September 2009

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has posted a press release congratulating Ms. Jeannette Corbiere-Lavell on her election as the new President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada.

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The September 2009, Volume 1, Issue 1, of the Metis Health News is now available. This publication is prepared by the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan and contains health information of special interest to Metis residents.

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John Rowinski has written an article for The Lawyers Weekly on the McIvor v. Canada court case and changes to section 6 of the Indian Act.

See also:

• The actual court case McIvor v. Canada (Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs), 2009 BCCA 153
  
• Indian and Northern Affairs Discussion Paper on the case.
  

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SaskCulture is pleased to announce the the Métis Cultural Development Fund Program which seeks to "preserve, strengthen and transmit Métis culture and traditions in Saskatchewan".

Applications can be sent to:

Métis Cultural Development Fund
SaskCulture
600 - 2220 12th Avenue
Regina, SK S4P 0M8

Please contact Damon Badger Heit at d.badgerheit@saskculture.sk.ca

Phone: (306) 780-9251 or toll free at 1-866-476-6830.

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SaskCulture is pleased to announce the Aboriginal Arts & Culture Leadership Grant.

This grant "aims to develop Aboriginal arts and culture leadership at the individual, group and community levels".

The contact person is Damon Badger Heit at d.badgerheit@saskculture.sk.ca

Phone: (306) 780-9251 or toll free at 1-866-476-6830.

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Laura Walz reports in Peak Online that fish issues are the last item being negotiated before the Tla’Amin (Sliammon) First Nation can finalize their treaty.

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The Ahousaht First Nation, home of Shawn Atleo, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations has another distinction: the location of what some medical experts say is Canada's first H1N1 pandemic outbreak of the Fall 2009 flu season.

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Charlie Russell, an internationally renowned naturalist, educator, author and photographer, is sharing his stories and relationship with bears at a Community Forum on Friday, September 25th, 2009. The Forum begins at 7pm, and is located in the Education Student's Lounge at the UofS.

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The University of Saskatchewan Student Employment and Career Centre (SECC) is presenting Campus Career Expo, Wednesday, September 16 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Physical Activity Centre, University of Saskatchewan Campus. One of the 117 exhibitors is Aboriginal Lynx: Aboriginal Student Career and Employment Program.

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The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians extended his congratulations on the grand opening of new school at the Lytton First Nation. The Lytton First Nation is located in British Columbia between the towns of Hope and Cache Creek and has approximately 1,850 registered members, 787 of whom live on-reserve.

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Four Saskatchewan First Nations, two towns, two villages, two rural municipalities, along with the Aboriginal Tourism Association of Saskatchewan Inc., and Tourism Saskatchewan have signed a partnership agreement to develop a strategic regional tourism plan involving First Nations for the Touchwood Hills region around Wynyard.

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Plans are progressing in the aftermath of a devastating fire on June 11 which destroyed the K-8 school at the Eskinuopitjik First Nation. There is a temporary location for the 2009-10 school year with the new permanent $10 million replacement school scheduled for completion in the fall of 2010.

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Indian and Northern Affairs has announced that it has delivered investment money for Firefighting to 93 Ontario First Nations.

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Indian and Northern Affairs Canada is please to announce the beginning of the construction for a new high school. The new school will include 17 classrooms, capacity for up to 431 grade 7 - 12 students, a multi-purpose room, library resource centre and science and computer rooms. The Opaskwayak Cree Nation is located near The Pas and has an on-reserve population of over 3,000 people.

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The Vancouver Sun is reporting that Phil Fontaine, the former Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, is to be special advisor to the Royal Bank of Canada.

"Fontaine's job will be to advise the bank on aboriginal issues and help expand its relationships with aboriginal governments and businesses."

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