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The Nishnawbe Aski Nation Decade for Youth and Development selected seven youth to be honoured at the upcoming Keewaywin Conference with Youth Achievement Awards. Celebrations at Mishkeegogamang begin this weekend with the "2nd Annual Intertribal Powwow - Celebrating our youth and their achievements" (July 8, 9, 10 and 11). Then on Monday there is the 20km "Youth Commemorative Walk and Friendship Feast" that starts at the Missabay Community School and ends at the historic treaty signing site. On Tuesday is the full day of events scheduled for the Commemoration of the Signing of the treaty. Then on Wednesday and Thursday, the Chiefs of Nishnawbe Aski Nation will be meeting in assembly where the following youth will receive their awards ...

• Kayla Gregoire, 15, Mattagami First Nation - Athletics/Recreation
• Kevin Christopher MacDonald, 21, Webequie First Nation - Education/Academics
• Conredge Solomon, 21, Kashechewan First Nation - Leadership/Community Involvement
• Paige Mawakeesic, 18, Wawakepewin First Nation - Arts & Culture
• Miranda Carey, 25, Moose Cree First Nation - Youth Council Award
• Talon Neekan, 10, Mishekeegogamang Ojibway Nation - "Leaders of Tommorow" Honourary Youth Award for ages 14 and under
• Scott Allen Iserhoff, 13, Constance Lake First Nation - "Leaders of Tommorow" Honourary Youth Award for ages 14 and under

For more information about these special NAN Youth role models check out the NAN Decade for Youth web site at http://nandecade.ca

Dan Pellerin, K-Net Network Manager and Brian Beaton, K-Net Coordinator met with Roger Valley on Thursday to discuss strategies for working together to support First Nations across the region in developing telecommunication broadband infrastructure.

The e-Community concept paper outlines Keewaytinook Okimakanak's strategy for working with other First Nations and organizations to develop broadband telecom infrastructure and applications across the province. Click here to see the e-Community concept paper.

As well, Roger was provided with an update on the "Turning the Corner" video presentations in Ottawa. Roger expressed his support for this work and indicated his willingness to facilitate meetings with other First Nation groups interested in developing these resources in their regions.

For more information, everyone is invited to view and share the following resources ...

1. DVD - video production “Turning the Corner – Using Broadband Effectively in Canada’s North”. The content of the DVD is available on-line at (May 2005) …http://streaming.knet.ca/turning_the_corner_high.wmv
2. Turning the Corner with First Nations Telehealth position paper - May, 2005 http://knet.ca/documents/KOTelehealth-Position-Paper-May2005.pdf
3. E-Community Concept paper (April 2005) - http://knet.ca/documents/EComm-concept-final.pdf
4. Community Aggregation Model (April 2005) - http://knet.ca/documents/community-aggregation.pdf
5. Report of Keewaytinook Okimakanak C-Band Public Benefit Initiative (March 2005) - http://research.knet.ca/images/upload/05-03-29-Summative-Overview-C-Band-Public-Benefit-KNet1[1].pdf
6. KIHS information video http://streaming.knet.ca/KiHS/KiHS_300k.wmv
7. Keewaytinook Okimakanak Telehealth (KOTH) information video http://streaming.knet.ca/telehealth/TH-Evaluation_300k.wmv
8. DVD video entitled "The K-Net Story ... Weaving the Networked Economy in Kuhkenah First Nation Communities" … (Dec 2004)
   • Introduction 13:04 - http://streaming.knet.ca/fednor/intro_300k.wmv
   • Economic Development 2:36 - http://streaming.knet.ca/fednor/economic_300k.wmv
   • Partnerships 9:51 - http://streaming.knet.ca/fednor/partnerships_300k.wmv
   • Building the Network 2:36 - http://streaming.knet.ca/fednor/network_300k.wmv
   • Education 5:58 - http://streaming.knet.ca/fednor/education_300k.wmv
   • Health 3:29 - http://streaming.knet.ca/fednor/health_300k.wmv
   • Visions for the Future - http://streaming.knet.ca/fednor/future_visions_300k.wmv
9. The Case Studies produced for the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA) entitled “Harnessing ICTs: A Canadian First Nations’ Experience” (December 2003) – http://smart.knet.ca/kuhkenah_flash.html (contains videos for each case study listed below)– contains the PDF files along with video footage for five case studies including:
   * Executive Summary – http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/summary.pdf
   * Introduction to K-Net – http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/introduction.pdf
   * K-Net Network Development - http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/network.pdf
   * K-Net Case Study on Economic Development - http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/economic.pdf
   * K-Net Case Study on Health - http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/health.pdf
   * K-Net Case Study on Education - http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/education.pdf
10. If you go to the K-Net news archives at http://knews.knet.ca and do a SEARCH (on the left hand column) for the word video ... you will get a list of the various video products that have been produced for distribution.