MUSHKEGOWUK COUNCIL SIXTH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION NO. 1991-16

Greta Gunner

Mocreebec First Nation

WHEREAS Mushkegowuk Society, culturally speaking, has been an egalitarian society (men and women as equals);

WHEREAS contact with non-Mushkegowuk society has eroded this through various methods;

Chief Norm Wesley

Moose Factory First Nation

WHEREAS the Special Retreat held by the Board of Directors (Lava Mountain Retreat) recognized the lack of official involvement of Mushkegowuk women in this struggle towards self-government;

Adopted by consensus

Certified copy of a

Resolution adopted on:

August 22, 1991

Alex Spence

WHEREAS, as a result of this concern, each Chief and Council was to identify one woman in each community to work on achieving the greater involvement of women;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Assembly endorse the establishment of a Mushkegowuk Womens' Association by employing a woman to co-ordinate and advise the member First Nations on how to achieve the greater involvement of women as we move towards self-government.

August 22, 1991

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