Native institution receives funding

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WINNIPEG - A $77,000 contribution under the Native Economic Development Program (NEDP) has been awarded to a new Native-owned economic institution in northeast Manitoba.

The contribution to Northeast Manitoba Development Corporation (NMDC) will assist the corporation to develop business and operational plans and systems.

NMDC, owned by eight Indian bands and a Metis community in northeast Manitoba, is being established as the economic development vehicle for the nine communities which in total have a population of 8,000 people.

The communities are Garden Hill, Red Sucker Creek, St. Theresa Point and Wasagamack of the Island Lake Tribal Council; God's River, God's Lake Narrows, Shamattawa and Oxford House, of the Keewatin Tribal council; and the Metis community of Stevenson Island.

The NMDC development phase will be completed in September, 1986.