Protecting, promoting, and advancing inherent, Treaty, and
Aboriginal rights of Northern First Nations.
Career Opportunity: MMIWG Wellness and Community Support Liaisons
To view this job posting in a PDF format, please click here. MMIWG Wellness and Community Support Liaison Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Liaison Unit 2 Full-Time Positions | Thompson, Manitoba Under the supervision of the MMIWG Liaison Unit Director, the MMIWG Wellness and Community Support Liaison will design and deliver culturally responsive and dignified trauma informed health and wellness supports for individuals who have been impacted by the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people (MMIWG2S+) in Manitoba, including all First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Non-Status and non-Indigenous individuals residing in Manitoba. The incumbent Read More...
Grand Chief Settee Visits Northern Spirit Manor
Yesterday, Grand Chief Garrison Settee toured the Northern Spirit Manor, the 35-bed personal care home located at 879 Thompson Drive in Thompson, Manitoba. Grand Chief Settee and MKO staff members Kevin Carlson, Shyanna Lynxleg, Pierre Sinclair, and Conroy Halcrow gifted shawls, personal items, and candy bags to the residents. The elders and staff were incredibly happy as Grand Chief Settee sang songs and played the guitar- hands were clapping and feet were tapping! The staff informed us the elderly hadn’t smiled like that in a long time, as they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The MKO staff toured the facility and were Read More...
MKO Meeting with MMF and Manitoba Chief Judge
A meeting was held on March 27, 2023, at the Law Courts building between the Honourable Chief Judge Margaret Wiebe, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) Grand Chief Garrison Settee, Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) President David Chartrand, and their respective delegates to discuss the revitalized Indigenous Court Worker Program (ICWP). A draft Terms of Reference for the Indigenous Court Workers Program Advisory Council was shared for feedback and support by the Chief Judge. The ICWP has historically been a program administered by Manitoba Justice and has now been transferred to MKO, MMF, and the Southern Chiefs Organization (SCO). At present an Read More...
MKO Grand Chief Expresses Grief at Loss of 15-year-old Girl Found in Thompson, Manitoba
“Their child did not come home...” -Grand Chief Garrison Settee To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. **Please note: Read More...
MEDIA RELEASE: Shamattawa First Nation declares state of emergency
‘Federal Government needs to move on this immediately,’ Grand Chief Garrison Settee For immediate release March 13, 2023 Treaty 5 Territory- Today the Read More...
MKO Statement on International Women’s Day 2023
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release March 8, 2023 Treaty Five Territory, Thompson, MB Read More...
O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation Declares State of Emergency
To view this media release in a PDF format, please click here. For immediate release March 6, 2023 South Indian Lake, MB – Read More...
Statement on Behalf of the Family of the Late Noreen Tait of South Indian Lake
The Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. is issuing a statement on behalf of the family of the late Noreen Tait of South Indian Lake, MB. It Read More...
MKO Mission Statement
To maintain, strengthen, enhance, lobby for and defend the interests and rights of First Nation people within its jurisdiction and to promote, develop and secure a standard quality of life deemed desirable and acceptable by its First Nations without limiting the generality of the foregoing and the objectives of MKO.