The Nishnawbe Aski Nation is calling for the right to control their own education on NAN territory. More than two-hundred delegates met this past week at the Chiefs Summit on Education in Thunder Bay. Grand Chief Harvey Yesno says it's important to have control over their education system to give youth a sense of identity. Yesno says communities must work together, and that it is his role to engage other Grand Chiefs across the country.
Friday, November 8, 2013
NAN Wants Right to Control Own Education
The Nishnawbe Aski Nation is calling for the right to control their own education on NAN territory. More than two-hundred delegates met this past week at the Chiefs Summit on Education in Thunder Bay. Grand Chief Harvey Yesno says it's important to have control over their education system to give youth a sense of identity. Yesno says communities must work together, and that it is his role to engage other Grand Chiefs across the country.
