Legal Services Centred on Your Voice and Vision
Row Bear Law provides general counsel and litigation services focused on enforcing the rights of Indigenous peoples and restoring the self-determination of Indigenous nations.
Alana Robert
Litigation Lawyer, Row Bear Law
alana@rowbearlaw.ca
Thoughtful legal advocacy that starts with listening.
Founded by lawyer Alana Robert, Row Bear Law provides legal services that are grounded in respect, relationship, and centering the goals of each client.
Alana worked at a leading national law firm in Toronto for seven years, where she was counsel on numerous trials and appeals. She has extensive experience in Indigenous and treaty rights, class actions, and commercial law.
Alana has a track record of securing results, including:
- Counsel to First Nations in successfully establishing the Crown’s infringement of First Nations’ section 35 right to self-govern their own child and family services (Chief Heidi Cook et al. v. The Government of Manitoba et al., 2026 MBKB 65);
- Counsel to First Nations in successfully establishing Canada’s legal duty to provide remote First Nations with adequate housing on reserve (St. Theresa Point First Nation v. Canada, 2025 FC 1926);
- Counsel to First Nations in successfully establishing Canada’s legal duty to provide First Nations with reliable access to safe drinking water on reserve (Shamattawa First Nation v. Canada, 2025 FC 1927);
- Counsel to First Nations in an $8 billion settlement for long-term drinking water advisories on reserve (Tataskweyak Cree Nation et al. v. Canada, 2021 MBQB 275); and
- Delivered submissions on behalf of Indigenous peoples to the Supreme Court of Canada, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, and the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.
Alana serves on the Board of Directors of Indspire and as the Co-Chair of the national Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF).
In 2022, Alana was named one of Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada in the Human Rights, Advocacy, and Criminal category. She graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, and was called to the bar in 2020. She is a proud Red River Métis woman.
Areas of Practice
General Counsel Services
Alana provides general counsel services to First Nations, including day-to-day advice on contract and commercial issues, Band administration and governance, employment, and human rights.
Treaty Rights, Aboriginal Rights, Specific Claims
Alana provides advice and advocacy services on Aboriginal and treaty rights. She has acted for First Nations on annuity claims under Treaty 1 and Treaty 4, and represents clients in the Specific Claims process to enforce their rights.
Class Actions
Alana has extensive experience acting on behalf of First Nations and their members in class actions against the Government of Canada and Government of Manitoba. She has represented First Nations across the country in successfully declaring and enforcing their rights to water, housing, and child and family services.
Human Rights
Alana acts for clients in their human rights claims before the provincial and federal Human Rights Tribunals. She also advises clients on national and international human rights laws.
Our Approach
Grounded in Relationship
Strong advocacy begins with listening, understanding, and moving forward together towards your vision for the future
Respect
Every client and story is treated with care, dignity, and respect
Client-Centred
Your voice, experiences, and goals will remain central throughout the legal process
Speak with Alana
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Winnipeg, Manitoba