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Ontario Aborigonal Economic Development Program is now accepting applications for business and economic development activities. The deadeline date for submission are July 15/02. If you have any questions, please call David Neegan @ 1-800-387-3740 Background The Ontario Aboriginal Economic Development Program (OAEDP) is designed to promote economic development in Aboriginal communities throughout Ontario. The Program operates under funding provided by the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat (ONAS). Program Principles The Program will promote Aboriginal self-reliance and sustainable economic growth. The Program will strive to address the economic development needs of Aboriginal communities. The Program will maximize accessibility to funding by Aboriginal communities in Ontario. Program funding will be distributed on a fair and equitable basis. Program objectives The objectives of the Ontario Aboriginal Economic Development Program are: to increase community economic activity; to increase the capacity of Aboriginal communities to participate in the economy; to support the business development needs of Aboriginal communities; and to strengthen Aboriginal Communities through initiatives that develop / enhance Aboriginal structures. Program Guidelines: OAEDP has three components of program funding: Organizational Development: maximum funding of $15,000.00 Economic Capacity Building: maximum funding of $25,000.00 Business Development: maximum funding of $50,000.00 OAEDP has 2 proposal calls per year: 1st Request for Proposals deadline: JULY 15, 2002 2nd Request for Proposals deadline: DECEMBER 02, 2002 For more information, please visit Ontario Aboriginal Economic Development Program

NSL E-centre held a meeting regarding plans for future operations. There were several discussions over possible programs and services that can be used for community development, hotel, restaurant, training courses, etc. The meeting went longer than expected due to the concerns of funding and cultural issues, native language, hunting, trapping, arts and crafts, etc. With the support of local band office and community members the North Spirit Lake E-Centre will begin dealing with a few of these issues. Take a look at some of the photos taken during the meeting.

Today the band office, school, clinic and various other offices were closed for the afternoon to join in the Earth Day. All community members participated in helping keeping our community clean. hey! check out the Photos at the photo gallery!

Fathers day, June 16 2002, will be the fifth year since our father passed away in Winnipeg. So here is something I wrote to remember my father, my dad, my Papa, my Friend .... Ennis Meekis - October 11 1932 to June 16 1997 It has been five years since, God called you home Now our Mom is with you, today cause god called her home too, Now you and mom are together again walking down the beautiful streets of gold But it still feels like yesterday when we saw you smiling, laughing. They say the pain gets easier but it's still there, it never seems to fade even though we know that You & Mom are very happy, together once again. We wish we could see you again hold you , hug you , kiss you even though you are both still with us in our hearts and around us all the time it's not the same when we can't talk on the phone, and say Hi, how are you today, How's my little angels (grand children) today. We miss you very much Love, always in our hearts Robert , Donna & Keifer, Roberta & Joey

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2ND ANNUAL TOURNAMENT JULY 31, AUGUST 1, AUGUST 2, 2002
MENS CHAMPIONSHIP $3000.00 LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP $2000.00
MENS ENTRY FEE: $600.00 LADIES ENTRY FEE: $500.00
NEED MORE INFO CALL JEFF WHITEHEAD @ (807) 353 - 6531

On Thursday, June 6, Dan Pellerin and Brian Beaton participated in the Thunder Bay Innovation Summit hosted by FedNor. This event proved to be a well organized and well attended event bringing together a wide cross section of business, industry, academic, government and organizations from across the region. The format provided everyone with the opportunity to contribute to the four challenges set out in the document “Achieving Excellence” as they relate to Northwestern Ontario: * creating new knowledge and bringing it to market more quickly * developing skills for the new economy * setting the right business and regulatory environment * strengthening communities across Canada. Ensuring that First Nations, remote and rural communities are recognized as leaders in innovation was a key purpose in participating in these summits. The challenges facing these communities and the people who live and work in these environments demand innovation and respect from all sectors. The majority of the Canadian population, industry, corporate and government sector continue to enjoy the benefits obtained through the contributions and sacrifices made by First Nations, remote and rural communities. A fair and equitable balance of resources and services must be available for the people in these communities to ensure their innovative and sustainable existence is maintained and appreciated by the rest of the country. The detailed report from all 35 summits will be posted on the Innovations Strategy web site under Publications and Reports. In conjunction with these sessions, FedNor hosted a Small Business Info-Fair with displays from a variety of Federal government departments along with local organizations such as NADF and some municipalities. The Rural Innovation Summit was hosted by the Rural Secretariat in Portage la Prairie. This gathering opened on Thursday evening with a challenging presentation by Arthur Bull who recognized that rural Canada is already the most innovative environment in the country. The workshop format the next day involved smaller working groups attempting to contribute to the questions presented in the Workbook for Rural Participation. This session seemed to be more of a sharing and collecting of information on the successes and challenges that exist in the rural sector across the country. I hope the authors of the final report will be able to provide some recommendations that can contribute the formation of government policy that will support the continued development and strengthening of the innovative qualities of First Nations, remote and rural communities across the country. The challenge still exists to make sure every individual and every community in Canada has the opportunity to contribute to the development of the policies and programs that will support Innovation in all communities across the country. The DO-IT-YOURSELF KIT on the Innovation Strategy web site provides a guide for everyone to contribute to this process. Please consider taking a look at the web site and sharing your thoughts on this important issue. Better still, get a group of people together to work through the information and provide a community perspective on local opportunities and needs. Of course, access to broadband connectivity sure would make it easier for everyone to participate in this effort. GET INVOLVED ... MAKE SURE FIRST NATIONS, REMOTE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS IMPORTANT PROCESS!!

Congratulations to the ENTIRE K-Net On-line Community. We broke the 2 million hits mark in the month of May! This is the first time we reached this many hits in one month. I just checked our monthly server usage stats at http://www.knet.ca/webalizer) and saw that we achieved the highest level of usage in ONE month yet. The actual number of hits was 2,005,737. www.knet.ca is our main web site from where all of the pages and different services are linked and accessed. Other on-line servers / services include: * http://webct.knet.ca Server (our e-learning server) had 131,058 hits on the main page in May * http://mail.knet.ca Server (our mail server) had 700,623 hits * http://hosting.knet.ca Server (the server that we provide for other organizations to host their web site) had 44,953 hits * http://myknet.org Server (personal web page site) had 812,272 hits For a total of 3,694,643 hits in May (and this does not even include the K-Net Chat service)!! Thanks to everyone who uses K-Net for making this an important virtual place to be!!

Bear found at K.O. office on Saturday afternoon! Take a look at: http://photos.knet.ca/album34

Ahki Pimadizewening Weecheewaywin Healing Centre is now accepting admission forms from NAN communities. The individuals we are targeting this intake must be 12 - 15 year olds, male or female. Ahki Pimadizewening Weecheewaywin Healing Centre provides holistic healing services to Nishnawbe Aski Nation youth who have become dependent on the abuse of solvents as a means to cope with life. The main focus of the Centre's services will be land-based, cultural appropriate healing activities. Youth who have behavioural and emotional problems will be assisted and counselled while in the program. Youth will receive contemporary clinical addictions treatment and counselling while being empowered with survival skills and traditional lifestyle perspectives through daily activities and teachings from traditional instructors and Elders. If you want more information contact our Intake / Aftercare Worker at (807) 347 - 2222.

Orpah McKenzie, KO's Health Director, and several members of her Telehealth team did a presentation to the Chiefs of the Sioux Lookout Health Zone in Thunder Bay on Wednesday, June 5. Copies of the information package that was sent out to all the First Nations and various health agencies was included in the Chiefs' meeting packages. The presentation included: * Brian Beaton provided background information about the Kuh-ke-nah Network Smart Demonstration project and the use of the network for telehealth applications by reading a prepared statement by Geordi Kakepetum; * An interactive video conference demonstration with Dr. Claudette Chase at the gathering in Thunder Bay working with Donna Williams and Gibbet Stevens in Balmertown using the hand held patient camera, the ear / throat scope and the document camera for x-ray viewing; * An interactive video conference between the Thunder Bay meeting and Lily Sawanas, the Deer Lake Telehealth Coordinator, sharing her views about the importance of this equipment for patient care; * A powerpoint presentation by Orpah McKenzie and John Rowlandson providing the chiefs with background information about the KO telehealth initiative (at http://health.knet.ca/telehealth/docs/SL-Chiefs-KO-Report.pdf; * A brief question and answer session with the Chiefs. A team of resource people, with representatives from several tribal councils, are now working together to complete the preparation of a business plan that will be presented to Health Canada by June 14 that will propose to develop telehealth services in each participating First Nation across the Sioux Lookout Health Zone. Letters of support and Band Council Resolutions from the First Nations and health care agencies are now being sought to include in this business plan. Additional information about this initiative can be seen at the KO Health site which has a link to the KO Telehealth web site.