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Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation has their broadband radio equipment in place and ready for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation 100 year commemoration of the treaty signing. A team from Superior Wireless lead by John Lyon worked all day on Saturday along with Dan Pellerin to make sure the wireless connection was properly installed and ready to carry a live two way video conference from the school site. The live session will be broadcast on Tuesday afternoon. The morning session will be taped and broadcast that same afternoon.

A team from Keewaytinook Okimakanak, Shibogama First Nations Council  and the Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre are leaving on Monday to set up the video and internet connections at the site. The taping and broadcasts will be done at the site on Tuesday throughout the day. Team members include Jeannie Carpenter, Cal Kenny, Jamie Ray, Jesse Fiddler, Derek Kenny and Sol Mamakwa.

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.

Gaetan Lacoursiere, Business Solution General Manager with NorthernTel traveled to Sioux Lookout to meet with K-Net team members to discuss possible connectivity solutions in their region.

Interest in exploring connectivity possibilities probably has something to do with the Angus TeleManagement Group's Telecom Update #484, June 3, 2005 announcement in their newsletter ...

IS BELL EXITING RURAL PHONE BUSINESS? There's no official comment from Bell Canada, but published reports say the telco is hoping to raise $3 billion by selling 850,000 local telephone lines in rural Ontario and Quebec. Rumoured buyers include Bell Nordiq (a Bell subsidiary) and independent telco Amtelecom.

Everyone is welcomed to the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug
Homecoming 2005
Fun and enjoyment for the whole family
Aug 3,4,5,6
Featured  entertainment
Supergroups 
Glass Tiger and Trooper

              Relive the thrills and spills of Homecoming 2003

Click Here for the Schedule of events for
Homecoming 2005

Click here for more Information about Homecoming 2005

Watch http://bigtroutlake.firstnation.ca for the latest updates

Weagamow Lake New Life Church presents...

6th Annual "He's Alive" Campmeeting

July 15 - 17, 2005

Special Speaker:   LOTT THUNDER

Special Singers:  SILAS WOODHOUSE & IAN LAVALLEE
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For more information, you can contact the following:

Pastor Colin Kanate  at (807) 469-1041  or   Nora Brisket  at (807) 469-1088

or email at weagamowlakenewlifechurch@knet.ca

or visit us at
http://weagamowlakenewlifechurch.myknet.org

Anne Lawrence, Business Manager, Client Services and Vijai Karthigesu, Senior Solutions Architect for Network Refresh Program with Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA) along with Carl Seibel, Telecommunication Projects Officer with Industry Canada's FedNor program travelled to Sioux Lookout to meet with the Kuhkenah Network team on Tuesday. Meetings to discuss strategies on ways to work together to develop and deliver health services in First Nations.

Jamie Ray, Computer Technician with K-Net's Helpdesk in Sioux Lookout and Aaron Hardy, KiHS Technician in Fort William First Nation are attending the 5 day Cisco Academy CCNA - Level 1 instructor training at Centennial College in Toronto this week. Support for this training is coming from Industry Canada's First Nations SchoolNet initiative.

As part of this instructor training, Jamie and Aaron are planning to once again work with Angus Miles to deliver the ITE1 and ITE2 Cisco Academy training for First Nation technicians starting this fall. Watch for more information about these training opportunities to obtain Cisco certifications in these courses.