Portfolios & Responsibilities
GRAND CHIEF STAN BEARDY
- Board & Committee Participation
(Assembly of First Nations Confederacy, Chiefs of Ontario Political Confederacy, National Chiefs’ Committee on Health – Ontario Representative) - Administrative & Finance
(Annual Audit, Human Resources, Finance Committee, Financial Policies and Procedures, Overall Operation of Organization) - Canadian Constitution (Treaty Discussion)
- Casino Rama
(Casino Rama Revenue Arrangements: First Nation Fund, Ontario First Nations Limited Partnership) - Communications
(Strategic Communications & Consultation, Media Relations) - Elders (NAN Elders Council)
- Governance & Nation-Building
(Treaty 9 Adhesion, NAN / Canada Bilateral Protocol, Opposition to Bills 173 & 191, Resource Revenue Sharing) - Indian & Northern Affairs Canada
(Stimulus Package, Quarterly Meetings with Regional Director General) - Lands & Resources
(Sector Policies, Environment, Grand District Amalgamation Proposals, Migratory Birds, New Reserves & Additions, Parks, Resource Development Interventions, Species at Risk Act, Far North Fire Management, Harvesting) - Land Rights & Treaty Research
(NAN Treaty Exploration Process, Provincial / National Treaty Issues, New Reserves & Additions, Treaty Land Entitlement, Treaty Rights, Specific Claims) - Provincial / National / International Initiatives
(NAN / Ontario Bilateral Protocol, Ipperwash Recommendations, Resources-Revenue Sharing) - Taxation
(Harmonization of Federal / Provincial Taxes)
DEPUTY GRAND CHIEF TERRY WABOOSE
- Board & Committee Participation
(NAN Chiefs’ Committee on Education, Jurisdiction Steering Committee, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute, Ojibway & Cree Cultural Centre, Tikinagan Child & Family Services, Intergovernmental Network on NAN Youth) - Arts (Arts & Crafts, Arts Development)
- Education
(Education Negotiations, Post-Secondary Institutions & Initiatives / Protocol, Indian Studies Support Program, INAC Policy & Program Initiatives, Government of Ontario Policy & Program Initiatives, Native Education & Training Strategy, Native Literacy, Special Education Initiatives, Ojibway & Cree Cultural Centre, Literacy & Technology Camps) - Employment & Training (Area Management Boards)
- Health & Special Projects
(Community Health Projects – AIDS, Responsible Gambling Strategy, Aboriginal Healing & Wellness Strategy) - Social Services
(Ontario Works, 1965 Welfare Agreement, First Nations / Provincial / Federal Child Care, Child & Family Services, National Childcare Strategy, Disability Initiatives, Ontario Indian Social Services Council, Indian Child & Family Services Management, New Social Services Legislation, STEP Evaluation) - Youth (Intergovernmental Network on NAN Youth)
DEPUTY GRAND CHIEF MIKE METATAWABIN
- Board & Committee Participation
(Chiefs of Ontario Justice / Corrections Steering Committee, Weeneebayko Health Ahtuskaywin,Four Party Hospital Services Committee,Ontario Chiefs Committee on Health, NAN Political Rep - Aboriginal Healing & Wellness Strategy Joint Management Committee, Chair - NAN Chiefs Committee on Health, Co-chair - NAN / First Nations & Inuit Health (FNIH) Joint Working Group on NIHB & Medical Transportation, Ex-Officio - Sioux Lookout Zone Chiefs Committee on Health, Ex-Officio - Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Board, Ex-Officio - Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services Corporation Board) - Health Policy & Planning
(Treaty Right to Health, Health Advocacy, Primary Health Care, Traditional Healing, Health Policy Development & Planning, Prescription Drug Abuse, Chronic Diseases, Mental Health, Non Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) & Medical Transportation Policy, Aboriginal Healing & Wellness Strategy (AHWS), AHWS Renewal, NAN Chiefs Committee on Health, Pandemic Planning / Emergency Preparednes, Public Health, Health Promotion) - Special Projects (Health)
(Aboriginal Healing & Wellness Strategy, Men’s Healing Initiative (Ralph Rowe Survivors), Residential Schools Issues / Impacts - Policing / Justice
(Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, National, Regional & Municipal Police Services, Community policing issues) - Public Relations (Languages & Consultation)
- Recreation
- Youth (Oshkaatisak-NAN Young Peoples Council)
- War Veterans
- Women’s Issues
(Equay-wuk Women’s Group, NAN Women’s Council, First Nation Community Women’s Group, Family Healing Initiative)
DEPUTY GRAND CHIEF LES LOUTTIT
- Board & Committee Participation
(Nishnawbe Aski Nation Development Fund, RIM Steering Committee, Ontario Firs Nations Committee on Housing, Matawa First Nations Management, Jurisdiction Steering Committee) - Economic Development Issues
(Commercial Fishing, Forestry, Mining, Roads, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transporation, Trapping) - Economic & Resource Development
(Financial Institution Development, Government Economic Programming, Far North Act & Mining Act, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Development Fund) - Housing / Infrastructure / Water & Sewage (RIM)
- Indian & Northern Affairs Canada (Governance / Sectoral & Education Jurisdiction)
