Responding to A Cry For Help

[The following is from Nouvelles Nakonha:ka News of February 23rd, 2022. Go here if you wish to subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter from our Regional Council.]

In response to a recent open letter (A Cry for Help) written by Nakuset and Mary Martin-Goodleaf, the Living in Right Relations Circle (LIRR) submitted a grant request to Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council (CrNRC) for $60,000, to be given to Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal in aid of our neighbours in crisis, supporting Résilience and the Raphaël André Memorial Tent in Cabot Square. The Granting & Enabling Leadership Team (GELT) was able to grant the request, with $30,000 from the Erskine & AmericanMountainside Trust Fund, $15,000 from the Bhal-Jun 발전 Fund and $15,000 from the Good Samaritan Fund. On February 10, 2022, a cheque for $45,000 was presented in person to Nakuset and the Resilience team by Lisa Byer-de Wever, Jan Jorgensen, and Read Sherman representing LIRR, and Marc Grenon, representing CrNRC in a simple gesture of solidarity. Moving words by Elder Robert Patton were written in a card to accompany the cheque. (The remaining $15,000 from the Good Samaritan Fund will be directly transferred by the General Council Office Team to the Native Women’s Shelter of Montréal.) LIRR wishes to express its deep gratitude to the Granting and Enabling Leadership Team and the Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council for its generosity in response to this call for help!