students underwent testing at

the beginning of the program

and at the end of the program.

Test results are currently being

reviewed.

SK8LIT was a Multi Year Appli-

cation and will be continuing

next summer.

It is hopeful that the senior

students will return next year

as a mentorship program.

The youth who participated

wished the program ran all

summer.

SK8LIT was a summer pro-

gram developed with the assis-

tance of the Education Depart-

ment, Deborah Berrill, Trent

University and many volun-

teers.

The program was designed to

assist students in Grade 7 & 8

to improve their Literacy and overall well being. SK8LIT

assisted students discover how

to maintain balance in their

life.

The program kicked off with a

field trip to an Alternative

School in Toronto, Oasis

Skateboard Factory.

Curve Lake students were given

a tour and were able to make

screened T-shirts. 9 students

participated in this years sum-

mer program that ran 3 days a

week for 6 weeks. Students

experienced various activities

such as Photography, Journal-

ism, Entrepreneurship, Expres-

sion through Art as well as Long Boarding.

Students were introduced and

got to work with various suc-

cessful Entrepreneurs.

In order to determine how

successful the program was, the

Summer Program takes Skate Boarding to new level

CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION

September 2014

Gaming Revenue Fund

Newsletter Projects approved to

date:

Church Beautification

Traditional Drumming

Learn To Skate

War Canoes

Historical Documentary

Celebration of Sharing

Aboriginal Day

Documenting the Ojibway

Language

Food Bank 2014

Cultural Centre

SK8LIT

Summer Student Employment

Property Tax

Exploring curriculum

Recreation

Wellness Assistance Program

Pow Wow

Inside this issue:

Aboriginal Day 2

Summer Student

Program

2

Family Initiatives 3

Historical

Documentary

3

GRF Community

Meeting

4

Approved changes

to GRF

4

Upcoming GRF

Meetings

4

The 2014 Aboriginal Day Cele-

brations were held on Saturday

June 21.

The day began with a Sun Rise

Ceremony held at Lancewood

Park which was followed by a

breakfast at the Community

Centre. The day was packed

with fun activities held through-out the day. BBQ hamburgers

and hot dogs were available.

Activities included face painting,

bouncy castle, water tank, car-

nival games etc.

A Social Tea was hosted at the

Curve Lake Seniors Centre.

Entertainment provided by

Gary Jacobs and Band.

The Swearing in Ceremony for

the newly elected Chief and

Council was held at the Com-

munity Centre prior to the

Community Dinner. The com-munity was honored with the

talent of the Redpath Drum-

ming group.

Dinner was followed by a per-

formance from Helen Roy.

As always the highlight of the

day was the spectacular Fire-

works show. The sky was lit

up with a variety of amazing

fireworks. Community mem-

bers watched from land and

water.

Overall, the day was jammed

packed and fun was had by all. This initiative was possible

thanks to the Cultural Centre

staff’s hard work and dedica-

tion.

Miigwetch.

Celebrating Aboriginal Day in Curve Lake

Summer Student Program Huge Success

sisted of First Aid Training,

YWAP and WHMIS, and Lateral

Violence Awareness Training.

To complete the Orientation

there was a BBQ lunch and meet

and greet with Curve Lake First

Nation Staff, Chief and Council,

and Supervisors.

Students were able to obtain

valuable work experience while

learning more about their com-

munity and the services offered

in Curve Lake. The students

finished their placement with a

BBQ to thank them for the

hard work they provided dur-

ing the summer months.

The summer student program

was a huge success thanks to

Bridget Taylor, Employment

Officer and Cheryl Carl, As-sistant to the Employment

Officer.

Gaming Revenue Fund together

with Kagita Mikam, Canada

Summer Jobs, AANDC-

FNIYES, FNIHCP, NCB and

Curve Lake First Nation hired

21 students. The students were

placed in all facets of the Curve

Lake First Nation Organization;

with one student obtaining

employment with a private employer.

Examples: Front Reception,

Public Works, Playroom Assis-

tant, Day Care Island Worker,

Day Camp Supervisor, and Pow

Wow Assistant.

Students began their summer

employment with one week of

Orientation. Orientation con-

Page 2 Gaming Revenue Fund

Through the Family Initiatives

Project Curve Lake Members

travelled to Canada’s Wonder-

land, Toronto Zoo, Toronto

Blue Jays game and local Lift-

lock Cruises.

2 Registration nights were held

for Curve Lake Members to

sign up for the various activi-ties.

145 Members travelled to Can-

ada’s Wonderland on July 26,

2014.

135 Members participated in

the Liftlock Cruises over three

different dates.

164 Members travelled to the

Toronto Zoo on August 23,

2014.

112 Members travelled to the

Toronto Blue Jays vs. New

York Yankees.

Families had great adventures

and fun was had by all.

Upcoming trip to the Disney

on Ice “Frozen” will occur in

March 2015. Watch Curve

Lake First Nation Newsletters

for registration nights in Janu-

ary 2015.

Curve Lake Members Have Action Packed Summer!

“Had an

awesome time

at the Toronto

Zoo today.

Miigwetch to all

the organizers”

CLFN Community Member

Page 3 September 2014

Historical Documentary Project Starts Filming

For more information or to

discuss the film please contact

Melissa Dokis at (705) 657-

8045

The film will end with where

we are going?

What is the hope for our fu-

ture generations? What have

we been able to preserve and

fight for?

It will look at Land Claims,

Settlements and the impacts that we are having on today’s

environment and how to sus-

tain our uniqueness as An-

ishinaabe people.

A community and film launch

will occur upon completion of

the film.

Once the Mississauga were

placed on reserves, the Mud

Lake settlement looked signifi-

cantly different than it does

today, with 200 members living

on-reserve, moving into the

loss and impacts of harvesting

rights to escaping the game

wardens, to early employment

on the First Nation, World War enlistments, Indian agents

and past Chiefs.

The film follows into the cur-

rent life of the Mississauga, the

election process, lands and

popu la t ion , K inomaage -

Waapkong (Petroglyphs), and

language/cultural preservation.

The Historical Documentary

for Curve Lake First Nation

will cover the history and jour-

ney of the Mississauga of Curve

Lake First Nation.

The journey starts at creation

and leads through the pre-

contact 1600’s of our people

until contact. This portion looks at where we were living,

traditional activities and life-

style.

It then moves into the Treaties

and Wampum belts that laid

out the current design of On-

tario as we know it today.

22 Wiinookeedaa Road

Curve Lake, Ontario

K0L 1R0

Phone: 705-657-8045 Fax: 705-657-8708

E-mail: stephaniem@curvelake.ca

At the June 25, 2014 Community Meeting the following changes were

approved:

1. Departments/Committees; Groups/Corporations are required to

have 10 % Equity. 5% MUST be cash and 5% can be In Kind.

2. Departments/Committees are entitled to TWO (2) applications

per department/committee to the maximum limit.

3. Definitions of Departments/Committees to be included in Guide-

book.

4. Create Guidebook for Individual Applications and Guidebooks for

Groups, Corporations, Departments and Committees.

CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION

of applications it was clear to the GRF Commit-

tee that there is a need for clear definitions of

Departments and Committees.

The GRF Committee approved an over expendi-

ture in the Department/Committee budget line

acknowledging that the over expenditure should

be covered by the under expenditures in other

budget lines.

There was discussion on the Long Term Invest-

ment Account and Council Discretionary fund.

There was a question and answer period. The

community was engaging and there were great

discussions and feed back received.

Thank you to everyone who came out.

On June 25, 2014 Gaming Revenue Fund Com-

mittee hosted their Annual Community Meet-

ing. There were 8 persons present.

Jeff Jacobs, Council Portfolio welcomed the

community members to the meeting and intro-

duced Stephanie Monahan as the new Gaming

Revenue Fund Administrator.

Stephanie Monahan facilitated the GRF Power-Point presentation. The presentation addressed

what the GRF is, the OFNLP 2008 Agreement,

Recommended Changes and Budget Allocations

vs. Expenditures.

The committee shared their successes and chal-

lenges over the past two years. One of the key

success for the 2013-14 was 31 great projects

were funded.

In May 2012, changes to the GRF policy in-

creased the limits of proposals. With this in-

crease funding was expended for the 13/14

fiscal year.

In the 2013/14 Fiscal Year, the GRF Committee

was challenged with a high level of Department

and Committee applications. With the increase

Gaming Revenue Fund Annual Community Meeting

Approved Changes to GRF

Upcoming GRF

Meetings

October 8, 2014

November 12, 2014

December 10, 2014

January 14, 2015