Exploring self-government is the theme of a Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council workshop series that starts in March.

The first of the two-part series – A Vision for Self-Governance – starts March 2-4 at the Coast Bastion Hotel in Nanaimo.

Best practices and lessons learned from self-governing nations such as Tsawwassen and  Westbank will be shared with participants along with Regional Chief Jody Wilson-Raybould and Dr. Tim Raybould who will present the AFN’s Governance Toolkit the morning of Wednesday, March 4th.

“The objective is to develop a set of tools that will allow participants to go to their communities and develop a vision for self-governance,” said NmTC community planning advisor Bronwen Geddes.

The second in the series – Towards Self-Governance – will be held at a later date. The focus at that workshop will be the land, economic, social and cultural options for working towards self-governance.

A self-governance toolkit will be developed from the workshops to be used as a resource tool for First Nations.

More info at www.nmtcevents.com or from bronweng@nautsamawt.com