b'COVER STORYEFFECTIVE SELF- likely to rip itself apart with conflict andin accounting, or something. Shes a dissention. Some people might like wherepotential investor in her First Nation. She GOVERNANCE MEANSJoe is going, other people dont. Butmight have a choice to go home and work suddenly, youre in a political fight. Thatfor her First Nation, or she could go off THAT THE KEY DECISIONgenerates instability, and instability isto Ottawa to work for Walmart or Tim Hortons as an accountant. Suppose she MAKERS WHO DETERMINEwhat drives investment away and kills offgoes back to her First Nation; she invests the economic development needed to make THE FATE OF THEa place livable.her talents there. But if her job is tied to a politically unstable system, she is likely COMMUNITY ARE FROMWhen I use the word investment,to only last a few years. Particularly if people often immediately think of banksshe has a young family, shes likely to THE COMMUNITY ANDand corporations making investments;find that she needs steady income that an but Im really talking about the youngunstable situation with her First Nation ACCOUNTABLE TO THENative college graduate with a new degreecant provide. So, she finds herself having COMMUNITY. ITS MUCH EASIER TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE THAN IF THEY ARE OFF IN OTTAWA OR SOME OTHER GOVERNMENTS CAPITAL.JOE KALT rule, reshaping band councils, putting in place your own laws, putting in your own dispute resolution and justice systems, running things according to your own Q & A w i t h J o e K a l t o f t h e H a r v a r d P r o j e c t policies, practices and values.Why are values so important?It has to do with legitimacy. Suppose a First Nation politician, lets call himTHE FUTURE IS OURS TOJoe Smith, is a Grand Chief or Chief of a First Nation, and Joe Smith takesCREATE TOGETHERthe community down a path that is inconsistent with the communitys values. Perhaps he wants to use all the land and its resources for economic development and attracting factories or something, when what the community actuallyThe National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) preserves the historical wants and needs is its own schools orrecord of the Residential School system for the benefit of current and future environmental protection. If Joe Smithgenerations. At the heart of the NCTR are the thousands of Survivor statements is taking his community in a directionshared with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.that is not consistent with its values,The NCTR honours the experiences of Residential School Survivors through the community is much more likely toeducating, researching, preserving and advocating for Truth and Reconciliation. tear themselves apart fighting againstWe remember the children taken and the parents left behind in all that we do.Joe Smith and where Joe is trying tonctr.catake them. In other words, if a leaders political initiatives are not pushing in a direction that is consistent with the communitys values or is pushing in ways that are inconsistent with the First Nations values, the community is much more www.afn.ca 71IND-NC-006-NCTR-Ad-AFNMagazine 4.583 x 7K.C. 4c/pL.V. N/AAFN Magazine October 2018Publication Contact'