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5TuesdayJuly1201415YearsAgo...BohnetslamsGNWTnancialplanThepresidentoftheNorthwestTerritoriesMtisNa-tionGaryBohnetinaninterviewwiththeSlaveRiverJournalMondaysaidterritorialnanceministerCharlesDentisontheroadtonowherewithhislatestnancialplan.DentwasinFortSmithlastweekandsuggestedresidentsmayfaceanotherroundofbudgetcuts.IssueJune29199920YearsAgo...WBNPofcialwinstheGovernorGeneralsAwardOneofWoodBuffaloNationalParksassistantwardenshasearnedtheGovernorGeneralsAwardforhisworkandservicetoCanada.LouCominsaystheawardwasatotalsurprisewhenitwaspre-sentedtohimbyHeritageCanadasNWTdirectorKenEastonbehalfofCanadasGovernorGeneral.IssueJune28199430YearsAgo...GirlsjailsetsgoalsPlansareunderwaytobuildanewjailinFortSmiththatcouldserveasamodelinstitutionforfemaleoffendersintheNWT.AcommitteeoffourhavebeenmeetingprivatelytolookatredesigningonetoreplacetheFortSmithCorrectionalInstitutewhichhasbeenoperatingsincethesixties.IssueJune281984ARCHIVESCOLUMNSThePeoplesSocialForumtobeheldinOttawaonAug.21-242014isaboutrelation-shipbuildingbringingpeo-pletogetherwhodontusu-allyworktogetherbutwhomightbeworkingoncom-moncauseschangingthenatureoffuturerelationshipshonouringtreatieschangingthestructureofhowthingsaredoneonthislandandre-spectingtheteachingsthatthelandhasforus.Thishistoricfour-daygath-eringwillopenwithatradi-tionalAlgonquinceremonyonVictoriaIsland.AttheUniver-sityofOttawaandothersitesinthecityathundredsofwork-shopspresentationspanelsmovementassembliesdem-onstrationsandartsandcul-turaleventswewillallteachandwewillalllearn.Wewillseetheinterconnectednessofallourstrugglesandwewillbuildabetterfuturetogetheringoodrelationships.PeoplesSocialForum2014buildinggoodrelationshipsToparticipateinthePeoplesSocialForumregisteryour-selfandyourfamily.ApplyforbilletedhousingandhopononeofthemanycaravanstravellingtoOttawafromallaroundtheland.Wearecom-mittedtohelpingpeoplefromallgeographicregionsindig-enousyouthelderspeopleofcolourandlowincome.Anyonecanproposeanac-tivityorworkshoptoshareknowledgeideasstrategiesandinspiringstoriesofresis-tance.Weareinterestedinallkindsofworkshopsantiop-pressiveworkprotectingpub-licservicesdecolonizationchildrensactivitiesradicalpoliticsresistanceandtheartsalternativeeconomicsystemslanddefenceyouthleadershiptreatyeducationallactivitiesthatbuildabetterfuture.MovementassembliesarecommunitygatheringsheldduringthePeoplesSocialForumdesignedtodevelopactionplansinordertoworktogetheracrossissuesonlocalregionalandnationalfronts.Manyassembliesarealreadyplanningtheirac-tivitiesattheforumclimatechangemissingandmur-deredindigenouswomenalternativemediawaterdemocracyandmanymore.Everyoneiswelcometojoinandsharetheirideas.Todoallthisandtolearnmorepleasevisitthewebsitewww.peoplessocialforum.orgManyorganizationsna-tionsandindividualsarecurrentlyfacingseriouschal-lengesthatareundermininginherentindigenousrightsandthetreatyrelationshipsthatformthebasisofthiscountryandthevaluesweholdasasociety.Ourmove-mentscontinuetobefrag-mentedeachghtingtheirownbattleswereacttodi-sastersfundingcutsresourcedevelopmentandviolence.Thetimehascometobuildastrategicbroadco-alitiontodefendandpro-tectlandcommunitiesandcreationbytakingupourbundlesandhonouringourresponsibilities.Wemustbuildgoodrelationshipswithpublicserviceunionsnon-governmentalorgani-zationsscientistsrecentmigrantsstudentsandallgroupsandindividualswhowanttobuildanalterna-tivefuturebasedonminobemaadziwingoodwayofliving.Indigenoushistoriesteachusthatweareallpartofanintricatecreationwhereallbeingscarrytheirownbundleofgiftsandrespon-sibilitiestocreation.Ourbundleshelpusatalltimesofourexistenceandgiveustoolsinordertoliveasustainableandfulllinglife.CreationisformedinauniversalorderthatResidentialschoolsurvivorswhowererecipientsosettlementmoniesarenoweligibletoaccessthefnalportionotheircompensationintheormoeducationcreditswhicharenotonlyorindividualspursuingpost-secondarystudiesbutalsocommunitieslookingtobuildprogramsaroundlanguageandculture.MorefundsavailabletoresidentialschoolsurvivorsChristinaRatfatJustathoughtbutdoesanyonethinkmaybewecanpoolourmoneytogethernputittowardssomethinginChipsoouryoungerpplcanutilizeitsincenotallofusaregoingbacktoschoolbecauseweareworkingetc..IfwedontclaimthismoneyitgoesbackintogovernmentcoffersNorthernJournal2014JoinusonlineLikeNorthernJournalonFacebookandgettheweeklynewsdeliveredtoyourfeedFACEBOOKFEEDBACKByDAWNKOSTELNIKFreshfoodthatarrivesonthebargeonlylastsashortwhile.Eggscanbedippedinvegetableoilandturnedeveryfewdaystomakethemlastforuptosixmonths.IwilltellyouthatbythetimetheygetclosetothefourmonthmarktheysmelltoobadtoeatIdontcarewhatanybodysays.Weusepoweredeggstheyareterribleandtheydonttastelikeegg.AgeniussomewherespelledmilkbackwardstoreadKlimthisissupposedtobeagreatmarketingscheme.Klimcomesinbigtins.Whenyouscoopitoutitsqueakslikechalkitisal-wayslumpyontheporridge.Paciccannedmilkdilutedhalfandhalfisaluxuryandwegettousethatfortherstfewmonthsafterthebargecomesin.WhenitisgonewegobacktoKlim.Cannedpotatoesandcannedcocktailwienersjustthinkaboutitcannedbaconismarvelloussoiscannedbut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