Founded in 1984 to provide a gathering place and serve the needs of the Indigenous people in Dryden and surrounding area, the Dryden Native Friendship Centre (DNFC) has become an active, thriving Urban Indigenous Hub Agency – a Gathering Place in the City of Dryden, that also provides outreach services to the community of Wabigoon (unincorporated). 

"The vision of the Friendship Centre movement is to improve the quality of life for Indigenous people living in an urban environment by supporting self-determined activities which encourage equal access to and participation in Canadian society and which respect Indigenous cultural distinctiveness."