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By Ryan Kiedrowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The World-Spectator With projects such as Lakeside at Round Lake, Kahkewistah\u00e2w Landing in Saskatoon, and M\u00e2mawi Landing in Yorkton, there are big economic development plans underway by Kahkewistah\u00e2w First Nation, and a lot on the plate for the Kahkewistah\u00e2w Economic Management Corporation. \u201cWe truly are planning for seven generations ahead,\u201d said Kahkewistah\u00e2w Chief Evan Taypotat. \u201cThe leadership team that I sit with, the counsellors that I\u2019m blessed to work with every day, we understand and we respect Treaty and what it\u2019s supposed to give to our people, but at the end of the day, Treaty gives the bare minimum, and that\u2019s what it was designed to do,\u201d Chief Taypotat explained. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to sit over here on Kahkewistah\u00e2w, feel sorry for ourselves… <\/p>\n

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By Ryan Kiedrowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The World-Spectator With projects such as Lakeside at Round Lake, Kahkewistah\u00e2w Landing in Saskatoon, and M\u00e2mawi Landing in Yorkton, there are big economic development plans underway by Kahkewistah\u00e2w First Nation, and a lot on the plate for the Kahkewistah\u00e2w Economic Management Corporation. \u201cWe truly are planning for seven generations ahead,\u201d said Kahkewistah\u00e2w Chief Evan Taypotat. \u201cThe leadership team that I sit with, the counsellors that I\u2019m blessed to work with every day, we understand and we respect Treaty and what it\u2019s supposed to give to our people, but at the end of the day, Treaty gives the bare minimum, and that\u2019s what it was designed to do,\u201d Chief Taypotat explained. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to sit over here on Kahkewistah\u00e2w, feel sorry for ourselves... <\/p>\n

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