2023 Ktunaxa Nation Annual General Assembly
2023 Ktunaxa Nation Annual General Assembly
The 2023 Ktunaxa Nation AGA will happen on September 28 and 29 in Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡiʔit
Kⱡa xa•¢anmiyit (Thursday) September 28, 2023 PLEASE NOTE – ALL TIMES ARE MOUNTAIN STANDARD
9:00 am Registration and Coffee
10:00 am Grand Entry Opening Prayer Welcome
• ʔaq̓am (SMIB) – Nasuʔkin Joe Pierre • Yaqan Nuʔkiy (LKB) – Nasuʔkin Jason Louie • Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it (TPIB) Nasuʔkin Heidi Gravelle • ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation (AFN) – Nasuʔkin Donald Sam • ʔaq̓anqmi (Kootenai Tribe of Idaho) • K'upawiȼq̓nuk (Ksanka Band, Elmo, Montana)
10:15 am AGA Opening Comments Ktunaxa Nation Chair, Kathryn Teneese
10:30 am Cultural Booths
10:45 am Strong, healthy citizens and communities... Social Investment Sector
11:15 am ...Speaking our languages and celebrating who we are and our history in our ancestral homelands... Traditional Knowledge & Language Sector
12 noon Lunch Break: As always, serve your Elders first!
1:30 pm ...Working Together... Education & Employment Sector
2:00 pm Cultural Booths
2:30 pm Break
3:00 pm ...Managing our Lands and Resources... Land and Resources Sector
3:30 pm Cultural Booths
4:00 pm Ktunaxanin̓tik Celebration: Recognitions (Ktunaxa Nation Excellence Awards; Malyan Michel Bursary; Friends of Ktunaxa)
5:30 pm Dinner: As always, serve your elders first!
6:00 pm Ktunaxanin̓tik Celebration: Recognitions (Continued)
2023 Ktunaxa Nation Annual General Assembly
Kǂa yi·kunmiyit (Friday) September 29, 2023
9:00 am Registration and Coffee
9:30 am KNC Core Services
10:00 am Break
10:30 am Finance Department / Cultural Booths Please note: Finance is a closed meeting and is only for Ktunaxanin̓tik & the Staff of Ktunaxa First Nations and Ktunaxa Nation Council
11:00 am ...As a self-sufficient... Economic & Investment Sector
11:30 am ...Self-governing Nation... Executive Council
12:00 noon Lunch Break: As always, serve your Elders first!
1:30 pm Ktunaxa Kinbasket Child and Family Services Society AGM (KKCFSS)
2:00 pm Cultural Booths
2:30 pm KKCFSS AGM
3:00 pm Cultural Booths
3:30 pm KKCFSS AGM
4:00 pm Door prizes!
4:30 pm Retire Flag – Adjournment
(Agenda subject to change.)