Building bridges between all communities
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APRIL 2016 • PAGE 5 2016 VO V TES MANITOBA Download our mobile app DEMOCRACY 303 Selkirk Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2W 2L8 Phone: 204-934-9111 info@mediancu.mb.ca Now follow us on @median.cu Grand Rapids Location situated at Band Office Brandon Bus Lines 204.571.0231 www.brandonbuslines.com Charter Bus Services Anywhere in Canada and the US. We have 1 - 30 passenger minicoach and 6 coaches equipped with video and restrooms. *South Beach Casino & Shooting Star Casino tours need to be booked 2 weeks in advance. South Beach Casino $ 80 per person based on dbl occ. April 11 -12 Shooting Star Casino $ 130 per person based on dbl occ. April 25, 26 & 27 Casino now giving out $55 FREE PLAY daily/night stay! Mahnomen, MN TO CHARTER YOUR NEXT COACH OR BOOK YOUR CASINO TRIP CALL US NOW! TO CHARTER YOUR NEXT COACH OR BOOK YOUR CASINO TRIP CALL US NOW! South Beach Shooting Star Big changes have transpired in Brokenhead Ojibway Nation (BON) under the leadership of Jim Bear. Over the last couple of years there has been a new grocery store/mall built and a twenty unit housing project that is nearing completion with plans in the works for further housing units. This would be good news for any first nation community. Jobs were created as a result of Jim Bear's vision for a self-supporting economy for his home community knowing that construction jobs for any project are temporary till the completion of the project. He also recognized these skills are portable and allow band members to work anywhere they wish with these new skills, and there are the long term permanent jobs for the grocery store staff that serve the community and surrounding area that is cottage country. He recognizes profit dollars from these business ventures will create other business and job opportunities for the BON membership. With the new Waver's gas station and the South Beach Casino, opportunities for the people of Brokenhead community can only grow stronger and are seen by non-First Nation neighbour's as valuable contributors to their surrounding communities. This kind of capacity building doesn't happen naturally. Chief Bear offers a good example of how to relate well with others and have a strong work ethic, self-determination and a goal that will allow you to accomplish anything worthwhile in partnership with others. Jim earned and paid his dues as a past Chief when every opportunity was controlled by INAC. Needless to say, community economic opportunities weren't as accessible as they are today. Jim worked for years at the South East Tribal Council taking in all of the knowledge he could about navigating the Federal and Provincial Government processes and returned with this knowledge and vision to work with his fellow community members. The benefit of his vast knowledge and how private sector business and the system works is visible in his accomplishments for the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation that will bring prosperity and opportunity for many generations to come. First nations Voice Staff BROKENHEAD OJIBWAY NATION Chief Jim Bear Brokenhead Ojibway Nation