Attendees:
In Person:
Donovan Cameron, Mary Doyle, Crystal Lalonde, Henriette Laundry, Bea Gauthier, Brook Walker, Pamela Lee, Stewart Cameron
Online:
Maya Aird, Naomi Owens, Dan Penner (Urban Systems), Michelle Calliou
Absent:
Josh Cameron, Gil Davis, Nicole Hetu, Carmen Richter, Nathan Paquette
1. Opening Remarks: Mary Doyle
- Focus is to send membership information regarding Land Code twice a month
- Would like to plan for elders visit to DRFN for Elders Meeting to share information on becoming a Land Code Nation
- Halifax AGM
- New Land registry system in Play, Child and Family Welfare & the Good initiatives on the go. Provided an Opportunity for our Elders to learn from knowledge holders across Canada, was beneficial
2. Binders – Land code Information
- provided for Land code members requesting Paper copies. Reach out to mary for paper copy of binder.
- Mary to send electronic binder copies via email to others
3. Dan Penner (Urban Systems)
- Approve agenda Sept 4, 2024 as presented
- Weekly review meeting minutes from previous meetings
- Adopted meetings to committee (Need minutes for approval- August 8)
- Mary to forward to committee
- Review Terms of reference
- Discussion/Reviews/Committee-thoughts to changes of agenda
- Missing appendix’s – Mary to forward to committee via email
Question: Is there a time limit on the land code?
- living document that suits the community, opportunity to amend process & involvement.
- consent from the SFN via ratification Votes
- 1st Draft in binders now, 3 versions in total
- Land code is a living document has to be applied & Agreed by the people
- Community engagement/committee to make suggestions
- (Ex. Doig took peoples on the land, Door to door)
- Land code is important (Land history/damages on the land, Lands planning, Wildlife concerns, Governance/On reserve, enforcement, traditional territory, Environmental plans
4. Community Engagement Ideas:
- door to door flyers
- phone calls/in person visits
- newsletter
- Elders dinner
- Youth/elders involvement (zoom, teams, applications for urban members & youth)
- demographics/youth along with men
- Meetings on land
- Actively coordinate/peace region meetings
- Information-monthly updates
- Video/brochures
- Treaty discussions w/Membership – Stewart Cameron
- Indian Act-how does if affect us
- Nation taken over Health, Child & Family Services, Membership
5. Invite RCMP to meet Land Code Committee (Trespassing laws, Bylaw development)
6. Terms of Reference - Motion to pass (Bea) Moved (Henriette) Adopted
- The land code committee is to function as an advisory committee
- Support the development of a land code that is aligned with the best interests of the Saulteau first nations citizens 6-10 members of SFN
- Vacancy will be advertised
- Chairperson-lands manager or another land code project team member
- Code of conduct (miss 3 times can be removed)
- Decisions recorded in meetings
- Need a quorum to decide unless an emergency
- Cancellation- may need to give a day notice of meeting cancellation
- Minuets/approved by committee (Making these public)
7. Action Item:
- Read thru draft code V1
- Mary to fwd committee members all the documents
- Flyers/door to door & emails for members on reserve Elders Feast
Challenges:
- lacking ability to get out the information (Lacking communication, struggling to get information out to community)
- Brainstorm to hire an individual for this
- Arranging C&C meeting’s (Collaborating with Tristan)- meeting dates to be determined
- Environmental site review
- Environmental Concerns w/4EG yard
- Land description report- (Boundaries on reserve)
- Nrcan-our reserve includes the river; LABRC to Support 100%
- Ministry of transportation
Adjourned: 6:30 pm
