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Nicola Tribal Association Newsletter September 2016 PO Box 188 * Merritt, BC * V1K 1B8 * tel (250) 378-4235 * fax (250) 378-9119 September 2016 Inside this Nicola Tribal Issue: NTA Strategic Planning 2 Session Association Executive Director 3-4 Report Tmixw Research 5 Newsletter Report NWSFA Report 6 Finance Department 7 September 2016 Community Flyers 8-9 AGM Poster 10 Nicola Tribal Association AGM Catering Bid 11 Basket Info Enquiry 12 MISSION STATEMENT Working in Unity to improve the Quality Deadline for NTA of Life of our People newsletter submission is While Promoting our Language the 20th day of every Culture and Protecting our month Ancestral Rights 1 SERVICES IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION HELD ON MARCH 14, 15, & 16TH 2016 1. Gathering Place We provide a gathering place in Merritt, the largest community closest to the majority of our members. We will work with our communities to see how we can better support them and their families. At this time, we provide a number of core services that we provide to members on a walk-in basis, including but not limited to: A place to rest after or during shopping in town; Free telephone use; Free internet use; Free photocopying service; and Meeting and other facilities for ceremonies. 2. One Voice NTA, by mandate, is the single voice for all communities as well, the concept of One Voice has to do with the power and strength in numbers channeled through the single entity NTA. One Voice includes lan- guage and culture, centralized communications, and community supported decisions for referrals and environmental interests. These are areas that relate to specific services, most notably fisheries, or to matters where business is conducted within Merritt and where a unified First Nations voice (and ap- proach) is needed. We are continually looking to enhance the conversations where we can demonstrate value, and have identified the following services as those that fall into this category: Protection and stewardship, especially our work on fisheries and land surveys; Centralized communications, including seeking to work with our communities to help them with engagement in their own communities; Centralized engagement where it is expected or required, especially in Merritt and the surrounds and on regional, provincial and national committees as needed through our work; and Acting as a language hub so that the languages spoken within the seven NTA communities can be pre- served and grown. 3. Shared Services We provide a series of valued services to all our member communities that are better performed as one organization rather than seven, either in terms of reducing cost or creating greater effectiveness, using the voice of seven instead of one. Some of these services are provided because of our history, others be- cause we have identified the need. We will continue to work with our communities so that we can con- stantly offer a NTA-based valued solutions. 2 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT Aug 31 2016 ?éx k? n? Way’ isk?ist AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM AGM OCTOBER 20, 2016 AT THE CIVIC CENTRE WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS MARK YOU CALENDARS – COME AND PROVIDE YOUR INPUT New Relationships Trust – Following direction from motions from last year’s AGM. We have set up meetings in your communities throughout September to provide information and to gather feedback from your communities as per information in our August newsletter. Watch for the meeting notices and be a part of the future of focusing on 21st century governance development for our communities. BE A PART OF THE CHANGE. Our membership has directed NTA by motion to move forward with the Governance to Government process and although this is a limited amount of funding it is a beginning to moving towards meeting the direction from membership. We will continue to look for the funding to move this forward. Merritt Civic Centre –Sept 27th 30 People Cook’s Ferry Hall –Sept 29th -30 People Coldwater C & C mtg – Sept 14 – 6pm Upper Nicola C&C Mtg – Sept 6- 6pm Shackan C&C mtg Aug. 23- 11am Nooaitch C&C mtg Sept 8 POSTPONED Nicomen C&C mtg waiting to hear back Cook’s Ferry C&C mtg – Aug 31-? POSTPONED Siska C&C mtg –Sept 22(At Quaaout Lodge) Human Resource Policy Manual Our Human Resources Policy Manual has gone through the final stages of approval and we should have it on our website in template form before the end of November, 2016. Audit We have completed our 2015 – 2016 audit and it has been approved effective July 27, 2016 and will also be on our website. We have received our Financial Statement Review letter from INAC and have received a favorable review with no claw backs and all reports accepted with none out standing. 3 Executive Director Report continued: We attended Lower Nicola’s open house as well as Upper Nicola’s AGM. We had two display tables set up at the Upper Nicola AGM with information. We also had a slide show presentation along with our financial statement information for Band Members to review. Finance Policy Review We have begun the review of our new finance policy with the Board of Directors. Received a lot of feed- back and will be making the changes requested. This review will be ongoing for a month or two yet be- fore we can put on our website. River Monitoring We did monitor the river during Rockin River and were surprised at how little garbage came down the river. Thank you to those who were responsible festival attendees for keeping this down. Summer is over and school is back in. Usually summers slow down for most of us, however at Nicola Tribal it seems the pace is always full on. We will continue to work hard protecting our lands and water and look forward to seeing all of you at our AGM OCTOBER 20 2016. Come and provide your input. We need your valued opinions. GOOD LUCK TO OUR STUDENTS RETURNING TO SCHOOL FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR SEE YOU ALL AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Arlene Johnston, CAFM CAPA Executive Director NTA BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S Lee Spahan – Coldwater Indian Band David Walkem – Cook’s Ferry Band Ursula Drynock – Nicomen Band Marcel Shackelly – Nooaitch Band Lennard Joe – President – Shackan Band Fred Sampson – Vice President – Siska Band Harvey McLeod – Secretary / Treasurer – Upper Nicola Band 4 Tmixw Research Report: Tmixw Report-September 2016 Timxw has had a very busy work schedule this season with three full time employees and eight seasonal Field Technicians. We also have three Aboriginal Skills Employment and Training Strategy (A.S.E.T.S.) students. Some are on an eight week program and some on a twenty-six week program. We appreciate working with these employees who not only receive hands on learning but also fill some of the gaps on work we would otherwise not be able to complete. Our summer program is filled with archaeology studies, monitoring programs and performing PFR’s. The extreme weather has the forestry companies in full swing working to complete the reviews of their areas of interest. TECK/Citxw Nlaka’pamux Assembly (CNA) have started work with Preliminary Field Reconnaissance in early July. We are waiting for permits to be approved in order to begin archaeology digs. Hopefully this work will begin in September and will continue until weather shuts it down. We are also working with Stantec and doing archaeology impact assessments for Trans Mountain Environmental Pipeline. Our field work for the season is coming to an end leaving the office portion of completing the reports and final invoices. We have had an interesting, productive and fulfilling summer season. Culturally modified tree (CMT) identified within block NM1181 of Tolko Indus- tries. This CMT was 1 of 15 identified within the block in the Lindley Creek area Potential cultural de- pression located within Mill Creek. The de- pression was about 0.5 meters deep and was situated on a flat bench above a stream 5 NWSFA REPORT: September 6, 2016, NWSFA Update by Tracy Wimbush, Program Manager Good day People, well, we all know the obvious, there was no sockeye this year, the worst returns in the last 100 years. We are still open for chinook fishing by rod and reel or dipnet until September 16th, 2016. Jessica and Neil have done really well coordinating and implementing the habitat work for this season and we did a number of sites: 1. Upper Nicola Band: Spahomin Cr. Water Intake site, 2. Upper Nicola Band: Spahomin Cr. Rodeo Grounds site 3. Lower Nicola Band, Nicola R., Shuter property, 4. Lower Nicola Band, Nicola R., Joe property, 5. Chutter Ranch, Now we are doing the orientation for the stock assessment part of our season, the crew is in-house going over their job duties and learning what and how they need to gather the data required for the work. We have a crew of ten starting up and if all goes well, they will be working to the end of November or into December depending on when the river ice up occurs. The First Nation Fisheries Council regional seat is coming up in December, I have been asked again to sit as the regional representative, but if there are others interested in this, please let me know and I can bring your name up to the NTA Board of Directors. The FNFC does reimburse for travel and there is an honorarium available for your time. As I am paid by the NTA, I don’t get the honorarium. Early Tuesday morning, August 30th, 2016 Darren Haskell (FSMC President) affixed his signature, alongside that of Ms.
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