July 11, 2013

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KI youth embrace trip to Portugal PAGE 11

Weagamow dealing with overheated nursing station PAGE 3

Vol. 40 No. 27

Lac Seul celebrates treaty day PAGE 9 9,300 copies distributed $1.50

July 11, 2013 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

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Homecoming premiere: Maggie Sofea premieres the film about her journey back home to Nibinamik in her home community. See page 10.

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ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐤ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐅᑭᒥᓀᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᐸᒥᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐤ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᑌᕑᐅ ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ ᐅᑭᒥᓀᐧᑕᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐸᐸᒥ ᑭᐅᑫᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭ ᐸᐸᒥ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᑕᑫᐨ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐅᑯᐡᑲᐦᐃᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓫᐃᐸᐧᐣ ᐸᐧᕑᒋᑯ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ. “ᑭᒥᓀᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᐊᐧᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ, ᐁᑭᑕᑎᐸᒋᒧᑕᑎᔭᐠ ᓂᑎᓯᓭᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑕᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᔭᓂᒪᐠ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ. “ᑌᑎᐸᑲᒥᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᐊᓂᒥᓭᔭᐠ.” ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑕᑭᐧ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐅᑯᐡᑲᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑎᑐᕑ ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓫᐃᓫᐃ ᒪᐠᑫ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐁᐧ ᑲᐸᐸᒥ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᑐᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᑎᒪᑭᓭᑭᐣ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᐊᐣᐟᕑᐃ ᑲᓴᐸᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓂᑯ ᐊᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ

ᓇᑐᒥᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᐃᐧᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ 43 ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣᐢ ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᓴᑭᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 17 ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 21 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ. ᑲᓴᐸᐧᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐁᓂᐱᒥ ᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᔭᓂ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᒥ ᒪᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᑐᐨ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑲᑭᑎᒪᑭᓭᓂᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑌᐸᓂᑫᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᐸᒥᔭᐊᐧᐨ. “ᓂᑭᒪᒪᑲᑌᓂᒪᐠ ᐁᑭ ᒥᓀᐧᑕᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑐᑲᐣ ᓫᐃᓫᐃ ᒥᓇ ᑎᑐᕑ ᑲᑭ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒋᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᔭᑫᓂᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐃᐧᑌᐃᐧᓂᐨ,” ᑲᓴᐸᐧᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ. “ᐁᑭᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᐧ ᐁᐊᐧᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᓂᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐱᔑ ᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᒪᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᑕᒪᐣ.” ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ ᐅᑭᔭᓂᐸᑭᓇᐣ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᔑᑭᔐᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᔑ ᐊᔭᒥᒋᑫᐨ, ᑎᑐᕑ ᑭᓂᑲᒧ

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ᐣᑐᒋᒥᐣ, ᓂᓇᓇᑐᓇᐊᐧᒥᐣ ᑫᐅᑐᑌᒥᒪᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑭᐊᓄᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᔭᑭᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᓂᔑᒥᓄᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᒥᐊᐧ.” ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑌᐯᐧ ᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂ ᐁᑭᐅᑐᑌᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᔭᓂ ᐸᑲᑫᓂᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᑐᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ 25,000 ᑭᑕᓄᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᓴᑭᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 23 ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 26. “ᑭᒥᓄᓭ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᑯ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑭ ᑲᑫᐧ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᒧᓂᐁᐧᔭᐠ ᓂᑎᓯᓭᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑕ ᓂᑎᓯᓭᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᑯ ᑲᔦ ᓂᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᔕᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᓇᓇᑐᓇᐊᐧᔭᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐅᑐᑌᒥᑯᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᔭᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᐨ.” ᑎᑐᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒥᓄᓭᓂ ᐅᒪᒐᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᐁᑭᓇᑭᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ.

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ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧ ᐯᐸᐣ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐣ

ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭ ᑭᐦᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑐᕑᐃᑎ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᑯᐸᓀᐣ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᐧᐃ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧ ᐯᐸᓂᓂ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᐅᔕ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓇᓇᑎᓇᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᑲᐊᐧᓂᓭᓂᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒥᓂᐨ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᒥᐅᐁᐧ ᐸᐢᑲᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᓄᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ᙮ ᒪᐊᕑᐠ ᕑᐃᐟᐁᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑌᐸᑫᓂᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒋᑭᐦᐃᓇᓄᑭᓂᐨ᙮

ᓂᔓᑭᔑᑲ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᓇᑲ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑭᐃᔑᒋᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑭᔑᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᓀᐃᐧᐨ ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ᙮ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᑫᑯᓂᓂ ᑭᐃᔑᑲᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐃᐧ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑭᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ᙮ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᔭ ᑭᒪᒣᑕᐁᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑐᑲᐣ ᒋᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐁᐧᐱᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐡᑭᐳᒋᑫᐸᑐᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑐᐦᐁᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐸᐸᒥᑲᐧᐡᑯᓂᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᒣᑕᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒋ᙮ ᑭᐱᒪᑯᐁᐧᐸᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐱᓂ ᐅᑭᐊᐸᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᒪᒣᑕᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋᐦᐊᔭᐠ ᑭᒪᒣᑕᐁᐧᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᒪᑯᔕᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᔕᑯᔑᑲ᙮

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Rangers sign MOU with OPP

Lac Seul commemorates treaty signing

Officially setting out an agreement on search and rescue operations in the north, an MOU between the Canadian Rangers and the Ontario Provincial Police was signed last week.

The agreement is being called the first of its kind in Canada.

Rangers Captain Mark Rittwage said the agreement was signed because the OPP has trust in what the Rangers can do.

A two-day event at Lac Seul First Nation was held to celebrate treaty days on July 5 and 6.

There was something for everyone in Lac Seul, with treaty annuity payments happening on the first day. Youth came out to play games such as axe throwing and woodsawing in the ball field, or jumping around in bouncy castles. There was ice hockey, various water games, games for Elders, and a feast on both days.

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ᑲᒥᑫᐧᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᔭᐃᐧᑫᑯᓂᓂ ᐃᐧᐊᐸᑕᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑐᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᑲᐃᔑᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒪᑭ ᓱᐱᐊ ᑲᒪᓯᓇᑌᓭᐨ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑕᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᐃᒪ ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᐣ ᐁᐦᐊ ᑲᒪᓯᓇᑌᓭᐨ ᒪᑭ ᓱᐱᐊ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᐁᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᑭ ᑭᐦᑭᒋᐃᐧᓴᑭᔑᓄᑯᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐸᔑᒧᑯᐸᓀᐣ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐁᐧᒋᑲᐡᑭᑐᐨ ᒋᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᐣ ᑭᔑᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ ᓴᑲᓱ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᐠ᙮ ᓱᐱᐊ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒍᐡᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐅᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐁᔭᓂᒪᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑭᑕᑲᐧᑭᐸᓂᐣ᙮ ᒪᑎᔪ ᓱᐱᐊ ᐁᐦᐊ ᒪᑭ ᐅᐢᑌᓴᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᐸᔭᑌᐃᐧᑕᒪᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᐣ᙮

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Maggie Sofea film premieres in Nibinamik The film documenting Maggie Sofea’s journey back to her home community after a swimming accident left her paralyzed was premiered in Nbinamik on July 9.

Sofea said the film shows just how far people with disabilities can go if they have proper supports in place.

Matthew Sofea, Maggie’s brother and a band councilor in Nibinamik, called the film very inspiring.

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ᐁᐦᐊ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᓇᐯᐢ ᐁᑕᓴᑭᐃᐧᓀᐨ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᒥᓇᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᔭᐃᐧᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᓂᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐃᑫᐧ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑐᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᐁᐅᒋᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᓂᔭ ᑲᒣᕑᐊᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᔕ ᓂᔭᓄᔕᑊ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐃᐧᔭᐃᐧᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᒥᑲᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐠ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᑕ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᑲᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᑫᒋᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᑕᑭᐅᒋᒥᑭᑲᑌᓯᓄᐣ᙮ ᑲᒣᕑᐊᐣ ᐁᐦᐊᐣ ᐅᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐣ ᐊᐧᐣᒪᐨ ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᒥᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑐᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑐᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᓂᒥᔑᓇᑎᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᑐᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᑕ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᐯᐠ ᑲᒥᑫᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᔭᐃᐧᑫᑯᓂᓂ ᑲᑭᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᓂᓂᐠ᙮

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Stem cell swab drive in Treaty #3 The needs of a five-year old boy looking for a stem cell donor has driven a Treaty #3 woman to start a stem cell drive in Kenora.

Tania Cameron said she has discovered there are 15 people in Canada in need of an Aboriginal stem cell donor, and that those people are unlikely to find a match from donors in other places in the world.

Cameron is working with OneMatch, a global stem cell network, to collect swabs from Aboriginal people in the Treaty #3 area in order to build a bigger database of Aboriginal stem cells.

ᑐᐁᐧᐣ ᓫᐃᐣᐠᓫᐁᑐᕑ ᑭᐱᑎᑫᓭ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᑕ ᐅᔑᐱᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᒪᐤ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᑕᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᑐᐁᐧᐣ ᓫᐃᐣᐠᓫᐁᑐᕑ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒧᐢ ᑯᕑᐃ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐱᑎᑫᓭ ᐃᐃᒪ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐅᔑᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐁᑕ ᓱᐱ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᒥᓇᑲᓄᐃᐧ᙮ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᑕ ᐅᔑᐱᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᒪ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ᙮ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᓫᐃᐣᐠᓫᐁᑐᕑ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐨ $50,000 ᒪᒪᐤ ᑕᐸᑭᓇᑫ᙮ ᓫᐃᐣᐠᓫᐁᑐᕑ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᐅᑭᐅᔑᐱᐦᐊᐣ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐁᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᔐᑊᕑᐊᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᑭᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᔑᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐁᓇᑲᐧᓂᓂᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐊᐦᑭ ᑲᑭᓇᐧᐱᑫᑕᐱᐨ ᐅᑕᐸᐣᑲᐠ᙮

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Duane Linklater shortlisted as top five artist Duane Linklater of Moose Cree First Nation has been shortlisted as top five emerging artist with the Sobey Art Award.

The award recognizes emerging artists from across Canada. If Linklater wins, he will receive a $50,000 prize.

Linklater recently had a piece called Chevrons displayed at a local art gallery in Toronto. The piece was based on the logo of the Ontario Northland Railway.

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Weagamow nursing station closes due to overheating Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Weagamow is feeling a sense of relief after two air conditioners were installed in the Sena Memorial Nursing Station on July 7.

“What we have now is a band-aid solution to a big problem that’s been an ongoing problem,” said Doug Beardy, maintenance man at the Sena Memorial Nursing Station. “We have one installed in the waiting room and one installed in the front reception area where all the offices are. But all the other offices don’t have any (air conditioners).”

The air conditioners were installed after the nursing station staff held a protest on July 5 after evacuating the building due to overheated conditions, with the temperature reaching 85 Fahrenheit on a humidex scale.

“It was really hot last week all over — we had sort of a heat wave,” Weagamow band councillor Grace Matawapit said on July 8. “It’s been an ongoing thing every summer — the clinic gets really hot — but this year it was worse.”

Matawapit said the health station will be receiving a central air conditioning system this September, noting the band had already received a letter stating the funding was approved.

“I don’t think the staff was aware that it was coming,” Matawapit said. “They just assumed that nothing was

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Weagamow’s Sena Memorial Nursing Station staff held a protest on July 5 over poor working conditions inside the building due to high temperatures. The band responded quickly with the loan of two air conditioners, which were installed on July 7 and have since kept the building at a cooler temperature. being done about it, but that letter stated that they would be doing something about the problem.”

Matawapit said there haven’t been any complaints from patients at the nursing station because they do not have to stay in the building for extended periods.

“They go in and out again,” Matawapit said. “It was the working group that was affected — they have to be there from 8:30 to 4:30 every

day. Those were the ones who were suffering because they had to do their jobs.”

Matawapit said the band is considering the installation of a third air conditioner to help keep the temperatures reasonable.

“They keep a close eye on the humidex (scale), so if it reaches that again then they’ll have to go home again,” Matawapit said. “It seems to be a bit cooler today — we had rain yesterday, a downpour,

so it cooled off lots so today seems to be not too bad.”

The nursing station’s humidex scale has a sticker placed

by Health Canada that indicates when the temperature has reached 85, the building must be evacuated.

“It’s a big building and we’ve had small air conditioners in the two examination rooms every summer, but it doesn’t do any good at all,” Beardy said.

As of 3 p.m. on July 8, the

nursing station was cooler than before the air conditioners were installed.

“It’s cooler today,” Beardy said. “They (staff) say it is about 75, so that is about 10 degrees lower.”

Beardy is still waiting for more information about the third air conditioner.

“They’re thinking about putting another one in,” Beardy said. “They’re going to let us know. We’ll see how that goes.”

Beardy said the building’s design makes the problem worse because all the offices are located in the centre without any windows.

“I thought we had ventilation when I installed the air conditioners because I was going to vent it into the vents that are there, but I just found out they are not real vents,” Beardy said. “It’s just to vent air from one room to another.

There is no duct work at all.”

Inquest must examine root causes of youth deaths: Regional Chief Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Loretta Ross

Chiefs of Ontario (COO) says it will do its part to ensure that the inquest into the deaths of seven Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) youth who died while attending school in Thunder Bay examines the root causes and arrives at meaningful and realistic recommendations.

On June 11 COO was granted status to participate in the inquest, along with NAN, Northern Nishnawbe Education Council, a representative of the families of six of the deceased youth and other organizations.

“This inquest is essential to the protection of the lives of First Nation youths and in the protection of their right to access education in the same

way as Canadian youth,” stated Regional Chief Stan Beardy.

Beardy said that COO fully supports NAN’s participation in the inquest, as the youth all came from NAN communities.

He added, however, that the deaths raise issues that are common to all First Nations in Ontario, and that there is a “critical need” to cut through the red tape of governments to ensure First Nation youth get the help and support they deserve.

“We continue to support the families and communities of those youth who are the subject of the inquest. Nothing will return them to their families,” Beardy said. “However, if the inquest is inclusive and broad in scope, there will be a legacy of real change for future genera-

tions in all of our First Nations in Ontario.”

The June 11 hearing, which was the first step in the inquest, established which organizations would be given standing.

No date for the start of the actual inquest has yet been set.

Ontario’s regional supervising coroner for the north region, Michael Wilson, said the investigation phase of the inquest is still ongoing.

“The (inquest’s) scope will also dictate what further investigation needs to be done,” Wilson said. “That scope, I anticipate, will be set in collaborative fashion.”

Wilson said the inquest will be held in Thunder Bay at a site yet to be determined, noting the new court house “is under serious consideration as a venue.”

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ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ 1974 ᐁᐅᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᐧᐁᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑕᐃᑦᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ. ᑕᓱᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐧᐃ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᐃᐣ ᐅᓇᔓᐧᐁᐧᐃ ᑲᓇᐧᐊᐸᒋᑫᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᒋᐃᔑ ᐸᐸᒥᓯᒪᑲᐠ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ.

Commentary First steps towards a colourful culture Stephanie Wesley WAWATAY NEWS

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took my son out to his first ever powwow the other weekend. He was a little nervous at the start, as he always is in situations that are new to him. His curiosity eventually overpowered his nerves, and he sat still on a rock to watch the dancers on Mount McKay where the powwow was being held.

Sitting still at his age is hard to do since he wants to be everywhere, so I was impressed that the dancing and drums fascinated him enough to keep him from running off. I was there to take photos for the paper, so I was worried about not being able to keep an eye on both him and the scenes of the powwow at the same time.

Suffice it to say, he was well behaved and I managed to get a lot of great photos.

I have only been working with a camera for the last few months and have taken pictures at many different events and photographed a lot of different situations – but never before have I photographed a powwow.

When I uploaded the photos later to my computer at home, I was surprised at how beautiful they all turned out.

The colours and designs of the various regalia on display and the movement in the photos was unlike anything else I have ever photographed.

I could see why my son was so taken by the dancers because it really was a sight to be seen.

I haven’t been to many powwows myself, mainly due to the exclusion of culture in my upbringing. It’s really nobody’s fault in my family what happened in the past regarding assimilation. Those in power may have taken a very important piece of our identity away from my ancestors, but I am realizing now that that piece can be reclaimed.

It is not a process that has to be rushed. I can learn a little every day and begin to introduce our culture to my son so he won’t have to grow up without an identity the way I did.

You know, maybe it would have made a difference had I known more about myself, had my family taken part a little more in celebrating who

we are as Anishinaabe people.

Maybe I would have been a happier child and teenager, not that I was completely miserable but there was always that seemingly never-ending desire to fit in – to be a part of something and to have distinctiveness. It was like I could never be comfortable with myself because I was clueless about my culture and myself.

There is this photo I saw online of Chief Sitting Bull – and someone put a caption across it that read ‘I want you to relearn your culture!’

I thought to myself when I read it, how can I relearn something I never knew to begin with?

You can reclaim a culture that was stolen from your grandparents or parents, but you can’t relearn a culture you never had yourself. The caption is almost shaming those who had no control over how they were raised, and really just leaves them feeling bad about their situation.

I am sure the person who wrote the caption had good intentions, but perhaps they need to rethink the message they are sending. Maybe some people need to rethink the words they call others of their own race, as well.

At times growing up, there was a term I heard now and then – ‘apple.’

Red on the outside, white on the inside.

‘Apple.’ What a horrible thing to call someone.

What is red all the way through then? A beet? Should I have called those people who taunted me ‘beets’ then? It is all starting to sound pretty ridiculous, right? – the namecalling, the fixation on your colour. We all bleed red in the end no matter the colour of our skin.

Maybe it is good to have many different colours. It makes the world look all the more interesting – like all the colours my son saw at the powwow, all the movement, all the life, all the colourful Indian Tacos.

I feel this experience I shared with my son will be the first steps towards reclaiming our culture. It may take some time but all good things are worth the time and effort.

So far in my journey towards reclamation, I am thankful for those who haven’t rolled their eyes at me or looked at me with disbelief when I asked certain questions about Anishinaabe culture.

If you never ask, or are afraid to ask, you will never know, right?

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North Spirit Lake, December 1984.

Democracy is fragile Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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was in Istanbul, Turkey this past winter and I had the pleasure to walk in Taksim Square. I was impressed with the city in general as compared to major centres in Morocco and Egypt I have seen. The ancient city, once known as Constantinople for the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, was modern, clean, well organized and generally safe.

The highlights of my visit included the huge market, incredible ancient mosques, the Hagia Sophia, a historic cathedral and of course Taksim Square. It was obvious to me at the time that the square which features one of the few major green spaces in the city was a favourite meeting place for local people. Istiklal (Independance) Avenue, the wide pedestrian-only main street, featured upscale shops, cafes and antique-like trams.

This street was full of the local populace shopping and simply hanging out. There were

tourists also from all over the world and many of them had come from the cruise ships docked at the nearby ancient port. The port and city have had a very interesting and colourful history dating back to 660 BC when it was founded as Byzantium. Later the Romans also ruled the city, when it was called Constantinople. When the Ottomans took over in the 14th century it became a major Islamic centre.

The most interesting thing about this city was that part of it was in Asia and the other in Europe. By simply taking a taxi across the bridge or using a ferry boat I could go back and forth between the two continents with ease. The two continents feature the meeting place of the Bosphorus, Black Sea and Sea of Marmara and this strategic location has made it a major trading centre for thousands of years.

I sat in the cafes along the port and sipped Turkish tea while most people around me sucked on huge tobacco water pipes. I was told it was apple tobacco. Apple tea is also a favourite drink. The local people seemed very western in their dress and their politics. I met many university students in the cafes and they were all very open and interested in life

in Canada. In contrast I noted that in Cairo, Egypt people seemed downtrodden and oppressed but in Istanbul there was a feeling of rich culture and progressive, positive attitudes.

There were many tourist attractions and arts festival posters announcing concerts and exhibitions. I was told that although much of the country is Muslim, Istanbul has a history of being more cosmopolitan mostly due to its strategic location.

What a shock it was for me to read in the news a few weeks after my visit to Istanbul that there were riots at Taksim Square because the hard-line government had decided to develop the park near the square. I recalled my peaceful stroll through the old city and then up the pedestrian street to the lively and beautiful Taksim Square and it made me sad to think that the local people had to take to the streets to protect their most precious part of their city.

It also occurred to me as I read about the riots that beneath the facade of this incredible historic city with all the modern conveniences of a major centre there was little democracy in governance. As is the case with many countries in the Middle East and Africa, our western governments help

to make sure we encourage the election or appointment of regimes that are friendly to us. That is fine for business but often creates big problems for the local people who have to put up with semi or mostly non democratic governments that in many cases are very right wing and often religiously fundamental.

This all made me think about democracy and how really fragile it is. Like the Turks in Istanbul and so many other public groups protesting in other parts of the world we also must remember that we owe it to ourselves and future generations to make sure that our freedoms, rights and liberties are not being eroded or taken away from us. I thought about the recent protests by my people across the country and it made me feel good that we have not forgotten that we do have a right to let our governments know that we are not happy with something they have done. If we care more about what sports team won the game the other night rather than what our governments are doing at the federal parliament buildings or various provincial government legislatures then we could end up in a country we never bargained on.

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Politics and power plays

Injecting life into racism

Concerns raised over matrimonial real property law (Wawatay News, July 4) To be clear, as a public servant that was in the same team as the people working on developing the MRP Bill (although I did not work on the development directly), much consultations took place with FN communities over a long period of time - not to mention a gender-based analysis (among other research) was developed to support the need, intent and desired outcomes of this Bill.

Many Aboriginal women’s groups were very supportive of the work being done, but for some reason decided to show a completely adverse position via public media.

I know for a fact that these people, of FN origin I might add, cared deeply about the issue and potential repercussion on FN women and the communities as a whole.

One must wonder why all the public backlash when support was expressed behind closed doors... ah, politics and power plays... why must they be at odds with progress and good legislation?

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Suboxone not as hard to come off

Re: Methadone clinic has done wonders for Constance Lake (Wawatay News, Nov. 12 2010) I myself have been employed in the methadone field. There is a better and new drug Called Suboxone. It does have the same addiction curing effect as with methadone but it is not as hard to come off of. With methadone you can be on the program for three years minimum just to get off. When you get down to those last 12 mg, it will take you anywhere from six months to a year just to get off it. Where Suboxone you can start and stop taking the medication with very few side effects. I have personally seen addicts that have been using methadone for years try suboxone and stop all together gaining their carries and becoming sober. Suboxone is used when methadone itself has not been successful or you have had many attempts to quit. I believe Suboxone therapy would be a big help in aboriginal communities helping with both the stigma and the overall health of these nations.

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Way to go Kap

Re: Attawapiskat evacuees transfer to Kap It appears that Kapuskasing is one of the very few communities in the NorthEast, who are willing to accommodate evacuees whether it is for fire,flood, water & sewer problems, or if they are from NorthWestern Ontario. Staff go above & beyond their duties to make these unfortunate people comfortable with the limited resources available. Way to go Kap. I am certain that you are appreciated.

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Peter Andre Globensky GUEST COLUMNIST

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recently received an email letter from a friend of mine who asked my opinion about a racist diatribe he had forwarded that appears to have had considerable circulation on the Internet. The rant in question began at as one of those ignorant letters-to-the-editor of a BC newspaper at the end of March of this year wherein the hapless writer complained about everything Aboriginal. http://ca.news.yahoo. com/blogs/dailybrew/racistletter-nanaimo-newspaperaboriginal-people-sparks-backlash-182946377.html Deemed it to be racist and hateful, the newspaper quickly printed an apology and a retraction.

In addition to the bigoted comments in this original published diatribe, two things troubled me most in the forwarded email and accompanying note sent to me by my friend asking my reaction. The first was a comment appearing way-down in one of the earlier forwarding emails that, with an eye to political correctness lest the forwarding agent be thought of as racist herself, said “Quite strong opinions expressed by the author but

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worth thinking on” (underline emphasis my own). The second, after I had researched the contents of the original letter, was that it had obviously reaped the benefit of many additional racist comments and embellishments as it made its way through the sewers and drain-pipes of the Internet: Additional scorn added to the dung-wagon as it passed by.

My only reaction to those who create and/or circulate this garbage is a combination of contempt and, to a lesser extent, sorrow. They are the ones who too often innocently garb themselves in the shabby dress of this nonsense; who know little of culture and less of history and are prone to identify with its content but not brave enough to say so. So they forward it on. Afraid to express their own feelings of ‘disdain’ over all of Aboriginal culture, they permit their festering racism to live vicariously through the forwarding and circulation of this claptrap. In forwarding this particular letter, it also displays an inability to comprehend how a people can adapt to and master their surroundings and live in harmony with the environment with which they interact – exploiting it to the fullest of natural and human potential.

Among its many written lacerations, the letter’s author and subsequent Internet fiction writers insinuated that Aboriginal peoples “made no scientific discoveries”, “had no written language” were “technologically” deprived and made no

nomic system in 2008? Where was their outrage over that blatant, wanton greed? Or what of holding to account the thousands of very wealthy Canadians who have avoided supporting Aboriginal programs or, for that matter, all other Canadian health and social programs by not paying any taxes on the tens of millions of dollars some well-heeled Canadians have squirreled away in off-shore accounts.

medical breakthroughs, blah, blah, blah.

If comparisons are to be made as they were in the letter with Western “civilization,” why not mention the cruelty and impoverishment suffered by the thousands of medieval Londoners festering in the squalid pools of human waste and disease that riddled the city while Mayans had already constructed temples aligned with the polar star and the solstices? Why not speak to the magnificent discovery and creation of the democratizing canoe in Ojibwe and Cree cultures and compare that to the European conveyances of carriages and horse afforded only by the elite classes of High Society? Or how our own civilized governments placed a bounty on the heads of nowextinct Beothuks, or almost annihilated unique and distinct Aboriginal cultures in Canada with their own attempt to “render everyone equal” with the disastrous, soul-killing and cancerous genocidal policy of residential schools.

What is more bothersome and irritating in this circulating rot is the hatred that is at its very root. The original author supported by subsequent anonymous Internet fiction writers expressed grave concern over “the wasting of our tax dollars,” on all things Aboriginal.

Was their concern equivalent and as outraged over the banksters and fraud-artists who, with their derivatives and insider-trading almost singlehandedly demolished our eco-

“My only reaction to those who create or circulate this garbage is a combination of contempt...sorrow.”

– Peter Andre Globensky

Those who drive this drivel are those who are most comfortable at lavishly ornate and colourful masquerade balls filled with all manner of baubles and colourful distractions; of penguin suits and flouncy crinolines, where, hiding behind elaborate and flamboyant masks, and dressed and disguised in the costumes of pretence and phoniness, can then hide their deceptions and enjoy the counterfeit ride – while but being further impoverished and hollowed inside.

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Gearing up for the annual NAN Food Symposium Georgia Wilkins Wawatay News

The 2013 Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Food Symposium will be held this year from July 23-25 at the Nor’Wester Hotel in T hunder Bay. The conference will feature skill-building workshops, guest speakers and presentations from NAN community members.

Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy a feast and learn about traditional medicines.

This year marks the 4th annual NAN Food Symposium, which aims to connect those living across NAN territory so that they can address the region’s food system challenges, while developing community-based solutions.

Joseph LeBlanc, the community project manager for NAN, says that attendees will be eager to have the opportunity to connect and exchange ideas regarding the food system. “They’ll be able to communicate best practices and discuss what’s been learned in an attempt to change the food system,� LeBlanc said. “People are excited to reconnect on an annual basis.�

Food actionists in attendance, who range from youth to Elders, gardeners to fishermen as well as some people from across Canada, will have the opportunity to learn new skills.

Workshops will give attendees the chance to learn to prepare goose and to learn

“People are excited to reconnect on an annual basis.�

-Joseph LeBlanc

how to harvest traditional foods and medicines.

New this year, those in attendance will have the opportunity to attend a movie night that will feature the launch of two short documentaries focusing on food security which NAN was involved in the making of.

The movie night will also feature two films made by students in the film production program at Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Registration for the 2013 NAN Food Symposium is still open. Information is available at www.nan.on.ca.

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The 4th annual NAN Food Symposium takes place July 23-25 at the Nor’Wester Hotel in Thunder Bay. Last year’s symposium featured farm tours, workshops and lots of good food.

Dilico Anishinabek employees take strike action Family care agency says crucial services will continue during work stoppage Georgia Wilkins Wawatay News

Dilico Anishinabek Family Care in Fort William First Nation commenced a strike at 8:00 a.m. on July 8. The strike was advised by The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, which represents 350 Dilico employees.

Dilico provides child welfare, health and mental services to Aboriginal communities across northwestern Ontario.

The organization’s executive director told Wawatay that Dilico has a detailed contingency plan in place to ensure that crucial services continue to be provided.

Darcia Borg, the executive

director of Dilico has assured the public that protecting children from harm is a priority, despite the labor dispute. “Our first priority is our children and families in the communities we serve,�

Borg said. “We are focusing on ensuring their safety and well-being.�

Betty Carpick, Dilico’s

communications manager, confirmed that critical services will continue to operate 24 hours per day, seven days a week to ensure the safety of children.

In an email, Carpick said that Dilico has notified its partners, which include community service agencies, First Nations, hospitals, clinics, police services and native organizations, of the strike.

These partners are able to provide a wide range of support that aligns with support normally provided by Dilico, Carpick said.

Carpick said Dilico hopes that these alternatives will minimize negative effects on youth and families in care.

Services not currently being provided by the agency include the walk-in clinic and

the adult residential treatment centre. Both will be closed throughout the strike.

“Our first priority is our children and families in the communities we serve. We are focusing on ensuring their safety and wellbeing.�

- Darcia Borg

The agency is not able to permit a deficit, as funding for the next three years has already been set.

According to a Dilico press release, the agency has found

savings and was able to present an offer to Dilico employees that included improvements to contract language, improved benefits and an increase in wages.

That offer was rejected by the union.

Dilico serves 13 First Nations in northwestern Ontario, including those along the north shore of Lake Superior and those surrounding Lake Nipigon, as well as providing services for Aboriginal people in Thunder Bay and other urban centres.

The agency incorporates all aspects of Anishnabek culture when providing services such as counseling, infant and child development, and children’s mental health and addiction issues.

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Rangers sign unique agreement to support police searches OPP asks for formal support in search and rescue operations in the north Peter Moon Canadian Rangers

The Canadian Forces have signed a unique memorandum of understanding with the Ontario Provincial Police to have Canadian Rangers provide formal support in ground search and rescue operations in northern Ontario.

It is the first of its kind in Canada, where provincial police services are the lead agency for ground search and rescue. The OPP are the lead in Ontario, the Quebec provincial police in Quebec, and the RCMP in the rest of Canada.

“It’s quite a significant document,” said Capt. Mark Rittwage, officer commanding the Canadian Ranger Company at 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group. “The OPP are responsible for ground search and rescue throughout Ontario and they don’t have much of a presence in the top half of the province, where we have 600 Rangers in 23 First Nations.

The OPP have developed a tremendous trust in what the Rangers can do.

“They have formally asked us to assist them and it’s a win-win situation. We have Rangers who come south and go on a two-week OPP search and rescue course, held here at (Canadian Forces Base) Borden, and get qualified by the OPP to their standard.”

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Canadian Rangers compare notes during a search and rescue training exercise.

edge of their local areas. We provide them with military training that makes them inter-operable with the rest of the Army. And that has proven significant, because now the OPP see the Rangers as part of the Army and as a trained body of troops who are well led and can conduct ground searches with great competence,” Rittwage added.

The agreement formalizes an informal understanding that developed over the past decade between the Rangers and the OPP. It saw Rangers participating with greater frequency in ground search and rescue situations across the Far North of Ontario. Depending on the weather and the time needed to assemble an emergency response team

it could take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more for OPP officers to fly into a remote community. By then, local Rangers were already fully engaged in a search and had often concluded it. If the search was ongoing when the OPP arrived its officers took over the search and the Rangers assisted them with their specialized local knowledge

and on-the-land skills.

“It has worked out well for us and we are happy to formalize it,” said Sgt. Jamie Stirling, provincial search and rescue coordinator for the OPP. “The Rangers are a great asset for us. Having them train with us is working very well, too. Not only are the Rangers learning from us and seeing the value in organizing

a systematic search the way we do it but we are picking up skills from the Rangers that have been passed on to them through the generations.”

Ten Rangers have completed the OPP’s two week training course and more will be taking it, Capt. Rittwage said. The intent is to have a minimum of two OPPqualified Rangers in each Ranger patrol across northern Ontario. There are also plans for additional Rangers to take the OPP’s two-week search manager course so that each patrol can have a qualified search manager.

In the past, full-time army instructors, who have also taken OPP training, were invariably dispatched to supervise Rangers in searches, Capt. Rittwage said.

“We no longer have to do that,” he said. “The Ranger patrol commanders are now so well trained and experienced that they are more than capable of running their own ground search and rescue operations in northern Ontario.”

During the past winter Rangers were credited by the OPP with saving the lives of several lost people in challenging weather conditions that prevented OPP officers from flying into the communities to join the searches.

(Sergeant Peter Moon is the public affairs ranger for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden.)

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Above: Just three of the many drag queen’s during Lac Seul First Nation’s drag queen contest during the two-day treaty day celebrations.

Right: Native comedian Don Burnstick stuck around after the show to sell merchandise, talk to and take pictures with fans during Lac Seul First Nation’s treaty day celebrations.

Lenny Carpenter/Wawatay News

KI Chief Donny Morris, speaking only in Ojicree, tells visitors representing Ontario and Canada commissioners to sign a “treaty” written in syllabics. The reeenactment was meant to show vistors the perspective of KI’s ancestors during the 1929 treaty signing.

KI teach ancestors’ perspective of treaty signing Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

When Kitchenumaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) hosted 43 average Canadians in their community, it gave them an opportunity to teach them about their treaty relationship.

This included a reenactment of the 1929 treaty signing but with a twist.

As the visitors and some local community members gathered at the memorial commemorating the location of the Treaty 9 signing site, Chief Donny Morris addressed everyone in Ojicree.

He then presented a “treaty” written in syllabics.

Two visitors, representing the Ontario and Canada government commissioners respectfully, could only try to understand the words spoken

by Morris and written on the treaty.

“What did he say?” one asked after a statement by Morris.

The treaty was presented and placed on the memorial.

Morris held out a pen.

“Write,” he said in Ojicree, though the “commissioners” still could not understand.

But they interpreted his gesture and both signed. One signed with an ‘X.’ Morris spoke again in Ojicree before speaking in English again.

“This is how it was for our

ancestors,” he said.

The treaty was read aloud in Ojicree before Sam McKay translated it for everyone.

Loosely, it was translated as: “You agree to give us your riches and resources so that it may benefit our community.”

The treaty signing reenactment was not something planned from the beginning of the five-day event. According to McKay, it was only planned earlier that day.

“The point of this impromptu re-enactment was to convey to our visitors the real environment in which our ancestors were in at the time of the signing here in KI back in 1929,” he said.

The KI leadership also highlighted a quote on the

memorial, which was taken from the treaty: “As long as the sun shines, rivers f low, and the grass grows.”

They explained the horizontal colours on their community f lag is taken from this quote: yellow on top representing the sun, blue in the middle representing the water, and green at the bottom representing the grass.

While the reenactment might be sobering and enlightening for some, it was done with an air of levity and humour.

After the treaty was translated, a community member remarked, “Now give us your bank accounts.” Visitors and locals laughed alike.

Lac Seul celebrates treaty days Christian Quequish Wawatay News

Lac Seul First Nation held a two-day event to celebrate their treaty days July 5 and 6.

There was something for everyone in Lac Seul, with treaty annuity payments happening on the first day. Youth came out to

play games such as axe throwing and wood-sawing in the ball field, or jumping around in bouncy castles. There was ice hockey, various water games, games for Elders, and a feast on both days.

“I just want to thank all the people that made it happen: volunteers, staff and the mem-

Lac Seul band members were treated to a fish fry July 5 and a pig roast feast on July 6.

Treaty Day in Lac Seul First Nation included games such as axe throwing, woodsawing and canoe races.

bership,” said Chief Clifford Bull of Lac Seul. “It was truly a great two-day experience that everybody enjoyed, despite the bad weather, we had a lot of fun, excitement, entertainment.”

The treaty day celebrations featured the dancing talents of Sagkeeng’s Finest, a jigging group from Sagkeeng First

that people from outlying communities came that night.

About treaty day itself, Bull said it was about bringing everyone that belonged to Lac Seul together to visit, share, laugh, feast and celebrate the good things that have been happening in Lac Seul.

Burnstick, who hadn’t been to

Nation in Manitoba.

The next day, despite rain, the community came together again to have more games, an annual general meeting, and a pig roast feast. After that, they all piled into Lac Seul’s new arena to watch a drag queen contest and a performance by Aboriginal comedian Don Burnstick.

“I was really pleased with Don Burnstick’s performance, he drew a big crowd, and it’s the first time I’ve seen the arena like that,” said Bull. “I think we can put 1,000 on one side, and 300 on the other side, so about 1,300 people.”

He said they didn’t fill to capacity, but it was close, and

Lac Seul for at least eight years, said it was an exciting time.

“When our people come together like this, it shows an appreciation for our elders, but also teaches the young people: we need to come together and celebrate all of our accomplishments,” said Burnstick. “This community is doing really well

for itself, and everybody’s talking about them, in a good way. It’s nice for a change, eh?”

Burnstick said Lac Seul people are good laughers, and that they have a unique sense of humour.

“Lac Seul people know how to laugh at themselves, and that’s the essence of what native humour is—we tease.”

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Maggie Sofea, seen here in shots during the filming of Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Dreams, held the very first showing of her film in her home community on July 9.

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The world-premiere of Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Dreams, a film based on Maggie Sofea, premiered in Sofea’s home community of Nibinamik First Nation on July 9 at 7pm in the Nibinamik school gym.

The film follows Sofea’s journey as a physically disabled youth who moved from an isolated First Nation community to Thunder Bay, a

city with a mostly non-native population, after a debilitating swimming accident.

Sofea, who co-directed and wrote for the project, has been in a wheelchair for the last 12 years. The film documents Maggie’s return to Nibinamik and first visit back to the site of her accident. “People will learn about people with disabilities that could be able to go anywhere if they find the resources and equipment,� Sofea said about the film.

In 2001, during a family camping trip, Sofea dove into the lake and struck a hidden rock. She was nearly killed, and the accident left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair.

Over the past 12 years, Sofea and her family have adapted to life away from Nibinamik. They now live in Thunder Bay where Sofea is studying film production at Confederation College.

Sofea’s experience adapting to life with a disability

is inspiring. She’s chosen to share her story because she believes it may offer guidance. “It’s important because I wanted to show the young people that no matter where you’re from or what your circumstances are you can go anywhere,� Sofea said.

Matthew Sofea is a band councilor of Nibinamik First Nation; he is also Maggie Sofea’s older brother.

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Matthew believes it will be valuable for the youth. “(Creating a film) is something that Maggie’s always wanted to do to encourage other young people to go after their dreams,� said Matthew.

Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Dreams was produced over a year and a half period

by Skyworks Charitable Foundation, which aims to participate in social change through community-centered filmmaking and public engagement.

The project also recieved funding from the Trillium Foundation and Nishnawbe Aski Nation, and support from Wasaya Airlines, HAGI Community Services for Independence and Spinal Cord Injury Ontario.

Alexa-Frances Shaw, a co-producer and director of the film who works for Skyworks Charitable Foundation, reflected on the process saying “it has been a dream project for us all.�

Despite difficulties with transportation, particularly figuring out how Sofea could be transported in her wheelchair from Nibinamik to the camping spot where her accident happened, the return to the site was a success. “When we got up there everything happened quite beautifully,� Shaw said. “The

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community was wonderful.�

Skyworks Charitable Foundation hopes that the film will be used as a teaching tool for those with disabilities and for youth in northern communities.

Sofea reflected positively on her return to Nibinamik, which happened nearly a year ago in late August 2012.

A support team, which included Sofea’s mother, Janet, was crucial to the

“I wanted to show the young people that no matter where you’re from or what your circumstances are you can go anywhere.� – Maggie Sofea

return. “I was nervous, but it got easier because I had the support of friends and family,�

Sofea shared. “When we got to the campsite, I sat on the boat looking through the horizon. I felt very calm and appreciative.�

The premiere of the film happened in accordance with Treaty Day. It concluded with a feast to celebrate Sofea’s successes.

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KI youth embrace Portugal trip Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Deputy Chief Darryl Sainnawap enjoyed meeting people and sharing information about his community during the Rotary International Convention in Lisbon, Portugal.

“It was amazing to get to know people, share our story and the conditions and the hardships we face in a developed country,” Sainnawap said.

“People around the world don’t realize that.”

Sainnawap attended the Rotary convention with KI youth Dieter Sainnawap and Lilyanna McKay and Third World Canada film director Andree Cazabon as a continuation of the KI visit by a group of 43 Canadians from June 17-21.

Cazabon said she was extremely impressed by the growth in confidence of the youth since she started spending time with them for the filming of 3rd World Canada, and how their confidence was so evident during their time in Portugal.

“I was blown away in having the joy of watching young people like Lily and Dieter stand up to the leaders of the world stage and be able to welcome total strangers,” Cazabon said.

“Watching them teach others from around the world about their community was a dream come true for me.”

Sainnawap opened his presentation to the convention with a prayer in Oji-Cree, Dieter sang a traditional song and described his concerns for youth and McKay described the challenges she has overcome to graduate from high school this year.

“We didn’t go there to ask for any funding or help in any way,” Sainnawap said. “But we did go there, basically, to knock on their doors and say ‘hello, we’re from KI and we’re looking to make friends and partnerships and work together on how to make a better future for everybody.”

Sainnawap said they were able to make friends and get to

Photos courtesy of Andree Cazabon/Cazabon Productions

Lilyanna McKay, second from left, and Dieter Sainnawap, far right, met delegates from around the world during their trip to Portugal for a Rotary International conference. KI Deputy Chief Darryl Sainnawap said the experience was a chance to share his community’s story with the world. know people from around the globe during the convention, which was attended by about 25,000 people from June 23-26.

“We had good feedback — basically it was just to raise awareness of our issues, not only our issues but our strengths,” Sainnawap said.

“And we went there to make more friendships and partnerships with people from around the world.”

Dieter said the trip was good because he met many people who were interested in the problems facing First Nations people.

“I met a lot of good people that are willing to help and start friendships and start making change,” Dieter said. “It makes me feel good inside because it’s starting to open the eyes of the

world.”

The KI members also took the opportunity to go fishing on the Atlantic Ocean.

(for) some different species of fish. But I think our trout were still bigger.”

Sainnawap enjoyed being out

“I was thinking while I was fishing that more young people need to make goals, not only for themselves but for their community. One of the things they should put on their list of things to do in life is to travel and see the world. It opens your eyes and gives you a whole new perspective on life.”

Darryl Sainnawap

“I was hoping to go marlin fishing and tuna fishing, but that doesn’t happen until August,” Sainnawap said. “We were able to find a boat and they were able to take us fishing

on the ocean waves.

“Me and Dieter were able to jump off the boat and taste the salt water for the first time,” Sainnawap said. “There’s more buoyancy, but you feel very

small.”

Cazabon said the swimming episode was one of the highlights for her on the trip.

“It was a moment I’ll never forget, being behind the camera as Lily, Dieter and Darryl hit the ocean waves for the first time and seeing them being so joyful, knowing they had done so well during their time in Portugal,” Cazabon said.

Sainnawap said the convention trip was his and the youth’s first opportunity to visit outside the country.

“They thought it was amazing,” Sainnawap said about the youth. “I think it’s opened their eyes to new perspectives on life and the world. It was different; things are done in a different way.”

Sainnawap rated the trip as a 10 out of 10.

“I would recommend it for any youth,” Sainnawap said.

“What I was thinking while I was fishing is more young people need to make goals, not only for themselves but for their community. One of the things they should put on their list of things to do in life is to travel and see the world. It opens your eyes and gives you a whole new perspective on life.”

Dieter said the country of Portugal was welcoming.

“It was a different climate, different trees, everything was so different — it was a new experience,” Dieter said. “The people were very nice. They just welcome you and they help you if you are lost.”

ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐤ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐅᑭᒥᓀᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᐸᒥᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 1 “ᒥᔑᐣ ᓂᑭᓇᑭᐡᑲᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐊᑲᐊᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᔭᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᑐᑌᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᔭᓄᒋ ᑫᐧᑭᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑲᒥᓄᓭᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑎᑐᕑ. “ᓂᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓀᐧᑕᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᔕ ᐁᓂ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᑲᒥᑲᐠ.” ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭᑐᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑭᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑲᐧᐡᑫᐧᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐟᓫᐊᐣᑎᐟ ᑭᒋᑲᒥᐠ. “ᐣ ᑕ ᓇ ᑭ ᐸᑯᓭᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᒋᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑲᐧᐡᑫᐧᐱᓀᔭᐣ ᑲᑲᐧᐡᑫᐧᐱᓂᑕᐧ ᒪᕑᓫᐃᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑐᓇ ᑲᐃᓂᑕᐧ ᑭᒋᑲᒥᐃᐧ ᑭᓄᔐᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐸᓂᒪ ᐊᐱ ᐅᐸᐦᐅᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ ᐃᔑᑲᐧᐡᑫᐧᐱᓇᐊᐧᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓯ ᓇ ᐊ ᐧ ᑊ . “ᓂ ᑭ ᒥ ᑲ ᐊ ᐧ ᒥ ᐣ ᐊ ᐃ ᐧ ᔭ ᐁᑭᐸᐸᒥᐱᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᒋᒪᓂᐠ

ᐁᑭᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑲᐧᐡᑫᐧᐱᓀᔭᐠ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑭᓄᔐᐠ. ᔕᑯᐨ ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐃᓂᑭᓂᐨ ᓇᒣᑯᐢ ᒥᑎᑐ ᐣᑎᓀᑕᐣ.” ᑎᑐᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒥᓀᐧᑕᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᐸᒪᐦᐅᑯᐨ ᑭᒋᑲᒥᐠ. “ᓂᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑎᑐᕑ ᒋᒪᓂᐠ ᓂᑭᐅᒋ ᐸᑯᐱᑲᐧᐡᑯᓂᒥᐣ ᐁᑫᐧᓇᐠ ᐁᑭᑯᒋᐱᑕᒪᐠ ᑭᒋᑲᒥᐊᐧᐳ ᑲᔑᐃᐧᑕᓇᑲᒥᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐊᐧᑕᑲᒥ ᑯᐣᓴᐱᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᑲᐊᑲᔐᔑᔭᐣ ᑭᑎᓀᐣᑕᐣ.” ᑲᓴᐸᐧᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᐸᐸᒪᑕᑫᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᑲᒥᐠ ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᔦᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᐅᒪᒐᐃᐧᐣ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᓂᑲᐊᐧᓂᑫᓯᐣ, ᐁᒪᓯᓇᑌᔑᒪᑲᐧ ᓫᐃᓫᐃ, ᑎᑐᕑ ᒥᓇ ᑌᕑᐅ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᑫᐧᓇᐠ ᐁᐸᑯᐱᑲᐧᐡᑯᓂᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᒋᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᑲᔦ

ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᐊᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐸᐸᒥᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᐧᕑᒋᑯ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᓴᐸᐧᐣ. ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐁᑫᐧᓇᐠ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐣ. “ᐅᑭᒪᒪᑲᑌᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᒪᒐᐊᐧᐨ,” ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ ᐅᑭᐃᓇᒋᒪᐣ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐣ. “ᐅᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ, ᑭᐸᑲᓀᑕᑲᐧᐣ; ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ.” ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ ᑭᐃᔑᑎᐸᐦᐊᑫ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᒪᒐᐃᐧᓂ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ. “ᓂ ᑕ ᔕ ᔑ ᑭ ᐡ ᑲ ᐊ ᐧ ᐠ ᐊ ᐁ ᐧ ᓀ ᐣ ᐃᑯ ᑲᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐨ ᒋᑭᑕᑭᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᒪ ᒪᒐᐃᐧᓂᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓯᓇᐊᐧᑊ. “ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐡᑫᐧᐱᓀᔭᐣ ᐣᑭᒪᒥᑐᓀᓂᒪᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᑭᑲᑫᐧ

ᐅᓇᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑫᓄᒋᑌᐱᓇᒪᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑯ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐯᔑᐠ ᑕᐡ ᑫᑯᓂ ᑫᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᐸᐸᒥᔭᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐱᐃᐧᑌᐃᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. ᑲᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᓇᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐊᓂᔑ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒪᐣ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ.” ᑎᑐᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐸᐧᕑᒋᑯ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑐᑌᒥᐊᐧᐠ. “ᐸᑲᓀᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐁᐧᐸᐠ, ᐸᑲᓂᓇᑯᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᔑᑯᐱᐠ, ᑲᑭᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐸᑲᓂᓇᑲᐧᐣ, ᓂᑭᐸᑲᓇᐱᔑᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᑭᐃᔕᔭᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑎᑐᕑ. “ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑐᑌᒥᐊᐧᐠ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒪᔭᑫᓂᒥᑯᓯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᐊᐧᓂᔑᓇᐣ.”

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Youth helping youth adjust to city life Multicultural youth group aims to help First Nations students from remote northern communities stay in school The events they have planned include cooking classes, separate group A group of First Nations discussions for males and youth in Thunder Bay are females about various issues planning events for the fall to they face, and after school help acclimatize youth from programs.

“We are also planning a northern reservations who sleepover when all of the come to the city for school.

The youth are part of the students return to school so Regional Multicultural Youth we can bond more and give Center (RMYC). One of the them the feeling that there main goals of the work is to are people out there for help youth from remote com- them,” Longpeter-Esquega explained. munities stay in school.

Lucille Atlookan, from Carly Longpeter-Esquega, who is 16 and a member of Eabametoong First Nation, Long Lake #58, said that the is planning on putting on art group of seven were planning therapy sessions with the orientation and reception students.

“It will be once a week in for students coming in for school from remote commu- the fall. The art therapy is nities. The group is planning to help people express themto invite students at Den- selves and will be promoted nis Franklin Cromarty High to the DFC and Matawa stuSchool (DFC) and also other dents,” she said.

The group hopes that students who are attending public schools in Thunder this year there will be more participation than previous Bay. “We are also planning years so that the youth can events for the students at take advantage of what the Matawa,” Longpeter-Esquega RMYC has to offer.

“It’s important to help said.

Janna Kakegamic, who is each other, because everyone 16 and a member of King- says education is key,” Longfisher Lake, said the group peter-Esquega said. “And it hopes to guide students in is. You can get a good job. the right direction and moti- In Thunder Bay, there are a lot of stereovate them types about to take the “We are also planning Aboriginal advantage of people, saythe oppora sleepover when all ing they’re tunities that of the students return uneducated come their to school so we can no matter way. if they are “The oribond more and give urban or onentation for them the feeling that reserve stuAboriginal there are people out dents.” students Longpetercoming to there for them.”

Esquega is school has grateful that a focus on -Carly Longpeter-Esquega the RMYC finding ways Long Lake #58 provides to support ser vices and welcome and gives the group a place them,” Kakegamic said.

“It’s important to get to have workshops and host involved in this,” said Talon other events. “It let’s us show Bird, who is from White- people what we can really do fish Bay First Nation. “We if we have resources.”

Martin Zhang, who is a had a discussion yesterday - who has the highest rate university student, said that of suicide in Canada? First he has been a part of the Nations. Who has the highest RMYC for the past six years.

“The reason I keep coming drop out rate? First Nations.”

Bird explained that back to the group is because Aboriginal students are being it’s a real grassroots and cut off from their families organized group,” Zhang said. “This group is about when they come to school.

“They can’t bring their what you can do for the commom or dad with them. munity. That’s really imporWhen they come here, tant.”

“We just want them (the they feel alone,” Bird said.

“There’s nothing there when returning students) to know you feel alone. Your thoughts that they have support and start to take over. If you find they are welcome to Thuna wrong crowd who is show- der Bay,” Longpeter-Esquega ing you love, that’s where said. “We are trying to guide them and support them in a you are going to go.”

Bird said that many stu- positive direction. They came dents fall into a negative to Thunder Bay for their edulifestyle in Thunder Bay with cation so it is important that drugs, alcohol and gangs, we support that.”

The RMYC will be runand that they have nobody around to tell them that it is ning Girl Power groups all summer, with more events bad for them.

“That’s why we are doing planned for the returning students in September. this,” he said.

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Gerilyn McKay, Talon Bird, Lucille Atlookan, Darren McKay, Carly Longpeter-Esquega, Janna Kakegamic, and Martin Zhang outside of the RMYC’s East Victoria Avenue location.

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Information about the hydrology of the Hammond Reef site was collected during the different seasons over the past three years. Hydrologists measured local stream flows at 13 different monitoring stations and measured lake levels at 5 different stations. The planned water use for the Project was then considered and predictions were made about how water levels and flows could change due to the Project.

The hydrology assessment concluded that the outflows from Marmion Reservoir would stay within the targets of the Seine River Watershed Management Plan. Water outflows from Marmion Reservoir are predicted to be reduced by less than one percent in an average year and up to five percent in a very dry year. Water levels will also stay within their targets, with a maximum reduction of 9 cm in monthly mean water levels predicted to occur in Marmion Reservoir if the Project goes forward.

Some small streams and lakes will also be affected by the Project due to construction and placement of infrastructure.

Four small unnamed lakes will be filled in during construction. Water levels in Lizard Lake and one unnamed lake could be reduced by up to 3 cm. The flows to Lumby Creek could be reduced by a maximum of 7% and the inflows to Upper Marmion Reservoir are predicted to be reduced by less than one percent.

As the environmental permitting moves forward, Osisko will develop a detailed Site Water Management Plan that can be used to confirm our predictions and will allow us to adapt our practices as needed. For example, weather station records will be used for design and flow evaluation and adaptive management. We will continue to consult with local water users and participate in the Seine River Watershed Management Plan. We continue to welcome your input If you have any questions, comments or would like more information, please feel free to contact us.

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Aboriginal stem cell donors needed to save lives

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Awareness event being prepared in Kenora or Whitefish Bay Drayson, he’s just a little guy, he’s five, and he’s in need of a stem cell transplant,” said Stergiou.

She said the chances of finding a match are really small, and that there are patients who have looked at over 20 million potential registrants with no genetic matches.

“From the Aboriginal community, either First Nations, Inuit, or Metis, it’s even more specific, because ultimately they’re not going to find a match in Europe or in other parts of the world,” she said.

“Their best chances of finding a match are in North America, within their own communities.”

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A June 25 CBC news article featuring an Aboriginal boy in need of a stem cell transplant inspired Tania Cameron, a Dalles First Nation band member, to develop a stem cell drive designed specifically for Aboriginal people.

“This is more of a personal initiative,” said Cameron, who said she discovered that there are 15 other Aboriginal people in Canada who are in need of an Aboriginal stem cell donor. “I had no idea, and a lot of people were surprised to learn it.”

Cameron’s Aboriginal stem cell swab drive is a joint partnership with OneMatch, a marrow and stem cell registry organization – she is assisted by volunteers and the campaign is operated out of Kenora, Ont. Cameron is also assisted by Jessica Stergiou, a coordinator for donor management for OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network from Canadian Blood Services.

Cameron said she spoke with Stergiou asking what she could do to raise awareness and help up the number of Aboriginal donors, and she said the representative told her, ‘if you want to do it, let’s do it.’

The Canadian Blood Services has some information packages already, said Cameron, who will be asking Grand Council Treaty #3, area organizations such as Bimose Tribal Council and the Health Access Centre in Kenora if they will print out these packages for distribution to health directors, band offices and health centers in reserves.

With volunteers, Cameron is currently preparing an

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Dalles’ Tania Cameron recently started a stem cell drive to help people, like five-year-old Drayson, above, who needs a stem cell transplant.

Stergiou said they are lookawareness campaign to let people know of an event that ing for donors between the will either be hosted at the ages of 17 and 35, with an Kenora friendship centre or even bigger focus on males.

“The reason for that is be hosted during the Whitethat males actually provide fish Bay powwow.

“I was thinking is there the best outcome for transsomething I can do to help? plants,” said Stergiou.

She said that getting Especially in Kenora, in the heart of Treaty #3, there’s awareness out to the comso many First Nations people munity, letting people know what’s going on and having here,” said Cameron.

She said she was looking people join the registry and to see if she was able to get potentially saving a life were a good handful of Aboriginal the goal of this initiative.

“There’s a little boy named donors.

INSPECTION

What happens during a stem cell drive is an interested person registers to be a part of a registry for stem cell transplants by filling out a health questionnaire, then gets the inside of their cheeks swabbed for a tissue sample – with that tissue sample they see if they are a match for a specific patient.

Less than 25 per cent of patients find a match within their family, leaving 75 per cent of the patients who need a transplant to look for someone to save their lives or the lives of their family member.

“So we swab their cheeks to get that tissue sample, then that’s it, they’re done.

They’ll probably never hear from us again,” said Stergiou.

“And if they do, they’re literally that one person that can save a life.”

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The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Atikokan MNR office and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 8, 2013 until March 31, 2014 when the annual work schedule expires.

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Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNR staff at the MNR District or Area Office to discuss the aerial herbicide project.

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Matawa community members to get more training New partnership to bring remote training centres into Ring of Fire communities Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services (KKETS) has partnered with Aecon Group Inc. to expand training and development programs for First Nations in the Ring of Fire area.

“In the past, First Nations did not have the same participation in the labour mar-

ket, but through the process of developing and maintaining relationships with key employers, potential employment opportunities have been recognized,” said Morris Wapoose, KKETS’ program manager. “We want to thank Aecon for stepping forward and we look forward to building this positive relationship.”

Aecon and KKETS have agreed to work collaboratively to develop remote train-

“Through the process of developing and maintaining relationships with key employers, potential employment opportunities have been recognized.”

-Morris Wapoose

ing centres, which will be operated by First Nations in

a socially and culturally relevant environment to provide local access to communitybased education, trades and apprenticeship training. The remote training centres will employ state of the art computerized technology systems and high-speed satellite broadband Internet to connect the communities.

“Our relationship with the Matawa First Nations and KKETS is an important

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Duane Linklater (shown above during speaking engagement in Thunder Bay) was recently shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award, a national award presented to an emerging artist in the Canadian arts scene.

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One of the Moose Cree member’s latest works is “The Chevrons” (shown at right at exhibit in Toronto), a piece based on the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission’s logo. Growing up in Moose Factory, Linklater said the logo is synonymous with the train and rail line that links the James Bay coast to Cochrane and the rest of Ontario.

Moose Cree artist shortlisted for Canadian arts award Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

A Moose Cree artist has recently been shortlisted for a preeminent national award geared towards emerging artists in the contemporary Canadian arts scene.

Duane Linklater is one of five finalists for the Sobey Art Award, which is awarded to a Canadian artist age 40 and under chosen “due to their extraordinary and rigorous practice” and who “demonstrates a distinct style and approach to film making, video, performance…where spectral and imaginative concepts are contrasted with tangible everyday environment.”

“I didn’t expect it because I was really happy just to be on the long-list. I didn’t want to get ahead of myself thinking I could make the shortlist because there were really awesome artists that were in the same list as me.”

-Duane Linklater

Established by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in 2002, the Sobey Art Award presents the winner with $50,000 while the other finalists receive $5,000 each.

Linklater, who was longlisted in April along with 29 other artists from across Canada, said he was “super surprised” and “really happy” to be chosen from the Ontario region to make the final five.

“I didn’t expect it because I was really happy just to be on the long-list” the 37-year-old said. “I didn’t want to get ahead of myself thinking I could make the shortlist because there were really awesome artists that were in the same list as me.”

Linklater, who now resides just outside of North Bay, said his rise to becoming an emerging artist was not a straight path.

He first attended post-secondary school at the University Alberta to take Native Studies and Cree language with a minor in fine arts. After graduating, he returned to obtain his Bachelor of Fine Arts.

“Then I did a program with the National Film Board to make a short documentary and that was really helpful,” he

said. “I started making film and video at that point.”

Linklater then enrolled in the Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts at Bard College in upstate New York where he completed his Masters of Fine Arts in Film and Video.

It was during this time that he and Brian Jungen, a First Nations artist from B.C., documented a moose hunt on 16mm film that would become the silent documentary Modest Livelihood.

Modest Livelihood was originally presented at the Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre in collaboration with dOCUMENTA (13) with subsequent exhibitions at the Logan Centre Gallery at the University of Chicago and the Catriona Jeffries Gallery in Vancouver.

It will be a part of an upcoming exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto this fall.

Last spring his video exhibition, Something About Encounter, was shown at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. The videos depict Linklater’s encounters with wildlife such as coyotes, rabbits, geese and deer, in urban environments across Canada.

Recently, Linklater had a piece called “The Chevrons” shown as part of a solo exhibit at the Susan Hobbs Gallery in Toronto.

The piece is Linklater’s take on the three jagged-lined yellow logo of Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC), a company that provides transportation and telecommunication services to the northeast, including Linklater’s home territory of the James Bay coast.

Growing up in Moose Factory, Linklater said the logo is ever-present in the minds of the Mushkegowuk since ONTC’s Polar Bear Express train serves as a vital link between the James Bay coast and the rest of Ontario.

“Because we grew up in the north and the Ontario Northland line, we’re familiar with that logo in the north,” Linklater said. “If you grew up in the area, it’s just sort of in your mind.”

Linklater was intrigued by the design and sought to find out more about the designer and the logo’s meaning when he went to ONTC’s headquarters in North Bay. But during his research he found that there was no clear meaning behind the logo.

Instead, it is ambiguous and the three stripes could have several

meanings.

“It’s sort of representation of past, present and future,” he said. “It might mean movement, and speed might be suggested, but it’s not totally clear.”

Linklater said he has always liked the logo and, with the recent discovery of its ambiguity, he likes it even more.

For “The Chevrons,” Linklater kept the core logo and colour intact but extended the stripes to the floor and ceiling.

“To stretch it, it could still retain its original identity to address the room,” Linklater said.

Now that he has returned home to North Bay from the

Susan Hobbs Gallery exhibit, Linklaters plans to unwind before beginning preparations for exhibits this fall.

Along with the Modest Livelihood show, Linklater will prepare for a group exhibition in Calgary.

He is also preparing for the exhibition of works by the

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Sobey Art Award’s shortlisted artists beginning on Sept. 13, which will be shown at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

The winner of the award will be announced at a gala event at the gallery on Oct. 9.

Information about Linklater’s work can be seen on his website: www.duanelinklater.com.

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Employment Opportunity ([HFXWLYH $VVLVWDQW WR WKH &KLHI $GPLQLVWUDWLYH 2IÂżFHU (Full-Time Position) Nishnawbe Aski Nation is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide DGPLQLVWUDWLYH VXSSRUW WR WKH &KLHI $GPLQLVWUDWLYH 2IÂżFHU :H DUH seeking an individual that is highly motivated, pro-active and must possess excellent communication, organizational, analytical and DSSOLFDEOH FRPSXWHU VNLOOV 7KH VXFFHVVIXO FDQGLGDWH ZLOO KDYH D minimum of 5 years experience in a senior administrative support position and the ability to communicate in Ojibway, Cree or Oji-Cree LV D GHÂżQLWH DVVHW All Applicants must submit a cover letter, resume and SURYLGH UHIHUHQFHV The deadline for applications is 4:00pm EST, July 19, 2013.

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Console Operator (casual)

Wawatay Native Communications Society is seeking an energetic, motivated and reliable individual to fill the following summer student position. Wawatay has the mandate to provide access to communication technologies and services to the people of Nishnawbe Aski Nation utilizing various media to preserve, maintain and enhance indigenous languages and culture.

Description: The console operator will operate master control room equipment for all live broadcasts and ensure commercial advertising, public service announcements and station ID breaks occur during scheduled times.

Duties and Responsibilities: • Operate the QuickPix live broadcast system. • File live broadcast reports and help maintain flow of commercial advertising and public service announcement affidavits. • Provide on location technical support for live broadcasts as needed. • Ensure live broadcasts during regular weekdays break for commercial advert isements and Station • ID breaks during scheduled periods. • Ensure all programs are logged. • Follow scripts and formats of producer/broadcasters. • Assist producer/broadcasters as needed.

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Location: Sioux Lookout Salary: DOE Apply by: Friday, July 12, 2013 @ 4:30 CST Please send resume to: Adelaide Anderson, A/Finance Manager Wawatay Native Communications Society Box 1180, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Email: reception@wawatay.on.ca Fax: (807) 737-3224 Please note: References may be required Wawatay Native Communications Society thanks all those who submit applications.

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STUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENT LEAD The Student Learning Assessment Lead acts as a support in the development of the student assessment system for the Sioux Lookout district as part of the First Nation Student Success Program (FNSSP).

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Cree communities prepare for summer celebration Lenny Carpenter

Wawatay News

Two communities along the Hudson and James Bay coast are preparing for their annual summer gatherings.

Moose Cree First Nation, located on Moose Factory Island, is set to host its annual Gathering of Our People (GOOP) from July 23-27, while Weenusk First Nation, also known as Peawanuck, will host Mushkegowuk’s Creefest from Aug. 1-5.

The theme of GOOP for 2013 is “Celebrating Our Own,” and will feature mainly local talent such as Marilyn McLeod, the Wildf lowers, George Small M.C., Rick Wabano, Nathan

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Cheechoo and company, and other local youth performers.

It will also feature a comedic performance by Bunnuck, a Cree character created and performed by Moose Cree’s own Stan Wesley.

Reknowned for his obsession with the luncheon meat Klik, Bunnuck announced over YouTube that he will organize a Klik cooking contest called Kliklicious during the gathering. The person with the best Klik recipe would win.

GOOP will also feature guest performers such as Midnight Shine, a rock band composed of members of Moose Cree, Fort Albany and Attawapiskat.

Another guest performer is Sagkeeng’s Finest, a jigging dance trio from Sagkeeng First Nation who were crowned Canada’s Got Talent champion last year.

GOOP will conclude on July 27 with a powwow.

The gathering can be streamed online at www. moosecree.com/gatheringofourpeople

“We’re trying our damnedest to find alternative ways to accommodate people like tents. Different things, different ideas.

Of course, there are ones who can be put in homes first, especially Elders.”

-Ivan Iserhoff Creefest organizer

Meanwhile, the small Hudson Bay community of Peawanuck is expecting to host visitors almost the size of its own population when about 200 people arrive to celebrate Creefest.

Ivan Iserhoff, who is an organizer in Peawanuck, said many people have contacted them to express interest about attending the Creefest.

But the community only has a four-bedroom bed and breakfast place, so organizers are looking at alternative means to accommodate incoming visitors.

“We’re trying our damnedest to find alternative ways to accommodate people like tents,” Iserhoff said. “Different things, different ideas. Of course, there are ones who can be put in homes first, especially Elders.”

August is usually the time of year polar bears appear along the Hudson Bay coastline, but Iserhoff said visitors need not worry.

“There’s no concerns, there’s going to be monitors watching out for those in case that does happen, (polar bears appearing)” he said.

“So we already have that covered.”

The organizers have yet to finalize special guests and performances, but they will hold workshops and traditional activities related to caribou and fish netting, among other things.

There will be activities for children and talent shows.

It will be the 11th annual event for Creefest, which was established by the Mushkegowuk Tribal Council. The summer gathering is hosted by a different Mushkegowuk community each year.

Last year, Creefest and GOOP combined to celebrate Creefest’s 10th anniversary.

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Marten Falls youth win mining video award Christian Quequish Wawatay News

Youth from Marten Falls First Nation were the recipients of the best overall video award for the Ontario Mining Association’s 2013 So You Think You Know Mining video contest this past June.

The winning youth from Marten Falls were: Christian Peters, Matthew Waboose, Allen Waboose, Jared Peters, Drew Waboose, Craig and Skye Achneepineskum.

The filmmakers travelled to Toronto to attend a ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) that recognized the winning contestants.

“Visiting Toronto was awesome, I got to meet new people and visit the CN tower,” said Drew Waboose, one of the recipients of the mining video award of $5,000 and a trophy. “My mom was so proud when she found out we won first place. Hearing my group’s name get called I felt happy because we never thought we were going to win.”

Allen Waboose, another one of the filmmakers, said some of the challenges during production were getting a boat to use for the film and climbing on top of the community arena to get a good shot of a helicopter flying in supplies.

“It started off with Kaitlyn Ferris (of Noront Resources), it wasn’t all my idea,” said Allen Waboose. “She came to my reserve and I just randomly joined the project.”

Ferris, Noront’s corporate responsibility manager, was very excited to attend the award ceremony with the youth.

She said they flew in the day before the ceremony, and were

fitted for and given suits and dresses for the show.

“When we got to the awards, everyone had their shades on, and they all looked like movie stars and directors,” said Ferris.

They arrived at the ROM and met a number of people in the mining industry, among others.

“There was about 15 different categories, and the youth from Marten Falls knew they had won one, but they didn’t know which one.”

Slowly, as the night went on, the judges were crossing off the different categories and got closer to the final best overall category, the youth were getting more excited.

Ferris said they were called up to receive the $5,000 award and a trophy – they all gave an acceptance speech.

“We knew we had the potential to achieve above what everyone else’s expectation of us was,” the acceptance speech reads.

“From our local community a small group came together and we felt motivated to work as a team. As we came up with our own story, began filming, recording narration, and editing our film it made us more determined to succeed.”

The youth who won the award were part of a mining movie youth camp, set up through a partnership between the Ontario Mining Association (OMA), DAREarts and Engage Learn.

Ferris said they were looking to do something more creative to reach the youth and educate them about mining and what was happening with the Ring of Fire region.

“I think the importance of the camp was giving the youth a chance to tell their community’s story to us,” said Ferris, adding

that in any industry, it is sometimes a practice to go into a community and talk, but not listen.

What resulted was a trip to the mining office in Marten Falls and a visit to an Elder in the community to learn more about the history of Marten Falls and the surrounding area.

Lesley Hymers, the environment and education specialist for OMA, said that they have only recently started getting video contest submissions in recent years since the contest began in 2009.

“Videos become property of the OMA, that means is we host them on our website, so any of the winning videos will be there for people to watch at any time,” said Hymers.

Hymers said the videos are used for educational purposes.

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Top: A group of youth from Marten Falls First Nation stand outside the Royal Ontario Museum just before receiving Ontario Mining Association’s 2013 So You Think You Know Mining video contest Above: Receiving their best overall video award, which included a $5,000 prize.

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Lansdowne House (YLH) Mi. 44 3 $397.76 6 $596.64 9 $795.52 Mi. 58 3 $524.32 6 $786.48 9 $1,048.64 Mi. 43 3 $388.72 6 $583.08 9 $777.44 Mi. 75 3 $678.00 6 $1,017.00 9 $1,356.00 Mi. 99 3 $894.96 6 $1,342.44 9 $1,789.92 Mi. 96 3 $867.84 6 $1,301.76 9 $1,735.68 Mi. 133 3 $1,202.32 6 $1,803.48 9 $2,404.64 Mi. 139 3 $1,256.56 6 $1,884.84 9 $2,513.12 Mi. 152 3 $1,374.08 6 $2,061.12 9 $2,748.16 Mi. 182 3 $1,645.28 6 $2,467.92 9 $3,290.56 Mi. 169 3 $1,527.76 6 $2,291.64 9 $3,055.52 Lansdowne House (YLH)

Cat Lake (YAC) Mi. 169 3 $1,527.76 6 $2,291.64 9 $3,055.52 Mi. 207 3 $1,871.28 6 $2,806.92 9 $3,742.56 Mi. 156 3 $1,410.24 6 $2,115.36 9 $2,820.48 Mi. 134 3 $1,211.36 6 $1,817.04 9 $2,422.72 Mi. 122 3 $1,102.88 6 $1,654.32 9 $2,205.76 Mi. 182 3 $1,645.28 6 $2,467.92 9 $3,290.56 Mi. 174 3 $1,572.96 6 $2,359.44 9 $3,145.92 Mi. 166 3 $1,500.64 6 $2,250.96 9 $3,001.28 Mi. 87 3 $786.48 6 $1,179.72 9 $1,572.96 Mi. 118 3 $1,066.72 6 $1,600.08 9 $2,133.44 Cat Lake (YAC)

Muskrat Dam (ZMD) Mi. 208 3 $1,880.32 6 $2,820.48 9 $3,760.64 Mi. 186 3 $1,681.44 6 $2,522.16 9 $3,362.88 Mi. 144 3 $1,301.76 6 $1,952.64 9 $2,603.52 Mi. 110 3 $994.40 6 $1,491.60 9 $1,988.80 Mi. 85 3 $768.40 6 $1,152.60 9 $1,536.80 Mi. 129 3 $1,166.16 6 $1,749.24 9 $2,332.32 Mi. 94 3 $849.76 6 $1,274.64 9 $1,699.52 Mi. 81 3 $732.24 6 $1,098.36 9 $1,464.48 Mi. 39 3 $352.56 6 $528.84 9 $705.12 Muskrat Dam (ZMD)

Round Lake (ZRJ) Mi. 173 3 $1,563.92 6 $2,345.88 9 $3,127.84 Mi. 165 3 $1,491.60 6 $2,237.40 9 $2,983.20 Mi. 118 3 $1,066.72 6 $1,600.08 9 $2,133.44 Mi. 85 3 $768.40 6 $1,152.60 9 $1,536.80 Mi. 61 3 $551.44 6 $827.16 9 $1,102.88 Mi. 118 3 $1,066.72 6 $1,600.08 9 $2,133.44 Mi. 95 3 $858.80 6 $1,288.20 9 $1,717.60 Mi. 84 3 $759.36 6 $1,139.04 9 $1,518.72 Round Lake (ZRJ)

Big Trout (YTL) Mi. 177 3 $1,600.08 6 $2,400.12 9 $3,200.16 Mi. 120 3 $1,084.80 6 $1,627.20 9 $2,169.60 Mi. 96 3 $867.84 6 $1,301.76 9 $1,735.68 Mi. 69 3 $623.76 6 $935.64 9 $1,247.52 Mi. 56 3 $506.24 6 $759.36 9 $1,012.48 Mi. 55 3 $497.20 6 $745.80 9 $994.40 Mi. 13 3 $117.52 6 $176.28 9 $235.04 Big Trout (YTL)

Angling Lake (KB6) Mi. 173 3 $1,563.92 6 $2,345.88 9 $3,127.84 Mi. 110 3 $994.40 6 $1,491.60 9 $1,988.80 Mi. 90 3 $813.60 6 $1,220.40 9 $1,627.20 Mi. 67 3 $605.68 6 $908.52 9 $1,211.36 Mi. 59 3 $533.36 6 $800.04 9 $1,066.72 Mi. 44 3 $397.76 6 $596.64 9 $795.52 Angling Lake (KB6)

Kasabonika (YAQ) Mi. 139 3 $1,256.56 6 $1,884.84 9 $2,513.12 Mi. 66 3 $596.64 6 $894.96 9 $1,193.28 Mi. 57 3 $515.28 6 $772.92 9 $1,030.56 Mi. 51 3 $461.04 6 $691.56 9 $922.08 Mi. 61 3 $551.44 6 $827.16 9 $1,102.88 Kasabonika (YAQ)

Kingfisher Lake (NM5) Mi. 130 3 $1,175.20 6 $1,762.80 9 $2,350.40 Mi. 104 3 $940.16 6 $1,410.24 9 $1,880.32 Mi. 59 3 $533.36 6 $800.04 9 $1,066.72 Mi. 25 3 $226.00 6 $339.00 9 $452.00 Kingfisher Lake (NM5)

Wunnimmun Lake (KL3) Mi. 109 3 $985.36 6 $1,478.04 9 $1,970.72 Mi. 80 3 $723.20 6 $1,084.80 9 $1,446.40 Mi. 35 3 $316.40 6 $474.60 9 $632.80 Wunnimmun Lake (KL3)

Summer Beaver (JV7) Mi. 84 3 $759.36 6 $1,139.04 9 $1,518.72 Mi. 52 3 $470.08 6 $705.12 9 $940.16 Summer Beaver (JV7)

NORTH STAR AIR “3 – 6 – 9” CHARTER DEAL Webequie (YWP) Mi. 99 3 $894.96 6 $1,342.44 9 $1,789.92 Webequie (YWP)

Wawatay News JULY 11, 2013

North Spirit Lake KQ3

Lansdowne House YLH

Cat Lake YAC

Muskrat Dam ZMD

Round Lake ZRJ

Big Trout YTL

Angling Lake KB6

Kasabonika YAQ

Kingfisher Lake NM5

Wunnimmun Lake KL3

Summer Beaver JV7

Webequie YWP

Fort Hope YFH

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