Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june 1997 85 Indian bands undergo review of management Federal officials look at financial practices in spending of billion by first nations by Bob Weber Canadian press Edmonton every aboriginal band in Canada is having its financial practices reviewed by native and Federal officials As Ottawa assesses How the billion transferred to first nations gets the review comes after repeated concerns from the auditor general that control Over those transfers 83 per cent of which Are managed by natives is too a Survey conducted earlier this year for the Federal government suggested the Public shares that nearly six out of 10 canadians surveyed remained unconvinced aboriginal funding is Well they also did not feel first nations Are ready for we want bands to assess them selves against the said Stuart director of Transfer pay ments for the Federal Indian affairs i Hope in the Long term that it increases Public last month the department started sending out a 54page accountability and management assessment Workbook to All it asks band managers to answer 392 specific questions on every thing from hiring to child any aspect of band management that Doest meet standards for open disclosure and redress must be government officials will join in both the assessment and the the process is mandatory and must be Complete by the end of the it covers All areas of programming and services that band councils Are responsible for said Andrew the Indian affairs director of funding for its Fine to have a policy on but do the membership have an Opportunity to Appeal any decisions most first nations Welcome the said its a popular he but he and Bemister acknowledged some consider it an we expect that there will be Small pockets of Bemister the review is not part of plans for aboriginal but the process is said its certainly moving in that direct it does facilitate a first nation taking that next Bemister said Indian affairs will also were interested in maintaining the accountability of our department to the auditor generals office has twice raised concerns about aboriginal once in 1994 Over Gener Al concerns and again in 1996 Over welfare Greenpeace protesters held As ramp break up blockade Canadian press Vancouver Twenty four Greenpeace protesters spent the night in a City jail last awaiting an appearance today in supreme they were arrested earlier yester Day when about 30 ramp officers moved in to break up an 18day log Ging blockade at King Island on the Central police read an injunction granted International Forest products two weeks ago prohibiting disruption of the company logging protesters who refused to sign an agreement to leave the area were arrested and taken to a nearby Airport where they were loaded into three Small planes for a flight to staff Peter Montague said the officers met Only passive resistance during the five one american and four members of the Nuxall Indian band were 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