National Centre for First Nations Governance...

National Centre for First Nations Governance was down but is not out, reads an end-of-year message sent to media. After losing federal funding in 2012, the organization is announcing exciting times ahead with the opening of a “brand new centre that will operate without federal funding” and in the first few months of 2013 “we will make the transition from NCFNG to something new.”

The release said “the challenges faced by First Nation communities in 2012 underscores the critical need for strong, effective self governance and our new centre will be delivering services in communities to assist First Nations that want to exercise their inherent right to govern beyond the Indian Act and expand their jurisdiction beyond the borders of their reserve.”