Throwback: Kinistin receives current name, funding for band hall
May 12, 1988 was a day of celebration for the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation. That was the day the nation's name was changed to Kinistin. It was also a day to celebrate the treaty and the fact the federal government decided to contribute money towards building a new band hall. File photo by Karen Cay Louise Scott, the executive assistant for chief and council, took on a project to get funding for a new band hall. Beside her is her father, Max Smokeyday. File photo by Karen Cay. Max Smokeyday, a respected member of the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation, helped raise the flag, designed by Gerald Smokeyday,...
Source: humboldtjournal.ca