THERE ARE MANY TRIBES THAT ARE PROGRESSIVE

...and puts the needs and well being of it's members first. Idle No More has been hijacked by those wanting to get a good position at the trough.

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Sun News;

In December 2005, the chief and council of Chemawawin First Nation had drained almost all of the $400,000 Chemawawin Resource Trust Fund to support representatives on the Cedar Lake Resource Management Board, Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) prairie director Colin Craig revealed Wednesday.
Band members sent a letter to Craig last month to inform him of the situation.
"Manitoba Hydro was very clear in the trust fund agreement -- the trustees were forbidden from spending the $400,000 initial capital investment," Craig wrote in a blog post addressed to Manitoba Hydro CEO Scott Thomson.
"The band was only to use interest from the fund."

By Kate on February 21, 2013 9:00 AM | 17 Comments