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NAN RESPONSE TO 2010 FEDERAL BUDGET
THUNDER BAY, ON March 5, 2010: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is concerned following the release of the Government of Canada's 2010 budget on Thursday.
NAN REACTS TO MCGUINTY'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN WHICH PROMISES DEVELOPMENT IN THE 'RING OF FIRE'
THUNDER BAY, ON February 26, 2010: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is reacting to the Ontario Liberal government's proposed five-year plan called 'Open Ontario' to be unveiled in the March 8, 2010 throne speech.
NAN RESPONDS TO AN ARTICLE ON 'RESERVE RELOCATION'
THUNDER BAY, ON February 16, 2010: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy along with other First Nation leadership is responding to a recently published article suggesting '...First Nation leaders should consider the relocation of reserves that are deemed not viable...'
NAN GRAND CHIEF SAYS FIRST NATION COMMUNITIES WILL NOT 'SIT ON THE SIDELINES' OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
THUNDER BAY, ON February 4, 2010: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy says NAN communities will be full participants in any and all development happening in NAN territory.
NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK FOR NAN YOUTH COUNCIL
THUNDER BAY, ON January 26, 2010: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy along with NAN Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose participated in the unveiling of a brand new look and new name for the NAN Decade for Youth Council at the Seven Sacred Teachings Youth Gathering today.
NAN GRAND CHIEF RESPONDS TO CABINET SHUFFLE
THUNDER BAY, ON January 19, 2010: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is expressing frustration about yesterday's provincial cabinet shuffle by Premier Dalton McGuinty.
NEW RELATIONSHIP STRENGTHENS ADVOCACY, ENHANCES SERVICES FOR NAN WOMEN AND FAMILIES
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday November 26, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with representatives of the NAN Women’s Council and Equay-wuk (Women’s Group), today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will help improve the lives of NAN First Nations women and their families.
PROPOSED HST DENIES CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS OF FIRST NATIONS
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday November 19, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy demands consultation and accommodation of the rights of First Nations, following Premier Dalton McGuinty’s reported refusal to hold public hearings on the proposed harmonized sales tax (HST).
NAN DAY OF PRAYER HONOURS STRENGTH, RESILIENCE OF FIRST NATION YOUTH
THUNDER BAY, ON Monday November 16, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with NAN Elders Josias Fiddler and Freddie Kakegamic, honoured the strength and resilience of Nishnawbe Aski youth today at Dennis Franklin Cromarty high school in Thunder Bay.
NAN STATEMENT ON PASSING OF MINING ACT AMENDMENT
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday October 22, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy today acknowledged the Government of Ontario’s efforts to address First Nations concerns through the Mining Act amendment bill passed by the legislature Wednesday, but remains adamant that NAN First Nations must have the right to decide on mining activity in NAN territory.
CHILD WELFARE CUTS HURTING NAN FIRST NATIONS
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday October 21, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose is concerned that a child welfare agency in NAN territory may have to close, as funding cuts by the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services are already being felt in NAN First Nation communities.
NAN STATEMENT OF CONDOLENCE ON THE PASSING OF ALBERT DIAMOND
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday September 11, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, on behalf of the NAN Executive Council, offered condolences today following the death of Albert Diamond, President of Air Creebec Inc., who passed away Wednesday September 9, 2009:
NAN WELCOMES ABORIGINAL LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday September 4, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy welcomes Ontario’s plan to create jobs for the north in the renewable energy sector through its announcement of an Aboriginal Loan Guarantee Program.
NAN, POA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE PROJECT BEYSHICK PARTICIPANTS
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday August 14, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with POA Educational Foundation Chairman Aditya Jha, is pleased to announce today the eight NAN participants and mentor organizations for Project Beyshick 2009 – a unique mentoring program that pairs NAN First Nation entrepreneurs with mentors from the Toronto business community.
NAN CHIEFS RE-ELECT STAN BEARDY AS GRAND CHIEF
CHAPLEAU CREE FIRST NATION Wednesday August 12, 2009: Chiefs and proxies from Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s (NAN) 49 First Nation communities re-elected Stan Beardy as Grand Chief this afternoon during the XXVIII Keewaywin Chiefs Conference in Chapleau Cree First Nation.
NAN CHIEFS TAKE STANCE AGAINST BILL 191
CHAPLEAU, ON Wednesday August 12, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with the 49 NAN First Nation Chiefs, Elders, Women, Youth and supporters, attended a Standing Committee hearing today at the Chapleau Recreation Centre to reiterate their call for the immediate withdrawal of Bill 191, the Far North Act.
GRAND CHIEF, MILITARY OFFICIALS HONOUR ABORIGINAL VETERANS WITH UNVEILING OF NAN VETERANS FLAG
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday August 11, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with Chapleau Cree First Nation Chief Keith Corston, NAN Chiefs and delegates, representative of Veterans Affairs Canada Andre Paquette, Col. Stephan Cadden, the Canadian Forces and the Canadian Rangers, honoured the wartime contributions of Aboriginal veterans with the official unveiling of the NAN Veterans Flag during a special ceremony at the opening of the XXVIII Keewaywin NAN Chiefs Assembly (Aug. 11-13) in Chapleau today.
NAN “YOUTH TRAIN” TO JOIN BILL 191 RALLY AT QUEEN’S PARK
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday July 31, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is announcing that a group of NAN First Nation youth will journey by train to Toronto to tell Dalton McGuinty that he is wrong to impose Bill 191, the Far North Act, on them and future generations as well as to present the Standing Committee on General Government with a petition reinforcing their opposition.
NAN CLOSER TO OWN JURISDICTION OVER EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE
TIMMINS, ON Wednesday July 29, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with representatives of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, initialed two Agreements in Principle today that will allow NAN’s negotiators to move to the next phase of negotiations towards self governance and jurisdiction over education under the federal government’s Inherent Rights Policy.
NAN GRAND CHIEF AND FIRST NATIONS LAUNCH TREATY 5 COMMEMORATION
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday July 24, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with representatives of NAN Treaty 5 First Nations, unveiled a painting depicting the historic signing of Treaty 5 to launch the centennial commemoration of the Treaty in Thunder Bay today.
STATEMENT FROM NAN GRAND CHIEF ON THE ELECTION OF SHAWN ATLEO AS AFN NATIONAL CHIEF
CALGARY, AB Thursday July 23, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, on behalf of the NAN Executive Council, expressed congratulations to Shawn Atleo on his election as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) by Canadian First Nation leaders during the AFN 35th Annual General Assembly in Calgary today:
NAN CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF BILL 191: THE FAR NORTH ACT
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday July 22, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy today announced NAN’s condemnation of the Government of Ontario’s proposed legislation on land-use planning in the Far North, Bill 191: the Far North Act. The Act enables legislation which will dictate the land use planning process in the Far North, the homelands of NAN First Nations.
NAN GRAND CHIEF URGES TORONTO BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN FIRST NATION MENTORING PROGRAM
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday July 21, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is appealing to businesses leaders to participate in a unique mentoring program that pairs NAN First Nation entrepreneurs with mentors from the Toronto business community as he officially launched Project Beyshick 2009 today.
CANDIDATES FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF NISHNAWBE ASKI NATION ANNOUNCED TODAY
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday July 15, 2009: Larry Amos, the Electoral Officer responsible for the August 2009 election for the Executive Council of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), has received and approved nomination papers from the following persons for the position of Grand Chief (1) and Deputy Grand Chief (3)...
STATEMENT FROM NAN GRAND CHIEF ON THE RE-ELECTION OF ANGUS TOULOUSE AS REGIONAL CHIEF OF ONTARIO
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday July 8, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, on behalf of the NAN Executive Council, expressed congratulations to Angus Toulouse following his re-election today as Regional Chief of Ontario at the All Ontario Chiefs Conference in Batchewana First Nation...
NAN CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO STEP UP IN WAKE OF ARRIVAL OF H1N1 TO TERRITORY
THUNDER BAY, ON Monday June 15, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, is calling on the federal and provincial governments to react immediately to mobilize health supports for NAN First Nations now that H1N1 has arrived to the territory.
NAN OBSERVES NATIONAL DAY OF RECONCILIATION
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday June 11, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy called for a new era of reconciliation during his opening remarks as First Nations and members of the Thunder Bay community observed National Day of Reconciliation at Mount McKay today.
NAN, WINDIGO BRING MOTION FOR RECOGNITION OF TWO RESIDENTIAL HIGH SCHOOLS AS “INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS”
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday June 10, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and Windigo First Nations Council (Windigo) have brought a motion before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to add Stirland Lake and Cristal Lake Residential Schools to the list of recognized schools under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSS Agreement).
GRAND CHIEF CLARIFIES NAN’S POSITION ON FAR NORTH LAND USE PLANNING BILL
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday June 3, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy today clarified NAN’s position on the Far North Land Use Planning bill announced Tuesday by the Government of Ontario following several misleading media reports.
NAN STATEMENT ON FAR NORTH LAND USE PLANNING BILL
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday June 2, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy responded to the Far North Land Use Planning bill introduced by the Government of Ontario in the Legislature today.
NAN GRAND CHIEF TO JOIN ONTARIO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR ABORIGINAL BOOK DRIVE LAUNCH
THUNDER BAY, ON Monday June 1, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy will join the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, for the launch of the 2009 Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Book Drive at Queen’s Park.
NAN CALLS FOR INCREASED CAPITAL SPENDING FOR FIRST NATION SCHOOLS
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday May 26, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose is calling for action following yesterday’s release by the Parliamentary Budget Office of its report on Funding Require¬ment of First Nations Schools in Canada.
NAN URGES THUNDER BAY TO ADOPT RACISM REPORT
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday May 26, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is urging Thunder Bay City Council to adopt the Thunder Bay Committee Against Racism and Discrimination’s report titled “Overcoming Racism and Discrimination: A Plan for Action.”
NAN CALLS FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
THUNDER BAY, ON Monday May 25, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Executive Council is calling on the Attorney General to review the police investigation and the action of the Crown Attorney for the Thunder Bay region following the decision not to lay charges in the case of the teacher’s assistant who cut a 7-year-old First Nation student’s hair without his consent.
NAN PLEASED WITH JURY RECOMMENDATIONS IN WESLEY/GOODWIN INQUEST
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday May 21, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler is pleased with jury recommendations that call for police services in First Nation communities to be equivalent to those in non-First Nation communities delivered at the inquest into a fatal fire that claimed the lives of Jamie Goodwin and Ricardo Wesley at a police detachment in Kashechewan First Nation on January 8, 2006.
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NAN GRAND CHIEF DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON MATRIMONIAL REAL PROPERTY
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday May 15, 2009: Nishnawbe Ask Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with Deputy Grand Chief RoseAnne Archibald, is demanding that the Government of Canada withdraw proposed legislation under Bill C-8 dealing with matrimonial real property (MRP) on reserves that underwent second reading in the House of Commons this week.
NAN CONCERNED OVER GROWING PREVALENCE OF RACISM IN THUNDER BAY
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday May 13, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose is concerned over the growing prevalence of racism in Thunder Bay following a police investigation into a racially motivated conflict involving local schools.
NAN CELEBRATES EDUCATION WEEK
THUNDER BAY, ON Monday May 11, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose and students and educators from NAN First Nations will celebrate the Second Nishnawbe Aski Nation Education Awareness Week May 11-15.
OP-ED: ONTARIO’S PROPOSED TAX HARMONIZATION WILL PLACE A MASSIVE BURDEN ON FIRST NATIONS
Friday April 30, 2009
When the Government of Ontario announced its proposal to harmonize the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) with the provincial sales tax (PST) in its 2009 budget it was presented as a “comprehensive tax reform package” that would bring permanent tax relief for the people of Ontario over the next several years. But the reality, in fact, is that the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) may breach the First Nation right to tax exemption and stands to place an unprecedented and unfair burden of debt on First Nation people.
NAN WELCOMES ARRIVAL OF NEW ATHLETICS PROGRAM TO ITS COMMUNITIES
THUNDER BAY, ON Monday May 4, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose welcomes the arrival to Nishnawbe Aski Nation schools a program called Fun in Athletics.
NAN STATEMENT ON MINING ACT AMENDMENT BILL
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday April 30, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy acknowledges the attempts the Government of Ontario has made to address First Nations concerns over mining in the Mining Act amendment bill introduced by the Government of Ontario today, but is very concerned that the legislation might not fully recognize the rights of First Nations to decide on mining in NAN territory.
NAN WELCOMES REAFFIRMATION OF ONTARIO’S COMMITMENT TO RESOURCE BENEFITS SHARING
THUNDER BAY, ON Monday April 27, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy welcomed today’s reaffirmation by the Government of Ontario of its commitment to resource benefits sharing with Aboriginal communities.
SCHOOL NUTRITION PILOT PROGRAM TO BRING HEALTHY BREAKFASTS TO NAN CHILDREN
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday April 23, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy together with ONEXONE Foundation, a charitable organization committed to fighting poverty and preserving the lives of children in Canada and around the world, is celebrating First Nations school nutrition programs recently launched in four NAN communities.
NAN WELCOMES GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO’S COMMITMENT TO JORDAN’S PRINCIPLE
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday April 22, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy welcomed a statement by Ontario Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Brad Duguid in Queen’s Park today affirming the Government of Ontario’s commitment to Jordan’s Principle, a child-first principle aimed at resolving jurisdictional disputes around the care of First Nations children.
NAN DEPUTY GRAND CHIEF AND DECADE FOR YOUTH COUNCIL TO RECEIVE AWARD FOR YOUTH INITIATIVE
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday April 17, 2009: Nishnawbe Ask Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief RoseAnne Archibald will accept an award at the 2009 Cowichan Aboriginal Film Festival Youth FX Awards Ceremony for her short film co-production with the NAN Decade for Youth Council, titled The Four Directions Project, a NAN youth-empowering initiative in which she mentored four youth directors: Catherine Cheechoo, Brent Wesley, Serene Spence and Jocelyn Formsma.
RALPH ROWE ON TRIAL ON NEW CHARGES
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday April 15, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, together with members of the NAN Men’s Healing Initiative, welcomed the start of the trial of convicted pedophile Ralph Rowe on new charges of sexual assault in Kenora court this week.
NAN WOMEN DEMAND WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON MATRIMONIAL REAL PROPERTY
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday March 26, 2009: Nishnawbe Ask Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief RoseAnne Archibald together with the NAN Women’s Council and more than 80 women from NAN’s 49 First Nation communities united today in a peaceful demonstration to demand the Government of Canada withdraw proposed legislation under Bill C-8 which deals with matrimonial real property (MRP) on reserves.
NAN DISMAYED AS INQUEST PROCEEDINGS NOT BROADCAST INTO KASHECHEWAN AS PROMISED
TORONTO, ON Tuesday March 24, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, together with Kashechewan Chief Johnathon Solomon and Eileen Wesley were dismayed to learn the promised live broadcast of inquest proceedings involving a fatal fire that claimed the lives of two Kashechewan community members from a Toronto courthouse into the First Nation did not take place.
NAN WOMEN AND YOUTH CONFERENCE STRENGTHENS RESILIENCY OF NAN FIRST NATIONS
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday March 24, 2009: Nishnawbe Ask Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief RoseAnne Archibald and the NAN Women’s Council joined 100 women from NAN’s 49 First Nation communities to launch the Moving Forward: NAN Women and Youth Resiliency Conference in Thunder Bay today.
NAN GRAND CHIEF URGES FIRST NATIONS TO WORK FOR UNITY, HEALING AT EMBRACE LIFE CONFERENCE
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday March 24, 2009: Nishnawbe Ask Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy urged NAN First Nations to work towards reconciliation, healing and unity during his opening remarks at the 2009 Embrace Life conference in Thunder Bay today.
NAN WOMEN’S COUNCIL CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday March 6, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Women’s Council spokesperson Jackie Fletcher together with NAN Deputy Grand Chief RoseAnne Archibald are celebrating the accomplishments of Nishnawbe Aski women as International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on March 8, 2009.
NAN, KASHECHEWAN WELCOME JURY VISIT AS CORONER’S INQUEST SET TO BEGIN
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday March 4, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler together with Kashechewan First Nation Chief Jonathon Solomon welcome a jury visit to Kashechewan First Nation on March 9 as part of a coroner’s inquest into a fatal fire that claimed the lives of two inmates at a police detachment in 2006.
NAN DEPUTY GRAND CHIEF TO ATTEND UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday March 3, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief RoseAnne Archibald is one of two indigenous women selected from across Canada for the Canadian delegation to the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations headquarters in New York March 2-13, 2009.
FIRST NATIONS BREAK LANGUAGE BARRIERS WITH INITIATIVE TO INCREASE ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday February 27, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy together with Frank Markel, President and CEO of Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) and Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, are breaking language barriers by reaching out to First Nations across Ontario with today’s launch of native language brochures promoting the life-saving benefits of organ and tissue donation.
NAN FEARS CHANGES TO NAVIGABLE WATERS PROTECTION ACT THREATENS FIRST NATIONS’ LIVELIHOOD
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday February 25, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy fears impending changes to the Navigable Waterways Protection Act (NWPA) under consideration by the Government of Canada threatens First Nations who have relied upon navigable waterways to sustain their livelihood for centuries.
CHIEFS DECLARE CALL TO ACTION ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday February 12, 2009: After three days of intense meetings regarding pressing social issues affecting their communities, Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Chiefs from the Sioux Lookout Zone, together with a group of Chiefs from Grand Council Treaty 3, emerged with a signed declaration to take their communities back from the grip of prescription drug abuse.
NAN STATEMENT OF CONDOLENCE ON THE DEATH OF CHIEF ROBERT KELLY
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday February 6, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy offered condolences today on behalf of the NAN Executive Council on the tragic passing of Chief Robert Kelly of the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation:
RESEARCH TO ASSESS NEEDS OF NAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH AT RISK
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday February 4, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy today announced a medical needs assessment and environmental scan project that will assess the needs of NAN children and youth at risk and identify gaps in services.
NAN GRAND CHIEF STATEMENT ON TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
THUNDER BAY, ON Friday January 30, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is hopeful the announcement of the resignation of Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission Commissioners Claudette Dumont-Smith and Jane Morley on Friday will allow a new Commission to be established and work to begin as soon as possible for the sake of residential school Survivors.
YOUTH GATHERING TO BUILD STRENGTH, RESILIENCY IN NAN YOUTH
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday January 29, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose together with the NAN Decade Youth Council officially launched the Fourth Annual Seven Sacred Teachings Youth Gathering during opening ceremonies in Thunder Bay today.
NAN RESPONSE TO FEDERAL BUDGET
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday January 27, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy expressed cautious optimism that federal funding for infrastructure improvements will begin to address the growing crisis faced by NAN First Nation communities following today’s release of the Government of Canada’s budget by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
STATEMENT FROM NAN GRAND CHIEF STAN BEARDY ON THE INAUGURATION OF BARACK OBAMA
THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday January 20, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy made the following statement on today’s inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America:
NAN HOPEFUL STANDING WILL BE GRANTED AT BUSHIE INQUEST
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday January 14, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler is hopeful that NAN and legal counsel for the family of Reggie Bushie will be granted standing in the coroner’s inquest into the death of Reggie Bushie following pre-inquest proceedings in Thunder Bay today.
NAN UPSET OVER MTO’S PLANNED BRIDGE CLOSURES
THUNDER BAY, ON Thursday January 8, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is urging the Ministry of Transportation to rethink its planned closure of three bridges connecting 16 remote communities within the NAN territory to the south through the winter road network.
First Nations Affected by MTO Planned Bridge Closures
MTO Map of Northern Ontario Winter Roads
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