North Caribou Lake First Nation's
9th Annual Men's Invitational Baseball Tournament
Weagamow Lake, ON
July 29 - 31, 2004

Championship -    $7000.00 GUARANTEED

Entry Fee -     $800.00 per Team

For more information contact:

• Danny Kanakakeesic - (807) 469-1343 (H), (807) 469-5191 (W)
• Harry Kenequanash 
• Lloyd Sakakeep - (807) 469-1513 (H)
• Jason Roundhead 

KO's Geordi Kakepetum met with Roger Valley, the newly elected MP for Kenora riding... The rookie MP is looking forward to working with KO... He wants to learn more about KiHS, KO's Internet high school and other telecommunications applications... He offered to open doors for KO in Ottawa... He said he has been told he will have to remain for extended periods of time in Ottawa during the realities of Minority Government... However, he pledged to keep the lines of communication open with KO... For photos, click here...

KO Chiefs tour new Water Treatment Training Facility in Dryden during this week's chiefs' meetings.

Following the tour, the Chiefs are receiving reports from SLAMMB and NAPS... To see photos, click here.

Ashawawaga Anishnawbe Mamow-Oshka-Win

July 26, 2004 - August 2, 2004

Where: Neskantaga First Nation

Activities:

Traditional Teachings/Pow Wow

for more info call 807-479-1024 or 807-479-2530

Michikan Lake 1st Annual Mixed Volleyball Tournament
August 11-14, 2004

3 Ladies and 3 Men on at all times.
10 players Maximum

Entry Fee:
Outside $800
Local $1,000

Prizes based on the number of teams entering the tournament.

Individual Awards: Best Setter, Spiker, Digger, Blocker, MVP, and Most Sportsmanlike

Championship-Trophy/Medallions/CashPrize
Finalists - Trophy/Medallions/Cash Prize
Consolation - Trophy/Medallions/Cash Prize
Runners up - Cash Prize

Confirm Before July 30, 2004

Contacts:

• Simon McKay
  363-9980(h)
  363-2505(w)
  simckay00@yahoo.com

• Darlene Beardy
  363-9905(h)
  morningstar_50116@yahoo.com

• Monica Chapman
  363-9926(h)
  monnie04@yahoo.com

• Anita Kam
  363-2517(H)
  anita_kam44@yahoo.com
  
  Entry Fee Requested Upon Arrival

Chief Shepherd Ministries
Presents
1st Annual Camp Meeting 2004
With
Evangelist Bruce Shisheesh - Thunder Bay, On
Pastor Roma Fisher - Thunder Bay, On

When: August 19, 20, 21, 22, 2004
Where: Current River Park - Thunder On
Time: 7 p.m Nightly

Attention!
Saturday  August 21
10:30 a.m & 7:00 p.m.

Sunday August 22
1:30 p.m  &  7:00 p.m.

Info: Evangelist Bruce Shisheesh 1-807-473-8516

Everyone Welcome!

On Friday, K-Net Services completed the 100M LAN Extension connection to the Keewaytinook Okimakanak office in Thunder Bay. This connection provides the broadband connectivity for a number of First Nation organizations in Fort William First Nation and Thunder Bay. This Thunder Bay consortium is lead by Nishnawbe Aski Nation and includes Matawa First Nations Management, Oshki, Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services, Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund, Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corp and Fort William FN Adult Learning Centre.

As part of their work with Industry Canada's First Nations SchoolNet, Cal Kenny and Jesse Fiddler attended the Pii Waseya gathering of residential school survivors recently held in Eagle Lake First Nation. Throughout the four day event, Cal and Jesse interviewed and video taped a number of the different activities and participants. Click here to view the photos from this gathering.

As a start, a series of short video clips are being produced highlighting some of the information obtained throughout this event. The first four video clips consist of four statements by Mahgeegan Shawanda, a youth workshop leader and conference presenter. The following clips are now available on-line (Windows media player required):

1. Introduction (7.49M)
2. Youth activities (8.88M)
3. Community and Individual healing work (8.91M)
4. Parenting and family relationships (13.7M)

Additional video taped sessions from this gathering are now available (July 23):

1. Kitty Everson - an elder's story
2. Steve Jordain - dealing with abuse in our communities
3. Dr. Gilchrist
4. Canoe  Race
5. Phil Gatensby- Part 1
6. Phil Gatensby- Part 2, Story

The new Maori Party recently elected its first member of parliament in a by-election in Te Tai Hauauru, New Zealand.

The Te Karere Ipurangi Māori News Online headline read, "Turia feisty after historic win". The story continues ... "A jubilant Maori Party sent an uncompromising message to the government yesterday: we're here, we're real, and we won't be bailing you out if you get into trouble."

Click here to read the entire story.

Announcement – For immediate release

July 8th 2004,

On July 6th 2004, Aboriginal Voice launched its first online dialogue on Aboriginal e-health issues. 

Aboriginal Voice is a Crossing Boundaries National Council project.  It is a collaborative initiative between several federal departments and National Aboriginal Organizations to undertake a multi-stakeholder national discussion on how information and communication technology (ICT) can or should be used in Aboriginal communities and governments. Aboriginal Voice was launched in March of 2004 with a national roundtable and is now preparing for a series of regional roundtables across the country that will begin in September. 

A key aspect of the Aboriginal Voice is to explore and make recommendations on important applications of Aboriginal e-government.  Improving health outcomes of Aboriginal people is an important public policy issue, and therefore we have made the application of ICTs to the problems of Aboriginal health a priority area for the project. Our hope is that through a dialogue that engages people who are directly engaged in Aboriginal health services, research and policy development that we will be able see more clearly how ICTs can be used to improve health care service to Aboriginal Canadians, make useful and reliable health information more accessible to Aboriginal people and others involved in Aboriginal health issues and assist Aboriginal citizens become more engaged in helping to shape how governments respond to their health needs.

Let your voice be heard in Aboriginal Voice’s dialogue space. 

Please visit our website to register at: http://www.crossingboundaries.ca/forum.av/

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“The Crossing Boundaries National Council is supported financially by the federal government, the provinces, municipalities and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.”

Marcia Nickerson
Head, Aboriginal Practice Group
KTA Centre for Collaborative Government
Kaufman, Thomas & Associates
416-204-9658