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    "name": "Northwest Territory Métis Nation: federal grants and contributions",
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    "summary": "21 federal grant and contribution agreements worth $11.4M with Northwest Territory Métis Nation, 2017–2026.",
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    "text": [
      "The grant provides one-time funding to enable the Northwest Territory Métis Nation to create direct and spin-off economic opportunities for their members related to the establishment, development and operation of the Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve.",
      "Northwest Territory Métis Nation Guardian Program",
      "This contribution provides funding for the Northwest Territory Metis Nation’s participation in the Cooperative Management Board for Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve.",
      "This contribution supports the participation of the Northwest Territory Métis Nation in the implementation of the Action Plan for Wood Buffalo National Park World Heritage Site.",
      "This contribution provides funding for two economic development positions to enable the Northwest Territories Metis Nation to create direct and spin-off economic opportunities for their members related to the establishment, development and operation of Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve.",
      "This contribution provides funding to enable the Northwest Territory Metis Nation to implement a guardian and interpretation program for trained members in Wood Buffalo National Park and the environs of Thaidene Nëné during the summer months.",
      "This contribution supports Northwest Territories Métis Nation member’s annual student scholarships and support salary for summer employment of one student from each of the three Métis Councils near Thaıdene Nëné National Park Reserve.",
      "This contribution provides funding to the Northwest Territories Metis Nation member’s annual student scholarships and to support salary for summer employment of one student from each of the three Metis Councils near Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve.",
      "The objectives of this project are three-fold. 1) Negotiate the outstanding issues in the initialed June 2015 draft establishment agreement, in particular the financial elements of the agreement while continuing to engage and educate the Northwest Territory Metis Nation (NWTMN) membership about the contents of the initialed Thaidene Nëné Establishment Agreement; 2) Finalize a National Park Reserve Boundary which meets the interests of NWTMN, other NWT indigenous groups, Parks Canada and the GNWT; and 3) Develop an economic strategy for the members of the Northwest Territories Metis Nation (NW",
      "This contribution enables the Northwest Territory Métis Nation to identify business opportunities for sustainable tourism development throughout the South Slave Region, conduct a gap analysis in the current offer and develop a tourism strategy.",
      "This contribution enables the Northwest Territory Métis Nation to document evidence and present the history of the use of the Indigenous Métis in and around the area of Wood Buffalo National Park.",
      "This contribution supports the participation of NorthwestTerritory Métis Nation in the completion of a traditional use study.",
      "The Northwest Territory Métis Nation will participate in a technical working group with Parks Canada and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada discuss their interests in lands in Wood Buffalo National Park.",
      "The contribution will support the Northwest Territories Métis Nation to participate in the development of the Action Plan for Wood Buffalo National Park World Heritage Site.",
      "This contribution supports the participation of Northwest Territory Métis Nation in the implementation of the Action Plan for Wood Buffalo National Park World Heritage Site.",
      "This project aims to develop Northwest Territory Métis Nation (NWTMN) policies and consultation protocols with respect to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) and other aspects of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) through background research, policy and documentation review; membership engagement through community sessions; leadership briefings and development and ratification of recommended policies, protocols and guidelines.",
      "This contribution enables the Northwest Territories Metis Nation and Parks Canada to advance reconciliation by discussion of Northwest Territories Metis Nation interests in Wood Buffalo National Park through the Wood Buffalo National Park Working Group.",
      "Northwest Territory Métis Nation participation in consultation on the potential oil sands mining effluent regulations.",
      "Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Northwest Territory Métis Nation to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the environmental assessment process for the Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project.",
      "This grant supports a legal review by Northwest Territory Métis Nation’s legal counsel as part of a consultative process for a draft bilateral Operational Management Plan between Wood Buffalo National Park and Kátł’odeeche First Nation."
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        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/parks-canada/"
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        "name": "Environment and Climate Change Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/environment-and-climate-change-canada/"
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      {
        "name": "Department of Justice Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/department-of-justice-canada/"
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      {
        "name": "Impact Assessment Agency of Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/impact-assessment-agency-of-canada/"
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    "assay_record": "ASY-CA-1X999EL0OE",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"Northwest Territory Métis Nation: federal grants and contributions\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/northwest-territory-m-tis-nation/"
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