Makivik Magazine Issue 101

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Mathew Coon Com speaking about the success of their Cree youth organization
that also had to recover from inadequate management practises in the past.
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Getting the Saputiit Books
and House in Order
Last summer the headquarters of the Saputiit Youth Association
of Nunavik in Kuujjuaq moved from their older building to
a brighter setting at the Nunavik Landholding Corporations
Association’s office complex. The decision to move was made by
past Saputiit executives, who had already formalized arrangements
with Landholding. The specific layout of the place was
therefore built accordingly. The future for Saputiit is also looking
brighter, following a couple of years of organizational dysfunction
stemming from “inadequate bookkeeping and poor
administration, resulting in a situation whereby Saputiit was no
longer able to get it’s audited reports and past due reports to
accompany the financial statements, by previous Saputiit managers,”
Elisapee Annahatak says.
She was elected as the organization’s president in the winter
of 2011. Elisapee explained that over $1.5-million for Nunavik
youth is withheld by a Quebec government funding agreement
until all of their records are brought up to date, including financial
statements. “There was a complete lack of standard accounting
practices within the financial system and no procedures in place
to ensure financial accountability. If it is not straightened out by
next April, the start of a new fiscal year, she says it will be almost
$2-million,” she said.
Archivists Paule Lamarche and Wendy Ellis have been
contracted to organize their files, to realize what necessary
documentation already exists and what is still required. “The
government put a demand on us to get our house in order. We
took it very seriously,” Elisapee said. “The neglect of the administration
and finances brought us to a deep place and it is hard
to get out. The complete state of disorganization made it more
challenging to find important documents.”
Elisapie was “struck” by Mathew Coon Com’s inspirational
speech at Makivik’s last annual general meeting, where he talked
about how well their Cree youth organization is doing and the
large budget that they are responsible for. Last summer she also
attended a Cree forum to see what led to their youth’s present
success. She learned that the Cree youth, too, “once failed like
us… their paper work was not coming out, uncontrolled spending.”
Through the experience, the Cree Nation youth have also
learned about how to function more efficiently and have become
a respectable department within their Cree Regional Authority.
Saputiit presently functions on core funding provided through
the Sanarrutik Agreement, which allows them to pay for the rent
and the archiving project. Elisapee has been able to travel in
Nunavik thanks to a complimentary pass from Air Inuit. “If the government
is going to give us funding, we have to know where to
find things. It is extremely important for this Association to have a
reliable system in order to meet Saputiit’s objectives and responsibilities
and to retrieve information quickly. The next steps are in
revision to ensure that Saputiit gets its credibility back to ensure
future instalments continue from the Quebec government.”
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