"APC Secretariat works in association with INAC  - the department’s primary role is to
support First Nations and Inuit in developing healthy, sustainable communities and
in achieving their economic and social aspirations."

The fox guarding the hen house?
First Nations’ Chiefs in N.B. hereby establish a First Nations Gaming Commission for N.B.
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The mandate of the First Nations Gaming Commission shall be to engage in development initiatives which will
foster the self-sufficiency of First Nations in New Brunswick and enhance their ability to manage and
regulate their own affairs - to see how this works click here.

INAC's NEAR PERFECT RECORD (So why do you deal with them?)
“In the Top 100 Canadian communities, there was one First Nation community.
In the bottom 100 communities, there were 92 First Nation communities.”

APC Secretariat’s strategic areas of focus for change are Economic Opportunities,  Housing and Infrastructure, Health, Education,
and Relationships and to close the gap between First Nations communities and Canadians. (Close the gap?)
Stewart Paul ex Co chairman for the Atlantic Policy Congress -  Nikanitaiek (People's moving forward?)

Third Party Follows Him
The Atlantic region of DIAND is in serious financial crisis and should itself be in
third party management as per DIAND’s own policy,”
www.apcfnc.net/news.asp?ID=161&type=Archived

11% of $7 Billion of all Federal “Aboriginal” spending or
770 Million/Year is spent on INAC overhead.
No more excuses for taxpayers - Indian Affairs budget represents only approximately
.004% of canadas GDP on our resources.
And to top it off there has been a 2% cap since 96

$9 Billion myth exposed
http://www.afn.ca/cmslib/general/M-Ex.pdf

“As reported in the National Post April 1999, then Auditor General Denis Desautels warned
that the Indian Affairs department risked compounding existing poverty and despair
on native reserves by failing to account for how money is being spent.
He also added, "the department is not taking adequate steps to ensure that
allegations of wrongdoing, including complaints and disputes related to funding
arrangements, are appropriately resolved." As far back as 1996 Desautels complained
about "severe deficiencies in Ottawa ’s system of monitoring funds
spend on reserves for welfare, education, housing, and economic development."

"In 2003 alone, INAC received almost 300 allegations of corruption,
nepotism or mismanagement by band councils"

“INAC's mandate in First Nations education arises from the Indian Act, however
the legislative role is open to wide interpretation.”

“average INAC salary is based on Level 5 Year 5 of the current grid,
which in 2002 was identified as $46,179.”

“Economic, social and human indicators of well-being are
drastically lower among Aboriginals than other Canadians.”

"First Nations living conditions/quality of life is ranked 63rd, amongst Third World conditions -
the root cause of poor health. Overcrowded housing, mold, and unsafe drinking water helps spread
communicable diseases at a rate 10 to 12 times higher than the national average.
Over 40 per cent of homes are considered as inadequate shelter."

"First Nation males (15-24 years) die from suicide at a rate of 126/100,000. This is very high compared to
the national rate for males of the same age, 24/100,000. First Nation females (15-24 yrs of age) also die
from suicide at a higher rate than females of the same age in the national population,
35/100,000 compared with 5/100,000. New research has established a link
between cultural factors, such as self-governance, land claims negotiation, local control over
education and health services, and lower rates of youth suicide in Aboriginal populations."

“The 19 per cent unemployment rate among natives is nearly three times the national average”

A recent study by the Chiefs of Ontario found that teachers in First Nations schools were
underpaid compared to their provincial counterparts by  $10, 791.89 or 25%

"The goals of the late-19th and early-20th-century Canadian state's Indian policies are
no secret and are described by Gibbins and Ponting (1986: 24-30) as
"protection, "assimilation," "Christianization," "self-sufficiency" and "enfranchisement."

Individuals Responsible for Indian and Northern Affairs in Canada ,
1755 to 2006
THE INDIAN ACT

The Government imposed the Indian Act in 1876 for the sole purpose of assimilating and
controlling First Nations people.  It is the only legislation in the world that singles out a particular
race.  This Act violates equality and inhibits our freedom.  All the Acts, past and present, have
been unwavering in their goals of assimilation, integration and eventual abolition of reserves and
First Nations rights.  
The Act:

1.Denied Status Indians the right to vote until 1949 when the Province of BC extended the
provincial vote to First Nations people and in 1960 they gained the right to vote in federal
elections

2. Did not allow Indians to sit on juries

3. Barred Indians from wearing “Aboriginal costume” and participate in Potlatches and Sun Dances

4. Forbade loitering in pool rooms

5. Removed Indian children from their homes and sent them to residential schools where they were
raped and physically, mentally and spiritually abused by the clergy and staff.  One form of abuse
was if children spoke their native language they would be beaten

6. Deprived Indian women of their status and band membership when they married non-Indian men;
non-Indian women who married Indian men gained status and membership until 1985 when Bill C-31
was enacted to remove the discriminatory provisions made it an offence to retain a lawyer for the
purpose of making a claim to Aboriginal title

FIRST NATIONS GOVERNANCE ACT
A team of academics examined the First Nations Governance Act (FNGA) and found it lacking.  
This same team conducted the highly respected Harvard University study of Native American
governance and economic development.  

The FNGA states that it would provide First Nations more effective tools of governance.  
However, the Act specifies all sorts of things that First Nations have to or should adopt.  When
the government tells First Nations how to govern themselves, this is NOT self-governance.   

The Act does not address jurisdictional issues.  It does not state if First Nations can make any
decisions about governing themselves.  This would make sustainable development impossible.  The
government is imposing, once again, government models that are the opposite of substantive
jurisdiction.

Also, First Nations are being held accountable for failed programs that the government designed.  
First Nations have never had any decision-making power over their own development.  I believe
First Nations need to be held accountable only if they are responsible for the design of that
program.  The government continuously blames First Nations for failed programs that the
government designed.  This is the government’s way of escaping any responsibility and to make
First Nations look incompetent.  If the government wants to do all the decision-making, they need
to be responsible for failed programs, and not First Nations.

The government is very ignorant when it comes to why First Nations people want to govern
themselves.  We are a distinct people.  We have our own beliefs and had our own way of governing
ourselves.  Before the white man came to our country we lived a very structured lifestyle.  We did
not wander around aimlessly without any structure, as the government believes.  
We don’t wish to be assimilated. We had absolute faith in the way we governed ourselves.  We have
no faith in the way this government wants to govern us.  The government points out that First
Nations can’t govern themselves.  This can be explained by a lack of respect for the dominant
society’s own institutions. When people don’t respect the institutions, they’ll use them to their own
advantage.

The FNGA is about imposing more rules and regulations on First Nations.  This is exactly the same
purpose as the Indian Act, except that the FNGA has been modernized.  The one-size-fits-all
approach does not work for First Nations.  Negotiations with First Nations, as sovereign nations, is
the best approach to partnership with us, not the FNGA.      - Sandra Sandy
"SECRET DOCUMENT REVEALED"
"This is a sad reflection of how a people have to bear the brunt of funding cutbacks at a time when there have been budget
surpluses. This report did not come from a group of disgruntled political leaders, it came from within the department by the very
bureaucrats who administer Indian programs. They know from the inside what the sorry state of First Nations' finances are.
When the folks at the colonial office get worried, then we know we are in real trouble."
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Why is there a 2% cap?
"The memo warns the minister that the price of maintaining the cap includes: The erosion of on-reserve
infrastructure, health and safety issues, risk of legal exposure and the inability to maintain provincial standards."
INDIAN ACT! - It is the only legislation in the world that singles out a particular race.  
This Act violates equality and inhibits our freedom.