Archive - Oct 14, 2007

Notice of AFN's annual December Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa

From AFN web site at http://afn.ca/article.asp?id=3259 (see the call for resolutions) 

Assembly of First Nations
SPECIAL CHIEFS ASSEMBLY
December 11 to 13, 2007 • Ottawa, Ontario

December 10, 2007:
Pre-registration will be at the Westin Ottawa
Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario from
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

First Nation Infrastructure Funds available to reserves across Canada

GATINEAU, QC (October 3, 2007) - The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief (Yukon), Rick O'Brien, today announced a simplified process for First Nation communities to access funding to improve infrastructure on reserves.