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Recognizing genius Art world takes notice of Norval Morriseau’s impact

Norval Morrisseau, Water Spirit, c1980, ink on paper, 45.5 x 76 cm, Gift of Confederation College

Woodland artist Norval Morriseau is finally being recognized by the international art world for his vision and talent. Art historian Carmen Robertson says, “If you think of artists like Van Gogh or Picasso, they created a way about talking about the world through their art in new ways and new visual language. And Morrisseau did that in Canada.” See story on page 14.

ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐅᑕᐱᓇᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑌᐯᐤ ᐁᐊᐧᐱᐨ ᐅᓴᑦ ᑲᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐨ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑫᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ

ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐃᐧᔭᑭ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐦᐊ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂ ᒪᑎᐣ ᒍᐢᑌ ᐁᐃᔑᓂᑲᓯᐨ ᐁᐃᐡᑯᓄᓂᑕᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᑐᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑌᐯᐤ ᐁᐊᐧᐱᐨ ᐅᓴᑦ ᑲᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐨ᙮ “ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᔭ ᒥᔑᓇᑎᐣ ᓂᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᒪᔑ ᐁᔭᓄᑲᑕᒪᓂᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᓂᐃᐧᑭᔑᑐᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᓂᑕᓂᒥᐃᐧᑐ ᐁᑲ ᐅᑕ ᑌᐯᐤ ᑲᐊᐧᐱᔭᐣ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐅᑕ ᓂᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑐᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ᙮ ᓇᐸᓀᒐᑊ ᐊᔕ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐊᐧᐱᐊᐧᑫᔭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐸᑭ ᓇᐱᐨ ᑯᑕᐠ ᓂᒪᒋᔭᐱᐊᐧᑫ᙮” ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᓂᓴᐧᓱᔕᐱᔭᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᒪᒋᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐨ ᒍᐢᑌ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᓂ ᐅᑭᐊᐸᒋᑐᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐁᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ᙮ “ᐊᐱ ᓂᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᐁᐃᓇᓀᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᑲᑕᓴᐧᑭᐃᐧᓀᔭᐣ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᔭᐣ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᑯ ᑭᑭᒋᐊᓂᒪᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐁᑭᑭᒋᐡᐱᓭᐨ ᓂᔓᑲᑦ᙮” ᒍᐢᑌ ᒥᔑᓇᐧᔦᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐅᑭᐃᔑᐊᓄᑲᑕᐣ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑭᐳᓂᒥᓂᑫᐧ ᒥᓇ

ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᒪᒋᐃᓇᒋᑫ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒪᒋᑲᑫᐧᒋ᙮ “ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐃᔑᐳᓂᒥᓂᑫᐧᔭᐣ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒋᐅᒋᐱᑎᑫᔭᐣ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᓂᓇᓭᒪᐢ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᓂᒐᓂᔕᐠ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᓂᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐠ᙮” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᑕᒪᑯᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐸᐱᐢᑫᐣᑕᐠ ᐊᑎᐟ ᒥᒋᒪᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᓂ ᐅᑭᒥᓂᑯᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᑕᐃᐧᐃᐦᑯᐨ᙮ “ᒥᓇ ᓂᑭᐃᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᔓᑲ ᒋᐊᒪᐧᐠ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒥᓂᑫᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᔭ ᒋᑯᒋᐱᑕᒪᐣ᙮” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᐠ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐅᔓᑲᒪᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᒥᓄᓭᓂᐨ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐁᑭᑐᑕᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᑲᑭᐱᒥ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ᙮ “ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐸᒪᐠ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᑎᑯ ᒋᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᔭᐣ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᑭᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ᙮” ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒍᐢᑌ ᑲᐃᔑᐳᓂᓇᓇᑲᒋᔭᐨ ᐅᔓᑲᒪᐣ᙮ “ᐁᑲᐧ 1997 ᑲᐊᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᒋᐦᐃᐊᓂᒥᐦᐃᑯᐣ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᑲᔭ ᒋᑭᐅᒋᑭᐱᑎᓇᒪᐣ᙮

ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐃᐧᔭᑭ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐦᐊ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂ ᒪᑎᐣ ᒍᐢᑌ ᐁᐃᔑᓂᑲᓯᐨ ᐁᐃᐡᑯᓄᓂᑕᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᑐᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑌᐯᐤ ᐁᐊᐧᐱᐨ ᐅᓴᑦ ᑲᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐨ᙮

ᑭᒥᔑᓇᑎᓄᐣ ᓂᑎᓯᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᓂᑕᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᑲᔭ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐳᓂᑐᔭᓇᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᐁᑭᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒪᑲᐧ ᓄᓯᓴᐠ᙮” ᐁᑲᐧ ᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒪᒋᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ

ᐊᐱ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑭᑕᓇᓄᑭ᙮ “ᐁᑲᐧ 2009 ᑲᐊᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᒪᐡᑭᑭ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᔭᐣ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐁᑲᐧ 2008 ᒥᓇ 2009 ᑲᐊᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᔓᑲᑦ ᑭᐊᐃᐡᐱᓭ

ᒥᓇ ᑭᓇᓇᓯᓭ᙮ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐱᑯ ᑲᑕᐃᐧᐃᔑᒪᒪᑕᓄᑭᔭᐣ᙮” ᐊᒥᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒍᐢᑌ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᐱᐨ ᐁᒪᒋᓭᓂᑭᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒋᐊᓂ ᐊᐧᐱᐊᐧᑫᐨ ᐅᐡᑭᔑᑯᐣ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᔑᓭᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐃᓯᓭ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒐᐱᐠ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐁᐸᐡᑭᓭᐠ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐅᑕ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑲᔓᑲᐃᐧᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᓯᓭᐠ᙮” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᔑᓀ ᐁᐃᐡᐱᓭᐨ ᑭᔓᑲᑦ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᐸᐡᑭᒋᓭᐊᐧᐨ᙮ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᑎᔭᐣ᙮” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐊᔕ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓇᑭ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᓂᐸᐣ ᐅᐡᑭᔑᐠ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐯᔑᑯᑯᐣ ᐁᑕ ᑭᐊᐧᐱᐊᐧᑫ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᒪᒋᔭᐱᐊᐧᑫᐨ᙮ “ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐊᐧᐱᐊᐧᑫᔭᐣ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑯᑕᐠ ᓂᐡᑭᔑᐠ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐁᐊᔭᐠ ᓂᑎᔑᓇᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐱᑯ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᓂᐊᐧᐱᐊᐧᑫ᙮ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐊᐧᓇᐦᐃᑯᔭᐣ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐱᑯ ᓂᒪᒋᔭᐱᐊᐧᑫ᙮” ᐁᑲᐧ ᒍᐢᑌ ᑭᐳᓂᐱᒥᐸᑐ 2001 ᑲᐊᑭᐊᐧᓂᓂᐠ ᐅᓴᑦ ᓂᔕᐧ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐱᒋᑌᐦᐁᓭᐸᐣ ᓯᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᑯ ᐅᒋᐊᐧᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧ ᐃᓂᑯᐠ ᐅᔓᑲᒪᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᒥᓄᓭᓂᐨ᙮ “ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᓂᔓᑲᑦ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᒋᒥᓄᓭ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 13

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Assembly of First Nations gather in Yukon National Chief Shawn Atleo says the AFN annual general assembly will be a chance for the different regions to connect and share ideas of how to move forward.

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Atleo said one of the major topics of the assembly will be a discussion of how to disband the Indian Act and replace it with First Nation-led solutions.

He also noted that the assembly features speakers from the Yukon Idle No More movement, saying that all First Nations people need to work together to move forward.

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ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑕᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐠ ᐊᐣᔭᐣ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐣᔭᐣ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐃᔕ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑕᐧᓂ ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐃᔕᓯᐣ ᑯᑕᐠ ᑭᒋᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᔾᐟᐦᐊᐧᕑᐢ. ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᓀᑕᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐃᔕᐨ ᐁᐧᐃᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᒋᑭᑕᑭᐧᒪᑲᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑐᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐣᒋ, ᒪᔭᑦ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐃᐧᐊᓂᒧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐨ. ᐊᐣᔭᐣ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐊᐧᓫᐃᐢ ᐸᐧᐠᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᐊᐧᓇᐱᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᑌ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᐃᐧ ᐱᑯ ᐁᐃᐧᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᑯ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᐃᐧ ᑕᐃᐧᓇᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᔭᓂᒧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᓀᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ.

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Alternative treaty gathering in Onion Lake Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris will be one of the chiefs from across the country attending a treaty gathering in Onion Lake First Nation, rather than the AFN assembly in Whitehorse.

Morris said he is on a factfinding mission to see if KI would fit into a national treaty alliance, a concept being discussed at the event.

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ᑲᓴᑭᑌᐠ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐠ ᐱᒥᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᐱᒥᓴᑭᑌᐠ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐠ 16,500 ᐦᐁᐠᑐᕑ ᐊᔕ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑭᒐᑭᑌ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐱᒥᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑕᔑᓴᑭᑌᐠ 30 ᑭᓫᐊᒥᑐᕑᐢ ᐊᐱᓯᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᔕᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᓀᐣᑲᐱᐦᐊᓄᐠ ᐃᔑ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑎᐣ ᐅᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔕ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐱᑕᐸᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐅᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᔕ ᐃᒪ ᐱᐣᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᐊᐧᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐅᐣᒋᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᒋᒪᒪᒋᐸᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᓇᓂᓴᓂᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐁᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑕᐧ ᒋᔭᓂᒪᒋᐃᐧᓂᑕᐧ.

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Forest fire near Pikangikum being monitored A 16,500 hectare fire burning out of control near Pikangikum is being monitored.

The fire is 30 kms southwest of the First Nation.

Chief Dean Owen said there is no smoke or haze in the community so far.

Owen said Pikangikum has an emergency plan in place that puts high risk people on a priority list in case of an evacuation.

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ᒪᐧᕑᓱ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐨ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᑭᑫᑕᑲᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᓂᑕ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐨ ᓇᐧᕑᐳ ᒪᐧᕑᓱ ᐊᔕ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑌᑎᐸᑲᒥᐠ ᐊᓂᑭᑫᐣᑕᑯᓯ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᓇᐦᐃᐨ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᓫᐊᑯᑕ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫ ᐃᒪ ᕑᐃᒐᔾᓇ ᔪᓂᐯᕑᓯᑎ. ᑲᕑᒥᐣ ᕑᐊᐳᕑᐟᓴᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᑭᔭᓂ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐊᐧᐸᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒪᐧᕑᓱ ᐅᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᓇᐣ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ 2007 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ. ᕑᐊᐳᕑᐟᓴᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᐦᐃᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐅᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫ ᐅᑎᔑᑭᔐᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᐅᐣᑎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᓇᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ.

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Morrisseau genius gaining recognition The woodland artist Norval Morrisseau is gaining more recognition as people around the world take notice of the depth of his talent and vision, says a Lakota art historian from the University of Regina.

Carmen Robertson noted that audiences have started to look deeper into Morrisseau’s art since his death in 2007.

Robertson says that the famous Anishinabe artist created a unique visual language that no other Canadian artist has done.

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ᒋᒍ ᑕᐃᔕ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ ᕑᐊᔑᔭ ᒐᐧᓇᑕᐣ ᒋᒍ, ᒧᐢ ᑯᕑᐃ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐨ ᐅᒪᐡᑭᑯ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᔑ ᐱᒪᑕᐦᐁᐸᐣ ᑭᒋᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱ ᒋᑕᑭᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᐣᑎᓀᐣᑐ ᐦᐊᐧᑭ ᓫᐃᐠ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᒋᒍ ᑕᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧ ᒋᐃᔑᒣᑕᐁᐧᐨ ᒣᐟᐯᓴᐠ ᓴᐠᕑᐁᑊ, ᐅᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑯᕑᐅᐁᐧᔑᔭ, ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᒪᒋᐱᒪᑯᐁᐧᐸᐦᐃᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᒋᔭᓂᑕᑭᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᒋᒍ ᓂᐦᓴᐧ ᑲᑭᒣᑕᐁᐧᐸᐣ ᑯᑕᐠ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐱᒪᑯᐁᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒪ ᓇᐧᕑᐟ ᐊᒣᕑᐃᑲ.

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Cheechoo heading to Russia Jonathon Cheechoo, Moose Cree First Nation member and former NHL star, has signed on to play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Cheechoo will join Medvescak Zagreb, a team based in Croatia, for the upcoming season.

The move comes after Cheechoo spent the past three seasons playing in the minor leagues in North America.

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‘Sixties Scoop’ class action lawsuit re-launched Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

A class action lawsuit against the Canadian government for the deprivation of cultural identity stemming from what many call the “Sixties Scoop” has been granted certification as a class action proceeding.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic and Beaverhouse First Nation Chief Marcia Brown Martel are “thrilled” legal class action proceedings re-launched on July 15 against the Attorney General of Canada will proceed to the next stage of of the legal proceedings.

“The path to litigation has been long and tiring but we are overjoyed that the Government of Canada will finally be accountable for this devastating legacy, which was nothing short of cultural genocide,” said Kakegamic in a media release.

The lawsuit calls for financial compensation of $50,000 for each person who is a member of this class action lawsuit, and a declaration that the Government of Canada “breached its fiduciary obligation and duty of care to protect Aboriginal rights by delegating the task of child welfare to Ontario and by entering into an agreement with the province that systemically eradicated the Aboriginal culture, society, language, customs, traditions, and

spirituality of the children.”

In Ontario, an estimated 16,000 Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their parents between 1965 and 1985 by child welfare agencies and placed into mostly non-Aboriginal homes far from their communities.

Brown Martel, who was removed from her home when she was four years old and adopted by Texan parents, and another surviror launched a lawsuit in February 2009 against the Attorney General of Canada under the Class Proceedings Act. In May 2010, a judge conditionally granted a motion to certify the action as a class proceeding but this was overturned in December 2011 when the Superior Court of Justice ruled that conditional certification of a class action proceeding should not have been granted.

Kakegamic said the 2011 decision was likely a result of the Canadian government refusing to acknowledge that the Sixties Scoop was part of its “assimilation policy” against Aboriginal people.

“I assume they don’t want to go into the same procedure and compensation that goes along with it that went into the residential school,” Kakegamic said, referring to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

Kakegamic said while most

residential school survivors – himself included – were able to return home during the summer months, many Sixties Scoop survivors have not even found their original families.

“These poor kids, they only had one-way ticket out,” he said.

“There’s (many) stories about residential school that we know already. But these (Sixties Scoop) kids have their own stories and they’re emerging.”

Kakegamic said the practice of the Sixities Scoop is part of an attempted culture genocide of First Nations people that was “purposely and systematically undertaken by Canada and the province.”

Kakegamic referred to a line

by Judge Edwin C. Kimelman, who chaired a Manitoba review committee on the Sixties Scoop in the mid-1980’s, where he said: “Unequivocally...cultural genocide has been taking place in a systematic, routine manner.”

Kakegamic hopes the courts allow the class action lawsuit to proceed for the benefit of the Sixties Scoop survivors.

“I hope that the government and the court will do the right thing and allow the survivors to begin the healing process,” he said.

A website (www.sixtiesscoopclaim.ca) has been established to help First Nations register and obtain more information on the class action proceedings.

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

No ordinary woman

Submitted photo by Darren Lillington/SPinal Cord INjuries Ontario

The premier screening of Maggie Sofea’s film Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Dreams was held in Nibinamik on July 9. Sofea, second from front, also celebrated her 24th birthday during her time in the community. In all, between 70 and 80 people came out to the Nibinamik school gymnasium to take in the film and help Sofea make her debut as a film director a memorable evening.

Population growth puts strain on education resources Federal funding needs to keep up with growth in numbers of students, educators say Christian Quequish Wawatay News

As the Aboriginal population in Canada continues to grow, one result is that resources for First Nations, Metis and Inuit people to access education continue to getting comparatively smaller per person.

Statistics printed in the summer 2013 edition of Aboriginal Insight, a newsletter for the Aboriginal Statistics Program through Statistics Canada revealed that Aboriginal populations have grown by about 27 per cent since 2006.

“The Aboriginal population increased by 61,355 people, or 26.7 per cent between 2006 and 2011, compared with 5.2 per cent for the non-Aboriginal population,” the report reads.

In Ontario, First Nations

populations have rapidly risen compared to the rest of the province’s population. The median age of Aboriginal people in Ontario is 30, nearly 10 years younger than the median age of non-Aboriginal people in the province.

One effect of that population growth is an increase in the numbers of Aboriginal people accessing post-secondary education.

“Just generally across Canada, there are more native kids going to school,” said Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, vice provost, Aboriginal initiatives at Lakehead University. “I think the biggest issue around that is the fact that there are not enough resources to accommodate them.”

Wesley-Esquimaux said the gap between education fund-

ing for Aboriginal and nonAboriginal students is considered to be growing.

According to two AFN reports discussing elementary and secondary schooling and post-secondary education, $1.56 billion is spent on Aboriginal education, with $300 million of that used for post-secondary education funding. Both reports conclude that this is not sufficient due to the two per cent cap put on Aboriginal education funding in 1996.

“Because of the shortfall in funding, they have not taken off the two per cent cap, that is still there,” Wesley-Esquimaux explained.

Barry McLoughlin, director of lifelong learning at Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC) said one issue with the

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growing Aboriginal population is the federal government not keeping pace with it.

NNEC, according to its mission statement, is an organization supporting Aboriginal people through creating, “a First Nations education system that enforces academic standards, reinforces cultural identity, and enables learners to contribute with confidence to the well-being of the global community.”

NNEC provides support to secondary school students coming from First Nations communities to Sioux Lookout or Thunder Bay for high school. As well, they provide post-secondary financial support to those who qualify for funding.

McLoughlin said he has observed that provincial

schools are working towards having more Aboriginal students attending schools.

“That’s where the future is if they want to keep the schools full, Thunder Bay to Calgary, they want more Aboriginal students in their schools,” said McLoughlin. “What I’ve also observed is the province and the federal government seem to be transferring more and more dollars into provincial schools but doing very little to help support First Nations high schools, whether it be our own Pelican Falls or Dennis Franklin Cromarty.”

He referred to an Aboriginal student going to Queen Elizabeth District High School in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, where the student is getting funded at a much higher rate than if that student went to Pelican Falls.

“It makes no sense if unit funding for that one student is two thirds of what it would be if that student went to a provincial school. It’s really unfair how that works,” McLoughlin said.

He said schools like Pelican Falls First Nation High School, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School and the high schools in the north that are sponsored by NNEC are restricted by the federal budgets.

“The schools are doing their best they can with a very restrictive budget compared to the provincial schools to prepare students to get on track,” said McLoughlin. “But it may mean it takes two more years to graduate than a regular mainstream student where the funding gaps don’t exist.”

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Foster kids Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

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riends of ours are foster parents. They make their living at it and it’s a commitment they’ve made with themselves and with the kids who come under their care. They’ve been doing this for years and in that time they’ve positively influenced a lot of young boys. Since we’ve been friends we’ve gotten to meet a handful of these kids and it’s always been a pleasure. They’re shy at first, restrained, scared maybe, but they bloom eventually and become themselves.

Being a former foster kid myself, I can identify with them. I remember precisely how it feels to move into someone else’s home and try to find a comfortable place for yourself and how much work it takes to get your feet under you so you can move.

It’s never an easy thing. You travel with the knowledge that you don’t belong. That’s never an easy or a comfortable weight to bear at any age but harder when you’re a kid.

My friends are getting older. They’re both in their sixties now and they can clearly see a time coming when they won’t be able to do this work anymore. Everyone outgrows child rearing and it’s no different with foster parents. They want to rest. They want to enjoy each other. Sometimes their energy lags and sometimes, so does their patience. But there isn’t a day when their care flags or their understanding of what makes boys tick surrenders to their tiredness.

They’ve got three boys in their home now. All of them are under sixteen but just barely. It means that they’re an emotional and a physical handful. They’re growing into their bodies and becoming men and along with that comes a host of changes and a hundred different ways of coping with them. They fight like brothers. They tease and jibe. They react to the emotional surges that happen of their own accord and they question almost everything.

It’s called growing up.

It’s actually kind of funny to watch. I find it funny because I remember so well how completely out of orbit I felt at that age. My body was different, my voice was different and then there were all those feelings. Throw in

the idea of girls and things in my head were a mad house.

I had big feet and a round head until I was fourteen. I had a severe brush-cut and goofy glasses and I couldn’t talk to people. My life was one big ache for acceptance.

The world held mysteries that were always hinted at but never explained. When you need to rely on speculation because you’re too timid or afraid to ask questions of things or people, the resources you’re left to are always your own. I imagined a lot of wrong things. I surmised dreadfully. I calculated out of fear and confusion.

There wasn’t a man around me that I felt connected to in any big way to ask about the things that were going on inside me.

That was the big thing. I was a displaced boy trying to understand the process of becoming a young man and role models were at a premium for me. The men I most admired were other kid’s fathers but I could never talk to them. Wandering through my stiff adolescent world I never had the benefit of a guide. It’s tough territory.

So when I’m around those guys I try to remember all that. I try to remember the fact that I could never for a moment forget that I was a foster kid. I try to remember how it felt to have to shop for a feeling of permanence and stability and how indecipherable grown ups were. Particularly the men. I remember how hard it was to learn how to be masculine through mimicry and how a lot of the behaviours I saw didn’t fit with how I felt inside.

So I joke with them. I tease lightly. I play the clown and get them to laugh. I use their lingo and their references and I try to talk about the things they’re interested in. I try to show them that grown ups aren’t all boring, dull, uninventive and nonspontaneous. I try to show them that some of us can still be kids too – because I really needed that when I was them. I didn’t need a cop back then. I needed an ally, a confidante and a buddy. I try to give them that.

See, kids trust what reflects them. If they can see themselves in you they hear you, they pay attention to you, they’re not afraid of you. When you’re not infallible it allows them the dignity of the occasional oops themselves. As grown ups we need to remember that because in the end, we’re all role models and we’re all foster parents.

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Bearskin Lake youth,1997.

It takes political courage to be inclusive Ovide Mercredi, Peigi Wilson and Will Amos Originally published on July 9 2013 in the Toronto Star

“Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!” This is one way to get things done, but the wreckage it leaves in its wake can undermine the victory. The current federal government’s relationship with environmentalists and indigenous peoples is a case in point.

The evidence is everywhere, from public demonstrations and hunger strikes to an explosion of litigation.

Much of the conflict involves the failure of the federal government to consult and accommodate indigenous peoples when making decisions about environmental protection and natural resource development.

And, in a fashion reminiscent of last year’s omnibus legislation, the federal government is promising further amendments to the Species at Risk Act (SARA) that will, according to Environment Minister Peter Kent, render this unique law “more efficient” in order to develop resources faster.

While everyone claims to seek a healthy environment and sustainable economic well-being, the challenge is to work together to make this a reality for us all. We need a new approach.

The good news is that we can draw upon past experience. The development of SARA, signed into law in 2002, engaged hundreds of rights holders and interest groups and took nearly

And yes, it takes time and the investment of political capital.

But governments ought to heed the warning of Jim Prentice, former federal minister of the environment and minister of aboriginal affairs and northern development. While regulatory fiat may appear to generate immediate results, it ultimately stalls in the face of litigation and lack of social license.

This is not rocket science.

We are talking about respect for ecological limits, Indigenous peoples, and the rule of law. Processes such as those employed during the enactment of SARA in 2002 can generate goodwill and, ultimately, the social license necessary to operate.

The choice is clear: we can continue to pursue the same failed approaches and the associated risks of judicial review, social disruption and civil disobedience. Or we can draw upon successful experiences and adopt improved ways of working together for the wellbeing of the environment and all Canadians.

a decade to enact. It involved complex negotiations and trade-offs between industry, provinces, environmentalists and landowners. Of particular note was the process established to engage indigenous peoples.

In 1996, a working group was created that brought together federal officials and representatives of national aboriginal organizations and wildlife management boards to make recommendations for the development of national endangered species legislation. From preliminary discussions and first principles to the finer points of legislative drafting, this working group continued to serve through several versions of the bill in multiple parliamentary sessions. The authors of this op-ed were active participants, sitting on different sides of the table, in the working group and saw how the process worked.

Co-chairs representing the federal government and indigenous peoples created equality at the table. Indigenous cultural traditions influenced the proceedings with elders reminding us to maintain our focus and work together to protect the Earth. Smudges, prayers and talking circles were part of the process. It took an open mind on the part of all the participants to put aside their inherent mistrust and suspicions.

But the linchpin of this respectful engagement was the sharing of draft legislation with legal counsel for indigenous organizations prior to its tabling in the House of Commons.

This was a remarkable step, given that the draft was under embargo as a confidential cabinet document. To deliver on this level of consultation required great trust on the part of the federal government, a trust that was earned and returned in full.

The process worked, protecting endangered species and ensuring that indigenous people felt heard. While SARA did not emerge as a perfect law, it was not a “take it or leave it” or, worse yet, a “here’s the new law, get used to it” experience.

We have seen too much of that lately, including recent changes to SARA made by the federal government entirely in isolation.

It takes political courage to be inclusive.

The federal government’s relationship with indigenous peoples must be one of partnership, not of adversaries. The same can be said of its relationship with environmental and conservation organizations.

Consultation with indigenous peoples and the accommodation of their rights is the law in Canada, confirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada as a fundamental principle of constitutional law. It must become the norm for both legislation and resource development.

Furthermore, considering the symbiotic relationship between biological and cultural diversity, moving forward to develop resources responsibly requires protecting both our shared environment and the rights of indigenous peoples.

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Ovide Mercredi is former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

Peigi Wilson, a Métis lawyer and consultant, is former director, environmental stewardship, of the Assembly of First Nations.

Will Amos is director of Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, University of Ottawa, and was an adviser to former federal environment minister David Anderson.

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The walk to the Hudson Bay coast is longer than I remember Andy Fyon ONTARIO BENEATH OUR FEET

Here’s something to ponder: Why is land in parts of Ontario rising “quickly,” while other parts of Ontario are sinking? Is it important?

Approximately 20,000 years ago, at the end of the great ice age, Ontario was covered by about two kilometres of ice. The thickness of the ice sheet was greatest over Hudson Bay, where the ice was close to three kilometres thick. As you can imagine, all that ice weighed a lot. It was so heavy that it pressed the land down — just like a pillow when you sit on it. The depression of the land was greatest over Hudson Bay, where the ice was thickest, and least in the Toronto area, where the ice sheet was thin.

Starting 10,000 years ago, the massive glacier began to melt back towards the north. As the ice sheet melted and thinned, the depressed land near Hudson Bay was flooded and the Tyrell Sea, or prehistoric Hudson Bay, was formed. With the weight of the glacier gone, the depressed land across northern Ontario began to rise, the way a pillow rises when you no longer sit on it.

This is a geological process called isostatic rebound. About 8,000 years ago, Cape Henrietta Maria, where James Bay and Hudson Bay merge, was more than 100 metres below the surface of the Tyrrell Sea. By 7,000 years ago, it had emerged above sea level.

Geologists calculate that the land at the cape is rising at a rate

of 1.2 metres per 1,000 years (almost four feet per 1,000 years or 12 centimetres per 100 years).

As that land rises, more land is created towards the North Atlantic Ocean. To better understand, try this experiment: - Lay a cookie pan with a lip on it flat on a table.

- Cover the entire bottom of the pan with a little water. The bottom of the pan represents the land that was covered by the Tyrrell Sea 8,000 years ago.

- Gently lift up one end of the pan, leaving the other end on the table. The water drains away from the raised end to expose a lot of the now dry bottom of the cookie pan. A small rise in submerged land creates a lot of newly exposed dry land.

This is exactly what is happening to the emerging land along the south shore of Hudson Bay. As the land rises, new shorelines form. In the last 1,000 years, this process has created nearly 30 kilometres of new land along the Ontario shore of Hudson Bay. Elders who live along the coast have witnessed new land being created in their lifetime.

One of the distinctive landforms along the south shore of Hudson Bay is old beaches that mark the former shoreline. In some places, more than 150 old shorelines can be seen due to 300 metres of rebound. The view from the ground or airplane is striking. Parallel, well-drained, raised beaches create a pattern of successive ridges that are covered by conifer trees on higher, drier ridges, which alternate with muskeg, rich in peat.

And the land is still rising.

Geologists have measurements that indicate the land in the Hudson Bay region is still depressed.

After 10,000 years, Hudson Bay is only half way through its “spring back” and may have another 100 meters to rise. When uplift is complete, Hudson Bay will mostly or entirely disappear.

While the land along Hudson Bay is rising, the land in southern Ontario is static or sinking. The rebounding land in Ontario is like a teeter-totter. The Great Lakes more or less mark the line where the land is not moving. The line is like the axel of the teeter totter.

Along the south shore of the Great Lakes, the land is actually sinking.

While you may find the geological history of Ontario quite interesting, it’s important to remember that geology impacts all of us. Isostatic rebound is a factor that influences the water levels in the Great Lakes, which affects recreational use, Great Lake shipping, and shorelines.

It also affects the water levels in Hudson Bay. The land close to Hudson Bay will continue to rise, perhaps as much as another 100 metres over many thousands of years. Hudson Bay will shrink in size, islands may join the Ontario mainland, and the tilting of the land will also affect the flow of water in lakes and rivers in the future. So, in response to the question posed at the beginning of this article: Is it important that the land in Ontario is rising and sinking? Yes, indeed it is.

Understanding the “Ontario beneath our feet” is fundamental to Ontario’s economy and quality of life.

Andy Fyon is the Director of MNDM’s Ontario Geological Survey. For more information about the geology of Ontario: http:// www.mndm.gov.on.ca/en/ mines-and-minerals/geology.

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KI chief to attend National Treaty Gathering Onion Lake First Nation gathering held same time as AFN assembly Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, and Vince Steinhauer, president of Blue Quills First Nations College as well as a visit by Senator

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KI Chief Donny Morris is looking to learn more about a national treaty alliance concept at the upcoming Onion Lake National Treaty Gathering.

“I’m on a fact finding mission to see if the community would fit in, if it’s a viable option,” Morris said on July 10 about the July 14-18 gathering. “We like to toe our own line, but I know joining an organization that’s going to be seeing, speaking and doing things our way, I know I’m going to need that support.”

Morris wants to check out treaty issues during the gathering, which is being held in central Saskatchewan, near the Alberta border.

“My interest, obviously from the community perspective, is pursuing our treaty rights as signatory to the treaties,” Morris said. “I’m going there to see how and what this treaty alliance (is).

If it’s going to be formed, I need to know firsthand what it is.”

Morris plans to bring information about the national treaty alliance concept back to his community for their input on whether or not to join.

“If they’re going to be pursuing treaty with the government, I can honestly say I am close to being in that position,” Morris said. “Our

“My interest, obviously from the community perspective, is pursuing our treaty rights as signatory to the treaties...If they are going to be pursuing treaty with the government, I can honestly say I am close to being in that position... Our position, when we’re talking with them, is always treaty based...”

– Donny Morris

Archives of Ontario, C 275-1-0-2 (S 7681)

This picture was taken during the Lansdowne House Treaty Day celebration in 1954. position, when we’re talking with them, is always treaty based.”

Onion Lake Chief Wallace Fox said the gathering is not being held in competition with the Assembly of First Nations’ 34th Annual General Assembly, which runs from July 16-18 in Whitehorse, Yukon.

“We wish to clarify that

this is not an Onion Lake Cree Nation meeting, not a chief’s meeting, but rather a meeting where we will hear from the grassroots peoples, as so many times we see a chief top down system which has not worked for our peoples,” Fox said. “The grassroots peoples are the assembly, the voices that need to be heard.”

AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo also noted that he did not see the Onion Lake gathering as working in opposition to the AFN gathering.

“We respect and acknowledge that concurrently, as sometimes happens, there’s another meeting happening on the topic of treaties, but recognizing by and large we’re after the same or simi-

lar things and that we continue to look to the Elders for advice in how to continue to be effective in supporting our people,” Atleo told Wawatay.

The Onion Lake gathering includes presentations

by Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Rarihokwats, a Mohawk citizen from Akwesasne, Fox, Perry Bellegarde,

Lillian Dyck, a Gordon First Nation band member.

Sunrise ceremonies, men’s and women’s sweats, a pipe stem ceremony and a traditional feast will also be held during the gathering.

A 10-day Treaty Dakota Awareness Ride on horseback is also scheduled to finish on July 14 at the gathering site.

The gathering is scheduled to be webcast through a link on the Onion Lake website, at www.onionlake.ca.

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‘It is an important moment for us’ National Chief highlights issues of common concern for First Nations across the country Wawatay spoke with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo on the eve of AFN’s Annual General Assembly, held this year in Whitehorse Yukon, to discuss the assembly, Idle No More and the need for regional approaches with national support for the array of issues facing First Nations.

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Wawatay (WWT): There has been another Crown-Treaty gathering with the federal government since the last Annual General Assembly (AGA). How does what was discussed there and what has or hasn’t happened since then influence what happens at the AGA and influence the agenda?

Shawn Atleo (SA): The agenda itself has come together around that sense of empowerment. But where the AGA is happening, in the Yukon, for 20 years the majority of the Yukon communities have been outside of the Indian Act. They’ve displaced the Indian Act with an umbrella agreement that they arrived at 20 years ago. It’s a very unique jurisdiction of the country to be having an assembly take place. There will be major discussions about displacing the Indian Act with our own solutions, and First Nations leaders from different parts of the country will be there to discuss displacing the Indian Act with their own solutions. And that has happened in the Yukon. The Indian Act does not apply there, and they are driving their solutions on their own merit.

That doesn’t mean that they are without their challenges, in implementing these agreements and to see the spirit and the intent of the agreement upheld

by Canada. Which are words that First Nations in other parts of the country who have treaties have yet to see them implemented in the spirit and intent.

So these are where we have chances to find areas of common and the links between them to bring forward to Canada. These are major priorities, these areas of rights treaties and comprehensive claims. And the press since the January 11 meeting is to push Canada to match words with actions. There is some conversations where treaty leaders are stepping forward to test the will of the government to make good on those words, and I think that will be a major part of the discussion in compelling government to match words with real action in a timely way.

WWT: The Yukon is, as you say, a very interesting example. Do you look at that example as something for First Nations in other regions of the country to take some of the positives

of what’s happened in the Yukon and see how those can be incorporated in the different regions?

SA: I think my role and the role of the AFN, is just as the title says, is to assemble. To bring the First Nations together to exchange ideas about how, while recognizing the diversity and supporting each other’s autonomy, to build strength by finding areas in common. I think that’s the potential of every AGA when we come together. Its also about me clarifying that its not my role to negotiate with the Prime Minister. It is really up to the First Nations to themselves come to the table. Our job is to push the government to sit with the nations on a treaty by treaty, nation to nation basis. So when you see the two major topics, big topics like comprehensive claims and the relationship between treaty implementation challenges, where you’ve got a government that consistently brings about unilateral legislative initiatives that attempt to overstep both treaty and in some cases modern day agreements, it’s a chance to exchange these notes and to recognize the diversity, that it is not one-size fits all, but its about respecting the

does that fit into the Idle No More discussion?

SA: I think its about being inspired by, you know, when you’ve got youngsters walking 1,600 kms from the shores of James Bay, to me they are part of a major group that I consider leaders of this generation. They are saying that what is happening in our communities needs to change. It is by and large an incredibly powerfully positive and inspirational message of coming together and raising the consciousness of Canadians, and of standing up for the environment. I think the level of consciousness with the growing youth population is what is particularly inspiring at this moment, and is a position of strength.

I know since I’ve been in this role as national chief we’ve seen the advent of social media. I’ve said lets do more online programs, lets make sure we involve as many people as possible other than our standard meetings, including web-based platforms.

We’ve found that reaching out has helped to enhance both the involvement of a greater diversity of voices. This organization is, I compare it to the United Nations, where I hold meetings

“ I think my role and the role of the AFN, is just as the title says, is to assemble. To bring the First Nations together to exchange ideas about how, while recognizing the diversity and supporting each other’s autonomy, to build strength by finding areas in common. I think that’s the potential of every AGA when we come together.”

-Shawn Atleo

approaches of the nations and working with the First Nations leaders and their citizens. And for us at the assembly, it’s a chance to reflect on the past six months to a year, and to keep considering the role of how best to bring about our role.

WWT: This has been an interesting past year with Idle No More, which really captured a lot of excitement and attention. There are a lot of people who believe Idle No More is a grassroots movement, without the chiefs, without AFN. The title of the gathering and some of the workshops, with the focus on empowering citizens to drive change, how

to bring nations together and its up to them to work through and find solutions together and in turn for the leaders to work with their citizens and to respect that that is the role of First Nations government. And the chiefs have been very supportive in finding ways to include the voices of citizens, even when we’ve had reduced funding and resources.

This is what this invitation includes at our assembly in asking Marilyn Jensen, the Yukon Idle No More representative, to lead a panel discussions on this work of how it is we work together as First Nations leaders and citizens. We need to work together, that is where our strength lies. What I hear when I speak to people in every region

is the notion that we might be diverse, but we’ve got to keep finding ways to come together.

We’re stronger when we work together, and that continues to be the theme that I’m hearing as we head into Whitehorse.

WWT: Its quite a broad range of issues to be discussed at the AGA. What for you is most exciting, or what sessions are you going to make sure not to miss?

SA: Well I hope to be a part of all of it. There are major reflective pieces, like this is the 250th anniversary of the royal proclamation and the Elders are going to be leading a discussion that has to do with our lawmaking, our unity and preparations for this commemoration. What does it mean for us to be in this relationship with the Crown and with this country?

There will be honourings of some people like the late Jim Sinclair and Elijah Harper, those are going to be incredibly poignant moments, as we have many leaders who have stood steadfastly in this challenge for a long time. We’re only the latest generation to do so.

I think there’s some interesting elements here that show there’s increasing consciousness amongst Canadians. You have Jim Prentice prepared to come and speak about First Nations leading sustainability.

You’ve got people like Bob Rae who left government to support First Nations negotiating in the area of natural resources. We’ve got both opposition leaders

who will be present in different moments. Its important both in the consciousness raising amongst our own people most importantly, but also amongst Canadians to understand that they are a part of these challenges as well as the opportunities. If First Nations are empowered to become strong, healthy and prosperous, that’s going to be good for Canada. To hear prominent Canadians stepping forward and being prepared to be part of this discussion, I think that’s really important.

WWT: When you sit down, and the leaders sit down in these strategy sessions, how important is it in your view to come up with a national strategy or a cohesive approach across the regional differences?

SA: I think firstly its nations and regions finding those approaches between and amongst themselves that has to be the highest priority. There’s no question the AFN was struck initially with a shared national priority to push back on government-led initiatives that were intended to overstep the right of First Nations to say for themselves.

There are these moments of shared consensus that unilateral decision making on a bill that is creating regulations for water but doesn’t deliver clean drinking water is not the way forward. Or an attempt to drape all First Nations with a singular education legislation is not the way forward. So we

find these areas in common.

And I think the next piece is to press the government to go to those nations and for the nations themselves to articulate what is their vision for education, how is it that education can and must be delivered. First Nations have had a vision for education for 30 years, Indian control of Indian education. So there are longstanding points of consensus.

Treaty implementation, for example, is a shared sense by everybody. How to accomplish it and how to get the government to come to the table, well, so many of us have fought court cases. We’ve got over 40 court decisions affirming treaty rights. The real challenge has been how to get the government to come meaningfully to the table. And I don’t believe its about choosing any one strategy or option. Idle No More has been one of the most powerful movements to pierce public consciousness and compel governments to come to the table. The court decisions have been an important aspect. Going to the United Nations. Challenging Canada at the Canadian Human Rights tribunal on child welfare funding. I’ve had very blunt messages to the government about legislation. If this is a real partnership based on treaties, they need to come to the table with those treaty nations. This is going to be an important element of this assembly, because I do think its an important moment for us.

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Dilico strike a result of high case loads Families protest lack of Over 300 employees picketing at various locations in the Northwest

proper care at Dilico Georgia Wilkins Wawatay News

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Nearly 380 Dilico Anishnabek Family Care employees on strike have been picketing at six locations, including Nipigon, Longlac, Marathon, White Sand First Nation, James St. in Thunder Bay and at Dilico’s head office at Fort William First Nation, since July 8 when the strike began.

Candace Lavalley, President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Local 70, highlighted three main concerns which employees are seeking resolution for during the strike.

High case loads, unfair salaries and hours when oncall, and poorly run overtime are the main concerns of picketers, she said.

“An ideal would be for Dilico to call us back to the table to discuss some of these issues.

The ones suffering are our Anishnabek children...”

– Candace Lavalley

“We’re looking for our employer to lower the case loads. We have many committed social workers who cannot cope with the cases,” Lavalley said. “The average case load per worker is

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Four of nearly 380 Dilico employees currently on strike stand holding signs and distributing brochures outside Dilico’s main office on Fort William First Nation. twenty-five… That means twenty-five families and all their children.”

Social workers must visit each family at least once a month.

Lavalley says that workers are “petrified” to take days off because of extremely high levels of paperwork expected regularly of them. Due to the overloaded schedules, Lavalley claims employees are not able to perform their jobs adequately.

“There’s no social work going on here,” Lavalley said of Dilico. “All they’re doing is putting out fires.”

Lavalley was certain to emphasize that the strike does not have financial motives.

“This is not about money,” Lavalley said.

Lavalley says that she and the 380 other Dilico employees on strike hope to resume talks with Dilico soon. She hopes that they’ll come to a

conclusion that will satisfy all.

“An ideal would be for Dilico to call us back to the table to discuss some of these issues,” Lavalley said. “The ones suffering are our Anishnabek children.”

Since the strike commenced, visits between parents and children have been delayed and cancelled.

Picketers will continue striking daily until an agreement is created between Dilico and the union.

A peaceful protest was held outside the Dilico Anisknabek Family Care office at Fort William First Nation on July 12.

Families under Dilico’s care are concerned about the high amount of children in care, limited access visits with their children, and a lack of reunification despite the achievement of goals in aim of getting their children back home.

Dilico has about 600 children currently in care.

Tannis Smith, an employee of Gaa Mino Bimbaadizaiwaad Counseling & Advocacy, organized the protest which was attended by children, parents and Elders.

Smith, a former Dilico employee, works with 60 families who are currently under Dilico’s care.

“Most of the clients that I’m involved with are having no access to their children,” Smith said. “We’re concerned with how many children are in care.”

Despite their concerns, Smith and the other families at the protest were satisfied by the positive outcome of their efforts after Dilico managers invited protesters into the building for a discussion.

“It went well,” Smith said. “We weren’t expecting them to invite us in.”

During the meeting, Dilico committed to reviewing the files of families who attended the protest. Dilico also committed to holding a community forum within the next month.

“They made a commitment to do a community forum within

one month and a commitment to review all of the families in attendance files’ within two weeks,” Smith said after the meeting.

Smith expressed great pride for the youth who had the courage to speak up during the meeting and share their stories. Families said that the meeting was very emotional.

Chasity Barnard, a mother under Dilico’s care, shared her story of separation from her children.

“I got a call to tell me that access is cancelled,” Barnard said. “Now I’m not seeing my babies at all. I’m (normally) only able to see my kids two hours a week, and now I can’t because of the strike.”

Barnard’s issues with Dilico are not only strike related. Barnard explained that she has had issues in the past when Dilico decided to separate her children, who are currently in foster care, from each other. She’s also had issues with reunification, which, she says, she has done everything to achieve.

“They need to see that I’m doing everything to get my children home,” Barnard said. “How am I supposed to reunify if I can’t see them at all?”

Barnard blames finances for the strike as well as for the insufficient care that her and her family have received.

“They used to be family oriented really well and now they’re just Children’s Aid. The traditions are lost. It’s simple. It’s the money,” she said.

Smith, Barnard and other families promise to continue to seek increased accountability from Dilico to children, families and the community.

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ONTC sale could be costly for communities: Mushkegowuk Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The Ontario governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans to sell off services of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) could lead to higher costs for members of the James Bay communities, according to Mushkegowuk Deputy Grand Chief Leo Friday.

Last year, the province announced it would be divesting the government-owned transportation commission after citing stagnant ridership and increasing costs to its bus and train services that operate mostly in northeastern Ontario.

One of those services is the Polar Bear Express train, which runs between Moosonee and Cochrane and serves as a vital link between the James Bay coast and the rest of Ontario.

Since 2003, the province increased funding by 274 per cent to subsidize the Polar Bear Express, a subsidy that averages to about $400 per passenger.

If the province continues with its divestment plan to sell the train services to a private

corporation, Friday believes the people of James Bay will face the most financial impact. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The minute the other company operates that train, they will jack up the rates and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to run every day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; maybe

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The minute the other company operates that train, they will jack up the rates and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to run every day.â&#x20AC;?

-Leo Friday Deputy Grand Chief

once or twice a week because of the cutbacks,â&#x20AC;? Friday said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In order to have that business profitable or marginally profitable, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen.â&#x20AC;?

Friday said the closure of the Northlander train that runs between Cochrane and Toronto has impacted medical patients who need to travel to Kingston for appointments. It made its last run in September 2012.

To reduce costs, the James

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The Polar Bear Express train in Moosonee. Mushkegowuk Deputy Grand Chief Leo Friday said the sale of the train service could lead to higher fare costs for travellers from the James Bay coast.

Bay regional health authority had recently turned from aircraft to ground transportation to send patients to Kingston.

As a result, patients â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who are mostly seniors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; were forced to take the bus, which can take more than 12 hours to reach Toronto from Cochrane. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Cochrane to Kingston is a long trip and a lot of people canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move around because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tight area in the bus,â&#x20AC;? Friday

said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And a lot of people are not equipped to own their own car because they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of money.â&#x20AC;?

The sale of Ontera, ONTCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s telecommunications company that offers Internet and telephone service, is also raising concerns about potential increased costs for its services once it is sold. ONTC put Ontera to tender and is reportedly reviewing bids.

Friday said the Ontario government is wrong in its approach to divest the ONTC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They want to sell it to the richest people and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look at the people who pay for the services,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And these are the people they should be negotiating with and be a partner with instead of trying to make a war against us. They should try to sit down with us and try to make a deal

with First Nations people.â&#x20AC;?

The office of Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle said the province took â&#x20AC;&#x153;strong actionâ&#x20AC;? by establishing an advisory committee â&#x20AC;&#x153;made up of northern representatives to provide inputâ&#x20AC;? on the divestment of the ONTC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The committee is composed of members who bring forward the perspectives of Aboriginal communities, municipalities, business and industry in the ONTC service area,â&#x20AC;? Gravelleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office said in an e-mail to Wawatay News. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are working with this committed group of northern leaders to look at different options for each of the ONTC business lines.â&#x20AC;?

Friday said he is not aware of any James Bay leaders being on the advisory committee.

Last March, it was announced that Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auditor general would be investigating the financials behind the potential divestment of the ONTC. His report is expected in the late summer and he will present to the Ontario legislature in September.

No smoke, but fire burns 30 kilometres from Pikangikum Christian Quequish Wawatay News

Pikangikum First Nation currently sits about 30 kilometers away from a 16,500 hectare fire that is burning out of control southwest of the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do have plans on how we will address certain proce-

dures should this fire continue burning the way it is right now,â&#x20AC;? said Chief Dean Owen of Pikangikum First Nation.

Owen said on July 15 there is no smoke or haze in the community so far.

He said they will be putting higher risk residents, especially those with breathing difficulties, the Elders and the young

that are affected with asthma, on a priority list should an emergency occur. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no smoke right now, just some light haze over on the horizon, but none in the community. It seems pretty clear right now,â&#x20AC;? said Owen.

As of June 10 the fire was about 11,500 hectares, but had grown to 12,500 by the

next day.

There were also two new smaller fires in the community of Pikangikum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One was in the dump and it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go too far. They are basically monitoring it, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a problem,â&#x20AC;? said Debbie Maclean, communications and marketing specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Natu-

ral Resources (MNR). â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a second 0.1 hectare fire in some trees and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already out, so the new fires are not a problem.â&#x20AC;?

Maclean said there was a possibility of smoke being blown into the community from the fire 30 kilometers from the community.

She said that there was

some weather in the forecast that should be able to help with the fire, but a June 14 MNR fire report said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;effects of rain in the north were shortlived and the forest fire hazard is now high there.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rain is in the forecast and is expected to help ease the fire hazard by mid-week,â&#x20AC;? the report reads.

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Treaty Three Police fate not decided Despite media reports, board executive denies plans to close police service Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The Treaty Three Police Service board executive has announced that it does not intend to close down the police service.

“It is not nor ever will be the desire of the board of directors, executive or our member-representative communities to close our police service,” said the executive in a July 10 press release. “In addition, we want to make it equally clear that our deficit was not attributed to financial mismanagement or irre-

sponsible spending of funds, as clearly stated in a recent financial audit.”

The executive also said the board of directors and the police management team have not laid any blame on the officers, their union or any of the police employees for causing the deficit.

“We do not disagree with the officers that our officers and civilian employees alike should be paid equivalent to the Ontario Provincial Police,” said the executive in the press release. “However, under the First Nation policing model which funds

Treaty Three Police Service, our service is funded quite differently than the way other police services are funded.”

While the federal government funds 52 per cent of the police service’s budget and the provincial government funds the other 48 per cent, the executive said the finance line objects are not funded equally in comparison.

“For example, our police service is funded for 75 First Nation constables,” the executive said. “This funding is to cover sergeants, staff

sergeants, deputies and the chief of police salaries and benefits at constable salary, where other main stream police services are funded per rank allocation.”

The executive said a federal arbitrator ordered the police service to pay OPP salary rates and benefits to the Treaty Three Police officers effective Jan. 1, 2013 even though the police service had made it clear in the arbitration process that a decision other than a nominal increase in officer’s salary would put the police service in financial duress.

INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Abitibi River Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the MNR-approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Abitibi River Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: July 29, 2013. The herbicide Vision Max, registration PCP# 27736 will be used.

The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the office of First Resource Management Group Inc. and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 1, 2013 until March 31, 2014 when the annual work schedule expires. Ontario Government Information Centres at Cochrane, Timmins and Kirkland Lake provide access to the Internet.

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.

For more information or to arrange an appointment with MNR staff, please contact: First Resource Management Group Inc. P.O. Box 920 Englehart, ON P0J 1H0 Stephen Foley, RPF MNR – Cochrane District Office P.O. Box 730, 2-4 Highway 11 South Cochrane, ON P0L 1C0 tel: 705-272-7129 fax: 705-272-7183

Wayne Pawson tel: 705-544-2828 ext. 224 fax: 705-544-2921 Bill Vanschip, RPF MNR – Kirkland Lake District Office P.O. Box 910, 10 Government Road Kirkland Lake, ON P2N 3K4 tel: 705-568-3243 fax: 705-568-3200

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“Given that this was a federal arbitrator’s decision, that decision was provided to our federal and provincial negotiators and we believed that the increases in salary and benefits were going to be covered,” the executive said. “During this time it was also believed that the Police Officer Recruitment Fund (PORF) was going to be renewed.”

But the PORF ended on March 31 and the federal government’s First Nation Policing Program was renewed, beginning on April 1, for five years with no increases to the Treaty Three Police budget.

“With a 2012/2013 fiscal year-end deficit of $640,000, and although our service initially paid the arbitrator’s imposed OPP salary rates Jan. 1 to March 31, with the uncertainty of any new monies coming, we directed our Chief of Police to reduce the salary increase level to one half of the imposed arbitrator’s decision,” the executive said.

The executive said NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno, Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy, National Chief Shawn Atleo and the board of directors all lobbied different levels of government for an increase in funding, but to no avail.

“To say the least, reality set in and to keep from incurring further debt, or being irresponsible and not doing anything, a painful but necessary decision had to be made to have our officer’s salary revert back to prearbitrator’s rates of pay effective June 10,” the executive said.

The executive said the employee benefits would also create a $330,000 debt.

“Taking into account the firm position of governments, with no funding increases, coupled with massive projected debt if our service continued to pay the

“It is not nor ever will be the desire of the board of directors, executive or our member-representative communities to close our police service. In addition, we want to make it equally clear that our deficit was not attributed to financial mismanagement or irresponsible spending of funds, as clearly stated in a recent financial audit.”

-Treaty Three Police Service board executive

arbitrator’s imposed decision of OPP rates, our projected deficit would be in excess of $3.3 million at the end of the 2013/2014 fiscal year,” the executive said. “We made it clear to the local union executive that our budgets are fixed and we need them to understand our fiscal situation. Fixed funding will be provided to our police service over the next four years and we can get out of debt with our debt reduction plan in the next few years.”

Meanwhile, the executive has requested the union to drop its Canadian Industrial Relations Board challenge, grievances and unfair labour practices against the board of directors; maintain registration under provincial legislation to form a union provincially, while dropping the unfair labour challenges; and to have regional union representatives to personally negotiate with the police service management team to formalize a new collective agreement under provincial labour laws and stay within the funding levels provided by both levels of government.

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Lack of Moosonee public docks raises safety concerns Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Residents in Moosonee and Moose Factory have expressed health and safety concerns after the Township of Moosonee sold off its public docks and blocked off road access to the area where boat passengers can be picked up.

For more than 60 years, Moosonee has installed public docks along the Moose River shoreline to facilitate passenger loading and unloading.

This spring, the Township of Moosonee determined it did not have the funds to put in the docks this summer and did not want any liability so it re-zoned the parcel of land along the shoreline, sold its public docks to a private individual and blocked road access to former location of the docks.

Residents often take a boat taxi to commute between the communities, with Moosonee residents needing access to the Weeneebayko General Hospital while Moose Factory residents often needing to access the train or airport.

According to a statement by a concerned Moose Factory resident, the lack of docks is a major concern for residents who may have trouble going up a steep rocky â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and at times slippery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; bank, especially Elders and those with disabili-

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Left: The lack of public docks along the Moosonee shoreline has made it difficult for residents - particularly Elders - to get onto boats.

Above: Sign on shoreline put up the by the Township of Moosonee who cited a lack of funding for not putting up the docks and eventually selling them to a private owner.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elders and persons with disability have difficulty walking down the steep shoreline of Moosonee and have had their Human Rights violated.â&#x20AC;?

-Online petition

ties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elders and persons with disability have difficulty walking down the steep shoreline of

Moosonee and have had their Human Rights violated,â&#x20AC;? reads an online petition description written by Stephanie Feletto. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Township of Moosonee has placed the residents of Moose Factory in undue hardship.â&#x20AC;?

So far, more than 700 people signed the online petition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a 92-year-old, I feel access to the hospital in Moose Factory is important for patients and family members,â&#x20AC;? reads a comment from one of the petition signees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public docks have

been available in Moosonee for over 60 years.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I make trips to and from the island daily,â&#x20AC;? wrote another signee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have seen 80-year-old Elders having to navigate the steep and often muddy bank to climb over the side of a taxi boat from an uneven/rocky beach. Seems wrong to me.â&#x20AC;?

The petition calls for the provincial government to intervene and install docks along the Moosonee shoreline.

MPP Gilles Bisson has indicated the province will take on

some of the responsibility and liability. He said to address the immediate needs, the province will partner with the municipality and attempt to re-purchase the docks from the private individual.

This is not the first time the lack of docks raised concerns.

Last year, the public docks were not installed due to a lack of funds and residents raised similar safety concerns. The town eventually obtained a grant from a local development corporation to install the docks.

Moose Factory, home to Moose Cree First Nation, and Moosonee have a combined population of about 7,000 people.

Feletto said the concerns of people living in the north are often neglected by people in the south. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What if this happened in downtown Toronto with the GoTrain, operated by a Crown Agency,â&#x20AC;? she said in a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just because we live in the North we feel like we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter.â&#x20AC;?

Kenora MP named minister of FedNor, Science and Technology Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Kenora MP Greg Rickford was appointed the new minister of Science and Technology as well as the minister responsible for FedNor during Prime Minister Stephen Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cabinet shuff le announcement on July 15.

As the new FedNor minister, Rickford is now in charge of the federal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investments in the Ring of Fire chromite mining project in northwestern Ontario, specifically the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

plan to improve skills development training so that the mine will have the workers it needs to operate.

Until the appointment, Rickford has worked on the FedNor program as a Parliamentary Secretary under the leadership of outgoing minister Tony Clement, who was the longest serving minister for the program. Rickford has also previously served as parliamentary secretary to the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Canada (AANDC) minister. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am humbled by the

responsibility the Prime Minister has placed in me,â&#x20AC;? Rickford said in a media release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am looking forward to working with my cabinet colleagues as we focus on creating jobs and growing Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy.â&#x20AC;?

Given his new role in the Far North, Rickford will be working with a provincial minister on the Ring of Fire issues: Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I sincerely congratulate Greg on this exciting new position,â&#x20AC;? Gravelle said in

media release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Rickford and I have worked closely on many issues in the past and I am excited about the opportunities we will now have to work together on issues of great importance to all Northerners, particularly

as they relate to economic development in the North.â&#x20AC;?

Bernard Valcourt remains the AANDC minister, a post he has held since February.

Nunavat MP Leona Aglukkaq, who was criticized last fall by NAN leaders for refus-

ing to politically interfere with the regulatory approval process for a generic form of OxyContin, moves from the Health to the Environment portfolio.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty retained his position.

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As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forests, selected stands on the Lac Seul Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 4, 2013. The herbicide VisionMAX, registration #27736 will be used.

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Ontario Government Information Centres at 62 Queen Street, Sioux Lookout and 66 Keith Avenue, Dryden provide access to the Internet.

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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Northern youth learn about aviation at Wasaya camp Georgia Wilkins Wawatay News

A group of youth have learned the complexities of aviation after successfully completing Wasaya Airlines seventh annual Pimesaywii Apitamahkatwin First Nations Youth Aviation Camp.

Twenty-five students between the ages of 13 and 15 from various northern communities that Wasaya Airlines serves were welcomed to Confederation College for the week-long summer camp.

Keri Carpenter, a leader for the aviation camp, says that the camp aims to help

Aboriginal youth stay on track.

“The camp is incentive to stay with it,” Carpenter said.

“To keep the youth in school.”

Carpenter, who is completing her second year of study in the Aviation Maintenance program at Confederation College, explained that the camp not only aims to teach northern youth about career possibilities in aviation, but also in a diverse range of trades which Confederation College offers courses in.

“We did a full tour of Confederation College to see what’s available,” Carpenter explained. “We even brought

in the military and gave them an overview of programs that they can enter there.”

Attendees of the camp appreciated the diversity offered.

Jessilyn Winters, 14, of Brown Lake enjoyed her visit to Thunder Bay. It was her second year attending the camp.

Winters said that education is the most important part of the camp.

“Kids can enjoy the activities and learn about planes and helicopters,” Winters said. “I learned that I want to fly a helicopter or join the army.”

Winters was able to fly in a helicopter with the group, but she says the highlight of the camp was paintballing in the rain.

Students were f lown into Thunder Bay on July 7 and stayed at Confederation College until July 15, when the camp concluded with an awards ceremony.

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Diabetes leads to vision loss for NLIP student Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Native Language Instructors Program fourth-year student Martin Tuesday is determined to complete his studies even though he has difficulty seeing due to complications from diabetes.

“I’m behind in my work right now but I want to finish the NLIP,” Tuesday said. “It’s very hard for me in class right now because I can’t see as a result of my diabetes. I can’t see with my left eye and part of my right eye.”

Tuesday first developed diabetes about 27 years ago, but after following a traditional healer’s treatment, he overcame the disease.

“It wasn’t until I was about 38 years old that I got diabetes,” Tuesday said. “I had it really bad — it was really high.”

Tuesday changed his life around after being diagnosed with diabetes by giving up alcohol, changing his diet and taking to exercise.

“I quit alcohol all together, just cold turkey, no treatment,” Tuesday said. “Just my tobacco, and my wife and my family, that’s all that helped me.”

Tuesday said the healer counselled him spiritually, emotionally and physically, encouraged him not to eat certain foods and provided a traditional medicine treatment.

“And he told me ‘don’t eat sugar,’” Tuesday said. “And don’t take any alcohol, not even a sip of alcohol.”

Tuesday said his blood sugar level dropped to about 4 after following the healer’s advice and treatment for about two weeks.

“When I saw my family doctor, he said ‘I don’t think you have diabetes,’” Tuesday said. “It was like that for 10 years.”

After 10 years, Tuesday quit

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Martin Tuesday is struggling with vision loss due to diabetes. checking his blood sugar.

“In 1997, it came back with a vengeance,” Tuesday said. “And then I couldn’t control it. A lot of things were happening at that time too in my family — I had to quit everything to look after my grandchildren.”

After a year, he studied at college and went to work at Wawatay Native Communications Society.

“In 2009, I started taking insulin,” Tuesday said. “By 2008 and 2009, (my blood sugar levels were) consistently in the high 20s and even the low 30s. And I would still go to work.”

Tuesday has since developed retinopathy, due to persistent or acute damage to the retina.

“That’s where the capillaries in the back of your eye burst because the sugar molecules are

larger and they can’t fit in there,” Tuesday said. “If your sugar level is constantly high, they burst.

And that’s what happened to me.”

“It just showed up all of a sudden in our community.”

-Martin Tuesday on diabetes

Tuesday has undergone laser treatment for the retinopathy in his left eye, but it only lasted one day before he lost vision again.

“It’s even worse now,” Tuesday said. “And in this one here, there is a bright dot in my right eye. Thankfully, it’s not right in

the centre of my vision so I can still see you.”

Although Tuesday gave up running in 2001 after suffering two heart attacks, he is now considering moderate exercise to help control his blood sugar levels.

“It will stabilize my sugar levels,” Tuesday said.

Tuesday said diabetes was relatively unknown when he was growing up, but many of his relatives and friends have since

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been diagnosed with diabetes.

“I remember my sister-in-law had diabetes, but she was the only one,” Tuesday said. “It was strange to us for her to have diabetes.”

Tuesday said his parents didn’t get diabetes until they were “very old.”

“It just showed up all of a sudden in our community,” Tuesday said.

According to the North West Local Health Integration Network, rates of diabetes in 2010 in northwestern Ontario were much higher than in Ontario as a whole.

Also the rates of people in northwestern Ontario being hospitalized due to complications from diabetes was significantly higher than the province as a whole.

The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) states that Aboriginal people are three to five times more likely than nonAboriginal people to contract diabetes.

It also states that retinopathy affects 23 per cent of people with type 1 diabetes and 14 per cent of people with type 2 diabetes.

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Norval Morrisseau’s genius in art gaining recognition Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Although renowned woodland artist Norval Morrisseau passed away in 2007, his “genius” as an artist is gaining more recognition than ever before.

“Since the retrospective exhibition in 2006, Canadians and audiences more generally in Canada have realized the amazing talent that he is as an artist and have started to look at the art in ways that they just sort of pigeon-holed prior to 2006 as ‘Native art,’” said Carmen Robertson, a Lokata art historian from the University of Regina. “Putting it into the National Gallery of Canada forced people to think about this art in new ways and see what an amazing colourist he was, to see the stories he tells.”

Robertson said Morrisseau has been taken more seriously as an artist since 2006.

“Because of this notoriety he has received and continues to receive now, people start to think about his work in ways that they hadn’t realized: all the themes in it, all the different subject matters that he was exploring,” Robertson said. “They’ve started to look at it more seriously and they’ve realized just how rich and multi-layered his work is.”

Robertson delivered a presentation on Morrisseau’s art, Telling Stories on Canvas: Norval Morrisseau’s Visual Narratives, on July 4 at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. She has completed a book on Morrisseau’s role as a trailblazer and another on how the Canadian press has imagined Indig-

Norval Morrisseau, Untitled, ©1985, acrylic on mill board, Thunder Bay Art Gallery Permanent Collection, Gift of Carl Boggild.

Dr. Carmen Robertson (below right), an art historian at the University of Regina, says that putting Norval Morrisseau’s work in the National Gallery of Canada “forced people to think about his art in new ways.” Robertson compares Morrisseau to Van Gogh and Picasso for his way of talking about the world through art in a new way. enous peoples since Confederation.

“One of the really frustrating aspects that occurred with Morrisseau is there is a mythology around him that is negative, that is very stereotypical and connected to the kind of racism that we see in Canada’s press,” Robertson said. “But what’s really interesting is how Morrisseau, throughout these interviews and in quotes in newspapers but also in NFB documentary films, has talked back and has really kept saying to reporters in many of these reports: ‘It’s not about me, it’s about my art. Focus on my art, talk about my art.’”

Robertson said it is interesting to see how Morrisseau began to manipulate the stereotypes to work in his favour.

“For example, the connec-

tion to the shaman aspects, he really does promote those in the press because he sees that those positive aspects of the stereotypes are what people really wanted to see,” Robertson said. “So he begins to talk about himself as a shaman in ways he doesn’t at the beginning and re-imagines himself as well.”

Robertson said people are beginning to study his work and are recognizing his legacy.

“Today, students in art history classes throughout Canada are beginning to study Morrisseau and that’s a very exciting new direction,” Robertson said. “Art history programs and high school art programs have begun to add Morrisseau and his work to their offering so that a wider population has an opportunity to look more closely at his work.”

As more is written about Morrisseau and more people begin to talk about his work, Robertson said people will begin to realize that his contribution to Canadian art history is more than “just telling spiritual stories about Anishinabe ideas.”

“What we see is he created a unique visual language that no other Canadian artist did, and that to me is his incredible legacy,” Robertson said.

“If you think of artists like Van Gogh or Picasso, they created a way about talking about the world through their art in new ways and new visual language. And Morrisseau did that in Canada. I think that is so important and internationally important. So we really need to start thinking about his genius as an artist.”

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Weeneebayko Area Health Authority Cancer Care Project Wachay, WAHA and the Colon Cancer Check program are looking to increase the number of men and women who are being screened for colorectal cancer in Moosonee, Moose Factory, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, Kashechewan and Peawanuck. If you are aged 50 – 74 and have never been screened or it has been more than two years since your last one, please see your doctor or nurse to get your FOBT kit. All men and women who participate from the communities mentioned will receive a $25 Northern Gift Card (while quantities last) and a chance to win monthly prizes. Check your behind and remind your loved ones to! Sure it takes a little courage to scoop your poop on a stick but cancer is scarier. For more information, please visit www.weeneebaykohealth. ca and click on the Cancer Care Project page. You can also visit us on Facebook on our Weeneebayko Cancer Project page.

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority Cancer Care Project Wachay, WAHA and the Ontario Breast Screening Program are looking to increase the number of women from Moosonee, Moose Factory, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, Kashechewan and Peawanuck to get screened for breast cancer. If you are a woman aged 50 – 74 and have never been screened or it has been more than two years since your last one, please see your doctor or nurse to arrange for a mammogram. Please, help us to put the squeeze on breast cancer.

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About 70 Sandy Lake youth took part in the Reach Up! program that brought four Lakehead University athletes to the community for a sports and wellness camp.

Sandy Lake youth learn from university athletes Christian Quequish Wawatay News

Sandy Lake First Nation youth were greeted by Lakehead University Thunderwolves this past spring when four Lakehead students came to the community for a three day sports and education event called Reach Up! â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got a few athletes from the university to come down to Sandy Lake and do some programming for the kids,â&#x20AC;? said Wayne Kakepetum, Sandy Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a regular

thing for Sandy Lake, it was planned to happen since in the fall, and we had a few things that happened in the community, and they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to come.

Kakepetum said the athletes were able to come in this spring and teach the youth about wresting, basketball and other sports and exercises.

The Lakehead University athletes were Nordic skiing Haggarty sisters Daphne and Moira, wrestler Scott Christian and runner Chris Brown.

Kakepetum said the trip

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When the four Lakehead students arrived in the community, they were brought to the community radio station to announce their arrival and plan for the three days they would be in the community.

They invited all youth aged 8 to 18 to come to the high school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It must have worked because almost 70 kids showed up to see what Reach Up! was all about,â&#x20AC;? said Daphne Haggarty.

Kakepetum said the youth responded positively to the games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a new experience for them â&#x20AC;&#x201C; being in the middle of the room, having people cheering for them,â&#x20AC;? said Christian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any time you have eager students, teaching them the basics is effortless and rewarding.â&#x20AC;?

Christian said they were engaged in learning about wrestling.

Moira Haggarty gave the youth lessons in yoga, and said everyone who came to the event enjoyed them-

selves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My favourite part of the trip was leading the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;East meets Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; yoga. We took the students through a series of balance, strength, stretching and relaxation poses all named after figures from the Ojibwe language,â&#x20AC;? said Moira.

Reach Up!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program coordinator, Amanda Nesbitt, said the program was being well received in host communities and that they hope to bring it more in the region. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were pretty happy with the programming, the

kids and also the ones that came in from Lakehead University,â&#x20AC;? said Kakepetum.

Seth Fiddler, part of the recreation team at Sandy Lake, who went to the three day event, said the youth enjoyed the activities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It went pretty good, the youth were really into it, especially the wrestling one,â&#x20AC;? said Fiddler.

He said they played a lot of soccer, basketball and wrestling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Could probably use some more traditional games, like kickball,â&#x20AC;? he added.

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Cheechoo train bound for Russian league Moose Factory hockey star agrees to contract with Madvescak Zagreb after three years in AHL Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Former NHLer and one-time leading goal-scorer Jonathan Cheechoo has signed to play overseas this upcoming season.

The Moose Cree First Nation member has signed with Medvescak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), a Russian-based league, according to multiple reports.

The move comes after the 32-year-old spent the last three seasons playing in the minors in North America.

Last season, he scored 13

goals, 32 points in 35 games for the Oklahoma City Barons, the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate for the Edmonton Oilers.

He also played for the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen (St. Louis) in 2011-12 and the Worcester Sharks (San Jose) in 2010-11, where he combined for 103 points in 125 games.

A second round draft pick in 1998, Cheechoo has struggled to regain his form that saw him score 56 goals during the 2005-2006 season with the San Jose Sharks, which earned him the Mau-

rice Rocket Richard Trophy as the NHL’s leading goal-scorer.

He followed up that effort with 37, 23, and 12 goals respectively the following three seasons.

He was traded to the Ottawa Senators in 2009 and played 61 games, tallying five goals and 14 points, before being demoted to the minors. The Senators bought out the remaining year of his five-year contract that summer, rendering Cheechoo a free agent. He has not played in the NHL since.

Hockey fans and analysts alike speculate injuries he

suffered during the 200607 and 2007-08 seasons – including a concussion – have contributed to his declining play.

Cheechoo joins a 25-player roster composed of nine fellow Canadians and seven Americans. The other players are from either Croatia or other European countries.

Based in Zagreb, Croatia, Medvescak Zagreb will make its debut in the KHL this season after being part of an Austrian league since 2009 and Croatia’s own league since 1991. The team was founded in 1961.

The KHL is a Russian-based league founded in 2008 and is considered the second-best hockey league in the world after the NHL. Cheechoo’s only other

experience playing overseas came when he played for HV 17 of the Swedish Elite League during the 2004-05 NHL lockout, where he scored five goals in 20 games.

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During the comment period following submission of the DRAFT EIS/EA report, additional field studies were recommended by regulators. In order to fully assess the impacts of the OHRG project on the environment Osisko has undertaken approximately three weeks of bat field work to determine which areas of the site may be providing habitat to bats.

Field work includes studying two types of habitat – maternity roosting and hibernacula. The maternity roosting surveys are done at night when bats are out hunting for food. Ten acoustic bat detector stations were installed at key locations throughout the site. The bat detectors were left in place for approximately two weeks, while they gathered information about bats flying by through sound recordings. Specialists then collect the recordings and analyse them to determine which types of bats are in the area.

A transect survey was also done in the potential maternity roosting habitat. This survey is also done at night and includes real time recording of bat calls as field specialists move across the site.

The hibernation bat study is planned for August. This study will focus on potential bat hibernacula at the site.

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Top: Moose Factory’s Jonathan Cheechoo, shown during his last season with the San Jose Sharks, has signed to play in the KHL this upcoming season. The Medvescak Zagreb, based in the Czech Republic, will be Cheechoo’s new team for the 2013-14 season.