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2020
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Achieves Financial Management System Certification
On May 1, 2020, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) received a Financial Management System (FMS) Certificate from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). This means their finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMB standards, which are based on internationally recognized standards of financial management. About Muskeg Lake Cree Nation MLCN is a progressive…
Long Plain First Nation Achieves Financial Management System Certification
On May 1, 2020, Long Plain First Nation (LPFN) received a Financial Management System (FMS) Certificate from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). This means their finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMB standards, which are based on internationally recognized standards of financial management. About Long Plain First Nation A signatory to Treaty…
Little Shuswap Lake Band receives Financial Management System Certification
On March 27, 2020, Little Shuswap Lake Band (LSLB) received their Financial Management System (FMS) Certificate from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB) making it the 19th Nation in British Columbia to achieve this coveted certification. This means their finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMB Standards which are based on internationally recognized…
Gitsegukla First Nation Achieves Financial Management System Certification
On March 27, 2020, Gitsegukla First Nation achieved Financial Management System (FMS) Certification with the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). This means their finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMB Standards which are based on internationally recognized standards of financial management. About Gitsegukla Gitsegukla is a proud community that is located in the…
Witset First Nation receives Financial Management System Certification
How Witset First Nation honored its commitment to transparency and accountability to members and partners On March 27, 2020, Witset First Nation (WFN) received a Financial Management System (FMS) Certificate from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). This means their finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMB Standards which are based on internationally…
Upper Nicola Indian Band receives Financial Management System Certification
On March 27, 2020, Upper Nicola Indian Band (UNB) received a Financial Management System (FMS) Certificate from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). This means their finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMB Standards, which are based on internationally recognized standards of financial management. As part of this journey, UNB developed a Financial…
Enoch Cree Nation: 1st First Nation in Alberta to receive Financial Management System Certification
On March 27, 2020, the Enoch Cree Nation (ECN) became the 1st First Nation in Alberta to receive a Financial Management System (FMS) Certificate from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). This means their finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMB standards which are based on internationally recognized standards of financial management. About…
2019
Glooscap First Nation is the 2nd in Nova Scotia to receive Financial Management System Certification
Hantsport, NS – Glooscap First Nation is a Mi’kmaq community with its reserve located approximately 7 kilometers from the community of Hantsport in the province of Nova Scotia. In November 2019, the Nation received their Financial Management System (FMS) Certificate from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB), making it the second Nation in Nova…
From Small Seeds Grow Mighty Trees: How a small BC Indian Band is raising the bar for Financial Management among smaller First Nations communities
Merritt, BC: Shackan Indian Band is an Nlaka’pamux First Nations government located in the Nicola Valley, approximately 20 km east of Spences Bridge and 40 km west of Merritt on Highway 6 in BC. Shackan is also known as “14 Mile”. The Scw’exmx – People of the Creeks – is taken from the Nicola River,…
Mistawasis First in Saskatchewan to Receive FMS Certification
Prince Albert, SK – Mistawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation has become the 1st in Saskatchewan to receive a Financial Management System (FMS) Certificate through the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). Located about 85 kilometers west of Prince Albert, and 130 kilometers north of Saskatoon, this Cree Nation takes its name from its first chief, Chief…
Opaskwayak Cree Nation becomes the 2nd First Nation in Manitoba to receive Financial Management System Certification
Opaskwayak, Manitoba — In less than three years, Onekanew Christian Sinclair and the Onuschekewuk of Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) have elevated the community’s financial status from nearing third party management to being recognized by the Financial Management Board (FMB). OCN has become the 18th First Nation in Canada and the second in Manitoba to receive…
Wasauksing First Nation becomes the 17th First Nation government in Canada to receive a Financial Management System Certificate
Parry Sound, Ontario — Wasauksing First Nation, located 160 km south of Sudbury near Parry Sound, has become the 17th First Nation government in Canada to receive a Financial Management System Certificate (FMS) from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). The FMB has supported First Nations across Canada in developing sound financial and governance…