The Government of Canada is investing $1.3 million with the Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation in Nova Scotia through the Skills and Partnership Fund to learn job skills. The Paqtneke Mi'kmaw Nation will recieve training and acquire the necessary skills for construction and commercial development of Highway 104.
The British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres & Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre are hosting, Gathering Our Voices 2012, March 20th-23rd, 2012 in Nanaimo, British Columbia. This year's theme is, "A Generation on the Move".
Early registration discounts are available until February 10th, 2012.
Kirk Goodtrack, former Chair of the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) Board of Directors and resident of the Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation, says there should be no Chiefs or politicians on the SIGA Board. He feels the current Board, with fourteen members, including eight chiefs, is more concerned about individual interests than the common good.
CBC News, posted February 7, 2012
Legacybowesgroup is hosting the First Nations National HR (Human Resources) Conference. The event, which focuses on issues and challenges facing First Nations organizations, will take place February 28th - 29th, 2012 in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the Canad Inns Destination Centre - Polo Park.
The 2011/12 Points Athabasca Northern Spirits Showcase is taking place in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on Saturday, February 18th, 2012 at 2:00 PM at the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre.
The Canadian Institute is hosting the 6th Annual Forum on Aboriginal Law, Consultation and Accommodation. The conference takes place February 22nd-23rd at the Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Registration is available on line.
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief, Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, complimented the FIrst Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), the British Columbia (BC) provincial government and the federal government for a successful agreement regarding First Nation Control of First Nation Education.
On Monday January 30th, 2012 members of the Sakimay First Nation in Saskatchewan voted to ratify a flood claim agreement. The First Nation will now receive $21,191,732 in compensation for unauthorized flooding on Crooked Lake in the 1940's.
Kerry Benjo, Leader-Post, February 1, 2012
On Saturday, January 28th, 2012 the Métis Nation - Saskatchewan and the Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise signed a solidarity pact to work together on common challenges. The agreement, which was six years in the making, is the first in Canada to be signed by the two parties.
CBC News, January 29th, 2012
The Government of Canada announced on January 30th, 2012 a commitment to purchase new teacher's residences at the Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario.
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