Thebacha Leadership Council takes flight with new festival – Cabin Radio
September 5, 2024
The Northern Whooping Crane Festival kicks off this weekend, running September 5-8. It’s the flagship event for the newly created Thebacha Leadership Council.
The council, in the works for years, officially formed on June 21 when five community leaders signed a memorandum of agreement.
Council coordinator Mike Couvrette said the agreement formalizes – and publicly affirms – that those leaders are committed to a process where they work collaboratively on areas of common concern.
The leadership council includes the mayor of Fort Smith, chiefs of the Salt River First Nation and Smith’s Landing First Nation, the president of the Fort Smith Métis Council, and the Thebacha MLA. At present, the occupants of all five positions are of Indigenous descent.
