MUSHKEGOWUK COUNCIL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION
Chief Peter Archibald
New Post First Nation
Chief Oliver Wesley
Kashechewan First Nation
ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS
Certified copy of a Resolution passed on August 7, 1996
RESOLUTION NO. 1996-08-08
SUBJECT: CO-OPERATIVES
WHEREAS each First Nation must influence and control the costs of goods within their communities by being actively involved as commercial retailers;
WHEREAS First Nations have expressed a need for the development of co-operatives;
WHEREAS there is a need for First Nations to conduct feasibility studies for business plans to determine the viability of these ventures;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mushkegowuk Council take a lead role in assisting First Nations in the development of community based cooperative business plans for the purposes of securing funding from federal and provincial government programs.
August 7, 1996
Chapleau, Ontario
ATTAWAPISKAT • KASHECHEWAN -FORT ALBANY • MOOSE FACTORY • NEW POST • CHAPLEAU CREE • MISSANABIE CREE