How can we help First Nations in North America to live in a sustainable way on their reserves? Can we develop a sustainable model?

Dear Noelle,

Here is brief description of the MFL Occupational Health Centre's outreach occupational health and safety (OHS) community-based program in Winnipeg, Manitoba... Wings of Change (Ningwanuk Meshquajese) - Working With the Aboriginal Community to Create Healthy Workplaces for Aboriginal Workers. Please visit: http://www.mfl.mb.ca/wings-chnge.shtml -and- http://www.holdingmotherearthsacred.com site for some background information.

It is important to try to stay focused on building strong communities across our 'Global Village'...

Megwetcch,

Andrew Cutz

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Holding Mother Earth Sacred: A Photo Exhibit by Earl Dotter and Cindy A. Becnel
http://www.aihasynergist-digital.org/aihasynergist/201010?pg=35#pg35

Ooops! Should be Tomas Beauchamp at <tomas.beauchamp@usa.net> ... Andrew

Hi Noel, well put. I think that President Bill Clinton tried to make the same connection in the case of rebuilding Haiti but his like other sound messages and voices may be lost in the "background noise". I am trying to highlight these in my posts which are archived. Here are few examples including a recent uproar about the troubled Attawapiskat reserve in Northern Ontario. Now the Attawapiskat First Nations Reserve may not be sustainable using urban approach to development most politicians are familiar with:

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Bill Clinton hails Canadian generosity to Haiti, urges others to continue effort
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flood_relief_aid_2002/message/1327 (Flood Relief Aid List)

MoccTel Dec 19 2011: Headlines / Attawapiskat and More
"Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae traveled to the troubled Attawapiskat reserve in northern Ontario Saturday, to witness the residents' living conditions first-hand. ..."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wings_of_change/message/280 (Wings of Change List)

I should introduce you to my friend Tomas Beuchamp's <tomas.beauchamp@usa.net> who wrote among all:
The Lakota Language Consortium: An Introduction
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wings_of_change/message/129
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wings_of_change/message/130
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wings_of_change/message/126

All the best!

Andrew Cutz, CIH
Markham, Ontario, Canada

Email: andrewcutz@hotmail.com
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Thank you Noelle for your post. Do you think that the "government-community-educational partnership" model could work in Haiti and other devastated areas? Many First Nations Reserves should be declared to be "emergency areas"!

Would like like to joins us on the Wings of Change?