Searching for Indigenous Peoples

• Carries out all administrative duties for Grand Council Treaty 3
• Assists all member communities in their quest for inherent jurisdiction, sovereignty, nation-building and traditional governance
• Advocates to improve quality of life for all members in areas of education, lands and resources, health, governance, and justice

Represents the communities in the following departments:

• Child care
• Culture and citizenship
• Economic development
• Education
• Health
• Housing/infrastructure
• Internal and external relations
• Justice
• Natural resources
• Social services
• Territorial Planning
• Trapping
• Youth and recreation

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

Activities and programs provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Problematic alcohol and substance use prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

Activities and programs provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Problematic alcohol and subtance use prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

Serves as a non-political Chiefs Council which provides advisory and support services to six First Nation communities

• Provides governance, political support and advocacy to Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations in their quest to build self-sufficient communities
• Promotes Indigenous recognition and cultural awareness of the member First Nations
• Consists of Chiefs and representatives from each community
• Delivers programs and services through local community government
• Operates various First Nation owned for-profit corporations

Provides technical and professional advisory services and programs in the following areas:

• Financial Advisory Services
• Health Services
• Health Services, Crisis Intervention
• Keewaytinook Centre of Excellence
• Keewaytinook Internet High School
• Keewaytinook Okimakanak Secondary School Services
• KORI, Research Institute
• Telecommunications, Kuhkenah Network (K-Net)
• Public Works Unit
• Telemedicine

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

Activities and programs provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Problematic alcohol and substance use prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

• Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, substance use and gambling
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare Services

Provides the following services aimed at preventing problematic alcohol and substance use problems from reoccurring:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

Operates a public on-reserve school for elementary students

• Administered by Windigo Education Authority (WEA) who acts in an advisory capacity
• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 8; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Provides a special education teacher
• Teaches Oji-Cree language as a subject course
• Provides a daily breakfast program for students
• Offers a school gymnasium and library
• Promotes and supervises cultural and traditional outings such as fishing, hunting, trapping and participates in an annual hunting festival in September
• Supervises extra-curricular activities such as hockey tournaments
• Organizes summer school and camps for children

Offers a variety of programs and services to address the health and wellness of families and community environment

• Focuses on mental health crises and youth solvent abuse
• Works to develop community-based approaches to address mental health and addictions issues
• Provides initiatives to address homicide, suicide and family violence
• Addresses the early stages of child development with a focus on helping them to reach their full potential

Services include:

• Assessments
• Counselling services (individual and family)
• Referrals for treatment and follow-up treatment
• Aftercare

Operates a public on-reserve school for elementary and junior high school students

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 8; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teaches Ojibway language and Native Studies as subject courses
• Offers a school gymnasium, computer lab, and a library
• Offers cultural and traditional outings
• Provides bus transportation for students attending the school

Special Education

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Strives for maximum amount of integration with regular programs

Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, drug use and gambling
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare Services

Provides the following services aimed at preventing problematic alcohol and drug use problems from reoccurring:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

Supports reduction or prevention of family and community violence

• Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence
• Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
• Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres
• Offers Indigenous culture-based healing, self-help processes for anger management, and positive self-image development; alternative discipline methods and positive relationships
• Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
• Develops programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family-based violence awareness

Supports reduction or prevention of family and community violence

• Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence
• Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
• Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres
• Offers Aboriginal culture-based healing, illness prevention, and crisis intervention workshops
• Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
• Develops programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family-based violence awareness

Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with problematic alcohol and substance use, and gambling issues

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, substance use and gambling issues
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare Services

Provides the following services aimed at preventing problematic alcohol and substance use from reoccurring:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Promotes the development of good mental health and provides services for individuals with mental health issues
• Provides the services of mental health workers who work with community members as needed

Provides information and awareness activities including but not limited to:

• Addictions
• Depression
• Family violence
• Stress management

Services include:

• Counselling services
• Cultural activities and ceremonies
• Group workshops
• Educational sessions that promote wellness
• Coordination and referrals to psychologist, psychiatrist, other counselling services and treatment centres
• Coordination of aftercare services

Operates a public on-reserve school for elementary school students

• Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 6; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teaches Native language as a subject course
• Offers a cooking program and sewing, beading and a youth club
• Provides skiing, swimming and skating lessons
• Offers a school gymnasium, a computer/science room, a cultural centre/library, and classroom technology including smart boards, smart table, tablets, computers and robots
• Offers cultural and traditional outings such as ice fishing, dog sledding, snowshoeing and hikes in the forest
• Provides after school programs and extra-curricular school trips

Special Education

• Provides special education assistance for students with learning difficulties
• Strives for maximum amount of integration with regular programs

Provides supports and training for urban Aboriginal people seeking further training and/or employment

• Collaborates with employers to build employment and training opportunities
• Provides individual employment counselling
• Conducts client employability assessments
• Offers access to job board with current local job postings
• Provides workshops and referrals to training programs
• Posts job opportunities/ads on Facebook page

Provides assistance with:

• Writing resumes and cover letters
• Completing job applications
• Conducting job searches
• Improving interview skills
• Designing and implementing an employment action plan
• Matching job seekers with employers

Provides information about:

• Local, provincial and national job markets
• Small business and proposal development
• Training opportunities

• Provides training, counselling and programming in the areas of mental health and addictions in the communities served
• Can also provide one-on-one counselling, individual case management, client assessments and internal or external referral options

Services are provided but not limited to the following topics:

• Anger management
• Co-dependency
• Communication skills
• Coping skills development
• Coping with dysfunctional settings (family, work, and community)
• Cultural teachings including healing circles, ceremonies, medicine and traditional healing alternatives
• Domestic violence
• Healthy lifestyles
• Healthy nutrition and physical activity
• Loss and grief
• Residential school trauma

Provides off-site supervision and support to member communities in their implementation of the Community Wellness Worker (CWW) program

• Promotes healthy lifestyles through culturally based programs and healing
• Addresses and aims to reduce family violence

Program delivered at the community level consists of the following services:

• Provides assistance for individuals to identify areas of concern and to develop action plans to address concerns
• Liaises and networks with related health and social agencies and provides referrals
• Provides crisis intervention education and workshops
• Offers illness prevention and wellness planning, information and education
• Provides community outreach education to promote cultural awareness

• Provides programs and services to address family violence and strategies to stop it
• Offers programs to promote healthy individuals, families and communities

Aboriginal Health Planning Authority (AHPA)

• Operates as the authority responsible for planning related to community, regional, secondary and tertiary health services needed to implement the Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy AHWS
• Coordinates and implements training requirements for Community Wellness workers

Coordinates the following programs:

• Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children (AHB/HC)
• Community Development Support Worker Program (CDSW)
• Community Wellness Worker Program (CWW)

• Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol and drug use and gambling addictions
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare Services

Provides the following services aimed at preventing alcohol and drug use problems from reoccurring:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance