.
We’re still seeking sponsors to help make this event a success! Opportunities are available for:
🏌️ Title Sponsor
🏌️ Major Sponsor
🏌️ Golf Cart Sponsor
🏌️ Hole-in-One Challenge Sponsor
🏌️ Single Hole Sponsors
Interested in being a sponsor?
👉Contact tbowman-robinson@kanikanichihk.ca & efindley@kanikanichihk.ca to learn more about these opportunities!
Thank you again to Dufresne Furniture & Appliances for helping us create a memorable day of golf and community impact. ❤️
#Sponsor #GolfTournament #WinnipegEvents
🎓 Yesterday, we celebrated the graduates of our Honouring Gifts and SICD education programs
Congratulations to our students on reaching this milestone! We are honoured to be part of your journey, & wish you all the best in whatever comes next❤️🪶
#KaNiKanichihk #Graduation #HonouringGifts #SICD
Beading is Healing at the Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge 🪡✨
This Friday, join us for a monthly Beading is Healing gathering – a space where beadwork and stigma reduction come together in a place of healing.
We`re bringing community together to learn, bead, and talk openly – blending ancestral, arts-based knowledge with current medical understanding to support one another without judgment.
All teachings, supplies, tea, and bannock are provided.
No registration needed, just drop in!
📅 Friday, June 26, 2026
🕛 12pm–3pm
📍 102-765 Main Street
For more information, contact lhenderson@kanikanichihk.ca
#BeadingIsHealing #MinoPimatisiwin #StigmaReduction #IndigenousHealing #Winnipeg
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF KEEPING THE FIRES BURNING 🔥
Miigwetch to everyone who joined us on June 18 as we celebrated 25 years of Keeping the Fires Burning and honoured the leadership and lifelong contributions of our grandmothers and grandfathers.
Congratulations to this year`s honourees:
• Dennis White Bird
• Mary Jean Clipping
• The Late Annie Shoapik Bowkett
• Jerry Fontaine
• Robert Church
• Della Herrera
• Sharon Parenteau
• Connie Merasty
• Michael Robertson
• Melissa Robinson
•The Late Josie Hill
• Ivana Yellowback (Oscar & Amanda Lathlin Award)
Thank you for the paths you have forged, the knowledge you have shared, and the lasting impact you continue to have on our communities. ❤️
#KFB2026 #Celebrate #Honour
Today, we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day and recognize the strength, leadership, and resilience of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples.🪶
At Ka Ni Kanichihk, we are honoured to walk alongside our relatives through Indigenous-led programs, services, and spaces that foster connection, belonging, and opportunity. As we celebrate today, we remain committed to supporting our relatives wherever they are on their journey and creating spaces where culture & community can thrive.
For more information on the supports we offer to Indigenous youth, women, and families, visit our website at kanikanichihk.ca ❤
‼️Please note we will be closed on Monday, June 22 in recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Day. We will re-open on Tuesday, June 23. Miigwetch!
#NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay #NIPD2026
This Father`s Day, we honour the fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and male role models who walk alongside their families with love, strength, and responsibility.❤
📣 Tomorrow, we gather to celebrate 25 years of Keeping the Fires Burning and honour the remarkable First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Elders whose wisdom, leadership, and lifelong contributions have helped shape our communities.
Tickets are now sold out, and we look forward to welcoming everyone tomorrow at the RBC Convention Centre for this special celebration.
This year’s honourees are:
🔥 Grandfather Dennis White Bird — Sponsored by Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
🔥 Grandmother Mary Jean Clipping — Sponsored by Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak
🔥 The Late Grandmother Annie Shoapik Bowkett — Sponsored by Tunngasugit Inc.
🔥 Grandfather Jerry Fontaine — Sponsored by Southern Chiefs’ Organization
🔥 Grandfather Robert Church — Sponsored by Manitoba Métis Federation
🔥 Grandmother Della Herrera — Sponsored by Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg
🔥 Grandmother Sharon Parenteau — Sponsored by Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.
🔥 Grandmother Connie Merasty — Sponsored by 2Spirit Consultants of Manitoba
🔥 Grandfather Michael Robertson — Sponsored by Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
🔥 Grandmother Melissa Robinson — Sponsored by Manitoba Moon Voices Inc.
🔥 The Late Grandmother Josie Hill — Honoured by Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.
25th Annual Keeping the Fires Burning
Thursday, June 18th, 2026 – RBC Convention Centre
Grand Entry at 5:30PM CST
Ka Ni Kanichihk is excited to invite you to join us on Thursday, June 18th, 2026, to mark 25 years of celebrating Indigenous resilience, relationship and reconciliation.
Funds raised through Keeping the Fires Burning provide transformative, culturally safe services and programs. They also support research and the integration of best practices in Indigenous-led community leadership. These are all critical elements in the restoration and reclamation of our positive and powerful cultural identity.
For information please contact: Sheri Domenico at sheri.domenico@outlook.com or by phone at 204-881-0337.
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