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10TuesdayAugust62013AnnualGeneralMeetingNOTICEOFGENERALMEETINGDATESFORATHABASCACHIPEWYANFIRSTNATIONMEMBERSAugust272013August282013September32013September42013-Edmonton-FortMcMurray-FortChipewyan-FortSmithNTAllmeetingswillbeginat700p.m.Refreshmentswillbeserved.PleaseNoteLocationswillbedeterminedandposted.ABIGTHANKYOUandcongratulationstoallorganizersparticipantsvolunteersandsponsorsforyourcontributionstothe2013PaddlefestWALLYSDrugsPharmacy.Souvenirs.Magazines.NewspapersToys.Cards.Stationary.LotteryTicketCentreMondaytoSaturday10a.m.to6p.m.Thursday10a.m.to8p.m.SundayCLOSED867872-213468BreynatSt.FortSmithEducationLand-BasedByMEAGANWOHLBERGTheNorthwestTerritoriesoneandonlyland-baseduni-versityishelpingstudentsworktowardsdecoloniza-tionthisweekonebushskillatatime.TheDechintaCentreforResearchandLearninglauncheditsweek-longIn-digenousSelf-Determina-tioninTheoryandPracticecourseattheBlachfordLakeLodgenorthofYellowknifeonMondaycombiningsemi-narsontheDenehistoryofwhatispresentlytheNWTwithpracticaltrainingforliv-ingonthelandwiththein-tenttoempoweranewwaveofNorthernpolicy-makers.Whatthecoursefocusesoninindigenousself-deter-minationintheoryandinpracticeasitrelatestothehistoryoftheDenepeoplethroughtheformationoftheIndianBrotherhoodandthetransformationintotheDeneNationandintothecontextofthecurrentpoliticalgameintheNorthwestTerritoriessaidEugeneBoulangerdi-rectorofpartnershipsandplanningforDechinta.DesignedbyDr.GlenCoulthardaYellowknivesDeneFirstNationYKDFNelderandprofessorattheUni-versityofBritishColumbiatheintensivegivesstudentsanoverviewofeverythingfromshnettingtoCanadianIndianpolicylandclaimsstorytellingmakingdryshandtheIdleNoMoremovement.Participatingstudentswillwalkawaywithrstaidcer-ticationboatsafetytrainingandrearmscertication.ApartfromCoulthardinstructorsincludeAnishi-naabeacademicLeanneSimpsonandYellowknifeauthorStephanieIrlbacher-Foxaswellason-the-landworkshopswithThereseandModesteSangrisofYKDFN.ThereasonwehaveelderprofessorsoutwithusisbecausetheyholdalotoftraditionalknowledgethatisntalwaysacknowledgedbyWesternacademictradi-tionsBoulangersaid.Andsomeofthethingstheyteachuswhilewereoutonthelandareverypracticalforwhenwereoutthereourselves.SoforexamplelearninghowtomakedryshisimportanttoDenepeopleandalsoforsharinganalternativewayofprovidingforyourself.Thereasonwetrainpeo-plewiththeskillstogooutintothebushissotheycanstartpracticingtheirtreatyrightsandethicalhuntingpracticesheadded.Boulangersaidthepurposeofthecourseistobroadenparticipantsperspectivesandequipthemwiththeskillstobecomeleadersinthequestforself-determina-tionforindigenouspeoplesintheNorth.Ourintentionisthatstu-dentswillhaveadeepenedunderstandingofthepoliti-calsocio-economiccon-textthattheyliveinsothatitmightinformthewaythattheymakedecisionswithre-gardstotheirfuturehesaid.OnethingthatDechintastrivesforisNorthernrep-resentationinpolicy-makingdecisionsandthereasonthatwefocusonthatisbecausetraditionallytheNorthwestTerritorieshasseenlowerratesofgraduationespe-ciallyinAboriginalstudentpopulationssoweretryingtoprovidelow-barrierac-cesstouniversityaccreditedcoursesthatwemightmitigateorchangethosestatistics.StudentsareabletooptforcreditsthroughtheUniver-sityofAlbertathroughthecourseorcantakeitthroughtheirlocalgovernmentsasaprofessionaldevelopmentopportunity.ParticipantsincludepeoplefromavarietyofwalksoflifeBoulangersaid.Ourprogramisgearedto-wardsNorthernersandsouth-ernersindigenousandnon-indigenousstudentsyoungerandolderstudents-itsgearedtowardsanyonewhosinter-estedinknowingmoreabouttheNorth.DechintaprogramworksondecolonizationSelf-determinationcoursearmsstudentswithpracticaltheoreticalknowledgeOurintentionisthatstudentswillhaveadeepenedunderstandingofthepoliticalsocio-economiccontextthattheyliveinsothatitmightinformthewaythattheymakedecisionswithregardstotheirfuture.EugeneBoulangerDechintaCentreforResearchandLearningPhotocourtesyofDechintaDechintastudentslearnfromeldershowtomakedryshin2010atBlachfordLakeLodge.