First Nation Operated Schools in

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and the rest of

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are schools that are funded by the

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. In accordance with the Treaty arrangements between the federal government and most individual

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, First Nation Operated Schools must be administered by locally elected

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, and operate outside the direct control of the local Chief and Band Council. While there is no legislative requirement that Band Operated Schools follow Provincial Curricula, or adhere to the

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, or the Manitoba Education Administration Act, most First Nation Operated Schools do operate very closely to the way all Provincial Schools operate for the benefit of their students. By following Provincial Curricula, their students can more readily transfer from a Federal school to a Provincial school, and First Nation Operated Schools are able to retain High

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, so that their Secondary Graduates are recognized by Post-Secondary Institutions. The most noticeable difference between First Nation Operated Schools and Provincial Schools is in the absence of professional organizations such as The Manitoba Teachers' Society(MTS). Of the fifty-one First Nations Communities that operate Federal Schools, only two have teachers who are members of the Provincial Union, which all other public school teachers are automatically members of under the Public Schools Act and Education Administration Act. The exceptions are members of the Nelson House Teachers' Association in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Sandy Bay Teachers' Association in Sandy Bay Ojibwa First Nation. The members of these two Bargaining Units have all the same rights and responsibilities as every other member of the Society, except they are not entitled to the MTS pension and disability benefits plans, as legislation does not exist that would allow these two groups to participate in the plan. The members of these two bargaining units pay the same annual dues as any other members in the Society.

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* Birdtail Sioux Nursery School - Birdtail Sioux First Nation, Manitoba * Sargeant Tommy Prince School - Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Manitoba * Wambdi Iyotake School - Canupawakpa Dakota Nation, Oak Lake, Manitoba * Chemawawin School - Chemawawin Cree Nation, Manitoba * Mahpiya Hdega School - Dakota Plains First Nation, Manitoba * Dakota Tipi School -

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Dauphin River School Dauphin (french: "dolphin", links=no, plural ''dauphins'') may refer to: Noble and royal title * Dauphin of Auvergne * Dauphin of France, heir apparent to the French crown * Dauphin of Viennois People * Charles Dauphin (c. 1620–1677), French p ...

Dauphin River First Nation, Manitoba Dauphin (french: "dolphin", links=no, plural ''dauphins'') may refer to: Noble and royal title * Dauphin of Auvergne * Dauphin of France, heir apparent to the French crown * Dauphin of Viennois People * Charles Dauphin (c. 1620–1677), French p ...

Ebb & Flow School Ebb or EBB may refer to: People * Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), English poet * Fred Ebb (1928–2004), American lyricist * Karl Ebb (1896–1988), Finnish athlete and racing driver * Kimberley Ebb (born 1987), Australian rules foot ...

Ebb & Flow First Nation, Manitoba Ebb or EBB may refer to: People * Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), English poet * Fred Ebb (1928–2004), American lyricist * Karl Ebb (1896–1988), Finnish athlete and racing driver * Kimberley Ebb (born 1987), Australian rules foot ...

* Pinaymootang School - Pinaymootang First Nation, Manitoba *

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Fisher River Cree Nation, Manitoba Fisher is an archaic term for a fisherman, revived as gender-neutral. Fisher, Fishers or The Fisher may also refer to: Places Australia *Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *Elect ...

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- Long Plain First Nation, Manitoba * Amos Okemow Memorial School - Manto Sipi First Nation,

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* Sakastew School -

Mathias Colomb First Nation The Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (MCCN) ( cr, ᐸᑲᑕᐚᑲᐣ, pukatawâkan) —also known as Mathias Colomb First Nation, Mathias Colomb (Cree) First Nation, and Pukatawagan/Mathias Colomb Cree Nation—is a remote First Nations community in ...

Pukatawagan, Manitoba Pukatawagan is a First Nations community about north of The Pas in Manitoba. It is part of the Mathias Colomb First Nation. It can be reached by train from The Pas by a branch of the Keewatin Railway Company, a passenger service provided by Via ...

* Miskooseepi School -

Bloodvein First Nation The Bloodvein First Nation is a First Nations community located on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, along the Bloodvein River in Manitoba, Canada. There are many caribou, bears, wolves, bald eagles, lynx, owls, and various species of fish in the ...

, Bloodvein, Manitoba * Nisichawayasihk Neyo Ohtinwak Collegiate -

Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN; cr, ᓂᓯᒐᐚᔭᓯᕽ, nisicawâyasihk; formerly the Nelson House First Nation) is a Cree First Nations community centered in Nelson House, Manitoba, Canada. Its main reserve is Nelson House 170. Nelson H ...

Nelson House, Manitoba Nelson House ( cr, ᓂᓯᒐᐚᔭᓯᕽ, nisicawâyasihk) is a designated place in northern Manitoba, Canada adjacent to the Nelson House 170 Indian Reserve, which is part of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation. It is located approximately northwest o ...

* Otetiskiwin Kiskinwamahtowekamik -

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