By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  A business alliance between the 17 member nations of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations in Alberta is expected to present new opportunities that will pave the way to economic independence.   “We are stronger when we work together and this historic alliance will enable us to invest in big industry projects and other opportunities we may not have been able to obtain on our own through individual bidding,” said Treaty 6 Grand Chief George Arcand, Jr.   Arcand, who is also chief of the Alexander First Nation, and seven other chiefs joined on Dec. 14 at the River Cree Resort on the Enoch Cree Nation as the first signatories to the Confederacy Investors Group Ltd. Partnership (CIG).   “As a group

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