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With the Eagle We Soar
SPECIAL UPDATE
December 2020
Have a Safe and Happy Holiday
Greetings Kahkewistahaw membership, I am looking forward to 2021 and getting back to as
I want to take this time to wish you all a safe and normal as possible. Our ancestors fought too hard for us
enjoyable holiday. Understandably this year will be to just give up on our ways and traditions.
different than past seasons. COVID-19 has made us all As you gather this holiday season, keep your circle small
plan and prepare differently, but I hope that your hearts and use technology to send those wishes. Soon we will
and tables are full and that there are presents under be back together, just not yet.
your trees. I also want to extend my condolences to Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
those families that have lost loved ones this past year;
holidays are tough – stay strong. Losing a loved one Chief Evan B.G. Taypotat
is difficult, but together your family can and will get
through.
I recently went through my own battle with COVID-19. I recently went through my
I first felt like I had the flu, followed by the chills and the
symptoms progressed from there. I isolated for 14 days
own battle with COVID-19.
and treated it with western and traditional medicines.
I want to thank you all for the messages and prayers as
it were those that pulled me through! Today I am 100%
and even down some weight! If anyone wishes to chat
about my experience, please drop me a line.
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KAHKEWISTAHAW FIRST NATION SPECIAL UPDATE
Director of Operations Greeting
Hello Membership,
As you will see in this newsletter, all our Program Managers have provided a brief update on
their programs along with any important information. For the time being, all Kahkewistahaw
First Nation offices are closed to membership. To make sure business runs as usual, our
employees are working from home except for some essential staff. The Offices will also be closed
for Christmas Holidays from December 18, 2020 to January 4, 2021. Leadership along with our
emergency response team will meet closer to year end to see if we will continue working from
home in the new year.
Chief Kahkewistahaw Community School has moved to online distant learning and will also
reassess in the new year if this continues. Student Christmas Holidays begin December 18, 2020
and run until January 4, 2021.
Justin Delorme,
Director of Operations With Covid-19 so close to home and the governments rules and regulations around social
gatherings, this year’s festivities are going to be somewhat different. Even so, we are hoping you
and your family stay safe and well during the holiday season.
On behalf of the entire workforce in Kahkewistahaw, I would like to wish all of you a safe and
Merry Christmas.
Sincerely,
Justin Delorme
Director of Operations
Kahkewistahaw First Nation
Greetings from Human Resources
Greetings and Merry Christmas!
The Human Resources Department is currently staying safe by
working from home. This pandemic has really made it difficult to
conduct our regular duties that require face-to-face meetings and
interactions, something that we miss dearly.
We are in the hopes that this pandemic will slow down soon and
the curve will flatten out, with society returning to some sort of
normalcy. We strongly urge you all to continue being diligent in
practicing safety measures put in place, as well as limiting your
travel to essential travel only, as these actions will play a huge role
in lowering the transmission of this virus. We are hoping 2021
Angus Vincent,
has some better things in store for all of us and are keeping our
Manager of Human Resources
optimism high for the new year!
So, on behalf of myself, HR Admin Assistants Morgan and Jessica,
we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy
New Year!
#staysafe #stayhealthy
Sincerely,
Angus Vincent, Manager of Human Resources
2 Kahkewistahaw First Nation
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Greetings from your
Housing Director
The Housing department takes care of 3 portfolios of houses. CMHC (Section 95) homes, Band
owned homes and Trust homes that accompanied land purchases.
We are completing new houses that began construction in 2019 and plan on having them
occupied as soon as we can. Beginning in October 2020, we had started construction on a new
6 bedroom home which will be built by our housing staff, utilizing Immediate needs funding,
and three 4 bedroom homes which are being built by Deneschuk Homes out of Yorkton. In
the Spring of 2021, four new 2 bedroom homes will begin
construction.
For our off-reserve members, we continue to provide
support by means of the Off-Reserve Housing
Assistance Program.
Sincerely,
Tyler Jones, Housing Director
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
from the Finance Department!
The finance team would like to extend our heartfelt greetings to the during these unpredictable times of this pandemic. If we prioritize,
Kahkewistahaw Membership, Program Managers, and Leadership. follow guidelines, and approach each task with the best interest at
It can be easy to get caught up in the “stress of the holidays,” just like heart, even within our families, we will be OK. The holidays are a
in the fast pace work environment that we are performing in now good time to reflect on the many benefits and blessings in our lives.
Essential Service Delivery
One of the things that as a team we are grateful for, is being part of partial staff and
the continuous growth of Kahkewistahaw First Nation. We have limited contact.
the privilege of providing the centralized financial support to all Electronic
the departments of Kahkewistahaw with this time of year being communication
particularly busier. With the office being closed as of November is key in this
23, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, we have had to area. In the office,
make some adjustments in the way we will carry out our duties. We the staff will be
will still be in the office delivering essential financial services with wearing masks and taking the necessary precautions.
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New Team Member
We would like to give a warm welcome to our
new team member. Cheyenne Kay has joined
our department as the Electronic Files Clerk for a
term of 1 year.
Christmas Membership Payout
Christmas cheque direct deposits will be ongoing. We Arlene Isaac, Membership Clerk
will continue to process payments as the banking membership@
information comes in. kahkewistahaw.com
Kahkewistahaw Members should make every effort Phone: 306.696.3291 Ext. 224
to keep their address updated and current with the
Membership department every year. Fax: 306.696.3201
Send updated address information, bank direct
deposit forms, and any other inquiries regarding the
Christmas payout to:
Finance Staff
Geraldine Bear, Director of Finance Kasha Bob, Finance Clerk
• financedirector@kahkewistahaw.com • financeclerk@kahkewistahaw.com
• 306.696.3291 Ext. 248 • 306.696.3291 Ext. 236
Shandale Crowe, Finance Assistant Tashena Taypotat, Finance Admin Support
• Financeassistant1@kahkewistahaw.com • financeadminsupport@kahkewistahaw.com
• 306.696.3291 Ext. 232 • 306.696.3291 Ext. 222
Maggie Taypotat, Finance Assistant 2 (INTERIM) Cheyenne Kay, Electronic Files Clerk
• financeap@kahkewistahaw.com • cheyenne.kay@kahkewistahaw.com
• 306.696.3291 Ext. 265 • 306.696.3291 Ext. 225
Brenda Wasacase, Senior Accountant
Christmas Holidays will be from
• Senior accountant@kahkewistahaw.com
December 18, 2020 – January 4, 2021
• 306.696.3291 Ext. 238
Stay Safe everyone and Happy Holidays!
Kahkewistahaw Finance Department
Geraldine Bear,
Director of Finance
4 Kahkewistahaw First Nation
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Sports, Culture and Recreation
Good day, Kahkewistahaw recreation has cancelled our fitness community and band members can still participate will be:
classes that were happening, men’s and women’s fitness classes house Christmas decorating contest.
will resume again in the new year. All Minor hockey has been
cancelled and no set returning date yet. The Ochapowace rink will fastest gift wrapper (they will need someone to record them
be closing down so no hockey practices or hockey games will be and have a stopwatch in front of the camera).
happening. Our outdoor rink has been prepped for the winter, the best looking snowman (if the snow comes).
fire department will be watering
homemade ugly Christmas sweater.
the arena soon to make ice
so that the kids can still best gingerbread house.
skate and be active, we we will have 3 categories; children 10 under, youth and adults.
will be posting rules of
Alexis will be posting posters for all our contests soon; all pics will
the rink, covid rules,
be posted on facebook for judging and winners will be chosen from
wearing a mask and
the number of likes. Recreation will get gift cards for the winners
limiting the number
chosen. Closing dates for our contests will be Friday, December 18,
of kids per usage, some
2020.
online contests we
will be posting so that Alexis will be gathering a list of all the recreation supplies,
equipment and sporting gear for inventory.
Jason Bobb, Kahkewistahaw
Sports Coach Coordinator That is all for recreation at this time. If anything else comes up, I will
Kahkewistahaw First Nation update as well.
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Christmas Greetings from the Income
Assistance Department
As we prepare for the upcoming Christmas Holidays, the Income
Assistance Department would like to share information for all
Income Assistance clients. Vera Wasacase is working from home
due to the office closure. If you have any questions regarding your
assistance, please contact her at the contact information provided
below. Miss Jessica McKay is also providing clerical assistance for
Income Assistance along with other duties assigned. Thank you
Jessica. IA clients please continue to submit your utility bills to
the office or email them. If you wish to apply for assistance, please
Vera Wasacase, Income
contact Vera and your application will be done over the phone or
Assistance Administrator
email.
December 17, 2020 is when the office will be closed for Christmas
The Income Assistance Committee and staff wish everyone a Merry
holidays and will be open according to schedule provided by
Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please be safe and follow all
Administration.
Covid safety guidelines.
The IA assistance days will be deposited on the following dates:
Vera Wasacase
December 15, 2020 Cell phone: 639-205-7788
December 30, 2020 (for January 1, 2021) Email : incomesupport@kahkewistahaw.com
Seasons Greetings from the Lands and
Resources Department
We want to wish everyone a very happy and safe holidays! The
Lands Department has had a very successful season with our
leasing patrons and want to keep building good relationships with
our patrons to continue to generate revenue off our lands. I want
to acknowledge Chip Taypotat and Colton Taypotat on running
the pasture program this year, working long hours, and ensuring
all cattle were accounted for and gone before the cold arrived.
We were able to purchase a new lands truck that will be used in
Judy Wasacase, Lands
monitoring our lands and for hauling equipment and bales.
and Resources Manager
The Kahkewistahaw First Nation Lands Department manages
approximately 27,318 acres of land across all of our reserves. With a
The Lands department also administers various land improvement
lot of land to manage, we want to ensure that we have good policies
programs, environmental initiatives, and animal control issues
and procedures in place for things to run smoothly and efficiently.
in addition to providing lands-related technical support to the
It is the responsibility of the Lands Department to ensure the best
First Nation, its members, and other agencies that interact with
use of Kahkewistahaw First Nation reserve land and for the benefit
Kahkewistahaw First Nation.
of ALL members and for future generations. This is done by making
sure any development that happens on our lands is sustainable and In the past year:
to the benefit of the collective membership. All the revenues we Added the main reserve and most of the land to the
generate from the lands, such as grazing leases, agricultural leases Kahkewistahaw Land Code
and commercial leases, go towards benefiting and improving our
community and people. Strategized with Kahkewistahaw Economic Management
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Corporation and Kahkewistahaw 1907
Trust on common goals and developing
an Agriculture Joint Venture – July and
August 2020
Completed surveying of the main
reserve of roads and subdivision lots this
will help with infrastructure and road
maintenance – final survey plan will be
added to NRCAN soon
Updating the cemetery map to move
forward on expansion – was able to
drone the cemetery and create a map,
will start plotting existing/known plots
and identify unknown/unmarked plots,
and will work with Elders to identify
unknown/unmarked cemetery plots
Implementation of the Kahkewistahaw
First Nation Strategic Plan with Lands
Committee – Moose Jaw, October 20,
2020 – worked with lands committee to identify priorities
and goals to implement the strategic plan for the Lands and
Resources Department. We will be having a community
meeting to review all current and existing land revenue with
band members for band member and non-member leases and
activity on Kahkewistahaw First Nation lands.
In the new year, we will seek to move forward with implementing
the Kahkewistahaw First Nation Land Code by way of developing
land laws that support environmental and community priorities
to improve our lands now and for future generations. As our land
base is increasing with lands being converting to reserve status
from the Kahkewistahaw 1907 Trust land purchases, we must meet
the needs of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation membership and
protection of those lands for future generations.
Stayed tuned for upcoming Lands and Resources community
involvement and meetings!
Staff:
Lands Manager – Judy Wasacase
Lands Assistant – Nepin Bobb
Land Legacy Technician – Shae-Lynn
Governance and Administration Centre
Kaysewaysemat Governance and Administration Centre is well underway. Construction was started on
Animal Control Officer – Chip Taypotat June 2020 and will be completed in the fall of 2021.
Seasonal – Colton Taypotat
Email: lands@kahkewistahaw.ca
Stay safe and keep our families safe! – Judy
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Greetings From The Health Department
Public Health Advice for the Holidays: The holidays are traditionally drop-off or physically
a time to gather with relatives and friends. This holiday season will distanced doorstep
be different as we face a surge of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. While gift exchanges
we do not yet know what public health requirements will be in outdoor celebrations
place next month, the Public Health Agency of Canada has released in open spaces
some general advice for holiday planning: The safest holiday where people can
gatherings and celebrations should be limited to the immediate consistently maintain
household to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Celebrating with at least 2-metres
people outside your immediate household brings additional risk. physical distance.
Holiday plans should: Let’s all roll down those
keep gatherings to your immediate household or within sleeves and appreciate
gathering limits the winter season! People
should not travel outside of Josephine Kaysaywaysemat,
be prepared to scale down or cancel activities Health Director
Canada for holidays. Travel
limit all non-essential travel, activities and visiting 14 days between communities and
prior to gathering provinces is strongly discouraged. I will share more information
to help reduce the risk of exposure before the day Families in the following weeks. I recognize this will be difficult for many
and communities are strongly encouraged individuals and families. I encourage communities to find every
possible way to celebrate virtually or safely outdoors this season,
to plan lower-risk activities, such as indoor celebrations with
and safely reach out to those who may be struggling physically,
members of your immediate household
mentally, emotionally or spiritually during this time holiday season.
virtual holiday and religious celebrations
– Dr. Khan, Medical Health Officer, ISC/FNIH
The Health Department would like to extend “Season’s
Greetings.” May the Spirit of Christmas bless your homes with
peace and love. As we go forward in these uncertain times,
all we can do is prepare and embrace whatever is in our way.
It is only through prayers that we can find strength. All my
relations, take care and be safe, protect your elders, look after
your children and check in on your family.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Information to Guide Christmas Food Distribution During Covid-19
There is no evidence that COVID-19 is Avoid bare hand contact. For example, frequent hand washing and glove changes if
spread through food made by infected use utensils, deli napkins, or dispensing gloves become contaminated.
people. COVID-19 is spread from person-to- equipment to handle food or clean gloves. It is preferred that candy bags be purchased
person through respiratory droplets. There “pre-made” in individual packages, not
We recommend frequent hand washing
is a theoretical risk that a person infected purchased in bulk to be divided into
with plain soap and water or the use of 70%
with COVID-19 could spread the virus by individual bags.
alcohol based hand sanitizer to reduce risk
sneezing on food or by directly touching of transmission. Jaime Dancsok, RN, BN
food with their hands. However, there is
a risk associated with having a number All people handling food/candy bags, Community Health Nurse
of people congregate to prepare items for presents, etc., for membership should be Kahkewistahaw First Nation
distribution. To be safe, if you are sick with screened (travel, symptoms, temperature, etc.) jaime.dancsok@canada.ca
COVID-19 or have similar symptoms, do not prior to helping prepare or distribute items. Office: 306.696.2660
prepare or handle food or items for others. Cell: 306.432.5027
All participants need to be wearing masks
Confidential Fax: 306.696.2947
Use good hygiene practices when handling (preferably medical masks, not fabric),
any items to be distributed to member’s homes. well-fitting disposable gloves and conduct
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Greetings to the Community Members of
Kahkewistahaw First Nation!
It has been a challenge to deliver community programming due to Kahkewistahaw
COVID-19, but with patience and care these will be forthcoming in First Nation
the New Year. My role as Education Coordinator involves working P.O. Box 609
with post-secondary students, assisting adults in obtaining training Broadview, SK
and employment. If you have any questions or require information, S0G 0K0
do contact me at: Phone: 306.696.3291
Ext. 228
Joy Starr,
Post-Secondary Program Education Coordinator
This program Policy can be obtained from the Post-
ANNOUNCEMENT! provides tuition
support and living
Secondary Coordinator. It is imperative
that all applications be submitted before
NEW PROGRAMs FOR 2021! allowance to each deadline date as outlined in the Post-
Microsoft Word – Level 1 and eligible members Secondary Policy.
EXCEL – Level 1 to pursue their The following are important deadline dates to
(due to COVID-19 these are on hold) Academic remember:
Welding Education. These
programs must be Funding Application Deadline Dates as Follows:
Basic Computer for Seniors
approximately 32 February 28th . . . . . Spring/Summer
weeks in duration
April 30th . . . . . Fall Semester
or longer and leading to a certificate, diploma, or degree which will
provide a career opportunity to the student. September 30th . . . . . Winter Semester
There are Funding Applications available for New and Continuing Congratulations goes to Chevy Ferron as
Students. These applications and copies of the Post-Secondary he Convocates with a Bachelor of Arts.
Adult Training
Assistance is available on a funding availability for short programs Cowessess, and three from Ochapowace in the program. They are
or courses. I continue to work with Yorkton Tribal Council – Labour doing awesome in their program and this will be their 3rd year.
Force Development and Pre-employment Supports in obtaining
training and employment assistance to Kahkewistahaw First 3) School Bus Driver Training
Nation members.
This was scheduled to start in early November but due to
COVID-19, no Instructors can travel to the community. I have been
1) Adult Basic Education (ABE) 12: in contact with Protech Drive to see if
There are three attending from Kahkewistahaw – Lyle Isaac, Elijah there are seats available for community
Beaudin and Kianna Shingoose with one other student from members.
Carry the Kettle. Richard Cope is the instructor. Currently all must
complete their studies online due to COVID-19. We hope and pray 4) Security Guard Training
that this may change for the New Year as next term begins in
This was a program that was provided
January 2021 with an increase in numbers attending. Computer
through the assistance of Yorkton Tribal
training for online will be done for all new students.
Council and there were 21 who took the
program and are currently doing the
2) ITEP program online.
There are eight students from Kahkewistahaw, one from
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Seasons Greetings from Chief
Kahkewistahaw Community School
Hello. We at CKCS would like to wish you all a happy holiday. We
hope that everyone is doing well and keeping safe. It’s been a busy
start to the school year, in spite of Covid-19, we are doing our best
to ensure that learning continues for our students. We opened
our doors to students on October 5, 2020 with a blended approach
of in class and distant learning. Students attended school 1 day a
week and were given homework packages. To ensure the safety of
staff and students, we implemented Covid-19 safety procedures.
I would like to thank all of our families who did their best to keep
our school safe. Unfortunately, due to the rise in cases of Covid-19,
on November 30, 2020 we transitioned to 100% online learning. Faith Watson,
Students are still required to attend zoom classes and complete all Principal
their assignments. To assist with the online learning, Chromebooks
were issued to each household, laptops were issued to every student Hurricane Pride
in Grade 9-12 and NedConnect WiFi devices were issued to homes
Due to Covid-19 many things have
that don’t have WiFi in the spring. We have also ordered additional
changed, but CKCS Hurricanes persevered.
Chromebooks. These will be issued to all students who have not
This fall we carried on with our
been issued a Chromebook or laptop. All students will have access
Hurricanes football team, we also started
to a device and WiFi to make the transitional to online learning
our Hurricanes Academies for students
more accessible. We hope to see you all online.
in grades 10-12. Students will earn two
credits while partaking in the Sports
Academy and the Cultural Academy.
Hurricanes Football Hurricanes Academies
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Housing Through Education
We have also begun a partnership with Ochapowace Kakisiwew program. The six students who have
School. Six students have been selected to take part in this exciting been chosen are:
initiative with YCHomes and will be building a house on the Hayden MacArthur
Ochapowace First Nation. Next school year, six more students
will be selected and they will build a house on the Kahkewisthaw Sterling Stonechild
First Nation. YCHomes Program manages students on a TACTICAL Armoni Alexson
CONSTRUCTION 101 learning experience. There are many
Landyn Bobb
career options ticketed and non-ticketed along the way. It’s a
mobile construction program that gives students exposure to the Joshua Bear
construction trade by building complete homes. At this time, we Cadence
would like to give a big thank you to Mosaic for sponsoring this Peewapisconias
What’s happening at CKCS
We would like to wish
you all a safe and happy
holiday.
From the CKCS Staff.
Please continue to watch our Facebook page
for updates and information.
https://www.facebook.com/HurricanesCKCS
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Seasons Greetings from the Fire
Department
On behalf of the Kahkewistahaw Fire Department, we would like
to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a
prosperous and safe 2021.
Just a couple of points to share.
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we live and 2020 will
go down in history as the year we witnessed the world under siege.
As a community we are doing our best to protect our community
Stan Bobb,
members, but the reality is, that the virus is here and no one is
Kahkewistahaw
immune. Our culture is strongly based on family and kinship. It is
Fire Department
with this in mind that we ask that you keep your festive activities
small and limited in size. 911 to report a fire, then the provincial dispatch center, and then
As winter is upon us, there are a few things that are beneficial to contact our members through a radio and texting system.
your home safety. Clean out your furnace and laundry rooms, In closing, we thank you for your time and consideration in these
remove debris from around your furnace and clothes dryer. Check matters. Let’s have a safe community because even the loss of one
carbon monoxide detectors and smoke alarms. Talk to your family home or a loved one is something that is worth preventing.
about an escape plan and have two exits out of the house. Choose a
Happy
safe meeting place outside your home.
Holidays
The fire department is one the provincial fire dispatch system. Call
The Kahkewistahaw checkstops were raised December 8, 2020 at 174 or valley highway 247).
4 pm and will be operating on a 24-hour basis until further notice. Finally, curfew will be in
Manned checkstops are placed on the 201 highway (south and effect from 11 pm to 6 am
valley exits), as well as on the every day until further notice.
Cowessess border. Other exits Traffic in and out of the First
to the First Nation (including Nation will be restricted to
the Ochapowace entrance only essential traffic while the
on Jacob Bear Road) will be curfew is in effect. For traffic
closed as well. Any traffic passing through the Nation
between Kahkewistahaw and (including the 201) during
Ochapowace should use the curfew, you may be instructed
entrance on Isaac Rd/Twp Rd 174. by the Checkstops to have one
of our patrol units escort you
Any traffic to Cowessess at this
through the First Nation.
time is advised to use either their
North or South entrances on the Please be respectful towards the Checkstop operators and let’s work
605 road (accessible by Twp Rd together to keep our nation safe!
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Kahkewistahaw First Nation Operation
and Maintenance Department
The Operation and Maintenance Department are busy at this time, The operation and
finishing projects we started before winter sets in. We finished maintenance
putting all the sewer jets into the subdivision, so we will not have to department would like
empty them so frequently. We also finished putting water cisterns to wish Kahkewistahaw
in and cutting the ditches on the 201. First Nation Members a
very Merry Christmas
We are also getting the machines ready for the winter. With
and a Happy New Year.
the Christmas season just around the corner, the operation and
maintenance department will still be doing their usual duties,
including the water-delivery, sewer services, and garbage pick up. A
calendar with the schedules and contact numbers of the staff, was
shared on the website, copies were left at the store, and there is a Allen Delorme,
copy on the housing office door. Operations and Maintenance
Operation and Maintenance Hours and Schedule
Winter Hours of Operation for O&M
Water Treatment Plant Operation and Maintenance Garbage Days
9 am – 1 pm daily Allen Delorme – 306.696.7633 Monday – V
alley, Sub-division
and Businesses
Jr Taypotat – 306.696.6567
Contact Information
Tuesdays – West Road and Bacon Road
Melvin Black – 306.696.7118
Gilbert Isaac – 639.205.7339
Fridays – Business and Outdoor
Brandon Alexson – 306.696.4035
Hilliard Bobb – 306.696.6613
Alvin Alexson – 306.696.4010
Shawn Alexson – 306.696.6339 Sewer Days
Les Sparvier – 639.205.7021 Mondays
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Communications
Holiday Greetings from Communications!! I also take pictures of
our community events
Our holiday season is upon and would like to wish you all a Merry
and use them for our
Christmas and Happy New Year. Although holidays should be full of
annual newsletters
celebrations, joy and lots of food, we were all faced with unexpected
and yearly annual
challenges dealing with this pandemic as a community.
reports. I encourage
Over the last few months, I have been busy learning my position as your families to use our
the Communication and IT Technologist. Kahkewistahaw News APP
Get the So far, its been challenging yet so and the Kahkewistahaw First
KFN APP rewarding as it allows me to engage with
our community and our members. My
Nation #72 “OFFICIAL page as we
continue to use those to update
Andrea Starr,
Communications
NOW! job entails, managing our social media,
communicating our information from
our members.
With that, I wish you and your families a Merry Christmas, a
our departments (oral and written),
wonderful holiday season. Please remember to sanitize, practise
coordinating public appearance for our
Get it on social distancing and be mindful of travelling. See you in 2021.
App Store leaders, monitoring the publics opinion
Simply search and also offering support on the IT side of Take care,
“Kahkewistahaw” or “KFN
News” and download the APP. things with our phone system, printers, Andrea Starr, Communications and IT Support
and computers.
Halloween
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Membership
Membership Committee Membership
A
William Kaysaywaysemat – requires: Very
Portfolio Councillor
Leilani McKay – Membership
Complete application
Family Tree
Merry
Assistant
Copy of the long Christmas.
Mary Colleen Still-Elder
Vera Wasacase
birth certificate
form And all the
Melanie Louison Arlene Isaac,
Confirmation letter from
Indigneous Service
Best Wishes for
Ariel Bobb Membership Clerk
Canada A Happy New Year!
Its that time of year again, the 2020 Christmas
Arlene Isaac – Keep
cheques will be direct deposited into each individuals account, Save
Membership Clerk
there is no deadline to submit your direct deposit forms.
Box 609, Broadview, Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year
Registration: Saskatchewan
S0G 0K0 From the Membership Committee
Indigenous Service Canada requires the following: and Arlene Isaac and Leilani McKay
Phone: 306.696.3291
Application
Toll Free: 1.888.691.0188
Guarantor Form Fax: 306.696.3201
Long birth certificate form Email:
Copy of identification membership@kahkewistahaw.com
Kahkewistahaw 1907 Specific
Claim Trustees and Staff
Greetings Fellow Members,
Just a brief update on Kahkewistahaw
1907 Specific Claim Trust regarding the
proposed amendments that were
supposed to happen.
The Kahkewistahaw 1907 Specific Claim Trustees have postponed
the trust agreement amendments until late next year in 2021.
There is further work that requires completion and hopefully, this
pandemic will have subsided, so that we are permitted to gather
again, the way that we have been accustomed.
On behalf of Kahkewistahaw 1907 Specific Claim Trustees – Justin
Delorme, Leigha Taypotat, Leslie (Troy) Sparvier, Stan Bobb, Tashena
Taypotat and our staff, Alex Lerat, Denise Peter, Kori Fitzgerald,
Lindsey Bird and myself, we wish you all a very happy holidays
season and pray for the health and safety of each and every one of
you and yours.
Special Update – December 2020 15KAHKEWISTAHAW FIRST NATION SPECIAL UPDATE
SEASON’S GREETINGS
Best Wishes from
Kahkewistahaw
First Nation
KFN Chief and Council (L to R)
Councillor Michael K. Bob,
Councillor Iris M. Taypotat-Scribe,
Chief Evan B. Taypotat, Councillors
William C. Kaysaywaysemat and
Councillor Cory D. Alexson
Wishing you a joyous
holiday season and a
New Year filled with
peace and happiness.
KFN Band Office Reception
P.O. Box 609 Toll Free: 1 (888) 691-0188
Broadview, Saskatchewan Telephone: (306) 696-3291
S0G 0K0 Fax: (306) 696-3201
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