1. National Overview of the First Nation Forest Sector NADF Forestry Expo: Growing our Forests April 22, 2015 Fort William First Nation Territory Thunder Bay, ON National Aboriginal Forestry Association

2.  Atlantic - Brad Sappier  Quebec - Brenda St. Denis  Ontario - Raymond Ferris  Manitoba - Don Lathlin  Saskatchewan - Vice Chief Dwayne Lasas  Alberta - Darrell Anderson  British Columbia - Lennard Joe  Yukon - Geraldine Pope  Northwest Territories - Chief Roy Fabian  Executive Director – Bradley Young

3. Our Homelands – the Bush  480 of 633 First Nations (80%)  Treaty, Aboriginal, Inherent Rights Territories  Forestry Interest  Forest Management (Policy)  Business Development (Self-sufficiency)  Interim Accommodation  National discussions  Provincial deals

5. Tenure Uptake  1982 - 125,000 m3  2003 - 7,982,990 m3  2006 - 11,685,474 m3  2013 - 19,199,333 m3

6. Main Theme: Increasing Responsibility  Fibre Transformation  Market Development  Institutionalize Indigenous Forest Management Practices