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Submit Keewaywin Nominations

NAN is accepting nominations to the 26th Annual Keewaywin Awards taking place during the Chiefs Assembly in Aroland First Nation August 14th through 16th.

In recognition of outstanding achievements and dedication to the people of Nishnawbe Aski Nation

• NAN Youth Awards
  • Academic
  • Athlete
  • Leadership / Community Involvement
  • Cultural
  • Youth Council
• NAN Woman Award
• NAN Elder Award
• Emile Nakogee Award for Outstanding Leadership

Nominations are now being accepted.

Contact:

NAN Communications Assistant Colleen Berry
Telephone:  807-625-4902
Toll Free:  1-800-465-9952
Email:  cberry@nan.on.ca

Click here to download nomination form

DEADLINE Monday July 23, 2007

Community leaders will continue to be busy this summer attending all the different upcoming meetings that are planned.

• The Sioux Lookout District Chiefs are meeting this week in Sioux Lookout for the annual Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board (http://slaamb.on.ca) meeting.
• Next week, there is the Assembly of First Nations annual General Assembly (http://afn.ca/article.asp?id=179) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• The Nishnawbe Aski Nation 26th annual Keewaywin Conference is taking place in Aroland on August 14th through 16th.
• Then there is bbthe Tikinagan Annual Chiefs Assembly that is taking place in Wapekeka on August 21-23.

CBC's Editor in Chief of CBC News, Tony Burman introduced CBC's new web site about Aboriginal people that was presented to the public on Aboriginal Day (visit http://www.cbc.ca/aboriginal). In his online blog he asks for feedback and he is getting a lot of interesting comments from people across the country.

From CBC Inside Media - A forum about Media Issues ...

How the media cover Aboriginal stories

As Aboriginal issues in Canada grow in importance in today’s news agenda, there was a remarkable gathering of journalists at CBC Regina on Thursday that was exhilarating in its scope.

The session was historic at the CBC. For the first time, it brought together 20 CBC Aboriginal journalists from across Canada, about half of the CBC’s total number, and they were joined by a similar number of reporters, producers and other CBC journalists who deal with Aboriginal issues as part of their job.

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