Nickel Belt News Volume 61 • Issue 44
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Land-based issue of student journal a voyage of self-discovery for contributors BY IAN GRAHAM
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The theme of the eighth edition of University College of the North’s (UCN) student journal Muses from the North was connection to the land, but for many of the writers whose work was published, a secondary theme was discovery. The issue, which came out a couple of months ago, features works by many students who either thought they weren’t strong writers or never showed their work to anyone but now have a publishing credit to their name. “I’ve always hidden my writing,” said Kayla Wall, whose contribution is entitled ‘Losing land is losing life.’ “I didn’t let anybody read my writing before. This is a huge accomplishment for me.” Kelly Laybolt, whose writing also appeared in an earlier issue, recalls that when he came to UCN he had been out of school for more than five years and working in the mine. Getting published was not one of his priorities, because just taking English classes made him nervous. “It made me feel good to know that even though I had been gone so long that
my writing was still good enough to be seen by a lot of people,” said Laybolt, whose piece ‘Remembering Our Teaching’ looks back on his days with the Scouts. Exhilarating as it can be to have a piece of writing published, it also brings about apprehension, either when you sign off on the final version or when it is printed and people have the chance to read it. “I immediately started thinking, ‘Oh, I could have added that, I could have changed this,’” says Ian Sinclair, the title of whose contribution comes from something that his grandfather often told him – ‘You must respect the land.’ “Once it’s sent I can’t really do anything, I can’t really say, ‘Send it back to me, I need to add more,” so I was nervous.” “I felt happy but at the same time I had a mixed feeling of, ‘Oh boy, people are going to start critiquing my work now,” says Sandreka Kaczoroski. She wrote about her home country of Jamaica in one of her published pieces. “You write about your own country thinking, ‘Oh, there’s a little negativity in there.’” A published article not
Thompson Citizen image courtesy of University College of the North The cover page of the spring 2021 edition of University College of the North’s student journal Muses from the North. only reflects all the work and many rounds of edits it went through to get to its final form, but also serves as a snapshot in time, says Nicole MacKenzie, who wrote ‘COVID-19: Is this really happening?’ about the coronavirus pandemic
in the seventh issue of Muses. “It just gave me an opportunity to reflect on the pandemic,” she said. “I don’t know if I would have done that if we had not been assigned that assignment so that was kind of neat to
be able to put my feelings and thoughts on a piece of paper and be able to get it recorded.” Though thoughts of receiving negative feedback can be daunting, being praised for your work is the more agreeable flip side, even if it comes from possibly biased sources. “I shared it with my family after it came out and then I was really nervous, my heart was pounding,” said Nateshia Personious-Constant, who contributed a poem called ‘The Sorrow for Our Future Generations.’ “They gave me their feedback and they told me they liked it.” Darlene Wilson, a “quiet writer” since she was a teenager, wasn’t surprised by her mother’s reaction to her story ‘Blueberries and White Skin.’ “She was on the phone to relatives all over Canada,” Wilson says. Hearing from her former high school English teacher that he enjoyed her contribution was a bonus, especially since he deserves some of the credit for inspiring Wilson to express herself. “He was one of the encouragers for my own writing,” she said.
Learning something about yourself is nearly as rewarding as seeing an article in print, says Catherine Ross, whose academic work on Indigenous literature was published. “It was very challenging, especially writing for so long,” she said. “It’s been a challenge, coming from a reserve and whatnot.” UCN professor Dr. Jospeh Atoyebi, who co-edits Muses along with Dr. Ying Kong, says no one could replicate what the student contributors have done, regardless of perceived writing ability. “No one was going to tell your story better than you,” he said. UCN student Paul Matczuk, whose graphic short story appeared in an earlier edition, says people often underestimate or are unaware of their own abilities. “There’s so much creativity in the north, so much incredible untapped creativity,” he said. “I did not know that I was a capable writer until I was discovered.” The eighth issue of Muse from The North can be read online at https://www. ucn.ca/sites/mftn/Pages/ Issue-8.aspx.
Indigenous women still live in fear 50 years after murder of Helen Betty Osborne BY SHARI NARINE
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The murder of Helen Betty Osborne on Nov. 13, 1971 was “embedded” in the lives of Breanne Lavallee-Heckert’s mother and aunties. “I remember watching the way my mom would react to that story. It’s the intergenerational effect of this for Indigenous women, this sort of knowing that we are killed with impunity,” said Lavallee-Heckert, a Red River Métis woman from Treaty 1 territory. “That changed how I was raised.” In 1974, Lavallee-Heckert’s mother and aunties moved from the small Métis community of St. Ambrose, Man. to Winnipeg. “I think I was 13. My aunties had a very serious conversation with my cousins and I about violence. Violence was always at the forefront, just living in that way. I don’t think it’s normal for most Canadian young people to grow
up thinking about themselves living in a violent context, but growing up as an Indigenous girl, especially in the prairies, that is reality,” said Lavallee-Heckert. In 1971, Osborne, 19, was abducted and brutally murdered near The Pas, Man. She had moved to the community from her home of Norway House Cree Nation to continue her education. She wanted to become a teacher. It took RCMP several months to discover the names of the four men implicated in Osborne’s abduction and killing. However, it would take more than 16 years for justice – as limited as it was – to be carried out. Dwayne Johnston was convicted in December 1987 and sentenced to life in prison. His conviction was upheld by the Manitoba Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear his appeal. James Houghton was acquitted. Lee Colgan received immunity from prosecution to testify against Houghton and Johnston. Norman Manger
Nickel Belt News photo courtesy of Alan Mason/Manitoba Historical Society A monument in The Pas commemorating Helen Betty Osborne, a Norway House Cree Nation woman murdered in 1971. It wasn’t until 1987 that someone was convicted for the crime. was never charged. The crime was brutal. Osborne was picked up in the common town practice of targeting Indigenous women “to party.” She was forced into the vehicle. In the vehicle, and at two different locations, she was repeatedly raped, beaten and burned.
At the final location she was stabbed multiple times and her body dumped in the bushes. Horrifyingly, there was silence from those who lived in The Pas and knew directly and indirectly who had committed the crime. The Osborne trial and outcome led to Manitoba form-
ing the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry (AJI), headed by then associate chief justice Alvin Hamilton and judge Murray Sinclair. The AJI was tasked with looking at whether racial prejudice played a role in the police investigation. Months of testimony in 1989 made it clear that racism was an encompassing factor. Although stating there were “several aspects of the case which the RCMP should have handled better,” the report concluded, “It has been suggested that the delay in bringing the case to court indicated racism and that the police would have exerted more effort if the deceased had been non-Aboriginal. It also has been suggested that residents of The Pas were in possession of valuable information and kept that information from the police because the victim was Aboriginal. After hearing all the testimony and reviewing the evidence, we have concluded that racism played a significant role in this case, but it did not cause any delay in
the investigation of the killing or in the prosecution of those responsible.” Osborne’s story remains relevant in the legal field even today. In 2017, the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) and the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW) referenced the Osborne case when making a submission to the Alberta Justice system on the “systemic issues framing the inhumane treatment” of Cree woman Angela Cardinal. Not only was Cardinal, a sexual abuse victim, incarcerated for five nights to ensure she would appear in court as a witness, but she was transported to court in the same vehicle with the man who would ultimately be convicted of sexually assaulting her. The Osborne case was cited as an example of a “system in crisis” and specifically having “far too many parallels between the criminal justice system’s treatment of OsContinued on Page B3
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'How many cases are we just not awareCareers of?' asks Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women president Continued from Page B1 borne and Cardinal.” There is significance to drawing this comparison, says IAAW chair and president Lisa Weber, who is also a lawyer. “… segments of society say, ‘Well it was a different era. We've improved as a society so much more.’ But we actually have not in many ways. So I think that's one of the important acknowledgements in that comparison,” said Weber. Lavallee-Heckert, who has two law degrees but is not a practising lawyer, is a board member on LEAF. “The way the law remembers certain cases … the Helen Betty Osborne case is one of them. The horrific nature of what happened to her, I think, stays in Canadian legal memory in the same way, like, Cindy Gladue, for example.… There are not very many cases that make it to the courts where Indigenous women are victims and when they do make it to the courts they are awful. They are things that are traumatizing, stories that really stick,” she said. Weber was involved with IAAW in the case against Gladue’s killer. Ontario trucker Bradley Barton was charged in the Métis-Cree woman’s death in a hotel room in Edmonton in 2011. He was convicted of manslaughter in 2021. “(The trials were) terrible the first time around, as well as the second time around most recently. Un-
fortunately, there is still a lot of indignity that I'm seeing done by the system toward Indigenous women … to have your reproductive body parts parading around in court is just so inhumane. It’s very traumatizing,” said Weber, who is Métis. While she agrees that the Osborne and Gladue killings are well-known, because they are “extreme cases … I think we can't dismiss the reality that there are probably so many, many, many more cases that are under the radar of the sensational coverage … so we can't devalue that reality.” Weber says if she has seen anything positive since Osborne’s murder, it comes through the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), which she participated in as legal counsel for the IAAW. “At the very least it seems to be now starting to be more of an awareness that these are issues,” she said. She does point out that despite the AJI’s conclusion that racism didn’t cause any delay by the RCMP in the Osborne investigation, the MMIWG inquiry had specific hearings dealing with police concerns and interactions. “I think racism is in all levels of the Canadian society. There's no way for it not to be embedded in how the system responds to situations, whether it's at the community level
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or the systemic level or process level,” said Lavallee-Heckert. She also believes that with the Internet and social media, spreading hate has become easier. She also points to Tina Fontaine in 2014, the 15-year-old girl from Sagkeeng First Nation whose body was found wrapped in plastic and a duvet cover in Winnipeg’s Red River. Raymond Cormier was charged with second-degree murder in her death, but acquitted by a jury. Fontaine’s death impacted Lavallee-Heckert in the same manner as Osborne’s death impacted her mother
and aunties. Lavallee-Heckert says she is tired of reports that get little traction. That it took decades from Osborne’s death to get a national inquiry to be called into MMIWG shows “that we're not very important in society, which is sad but true, ” said Weber of the system’s view of Indigenous women. And that it took perseverance by RCMP Const. Robert Urbanowski to get charges laid in Osborne’s death is sobering. “How many other cases, just for a variety of reasons, can't be chased after for years and years? How
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Celebrate Education Week: April 16-20, 2018 The School District of Mystery Lake is now hiring for Substitute Educational Assistants and The Board of Trustees invites you to celebrate Casual, District Clerical/Secretarial Education Week 2018 in our schools. substitute and Support positions. Happy Education Week to all of the District staff. For further information, and totoapply visitour our website It takes everyone support at https://mysterynet.mb.ca/Employment.php students in their learning. and you select Thank forJob all Connect. that you do to We thankenrich you forthe your application however only lives of our students. applicants shortlisted will be contacted. “You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process School District of Mystery Lake as long as he lives.” Clay P. Bedford Thank you. The School District Board of Trustees of Mystery Lake SuccessThe forSchool all District of Mystery Lake invites applications for the permanent position of Celebrate Education Week: April 16-20, 2018 Cree Language/
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The Board of Trustees invites you to celebrate LOCATION: School Board Office Education Week 2018 in our schools. POSTING: TE20211020-001 Happy Education Week to all of the District staff. FTE: 1.0000 It takes everyone to support our START DATE: students JAN. 05,in2022 their learning. SALARY: As per TTA CBA on website Thank you for all that you do to CLOSING DATE: NOV. enrich the 30, lives2021 of our students. CLOSING TIME: 16:00 pm JOB QUALIFICATIONS: “You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating • A Manitoba Teacher’s Certificate or eligibility for teacher curiosity, he will continue the learning process certification in the Province of Manitoba. as long asand he lives.” Clay P.to Bedford assistance administration, • Provide guidance instructional staff and other teams to support the Thank you. and incorporation development, implementation of Aboriginal Perspectives in the curriculum and Board of Trustees programming to enhance Aboriginal student success. TheIndigenous School District of Mystery Lake language programming and • Coordinate develop Cree language resources, to ensure the consistent and effective implementation of local and provincial Cree bilingual and Cree as a Second Language. • The Consultant is also responsible to provide leadership and facilitate training focusing on Aboriginal worldviews, second language teaching, learning and cultural proficiency. • The potential candidate must be able to work in a team focused environment. For further information or to submit an application contact Lorie Henderson, Superintendent of Educational Services & Programming School District of Mystery lake. 408 Thompson Drive North Thompson MB R8N 0X7 Written applications should include qualifications, experience, 3 references and a brief statement of educational philosophy and beliefs. Online application through Employee Connect or Job Connect at www.mysterynet.mb.ca We thank you for your application, however only applicants short listed will be contacted.
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A career that's bigger than just banking. Assiniboine Credit Union is not just the place we go to work every day. It’s part of who we are. As a socially responsible and profitable financial co-operative, our team does amazing things. We provide accessible, local banking services; offer meaningful employment to our talented and diverse workforce; and work tirelessly to create sustainable communities. The same inspired and passionate people who choose to bank here are the people who choose to work here. Build your career with Assiniboine, where it’s bigger than just banking.
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‘We will never forget:’ Indigenous veterans honoured for service, sacrifice BY DAVE BAXTER
LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG SUN
Indigenous Canadians who served this country, and those who gave their own lives in that service were honoured and remembered in Winnipeg and across the nation Nov. 8. Nov. 8 was National Indigenous Veterans Day in Canada, a day that has been observed since 1994, and honours First Nations, Métis and Inuit soldiers who have served their country in military service. On the morning of Nov. 8, veterans were honoured at a ceremony hosted by the Manitoba Indigenous Veterans Inc. organization at the Circle of Life Thunderbird House in downtown Winnipeg, one of many ceremonies that took place across the country to mark National Indigenous Veterans Day. The ceremony saw speeches by several Indigenous veterans, and wreaths laid to honour those who died in the service of their country. “Thank you for being here to honour the veterans,” retired Cpl. Melvin Swan said to the crowd that gathered at Thunderbird House. “The ones that have passed, the ones that are still out there, the people that still struggle with the system of the military, policing, society, whatever it may be. “We’re human beings and we will never forget. We will always remember them, the warriors, the veterans.” Assembly of Manitoba
Chiefs (AMC) Grand Chief Arlen Dumas attended the Nov. 8 ceremony, and said it is important to have a day to honour Indigenous veterans, because he said many of those who served this country in times of war weren’t always treated with dignity and respect when they returned home. “There are all these tremendous warriors, people who were fighting for that treaty relationship and for the freedoms that we all benefit from today,” Dumas said. “But unfortunately when those warriors had come back, the systemic racism that existed in this country made it very clear to them they were not going to be considered the same systemically.” Dumas said because of that systemic racism, many Indigenous veterans who served this country have gone unrecognized and undervalued, despite their service and their sacrifices. “So it is important that we take these initiatives to elevate the issues, and elevate the pride,” Dumas said. Winston Wuttunee, 81, a veteran who said he served in the military, and has had many of his relatives also serve, was one of several veterans that attended the ceremony, and he laid a wreath in honour of those who gave their lives. He said he knows that many Indigenous veterans signed up to serve in war time because they felt a duty to defend not only their country, but also to “defend
our Earth.” “Indigenous people believe in the idea of ‘our beautiful earth,’ and when Indigenous people went out to fight they were defending our earth,” Wuttunee said. “When veterans in the wars came out to fight they were protecting our beautiful Earth.” According to Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) tens of thousands of Indigenous Canadians served this country during the First and Second World Wars, as well as in the Korean War and beyond. “The story of Indigenous service in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and later Canadian Armed Forces efforts is a proud one,” the VAC said on their website. “While exact numbers are elusive, it has been estimated that as many as 12,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit people served in the great conflicts of the 20th century, with at least 500 of them sadly losing their lives. “These determined volunteers were often forced to overcome many challenges to serve in uniform, from learning a new language and adapting to cultural differences, to having to travel great distances from their remote communities just to enlist.” — Dave Baxter is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of the Winnipeg Sun. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the government of Canada.
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