The Survivors’ Secretariat is running out of funding and urgently looking to Six Nations for help. Laura Arndt, Secretariat lead, gave a delegation to Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) on October 20 to ask about a $1 million in funding she says was offered to the Secretariat by the Six Nations Well-Being Department that has yet to be delivered or approved. Arndt told Council that she had been informed by Crystal Burning that the Secretariat would receive $1 million in unspent Indigenous Services Canada funds and was instructed to submit quarterly invoices for reimbursement. The Secretariat proceeded with programming and operational commitments based on that assurance. However, months later, no funds have been received, leaving the Secretariat in a difficult financial position with less than $120,000 remaining in its accounts,…
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