The following open letter announcing the establishment of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Board of Education (KOBE) was distributed in all the Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations and to the district chiefs. Click here to download a PDF copy of this letter.

NAN press releases ...

NAN community takes policing message to Parliament Hill

            THUNDER BAY, ON, Feb. 27 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief RoseAnne Archibald together with Kashechewan First Nation Chief Jonathan Solomon will bring a message to the Government of Canada regarding First Nation policing during a news conference at Parliament Hill this week.

AFN press release 

AFN National Chief Calls Federal Budget a "Bitter Disappointment"

            OTTAWA, Feb. 27 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine called the federal budget released yesterday a "bitter disappointment for First Nations and a missed opportunity for all Canadians."

From Chiefs of Ontario web site at http://chiefs-of-ontario.org  

ALL ONTARIO CHIEFS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT 

JUNE 3-4-5, 2008

ANNOUNCEMENT

Please be advised, the 34th Annual All Ontario Chiefs Conference is scheduled for June 3-4-5, 2008 and it will be hosted by a Union of Ontario Indians First Nation with exact location to be determined.

A detailed memo will be forthcoming once location is confirmed along with meeting logistics.

KiHS staff participated in the Kekeenamawkayo 2008 Education Conference in Winnipeg from February 19th to 21^st. The conference was an excellent opportunity to network with other professionals in education as well as a time to take participate in and take away some valuable skills that can be transferred readily into the classroom.

From the Canadian Press

Aboriginal groups say they want partnerships to help build clean energy

Michael Oliveira, February 25, 2008

TORONTO - Opportunities to develop profitable and sustainable clean energy projects on aboriginal land across Canada are nearly limitless, but they can only happen if communities are full partners and not just stakeholders, aboriginal leaders said Monday.

Edmonton Sun's nine part series on residential school survivor stories ...

For a century, the federal government conducted a campaign to solve what it called "the Indian question" by taking children from their families and sending them to church-run boarding schools, where they were subjected to psychological, physical and in many cases, sexual abuse.

The residential school system left a legacy of dysfunction that has devastated native communities.

The Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Women's Council proudly presents:

NAN Women & Youth Resiliency
"Reach for the Stars"

 OFNYPC is encouraging all First Nation youth to attend the upcoming conference in Timmins.

Click here for a WORD copy of the proposed agenda

Click here for more information about this conference

Philipp Budka, a doctoral candidate at the University of Vienna, recently posted his report about the results of the MyKNet.org survey that he conducted this past fall. The report is available at Philipp’s research web site. Over 1200 people were involved with starting to complete this survey, with over 1000 people indicating they completed the survey during the four month period it was available online.