Media Advisory - Anishinabek, Canada sign governance Agreement-in-Principle

    OTTAWA, Feb. 14 /CNW Telbec/ - An Agreement-in-Principle (AIP) with
respect to Anishinabek Nation governance will be commemorated by a special
ceremony February 16, 2007. The AIP, establishing a framework for the
Anishinabek Nation to assume greater control over its own institutions of
government, will be signed by Grand Council Chief John Beaucage and the
Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians.Where:  Nbisiing Education Centre (gymnasium)
            469-B Couchie Memorial Drive
            North Bay, Ontario

    When:   Friday, February 16, 2007
            9 a.m.

For further information: Deirdra McCracken, Press Secretary, Office of
the Honourable Jim Prentice, [phone]; Mary Laronde, Communications
Coordinator, Union of Ontario Indians / Anishinabek Nation, [phone]