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Seven Generations Education Institute offers Renewable Energy Certification Program

Donated books soon to be sent to the KO/KIHS schools.

On August 11 - 14, 2004

Kingfisher Lake will hold its Annual Festival & Softball Tournament

Activities include:  

• Bingo $30,000
• Raffle - Boat & Motor
• Tribute Band - CCR (Aug. 14)
• Square Dancing
• Youth Dance
• Daily Games & Contests

For more info call the Band Office(807) 532 2067

Access the press release in English:

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2004/aboriginal_autochtone.htm

Access the press release in French:

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/nouvelles/communiques/2004/aboriginal_autochtone.htm

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at :

1 800 263-5588, ext. 4523

Have a great day,

Carole Breton

Public Relations Officer

Canada Council for the Arts

 

Living Waters Worship Fest - Thursday July 29 - Sunday Aug 1, 2004

" O Lord, Redeem our Nation amidst the thunder of Praise"

Place of Gathering: Arena

Hosted by: Fortress of  Hope Ministries

Host: Fortress of  Hope Worship Team

Special Guests: Broken Walls

                        Rotators from US (Dave Boetle's Band)

Guest Speakers: Keith Dunahue

                          Kenny Blacksmith

Other guests and visitors coming in: Children's Ministry

Come and Worship the Lord with us:

for more info: Pastor Joseph Waswa - 242-1033

Boo shoo, Nee chee! To all knet readers ....

Neskantaga First Nation is holding a traditional days and combined with a Pow wow starting July 26, 2004.

This gives anyone an opportunity to seek a naming cerenomy (spiritual name) and to  participate with the sacred fire cereromy, sweat lodge ceremony as well as meet with your friends and reunite with your family members and make new friends as nishinawbe people.

All singers and dancers, Elders, healers story tellers, artists are welcome!!

Traditional food will be provided eg. sturgeon, moose meat, fresh walleye, Indian tacos and much more!

For more information call the Neskantaga First Nation @807 479 2570.

Thank you very much!

K.I. Telecom Centre hosted a Website Workshop this week for community members interested in developing and maintaining a local community portal. Jesse Fiddler from Keewaytinook Okimakanak facilitated the workshop in Big Trout Lake. Click here to see who attended the workshop and are now maintaining this new community portal.

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug's new site can be found at  www.bigtroutlake.firstnation.ca ... check it out often and sign the guestbook.

Tell a friend about it. It will be updated regularly ...

Keewaytinook Okimakanak set up an information booth at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) gathering taking place in Charlottetown, PEI on July 20 to 22, 2003. Click here to check out the pictures of some of the leaders who stopped by to discuss our work.

Sachigo Lake First Nation

26th Annual Men's Baseball Tournament

August 11 - 14, 2004

Championship - $10,000 Guaranteed

$800.00 Entry Fee

For more information call 595-2577

Chief Darby Harper wants to see his community get connected to other communities outside of their small remote First Nation. He is working with Industry Canada's First Nations SchoolNet's Regional Management Organization to expand the use of their local school's two-way satellite internet connection to connect the other houses in his community to the internet. Click here for pictures and the story about the installation of Koocheching's new wireless hot zone.

Koocheching is still without a community wide hydro and telephone service. Local generators provide the power required to operate the computers and the equipment. A new water service is being installed this summer that will include an innovative solar system to provide power for this service with the capacity to power their local telecom system.

In 1998, the old Koocheching School was first connected to the internet using the combination MSAT / DirecPC system. The outbound MSAT satellite route provided a 4.8K connection to the internet via the Education Network of Ontario service out of their Ottawa office for the networked computers in the school. The return data was received using the DirecPC connection that was first provided by Telesat Canada and later transferred to Bell Canada. A 12 minute video produced by the First Nations SchoolNet program in 1998 documents the set up in Koocheching and what the internet means to them. Click here to watch the video (requires Windows Media).

In 2002, Koocheching began working with Windigo to approach FedNor to obtain the necessary funding to establish a broadband connection into the Bell network north of Red Lake. Then their community was included in the Windigo application to Industry Canada's Broadband for Rural and Northern Development (BRAND) program. But they were not included in the funding that has been given to Windigo to establish the connections in Muskrat Dam and Slate Falls. So as an interim solution, Chief Harper is working with the available connections and their own resources to connect the homes in his community.