A very significant date for the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) is approaching. September 19, 2012 is the deadline to apply for the two financial components of the IRSSA:
The Kathleen Blinkhorn Aboriginal Student Scholarship Fund
Click here for the Online Application Form
DEADLINE for Applications is August 17!!
Scholarship Terms of Reference
Scholarship Amounts
Watch the live webcast of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Keewaywin conference taking place in Kashechewan at
http://www.nanelection.ca/article/live-webcast-162.asp
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
NAN CHIEFS ELECT HARVEY YESNO AS GRAND CHIEF
NEW SCHOOL IN PIKANGIKUM ANNOUNCED ...
PIKANGIKUM, ONTARIO (August 10, 2012) - The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, along with Pikangikum First Nation Chief Peter Quill and Parliamentary Secretary Greg Rickford, announced today funding for a new school at Pikangikum First Nation. This investment is supported by Economic Action Plan 2012 .
NEW SCHOOL IN FORT SEVERN FIRST NATION ANNOUNCED ...
FORT SEVERN, ONTARIO (August 9, 2012) - The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, along with Fort Severn First Nation Chief Matthew Kakekaspan and Parliamentary Secretary Greg Rickford, announced today funding for a new elementary school at Fort Severn First Nation. This investment is being supported by Economic Action Plan 2012 .
Cecil Chabot August 08, 2012
Northern Ontario First Nations are preparing 30-day eviction notices for mining companies operating in a mineral-rich zone known the Ring of Fire.
Often, they receive about a quarter less funding for primary school education than other Canadian children
From http://indigenousnationhood.blogspot.ca/2012/08/flanagan-national-petroleum-ownership.html
AFN press release
OTTAWA, Aug. 9, 2012 /CNW/ - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo today acknowledged the United Nations International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, highlighting the need for and benefits of political and economic participation of Indigenous peoples here in Canada and around the globe.