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The Friends of Ontario’s First Nation Public Libraries Honour Program recognizes
and conveys respect and appreciation to individuals who and organizations that have actively demonstrated significant understanding of and support for the
establishment and ongoing development of public libraries in First Nation communities.
The Program, initiated in 2004 for first presentation in 2005, is
coordinated annually by a member of Ontario’s First Nations public library community. Members of the First Nations public library community nominate
candidates for the Honour program based on specified criteria.
The program honour is a handcrafted, stained-glass friendship feather presented in a frame
with an engraved plaque.
The first Friendship Feather presentations took place at the 2005 First Nations Public Library Week Launch hosted by Bkejwanong First
Nation Public Library, Walpole Island on February 14. Since 2006, Honour recipients have received their Friendship Feathers at the annual Public Library
Awards Dinner that takes place at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference.
The Friends of Ontario’s First Nation Public Libraries’ Honour
Program gained a corporate sponsor in 2006. The First Nations public library community gratefully acknowledges the financial support of Goodminds.com
(Educational Resources for Native American Studies, First Nations Studies,
Indigenous Studies, and Aboriginal Studies).
Honour Recipient Gallery
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