Grand Chief Jerry Daniels of Southern Chiefs’ Organization will serve three more years as leader. He was acclaimed on Thursday, January 9. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Dakota Tipi First Nation. Chief Garnet Woodhouse of Pinaymootang First Nation, Chief Cornell McLean of Lake Manitoba First Nation, and Chief Deborah Smith of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation…
COMMUNITY-CENTRED THERAPY PROGRAM October 15, 2019 to September 14, 2021 Application deadline: October 10, 2019 Program Includes: Two-year accreditated training (one week per month) Job shadowing or field placement/practicum Supervision Requirements: Long Plain First Nation tribal citizen Confirmed residence at Long Plain #6 or Keeshkeemaquah Reserve Confirmed guardians of…
Canada and Treaty One First Nations sign Comprehensive Settlement Agreement for Kapyong Barracks August 30, 2019 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces In the spirit of collaboration and renewed relationships, the Government of Canada and the Treaty One First Nations today signed a Comprehensive Settlement Agreement for the former Kapyong Barracks…
OTTAWA — The abandoned Kapyong Barracks lands could include a daycare, hotel, Indigenous hospice, war museum and gas bar, according to initial renderings of how local First Nations envision the site. Renderings commissioned by Treaty One First Nations show the the 160-acre site could also include sports facilities and mixed-use buildings, in the first detailed…
Portage la Prairie is getting its first new hotel in three decades thanks to an initiative on an urban reserve. Long Plain First Nation will spend $10 million to build a Microtel Inn and Suites on its urban reserve along the TransCanada Highway at Portage. Read full article here
Through the smoke of burning sage and sweetgrass the future of the Kapyong Barracks site in south Winnipeg became a little clearer Wednesday morning. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr (Winnipeg South Centre) — Manitoba’s lone member of cabinet — and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan gathered with 10 First Nations Chiefs and Grand Chiefs at Assiniboia…