MUSHKEGOWUK COUNCIL
GRAND ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION
Councillor Delores Cheena
Moose Factory Band
Councillor Silas Wesley Kashechewan Band
Adopted by consensus
Certified copy of a
Resolution adopted on:
August 20, 1987
RESOLUTION NO. 1987-36
SUBJECT: CONSTITUTION OF CANADA
WHEREAS we, the Mushkegowuk Council, have always managed our own affairs, and;
WHEREAS our aboriginal right of selfgovernment has never been surrendered, and;
WHEREAS we were promised when Treaty No. 9 was signed in 1905 that the Chief and Council would have complete authority on our reserves, and;
WHEREAS we do not fully understand the iŁplications of the Constitution Act, 1982 and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT this Assembly supports the following:
That information workshops on the implications of the Constitution Act, 1982 be held in each community as soon as possible.
August 20, 19.87
Kashechewan, Ontario