The Gitmaxmak'ay PR/PE Nisga'a Society Calendar of Events and Newsletter for October 2013 may be found at the Gitmaxmak'ay Urban Local section under the Community Tab, or at the following link:
For information with respect to the Nisga'a Emergency Program Act, Nisga'a LIsims and Nisga'a VIllage Emergency Plans and Emergency Management BC program information, visit the Emergency Services section of our website HERE
The Nisga’a Lisims Government under the Nisga’a Business Development Fund initiative has recently funded Doolan Trucking for 31.48 % of the actual business costs of the project. The new business venture is a logging truck business operating out of the Nisga'a Village of Gingolx.
Steven Doolan is the owner / operator and has been in the trucking and heavy equipment operation business for 10 years. He starts his first haul Monday morning on September 30th, 2013.
Indspire is the largest supporter of Indigenous education outside the federal government. To date Indspire has awarded more than $54 million in scholarships and bursaries to 16,000 First Nation, Inuit and Métis recipients nationwide.
Thanks to the generosity of numerous corporate and government partners, Indspire disburses funds to Indigenous youth across Canada, covering all disciplines in funding categories: Fine Arts, Oil and Gas and Trades and Technology, Health Careers and Post Secondary Education.
Gitlaxt’aamiks, September 25, 2013 - The Honourable Suzanne Anton, Minister of Attorney General for British Columbia, honoured Nisga’a Nation with a brief visit to the Nass Valley on Wednesday evening.
Minister Anton appeared to be considerably impressed by the NLG administration building and the legislative chambers saying “This is one of my first visits to the far north, and to your beautiful area.”
Read how one of our own Nisga'a citizens, with the support of the BC Aboriginal Mining Training Associaition, has launched into a new career in mining. Check out their office in New Aiyansh.