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Dear Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs\u2019 Council: With the holiday\u2019s just a week away one doesn\u2019t want to put a damper on all the coming fun. And the break for family time. But… For over a decade the Six Nations Confederacy Chiefs Council\u2008(SNCCC) has not made its annual audits public. There has not been a public posting on the website of audits since 2018. And there has been no public posting of any audit meetings for the public, well, anywhere. And simply saying go to council isn\u2019t good enough. The SNCCC at Grand River receives funds on behalf of the people here at Six Nations of the Grand River. Not on behalf of people at Akwesasne or Oneida or Onondaga but on behalf of the Six Nations of the Grand River community… <\/p>\n

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Dear Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs\u2019 Council: With the holiday\u2019s just a week away one doesn\u2019t want to put a damper on all the coming fun. And the break for family time. But… For over a decade the Six Nations Confederacy Chiefs Council\u2008(SNCCC) has not made its annual audits public. There has not been a public posting on the website of audits since 2018. And there has been no public posting of any audit meetings for the public, well, anywhere. And simply saying go to council isn\u2019t good enough. The SNCCC at Grand River receives funds on behalf of the people here at Six Nations of the Grand River. Not on behalf of people at Akwesasne or Oneida or Onondaga but on behalf of the Six Nations of the Grand River community... <\/p>\n

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