Anishinabek - Restoration Of Jurisdiction -
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Published on: 1/4/2005
Last Visited: 11/19/2006
According to Lorraine George, First Nations Administrator at Kettle and Stony Point, the Governance AIP supports "the vision of self-government embarked on by the Council over the last four years."
"The Governance AIP supports moving forward and First Nations-led decision-making," George said."A lot of decisions we make are not based on the Indian Act and lots of times, if it doesn't fit, the answer [from the Minister of Indian Affairs] is always ‘no.'"
Like Pic River, Kettle and Stony Point is also a constitution development pilot community and has also signed onto the First Nations Land Management Act that recognizes limited First Nation jurisdiction over land management on First Nation lands."All this goes hand-in-hand in the move forward to self-sufficiency and a sustainable economy for our community," George said.