Project reports available for review as part of this research project are listed in Appendix A of Volume 2. The First Nations Governance Centre, an independent research and education organization, recognized the value of these reports in providing information about First Nations’ governance activities and priorities, and for informing the Centre of issues of importance and related areas of researc [...] The various components of the research, and how this informs the organization of information in Volumes 1 and 2 of the research report are depicted graphically in the diagram below. [...] The program began in the winter of 2002-03, when the Saskatchewan Region of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Developments (DIAND) funded three projects “to document best practices in governance and the costs of local governance.” In August 2003, the governance projects program was offered to First Nations across Canada. [...] An analysis of the collection of First Nation governance reports, and the inventory contained in Appendix D of Volume 2, indicates the following distribution of governance projects according to content and the type of tangible products that resulted from the project. [...] For most of the projects, an impression forms of consistent planning and significant capacity on the part of First Nations to implement the products of their work and carry forward community processes planned for the future.
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