Presentation August 23, 2017 to the WaterTAP organization and members about indigenous collaboration, from the perspective of Nibi: Water Is Life. G'chi miigwech to Elders Ningwakwe George and Shirley John for their guidance and sharing their wisdom. Design by Corrina Serda, who is going into her 3rd year in Communications at university.

1. Nibi: Water is Life
Victoria and Corrina Serda

2. Victoria Serda

3. Corrina Serda

4. XimopanōltihAaniiWelcome

5. Overview
• Establish Trust
• Benefits of Establishing Trust
• Asset-Based Community Development Approach
• Saugeen First Nation
• Effective Communication
• Local Responsibility
• Legal Responsibilities of Partners
• Cultural and Spiritual Responsibility of Indigenous Peoples
• Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge

6. Establish Trust

7. Establish Trust
• Introductions
• Elders guidance -
G’chi Miigwech
Ningwakwe George
& Shirley John

8. Establish Trust
• Attend community events
• Equal partners - allies
• Open mind
• Gentle approach

9. Benefits of
Establishing Trust

10. Benefits of Establishing Trust
• Pre-existing relationship
• Sole source
• Develop partnerships
• First call for quotes

11. Benefits of Establishing Trust
• May not have other responses
• Priority to indigenous communities
• Economic development is charitable
• On reserve tax advantages

12. Asset-Based Community
Development Approach

13. Asset-Based Community
Development Approach
• Don’t come with pre-formed opinions
• Learn the local terms
• Name in the local language

14. Asset-Based Community
Development Approach
• Invitation
• Community champion
• Joint agreement on times for meetings

15. Saugeen First Nation

16. Saugeen First Nation
• Lloyd
• Stand-by generator/mixer
• Timely quote response
• Partnership

17. Effective
Communication

18. Effective Communication
• Persistence
• See the good
• Find the best contact method
• Check in periodically

19. Effective Communication
• Give regular updates - get frequent approvals
• Second language
• Literacy
• Plain/clear language

20. Effective Communication
• Disabilities/mental health
• Considerations
• Perspective
• Future plans

21. Effective Communication
• Pieces work together
• Clear representation of self
• Consensus
• Listening - clarification/action

22. Effective Communication
• Explain processes
• Give reasoning for choices
• Comfortable
• Be clear about bias

23. Local Responsibility

24. Local Responsibility
• Mutual benefits
• Approvals on all stages
• Band Council fiduciary responsibility
• Best decision for all people

25. Local Responsibility
• Resources are money
• Health of extended family
• Front line worker priorities

26. Legal Responsibilities
of Partners

27. Legal Responsibilities of
Partners
• Free, Prior and Informed Consent vs. Duty to
Consult
• UN Rights
• Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines
• Tkarihwaié:ri Code of Ethical Conduct

28. Legal Responsibilities of
Partners
• Ontario Human Rights - Creed
• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
✴ accommodations
✴ customer service

29. Cultural and Spiritual
Responsibility of
Indigenous Peoples

30. Cultural and Spiritual Responsibility
of Indigenous Peoples
• Water: spiritual responsibility
• Impact on other resources
• Water is life-force in Mother Earth
• Seasonal activities

31. Indigenous Traditional
Ecological Knowledge

32. Indigenous Traditional
Ecological Knowledge
• Elders
• Don’t necessarily have scientific wording
• Elders and expert witnesses
• Walking in both worlds - interlocutor

33. Indigenous Traditional
Ecological Knowledge
• Climate change
• Water fluctuations
• Seasonal changes
• Read environment

34. We are the earth.
The earth is us.
You wouldn’t
put toxins into
your mother.
You wouldn’t
want to put
toxins into
mother earth.
65%
71%

35. Our future, and the well-being of all our children rests
with the kind of relationships we build today.
- Chief Dr. Robert Joseph