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All payments for advertisements in the First Nations Voice should be directed through 1355 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg, MB Canada, R2X 3B6 Advertising Sales Edith Bonner 204.697.7389 / edith.bonner@freepress.mb.ca Mike Manko 918-7768 mmanko@mymts.net Sales and Marketing Breanna Lambert (204.256.0645) Subscriptions $26.25 annually, payable to First Nations Voice c/o Winnipeg Free Press AMC Grand Chief's call for national public inquiry strengthened by the announcement of Project Devote Message from Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief DEREK NEPINAK Winnipeg, MB – July 13, 2012 Derek J. Nepinak LL.B., B.A. (Hons) Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief, It is our hope that these investigations will produce leads that will provide these families with much needed relief and closure The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Derek Nepinak ac- knowledges the work done by Win- nipeg Police and RCMP members comprising the team, Project Devote – the evolution of Manitoba's Inte- grated Taskforce on murdered and missing women. However, the proj- ect as presented to AMC is limited in scope and does not directly address the epidemic of missing and mur- dered Indigenous women. "I am relieved for the families where special attention will be paid to the 28 files of women and one man, which have not moved forward for years. It is our hope that these investigations will produce leads that will provide these families with much needed relief and closure," said Grand Chief Derek Nepinak. "But until the Province of Manitoba recognizes the problem of miss- ing and murdered people is worse and getting worse in the Indigenous community, Project Devote will re- main limited in scope and outcome," Nepinak adds. According to the presentation by members of Project Devote to AMC, there are 56 cases that do not meet the criteria of the special investiga- tion, which include examining only those cases of individuals that have a lifestyle or behaviour that would put them at high risk to be a victim of violent crime (ie. need to be ex- ploited). The province's role in Project De- vote was also of concern after the presentation. Members confirmed no new money was ever added to Project Devote despite the fact the Manitoba government announced in August 2009 that it, along with WPS and RCMP, were establish- ing the task force into missing and murdered women. Not only did the province not add fiscal resources to Project Devote, it did not consider engaging the First Nations commu- nity in the planning and delivery pro- cesses. This exclusion left a large vacancy in the ability of the Task Force to connect with families and First Nations community leadership. "Project Devote needs to engage First Nations and as such we are looking for seats at the Executive Steering Committee of Project De- vote given at least 18 of the 28 wom- en are of First Nation and Aboriginal descent," Grand Chief Nepinak fur- ther stated. Given First Nations and Aborigi- nal people are over represented in the investigations, linkages between First Nations and Project Devote need to be created so that there is identification of issues in order to create a better system, with ac- countable outcomes back to families and communities. "This is why we are calling for an inquiry so that discussions could take place with the many projects like this across the country so that we are getting the greatest value for dollars spent on these programs created without consultation with First Nation organizations. There is a definite need to formalize partici- pation of First Nations." snorthwilson@manitobachiefs.com Twitter: shenorthwilson Chief Communications Officer 204-799-4541 cell ~ Sheila North Wilson