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Nursing station expands Eabametoong health services centralized in one building Rick Garrick

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Eabametoong Elders Louis Waswa and Marion Sagutcheway helped cut the ribbon along with Eabametoong Chief Harry Papah and a group of Sagutcheway family members during the grand opening of the Kevin S.C. Sagutcheway Memorial Nursing Station in Eabametoong Oct. 25.

ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᐣᐠ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᓇᐣᑭᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᓯᓭᓂᐣᐠ ᐅᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᔑ ᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑫᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ

ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᐣᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐅᑕᔭᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᐧᐱᑎᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑ ᓇᐣᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐊᐧ. ᐊᐁᐧ ᐅᑭᓯᔭᐱᑌᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᒧᑯᓇᑲᐠ ᑕᐱᑕᑯᔑᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐧᐱᑎᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑕᑕᑯᔑᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᓯᑌ ᐱᒧᑯᓇᑲᐠ. ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᓫ ᔕᐃᐧᓇᒪᔥ, ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᐣᐠ. ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ ᓂᔑᐊᐦᑭ ᐃᓯᓭ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐁᐃᔑᓂᔕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᐱᑎᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧ ᑲᐊᐧᐸᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᔕᐃᐧᓇᒪᔥ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐁᒪᒪᐤ ᐃᐧᑕᓂᑭᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣᐠ, ᑲᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐧᓂᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔦ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᓭᓴᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᒥᐃᐦᒪ ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᐁᐣᑕᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣᐠ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐸᐱᑭᔑᔭᔭᐣᑭᐸᐣ, ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭ ᐃᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᒪᒪᐤ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᔭᐣᐠ, ᔕᐃᐧᓇᒪᔥ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᔥ ᓄᑯᑦ ᓂᑕᔭᒥᐣ ᑫᓂᓇᐃᐧᐣᐟ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ,

ᑲᑭᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᔦᐠ ᐁᔑᔭᑭᐣ. ᐊᒥᑕᔥ ᑲᑭᔑ ᐊᐣᒋᓂᑲᔑᐠ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑫᐱᐣ S.C. ᓴᑲᒋᐁᐧ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᐦᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 25 ᑲᑭ ᐸᑭᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᑕᔥ ᑲᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ̇ᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐃᐦᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐣᐠ ᐁᑭ ᓇᑲᑕᐦᑭ̇ᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 1984 ᑲᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ. ᑭᕑᐃᐢ ᓴᑲᒋᐁᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒣᕑᐃᔭᐣ ᓴᑲᒋᐁᐧ, ᑫᐱᐣ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑯᒪᐣ, ᐅᑭ ᐃᐢᐸᐱᑫᐦᐊᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᒥᐦᐁᐁᐧᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭ ᐸᑭᔕᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᓯᓂᐸᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐸᑭᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᐣᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐦᐁᕑᐃ ᐸᐸ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᐢᑲᐨ ᐁᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐢᑭ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᓂ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑕᔥ ᒥᐱᑯ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐁᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒋᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᓇᐣᑭᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭ ᑭᐁᐧ ᒥᓄᓇᒪᐣᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᐠ; ᒥᓴᐱᑯ ᐁᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᔑ ᒪᒐᔭᐣᐠ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᔭᔭᐣᐠ, ᐸᐸ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ, ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒪᐣᐠ ᐃᐧᐱᑎᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ, ᔕᐸᐧᑌᐱᒋᑲᐣ, ᐅᑕᑯᓯ ᑲᑕᔑ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐨ, ᑲᑕᔑ ᒪᓇᑲᒥᐢᑲᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᑭᒋ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᐯᔭᑎ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ

ᑭᒥᓇᐧᐱᔑᓄᐸᐣ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭ ᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᑕᔑ ᐸᑭᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭ ᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᓂᐣᐠ ᑭᐃᔕᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐣᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐊᔭᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᑭ ᓇᓂᓯᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣᐠ, ᑲᑭ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒪᒋ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᑫᐃᐧᐣ.

ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ, ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒪᐣᐠ – ᐦᐁᕑᐃ ᐸᐸ

ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᐣᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐦᐊᔭᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓂᐣᐠ ᐅᐱᒪᐦᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ Oct. 22, 2010 ᑲᑭ ᐃᐢᑲᐧ ᑭᒋ ᒪᒋᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᓂᑌᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ. ᐯᔑᑯᐊᐦᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐣᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑭᑭ ᓇᓇᑭᐢᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐯᔭᑎ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐸᑭᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᑭᑭ ᑲᑫᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ

ᑭᐊᒥᒋᑫᐣᒋᑲᑌ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᔥ ᓂᑯᑦ ᐁᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᐁᔓᐃᐧᐣᑫᐧᓂᔦᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑐᐣᒋ ᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᐣ. ᐃᐁᐧ $9.4 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑕᓴᐧᐱᐠ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐅᑭ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᐊᐧᐣ $135 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᓂᔑᐊᐦᑭ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᓇᐣᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᔭᔭᐠ, ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᑫᐧᐠ ᑲᔑ ᑲᐯᔑᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ. ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᐣᐠ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᐣᐠ ᓫᐃᐢ ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭ ᐅᐢᑭ ᓇᐣᑭᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓂᓭᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ. ᒥᑕᔥ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐁᓯᓭᐠ, ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᔕᐠ ᑫᑕᓇᓄᑭᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐣᐠ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐃᒪ ᒪᐢᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐁᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑕᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ, ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᑫᑲᐟ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᓂᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᐃᒪ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑕᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐠ.

Eabametoong now has dental services available at its newly expanded nursing station.

“The hygienist is coming in next week and the following (week) the dentist is coming back again,” said Bill Shawinimash, community health representative in Eabametoong. “For about two years now all our dental appointments had to go to Thunder Bay.” Shawininmash said the community’s health staff now feels like a team at the nursing station, with Home and Community Care and Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program staff also located in the building.

“When we were separated, it was kind of like we didn’t have that sense of teamwork,” Shawinimash said. “We have access to our conference room now as well, so everything is pretty much in one location.”

The nursing station was renamed as the Kevin S.C. Sagutcheway Memorial Nursing Station during the Oct. 25 grand opening ceremony. The name is in honour of a community member who passed away at the time the nursing station was originally built in 1984.

Chris Sagutcheway and Marion Sagutcheway, Kevin’s father and grandmother, raised the community’s flag and cut ribbons during the grand opening ceremony.

Eabametoong Chief Harry Papah said the community had been looking for a new nursing station, but they will have to live with the expanded nursing station.

“We can’t reverse that around; we have to move forward with what we got,” Papah said. “Everything is there, everything that we need – dental, X-Ray, examining room, lab.” see BETTER page 2

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation

Fall 2011 Bursary & Scholarship Application Deadlines November 1

• Post Secondary Education Bursary Award • Aboriginal Health Careers Bursary & Scholarship Award

November 30 • Health Canada Dental Bursaries & Scholarship Award Applicants who received a bursary award from the June 1st 2011 deadline are not eligible to apply.

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Chris Sagutcheway and Marion Sagutcheway and a group of family members raised the community flag during the grand opening of the Kevin S.C. Sagutcheway Memorial Nursing Station in Eabametoong.

‘Better services expected’ from page 1

For more information:

1.800.329.9780 x 020 naaf.ca

Grand Chief Stan Beardy was pleased to see all the smiles among community members at the grand opening, noting he had previously visited the community about a year ago during a state of emergency over murders, arson and prescription drug abuse.

Eabametoong declared a state of emergency on Oct. 22, 2010 following a series of violent crimes that had residents

fearing for their safety.

“A year ago you had so many difficulties,” Beardy said during the opening. “We tried to help and there were a lot of prayers said on behalf of your community. To see you smile today is very nice.”

The $9.4-million project was completed through the federal government’s Economic Action Plan, which provided $135 million over the past two years for the construction and renovation of health services infrastruc-

ture for First Nations across the country, including health facilities and nurses’ residences.

Eabametoong health manager Liz Atlookan said the newly expanded nursing station will provide better services for community members.

“Overall, it’s a bigger space and before the Health and Social Services did not work out of the nursing station,” Atlookan said.

“Most of the staff are located here now.”

Thank you.

To all my supporters, volunteers, and the communities that put their faith in me, I would like to express my sincere appreciation.

I look forward to working closely with you and being your voice in Queenʼs Park.

ᒥᑫᐧᐨ. ᑭᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᐃᐧᔑᔦᐠ, ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐃᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᔦᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑭ ᑌᐸᑫᓂᒥᔑᔦᐠ, ᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᓇᓇᑯᒥᓇᑯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐣᑕᔕᐧᐸᐣᑕᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᓇᑯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑲᓄᑫᒋᑕᒪᐃᐧᓇᑯᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᒋ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ.

Sarah Campbell, MPP Kenora-Rainy River 1-800-465-8501

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Eabametoong couple undergo Suboxone treatment Rick Garrick

Wawatay News

Eabametoong’s Melanie Oskineegish and Richard Quisses have turned their lives around after undergoing the community’s Soboxone prescription drug abuse treatment program.

“I feel good,” Oskineegish said after undergoing the weeklong Suboxone program Oct. 7-14. “It’s a big step for me to get off the Oxys (OxyContin).”

Suboxone is a combination medication used together with an overall addiction treatment program including medical, social and psychological support to treat adults dependent on opiates such as oxycodone (OxyContin) or morphine.

Oskineegish first got hooked on OxyContin prescription drugs after “just” trying them.

“I liked it and I kept doing it,” Oskineegish said.

But about one month ago she realized she had to get off the prescription drugs to provide a good life for her family. Her three children had been taken away due to her and her partner Quisses’s prescription drug abuse addictions.

“I’ve been on Suboxone for almost two months,” Quisses said. “The medication we’re on is pretty good. It doesn’t give you withdrawals.”

Since quitting OxyContin, Quisses realizes what he’s missed during his prescription drug addiction.

“I recommend this program,” Quisses said. “I was (among) the first clients going in. The

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Eabametoong’s Melanie Oskineegish and Richard Quisses are looking to get their children back home after beating prescription drug addictions through their community’s Soboxone prescription drug abuse treatment program. four of us completed the program, but there’s a few that went off the program and went back to the stuff they were on.

Myself, I haven’t touched anything.”

Oskineegish and Quisses support each other during their effort to get off prescription drugs and rebuild their lives.

“We communicate ... about how we feel,” Oskineegish said.

Eabametoong started the Suboxone program in midAugust and has completed six seven-day cycles to date.

“They have pretty structured activities right from the get

go,” said Liz Atlookan, Eabametoong’s health manager.

“They’re pretty busy.”

Atlookan said the Suboxone program includes recovery workbooks, group work, indi-

vidual reflection time and other activities with resource workers. It is delivered to four people per session in a building on the edge of the community.

“A lot of them have said they were quite comfortable in there,” Atlookan said. “They didn’t think it would be so well organized and structured. They really like that environment.”

The Suboxone program currently has a wait list, with sessions fully booked until after Christmas.

“We have been having a lot of success stories,” Atlookan said.

“A lot of them are doing well.

There are some that are perhaps probably not quite ready, and they’ve relapsed, but that is a very low percentage.”

Quisses said he was always aching, tired and sleepy before he went on the Suboxone program.

“I was taking a lot of drugs and I finally realized that my house was practically empty,” Quisses said. “We were selling all our stuff just for our drug habit.”

Quisses and Oskineegish are slowly starting to refurbish their home.

“My goal is to be completely off this drug,” Oskineegish said.

“I used to want to become an accountant, but I had a stroke in February of last year. It affected my left-hand mobility.”

Quisses’ goal is to get his children back and have a better life with his family.

“They’ve been going through a lot,” Quisses said. “If I never did Oxys or drugs, I would have my kids still.”

James Bay communities ‘must Matawa files be prepared for all-season road’ judicial review Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Communities along the James Bay coast are examining the potential of an all-season road to link four First Nations to the rest of Ontario.

A pre-feasibility study on the potential for an all-season road is due to the Mushkegowuk chiefs in December.

Once the report is submitted, the James Bay All-Season Road Project can move into the feasibility study stages.

Fort Albany First Nation Chief Andrew Solomon believes the road will be beneficial to the James Bay communities.

“I think it’s going to be good for communities as it will cut costs for the community and whole region,” he said. “It will help with purchasing everything. We can go and get it just like anyone in Ontario. It would help in infrastructure and the common person.”

Since its construction, the railway has been the primary link between the James Bay communities and the south.

With no highway or all-season road, the communities rely on rail or air for travel, both of which operate on limited schedules and can be costly.

A round-trip flight between Fort Albany and Timmins for one adult can cost up to $900.

This is particularly difficult for the communities of Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat, who rely on air travel during non-winter months when there isn’t a winter road.

These transportation limitations also affect the availability and costs of goods and services,

resulting in higher costs for basic needs such as food. Lower water levels for barges and shorter winter road seasons in recent years have made it more difficult.

Chief Norman Hardisty of Moose Cree First Nation said his community has always discussed the need of an all-season road.

“We also need to understand and prepare ourselves that when we open our territory, industry will descend like wolves in our area.”

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“We’ve always discussed those issues and we’ve always known that there would be an all-season road, and it was a matter of time when,” he said.

The study began in 2007, with the communities suggesting potential routes.

A company called exp (formerly Trow Associates) was hired to explore the technical and environmental aspects of the project.

In 2009, a detailed analysis began on the possible routes outlined by the communities.

There were initially 25 suggested inland routes and as of March 2011 these were narrowed down to four after a detailed analysis by exp.

“That analysis involved things like: What’s the lay of the land? How much water, how

many river crossings? Is there significant wildlife populations?” Dean Fitzgerald, project lead for exp, said. “We merged the engineering aspects of building a road and environmental considerations. We did that because we know that environmental considerations are very important, particularly in this part of the world and its importance to the Cree people.”

There are four proposed routes for the all-seasonal road, all containing a coastal road that connects Attawapiskat, Kashechewan, Fort Albany, Moosonee and Moose Factory.

The coastal route is one deemed a priority by the communities, says Fitzgerald, citing the increased access to family and goods and services.

“Everyone agrees that the coastal route is important, but the inland is up for discussion,” he said.

The four proposed routes have different starting and ending points.

Route A begins north of Constance Lake, near Hearst, Ont., traveling along the Albany River and connecting with Fort Albany and Kashechewan.

Route B starts near Hearst, going up a local road and traveling along the Kwatoboahegan River and connecting with Moosonee.

Routes C-1 and C-2 both connect with Moosonee, with C-1 starting at Smokey Falls and C-2 at Otter Rapids. A road connecting Cochrane to those starting points already exists.

Fitzgerald said in exp’s report, it estimates the inland

road could cost between $350450 million, while the coastal route could cost $250-350 million.

Community consultation and education was the last part of the pre-feasibilty stage, with exp holding community visits in each James Bay community in July, August and September.

The communities are also being educated through local television and radio stations.

Hardisty said it’s important for the communities to stay focused on why an all-season road is needed.

“We need to ensure that when we make decisions, that we do it for economic reasons for each community,” he said.

“I think it’s a project where the First Nations are looking forward to this.”

Solomon shares the sentiment, adding that the communities need to be prepared for the changes that will come with the road.

For instance, community members will have to abide by the Traffic Act when driving on the highways and will need to insure vehicles.

He also said there are negative aspects.

“We also need to understand and prepare ourselves that when we open our territory, industry will descend like wolves in our area,” he said.

“How are the First Nations going to monitor these things?

There’s going to be a lot of impact.”

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, FedNor and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation are funding the study.

Rick Garrick

Wawatay News

Matawa First Nations has filed a judicial review over the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s failure to implement a more thorough study of the Cliffs Chromite project.

“For over five months our chiefs have been insisting that the CEAA move to a negotiated Joint Review Panel EA process, but they continue to ignore us,” said Aroland Chief Sonny Gagnon during a Nov. 7 announcement in Ottawa.

“We are remote communities with no capacity to respond to a Comprehensive Study EA. In order to participate we need adequate funding and expertise, which none of our First Nations have received.”

Judicial reviews are filed to ask for a court review of the administrative decision of a government authority.

Gagnon said the federal government has completely failed its duty to consult and accommodate the Matawa First Nations, noting that travelling to the communities and telling community members what you are going to do is not consultation.

“We want to negotiate an agreement on how we will participate, but they have not responded to our request,” Gagnon said. “We have no option now but to file the judicial review. We want to work with the government and the companies to participate in this process. A negotiated Joint Review Panel EA is the way to do that.”

The Mushkegowuk chiefs

have declared their support for the Matawa First Nations, noting the rivers that flow by proposed mine sites in the Ring of Fire flow directly to many Mushkegowuk communities.

“More than half of our Mushkegowuk communities are along the James Bay coastal area,” said Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit.

“We intend to stand with the Matawa First Nations on any action they may take to protect their land and their communities.”

Grand Chief Stan Beardy said Nishnawbe Aski Nation First Nations have internationally recognized human and treaty rights, including those rights stated in the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Canada Constitution.

“The bottom line is that the proposed Ring of Fire development cannot proceed without the free, prior, and informed consent of the affected First Nations,” Beardy said. “That is the law and the standard of engagement.”

A CEAA spokeswoman said the agency could not make any comments about the judicial review.

The Matawa chiefs withdrew their support from any Ring of Fire development on Oct. 20 until the CEAA implements a negotiated Joint Review Panel Environmental Assessment instead of the Comprehensive Study EA Process.

The Ring of Fire mineral exploration area is located near the Matawa First Nation communities of Marten Falls, Webequie and Neskantaga in the James Bay lowlands.

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Home work for the love of it Richard Wagamese One Native Life

M

y wife and I went deep into the mountains for our winter wood this fall. It took some doing to find an active logging road and that’s good news. It means they’re running out of forest to destroy. We prefer to find downed trees or sometimes we’ll drop a standing dead one but mostly we get our winter wood from the leftovers. We found a logging road with a lot of fresh slash piles and we set to cutting our winter wood.

I love working with a chainsaw. Years ago I worked all winter in a bush camp. It was one of my favorite work experiences. I love the feel of a chainsaw in my hands. I love bucking and splitting. I love the smell of fresh sawn wood mixed with tree sap and sweat and the smell of the land itself. Even when I have to lug wood to get it to the truck, it never feels like a chore. It’s like a celebration.

You bend your back to a thing armed with the knowledge that you’re taking care of home.

These days I love the knowledge that the work I do is going to make the winter comfortable for my wife. We use a woodstove all winter. It keeps the hydro cost down and it just feels good in an old fashioned way. She loves to put on warm and cozy socks and sweaters and lounge in the radiant heat. When the lights are low, the music is on and the fire throws an orange glow across the room, that’s when we love being home the most.

That day I sawed and lugged eight foot sections of downed fir out of the nearby bush so I could buck them beside the truck. Then we hauled long sections out of the slash with the truck and chain. It was hard, exhilarating work.

My wife loved the feeling of being behind the wheel and yanking logs out of the pile. The wheels spun, dirt got spewed, and she was a working girl. She loved getting her hands dirty.

But most of all we enjoyed the

time together and the feeling of a good job well done.

When the saw needed to cool we sat and drank in the feel of the land. It was an overcast fall day with the wind bending the tops of the trees and we could feel the edge of the approaching winter. Birds were calling. We could hear the sounds of deer and maybe a bear moving in the dry bush. We could smell rain on the wind. There was the feeling of change coming and it felt wonderful to be smack dab in the middle of it.

Later, when we hauled the wood back home, Deb ran the splitter and I stacked all the wood. We got three quarters of our woodshed stacked and filled. Standing back and looking at it, there was a great sense of satisfaction in seeing our day’s labour piled up and ready.

We’d made ready for the winter to come and even if there were another couple trips to be made we were eager to do it.

Woodcutting is home work.

That’s what makes it special.

You bend your back to a thing armed with the knowledge that you’re taking care of home.

There’s a special feeling in that.

It’s a reminder that nothing arrives on its own. You have to work for things. I like the idea of that. One of the best things I’ve gained from living in a rural setting is the idea that it’s up to Deb and I to get things done.

We can’t depend on someone else or the kindness of strangers. Taking care of home is up to us.

When you work together it gets even better. My wife just loved the feeling of hooking up the chain and dragging logs out of the slash pile. I loved the look on her face when she did it. We laughed and we got busy and we got it done.

In previous years I’ve done the job with a buddy but it wasn’t nearly as much fun as this. Guy talk is not the same for one thing. Guys are independent. My wife and I did the job together. We helped each other.

That was the most fun, that feeling of helping each other.

Because woodcutting is home work. Working side-byside with the one you love is an idea and a practice as old as humanity itself.

We become more through the effort. We become closer.

We become a fully functioning, fully supportive unit. We are raised up by the feeling of a common effort. We are together. We are married.

I love the feeling of a chainsaw in my hands. I love the ring on my finger. One job, two joys.

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Housing crisis needs solutions Xavier Kataquapit Under the northern sky

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n reading the news headlines today, I noticed one of the main stories was about my home community of Attawapiskat along the James Bay coast.

The news item highlighted the housing crisis happening in communities like Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and Kashechewan. Some people are living in tents and sheds. But this is not news to me. As long as I can remember housing has always been in a state of crisis on the James Bay coast.

I grew up in a crowded living space. As far back as I can remember I shared a single room with at least four or five brothers. We had two sets of bunk beds and a large double bed in one room to accommodate us. Our parents had another room to themselves

and our sisters had one of their own. Privacy and space of our own was not available. We shared our home with each other and often many other family members and friends.

For the longest time, I thought it was how people lived in the rest of the world.

Most of my friends, cousins and relations lived the same way. Nobody had homes with just three or four people it was more like 10 or 15. It was never easy to share those little houses but we had no choice.

The only time I ever felt a sense of having an area to call my own was at school. I had my own desk where I could keep my books, pencils and anything else that was special to me. There was a sense of ownership and privacy in having small keepsakes in one place where they were somewhat safe.

I remember watching television shows and seeing teenagers or children with their own rooms. Their homes were large and had so many rooms. I thought that was how wealthy

people lived. So it was a big shock to discover just about every family in Timmins and North Bay had a big home. I attended high school in both cities. I found out that children expected their own rooms.

Although things were tight for us about 20 years ago, I always thought it would get better and promises of more housing from our leaders and politicians would come true.

However things seem to be out of control.

Statistically, the population of Native people is growing fast but our housing needs are not keeping up with this trend.

I commend MP Charlie Angus and MPP Gilles Bisson for bringing this crisis to the attention of the public and the government of Canada and Ontario.

There was another headline in the paper that caught my attention. The world’s population surpassed seven billion in October. I couldn’t help but think that Native communities are reflecting what will happen in other parts of the world.

Experts predict the increased population will affect housing, food supplies, transportation, energy use and material consumption. Scientists say our species generates a great deal of food, but we waste tons of it every year. We also consume more than half of the world’s available freshwater supply.

And even though we consume a great deal of the world’s resources, nearly a billion people still go hungry. The distribution of wealth is not fair.

If we can’t offer a solution to over crowded reserve homes for First Nation people in Canada, how is society in general going to deal with the world population growth in the future?

We need an entirely new way of thinking. We need people in power to offer creative solutions that are geared to making sure everyone has a chance at a good life. I think we will need leaders like Charlie and Gilles to take us to a more peaceful era where the playing field is fair and honourable.

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A group of Bimose Tribal Council First Nation water treatment plant operators hold up the Water Taste Challenge trophy after Ochiichagwe’babigo’ining Ojibway Nation (Dalles) won the Water Taste Challenge at the 57th Annual Northwestern Ontario Water and Wastewater Conference in Thunder Bay.

First Nation wins water challenge Ochiichagwe’babigo’ining Ojibway Nation (Dalles) recently won the Water Taste Challenge at the 57th Annual Northwestern Ontario Water and Wastewater Conference in Thunder Bay. “This is the first time ever First Nations have been entered, and we won,” said Phil Tangie, technical services officer with Bimose Tribal Council. “Isn’t that amazing.”

Tangie said the Bimose Tribal Council community’s success in the Water Taste Challenge is significant because their source water comes from the Winnipeg River and was deemed as high risk in a recent national assessment of First Nations source water due to microbiological components.

“The Dalles First Nation water treatment plant took source water that was considered high risk, even though it

came from a nice pristine environment,” Tangie said, “and they filtered it and ended up winning this contest.”

Wabauskang took third place in the Water Taste Challenge while Eagle Lake finished in fifth place.

Judging was based on the esthetics of the water, such as taste, smell, clarity and turbidity.

“This isn’t just a victory for Dalles First Nation, it’s not a victory for Bimose, it’s not a victory for Treaty #3,” said Paul Otis, technical services officer with Bimose Tribal Council.

“We feel it is a victory for First Nations coast to coast.”

Otis hopes the results of the Water Taste Challenge will encourage more First Nation communities from the region to attend next year’s conference and to enter into the water and operator challenges.

“Let’s keep breaking records and let’s show the government and let’s show the non-Natives and the people we live with here in the northwest that we’re not doing a bad job either,” Otis said.

While two other Bimose Tribal Council communities, Iskatewizagegaan (Shoal Lake #39) and Wabigoon Lake, also entered the competition, three other Bimose Tribal Council communities could not enter because their water was not safe to drink.

Representatives from two other First Nation communities also attended the conference, including the operator from Kingfisher Lake who also entered the Water Taste Challenge.

Past Water Taste Challenge winners included Vermilion Bay, Ear Falls, Marathon, Thunder Bay and Terrace Bay. -RG

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Fort Severn First Nation has become the 11th community shareholder of Wasaya Airways LP by joining the company as a full partner. The announcement came Oct. 28 at a press conference in Thunder Bay, where two other ventures – Wasaya Trucking and Wasaya Dowland Contracting – were also added to the Wasaya Group of companies.

“We are proud to be an avid supporter of First Nation business and economic development,” Tom Morris, CEO of Wasaya Airways, said. “We are thrilled that Fort Severn First Nation is joining the group as they truly complement our organization’s mission, vision

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and values.”

Fort Severn will also obtain observer status with the other Wasaya Group companies and may exercise a participate option anytime over the next two years.

“The addition of Fort Severn to the Wasaya shareholders is very, very welcome and helps to strengthen the area First Nations’ pursuit of common goals such as commerce, education and training through the variety of career paths that are available within the Wasaya Group,” Hezekiah Sakakeep, chair of Wasaya Group Inc., said.

Wasaya Airways is northern Ontario’s only regionally owned airline. The other Wasaya owner communities include Bearskin Lake, Kasab-

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“Wasaya Group Inc. has explored establishing a trucking business for many years,” said Tom Kamenawatamin, president and CEO of Wasaya Group. “That is because a trucking business has long been identified as an excellent fit for our remote communities to participate in. This venture will lead to new training and career opportunities for our community members.”

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Dowland president Patrick McGuinness hopes to see longterm benefits to First Nations through the partnership by providing training opportunities and apprenticeship programs for community members by “providing construction expertise to the Wasaya Group.”

Kamenawatamin added: “This new venture gives our people the opportunity to participate in these exciting areas, by gaining valuable experience and industry specific training that will lead to certification, and provide lifelong careers in the heavy construction industry.”

Housing woes in James Bay

Chris Kornacki

Wawatay News

For over a year five families in Attawapiskat First Nation have been living in tents prompting concerns the families will have to live through another winter without proper housing.

Other Mushkegowuk communities are facing similar housing conditions.

Kashechewan and Fort Albany both have two or three families living in makeshift sheds. While other communities face poor living conditions with houses that are either condemned or in need of major repair.

Long waiting lists of young families in need of a home is another problem.

“The year is supposed to be 2011 and yet some residents in Ontario and Canada living in the James Bay communities in the remote area of northern Ontario are forced to live in tent-frame structures, wooden storage sheds, hazardous and condemned homes, and for the most part, the housing situation in our region is very poor and in a crisis,” Mushkegowuk Deputy Grand Chief Leo Friday said.

He said poor housing conditions are contributing to health and social problems.

The average person per household in Canada is 2.3, while it ranges from six to eight persons per household in some Mushkegowuk communities, a Mushkegowuk press release stated.

The release also said that in Attawapiskat there are only 304 homes and 3,281 residents.

Kashechewan has 268 homes for its 1,900 residents and Fort Albany’s population is 1,000 with only 150 houses.

“There is definitely something terribly wrong, this is not right and something has to be done,” Friday said.

At the 2011 annual general meeting of the Omushkegowuk, delegates declared the housing conditions are violating basic Canadian and international standards and rights. Also, the chiefs and councils will be working to lobby the governments of Ontario and Canada to secure funding to assist families living in tents and sheds.

“We received a letter from a concerned grandmother in Attawapiskat worried about her grandchildren going through another winter living in a tent,” Friday said. “She added that the First Nation did what they could to help them, but there is no funding for new houses in the community.”

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Survey seeks northern voice Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

During the month of November, K-Net along with the University of New Brunswick (UNB), will be conducting a survey of community connectivity in northwestern Ontario.

“The survey will help us identify community needs to improve connectivity services,” said K-Net coordinator Brian Beaton in a press release.

The partnership hopes the information gathered will help identify the broadband and connectivity needs of community residents.

Community leaders can also use the information to help take on more strategic management and ownership of their connectivity and online activities.

K-Net, a program run by Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO), is the largest provider of Internet connectivity and services to First Nation communities in the region.

The survey is part of the partnership’s VideoCom project, in which the research focus is vid-

eoconferencing and a range of other technologies such as cell phones.

Recently the research team completed reports and papers on community use of mobile and online technologies in collaboration with Fort Severn First Nation and Mishkeegogamang First Nation.

KO/K-Net and UNB began the project in 2007 and will continue until at least September 2012.

The survey will be conducted online and anyone who had an @knet.ca email address in September – more than 43,000 people living in the region – will be invited to participate in the survey. Over 140 users completed the survey on the first day.

For every hundred completed surveys, there will be a draw for a prize of the winner’s choosing of either a $50 Walmart gift certificate, a $50 Keewaytinook Mobile phone card or a $50 Northern store gift card. The grand prize draw is a laptop.

The prize draw will take place in early December.

REVIEW Review of Draft Forest Management Plan: Information Centre Whitefeather Forest (2012–2022) Forest Management Plan The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Whitefeather Forest Management Corporation and the Red Lake District Advisory Committee (Local Citizens Committee (LCC)) invite you to review and comment on the 2012–2022 Draft Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the Whitefeather Forest. This information centre is being held as part of the detailed planning of operations for the first five-year term of the 2012–2022 FMP for the Whitefeather Forest which is being developed following the approach set out in ‘Keeping the Land’ land use strategy for the Whitefeather Forest.

The Elders of Pikangikum First Nation are guiding the implementation of the ‘Keeping the Land’ customary stewardship approach for the Whitefeather Forest which includes working together with other First Nations. Whitefeather Forest Management Corporation and the MNR will continue to engage in dialogue with neighbouring First Nations to ensure that this objective is implemented, including the development of primary road corridors that contribute to neighbouring First Nations goals for improved road access while sustaining the Whitefeather Forest.

The Planning Process The FMP takes approximately two years to complete.

During this time, five formal opportunities for public and Aboriginal involvement are provided. The third opportunity (Stage 3) for this FMP occurred between June 1 – July 30, 2011 when the public was invited to review and comment on operations for the first and second terms of the plan. This ‘Stage 4’ notice is to: • invite you to review and comment on the Draft FMP (including roads and water crossings being considered that may traverse Beekahncheekahmeeng Deebahncheekayweehn Eenhohnahnuhn/Dedicated Protected Areas (regulated under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act) • request contributions to the background information to be used in planning

Cutfeet back in at Wildlands League John Cutfeet, a Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug band member, has been hired as the new Aboriginal watershed program coordinator (Anishinini’ow Niipii’ow Anokiinakun) for the Wildlands League.

Wildlands League is a chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. The new position is intended to support First Nations to protect rivers, lakes and wetlands in Canada’s Far North.

“A majority of First Nation communities do not have the resources or the capacity to begin to deal with the changes that are coming into their traditional territories,” Cutfeet

said. “Wildlands League is committing more than 13 per cent of its budget this year to providing support and capacity to advance watershed protection for the maintenance of healthy ecosystems. This means 13 per cent of its budget is going directly to First Nations.”

The role of the new Aboriginal watershed coordinator will be to develop culturally appropriate, community-based approaches to watershed stewardship in First Nation communities most often affected by water quality issues.

“Wildlands League is taking the lead to begin to address this very important need,” Cutfeet said. -CK

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Comments from the public will be considered in revisions to the Draft FMP. How to Get Involved The Draft FMP and the draft FMP summary will be available on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans and at the Whitefeather Forest Management Corporation Office at the location noted below, during normal office hours for a period of 60 days from December 14, 2011 – February 11, 2012. Comments on the Draft FMP for the Whitefeather Forest must be received by Robert Partridge of the planning team at the MNR Red Lake District Office by February 11, 2012.

The Ontario Government Information Centre in Toronto and the Thunder Bay Regional Office provide Internet access.

To assist you in the review and to provide the opportunity to ask questions, an Information Centre will be held at the following location from 2 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. on the following day: December 14, 2011 Royal Canadian Legion Hall 31 Highway 105 Red Lake, Ontario In addition to the most current versions of the information and maps which were previously available, the following information will also be available: • Draft FMP, including supplementary documentation • Draft FMP summary (copies may be obtained at the Information Centre) • MNR’s preliminary list of required alterations MeetingsNEWS with representatives of the planning team and the LCC can be requested at any time during the planning AWATAY

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process. Reasonable opportunities to meet planning team members during non-business hours will be provided upon l request. If you require more information or wish to discuss your interests with a planning team member, please contact er 3, 011 one of the individuals listed below:

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process there is an opportunity to make a written request to seek resolution of issues with the MNR District Manager or the Regional Director using a process described in the Forest Management Planning Manual (2009). l g: The last possible date to seek issue resolution with the MNR Regional Director is March 8, 2012.

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The Ministry of Natural Resources is collecting your personal information and comments under the authority of the Crown _ ____________________ Forest Sustainability Act. Any personal information you provide (address, name, telephone, etc.) will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; however, your comments will become part of the public consultation process and may be shared with the general public. Your personal information may be used by the Ministry of_ Natural Resources to send you further information related to this forest management planning exercise. If you _ _ questions the use of your personal information, please contact Trevor Park at 807-727-1344. ehave f Client’ Approv about l

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NAN DAY OF PRAYER Monday November 14, 2011

This annual event recognizes and reaffirms the special relationship the Nishnawbe Aski people have to the Creator and to the land.

LIVE WAWATAY RADIO BROADCAST Monday November 14, 2011 10:00am (EST), 9:00am (CST) We spend this day acknowledging the strength, resiliency and gifts of our people while asking for the Creator’s guidance to help us overcome the challenges we face every day.

NAN leadership encourage all First Nations to organize a community event to recognize the NAN Day of Prayer

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NNEC hires new ED Rick Garrick

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Northern Nishnawbe Education Council’s (NNEC) new executive director is looking to strengthen communications and increase community engagement at the 32-year-old Sioux Lookout-based education organization.

“My goal is to strengthen the communication within the organization, both in the organization and outside with our tribal councils, with our communities directly and with the parents, getting more community engagement involved in NNEC,” Norma Kejick said.

Kejick has worked with NNEC for 20 years, including as principal of Wahsa Distance Education Centre.

“I’m a big team player. I really believe in teamwork and that is one of the things I will promote. That is my management style, to let my team do the work.”

The Lac Seul band member took over as executive director Aug. 31 and has completed her first annual general meeting in conjunction with Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre as a cost-sharing measure.

“It’s been very busy,” Kejick said. “We had two very good chairpersons, Wally McKay and Eno Chapman, who did great in keeping the meeting moving along.”

Kejick has also been meeting with various partners to look at how the Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFC) residency program can be achieved.

“There are no new developments,” Kejick said. “NNEC

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Lac Seul’s Norma Kejick is the new executive director at Northern Nishnawbe Education Council. The 20-year NNEC employee is looking to strengthen communications and increase community engagement at the 32-year-old Sioux Lookout-based education organization. doesn’t have the funding so now we have to look at how can we get this going in partnerships with other people.”

Kejick said two new recreation coordinators were hired at DFC to plan activities for the students in the evenings.

“The school is open for them

in the evenings so they can come here to hang out and do different activities, whether its sports clubs or culture clubs, beading or drumming,” Kejick said. “We try to keep the students busy here at the school and have it open for them until at least 9 o’clock.”

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‘Educate youth in communities’: Thunder Bay mayor Keith Hobbs Shawn Bell

Special to Wawatay News

Thunder Bay mayor Keith Hobbs says it’s time to reexamine the practice of sending Aboriginal teenagers from across northwestern Ontario to Thunder Bay for high school.

Hobbs, a former police officer, said the teenagers are being put into a “vulnerable position” when they come into the city from small communities to live in boarding houses while attending school.

“These kids are getting sucked into gangs, drugs and crime,” Hobbs said.

“We need to get schooling in northern communities up to Grade 12, equivalent to the education any Thunder Bay kid would expect,” he added.

“Children should have the right to live in their own community, until graduating high school at least.”

Thunder Bay’s First Nation high school, Dennis Franklin Cromarty (DFC), came under increased scrutiny last week as the CBC Television program The Fifth Estate aired a documentary on the school.

The documentary focused on seven Native teens from northern communities who have died or gone missing since 2000 while in Thunder Bay attending high school.

But Norma Kejick, executive director of the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council that

runs DFC, said shutting down the school is not the answer.

“We need to be working more in partnership to come up with other stuff we can do to keep the students busy and working in the community,” Kejick said. “We have to help students take part in sporting events, and getting them afterschool jobs, healthy activities to keep them active.”

“We need a lot more support systems in place. A lot more needs to be done.”

– Keith Hobbs

Kejick did acknowledge that offering an extra year of school in communities before sending the youth to Thunder Bay could help alleviate some of the problems students face.

“Maybe they need an extra year in the community to prepare,” she said.

In the long run, however, Kejick noted that more and more First Nation people are moving off reserve, whether for employment, education or more opportunities for their children.

“It would be nice if we had a high school in every community, but eventually most youth are going to have to leave,” Kejick said. “Staying in a community where there are not

a lot of jobs is not always an option.”

In the Northwest Territories, where students from small communities often had to move to a larger center like Yellowknife to attend high school, there has been a push to have high school programs established in all communities.

In the past three years small Dene First Nations in the territory such as Fort Providence, Bechoko and Lutsel K’e have expanded their schools to all grades up to Grade 12.

“Some of the students were too young to leave the community to move to a whole new one and live with strangers with different schedules, foods and activities,” said Lutsel K’e Dene School Principal Sheila Cavanaugh. “It was difficult to complete school work. The students really appreciate staying in the community.”

Meanwhile Thunder Bay’s mayor said that as long as students continue coming to Thunder Bay for high school the city wants to increase partnerships with northern community leaders to help make the transition easier.

One example is the collaboration the city has with Pikangikum leaders to hold a welcoming feast for new students to Thunder Bay, Hobbs said.

“We need a lot more support systems in place,” the mayor added. “A lot more needs to be done.”

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Aboriginal leaders in Thunder Bay are criticizing the media’s role in creating a “climate of fear” underlined with racism in the city, following the high profile given to the latest death of a young Native man and recent media reports of Thunder Bay being the “murder capital” of Canada.

Leaders in the city are also cautioning the public against reacting with racism against the Aboriginal community in the city, noting that crime rates continue to fall and a number of programs are having success dealing with underlying social issues.

“Overall, our crime rate is going down in Thunder Bay,” said Wendy Landry, Thunder Bay President of the Métis Nation of Ontario. “The average person is getting a blanketed perception (of the Aboriginal community). It’s not right and it’s not fair.”

During the past few weeks a number of letters to the editor have been published in Thunder Bay’s Chronicle-Journal pointing the blame for Thunder Bay’s high murder rate and crime in the city at the Aboriginal community.

Meanwhile the tragic death of Jimmy Robert Monias, 21, on Oct. 30 has exacerbated the

problem of the public perception linking Aboriginal people to murder.

Monias passed away after suffering head injuries in an assault at a residence at Limbrick Place in Thunder Bay. Landry, who also serves as chair of the Thunder Bay Crime Prevention Council, noted the death of Monias was the result of a fight between friends who had been drinking, not preplanned murder.

“What’s the best way to get people away from crime? Give them an education.”

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Four of the five deaths of 2010 that resulted in Thunder Bay being tagged “Canada’s murder capital” were also a result of altercations between people who knew each other, and also involved drinking.

“The message needs to go out that yes, these were awful incidents, we’re not trying to downplay the crime, but these were five deaths, not five murders,” Landry said.

Thunder Bay mayor Keith Hobbs said everyone in Thunder Bay has to work together to target the social issues that lead to crime, rather than pointing

blame at one population.

“People always want to turn crime into a race issue,” Hobbs said. “But crime is crime. You can’t put a race to it. Why are people committing crimes?

Nobody has been able to solve that problem.”

Thunder Bay’s Crime Prevention Council was established in 2010 with the intent of educating the public on the root causes of crime and creating strategies for dealing with those causes.

The council, made up of representatives of 28 organizations plus public and youth representatives, started its work by completing a preliminary audit of crime in Thunder Bay. As Sheila Hendrick, acting coordinator for the council noted, the causes of crime often relate to social issues like drugs, alcohol and poverty that affect Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people alike.

“A lot of things are happening to address those social issues, but the interpretation is often that nothing is being done,” Hendrick said.

The preliminary crime audit found that most crime in Thunder Bay is either domestic cases or public intoxication, and that stranger to victim crime remains extremely rare.

The audit also states that people in conflict with the law “typically have histories of

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Landry added that when it comes to Aboriginal people committing crime, the effect of residential schools cannot be overstated.

“The loss of parenting skills due to residential schools is a big factor,” Landry said.

Thunder Bay’s Aboriginal community has been growing over the past decade, making up over 10 per cent of the total city population in 2010.

Hobbs said that growth is something the city wants to encourage.

“The Aboriginal population is a big economic driver for Thunder Bay,” the mayor said. “They buy homes, cars and groceries, and they help the economy of Thunder Bay. Just because a small percentage are involved in crime, the whole population is getting labelled and that’s not right.”

Landry said that much of the growth of the Aboriginal population in Thunder Bay is due to Native people coming into the city for education opportunities, either in high school or post-secondary education.

“What’s the best way to get people away from crime? Give them an education,” Landry said. “We now have the most ever Aboriginal people going to post-secondary education.”

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Canadian author Janet Wilson has published a new book titled Shannen and the Dream for a School.

The book tells the story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat First Nation, who have been fighting for a new school since a fuel spill in the community contaminated their original school in 1979.

The book begins in 2008 when 13-year-old Shannen Koostachin and her classmates at JR Nakogee Elementary School in Attawapiskat made a YouTube video describing the poor conditions of their school.

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Nicole McKay recently attended a conference where survivors of residential school shared their personal experiences and pains in having to attend the schools. “Prior to going to the conference, I wasn’t sure what to expect,� the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation member said. “I had knowledge of residential school, but to hear (the survivors talk), I was able to listen and continue learning about residential schools and how it impacted First Nations, and how it impacted me as well.�

From Oct. 26-29, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) held its Atlantic National Event in Halifax, N.S. Residential School Survivors accompanied by their families, TRC Commissioners, church and government officials, school groups, invited guests and members of the general public attended the four-day gathering. The conference provided public forums for all Canadians to hear and learn about the history and legacy of residential schools.

McKay attended the conference representing SEVEN Youth Media Network to cover the event for SEVEN’s Truth and Reconciliation project.

The project aims to promote healing, understanding and reconciliation between non-Aboriginals and Aboriginal youth about the legacy of residential schools in northern Ontario. It also looks to create discussion and awareness about the inter-generational impacts from residential schools.

McKay said the inter-generational effects were a running theme throughout the gathering in Halifax. “At the conference, they talked a lot about the ‘survivors of the survivors,’ and those are the ones that are being impacted as well,� she said. “It just made sense as far as the silence, like in my family. For a while, I didn’t understand why my family was the way they were.�

McKay said some of the survivors talked about how their experience impacted their ability to raise their own children. “It’s not the traditional mother and father that raise a child, often it’s the aunts, uncles, grandparents, that are a part of it,� she said. “They say that a community raises a child, and that’s pretty accu-

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Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation member Nicole McKay attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada National Event in Halifax, N.S., Oct. 26-29. There, she heard many stories and experiences from residential school survivors. rate description of First Nations communities, given the size of it. “When you talk about a community, like my community, I see the disconnection because of the struggles the young people face, like the use of drugs and alcohol, the high dropout rates for high school, and so on.�

The event had discussion panels along with sharing panels, where survivors talked about their personal experiences. There were many tissue boxes on hand, with TRC support workers standing by to assist those emotionally overwhelmed by the experiences shared. “It was hard to listen to the survivors tell their stories,�

McKay said. “It’s hard not to be part of the emotions that were going on, be a part of the weeping that was going on.�

She said there were a lot of emotions running in the rooms. “At the same time, it was difficult for me to face my own hurts, of realizing how residential school affected me. “But it was good for me as well, because I’m more aware of the links of my own life to residential school and my community, and I just want to do my part in getting past that.

Because those survivors there want to get past what happened, they want to get to a good place and get a good con-

nection to their families and the youth.�

Though the survivors had a lot of sadness and anger about their experience, they also instilled a sense of pride and inspiration in McKay. “I was happy that they were able to speak, because not a lot of people speak about their hurts and their pains,� she said. “I thought they were courageous to do what they were doing, because that’s hard to bear what happened to you.�

McKay felt it is important for the survivors to share their stories with all Canadians. “Their intentions were to educate people and make people aware about the whole issue of residential school,� she said. “I’ve realized there’s an attitude of ‘Oh, residential schools happened a long time ago, it’s time get over.’ But no, it impacted three to five generations of people and it will take more to get over it.�

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established as a result of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

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Food concerns raised at food symposium Rick Garrick

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Concerns about food costs and availability across Nishnawbe Aski Nation were raised Oct. 25-27 during the NAN 2011 Food Symposium.

“Fort Albany, like other communities, faces a challenge in getting affordable food, quality food as well as being able to feed our families,” said Gigi Veeraraghavan during her Oct. 27 presentation at the Best Western Nor’Wester Resort Hotel in Thunder Bay. “Hunting has also become expensive because now we have to go out in our big minivans and boat and motor and go camping.”

A member of Fort Albany’s food security committee, Veeraraghavan said many of the concerns raised in the Food Symposium have also been discussed in Fort Albany over the past year, such as the health of community members, the cost of food and the environmental cleanliness of the community’s water.

“We also looked at the strengths that we have in our community as a way to look at what we could build on,” Veeraraghavan said, noting one success has been the student’s nutrition program that started about 20 years ago. “That student nutrition program has grown and now feeds all the 150 students in our schools.”

Veeraraghavan said the community learned from its student nutrition program, which orders all its food from outside the community, and now brings in fruit, vegetables, milk and some meat for other community members from bigger communities down South where food prices are much lower.

“I found that throwing in some steaks at the farmer’s market creates some excitement,” Veeraraghavan said. “I like to look at the flyers at the

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Fort Albany’s Gigi Veeraraghavan speaks about the challenges of accessing affordable quality food during the NAN 2011 Food Symposium held Oct. 25-27 in Thunder Bay. store where I am shopping if I am able to shop online and buy what is on sale down there so we can transfer that sale price to Fort Albany.”

Veeraraghavan said the food is sold as soon as possible, usually within an hour after it arrives in the community, because it is too difficult to stockpile it.

The food security committee has also developed a food box program that provides families with a variety of foods from the four food groups.

“Last time we threw in some microwave popcorn as a treat,” Veeraraghavan said. “Just something they can buy for a reasonable price and bring

home to their family and feed them for a week.”

Although the food security’s programs have helped out many families in Fort Albany, it does not address the needs of all community members.

“Not everyone can afford bulk food,” said David Sutherland, employment and training advisor with Fort Albany and a marathon runner. “What do we do about the Elders? The single people? The single parent with the one child? It’s not as if they can walk into the store and buy bulk food.”

Sutherland is calling for the different food suppliers in Fort Albany to work together so people can purchase good food at

a reasonable price on a regular basis.

“We need these nutrients everyday,” Sutherland said.

“Food shouldn’t be every two weeks.”

The Food Symposium included discussions on maintaining and promoting forest and fresh water food systems, traditional food systems, project planning and community involvement, alternative marketing structures, and building food skills in cultivation and preparation.

“Given the current conditions regarding food shortages and high pricing of food in NAN territory and around the world, NAN continues to assist communities in finding solutions,” said Grand Chief Stan Beardy.

“By working to address concerns related to diabetes, childhood obesity, affordability of healthy foods, and the sustainability of traditional food systems, we create a more healthy future for our generations to come.”

Presentations were made on growing food in the North, garden planning, bee keeping, raising chickens and collective harvests with workshops being held on food preservation.

NAN has developed a number of diverse initiatives to assist with the high-cost of nutritious foods in NAN territory, including an initiative this past summer where several communities received fresh, healthy produce at reduced rates through the Nutrition North Canada program.

As well, four applications were selected from Fort Albany, Keewaywin, Sandy Lake and Wapekeka/ Wawakapewin to develop and implement community-led food projects as part of a twoyear pilot project through the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport – Healthy Communities Fund.

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Self-esteem building was the focus of a workshop held in Timmins recently for local students. Those in attendance included, from left, Hunter Millions, student, Pinecrest School; committee chair, Peggy Claveau, Wabun Tribal Council; Megan Bannerman, student, W Earle Miller; Dave Jones, Turtle Concepts, workshop facilitaor; Elizabeth Stelcer, student Mary Jane Memorial School, Mattagami First Nation and Dylan Lafleur, student St. Paul’s School.

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More than 250 school children discovered the benefits of self-confidence through a diabetes prevention intiative in Timmins, Ont., Nov. 4.

They made this discovery through workshops provided by Turtle Concepts and produced

by Timmins Diabetes Expo. The one-day event was led by Turtle Concepts owner Dave Jones and held at the McIntyre Area.

Turtle Concepts is a First Nation business that provides empowerment workshops for youth. Its founder and lead organizer is a member of Garden River First Nation – a community located just east of Sault Ste. Marie.

“It was a busy and exciting day for all of us,” said Peggy Claveau, chair of the Timmins Diabetes Expo.

The students had a great time and had an opportunity to learn about healthy lifestyle, she added.

“With diabetes approaching epidemic proportions we need our youth to make better choices.”

Claveau is also the program manager of non-insured health benefits for Wabun Tribal Council Health Services.

Jones presented his message through segments that included entertaining presentations, role-playing games, role models and an exercise period styled as the Turtle Concepts boot camp.

The role models for the event included Turtle Concepts members Jamie Davey, Cody Syrette, Patrick Champagne and Darus Ramoutar. The Turtle Concepts role models also included Sierra Jones-McLeod and Sarah Gasparetto, both Grade 5 students from W. Earle Miller School in Timmins.

“I am here today to provide a funky, fun and sweet message to these children,” Jones said.

“It is OK to feel good about ourselves and to allow others around us to be who they are.”

He said these students all know what is right in terms of healthy eating and exercise.

“My role today is to reinforce that knowledge in a fun way and to show them that when we feel good about ourselves, good things happen in our lives and we make healthy choices.”

Four area schools took part in the event including: W. Earle Miller School, Pinecrest Public School, St. Paul’s School and Mattagami First Nation’s Mary Jane Memorial Elementary School.

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teacher at St. Paul’s School felt the event provided her students with an informative and entertaining workshop.

“I really liked the way the daylong event was presented and handled by the organizers,” she said. “It provided a fun time for our children as well as plenty of education and information on healthy eating, exercise and learning to feel good about ourselves.”

Students participated in an introductory session in the morning and then were split into two groups.

The first group took part in a healthy eating and snacking workshop led by the Timmins Diabetes Expo organizing committee. The second group took part in a boot camp, which included physical exercise and a self-esteem workshop led by Jones.

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“I had a lot of fun today and it was awesome,” said 12-yearold Dylan Lafleur. “I know that we have to learn to take care of ourselves in many ways.”

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Three new medical dictionaries in Ojibway-English, OjiCree-English and Cree-English have been developed to help patients at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.

“When they hear their language, they start to heal,” said Helen Cromarty, special advisor for First Nations Health at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre. “Often the physician does not know the language. In order to communicate with the client, having those (medical dictionaries) is one way of assistance in communication.”

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Renee Southwind, manager of communications at Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, delivers a presentation on the development of three new medical dictionaries in Ojibway-English, Oji-Cree-English and Cree-English at the Aboriginal Health Care: Governance and Leadership conference, held Oct. 27-28 by the Ontario Hospital Association in Thunder Bay. the cultural and linguistic services and to standardize the interpretive lexicon so that all our interpreters and staff are speaking the same language,” Southwind said. “It will empower clients to be able to make decisions regarding their health by ensuring the quality of interpretation.”

The Aboriginal Health Care: Governance and Leadership conference featured a presentation by Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Mike Meta-

tawabin; an Overview of the Meno Ya Win Centre of Excellence Model by Douglas Semple, special First Nations adviser to the Meno Ya Win’s CEO and board, and Doug Moynihan, vice-president of corporate services at Meno Ya Win; and Cross Cultural Training and Patient Safety by Cromarty and Barb Linkewich, vice-president of health services at Meno Ya Win. Other presentations included Healing Communities through

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Effective Governance, Effective Dual Governance Model, Improving First Nations Control Through Health Governance and Strategies on Recruitment and Retention of Aboriginal Staff.

Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, chair of the conference and inaugural holder of the Nexen Chair in Aboriginal Leadership at the Banff Centre in Alberta, opened the conference and comedian Moccasin Joe closed the conference.

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NAPS Const. Chris Carson, OPP Const. Diana Cole, OPP Const. Jason Disher, NAPS Sgt. Jackie George, OPP Sgt. Marty Singleton, and Vicki Slater of Source of Sports in Thunder Bay stand in front of hockey equipment collected during the Used Hockey Equipment Drive. The donations will go to various First Nation communities across Nishnawbe Aski Nation. The equipment was collected between August and September for communities that have NAPS officers coaching hockey teams and are in need of supplies. However, other communities in need of equipment are encouraged to contact Chris Carson at NAPS in Thunder Bay.

Sept 19, 2011, 1:00 – 1:30 pm

Equipment drive supports First Nations a delivery of hockey equipment.

“This was a benefit for the youth in our community to play hockey who cannot afford it,” said Chief David Babin.

He said getting the kids to play outdoors has become somewhat of a challenge.

“It appears we’re losing a lot of our kids to Xboxes, hand held games, the Internet and that is what they are interested in today,” Babin said. “Although when the kids saw the equipment their eyes lit up, even

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The OPP and Source for Sports have teamed to help northern Ontario youth play hockey this year.

Hockey equipment has been collected from stores in Timmins, Sudbury, North Bay, Thunder Bay, Temiskaming Shores, Fort Frances and Kenora to be sent to First Nation youth. Wahgoshig First Nation near Timmins recently received

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Paul Harrison, OPP DARE coordinator and former NHL goalie said, “playing hockey is the original drug prevention program in Canada and the perfect positive alternative to drug use.”

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Earlier in the year, Marten Falls First Nations was also part of the equipment drive.

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SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Information Technology Department

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Information Technologist One (1) Full Time Position Location: Sioux Lookout

DIETARY AIDES Casual Employment Internal/External Posting Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

TRANSITION FACILITATOR Internal/External Posting Permanent Full Time Location: Sioux Lookout, ON

The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority requires an Information Technologist that will ensure that all computers, electronic communications, and security; are maintained, upgraded, repaired, and is always in working order. Act as a central hub for any questions (Help Desk) on Computer connectivity, usage, preventative maintenance and installation of software. Provide Training in most commonly used Databases, Accounting Software, Electronic Medical Record Software and other generic software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, etc.)

Under the direction of the Team Leader (Dietary), the Dietary Aides are responsible to meet the dietary needs of the Hostel clients.

This position will be responsible for providing support and assistance to young adults with developmental disabilities and to increase/strengthen their involvement with community.

QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12 and/or post secondary education in health services field or equivalent working experience; • College Diploma or equivalent Certificate in computer maintenance; • Network Certification, a definite asset; • Novell Network Environment Experience; • Windows Server 2003 and 2008 knowledge an asset; • Having working knowledge of an Electronic Medical Record, Sage AccPac, Ceridian’s Insync, CIMS, EPI 2002, SQL database configuration, Crystal Reports, and Microsoft Office 2007 is an asset.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBITIES Primary Role • Primary role will be to work with Lead I.T. and Vendor to setup and maintain an Electronic Medical Record system for the Sioux Lookout Area Physicians. This will initially consist of two separate locations in Sioux Lookout, with addition satellite locations in our Northern Community catchment area; • Act in both roles of a Help Desk technician and a Training instructor for both EMR physicians and staff; • Complete a Daily, Weekly and Monthly Backup of EMR System; • Perform, with the aid of the vendor, any upgrades (minor and major) to the EMR System.

Secondary Role • Maintain, upgrade and troubleshoot the Novel Network as well as the Microsoft 2008 server network. Maintain and upgrade the E-Mail Server, Web Server and Spam Server for the SLFNHA organization; • Maintain and configure the existing phone systems located at all three Sioux Lookout locations; • Configure and setup access to the Security System; • Maintain and troubleshoot the Database and Accounting Systems; • Monitor appropriate Internet usage and ensure all security measures are taken with prevention of outside interference and/or viruses; • Ensure that all phones, cell phones, network connections, network printers, and workstations are setup for employees; • Provide training on Software utilized within Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority and its sub divisions; • Maintain the Equipment Inventory Listing for all Departments; • Operate a Help desk for Technical questions to common user problems; • Other IT related duties as assigned.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up to date Criminal Reference Check: Charlene Samuel Human Resources Manager Human Resource Department P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ontario P8T 1B8 Tel: 807-737-1802 Fax: 807-737-2969 Closing Date: November 18, 2011 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our website at www.slfnha.com

QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12; • Safe Food Handling an asset; • Must have Food Service Worker certification; (or be willing to obtain) • Previous experience in a hospitality field an asset; • Ability to lift up to 20 lbs; • Must be independent and self motivated worker; • Valid Driver’s license preferred; • Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills; • Possess excellent team building and networking skills.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone will be an asset; • Experience and understanding of Native cultural issues, the geographic realities and social conditions within remote Northern First Nation communities; • Innovative problem solving and decision making skills; • Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently; • Must be willing to do shift work.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check to: Charlene Samuel, Human Resources Manager Human Resource Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-1076 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: OPEN

QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12 or equivalent; • Certificate/Diploma in a social services field; • Excellent interpersonal skills; • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • Knowledge of the people, culture and health priorities of the First Nations communities in the Sioux Lookout Zone; • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional Pro Plus 2007; • Ability to communicate in one of the First Nation dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone an asset; • Ability to work with confidential client and organization information in a responsible manner; • Ability to work flexible work hours; • Ability to travel extensively to First Nations Communities.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offender Registry to: Charlene Samuel, Human Resources Manager Human Resources Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority 61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: November 21, 2011

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance.

However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our Web-site at www.slfnha.com

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our Web-site at www.slfnha.com

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Client Services Department

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY

HOUSEKEEPERS Casual Internal/External Posting Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

RESIDENTIAL COUNSELLOR Internal/External Posting Permanent Full Time Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Under the direction of the Team Leader (Housekeeping), the Housekeepers are responsible to keep the Hostel and Administration offices at a high standard of cleanliness.

Residential Counsellor is required for full time position.

Team members will be responsible for carrying out daily programming, facilitating groups, case conferencing and supervision of clients.

QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12 and/or post secondary education; • Ability to lift 20+ lbs; • Ability to stand on feet all day; • Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills; • Possesses excellent team building and networking skills.

QUALIFICATIONS • Child and Youth Worker diploma and/or related discipline; • Experience working with youth in a residential treatment setting; • Must have experience and understanding of Native culture, and of the geographic realities and social conditions within remote First Nation Communities; • Work experience in Residential Services with children, adolescents, and families.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone will be an asset; • Experience and understanding of Native cultural issues, the geographic realities and social conditions within remote Northern First Nation communities; • Innovative problem solving and decision making skills; • Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently; • Must be willing to do shift work.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offender Registry to: Charlene Samuel, Human Resources Manager Human Resource Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: OPEN

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • A thorough understanding of the Child & Family Services Act and Mental Health Act a definite asset; • Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout District will be an asset; • Ability to take direction and facilitate individualized treatment plans; • Knowledge of child development and therapeutic modalities in working with youth.

• Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently; Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date criminal reference check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offender Registry to: Human Resources Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority 61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300 Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: November 18, 2011

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance.

However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our Web-site at www.slfnha.com

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our Web-site at www.slfnha.com

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NAPS hires community policing coordinator Rick Garrick

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Nishnawbe Aski Police Service has hired a community policing coordinator to provide more community policing services in the 35 Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities it serves across northern Ontario.

“I’ll be coordinating with all the different regions, all the different detachment supervisors within Nishnawbe Aski Police (NAPS), which will then turn over to our employees and front line officers for community policing endeavours and initiatives,” said Const. Chris Carson, the new NAPS community policing coordinator who works out of NAPS headquarters in Thunder Bay. “We’re trying to switch the role of the general front-line officer, who basically responds to general calls for service, to be more proactive in the community.”

Carson said crime reduction strategies and crime prevention are also part of the plan.

“It’s going to be a long process,” Carson said. “It’s going to require dedication from our officers, our supervisors and also the people within Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) because we are going to be calling on volunteers for com-

mittees in the northern communities. It’s all going to be about opening up the relationship between the officer in the community and the community members.”

Carson said strategies will also be introduced to address prescription drug abuse, Elder abuse and youth out during the night.

“Our long-term goal is basically to switch our general way of policing (from) responding to reactive calls to having more of a community-based police service,” Carson said. “To open up those relationships, build relationships and overall to reduce crime and improve the quality of life for the citizens of NAN.” Carson said he focused on building community links, partnerships and friendships during his four years of employment with NAPS, including threeand-a-half years in Cat Lake and half a year in Wapekeka.

“Just walking around and introducing yourself and saying, ‘hey, do you need a hand with this,’ and attending different feasts or sporting events went a huge way to building community links and community partnerships because you never know when you are going to need to call on those people for anything,” Carson said.

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SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Client Services Department Airport Clerk/Interpreter Internal/External Posting Full Time

Under the direction of the Director of Client Services, the Airport Clerk/Interpreter is responsible for providing personal, travel-related and interpretive assistance to all CSD clients while they are in the Sioux Lookout Airport.

QUALIFICATIONS • Fluent in one of the languages of the First Nations of the Sioux Lookout District and able to interpret effectively between English and the language a must.

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and an ability to work with people in a service industry.

• Grade 10 + GED Equivalent • Previous experience in translation • Familiar with the NIHB transportation program Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check to: Charlene Samuel, Human Resources Manager Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority 61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Tel: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-1076 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: December 2, 2011 The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance for their interest in the Health Authority.

However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our Web-site at www.slfnha.com

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Equay-wuk (Women’s Group) Employment Opportunities Facilitator for The Kookum (Grandmother) Project (to start immediately) The Facilitator is responsible for the development of the workshop curriculum and to plan, organize, co-ordinate and facilitate delivery of two large workshops — one in January and the other in February.

Contract Position: 30 hours per week – ending March 30, 2012

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Closing Date: November 15, 2011 4:00pm

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Facilitator for Domestic Violence Training 2011 Project The Facilitator is responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating and facilitating the delivery of four three-day workshops in four remote First Nation communities within Equay-wuk (Women’s Group) catchment area.

Contract Position: 24 hours per week – ending October 2012 Closing Date: November 30, 2011 4:00pm Personal Development/Employment Skills Instructor The Personal Development/Employment Skills Instructor provides instruction and training in personal life management skills and employment skills to the participants enrolled in the program.

Qualifications: Ontario Teaching Certificate preferred and/or background in Adult Education or University Degree Part-Time: 20 hours per week (mornings)

This Employment Ontario project is funded by the Ontario Government. The purpose of this program is to provide Aboriginal individuals residing in Northern Ontario with academic upgrading, occupational training and job specific skills to secure employment, within the aviation industry.

We are now accepting applications for the following full time, contract positions: (until March 31, 2013) •

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Flight Followers Red Lake, ON & Pickle Lake, ON

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9 weeks – ending March 30, 2012 Closing Date: January 9, 2012 4:00pm Apply to: Hiring Committee Equay-wuk (Women’s Group) 16 Fourth Avenue, P.O. Box 1781 Sioux Lookout ON P8T 1C4 Email: equaywuk@bellnet.ca Fax: (807) 737-2699 For more information visit: www.equaywuk.ca Only those applicants to be interviewed will be contacted

If you are interested in applying to any of these positions, please quote the “The Sky’s The Limit” project and specify the position you are applying to in your resume and cover letter and submit to: Kerry Wabange Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, Wasaya Airways LP 300 Anemki Place, Suite B, Thunder Bay, ON P7J 1H9 Fax: (807) 475-9681,Email: careers@wasaya.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Reporter/Photographer Wawatay News requires a Reporter/Photographer for its award-winning, bi-weekly newspaper. The Reporter/Photographer will contribute stories and photographs of Aboriginal people and events from First Nations across Northern Ontario for Wawatay News, Sagatay magazine, and Wawatay News Online.

As part of the Wawatay Native Communications Society, Wawatay News has been publishing for more than 30 years. The newspaper serves more than 90 First Nations and municipalities.

Duties: • Generate unique story ideas and maintain story files.

• Research and write news and feature articles.

• Digital photography.

• Produce multimedia stories for Wawatay News Online using video and audio equipment.

• Proofread editorial copy.

• Travel to remote and road access First Nations.

• Some basic page layout may be required.

• Some evening and weekend work required.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have: • A post-secondary diploma or degree in journalism, along with photography and multimedia training and/or experience.

• At least one year of reporting experience.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Knowledge of Ojibway and Cree culture and communities in the Wawatay service area.

• Ability to work with Macintosh computers. A working knowledge of programs used for word processing, design and layout (InDesign), and photo editing (Photoshop).

• A valid Ontario driver’s licence.

• The ability to communicate in Ojibway, Ojicree or Cree would be an asset.

Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario Closing Date: Friday, November 25, 2011, 4:30 PM CST Applicants can send a resumé, cover letter, three writing samples, and contact information for three references to: Brent Wesley, News Director Wawatay News Box 1180 Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B7 fax 807.737.3224 or e-mail brentw@wawatay.on.ca Note: Only applicants considered for an interview will be contacted.

Coordinator Community Services Senior Services 2 Positions 14 hours contract for 6 months Permanent 14 hour/week Position They can be combined The Canadian Red Cross Society is currently seeking Coordinator, Community Services (Senior Services). in Moosonee Reporting to the District Branch Manager, the successful candidates will co-ordinate the operational aspects of Senior Services.

Responsibilities include: Developing, coordinating and implementing the delivery of Home Support Services with Seniors Recruitment, screening, orientation and training of Volunteers Liaising with other community agencies/organizations regarding related services/initiatives to foster mutual understanding, coordination and partnerships Fund Development coordination and developing resources The minimum qualifications for this position are completion of one to two years of post-secondary education or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to speak Cree is essential Applications must be submitted by November 14th Canadian Red Cross, 60 Wilson Avenue, Suite 201, Timmins, ON P4N 2S7 Fax: (705) 268-6388 Attention: H. Cranney, Manager Heather.cranney@redcross.ca

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Fundraiser raises $30,000 for Fort Albany family Courtney Koostachin battles for life in Toronto hospital, awaiting liver transplant

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Community members from Fort Albany, Attawapiskat and Peawanuck endured 30 hours of hunger pangs to raise money for a Fort Albany family in need of funds.

Called the No Food for 30 Fundraiser, the communities raised more than $30,000 in pledges for Courtney Koostachin and her family, who are in Toronto awaiting a liver transplant.

Courtney is battling for her life as she awaits a donor for the transplant.

Koostachin recovered from three liver transplants before the age of five. At the time, doctors informed her parents that her body might reject the liver before she turned 10.

At 17 now, after living a full life well beyond doctors’ predictions, the teenager’s liver is failing, requiring yet another transplant.

She awaits a donor at the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, with her parents Alexandra and Daniel Koostachin at her

side. In order to be with Courtney, they are living at Ronald McDonald House in Toronto, and funds are tight as the couple had to leave their jobs to care for their daughter. They have been in Toronto since June.

“I know it’s hard for a family to go out and come back, with the financial burdens,” Brent Edwards of Fort Albany said.

“So me, Rex and Mike (Knapaysweet) were sitting around in my office thinking of ways to alleviate that burden.”

The usual avenues – radio bingos, penny and bake sales – are good but don’t make much money, Edwards said.

“We wanted to do something different, and that’s how we came up with the idea for a 30-hour famine.”

They put up a sign-up sheet in September and the next month they had 18 people signed up to take part in the fast. Leading up to the famine, the participants went out and got pledges from community members and wrote letters to organizations.

Once things got rolling, the

organizers thought of expanding their initiative.

“We thought, ‘Why don’t we challenge Attawapiskat?’

Because her dad is from there.”

They contacted Dennis and Andrew Koostachin, “and they were like ‘Yeah, we accept,’” Edwards said.

“I kind of got emotional and I was speechless. I was so happy for that family.”

– Brent Edwards

To prepare for the fast, Edwards said he consulted the Internet and local health care experts.

“They said (before the fast) to load up on carbs and protein.”

At the start of the fast, they prayed for Courtney and to give them strength for the famine.

They were allowed to drink water. They began at noon on Nov. 4.

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Participant Shawna Nakogee said if they raise more than $8,000, she would shave her head.

Around 4 p.m. on Friday, the fasters received the biggest donation: Mushkegowuk Council would be donating $2,000.

“I stopped, turned around and told (the fasters), and the whole place just erupted into chaos. We were like, holy cow!”

Edwards said.

It also put them over the $8,000 mark.

Edwards said the worst part of the fast was a half-hour before the end.

“We were going to have a feast once it was over and volunteers started bringing in food, and we were like ‘Nooooo,’” Edwards said. “Our senses just exploded, and we started sniffing the food. I personally had to leave the kitchen area and go outside.”

In the end, Fort Albany raised more than $11,000 while Attawapiskat raised more than $18,000 and Peawanuck raised

$1300.

Upon hearing the numbers, Edwards said he was surprised.

“I kind of got emotional and I was speechless. I was so happy for that family.”

The proudest moment for Edwards came when they talked to Courtney over Skype.

“She came on, and was like ‘Hi, you guys.’ Then she looked at the camera and said, ‘I’m not going to give up.’

“For me, that capped everything. For her to see us there through the video camera, they were standing and clapping for her. I think she feels more confident now.”

Edwards said there are many people to thank for helping in the fundraiser.

“There are so many people I want to thank. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank Rex and Mike Knapsaysweet, Sky and Geegee for organizing the potluck, Mushkegowuk, Attawapiskat and Dennis Koostachin, and Isaac Bird in Peawanuck for organizing things there. You guys are amazing. And of course the pledgers.”

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Hundreds of dancers and guests attended the 2011 Manito Ahbee festival in Winnipeg, Man., Nov 2-6. The festival of Aboriginal culture features education days, the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, an international competition powwow and Indigenous trade show and market.

TOP: Spectators and dancers gather around Lake of the Wood drum group during an inter-tribal Nov. 6.

BOTTOM LEFT: A grass dancer takes part in an inter-tribal. Hundreds of dancers took part in the competion powwow Nov. 5 and 6, showcasing contemporary and traditional styles of dance such as traditional, fancy shawl, jingle, fancy bustle, grass and prairie chicken.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Audrey DeRoy, an Indigenous alumni of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, mans a booth at the Indigenous trade show and market at the MTS Centre Nov. 6.

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Awarding excellence Annual NADF business awards honours entrepreneurial spirit John Gagnon

Wawatay News

An elegant evening awarding the efforts of the territory’s best entrepreneurs was held Oct. 26 in Timmins, Ont. The annual celebration, in it’s 21st year, is organized and hosted by Nishinawbe Aski Development Fund. An audience of about 350 people were engaged in energetic fun and treated to witty humour by emcee Brent Edwards from Fort Albany First Nation. Showing his own dance moves and his observations of other community’s dance moves, Edwards, spun the night into good spirits.

Christine Neegan is this year’s Youth Entrepreneur.

Neegan is owner of Blue Feather Spirit Wear. Christine began her journey in fashion and design, with a diploma from Fanshawe College. Christine’s business skills were honed with a marketing diploma from Northern College. Christine plans on breaking into the gown and undergarment industry by extending her experience of producing casual apparel.

In five years, Christine would like “to see my designs in stores throughout Ontario and of course online to hit the global market.” She plans on ensuring her designs hit mainstream markets by “introducing my works to non-Native retailers and businesses, and assisting when I can to remove the soci-

etal stereotypes by education mainstream about Anishinabe people.”

Business Woman of the Year is Connie Boyd from Cobalt, Ont. She took the honours with her business Silver Moccasin, a store that celebrates Canada’s rich Aboriginal culture and compelling history. The Silver Moccasin sells products not found in department stores.

Connie has successfully managed to build a successful business within a small community.

Her store can be viewed online at www.silvermoccasin.com.

Business Man of the Year went to Pierre Pelletier from Red Rock Indian Band. His business Four K’s Logging is a proven industry leader. Among other successes, Pierre has been chief in his community and recently granted an honorary degree in Business Administration from Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Executive of the Year went to Timmins’ own Veronica Nicholson as the executive director of the Timmins Native Friendship Centre. Veronica has considerable experience working with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organizations.

New Business of the Year also went to a Timmins resident. Ramona Sutherland is from Constance Lake First Nation and a lawyer who is the sole practitioner at Niska Law Offices. Ramona achieved her Bachelor of Law from Osgoode

Hall Law School and completed her Bar admission in 2005.

Partnership of the Year went to Joe and Linda Fiddler who own and operate Sandy Lake Motel in Sandy Lake First Nation. The partnership has successfully operated in Sandy Lake since July 1995 and has been an ideal business model for on-reserve entrepreneurship.

Corporation of the Year went to Kimesskanemenow Corporation. Kimesskanemenow, Cree for our road, is jointly owned by Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and Kashechewan. The corporation was created to oversee the construction and maintenance of the winter road.

Wabun Tribal Council won the Building Communities award. Incorporated in 1999, Wabun is a community driven agency accountable to the chief’s of Wabun’s six First Nation communities: Beaverhouse, Brunswick House, Chapleau Ojibway, Flying Post, Matachewan and Mattagami.

The NADF Business Awards first began in 1991 and continue to recognize individuals, groups, and organizations who bring about positive change. All nominated award winners met the following criteria: successfully established and well managed business, committed to the community, demonstrate ethical business practice, commitment to skill development, and sound financial management.

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TOP RIGHT: Christine Neegan is youth entrepreneur of the year. She owns Blue Feather Spirit Wear.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Sandy Lake’s Joe and Linda Fiddler are partnership of the year winners.

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Wawatay Native Communications Society is a self-governing, independent community-driven entrepreneurial native organization dedicated to using appropriate technologies to meet the communication needs of people of Aboriginal ancestry in Northern Ontario, wherever they live. In doing so, its founders intended that Wawatay would serve their communities by preserving, maintaining and enhancing indigenous languages and culture.

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To provide media capabilities and content that address the unique needs of the Nishnawbe people.

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