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On August 11 - 14, 2004

Kingfisher Lake will hold its Annual Festival & Softball Tournament

Activities include:  

• Bingo $30,000
• Raffle - Boat & Motor
• Tribute Band - CCR (Aug. 14)
• Square Dancing
• Youth Dance
• Daily Games & Contests

For more info call the Band Office(807) 532 2067

Access the press release in English:

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2004/aboriginal_autochtone.htm

Access the press release in French:

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/nouvelles/communiques/2004/aboriginal_autochtone.htm

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at :

1 800 263-5588, ext. 4523

Have a great day,

Carole Breton

Public Relations Officer

Canada Council for the Arts

Living Waters Worship Fest - Thursday July 29 - Sunday Aug 1, 2004

" O Lord, Redeem our Nation amidst the thunder of Praise"

Place of Gathering: Arena

Hosted by: Fortress of  Hope Ministries

Host: Fortress of  Hope Worship Team

Special Guests: Broken Walls

                        Rotators from US (Dave Boetle's Band)

Guest Speakers: Keith Dunahue

                          Kenny Blacksmith

Other guests and visitors coming in: Children's Ministry

Come and Worship the Lord with us:

for more info: Pastor Joseph Waswa - 242-1033

Boo shoo, Nee chee! To all knet readers ....

Neskantaga First Nation is holding a traditional days and combined with a Pow wow starting July 26, 2004.

This gives anyone an opportunity to seek a naming cerenomy (spiritual name) and to  participate with the sacred fire cereromy, sweat lodge ceremony as well as meet with your friends and reunite with your family members and make new friends as nishinawbe people.

All singers and dancers, Elders, healers story tellers, artists are welcome!!

Traditional food will be provided eg. sturgeon, moose meat, fresh walleye, Indian tacos and much more!

For more information call the Neskantaga First Nation @807 479 2570.

Thank you very much!

K.I. Telecom Centre hosted a Website Workshop this week for community members interested in developing and maintaining a local community portal. Jesse Fiddler from Keewaytinook Okimakanak facilitated the workshop in Big Trout Lake. Click here to see who attended the workshop and are now maintaining this new community portal.

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug's new site can be found at  www.bigtroutlake.firstnation.ca ... check it out often and sign the guestbook.

Tell a friend about it. It will be updated regularly ...

Sachigo Lake First Nation

26th Annual Men's Baseball Tournament

August 11 - 14, 2004

Championship - $10,000 Guaranteed

$800.00 Entry Fee

For more information call 595-2577

Chief Darby Harper wants to see his community get connected to other communities outside of their small remote First Nation. He is working with Industry Canada's First Nations SchoolNet's Regional Management Organization to expand the use of their local school's two-way satellite internet connection to connect the other houses in his community to the internet. Click here for pictures and the story about the installation of Koocheching's new wireless hot zone.

Koocheching is still without a community wide hydro and telephone service. Local generators provide the power required to operate the computers and the equipment. A new water service is being installed this summer that will include an innovative solar system to provide power for this service with the capacity to power their local telecom system.

In 1998, the old Koocheching School was first connected to the internet using the combination MSAT / DirecPC system. The outbound MSAT satellite route provided a 4.8K connection to the internet via the Education Network of Ontario service out of their Ottawa office for the networked computers in the school. The return data was received using the DirecPC connection that was first provided by Telesat Canada and later transferred to Bell Canada. A 12 minute video produced by the First Nations SchoolNet program in 1998 documents the set up in Koocheching and what the internet means to them. Click here to watch the video (requires Windows Media).

In 2002, Koocheching began working with Windigo to approach FedNor to obtain the necessary funding to establish a broadband connection into the Bell network north of Red Lake. Then their community was included in the Windigo application to Industry Canada's Broadband for Rural and Northern Development (BRAND) program. But they were not included in the funding that has been given to Windigo to establish the connections in Muskrat Dam and Slate Falls. So as an interim solution, Chief Harper is working with the available connections and their own resources to connect the homes in his community.

Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation 1st Annual Intertribal Pow Wow
Lake St. Joseph, Mishkeegogamang, Ontario
“Regaining Our Culture”
August 13, 14 & 15, 2004

Community Host Drum:

Swamp Lake, Mishkeegogamang, Ontario

Visiting Host Drum:

Wolf Trail, Gleesun, Alberta

Masters of Ceremonies:

Murphy Thomas, Ponemah, Minnesota
Gilbert Smith, Northwest Angle, Ontario

Head Male Dancer:

Bill Constant, Constance Lake, Ontario

Head Female Dancer:

Karen Neekan, Mishkeegogamang, Ontario

Arena Director:

Mark Meekis, Ottawa, Ontario

Invited Drums:

• Lake of the Woods, Kenora, Ontario
• Thunder Mountain Singers, Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Lac La Croix Traditional, Grand Portage, Minnesota
• Wild horse, Aroland, Ontario
• Stanjikoming Traditional, Stanjikoming, Ontario
• Ojibway Cree Singers, Ottawa, Ontario

Dance Specials:

• Men’s Traditional
• Men’s Grass
• Women’s Jingle
• Ladies Fancy

All drums and dancers invited. $4000.00 drum split for drums with minimum of four singers registered. Honorarium payout for dancers in full regalia only. Space for vendors booths available @ $50.00/ day.

Camping will be made available on site. Breakfast and Supper will be provided on Saturday and Sunday for out of town visitors. For more information, please contact the Pow Wow Committee @ 807-928-2030 Raven Neekan (day and evening) or Jeff Neekan @ 928-2414 (during work hours)

Pow Wow Committee is not responsible for problems beyond its efforts to facilitate a safe and healthy gathering.  Alcohol and drugs will not be tolerated on the premises.

This event is co hosted by the Canadian Rangers and Junior Canadian Rangers.

The KO Telehealth project is contracting a consortium of partners to develop a comprehensive evaluation strategy that includes conducting and reporting on a number of research topics.