Caldwell First Nation could get first look at $175K powwow video Saturday – CBC
Contract awarded without council’s approval or considering any other bids
Sep 22, 2017
The Caldwell First Nation near Leamington Ont. paid $175,000 to a company owned by the chief’s son to produce a video telling the history of its nation and to showcase its 2016 powwow. A year later, members may get their first glimpse during a meeting Saturday.
The payment to Moccasin Media, owned by Chief Louise Hillier’s son David, is detailed in a forensic audit request by members at a June 3 meeting where the membership voted to suspend the chief and council following the $576,111 powow.
“I haven’t seen it and I haven’t heard of anyone who has,” said Jeff Johnson, whose father and mother helped reestablish the nation decades ago and whose brother was chief before Hillier.
