NNEC and the Town of Sioux Lookout hosting Annual Walk for Life - May 6

In celebration of Earth Day 2009, the Grade 7 international School of Sino Canada Shenzhen (http://www.issc.com.cn) posted a video sharing the wisdom and teachings of Indigenous elders. This research and production project provided the students with an awareness of the relationship everyone has with our mother earth and all things that share this precious environment.

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NADF will host it's 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, July 3, 2009. 

We invite novice and seasoned players to join us at the Fort William Country Club (Thunder Bay) for 18-holes of golf.  Prizes and awards to be won!!

Following a round on the golf course, participants will gather at the clubhouse for a steak dinner and presentations.

Celebrating Aboriginal Business 

Mark Your Calendars!

The 19th Annual NADF Business Awards will take place on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at the Valhalla Inn- Thunder Bay, ON.

Nominations are now being accepted.

Visit www.nadf.org to complete our NEW online nomination form or call toll free 1-800-465-6821 to request a nominiation form.

Federal government press release 

The Government of Canada supports a Project for Seniors in Eabamet Lake

EABAMET LAKE, ONTARIO, April 21, 2009—Mr. Greg Rickford, Member of Parliament for Kenora, today announced federal support to improve the facilities and equipment of the Eabametoong First Nation Home and Community Care under the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.

From Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change homepage

The Inuit Circumpolar Council is hosting April 20-24, 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska a Global Summit on Climate Change that will bring together indigenous delegates and observers.

Ontario press release

McGuinty Government Funds Construction Of Multi-Purpose Centre

April 20, 2009

Residents of Muskrat Dam First Nation will soon be able to host community gatherings and sports activities at a new multi use community centre.

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NAN DEPUTY GRAND CHIEF AND DECADE FOR YOUTH COUNCIL TO RECEIVE AWARD FOR YOUTH INITIATIVE

April 17, 2009

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Ask Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief RoseAnne Archibald will accept an award at the 2009 Cowichan Aboriginal Film Festival Youth FX Awards Ceremony for her short film co-production with the NAN Decade for Youth Council, titled The Four Directions Project, a NAN youth-empowering initiative in which she mentored four youth directors: Catherine Cheechoo, Brent Wesley, Serene Spence and Jocelyn Formsma.

Tehaliwaskenhas - Bob Kennedy ( Onyota'a:ka / Oneida ) at Turtle Island Native Network (http://www.turtleisland.org) produced a thoughtful commentary entitled ...

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