General Meeting held this Saturday Feb 2, 2019 at 9:30am at Administration Building. Agenda includes: Cannabis in our Community Election Regulations Membership Next Steps You can now view the full results of the membership survey available online as well as the Wahta Community Engagement Report completed by Waneek Horn-Miller. Both files are available at [...]
The Wahta Mohawks Community Profile project is complete! A project request was made in Wahta’s March 2018 newsletter through The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) education department to develop a historical booklet for teachers in both First Nation and provincial schools. The booklet provides information that may help promote cultural awareness of [...]
Reminder there is no public council meeting tonight due to scheduling conflicts. Our final council meeting for 2018 will be Tuesday December 11, 2018.
Chief Franks recently attended the District of Muskoka committee meeting and is pleased to announce that Wahta Mohawks has been approved as a Community Safety Zone. This means speed fines will be doubled for a 6.5 km stretch beginning on our west border to just past What A Convenience store and gas station. The [...]
Here are a few more images of larger animals located in the open passageways of trails. These areas allow the trail cams the best opportunity to capture images of wildlife here on Wahta. Thank-you to William Manary for his continued research on our wildlife populations.
Join us this Saturday July 28 at 9am for our general meeting at the Administration Building. Guests include OPP Inspector Brian Therrien to present on the District Safe Roads Campaign and Environmental Manger Jamie Delaney will speak on the Management of Invasive Species.
She:kon, National Indigenous Peoples Day is a day to recognize and celebrate the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Indigenous peoples of Canada. Below are some words of wisdom on this special day compiled by the Cultural Healing Centre committee.
Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services would like to hear from you to better understand the needs of families in our region. Please join us April 5 at the Cultural Centre at 2pm.
Citizenship Update – Next Meeting Saturday March 17th 10am All members and their families are encouraged to take part in the ongoing Citizenship/Membership discussions which are vital in understanding the community of Wahta, the strong history of survival, community and pride. Understanding the perspective of the; youth, parents, non- indigenous spouses, traditional longhouse and [...]
Mohawk Institute Residential School Video & Healing Art Workshop. This workshop will begin with watching the Residential School Tour video. Strong emotions will be triggered and a debrief will begin with a short sprint writing exercise. The results will provide us with the words and thoughts we will use on the written side of [...]