From:        Clara Beardy – Membership Clerk

Date:         May 18, 2012

RE:            NOMINEES FOR CHIEF

The following individuals have been nominated as Chief and have accepted their nomination:

Jason Neepin                          Walter Spence

George Neepin                        Stanley Thomas Nepetaypo

Advance Polls will be on Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Election Day will be Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Polling Stations will be at the Gillam Negotiations Office and Bird Band Hall on both dates running from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm

If you have any questions regarding results from nomination meeting, please feel free to contact me at 204-652-5423 or 204-486-2463 ext. 214

The office will open on Monday, January 3, 2011

Have a safe and Happy Holidays

Call for Letters of Interest

Under Article 6 of the Impact Settlement Agreement, a Resource Management Board

(RMB) was formed consisting of appointed members from the Province of Manitoba and Fox Lake Cree Nation to co-manage a Resource Management Area. Article 6 provides for:

•  The establishment of the Resource Management Area

•  The operation of the Fox Lake Resource Management Board (RMB) composed of representatives appointed by Fox Lake and Manitoba

(4 members each)

•  strategic planning in response to initiatives developed by Fox Lake relating to economic and resource –related activities within Fox Lake Resource Management Area: and

•  Consultation by Manitoba with Fox Lake about proposed of lands and resource management plans within the (RMA)

A seat is currently vacant in the Resource Management Board.

Individuals interested in sitting on the Board on behalf of Fox Lake Cree Nation are invited to submit a letter of interest to:

Attention: Lloyd Kirkness

Band Administrator

Fox Lake Cree Nation

Box 360

Gillam, Manitoba ROB OLO

Phone: 204 -486-2463

Toll Free: 1-866-498-2746

E-mail: l.kirkness@foxlakecreenation.com

Deadline for submission of Letters of Interest:

December 13,2010 at 4pm

The Fox Lake Chief and Council will appoint a member from the submission of Letters of Interest.

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Seasons Greetings

From

Fox Lake Cree Nation

Christmas Open House

Join us Friday December 17th, 2010
11:00 am to 3:00pm
102-720 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB

Term Position

Traditional Knowledge Program Facilitator

Fox Lake Negotiations Office

Under the parameters and principals of the Fox Lake Cree Nation the Program Facilitator will possess suitable combination of work experience and/or education. He/she must possess writing/research skills and the ability to liaise between the Fox Lake Cree Nation membership and the Fox Lake Negotiations Office. The successful applicant will have knowledge of current practices in the gathering, recording and application of local and traditional knowledge. Experience in land use and conducting community consultations are assets.

The Program facilitator will work as a team with another staff in Bird under the direction of the Environment and Resource Manager and will:

-       Work with community members in recording and reporting on local and traditional knowledge

-       Advise the Cree Nation on strategies for environmental and cultural protection and related matters

-       Work in close communication and consultation with designated community elders and resource users.

The Program facilitator must be dependable, able to work under minimal supervision, of good moral character; willing to travel; and committed to assisting Fox Lake in its endeavors towards achieving a healthy and sustainable community.

-       Gathering, recording and application of local and traditional knowledge.

-       Recording of local and traditional knowledge on maps and in recorded interviews.

-       Aboriginal and environmental issues as they pertain to Fox Lake and the proposed projects in Fox Lake’s Traditional Territory (including, but not limited to Keeyask, Conawapa, and BiPole III)

-       Work with Environment researcher in preparation of final report.

This position will be based in Bird with frequent travel to Gillam and occasional travel to Winnipeg.

Submission must include cover letter, resume and two references. Deadline for submissions is 4 p.m., December 9, 2010.

Please submit application to:              Andrea Binkley

Fox Lake Negotiations Office

Fox Lake Cree Nation

102-720 Broadway Avenue

Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3G 0X1

E-mail: abinkley@foxlakecreenation.com

Fax: (204) 201-0543

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From: Band Administrator

Date: November 23, 2010

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Band Constable

Fox Lake Cree Nation

Three-Month Term Position

Please submit letter of application and resume to:

Fox Lake Cree Nation

P.O Box 369

Gillam, Mb R0B 0L0

Attention: Lloyd Kirkness

Closing date for applications and resumes will be Monday, November 29, 2010 AT 4:00 pm.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Start date depends upon applicants

Only those applications selected for an interview will be contacted.

JOB DESCRIPTIONS CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE BIRD OR GILLAM OFFICE.

there will be a Presentation on Election Codes for our membership in Gillam on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at meeting room 2 in the Gillam Rec Center starting at 7 pm. There will be refreshments (dainties) available

There will be another Presentation for our members in Bird on Friday, November 19, 2010 in the Band Hall to start at 12 noon. Lunch will be provided (trying for caribou)

This presentation will provide information on how our Election Code could be written down.

We need your assistance, so please attend and help us write up our Election Codes for our membership.

Thank you. See you there.

Fox Lake Cree Nation, Gillam, has received the highest award, the Provincial Award of Distinction

presented by Manitoba Addictions Awareness Week (MAAW) at the annual kickoff on November 15 at the Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg. Edna Spence McMaster accepted the award. The Honourable Minister Jim Rondeau, Manitoba Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors, and Grand Chief Ron Evans joined addictions agencies and students at the event to raise awareness of alcohol, other drugs, tobacco and gambling.

The award is presented to a group or school who shows creativity in organizing activities to promote addictions awareness. Fox Lake was chosen for an impressive week-long list of events held last year in Gillam. Consistent with the theme of “healthy choices, healthy futures,” the activities involved the entire community, reaching a wide variety of age groups from young people to seniors. It included a grandmothers’ walk, Weedless Wednesday, a community health fair, workshops and a poster contest.

“What’s it mean to you?” is this year’s theme for Addictions Awareness Week. All Manitobans are urged to talk about how alcohol, other drugs, tobacco and gambling affect you, your friends, family or community. MAAW Co-chair Nicole Laping hopes individuals and groups will respond to the theme by engaging in discussions and developing creative activities in schools, workplaces and communities to raise awareness and help prevent addictions. Such activities provide information and the tools to make healthy and informed choices.

This year the MAAW Committee has a contest to develop a new logo for Addictions Awareness Week. It is awarding an individual prize of $250 that will allow the winner to select from a list of gift certificates, as well as awarding the school or organization $250 toward a MAAW activity for 2011/12.

Three other schools and community groups in Manitoba were recognized by MAAW for their efforts last year in developing activities to promote addictions awareness and healthy choices. Merit Awards were presented at the kickoff to: General Byng School (Winnipeg), PCI High School (Portage la Prairie), and the Boissevain Addictions Awareness Week Committee.

Resource information which is tied in with the school curriculum is now available on the web at www.maaw.mb.ca. The website provides easily accessible information for schools, communities and workplaces on facts, learning activities, resources and funding support.

The MAAW Committee represents many groups in the province including AFM, CP Rail, Manitoba Education, Manitoba Healthy Living Youth and Seniors (MHLYS), MB Hydro, MLCC, MPI, Manitoba School Boards Association (MSBA), RCMP, and Winnipeg Police (WPS).