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The October 16 issue of Wawatay News contains three more news stories about the work being completed within the Kuh-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations demonstration project.

This week's issue of the Kuh-ke-nah page in Wawatay News include the following articles:

• Organizations and groups @ myknet.org: Different First Nation groups and local organizations are now using myknet.org to establish their own web sites and post information about their work and services. In this article, Lenny Rizzo from the Outsiders band talks about his band's web site. Other groups and organizations from different First Nations are now producing and maintaining their own web sites.
• More First Nation organizations apply to develop broadband connections and applications: Developing the business cases and raising the funds required to build broadband infrastructure requires many different partners. In this article, Ernie Buswa from Windigo, Carl Seibel from FedNor and Ed Hoshizaki discuss the work it takes to prepare these funding proposals to bring broadband connectivity to remote First Nations.
• K-Net Showcase - contains photos from the K-Net photo gallery at http://photos.knet.ca with images of the some of the Chiefs of Keewaytinook Okimakanak meeting to review and direct the work and staff of their organization.

Rick Garrick is researching additional stories for future articles. If you have a story that you want to share about this project and the work that is happening in your community to get connected, please send us an e-mail.