Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council Acknowledgements

April 4, 2007

The Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council would like to thank all the First Nations youth, Elders, workshop presenters, volunteers, and organizers of the 4th Annual Youth Symposium on Culture, Language and Tradition. Your participation and support has made our 4th annual symposium a memorable and successful gathering.

We want to express our gratitude to our host community, the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, for allowing us to hold our youth symposium in your territory. Chi miigwetch to the leadership and peoples of Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, and to the local organizations that were part of the Host Community Planning Committee, for your support and for making us feel at home in your community.Chi miigwetch to the staff and board of directors of the Wikwemikong Development Commission and Wii-ni n’guch-tood LDM for your support and joint coordination of our 4th annual symposium. A special mention to Joni Roy and Lawrence Enosse, thanks for all your hard work.

OFNYPC wants to acknowledge all our sponsors. Your financial support, donation of services and in kind contribution helped to make our symposium a success. Thank you so much for your dedicated support.

We also want to acknowledge the following:
Wikwemikong Starlodge Drum & Singers
O’Demin Kwe Singers
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services Ontario Provincial Police-First Nations Policing Branch
Donations by the First Nations of Ontario
Private Sponsors
Wasse-Abin High School
Rainbow Lodge
Dreamcatchers Fund
Trillium Foundation
KNET