June 2015
NOTICE | APARTEMENT FOR RENT
NOTICE TO THE BAND MEMBERS | APARTEMENT FOR RENT
The Band Council has two (2) apartements for rent. 30A et 30B Managuan Street (3½)
For more information, please contact Monique O’Bomsawin at 450-568-2810.
Apartement for rent
May 2015
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, MAY 30 2015
You are invited to attend the public assemblies of the Band Council.
These assemblies are opened to all Abenakis members of Odanak.
Members with reduced mobility can easily attend the assemblies.
For more information, click here.
April 2015
SEVEN ABENAKI YOUTH MEET CAREY PRICE AT THE BELL CENTER
The Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki announced that seven young Abenaki hockey players each
received full hockey gear from the Goals and Dreams program funded by the National Hockey League
Players’ Association. The event took place on April 5 at the Bell Centre in the Montreal Canadiens
Children’s Foundation luxury suite where our youth, accompanied by a parent, attended a game
between the Canadiens and Red Wings.
At the end of the game, the lucky seven had the opportunity to visit behind the scenes of the Bell
Centre and meet their Aboriginal idol, Carey Price and his wife Angela. In appreciation of the
Canadiens’ goalkeeper, a painting of him in action on the ice was presented to him.
This event was the result of a project organized by the First Nations Child and Family Services
Program (FNCFS) in partnership with the Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation. Our young
hockey players were presented to the NHLPA Goals and Dreams selection committee and they were
all selected. To be selected and presented to the committee, these youth had to show perseverance,
sports involvement, and to have played hockey for at least one year and be a resident of either Odanak
or Wôlinak.
This unique experience will remain forever etched in the memory of these young people as well as
their chaperons!
SUCCESSFUL DÉFI COURSE À LA VIE
The fourth edition of the annual Défi Course à la vie was held on Thursday, September 4 in Odanak. More than 100 people attended the event and nearly $1,800 was raised and given to Innu Meshkenu and the Fondation prévention suicide les Deux Rives. We would kindly like to thank all the participants. It’s always a pleasure to see so many people in the community hit the streets.
Around thirty children ran the 1km event and earned their precious medals. The real challenge is not measured with a stopwatch, but rather to participate, to push through and finish. A common feeling of pride resides in all walkers and runners at the end of a race. For us, it is the feeling of accomplishment. Join us again next year for a special fifth anniversary edition!
FAMILY REAL PROPERTY LAW
-The Abénakis of Odanak have from time immemorial used and occupied their Lands
and possess the Seigneurial rights;
-The Abénakis of Odanak have the inherent right to govern themselves and their
lands;
-The Abénakis of Odanak desire to protect their members living on their reserve
lands in accordance with their culture and traditions;
-The Abénakis of Odanak do not wish to be bound by the default provisions of the
Federal Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act (Canada);
-The provincial laws respecting real property do not apply to reserve lands;
-The Abénakis of Odanak desire to provide a law appropriate to their culture and
traditions respecting the use, enjoyment and occupation of family homes on their reserve lands
and the division of real property rights or interests held by spouses or common-law partners on
reserve lands;
-The spouses and common-law partners should be enabled to make agreements to deal
with their rights and obligations upon separation or divorce and to resolve their disputes
amicably;
-The Abénakis of Odanak believe that the best interests and welfare of the children
should be paramount when determining the rights and interests of spouses and common-law
partners and that family homes should be a place of safety and comfort for children;
DISCRIMINATION IN TERMS OF INDIAN REGISTRATION
The Abenakis of Odanak and Wôlinak have decided to take legal action against the discriminatory aspects that still exist in the Indian Act following the adoption of Bill C-31 in 1985. The aim is to promote the equality of all Abenaki people with regard to access to Indian status and to promote unity and cohesion within Abenaki communities
January 2015
ELECTIONS RESULTS ARE OUT
On October 19, nominations were held for candidates for Chief and Councillors for the Abenakis of Odanak Council. Candidates had three hours to submit their applications, from 9am to noon. For a nomination to be valid, two people had to support the candidate, one to propose the candidate and the other to second the proposal. From noon to 3pm, the electoral officer, Mr. Yves Landry, called all the candidates to explain the course of the election campaign. On Saturday, October 26, from 1pm to 5pm, a meeting was held in Albany, NY, to allow candidates to introduce themselves and their election platform to Abenaki members of this region. On November 30, from 8am to 8pm, the elections were held. The counting was done the next day and the results were announced in the evening.