SANDY BAY REJOINS THE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA CHIEFS
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA – (January 17, 2012) - The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is pleased to announce today that the Sandy Bay Ojibway Nation has agreed, through a Band Council Resolution, to rejoin the AMC as an independent First Nation member.
AMC Grand Chief Derek Nepinak said, “On behalf of the AMC, I’m very pleased to welcome Chief Irvin McIvor and his Council back to the AMC table. Kinship ties have and always will be the foundation that ties First Nations people together beyond the reserve boundaries in order to create cohesive forces that can address issues of common concern and interest. We look forward to the advice and guidance that the leadership of Sandy Bay Ojibway Nation will bring to our regional discussions and strategy development”.
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation is located approximately 180 km northwest of Winnipeg with a population of approximately 6000 people.
Sandy Bay Chief Irvin McIvor said, “It is an honour and a pleasure to develop a working relationship with the AMC as an independent Southern First Nation”.
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About AMC
The mandate of AMC, is through the Chiefs-in-Assembly, to devise collective and common political strategies and mechanisms for coordinated action by First Nations and their organizations to:
1. Promote, preserve, and protect Aboriginal and Treaty rights for First Nation people in Manitoba;
2. Preserve and enhance the rights and freedoms of First Nations in Manitoba as distinct peoples;
3. Strengthen and restore the foundations of First Nations cultures, traditions, languages, economies, and societies;
4. Affirm First Nation rights as peoples to exercise and practice self-determination and self-government;
5. Protect the integrity and authority of each First Nation’s customs, laws, and practices; and
6. Preserve and enhance the role and equal participation of First Nation women within political, economic and social spheres of First Nation governments and organizations.
7. For the greater certainty, the AMC will function as a political coordinating entity only on the common issues and strategies mandated by the Chiefs-in-Assembly and not as a program and service delivery entity.
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