Kapyong Barracks continues to be an issue for Long Plain First Nation in 2018. “I believe we’ll achieve the agreement in principle in 2018,” says Chief Dennis Meeches. “I’m hoping January, February or March we’ll have that wrapped up. It’s a very very complicated file. But for Treaty 1 First Nations, we put a…
Three Manitoba First Nations outlined plans on Friday that could see retail cannabis locations open on treaty land, including locations in downtown Winnipeg. They have a partnership agreement with National Access Cannabis, a chain of medical cannabis access clinics with plans to open recreational marijuana dispensaries after legalization on July 1. The chain is…
Southern Manitoba chiefs gathered Tuesday to sign a re-declaration to unify Treaty 1 First Nations just as negotiations with the federal government over the Kapyong lands are ramping up. Representatives of Peguis, Brokenhead, Ojibway, Swan Lake, Roseau River Anishinabe, Long Plain, Sandy Bay Ojibway and Sagkeeng First Nations signed the declaration and celebrated at the…
The Southern Chiefs Organizations (SCO) in Manitoba recently elected Long Plain First Nation’s Jerry Daniels as its new leader. Daniels, 34, was voted into the SCO office last week in elections held at Long Plain, replacing Terry Nelson. Daniels majored in economics, and has been involved in the past with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs,…