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Discussions on Ring of Fire continue

Sharing a love of dance

Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Discussions are ongoing after the Koper Lake and McFauld Lake blockades ended.

“We agreed to work on agreements,” said Marten Falls Chief Eli Moonias.

“There is a timeframe of six months to address issues that were identified at the very beginning of the blockade.

The issues are not resolved, not yet. In good faith while we talk we lifted the blockade.”

Moonias said the main mining exploration companies as well as the provincial government have agreed to discuss the issues brought up by his community and Webequie when the blockades were initially established on the Ring of Fire mining exploration area in the James Bay Lowlands this past February. The blockades ended March 19.

“The airport permitting is one of the issues,” Moonias said. “There is an environmental screening exercise that is holding it up right now.”

The land-based landing strip project located near Koper Lake that Marten Falls had been involved in was halted in 2009 after complaints over environmental concerns.

During the Koper Lake-McFauld Lake blockade, Moonias said the envi-

ronmental groups had complained about a disturbance of caribou herd migration routes and other concerns.

“Because of that they wanted the environmental screening of the proposed airport site,” Moonias said this past February. “That is what precipitated this action, originally the actions of the environmentalists.”

Moonias said his community is also concerned about the effects of using both Koper Lake and McFaulds Lake as landing strips.

“The two lakes are used as airports in the winter and summer and there is a lot of spillage there on the shore,” Moonias said. “There are fuel transfers taking place there. The camp at McFaulds, which is right on the shore, there was a lot of damage there while it was there. It’s still there, by the way.

They were dumping sewage into the lake, and greywater and there was a lot of petro-carbons, gas, oil spillage. It was on the muskeg, right on the shore of the lake.”

Moonias said his community was looking for the mining exploration companies to employ and train community members in the exploration activities taking place in the Ring of Fire. see NORONT page 24

ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᔭᐸᐨ ᑲᐱᒥᓭᐠ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑫᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

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Dallas Arcand performs a hoop dance exhibition using 20 hoops at the Honouring the Youth Powwow hosted by Northern College in Timmins, Ont. April 10-11.

ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᒥᐱᑯ ᐁᐃᔑ ᐱᒥᓭᑭᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐢᑲᐧ ᐊᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑯᐱᕑ ᓫᐁᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐠᐸᓫᐟ ᑭᐸᑯᐢᑭᑲᓂᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 19 ᑲᐃᓇᐣᑭᓯᐸᐣ. ᓂᑭ ᓇᑯᒥᓇᐸᐣ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᒪᐣᐠ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᓇᑯᒥᑎᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᑲᐧᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᓫᐊᔾ ᒧᓂᔭᐢ. ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓱᐱᓯᑦ ᑭᐃᔑ ᐅᓇᑌᐸᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒋᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᒥᑭᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐦᐱ ᑲᒪᒋᑭᐸᑯᐢᑭᑲᓂᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔑ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓄᐧᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣᐠ, ᒪᔑ ᐅᑕ. ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭ ᐅᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣᐠ ᓂᑌᐯᐧᔦᐣᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᓂᑭ ᑭᐱᑎᓇᒥᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑯᐢᑭᑫᔭᑭᐸᐣ. ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐅᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐠ ᑲᔦ ᑕᐢ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᓇᑯᒧᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᒪᒥᑎᓀᐣᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐸᑯᐢᑲᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐠ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᒉᒥᐢ ᐯ ᐊᐦᑭᐣᐠ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐣᑭᓱᐨ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐸᑭᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ, ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒋᐃᐧᓂᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᐃ ᑲᐱᒥᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐢᑭᑫᒪᑲᐠ

ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐣᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᐯ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᒋᐦᐅᐨ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐸᑭᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᐯᔓᐣᐨ ᑯᐱᕑ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᑲᐧᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑭᑭᐱᑎᓂᑲᑌᐸᐣ 2009 ᑲᑭᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐦᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᒪᒋᓭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐣᐠ ᑲᔭᒪᑲᑭᐣ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑯᐱᕑ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐠᐸᓫᐟ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑭᐸᑯᐢᑭᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᓭᑭᐸᐣ, ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐣᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᒥᑯᐢᑲᒋᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ ᐊᐦᑎᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐸᐸᒥᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ. ᐊᒥᑕᐢ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᓯᓭᐠ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᓂᐢᑲ̇ ᒪ ᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐣᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐃᔑ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐸᑭᒋᐃᐧᐣ, ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐣᐠ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ. ᐊᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐸᐸᔑᓭᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐣᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐅᒪᒥᑎᓀᐣᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᓭᑭᐣ ᑯᐱᕑ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐠᐸᓫᐟ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐳᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐃᓇᐸᑕᐣᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᐱᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐱᐳᐣᐠ. ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᔑᐢ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐣ ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 6

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

Mercury fury

Japanese mercury expert Dr. Masazumi Harada makes last trip to Grassy Narrows

Chris Kornacki Wawatay News

Japanese doctor, and worldrenowned mercury poisoning specialist Dr. Masazumi Harada made a final presentation about mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows and Whitedog First Nations at the Lakeside Inn in Kenora March 27.

Dr. Harada has been studying mercury poisoning and the effects it has had on the people in both Grassy Narrows and Whitedog since the 1970s.

Harada is retiring this year, but he made one last trip to both communities to do further mercury testing March 25 and 26 in Grassy Narrows and March 28 and 29 in Whitedog.

He also presented his report, the Long-term Study on the Effects of Mercury Contamination on Two Indigenous Communities in Canada.

Harada’s report concludes that both communities have been effected by mercury contamination and poisoning from the river systems surrounding the communities.

“I haven’t had a chance to examine all the residents, but from the residents that I have examined, 60 to 80 per cent of them have shown signs of mercury contamination,” Harada said through his translator.

“Examinations on all the residents needs to be done in order to determine the correct percentage of the whole community that is effected with mercury contamination,” Harada added.

Including his visit in March, Harada has made a total of five trips to Grassy Narrows and Whitedog to do testing. He said

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay News

Grassy Narrows First Nation Chief Simon Fobister addressed the crowd that gathered at the Lakeside Inn in Kenora March 27. Community members from both Grassy Narrows and Whitedog First Nations came to the Lakeside Inn to view the screening of a documentary film The Scars of Mercury and to listen to Dr. Harada’s report on his long-term study of mercury poisoning in both communities. that during each trip he tests about 100 residents in each community. Harada has done testing twice in 1975, and once in 2002, 2004 and in March.

“The government has the resources to conduct testing for the entire community members, and that would be ideal,” Harada said.

The contamination levels in the water are decreasing,

Harada said, but it is unknown when the water will be safe again. His report said that because the mercury levels in the water are lower now, no new cases of mercury contamination should be expected as long as people don’t eat the fish.

“But, people still continue to eat the fish here,” Harada said.

“So, it is hard to tell when the communities will recover from

the effects of the mercury poisoning of the river systems.”

Harada hopes his study will inspire people to advocate to their government to fully examine the situation of mercury contamination and have the results of the examinations reflected in their government’s policies and politics. Also, he hopes the study will create solidarity and cooperation among

communities that have been affected by mercury contamination on a worldwide level.

Harada concluded that cooperation between patients, sharing findings among researchers and the exchange of information is necessary in order for the communities to move forward.

“We hope that medically unknown issues such as the safety guideline (of water),

long-term low exposure (to mercury) and the effects of minimal amounts of methyl mercury will be clarified by further study,” his report said.

Forty Grassy Narrows First Nation band members lead a march to the provincial government building in Queen’s Park in Toronto April 7 demanding restitution for mercury poisoning in their community as evidenced in Dr. Harada’s report.

Hundreds of people supported Grassy Narrows by taking part in the march, which involved a 15,000 square foot piece of blue fabric creating a ‘wild river’ that flowed up University Ave. into Queen’s Park.

“How can we have trust, and reconciliation when the government of Ontario walks away from their responsibility to make things right about the mercury pollution they permitted,” Grassy Narrows Chief Simon Fobister said. “Our grassroots people are still suffering the affects on their health and livelihood from this poison in the water. The province needs to come back to the table to resolve the mercury issue.”

Judy Da Silva, a Grassy Narrows band member, said things need to be made right with the community regarding the mercury poisoning, including continued protection from resource development.

“We must stop the mills from destroying our forests, our water, and our culture for the survival of all people,” Da Silva said. “The forests and waters of Grassy Narrows must be placed under the protection of our own people so that we can heal and recover what we have lost for our children.”

Victims of crime event to launch in Sioux Lookout Chris Kornacki Wawatay News

The First Step Women’s Shelter in Sioux Lookout will be hosting the Voices of Survivors: A Healing Journey event at the Sunset Suites April 21. The event will feature guest speakers sharing their stories of sexual abuse and sexual assault.

It coincides with Canada’s National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, which runs from April 18 to 24.

National Victims of Crime Awareness Week honours victims of crime by advocating

treating victims with compassion and respect. This year it will be launched in Ottawa by the federal ministers of justice and public safety, with victims, victim advocates and representatives working in the area of victim issues gathering for a federal symposium hosted by the Government of Canada.

This is the fifth year the Canadian government held a Victims Awareness Week, and the first year the women’s shelter in Sioux Lookout has received funding in order to host an event.

“We applied for the funding

in November and found out in February that we got the funding and started planning the event right away. We had an idea of what we wanted to do when we applied to the funding, but didn’t start setting things in stone until funding was secured,” said Tracy Goretzki, administrative support worker at the First Step Women’s Shelter.

The event will have 12 booths set up from agencies that deal with victims of crime, such as the OPP, community counselling and various shelters.

“We’re also going to have two

survivors of sexual assault come and speak about their stories,” said Carmelia Agustin, shelter services manager at First Step.

Goretzki also said they will be giving out resource packages at the event.

The packages include information where victims of abuse can reach out for help.

“We’re putting together 500 packages,” Goretzki said. “We’ll be giving out 100 at our event and then sending the remaining packages to nursing stations up north to some of the First Nation communities.”

“Up north victims of domestic

violence usually go to the nursing stations for help, so when they (the nurses) are helping a woman, they know who to call for help and where they can go for help,” Agustin added.

Organizers are hoping many nurses from northern communities in the Sioux Lookout area will attend the gathering.

The April 21 event is free but in order to attend you have to be 16 years or older because of the content.

“It’s open to everyone, men and women. A lot of men think these events are just for women, but it’s not,” Goretzki said.

Both Goretzki and Agustin said the event is one of the things they can do as a shelter to bring awareness about abuse and to help the communities they serve. Also, having guest speakers talk about what’s happened to them shows others that there is life after abuse and they can get through it because there is help out there.

“We want to get the resources that are available to the Sioux Lookout area and surrounding communities out there because there are a lot of resources available but not everyone knows about them,” Goretzki said.

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Jean Okimaw makes stand against youth suicide Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

Jean Okimaw of Attawapiskat is walking throughout Timmins with her two young children to create awareness about preventing youth suicide.

For the month of April, Okimaw will walk with a sign attached to her child’s stroller.

It reads: “Youth are our future, no more suicides in our communities.”

Okimaw felt prompted to raise her concern after a recent suicide attempt of a 13-year old close family member.

“One of my family members did something to herself and I just found out. It was very emotional. It hurt me a lot, and I want to let her know that I am there for her,” Okimaw said.

The young person was treated at the hospital and has since returned home with a referral to crisis counselling.

Okimaw can relate to the young person’s suicide attempt.

As a young 16-year old parent she tried to take her own life.

But realizing she had to take care of her child prompted Okimaw to seek counselling and treatment.

“I’ve learned not to do that (suicide) since my children need me. I’ve been a parent since I was 16. My oldest is going to be 14 next month, and my youngest is 5 months (old).

We do have our struggles at home and we have our days where some days don’t go well, but we always stick it out,” Okimaw said.

The reaction from passer-bys has been, basically, one of indifference. Okimaw said some passer-bys do greet her, but for the most part, “people look, and then turn away.”

Regardless, Okimaw strives onward as it is youth in the community she is reaching out to.

“I just wanted the youth to know that they are not alone,” Okimaw said.

She also encourages youth to seek out counsellors.

“Don’t be scared. They will offer an ear if you want somebody to listen to you. They won’t disown you – and the privacy you want to share, they won’t break that.”

Okimaw also welcomes the youth to stop and chat with her on the street whenever they see her.

“I am not shy. I am a people person.”

In May, Okimaw is planning to get the youth together for some fun activities at either Hollinger Park or Gillies Lake. She wants to spread the message ‘it’s okay to be who you are, and it is okay to ask for help’.

Okimaw has overcome her share of life’s struggles, and she is now giving back to her community.

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Jean Okimaw walks with her two children in Timmins. Throughout April, she has walked with a sign calling for the end of suicides.

Wabun First Nations promote partnerships at prestigious mining conference Xavier Kataquapit Special to Wawatay News

There is something relatively new happening at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention in Toronto.

First Nations are participating in this historic annual mining extravaganza.

This year, Wabun Tribal Council showed up to promote the many positive mining development partnerships they have contributed to.

Minister Michael Gravelle, Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry addressed an Aboriginal workshop as part of his participation in this prestigious mining event which drew about24,000 people to the Toronto Convention Centre. The event ran from March 7-10.

During a visit to the Wabun display booth, Gravelle commended the Wabun First Nation leadership for its positive and progressive partnerships with mining developers in northeastern Ontario.

“There is much greater understanding today among companies of how important it is to build relationships with First Nations,” Gravelle said.

“I am very impressed with the work that is being done by the Wabun First Nation leadership and the companies that are involved in the mineral operations.

“I believe there is a very positive momentum that will benefit First Nations and the Metis communities in northern Ontario.”

While perched in front of a multi media-display, Shawn Batise, executive director of Wabun Tribal Council, promoted the many successful agreements and partnerships Wabun First Nations have signed with major mining corporations and resource development companies.

“We have been left out of the loop for more than 100 years in terms of any benefit from all the resource developments that

photo by Xavier Kataquapit/Special to Wawatay News

Wabun First Nations were represented at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention in Toronto, March 7-10, by (from left) Chris McKay, Mattagami First Nation; James Naveau, Mattagami First Nation; Shawn Batise, executive director, Wabun Tribal Council; Harold (Bo) Corbiere, Brunswick House First Nation and Jason Batise, economic development/ technical services advisor, Wabun Tribal Council. have taken place right in our own back yards. Times have changed and our Wabun First Nation Chiefs are interested in working with mining and other resource developers who are involved in exploration and development on our lands. We need to be here at the PDAC to make sure that we are not ignored,” said Batise.

Participation by First Nations at the PDAC is a relatively new phenomenon. There are only a

few First Nation organizations manning displays and promoting an interest in developing partnerships with mining and resource development companies.

The event which has been running for 78 years features all of the key players in the mining world with exhibitors and investment developers from all over the globe.

Gone are the days of the salty and eccentric northern prospec-

tors as they have given way to shrewd, well educated, high tech executives, geologists and mining professionals in snappy business suits.

The convention is still very much a sea of work hard, play hard, high stakes mining, exploration and development professionals.

With the inclusion of First Nations at this most prestigious mining event, a new openness towards the original caretak-

ers of the land is being demonstrated.

“We got a lot of interest here today. People are asking questions and noticing us. We are dedicated to making sure that our communities and our future generations will benefit from mining and other developments happening on our lands,” said Batise.

Wabun First Nations have been actively negotiating dozens of agreements over the past

few years. Some of the major partnership agreements involve North Gate Minerals Corp, Liberty Mines Inc, Lake Shore Gold Corp, Augen Gold Corp and Trelawney Mines all in northeastern Ontario.

Wabun Tribal Council is a regional territorial organization which represents six First Nation communities in northeastern Ontario and it is directed by its respective chiefs.

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Ranting: feels good but don’t do it James Thom TO THE POINT

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oo often in life we get caught up thinking about ourselves.

Society would be a better place if we thought more about others and how our actions impact those around us.

Case in point, last week, I was having issues with a delivery company over a package I sent to a guy in Georgia.

He bought a used softball bat I was selling on eBay. When I brought the boxed bat to the depot to ship it, I was told it would take no more than nine business days to arrive.

Armed with that knowledge, I sent the fellow an email to let him know.

Days and weeks passed and it never came.

Growing ever more frustrated, I finally filed a complaint with the delivery service April 8.

Of course, the very next morning, the box arrived on the man’s doorstep.

He sent me a kind note to let me know he’d finally received it and that he appreciated my communication skills during the whole ordeal.

So, after work the next day, I called the shipping company once again. This time, I simply wanted to tell them to cancel the trace they had put on the parcel.

But as I grew ever more frustrated on hold, waiting to speak to someone, I lost my cool.

By the time a customer service representative came on the line, I had boiled over and was ready to spew burning hot hate at the unsuspecting person.

But it didn’t start all bad.

I politely told him he could stop the trace.

It was only after I inquired about what the standard delivery time was that I blew my top.

When I was told it should have taken only six days for the bat to make the trip south to Georgia, my anger grew, especially knowing it had taken this shipping agency 16 business days to get it there.

“We can’t control time at customs,” was one excuse he floated at me.

“The time they tell you when to drop your packages off are just estimates. There are no

delivery guarantee times,” was another.

There went any chance of a refund from this agency that took three times longer than it should have to delivery my box.

This is where my story turns ugly.

Incensed that this agency would do nothing for a repeat customer (everything I’ve ever shipped for eBay, I’ve shipped through this company), I honestly flipped out.

A rather profane outburst followed and then it was over.

Looking for support from family and friends, I was told several insightful things.

“It’s the person’s fault who you yelled at,” a loved one told me.

“James, you need to work in customer service and have people treat you like that and then maybe you’ll stop,” she continued.

I was also told I’m short-tempered (guilty!).

My sister sounded appalled when I told her the whole story.

However, she was sympathetic to a point given she had shipped my Christmas presents with this same company in December and they barely arrived before Dec. 25, and were more than a week late.

I was also told I’m short-tempered (guilty!).

I guess it’s understandable when the presents took a detour to somewhere in Manitoba.

Having been through this experience, I’ve decided to try and be a little nicer to customer service representatives on the phone and in person, whether I feel justified in my frustrations or not.

If I think about how my rant will make them feel, I can understand it’s not really acceptable behaviour.

I can’t hold them accountable for their coworkers/colleagues issues.

It’s unfair to them. I can realize that. I just need to keep my cool.

But, I keep coming back to one point.

If this company hadn’t failed to deliver the package in a reasonable amount of time, I wouldn’t have been upset or even writing this.

But, as my grandma was fond of telling me as I grew up, two wrongs don’t make a right.

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Meegwetch to the willows Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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fter a long day of working at my computer, I took the opportunity to head out to the back yard to putter around a little.

It was a beautiful day and I was happy to be out in warmth of the spring sun. It felt like the hibernation of winter had been broken and it was invigorating to have the freedom to be outside dressed in merely jeans and a sweater.

My break was also a working one as I was toiling away at felling a row of majestic old trees in the back yard.

Due to the fact that I happened to be the only home owner on the block with a lot of recent experience with chainsaws I was in charge of this little project. I was fortunate to have the help of a few of my neighbours who were also skilled in the fine art of felling trees.

The back yard was a muddy mess and ankle deep water surrounded the base of the trees.

We were more concerned with

injury than wet feet and by the middle of the day, I was wandering around the yard in soggy and muddy boots.

The activity and work was very familiar for me and I could just have easily been in the wilderness along an old river on the James Bay coast.

The smell of the muddy water and wet dirt under our feet, the scent of freshly cut wood and the fresh spring air brought back many memories for me.

During my breaks I went into the house for a drink of tea that had steeped all morning. The sweet scent of bitter strong tea, the taste of oatmeal biscuits, the smell of freshly cut firewood and the distant smell of an open fire instantly took me back to family camp fires in the wilderness near Attawapiskat.

Every spring, when our family headed out on the land in preparation for the annual goose trip, there was plenty of logging involved to maintain a steady supply of firewood to feed our little stove in our prospector tent.

When we Cree need to harvest trees for firewood and building material it is done with respect for these towering giants. In this particular case in the back yard I was cutting the trees because they

had grown diseased and lived out their time. They had once been a large group of about 10 trees that stretched their long branches over the yard and provided plenty of shade and shelter.

During the summer when the trees bloomed with their full spread of green leaves, the back yard almost looked like a stage backed by green curtains and highlighted by a yellow carpet of plush dandelion flowers. Birds and small animals came and went like characters in nature’s play.

These trees had brought much joy to many neighbours on this little block in Iroquois Falls. I felt sad as my noisy chainsaw brought down the curtain on this communal backyard theatre. As the trees fell one by one neighbours appeared throughout the day with remembrances of times gone by.

These old willows had been a part of the community for more than 80 years.

The most common memories took people back to their childhoods and revolved around playing in and around these trees. I felt as though many ghosts of neighbours long gone were with us in the back yard saying their goodbyes to the old willows.

The Ravens scolded us for taking these giants from the sky.

I never had the backdrop of a stand of trees in the backyard in my home community of Attawapiskat.

Although my home near the great James Bay was surrounded by thousands of square miles of muskeg and trees our little community featured none. We simply had no experience in adorning our surroundings with trees. It was something only the non Native towns and cities did in the south.

When I came to Iroquois Falls, I felt privileged to share the same space with these tall mighty willows. I understood that they had stood guard as young neighbourhood families started their lives, developed and then moved on. Generations of all types of birds returned every year to nest in these trees and use them as perches while carrying on their daily lives. For the past 12 years this row of willows had become a part of my horizon and my daily life.

I thank them for their cool shade on hot summer days and their protection from harsh winds during blustery winter storms. Meegwetch to the willows.

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APRIL 15, 2010

It takes a community to overcome addictions: Nate Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Eabametoong Chief Lewis Nate said it will take more than drug enforcement to stop the prescription drug crisis.

“We still have a lot of (prescription drugs) coming into our community,” Nate said in January, explaining the community has tried to stop the flow of prescription drugs by increasing searches at the air-

port. “They find ways to get the drugs through.”

Although Nishnawbe Aski Police Service officers have seized packages of Percocets and OxyContin prescription drugs worth thousands of dollars at the Eabametoong airport, Nate said the drug traffickers would pass their drug packages over the airport fence to accomplices whenever they knew there was a search in progress.

“We need money to put more

people at the fence,” Nate said, especially when it’s “really hectic” when two aircraft arrive at the same time.

“Not only that, we had gang fights in the community,” Nate said. “We had one youth that had to be medivaced. He dislocated his ankle from the fight.”

Nate said the community has had to hire band constables to help their local officers on duty because some of the officers were off on holidays.

“You can only do so much,” Nate said. “It’s (prescription drug abuse) is widespread in our community. We are looking at outside help in terms of counselling.”

Nate said people need counselling help to deal with the issues that are troubling them.

“Some of these people are so into it they will do anything because they are hooked on it, Oxys and Percs,” Nate said.

“There are a lot of people doing it, not only youth but adults.

Addiction doesn’t stop at any age, colour, race or sex.”

Nate estimated that about half of his community of 1,200 to 1,300 is currently abusing prescription drugs.

“It’s going to be a long process,” Nate said. “We need to work together, the community, chief and council, church groups.”

Nate, who has attended Alcohol Anonymous meetings in Thunder Bay, suggested AA and Narcotic Anonymous meetings as one way to help those who are addicted to prescription drugs.

“How can we bring the AA and NA meetings to our community,” Nate said, explaining that AA members went out of their way to drive him across the city to meetings. “They will go out of their way. That is what we need in the community. We need anything that will help the community.”

Nate said community members have slowly dropped out from former activities such as hunting, fishing and playing golf since the prescription drug crisis hit the community over the past few years.

“Even our hockey program – we still haven’t had our first hockey game,” Nate said. “We

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need to enjoy life again.”

Nate said people are so preoccupied with the prescription drug crisis that they don’t have time to play or coach hockey.

“It’s had a major impact on the community,” Nate said.

“Children going hungry, missing stuff.”

Nate said community members need to start working together to solve the crisis.

“We have to get away from blaming,” Nate said. “We have to learn how to understand each other.”

Nate said youth watch and learn from how adults interact with each other, such as being envious of another person who is succeeding and trying to pull that person back down.

“We have a lot of work in all aspects of our community to enjoy the life we are entitled to,” Nate said.

Nate said community members need to be healthy to take part in the upcoming economic boom in the area.

“There will be 200 jobs,” Nate said. “(Otherwise), it will not be us working – we will just be watching.”

NAPS Sgt. Jackie George said successful drug enforcement depends on the help of the community.

“We need information,” George said. “The community provides information that we need to conduct investigations.”

George said people can provide information confidentially by calling NAPS’s confidential tip line at 1-888-737-3442, emailing NAPS’s Drug Enforcement Unit at stopdrugs@naps. ca, or calling Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

“The police cannot do arbitrary searches,” George said.

“We need some information.”

George said while some community members are making a profit from the prescription drug trade, the whole community is paying the price for that profit.

“That’s the message we try to share in our prescription drug awareness posters,” George said.

“I would like to encourage community members to assist us in reporting any drug activities.” file photo/Wawatay News

Drugs seized at Moose Cree post office Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service has seized about $80,000 of suspected illegal drugs at the Moose Cree First Nation post office.

NAPS investigated several occurrences between March 915 where drugs, including marijuana, cocaine and prescription pills, were being delivered through the Canada Post mail system.

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ᐃᓇᐸᑕᓄᐣ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐸᑭᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᐳᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᐱᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔦ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐱᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᓇᓀᐤ, ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᐳᑕᐊᐧᓂᐱᒥᑌ ᑲᔦ ᐃᒪ ᐃᔑ ᐊᔭᐣᒋᐃᐧᑌᐊᐧᐣ. ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐠᐸᓫᐟ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, ᒪᔭᑦ ᐃᒪ ᓇᓀᐤ, ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐃᒪ ᐊᔭᒪᑲᐣ ᐱᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐸᐣ. ᐊᒥᐱᑯ ᑭᔭᐸᐨ ᐁᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ, ᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᒣᐠ. ᒧᐊᐧᐳᓂ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭᐁᐧᐱᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐁᐧᐱᓂᑫᐊᐧᐳ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐁᔭᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᑭᐃᐧᐱᒥᑌ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᓭᑭᐣ, ᑲᓴᓂ, ᐊᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᑌ ᑲᐱᓂᓯᑭᓂᑲᑌᐠ. ᑲᐃᔑ ᒪᐢᑭᑯᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ, ᒪᔭᑦ ᐱᑯ ᐃᒪ ᓇᓀᐤ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ. ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᓇᐣᑕᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓄᑭᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ. ᐊᒥᑕᐢ ᐁᐃᑭᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐊᐊᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐁᓴᓇᑭᓭᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂ ᑲᐊᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ, ᐁᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᔭᓂᐨ, ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᒋᑲᐧᔭᐣᒋᔭᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᑲᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᓂᐨ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᐣ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᐃᑭᑎᔭᐣ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᑐᑕᒣᐠ, ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᒣᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᐦᐊᔦᐠ ᓂᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᐣ. ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᔭᐠ ᐃᒪ ᓇᑭᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᐣᑕᐧ ᐱᓇᒪ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑕᑯᓭᑭᐣ. ᐊᒥᐱᑯ ᐁᐃᐧ ᐃᔑ ᒪᒋᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐣᐟ ᐱᓇᒪ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑯᔭᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣᐠ, ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑯᔭᐠ, ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᑕᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐊᐧᐣ (ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ), ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᑲᐃᔑ ᐱᑭᔑᑭᒪᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ. ᓂᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᒥᓇᐸᐣ ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐣᐟ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᒋᐊᔭᒥᐦᐃᑯᔭᐣᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐢ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᐊᒥᐱᑯ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᒪᒋᑐᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐊᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐣ ᑲᐊᓂᑲᑕᒥᓂᐨ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭ ᐃᔑ ᒪᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐸᐣᑭ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐱᒋᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᐸᑯᐢᑭᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑕᐢ ᐁᑭ ᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᑲᐯᔑᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐸᐸᑭᒋᐊᐧᐨ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐧᑲᑕᑲᒥᐠ, ᐁᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᑫᑭ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑫᐧᐣ ᐃᐢᑯᑌᐃᐧᑕᐸᓂ ᒥᑲᓇ, ᑭᐢᐱᐣ

ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᑭᑕᑲᒥᐠ ᑫᒪᐢᑲᐊᐧᑫᐧᐣ, ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭ ᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᐊᓂᑲᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᐢᑲᐨ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓀᓴᐣ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐣᐠ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᓯᓄᐣ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑕᐱᓇᑲ ᐊᓯᓂᓴᐣ ᐁᐦᑕ ᐅᑕᑭ ᓇᓇᐣᑕᐊᐧᐸᒪᐊᐧᐸᓂᐣ, ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᓀᐊᐧᐣᐠ. ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐣ ᐁᑭ ᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᐢ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑ ᐊᐧᓇᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ. ᐊᒥᑕᐢ ᑲᔦ ᐁᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐣᐠ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐃᔑᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᓂᑭ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᒥᐣ ᓂᑐᑌᒥᓇᓇᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᐊᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐊᐣᑐᐃᐧ ᑭᐱᑎᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑐᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᐱᑎᓂᑯᔭᐣᑭᐸᐣ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᒪᑭᐸᐣ. ᑲᐃᐧᐢ ᑕᐢ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓯᑦ ᐁᑲ ᐊᒥᑯᑭᒪᑲᐠ(ᑭᒋ ᐊᒥᑭᑯᒪ) ᐁᐅᐣᒋ ᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᓱᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ, ᓄᕑᐊᐣᐟ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑎᐸᒋᒧᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 30 ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭ ᐃᔑ ᒪᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐸᑯᓀᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐣᐠ ᑲᓇᓇᑕᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒪᐠᐸᓫᐟ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᐣ. ᓂᒥᓄᐧᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᑭᐁᐧ ᒪᒥᓭᐠ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒪᐠᐸᓫᐟᐢ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᓄᕑᐊᐣᐟ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᐢ ᐦᐊᐣᓴᐣ. ᑫᐊᓂ ᐱᒪᑭᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᓱᒪᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ, ᐊᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑫᐊᓂᑲᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᓇᐣᑭᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ 11.2 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑲᑕᓯᑲᐧᓀᔭᑭᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐁᐦᐊᔭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᓇᑕᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒥᑭᓯ ᐅᐊᐧᓯᓯᓂᐠ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 9 ᑲᐃᓇᐣᑭᓯᐨ. ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᐸᑯᓀᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᐸᒋᑐᔭᑭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑕᑕᓄᑭᔭᐣ ᑕᑭᐃᓯᓭ ᒋᐸᑯᓀᐦᐃᑫᔭᐠ 2,000 ᑕᓱᒥᓯᐟ ᒋᐸᑯᓀᐦᐃᑫᔭᐠ. ᑲᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᐱᒋ ᒪᐢᑲᐃᐧᓯᐨ ᐊᐦᓯᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐱᒪᓂᑲᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ AT12 ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᐃᐧ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧᑲᓂᐃᐧᐨ ᓂᔭᓄᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐢ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐅᔑᐦᐊᑲᓂᐃᐧᐨ, ᑲᒧᓇᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓯᓂᐊᐧᐳᓂ ᑐᑲᐣ ᑲᐊᐸᑕᑭᐣ ᒥᑭᓯ ᐅᐊᐧᓯᓯᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ. ᓄᕑᐊᐣᐟ ᑭᑎᐸᒋᒧᐸᐣ ᑭᔭᐸᐨ ᐁᐱᒥ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᑲᐧᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑕᐢ ᐁᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧ ᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭ ᐊᓄᐣᒋ ᒥᓄᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᑎᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᓄᕑᐊᐣᐟ ᐅᑲᑫᐧ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᐣ ᒋᒪᐢᑲᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐦᐊᐣᓴᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᓂᑲᐸᑭᑎᓇᒥᐣ ᓇᓇᑲ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐃᔑ ᑲᑫᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᔭᐣᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ. ᓂᑲᐱᒥᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᒥᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᐊᓂ ᒪᒧᑭᓭᑭᐣ

ᑲᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ. ᓄᕑᐊᐣᐟ ᑲᔦ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᑫᐧ ᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᓯᓯᐣ ᑲᐊᓂᑲᑌᐠ, ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐊᓂᑲᒋᑲᑌ ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐅᐢᒋᓭᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᓯᓯᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᓂᑲᑌᐠ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᐧᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᓯᓯᐣ Ni-Cu-PGE ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑲᔦ ᑲᐱᐃᐧᓂᑲᐣᑭᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᓫᐊᐠ ᐱᕑᐟ ᐊᓯᓂᐠ ᑲᐱᐊᐧᑲᒥᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᑫᐊᓂ ᐊᐱᒋᓭᐠ ᓇᓇᐣᑐᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᑲᔦ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑕᐊᓂ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᐃᔑᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ. ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᒥᓄᓇᐣ ᑲᐸᐱᐢᑫᐣᑕᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᒍᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᒋᑐᔭᐠ ᓂᑕᓂᑭᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐸᓫ ᓭᑦᐳᓫ, ᓄᕑᐊᐣᐟ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᓂᒥᓄᐧᐁᐧᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᑭᔑᑐᔭᐠ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐦᐊᐣᑭᑕᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᒋᐊᓂ ᑭᔑᑐᔭᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᓂᑲᑕᒪᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑫᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ. ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ 2010 ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓂᐃᐧᐨ $45 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᓂᓯᐊᐦᑭ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐅᐢᑭ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐣᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐅᐣᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑫᐊᓂ ᒪᒋᓭᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ, ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᔦ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒥᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᐢᑭᑯᐊᐧᑭᐣᐠ ᓀᑫ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐣᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑲᔭᑭᐣ ᐊᓯᓂᓴᐠ ᓇᓇᑲ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᒧᓇᐦᐅᐣᑕᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᓇᑌ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᓭᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐣᐠ ᒋᐊᓂ ᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᑭᐃᐧᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒪᐊᐧᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒥᑭᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐸᒋᑕᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᐅᐣᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᒋᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᐊᑭᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐣᐠ ᓇᐅᐣᒋᓭᑭᐣ ᑲᑭᒋᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ, ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐣᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᐃᓂᑯᑲᐧᐠ. ᐊᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑎᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐅᓇᓴᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᑫᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐣ, ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐣᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᔕᔑᐣᑭᒥᐣᑕᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧ ᑭᒋᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᓭᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᔓᓂᔭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᑲᒋᑲᑌᐠ.

Wawatay News

APRIL 15, 2010

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Grace Fox, left, Wawatay translator Vicky Angees, centre, and Wawatay interim CEO Rachel Garrick, right, met Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo, second from left, and Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse at the 2010 Anishinaabemowin Teg Inc. 16th annual language conference in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan, late last month.

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Grants made Twenty-nine Aboriginal communities and groups received more than $2.5 million in Ontario Trillium Fund grants which were announced April 6.

The $2,541,600 is broken up into $1,639,600 in community grants made to 23 local eligible organizations and $902,000 in province-wide grants awarded to six larger or umbrella organizations whose projects will serve Aboriginal communities across the province.

Mamow Sha-way-gi-kaywin: North-South Partnership for Children received $580,000 over three years for staff to consolidate the operational model of this collaborative of 30 northern First Nations and their southern partners. This will help to establish projects to improve conditions for children in remote communities.

Other province-wide grants include $120,000 over 18 months for the Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts. The group will hire staff, organize creative-action circles and facilitate artistic expression by connecting elders, artists and youth in Brantford, Kenora, London, Manitoulin Island, Niagara Falls, Peterborough and Toronto.

PARO: Centre for Women’s Enterprise will receive $200,000 over two years to increase business leadership, social enterprise and economic opportunities. A mentoring program will connect Aboriginal women in rural and remote northern communities.

Right to Play will receive $150,000 over one year to plan, develop and implement the Promoting Leadership in Aboriginal Play project in two remote northern Ontario communities.

Trillium officials said many of these grants will increase opportunities for success in school, skills training and employment and foster community partnerships.

Community grants went to Grassy Narrows First Nation, which received $15,000 over one year to install a new heating system in the youth drop-in centre.

The Kenora Fellowship Centre received $150,000 over three years to hire staff who will help provide more emergency shelter services for people who are homeless in the community.

Other grants went to PARO: Centre for Women’s Enterprise ($150,000 over two years), Pic Mobert First Nation ($19,300 over one year), the Kapuskasing Indian Friendship Centre ($58,000 over one year) and the Moosonee Native Friendship Centre ($15,000) .

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Students from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School perform in the Trash Can Rhythm Jam with Broken Walls drummer Bill Pagaran. The band performed during the Empowering Our Youth Conference April 9-10 at the school.

Comment Information Centre to Review Major Amendment Whiskey Jack Forest 2009-2012 Contingency Forest Management Plan We Need Your Input The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the Kenora and Red Lake Local Citizens Committees, as part of the ongoing forest management planning process, would like to invite you to attend a public information centre to help us in the development of a major amendment to the 2009-2012 Contingency Forest Management Plan for the Whiskey Jack Forest.

• This amendment fulfills the Ministry of Natural Resources’ commitment to present to the public proposed new harvesting areas in order to complete our planning of approved harvest areas for year 2 & 3 of the 2009-2012 Whiskey Jack Forest Contingency Plan.

How to Get Involved Information centres will be held at the following locations from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the following days: Best Western Lakeside Inn Sioux Narrows Town Hall Red Lake Recreation Centre Ear Falls Royal Canadian Legion

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May 3, 2010 May 4, 2010 May 5, 2010 May 6, 2010

Can’t Make It? The information and maps described in this notice will also be available for review, for a 30-day period (May 3, 2010 to June 1, 2010) after the information centres at: Ministry of Natural Resources Kenora Office, 808 Robertson Street, Kenora, Ontario An appointment with the Ministry of Natural Resources District Manager or with a planning team member during non-business hours may be made by calling 807-468-2501.

Comments on the proposed major amendment to the Whiskey Jack Forest must be received by Kurt Pochailo of the planning team at the Ministry of Natural Resources Kenora District Office, by June 1, 2010.

The current planning team members are: Kurt Pochailo, R.P.F., Area Forester, MNR, Plan Author Stephen Duda, MNR, Planning & Information Management Supervisor, Chair Shawn Stevenson, Area Supervisor, MNR Hassan Mohamed, R.P.F., Resource Analyst, MNR Mary Duda, Area Biologist, MNR Abby Anderson, R.P.F., District Planner, MNR Henry Dribnenky, Kenora LCC Representative Laurent Tetreault, Red Lake Resource Management Committee Representative Dale Munro, R.P.F., Kenora Forest Products Bob Boyce, R.P.F., Weyerhaeuser Ltd. Norm Hissa, Aboriginal Community Liaison, MNR Greg Lloyd, R.P.F., Area Forester (Red Lake), MNR Debora Henry, Ochiichagwe’babigo’inning (Dalles) First Nation Joel Henley, Kenora Métis Council Doug Riffel, Wabauskang First Nation Marvin McDonald, Wabaseemoong Independent Nations Conrad Tom, Naotkamegwanning (Whitefish Bay) First Nation

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GED Testing will take place Friday evening May 28th and Saturday, May 29th

Stay Involved Following this opportunity to review the proposed operations, there is one remaining consultation opportunity, tentatively scheduled as follows: Inspection of the Ministry of Natural Resources-approved Major Amendment to the Forest Management Plan: June 7, 2010.

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Mr. Henry Dribnenky Kenora Local Citizens Committee c/o 42 Ryerson Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 3S2

It started with a performance, continued with games and speeches but by the end of the assembly, the students were committing to life.

It was music to the organizer’s ears.

“We’re trying to boost spirituality in the students and have them think positively about life,” explained Empowering Our Youth Conference co-ordinator Melba Barkman. “A lot of students have personal issues and don’t know where to turn.

I encourage the students to turn to prayer.”

Students at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School were treated to a performance by Broken Walls, a Tyendinaga Territory-based band, April 9. More than just a band, the group offers an uplifting message of hope in faith-based performances and presentations.

The band’s ministry motto is “Breaking walls of separation.”

Sandy Lake’s Dakota Goodman enjoyed the band’s message.

“It was a good presentation,” he said. “They kept it fun ... but you knew what the message they were sending was. It’s important to commit to life and not give up.”

After hearing what drummer Bill Pagaran had to say about his childhood – it was filled with abuse of all kinds but through the support of friends and teachers, he overcame it to become a globetrotting musician and motivational speaker – Goodman understood the message.

“I know it is important to not bottle your problems up inside,” the Grade 11 student said, adding he will be more likely to seek out friends, family or teachers should he ever encounter issues he can’t face on his own.

Deer Lake’s Mayveline Quill appreciated how open the speakers were about their past.

“They felt comfortable talking about anything,” she said.

“That’s important, to be able to be so open. I understand more now about not bottling up your problems inside.”

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ran’s message was well-received by the students.

“I hope it will stick in their heads that life is valuable and precious,” Barkman said. “When youth make mistakes, they tend to condemn themselves.

But they always have a second chance, a chance to make it again.”

During the nearly 90-minute performance, Broken Walls’ members entertained the students through a variety of means but mostly were caught up in Pagaran’s spoken message.

“Who are you? What were you born to be?” he asked.

“People believe they have to be something they’re not. Young people are getting ripped of their identities. You are not an accident, an oops or an oppsey.”

To demonstrate the rhythm of life, he formed Trash Can Rhythm Jam, getting students to hold a beat with everything from trash cans to hockey sticks, brooms and other articles commonly found in schools.

“There is a rhythm to life,” Pagaran said. “The rhythm in my life was messed up (when he was young) but I had people that would encourage me so I didn’t give up.”

He also used an analogy to prove worth.

Holding a $20 bill in hand, he asked how many people wanted the money.

After jumping on it, crumpling it and trying to damage it, he asked if anyone still wanted it. Dozens of hands rose noting they still did.

Despite the damage, the bill still had great value to the students and one lucky student got to keep it.

“No matter what you’ve done to yourself or others, you all still have great value,” Pagaran said.

Broken Walls also performed at the school during the evening of April 9. The following night, a session was held with musician Darius Ferris.

A number of other topics were explored during the evening session of the conference including diversity, releasing the warrior, foundations of a healthy community, values, bullying and abstinence.

Laurent Tetreault Red Lake Resource Management Committee Box 264 Balmertown, Ontario, P0V 1C0

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Five students from Pelican Falls First Nations High School will be traveling to Ottawa May 10-14 to attend the 2010 ESpirit awards gala and competition.

The E-Spirit awards is a national business plan competition open to Aboriginal youth across Canada. Students are required to write a business plan and business model for a new business venture, and finalists are selected to attend the competition finals and awards gala in Ottawa, which takes place May 11-13.

The five students from Pelican Falls competing in the event are Casey Aysanabee from Sandy Lake, Patrick Shakakeesic from Kingfisher Lake, Cassandra Gray from Wunnumin Lake, and Hailey and Harley Meekis from Deer Lake.

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During their stay in Ottawa the Pelican Falls students will visit universities and colleges in Ottawa, the Museum of Civilization and Parliament Hill. While at Parliament the students will also have a chance to meet and ask questions of an Aboriginal member of parliament. “The students are really excited for this opportunity to represent their school at the national level,� Buswa added. “And excited to meet other First Nations youth from around Canada too. This trip wraps up our school year at Pelican Falls so this is a nice event for the students to attend before heading home to their communities for the summer,� Buswa said.

vice in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation. The second business plan is an ecotourism fishing and hunting lodge on Lake St. Joseph near Pickle Lake, Ont. Destra Buswa, Grade 11 entrepreneurship teacher at Pelican Falls, said the students spent several months (September through December) completing the two business plans that were submitted to the E-Spirit contest. Buswa also said the students worked closely with Business Development Canada (BDC) to learn the ropes of planning a business and making the leap into the world of entrepreneurship. “It’s a real honour that they got chosen to go,� Buswa said. “The students worked really hard and take a lot of pride in this opportunity.�

Buswa said the students worked through various business models as a group as part of the course curriculum for her entrepreneurship class. The students also sought advice from CIBC bank, various hunting and fishing lodges around the Sioux

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Aboriginal entrepreneurship has been around for thousands of years dating back to when First Nations people had extensive trading networks linking the majority of our continent to facilitate the exchange of goods and resources. Thus, it should come as no surprise that t n C l ie Nishnawbe Aski DevelF D r NA opment Fund (NADF) Pa st c o n s u me is no ‘flash in the pan’ e 6 k 9 9 La 1 n i story. p k o s c oBe a r Today, NADF is a 25 year old non-profit Aboriginal Capital Corporation (ACC) providing financial and business counseling services to Aboriginal enterprises in rural, urban and remote communities across Northern Ontario. The organization was born out of the profound need for an institution that catered to the growing economic aspirations of communities within the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN). First Nation businesses’ were restricted access to business loans due to Section 87 of the Indian Act, which prohibited assets located and used on-reserve land to be used as collateral for the Pa purposes of banking.

O's u l st NAD F NADF was established to fill in the C l i va n void and serve as a developmenLa ke l ie nts tal lender to support NAN’s econOu t f i tte r omy. NADF has since successfully s expanded its service delivery from its Thunder Bay office to First Nations communities in the neighboring territories of Treaty #3, Treaty #5 (Ontario portion) and Robinson-Superior 1850, and services all Aboriginal heritage groups, including Métis.

NADF’s continued growth has permitted it to offer a wide range of financial products and services, including business financing (term and bridge loans and leasing opportunities), business counseling services, community economic development and resource sector .

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K n i support services, speo i rad e cifically mining and h t on F energy.

D NA Over its illustrious 25 year existence, NADF has doled out a total of over $25 million in investments to a variety of business ventures in our communities.

These funds have translated into financial assistance for start-ups, expansions and operations to over 500 businesses in northern Ontario.

From ventures like airlines, grocery and retail outlets, hospitality services, and professional services no business has proved too small or community too far for NADF to assist. Through these investments, NADF has helped create upwards of 2,000 jobs in the region, not including the dozens more that have been created within the organization itself through partnerships with FedNor, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), and The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) etc.

The road to job and wealth creation in our communities has not always been smooth and rosy though. NADF’s jour-

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ABOVE: NADF Grand Opening circa 1984. 100 Back St. Fort William First Nation. Wally McKay, government representative, Dennis Cromarty, Bentley Cheechoo, government representative and Sol Atlookan cut the ribbon.

BELOW: Map of Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund’s coverage area.

ney as a developmental lender in a high risk area to its current status has been littered with its fair share of obstacles. Budget constraints brought on by government spending cuts and a large geographical service area makes promoting NADF’s programs and services quite challenging. All that this has done over the last 25 years is galvanize NADF’s efforts to build stronger ties with the region it serves.

The organization’s preferred form of contact with the communities it serves is through actual visits to the community. The premise of a community visit is simple. An invitation is sent to NADF, usually through the community’s Chief and Council, to which the organization responds accordingly. Following confirmation of date and time, and depending on the purpose of the visit (i.e. workshops, financial management, business planning, etc.), NADF will assemble a team to travel to the community to deliver the requested support services. NADF is also available to meet with community members, Chief, Council and Elders to conduct a community needs assessment and discuss relevant NADF programs and services that would benefit the community.

Wherever possible, feedback on NADF’s quality and delivery of services is collected from existing clients in the communities they visit. To date, NADF has registered almost 400 community visits across Northern Ontario.

To improve their community outreach initiatives, a branch office was opened in Timmins in the 1980’s. This was spurred by NADF’s partner-

ship with Aboriginal Business Canada (ABC) that called for service delivery over an expanded region. Now under Indian and Northern Affairs Canada’s (INAC), the Aboriginal Business Canada Program (ABC) offers eligible clients access to contributions, business information, resource materials and referrals to alternative funding sources. These services are available to all Aboriginal heritage groups, on-reserve and off-reserve, including those living in urban, rural and remote areas.

Harvey Yesno is as enthusiastic as ever in his role as President/CEO, a position he has occupied for the past 16 years. His passion for elevating the socio-economic status of Aboriginals in the region knows no bounds and even a quick question on NADF’s vision merits a spirited response: “Our vision is to become a sustainable leading Aboriginal-owned business and financial organization in Northern Ontario. Going forward, one of our pressing priorities is to evolve into a ‘selfsustaining’ organization.”

‘We recognize that the time to accelerate Aboriginal entrepreneurship, job and wealth creation is now. We continue to work hard to create an enabling environment for Aboriginal entrepreneurship here in Northern Ontario, whether it is with business plan guidance, loans with flexible interest rates and repayment schedules, leasing or business counseling services.’ see next page

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Highlights through the years • 1984 – Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund – the corporation is formed.

• 1987 – Capitalization of Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund $7,000,000.

• 1990 – Inaugural Business Awards.

• 1993 – Integration of Aboriginal Business Canada (ABC) programs and services.

• 2002 – Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund earned the designation of a ‘Community Futures Development Corporation’ (CFDC) to deliver services in three mandated activities – business counseling, investment and community strategic planning.

• 2004 – Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund along with all AFI’s in Canada hit a milestone for loans granted – 1 billion dollars.

• 2005 – Co-sponsored ‘Project Beyshick’ – NAN participants are involved in a one week mentoring/job shadowing program focused on building entrepreneurship amongst youth.

• 2007 – Inaugural ‘Fairway for Charities’ – An annual golf tournament to support charities and Youth businesses.

• Total investment of over $25 million in a variety of businesses across Northern Ontario.

• Over 500 businesses have been created through NADF’s investments since 1984.

• Over 2000 jobs created in Northern Ontario since 1984 directly and indirectly through investments made.

Congratulations to NADF on 25 years of success!

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Harvey Yesno, Rosie Mosquito, Ted Nolan, Virginia Beardy and Madeline Commanda at the 10th Business Awards held back in 2000.

Congratulations to the Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund on its 25th Anniversary Chi meegwetch for all the work you’ve done, and every success in the next 25!

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Newsletter circulation continues to grow from page 11 NADF’s service delivery methods are a reflection of the times. To counter the high costs of travel, and improve service delivery frequency, the organization offers state-of-the-art video-conferencing workshops to entrepreneurs throughout Northern Ontario covering relevant business topics. Their new website (www.nadf.org) serves as a resource haven for anyone looking to start or grow their business.

Their quarterly newsletter ‘Kewadin Ahnung’ (North Star) circulated with this newspaper, is now going into its seventh year of circulation and has become a welcome addition to the reading lists of many Aboriginal business owners and managers in the region with its valuable articles and business tips. NADF is no stranger to the airwaves either. Their biweekly radio show, broadcasted through the Wawatay Radio Network (WRN) on Mondays from 9-10am EST (8-9am CST) just kicked off a new year and continues to connect NADF directly to the communities they serve by delivering business information to entrepreneurs while providing news and

insight on Aboriginal economic development in the region.

The one-hour show also features interviews with successful Aboriginal entrepreneurs, distinguished community members and stakeholders in northern Ontario’s burgeoning Aboriginal business sector.

The pinnacle of NADF’s 25th anniversary celebration will be the 20th Annual Business Awards slated for this fall. The awards ceremony continues to serve as a glowing reminder that successful Aboriginal business and entrepreneurship is alive and growing exponentially here in Northern Ontario.

Wally Bannon, Senior Business Development Officer for northern Ontario’s ABC program, and NADF staff member for the past 21 years, has witnessed the business awards growth from its inception in 1990 to the reality it is today - Canada’s longest running Aboriginal Business Awards.

‘What began as an opportunity to honor the distinguished business man and business woman of the year eventually blossomed to include recognition for successful organizations. see PLENTY page 14

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Leaders past and present Presidents and CEOs of Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund • Bentley Cheechoo • Ruth Corbett • Dennis Cromarty • Harvey Yesno (current) For more information on NADF’s 25th anniversary, please visit www.nadf.org.

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19th Business awards winners, D.P. Achneepineskum, Nadya Kwandibens, Kevin Connor, Adolf Rasevych and Darcy Kejick

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Congratulations to Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund as they celebrate their 25 years of Service

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Board of Directors & Staff recognizes the positive economic impact that NADF has had in Northern Ontario for the past 25 years.

Thank you for supporting the success of Aboriginal business!

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“As businesses have grown in our region, our awards ceremony has evolved to reflect this growth in the form of expanded award categories.’

Bannon explained that the annual gala event has two main focuses - to recognize the outstanding achievements of Aboriginal business in the region and to serve as a fundraiser for the Dennis Franklin Cromarty Memorial Fund, a fund created in memory of the late NAN Grand Chief and President of NADF to provide education bursaries to Aboriginal students. Proceeds from the gala also go to NADF’s ‘Community Sponsorship Fund’ which enables the organization to provide donations and sponsorships to First Nations communities, organizations and individuals for events such as feasts, Pow-Wows, school trips, and humanitarian efforts.

Nominees for the business awards must be of Canadian Aboriginal heritage (Status, Métis or Inuit) and be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

Business nominees must have a minimum of a two-year operating history (though exceptions may be allowed). The eight (8) categories awarded include: Business Man of the Year, Business Woman of the Year, Youth Entrepreneur of the Year, Partnership of the Year, Executive of the Year, Building Communities, Development Corporation of the Year, Nee Chee Achievement Award In essence, the business awards continue to be a great way to shine a light on the achievements of northern Ontario’s Aboriginal business sector. Another one of NADF’s exciting annual events is its

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Harvey Yesno, Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund’s President and CEO upcoming Annual ‘Fairways for First Nations youth. The results the Future’ Charity Golf Classic thus far have been very encourslated for July 9, 2010 in Thun- aging.

Harvey Yesno is convinced der Bay. Going into its fourth iteration, this successful 18-hole this is a sign of things to come.

“We have come a long way as golf tournament also serves as a fundraiser for NADF’s ‘Commu- an organization, with notable achievements, but there is still nity Sponsorship Fund’.

Both events have proven to lots to be done in all the combe great networking opportuni- munities we serve. Our people ties for attendees and sponsors are blessed with tremendous as all participants get to ‘rub potential and we look forward shoulders’ with distinguished to harnessing this through members of our communities, youth-empowerment, faciliincluding Chiefs, executives, tating skills and knowledgeand senior city and government transfer initiatives and so much officials. We urge you to be on more.

“I’m incredibly optimistic and the lookout for these events in I assure you, the best is yet to the months to come.

Looking forward, an effort come.”

Need more information about has been made to connect with Canada’s fastest growing demo- Nishnawbe Aski Development graphic – the Aboriginal youth, Fund? Visit www.nadf.org and by engaging in social media don’t forget to join us for our using renowned tools like Face- 4th Annual ‘Fairways for the book and Twitter to inspire Future’ Golf Classic Tournaenthusiasm in entrepreneur- ment at the Fort William Counship, job and wealth creation, as try Club in Thunder Bay on July well as financial freedom in our 9th, 2010.

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Commission de l’energie de l’Ontario

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

EB-2009-0387

FIVE NATIONS ENERGY INC. Five Nations Energy Inc. (“FNEI”) Àled an application with the Ontario Energy Board (the “Board”) on February 26, 2010 under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. c.15, (Schedule B). FNEI is seeking Board approval for changes to the uniform transmission rates that FNEI charges for the transmission of electricity, to be effective January 1, 2010. The Board has assigned the application Àle number EB-2009-0387.

To establish the uniform transmission rates, the Board aggregates the revenue requirement of all four transmitters (Hydro One Networks Inc., Canadian Niagara Power Inc., Great Lakes Power Transmission Inc. and FNEI) and allocates this to the three transmission rate pools to establish the rates by transmission rate pool.

FNEI’s rates were last reviewed by this Board in 2001. In this application FNEI is seeking Board approval for a forecasted revenue requirement of $6,474,700 for 2010. FNEI’s revenue requirement represents a small portion of the total provincial transmission revenue requirement used to establish the uniform transmission rates. Therefore, the increased revenue requirement being sought in FNEI’s application is not large enough to trigger a change to the current uniform transmission rates – That is, if FNEI’s application is approved as Àled, there will be no change to the current uniform transmission rates.

Transmission charges (which are determined by the uniform transmission rates) are one of the four regular items that appear on all residential and general service electricity bills. Therefore, if there is a change to the uniform transmission rates it will cause the rates charged to consumers through their local distribution companies to change commensurately. But there are none in this case.

The noted impacts do not reÁect any impacts that may occur by Board approved changes to the revenue requirements of other transmitters for the year 2010.

But there are no impacts in this case.

Copies of the Application are available for inspection at the Board’s ofÀces in Toronto, and at the FNEI ofÀces below: 70-C Mount Joy Street North Suite 421 Timmins, Ontario P4N 4V7 -ANDP.O. Box 370 Moose Factory, Ontario P0L 1W0 Electronic copies are available for review or download at the Ontario Energy Board website, www.oeb.gov.on.ca, and on the FNEI website, www.Àvenations.ca.

Participation You may participate in this proceeding in one of three ways: 1. Send a Letter with your Comments to the Board Your letter with comments will be provided to the Board Panel deciding this application, and will be part of the public record for the application. Your letter must be received by the Board no later than 30 days from the publication or service date of this notice. The Board accepts letters of comment by either post or e-mail at the addresses below.

2. Become an Observer Observers do not actively participate in the proceeding but monitor the progress of the proceeding by receiving documents issued by the Board.

You may request observer status in order to receive documents issued by the Board in this proceeding. If you become an observer, you need to contact the applicant and others in order to receive documents that they Àle in this proceeding and they may charge you for this. Most documents Àled in this application will also be available on the Board’s website. Your request for observer status must be made in writing and be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice.

The Board accepts observer request letters by either post or e-mail at the addresses below; however two paper copies are also required. You must also provide a copy of your letter to the applicant.

3. Become an Intervenor You may ask to become an intervenor if you wish to actively participate in the proceeding. Intervenors are eligible to receive evidence and other material submitted by participants in the hearing. Likewise, intervenors will be expected to send copies of any material they Àle to all parties to the hearing.

Your request for intervenor status must be made by letter of intervention and be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. Your letter of intervention must include a description of how you are, or may be, affected by the outcome of this proceeding; and if you represent a group, a description of the group and its membership. The Board may choose to hold either a written or an oral hearing. The Board will not hold a written hearing if a party satisÀes the Board that there is good reason for holding an oral hearing. Your letter of intervention should indicate your preference for a written or oral hearing, and the reasons for that preference. The Board may order costs in this proceeding. You must indicate in your letter of intervention whether you expect to seek costs from the applicant and the grounds for your eligibility for costs. You must provide a copy of your letter of intervention to the applicant.

If you already have a user ID, please submit your intervention request through the Board’s web portal at www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca. Additionally, two paper copies are required. If you do not have a user ID, please visit the Board’s website under e-Àlings and Àll out a user ID password request. For instructions on how to submit and naming conventions please refer to the RESS Document Guidelines found at www.oeb.gov.on.ca, e-Filing Services.

The Board also accepts interventions by e-mail, at the address below, and again, two additional paper copies are required. Those who do not have internet access are required to submit their intervention request on a CD or diskette in PDF format, along with two paper copies.

Need more information?

Further information on how to participate may be obtained by visiting the Board’s Web site at www.oeb.gov.on.ca or by calling the Consumer Relations Centre at 1-877-632-2727.

How to contact us In responding to this notice, please make reference to Board Àle number EB2009-0387. It is also important that you provide your name, telephone number and postal address and, if available, an e-mail address and fax number. All communications should be directed to the attention of the Board Secretary at the address below, and be received by 4:45 pm on the required date.

For your convenience, the Board accepts letters of comment by either regular mail or e-mail. The Board’s e-mail address is Boardsec@oeb.gov.on.ca.

Please include the application Àle reference number in the subject line of your e-mail.

Letters of intervention must be sent by regular mail to the OEB Board Secretary at the address below. Please remember that you must also send a copy of your request for intervention to the applicant at the address listed below.

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Addresses Ms. Kirsten Walli Board Secretary Ontario Energy Board P.O. Box 2319 2300 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario M4P 1E4

Mr. Richard J. King Counsel for the Applicant Ogilvy Renault LLP Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower 200 Bay Street, Suite 3800 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Z4

Tel: 1-888-632-6273 (toll free) Fax: 416-440-7656 Email: BoardSec@oeb.gov.on.ca

Tel: (416) 216-2311 Fax: (416) 216-3930 Email: rking@ogilvyrenault.com

IF YOU DO NOT INFORM THE BOARD OF YOUR WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO FURTHER NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDING. DATED at Toronto, March 24, 2010 ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD

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Kirsten Walli Board Secretary

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AVIS DE REQUÊTE

EB-2009-0387

FIVE NATIONS ENERGY INC. Five Nations Energy Inc. (« FNEI ») a déposé une requête datée du 26 février 2010 auprès de la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario (« Commission ») aux termes de l’article 78 de la Loi de 1998 sur la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario, L.O., c. 15, (Annexe B). FNEI demande l’approbation de la Commission aÀn de modiÀer les tarifs de transport uniformes qu’exige FNEI pour le transport de l’électricité, à compter du 1er janvier 2010. La Commission a assigné à la requête le numéro EB-2009-0387.

Pour établir les tarifs de transport uniformes, la Commission fait la somme des besoins en revenus des quatre transporteurs (Hydro One Network inc., Canadian Niagara Power inc., Great Lakes Power Transmission inc. et FNEI) et la répartit dans les trois regroupements de tarifs de transport aÀn d’établir les tarifs par regroupement.

Les tarifs de FNEI ont été révisés pour la dernière fois par la Commission en 2001. Dans cette requête, FNEI demande l’approbation de la Commission pour une prévision de besoins en revenus de 6 474 700 $ en 2010. Les besoins en revenus de FNEI représentent une petite portion du total provincial des besoins en revenus de transport utilisé pour établir les tarifs de transport uniformes. Par conséquent, l’augmentation des besoins en revenus demandée par FNEI dans cette requête n’est pas assez importante pour entraîner la modiÀcation des tarifs de transport uniformes actuels. Autrement dit, si la requête de FNEI est approuvée telle que déposée, il n’y aura pas de changement aux tarifs de transport uniformes actuels.

Les frais de transport (qui sont déterminés par les tarifs de transport uniformes) sont l’un des quatre articles réguliers qui Àgurent sur toutes les factures d’électricité des consommateurs et des services généraux. Par conséquent, toute modiÀcation apportée aux tarifs de transport uniformes entraînera des changements proportionnels aux tarifs facturés aux consommateurs par l’entremise de leurs sociétés de distribution locale. Il n’y en a cependant aucun en l’espèce.

Les effets mentionnés ne reÁètent aucun des effets qui peuvent survenir lors de l’approbation par la Commission des besoins en revenus des autres transporteurs pour l’année 2010. Il n’y a cependant aucun effet en l’espèce.

Des copies de la requête peuvent être consultées dans les bureaux de la Commission à Toronto ou au bureau de FNEI. 70-C, rue Mountjoy Nord Bureau 421 Timmins (Ontario) P4N 4V7 -et C.P. 370 Moose Factory (Ontario) P0L 1W0 Des exemplaires électroniques sont disponibles pour consultation ou téléchargement sur le site Web de la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario : www. oeb.gov.on.ca et le site Web de FNEI, www.Àvenations.ca.

Participation Vous pouvez participer à la présente instance de l’une des trois façons suivantes : 1. Faites parvenir une lettre de commentaires à la Commission Votre lettre de commentaires sera remise aux membres de la Commission qui rendront la décision sur la requête et sera versée dans le dossier public de la requête. Votre lettre doit parvenir à la Commission au plus tard 30 jours après la signiÀcation ou la publication du présent avis. La Commission accepte les lettres de commentaires par courrier courant ou électronique, aux adresses cidessous.

2. Obtenez le statut d’observateur Les observateurs ne participent pas activement à une instance, mais ils en suivent le déroulement en recevant les documents produits par la Commission.

Vous pouvez demander le statut d’observateur aÀn de recevoir les documents publiés par la Commission durant cette instance. Si vous devenez observateur, vous devez communiquer avec le Requérant et les autres intervenants aÀn de recevoir les documents qu’ils déposent dans le cadre de cette instance. Des frais peuvent être exigés pour ce service. La plupart des documents déposés dans le cadre de cette requête seront également disponibles dans le site Web de la Commission. Votre demande de statut d’observateur doit être présentée par écrit et parvenir à la Commission au plus tard 10 jours après la signiÀcation ou la publication du présent avis. La Commission accepte les demandes de statut d’observateur par courrier courant ou par courriel, aux adresses ci-dessous.

Deux exemplaires sur papier sont cependant exigés. Vous devez également fournir un exemplaire de votre lettre au Requérant.

3. Obtenez le statut d’intervenant Vous pouvez devenir un intervenant si vous désirez participer activement à l’instance. Les intervenants sont admissibles à recevoir des preuves et d’autres documents présentés aux participants à l’audience. Les intervenants sont tenus de faire parvenir des exemplaires de tous les documents qu’ils déposent à toutes les parties à l’audience.

Vous devez présenter votre requête de statut d’intervenant dans une lettre d’intervention, laquelle doit parvenir à la Commission au plus tard 10 jours après la signiÀcation ou la publication du présent avis. Votre lettre d’intervention doit décrire la manière dont vous êtes ou pourriez être touché par l’issue de cette instance et doit préciser si vous représentez un groupe et, le cas échéant, décrire ce groupe et ses membres. La Commission peut choisir de tenir une audience écrite ou orale. La Commission ne procédera pas par voie d’audience écrite si une partie présente à la Commission des raisons justiÀant de tenir une audience orale. Votre lettre d’intervention doit indiquer si vous préférez une audience écrite ou une audience orale et préciser les motifs sur lesquels votre préférence est fondée. La Commission peut attribuer des frais dans cette instance. Vous devez indiquer dans votre lettre d’intervention si oui ou non vous entendez solliciter des frais auprès du Requérant ainsi que les motifs établissant votre admissibilité aux frais. Vous devez également remettre un exemplaire de votre lettre d’intervention au requérant.

Si vous avez déjà un identiÀcateur d’utilisateur, veuillez présenter votre demande d’intervention dans le portail Web de la CEO : www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca. De plus, deux copies papier sont requises. Si vous n’avez pas d’identiÀcateur d’utilisateur, veuillez consulter la section Services de dépôt automatique dans le site Web de la Commission, et remplissez une demande de mot de passe.

Pour des renseignements sur la manière de déposer des documents et la règle d’affectation des noms, veuillez consulter les directives RESS dans la section e-Filing Services (en anglais seulement) du site www.oeb.gov.on.ca. La Commission accepte les interventions par courriel, à l’adresse ci-dessous; dans ce cas, deux exemplaires sur papier sont exigés. Ceux qui n’ont pas d’accès à l’Internet doivent présenter leur demande d’intervention en format PDF sur un CD ou une disquette, ainsi que deux exemplaires sur papier.

Vous voulez de plus amples renseignements?

Vous pouvez obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur la participation dans le site Web de la Commission à l’adresse suivante : www.oeb.gov.on.ca; ou en appelant le Centre des relations avec les consommateurs au 1 877 632-2727.

Comment nous joindre Lorsque vous répondrez au présent avis, veuillez citer le numéro de dossier de la Commission EB-2009-0387. Il est également important d’indiquer votre nom, votre numéro de téléphone ainsi que votre adresse postale et, le cas échéant, votre adresse électronique et votre numéro de télécopieur. Toutes les communications doivent être adressées à l’intention du secrétaire de la Commission, à l’adresse ci-dessous, et parvenir avant 16 h 45 aux dates prescrites.

Pour votre commodité, la Commission accepte les lettres de commentaires par courrier régulier ou électronique. L’adresse électronique de la Commission est Boardsec@oeb.gov.on.ca Veuillez inclure le numéro de référence du dossier de requête dans la ligne « objet » de votre courriel.

Les lettres d’intervention doivent être envoyées par courrier courant à la secrétaire de la Commission à l’adresse ci-dessous. N’oubliez pas de faire aussi parvenir un exemplaire de votre requête d’intervention au Requérant à l’adresse indiquée plus bas.

This document is also available in English.

Addresses Mme Kirsten Walli Secrétaire de la Commission Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario C.P. 2319 2300, rue Yonge Toronto (Ontario) M4P 1E4

M. Richard J. King Conseiller juridique du Requérant Ogilvy Renault LLP Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower 200 Bay Street, Suite 3800 Toronto (Ontario) M5J 2Z4

Tél. : 1 888 632-6273 (sans frais) Téléc. : 416 440-7656 Courriel: BoardSec@oeb.gov.on.ca

Tél. : 416 216-2311 Téléc. : 416 216-3930 Courriel : rking@ogilvyrenault.com

SI VOUS N’INFORMEZ PAS LA COMMISSION DE VOTRE INTENTION D’INTERVENIR FORMELLEMENT DANS LA PRÉSENTE INSTANCE, LA COMMISSION PEUT PROCÉDER EN VOTRE ABSENCE ET VOUS NE RECEVREZ AUCUN AUTRE AVIS CONCERNANT CETTE INSTANCE. FAIT à Toronto le 24 mars 2010 COMMISSION DE L’ÉNERGIE DE L’ONTARIO

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APRIL 15, 2010

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NAN calls for consent on Ring of Fire studies Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) says First Nations need to provide consent into a recently announced study to look into a proposed rail line to a chromite deposit near Webequie First Nation and Marten Falls First Nation.

Chiefs would also have to provide consent to a preliminary assessment of the project.

“The chiefs as a whole within Nishnawbe Aski feel that consult and accommodate does not go far enough for NAN First Nations to ensure guaranteed benefits from any undertaking,” said NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy.

Beardy said the chiefs decided during the last NAN chiefs meeting March 30 to April 1 that there has to be consent by affected First Nations before any work is done in their territory. The chiefs want consent with conditions that include guaranteed jobs and training, guaranteed economic spin-offs and wealth sharing.

Mineral exploration company KWG Resources Inc. announced April 8 that they will be working with their partner to conduct

preliminary studies to determine the potential of a chromite deposit located north of Marten Falls and east of Webequie. The deposit is located in the Ring of Fire area that is considered a hot bed for mineral activity.

KWG is also doing a feasibility study for the potential construction of a railroad from just outside Nakina, Ont., to the chromite deposit.

“It’s exciting but we have to take measures to make sure that we benefit but also protect the environment.”

– Stan Beardy

“As KWG is undertaking a railroad feasibility study through its subsidiary Canada Chrome Corporation, we have an opportunity to demonstrate the economics of using a rail line to transport ore from the Ring of Fire to market,” said KWG president Frank Smeenk.

Smeenk said Canada Chrome Corporation has staked claims along terrain best suited to a railroad right-of-way and that

the railway should support the possibility of the chromite deposit.

Beardy said the NAN chiefs are concerned about environmental integrity because the land in question is their home.

“We have a sacred responsibility to make sure as much as possible the natural environment is left intact,” Beardy said.

“After the boom and bust, we will continue to live there. We will need to continue to be in that geographic region so it is important we make sure there are proper EAs (environmental assessments) in place. Of course we welcome economic opportunities, but these are the concerns and conditions the chiefs want to work with.”

Beardy expects NAN to be part of the discussions involved in the two studies.

“If it’s construction, I would imagine due diligence would have to happen prior to and during construction of anything in the area,” Beardy said.

“It’s exciting but we have to take measures to make sure that we benefit but also protect the environment as much as possible. The most important thing is this time around First Nation people must benefit.”

PROCLAMATION National Victims of Crime Awareness Week April 18 – April 24, 2010 WHEREAS: When a crime occurs, it doesn’t affect just one person, but their family members and the entire community; and WHEREAS: Victims of crime and their families deserve support from their community; and WHEREAS: Many victim services providers, police ofcers, and professionals working in the criminal justice system provide assistance to victims of crime and their families; and WHEREAS: Victims of crime need to know that they have a voice in our criminal justice system and that there are laws in place to help them; and WHEREAS: National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, April 18 to 24, 2010 offers an opportunity to raise awareness about victim issues, and about the services and laws in place to help victims and their families; and WHEREAS: The theme for National Victims of Crime Awareness Week – Every Victim Matters – will help to promote greater understanding of victim issues; and WHEREAS: An increased awareness of victim issues will encourage citizens to discuss the impact of crime; and WHEREAS: Public demonstrations of support for victims of crime help to build a community’s capacity for compassion to assist victims and their families and the community as a whole; and WHEREAS: Addressing victim issues requires the support and dedication of the whole community; and WHEREAS: The support of the Mayor and Council of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout will encourage a greater number of citizens to participate in National Victims of Crime Awareness Week; therefore be it RESOLVED THAT I, Kathy Poling, Mayor of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout, do hereby proclaim April 18 to April 24, 2010 as National Victims of Crime Awareness Week in the Municipality of Sioux Lookout; RESOLVED THAT during National Victims of Crime Awareness Week and throughout the year, the Municipality of Sioux Lookout will recognize victims of crime and those who assist them and be it further RESOLVED THAT the Municipality of Sioux Lookout will remain committed to addressing and advancing victim issues.

Signed:

Trish Crawford/Wawatay News

Algonquin traditional men dancers Jerry Hunter (left) and Jeffrey Papatie (right) of Lac Simon, Que., danced and sang at the Honouring the Youth powwow April 10-11 in Timmins.

Powwow problem solving: 101 Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

A very special guest, Dallas Arcand of Alexander First Nation in Alberta, was this year’s male head dancer at Northern College’s ninth annual powwow in Timmins, Ont. The theme of the powwow was ‘Honouring our Youth’ held April 10 and 11.

Lisa Wesley is the Native student advisor/powwow co-ordinator at the college. She said it was the committee’s decision to fly in Arcand from Alberta.

“Dallas flew in from Calgary with just his carry on luggage,” Wesley said.

He left Alberta with more than his carry on luggage, however.

When Arcand arrived at the Timmins airport he informed Wesley that the airline lost his luggage, which included his powwow regalia and hoops.

“I felt a little misplaced, but I think I handled it pretty good. I kept my cool. I didn’t freak out or nothing,” Arcand said.

Wesley had to work around

the dilemma of Arcand’s lost regalia and hoops by finding replacement hoops so that he could do his presentations.

“Because of costs and travel, the college had him do a presentation with students from the high school and we had students from the college come in and listen to him,” Wesley said.

“He did a demonstration of his hoops, so the students did not miss out.”

On Saturday, Wesley found an alternative male head dancer to lead off the Saturday afternoon session.

Good news arrived during the supper break on Saturday, Arcand’s regalia had been found. Both Arcand and Wesley were very relieved.

On Saturday evening, Arcand was able to take his rightful place as male head dancer.

“It is good my luggage showed up eventually and I got to dance. It is good to be dancing today,” he said.

Arcand entertained the crowd with his hoop dance demonstrations on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.

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“I am really thankful that people did enjoy the show and we have gotten good feed back,” Wesley said.

Of course, a powwow could not happen without the drummers and singers. Nine drums were in attendance with the furthest drum coming from Saskatchewan.

“We were very honoured to have them,” Wesley said.

“It’s been very warm and welcoming. I am happy that everybody’s happy, and everybody is going to take away everything that they have learned that is good,” Wesley said.

Arcand hopes more youth will take part in the powwow.

“To the youth out there, just keep dancing, no matter what it takes. Get out there and dance and sing, or participate in the powwow as much as you can.

The rewards are endless and priceless,” Arcand said.

Other activities happening throughout the weekend were hand drum workshops, Elder teachings, a sacred fire, a vendors market, and sponsor displays.

Wawatay News

APRIL 15, 2010

NAN women address family violence during conference Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Family violence and building Aboriginal women in leadership were the focus of the NAN Women’s Training Forum.

“Family violence affects the whole community, not just the single family,” said Felicia Waboose, former Equay-wuk program director and honorary board member. “It negatively affects the person emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. It is often a pattern that has presented over several generations. This is a serious issue that affects us all.”

Waboose spoke about family violence March 17 during the March 15-18 NAN Women’s Training Forum, noting it can affect children, partners, grandparents or even one’s self.

“It is a cycle that can continue over generations,” Waboose said. “It is a type of control of another person. It is a learned behavior and it can be changed.”

Waboose said family violence is seen in a number of relationships, from one person to another, from parent to child, from foster parent to foster child, from child to parent, against grandparents, between brothers and sisters and towards others including pets and property.

“Everybody is affected by family violence,” Waboose said.

“This abuse has been multi-generational, it’s a cycle.”

Waboose said family violence has been affecting families and communities for a long time.

“Abused children are likely to

grow up and become either victims or abusers,” Waboose said.

“What they see is what they do. That is why it is important to break the cycle, so we don’t have further abuse in our families.”

Waboose said either gender can be the abuser or victim in a family.

Darlene Angeconeb said the building Aboriginal women in leadership project was designed to provide Aboriginal women with knowledge of how to prepare for and run for leadership positions.

“Abused children are likely to grow up and become either victims or abusers.”

– Felicia Waboose

“We have Anishinabe women who are running in the mainstream elections as well,” Angeconeb said March 17, noting New Democratic Party federal candidate Tania Cameron was a speaker at the first gathering held in Sioux Lookout this past February. “Women leaders and role models are not highlighted and they are not well-known, but they are out there and they are doing good work.”

Angeconeb is looking to hold a leadership workshop in a community and to tell the stories of women leaders through Wawatay News and Wawatay Radio Network.

“There are some really strong women leaders,” Angeconeb

said. “In our first workshop I had a leadership booklet with women leaders in it. Some of them are young, some of them are old. Some of them have education, some of them don’t.”

Angeconeb said no experience is necessary to run for election as long as they feel they can do the job.

“We always tell them if you don’t know anything about portfolios, that’s OK – you can always learn it,” Angeconeb said. “In the community workshops, we developed a mentoring process.”

Angeconeb said the younger women learn from the other women about public speaking, how to run for band council and personal development skills such as self esteem.

“Women leaders tend to get treated differently,” Angeconeb said, explaining that some community members will tend to be more forceful, blunt and vocal towards women leaders. “A woman leader in the past told us that one of the people in her community came to her and started demanding something.

He was very angry and started banging on the table.”

Equay-wuk is planning to recognize women leaders during its next gathering in Nov. 2010.

“We will ask people to put forward names of women leaders in their communities, someone who has done a lot of work, someone who has been known to get involved in the issues, someone who just hasn’t been recognized,” Angeconeb said.

“We think it is time women were recognized and given some recognition.”

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The Wawatay Board of Directors would like to recognize the exceptional work of Wawatay broadcasters George Nakogee, Jules Spence and Harry Mawakeesic during the APTN broadcasts of the Olympics. Thanks for representing Wawatay so well at a national level. An excellent job George, Jules and Harry!

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ SIOUX LOOKOUT AREA MANAGEMENT BOARD (SLAAMB)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

JOB SUMMARY The office administrator is responsible for the operational management and administration of the Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board office, programs and services. The office administrator provides direct supervision to all staff.

To treat confidential information appropriately.

ACCOUNTABILITY The office administrator is directly accountable to the Executive Coordinator.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Responsible for implementation of policies, procedures and program criteria/systems for efficient and effective delivery of SLAAMB programs and services including overall responsibility for all staff.

2. Directly supervises the project officers and the finance clerks (for project allocations and disbursements). Assists with the performance evaluations for staff before completion of probationary period and annually, monitors performance and progress, ensure appropriate training is provided to staff.

3. Acts on behalf of the Executive Coordinator in his/her absence. Performs any other related duties as required to ensure the efficient operation of SLAAMB as requested by the executive coordinator.

4. Responsible for the proper administration and disbursement of allocations for all SLAAMB projects and proposals with the assistance of the executive coordinator.

5. Assists with the preparation of annual project budget forecasts and analysis for board approval.

6. Responsible for management of project(s) contract(s) including; recommendation for approval, appropriate signatures, receipt of monthly expense claim forms, monitoring visits and timely issuance of payments. Can be assigned the duties of the project officer for Native Organizations/First Nations as needed.

7. Travels when required and must be available to work in the Sioux Lookout office.

QUALIFICATIONS 1. Grade 12 education or equivalent is required. A university degree or post secondary certificate in Business or Public Administration is an asset.

2. Must have experience and/or knowledge of the federal and/or provincial governments’ programs and services along with the necessary protocols.

3. Must be assertive and willing to take risks.

4. Minimum of one year experience in program administration/ management with supervisory responsibilities is required.

5. Must have knowledge of employment/training programs and funding agencies and proposal preparation skills.

6. Must have proven skills in financial management, personnel supervision, office management, program/service delivery management and policy development.

7. Must be computer literate with proven working experience in word processing, spreadsheets and database programs.

8. Must have knowledge of labour codes and payroll standards.

9. Must have strong communication skills, both written and oral.

10. Must have knowledge of and commitment to the services and programs provided by SLAAMB. 11. Must have in-depth knowledge of the changing labour market conditions and the socio-economic profile of the First Nation communities in the Sioux Lookout Area.

12. Must have knowledge of the people, culture and geographic area of SLAAMB area. Ability to speak Oji-Cree, Ojibway or Cree is an asset.

13. Must live within commuting distance of Sioux Lookout.

Annual Salary: up to $53,045.00 D.O.E. Send resume with a covering letter and three (3) references to: Bob Bruyere Coordinator Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board P.O. Box 56 Sioux Lookout, ON. P8T 1A1 Fax # 807-737-4048 E-mail: bbruyere@slaamb.on.ca Closing date is Friday, April 23, 2010.

George Nakogee

Jules Spence

Harry Mawakeesic

Note: We appreciate all who apply but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GOVERNANCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER Summary:

Under the Direct Supervision of the Executive Director, this position provides interested candidates with an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that delivers strategic advice, provide logistical support to areas of policy, capacity building and assist in Strategic / First Nation Governance development. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills with the ability to work with a large degree of autonomy; exercise considerable independent judgment when responding to Tribal Council Member communities. Candidate must demonstrate that they have direct experience working with aboriginal organizations, First Nation communities.

Employment Opportunity (Full-Time) ACCOUNTS PAYABLE/CIRCULATION CLERK DESCRIPTION The Accounts Payable /Circulation Clerk function is: to operate the switchboard/telephone system, to answer, screen and forward all telephone calls, taking messages and providing basic information as required; greet visitors and guests at the reception area in a courteous and helpful manner; to gather and distribute mail, faxes and other material; and provide clerical assistance to the Management Team as requested. The Accounts Payable /Circulation Clerk is also expected to perform newspaper circulation tasks to ensure the timely distribution and circulation of the newspaper, maintenance of information relating to transactions for subscriptions, supervise contract distribution staff and associated transactions, compliance with circulation audit requirements, and achieve revenue targets.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Accounts Payable Tasks: • Maintain all Accounts Payable invoices, statements and vendor files in an up-to-date and orderly manner.

• All data entry required for the invoice and payment modules of a computerized accounting system and the maintenance of all required journals.

• Responsible for the maintenance of purchase orders .

• Maintain, reconcile and file all staff travel advances, expense claims • Assist with the annual audit.

• Receive and verify invoices and requisitions for goods and services • Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures • Prepare batches of invoices for data entry • Data enter invoices for payment • Prepare and Issuing of cheques, when required Customer Service Tasks: • Answer, screen, forward and record all incoming telephone calls at the main switchboard in a professional, courteous and timely manner; • Ensure messages include all pertinent information necessary to enable the recipient to return telephone calls; • Ensure the main switchboard and reception area is covered during staff meetings, workshops, medical appointments, lunch hour, mail pick up and delivery, etc.; • Pick up, receive, register and distribute all incoming mail, faxes and other material to the appropriate personnel; • Register all outgoing mail, ensure mail contains sufficient postage and appropriate date prior to taking mail to the post office for delivery, ensure postage meter contains sufficient funds and notify Finance Director when it is necessary to replenish the postage meter; • Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, filing, mailing and faxing, photocopy cash receipts received in mail or delivered in person for Accounts Receivable; • Coordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments and organizations; • Greet visitors and guests, ascertain nature of business and direct inquiries to the appropriate contact person or services, and provide general information to customers and the general public as required; • Maintain an accurate record of employee arrival and departure on a daily log sheet; • Ability to observe strict confidentiality at all times; • Maintain up to date directories on Wawatay employees, Board of Directors, Tribal Councils, native organizations, governmental departments and funding agencies that include telephone numbers, extension numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses, if applicable; • Maintain employee long distance telephone logs, reconcile employee telephone logs with monthly telephone bills in a timely and efficient manner, consult with the Finance Director regarding unauthorized telephone calls and charges and maintain an up to date list of employee assigned telephone extension numbers and codes; • Maintain and update the bulletin board in the reception area on a regular basis; and • Other administrative tasks as may be assigned from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum Grade 12 with 2 years experience in a computerized accounting environment. Knowledge of Sage AccPac 5.5 accounting program , Microsoft Office, Word and Excel .

• The ability to work independently, to meet deadlines and maintain files and records.

• Must possess good interpersonal communications skills and maintain professional courteous relations with all co-workers and suppliers.

• Valid Ontario Driver’s license.

• The ability to speak Cree, Oji-Cree or Ojibway is an asset.

Successful applicant must pass a Criminal Reference Check and must provide a copy thereof.

Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario Salary: Commensurate with experience.

Deadline for Applications: Friday, April 16, 2010

Please send resume and three letters of reference to: Barney Turtle – Finance Director Wawatay Native Communications Society Box 1180, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Phone: (807) 737-2951 ext. 224 Fax: (807) 737-3224

AH-SHAWAH-BIN SIOUX LOOKOUT/LAC SEUL VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES

invites applications for the position of:

VICTIM SERVICES SUPPORT WORKER (one year contract – Maternity Leave) The Victim Services Support Worker is responsible for providing effective support and assistance to victims of crime and tragic circumstance as well as participating in public education on issues relevant to victims and their community.

Qualifications: • The successful candidate must be self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision • Preference will be given to candidates with post-secondary education in the Human/Social Services field • Experience working with clients in crisis situations and experiencing emotional trauma • Must have working knowledge of victim-related issues and community resources • Excellent written and oral communication skills, tact, initiative and interpersonal skills • Competent in upholding and maintaining strict confidentiality at all times • Acceptable Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Persons Check required • Must have a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle • Ability to speak Ojibway or Oji-Cree would be a definite asset

Terms: • One year contract position to fill Maternity Leave beginning May 2010 • Full-time, 35 hours per week • Ability to work flexible hours (some weekend and evening work will be required) • To work primarily out of the Lac Seul office (Frenchman’s Head)

To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter and resume (including 3 references) by Friday, April 30, 2010 to: Personnel Committee Chairperson Ah-shawah-bin Sioux Lookout/Lac Seul Victim Support Services

P.O. Box 1327, 56-C Front Street Sioux Lookout, Ontario. P8T 1B8 Telephone: 737-1700 Fax: 737-1701 E-mail: ahshawbin@sioux-online.com

Are you unemployed and having difficulty getting a job due to a lack of skills/education?

The Skills Project is not just an employment skills program.

We offer free personalized services that focus on your strengths, interests, and individual needs.

• We will work with you to develop a skills plan that ts with your personal goals.

• We offer interactive training sessions that are designed to encourage you to practice the skills employers want in today’s changing workplace.

• Personalized mentoring is the cornerstone of our program.

• Our services are also available to individuals living in remote communities.

For more information call:

Duties: • Knowledge of the policies, procedures, and regulations of natural resources programs, and • Management/Supervisory techniques, personnel policies and procedures.

• Management/Supervisory techniques, personnel policies and procedures • Consult with the First Nations to determine their interests in the lands and resources within • Assess First Nation interest in various planning areas; land near or adjacent to or former settlement etc; undeveloped land adjacent to know fishing, hunting, trapping, gathering, or cultural sites; traditional use, archaeological sites • Determines the natural resources management program needs and opportunities in an assigned geographic program area • Identify potential impacts on First Nation interests; potential infringement/legal • Coordinates with programs in other related internal programs such as economic development as well as external governmental agencies, departments or private groups • Formulate policies, procedures, plans for existing and new

community natural resources management programs • Directs, supports and reviews the preparation and implementation of budgets, requisitions and the maintenance of inventory and personnel records • Acts as a consultant and liaison with industry and various governmental agencies, federal and provincial, including assistance to communities for consultation and liaison assistance and advice • Directs, supports and reviews special projects, studies and reports • Develops and conduct s programs to manage various resources, owned, etc.

• Advises and sup0ports land and water management activities, forest stands as to location, condition, area of volume of timber for harvest, intermediate cutting/clearing and required cultural treatments • Advises and supports mineral programs, monitors mineral leasing and development • Advises on land resources, land use programs • Attends meetings, maintain press contacts

Qualifications: • Post-Secondary Education specifically in the natural resource sector or equivalent work experience • Excellent managerial and supervisory skills • Thorough knowledge of related

government programs, federal and provincial • Essential knowledge of the local dialect would be an asset • Driver’s license and vehicle, and ability to travel

Please submit your resume by April 30, 2010 at 3:00 p.m., Central Standard Time (CST).

Any late Applications will be returned unopened.

Address all applications to: Personnel Committee Re: Executive Director Bimose Tribal Council Inc. 598 Lakeview Drive Kenora, On P9N 3P7 Only those application being granted interviews will be contacted.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK

Keewaytinook Okimakanak is seeking a selfmotivated individual to perform the duties of an Accounts Payable Clerk in the Finance Department. This is a One (1) year contract term position to replace a leave.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will be responsible to assume the duties of the Accounts Payable Clerk as follows: • Overall management of vendor accounts including: • Prepare and process accounts payable invoices and adjustments • Monitor payables and making daily entries and update records • Follow up on outstanding items with internal departments and customers • Monitor accruals and adjustments as required • Perform balancing functions • Review and improve payables processes as required • Special projects as needed • Respond to vendor enquiries, maintain good customer relations and solve problems • Maintain recoverable sales tax collection and tax processes • Assist co-workers in times of heavy workloads and perform such other duties as may be assigned.

The successful candidate should possess the following:

• Computer literate in software programs such as: WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel, Accpac Software experience, WorthIt Capital Assets software experience • Certicate/degree in Accounting or Finance • Strong listening and communication skills • Accounts payable experience • Good knowledge of First Nation environment

Brenda Dovick, Project Manager 737-0821 The Skills Project is funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Project Administration: Eady Consulting

Interested applicants are invited to apply outlining their qualications, experience, and three (3) references by 4:30 p.m. on April 30, 2010 to: Hiring Committee Box 340, 8 Mine Road Balmertown, ON P0V 1C0 Fax: 807-735-1383 E-mail: hiring@knet.ca We are an equal opportunity employer. We thank all interested applicants, however, only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

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Gone are the ways of the pickup truck Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

Bearskin Lake First Nation is the first remote northern community in Ontario to acquire a state-of-the-art first response emergency vehicle in its community.

Harold Trimble is the primary paramedic for the small community of 700 residents.

Prior to having the first response vehicle, patients were transported in the back of a pickup truck, even in the blistery cold days of winter. Patients would be covered with blankets to provide some warmth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This one has heat and this has a structure in it. You can put oxygen or whatever you need in there,â&#x20AC;? Trimble said.

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Trimble describes it as a fullsize van that is equipped with a satellite phone. He now has the ability to contact a dispatcher in Kenora. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can help you out if you are really in trouble,â&#x20AC;? Trimble said.

There are three emergency response staff within the community that work in first response, and have access to drive the vehicle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mostly, I am the one on call,â&#x20AC;?

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The community received funding from the Ministry of Health to buy the vehicle. submitted photo

Corey Newfield, regional training co-ordinator of the Ministry of Health presents Harold Trimble of Bearskin Lake with the keys to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;first of its kindâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; emergency response vehicle in a northern remote community.

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Once in a lifetime chance for an aspiring Northern Ontario First Nation writer!

If you love writing and are hoping to be published one day, please read on for your chance to participate in a 6 day writing workshop with acclaimed Cree author/playwright/composer Tomson Highway.

Tomson Highway is the son of legendary caribou hunter and world championship dogsled racer, Joe Highway. Born in a tent pitched in a snow bank -- in December! – just south of the Manitoba/Nunavut border (near Saskatchewan), he now, for a living, writes novels, plays, and music. Of the many works he has written to date, his best known are the plays, “THE REZ SISTERS,” “DRY LIPS OUGHTA MOVE TO KAPUSKASING,” “ROSE,” “ERNESTINE SHUSWAP GETS HER TROUT,” and the best-selling novel, “KISS OF THE FUR QUEEN.” For many years, he ran Canada’s premiere Native theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts (out of Toronto), out of which has emerged an entire generation of professional Native theatre artists (actors, playwrights, etc.).

He has, as well, three children’s books to his credit, all written bilingually in Cree (his mother tongue) and English. He divides his year equally between a cottage in northern Ontario (near Sudbury) and an apartment in the south of France, at both of which locales he is currently at work on his second novel.

The Opportunity:

One person will be selected to work with Tomson and 5 other writers to develop a play within 6 days. Accommodations, travel and expenses will be paid. Participants are responsible for any time required off work or school to participate. Any work time lost will not be compensated by Wawatay.

Postponed to October 2010 Still accepting applications until August 2010

List Of Published Works THE REZ SISTERS (drama)* Fifth House, Saskatoon, 1988 DRY LIPS OUGHTA MOVE TO KAPUSKASING (drama)* Fifth House, Saskatoon, 1989 KISS OF THE FUR QUEEN (novel)* Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1998 CARIBOU SONG (children’s book) HarperCollins Canada, Toronto, 2001 DRAGON FLY KITES (children’s book) HarperCollins Canada, Toronto, 2002 COMPARING MYTHOLOGIES (non-ction) (An essay comparing, in brief, Greek, Christian, and North American Aboriginal mythologies, University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa, 2002) FOX ON THE ICE (children’s book) HarperCollins Canada, Toronto, 2003 ROSE (musical drama) Talonbooks, Vancouver, 2003 ARIA (drama) (as part of an anthology of Native-Canadian plays entitled STAGING COYOTE’S DREAM) Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto, 2003 ERNESTINE SHUSWAP GETS HER TROUT (drama) Talonbooks, Vancouver, 2005 NOTE: those works marked with an asterisk (*) are those that have been published in several foreign editions, e.g. U.S.A., Japan, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, etc.

The objective of this workshop is to encourage the artistic development of northern Ontario First Nation writers in a supportive, professional artistic and cultural environment. The outcome of this workshop will be a completed written play.

To be eligible you must be band member from a northern Ontario First Nation community including NAN, Treaty 3 and 5 members, and Fort William First Nation.

You must be 18 years or older.

Applicants must demonstrate a dedication to writing by including a minimum of two pages and maximum of ten pages of written works.

Applicants must complete the application form and complete a 500 words or less essay stating why they should be selected for this opportunity.

To apply and for more information, check out the Wawatay website at www.wawataynews.ca and click on the Tomson Highway Writers Workshop button ad on the right hand side or call Grant Chisel at 1-800-243- 9059 or (807) 737-2951 ext.256

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Roy Michano calls for mineral revenue sharing Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Pic River Chief Roy Michano is calling for revenue sharing for all future mineral resource developments.

“Employment is a given, training is a given,” Michano said during the second day of the 2010 Northwestern Ontario Mines & Minerals Symposium, held April 7-8 at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay. “I feel it is important now that revenue sharing has got to be supreme in any of these agreements from now on that are done.”

Michano said revenue sharing would pave the way for self-sufficiency for community members and youth in the future.

“It will provide revenue, as long as the mine is there,” Michano said. “The mining business automatically gives a tax concession to the municipality.”

Michano said the Hemlo mines have provided about $1 million per year in tax concessions to the neighbouring municipality of Marathon.

“We’re next door to it, where is our share,” Michano said. “It means self-sufficiency to a community that is deserving of a piece of that pie.”

Michano said Supreme Court decisions have indicated there needs be consultation and accommodation by the resource industries.

“Where is the accommodation in the mining industry, particularly when the mining act is being revised,” Michano said.

“Where is the revenue sharing agreements that should give us who are surrounded right in the heart of a golden giant – where is our share.”

Michano said First Nations communities also have to ben-

efit from spin-off opportunities related to the resource industries.

“We who are capable of taking charge ought to be signing agreements and AIPs that will give us control,” Michano said.

“So often it goes to the municipalities; now it’s time its got to come to First Nations who have the capacity to manage that.”

Lac Seul First Nation signed an agreement April 8 with Moncrief Construction Ltd. to start up Obish Construction Ltd. during the 2010 Northwestern Ontario Mines & Minerals Symposium.

“It’s a 51-49 per cent partnership between Lac Seul First Nation and Moncrief Construction,” said Sam Manitowabi, Lac Seul’s general manager of economic development.

“We will help them obtain work within our traditional territory for different types of construction projects utilizing opportunities presented to us through these exploration agreements. Moncrief Construction does have a lot of experience working on mine sites, exploration sites as well.

So there is a lot of opportunities for us. From that, it will generate a revenue stream for the First Nation.”

Manitobi said the new partnership will also generate employment and training opportunities for First Nations people.

“The number of people that will be employed and trained will be determined on how well the business is doing,” Manitowabi said. “The more successful we are in acquiring jobs, the more people there will be working.”

Manitowabi said Lac Seul is also working on developing another joint venture in a min-

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull signed an agreement with Moncrief Construction to start up Obish Construction Ltd. on the last day of the 2010 Northwestern Ontario Mines & Minerals Symposium. eral exploration services company.

“This is another opportunity for us to benefit from all the exploration opportunities that are happening,” Manitowabi said. “Moncrief builds roads, so a lot of these exploration sites might require roads going into their projects sites – Moncrief can do that employing our workers.”

Peter Moses, First Nation minerals information officer with the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines & Forestry and a Pic River band member, spoke about First Nations involvement in the mineral resource industry on the second day of the 2010 Northwestern Ontario Mines & Minerals Symposium, noting the number of First Nationsmining company agreements have escalated from 57 across

Canada and seven in Ontario in 2004 to over 150 across Canada and 60 in Ontario in 2008.

“That is very indicative of how First Nations people have a willingness to work with the mining industry,” Moses said, adding that First Nations are favourably located for providing more of the future mining industry workforce as Ontario’s current workforce retires. “The amount of prospecting courses we have delivered to First Nation communities are beginning to take some effect. I think there is a great opportunity here for all parties.”

Brian Davey, Matawa First Nations’ economic development advisor, acknowledged the importance of Moses’ presentations at various mines and mineral symposiums over the past few years.

“He has raised the interest and profile of mining over the years,” Davey said. “We need to continue to do these types of talks at these various events to keep the industry informed on First Nation participation because it is important we keep them informed on what we are doing.”

Davey said it is also important to keep in contact with those people and companies who want to operate in Matawa’s traditional territories.

“It is always good to have our representation from Matawa First Nations coming to explore the different information booths that are available and hearing the various presentations to let people know we are not going anywhere,” Davey said. “We are here to interact and do what is best for our communities.”

Garry Clark, executive director of the Ontario Prospectors Association, said it was important to present information about First Nations involvement in the mining industry because so much of the work currently taking place in the mineral exploration industry are taking place in First Nations’ traditional lands.

“There are quite a few First Nations people who attend this event,” Clark said. “Peter’s program has been running for a number of years and getting into a lot of communities.

I think the participation grows every year in the First Nations.”

Clark said most prospectorsexplorers find the minerals and the big companies come along and develop the resources.

“In the Ring of Fire it is a little difficult because there are not a lot of outcrops,” Clark said. “Prospectors usually like to work on outcrops, but they (mining companies) hire a lot of people who do the work that is going on in exploration.”

This includes diamond drilling, cutting lines and doing geophysics.

Clark said some prospectors hire themselves out as contractors for the different mining companies and move from project to project.

“Northwestern Ontario is great for that because there are so many projects going on right now and there is lots of work,” Clark said. “Prospectors can come in different shades too, they can be part-time prospectors, full-time prospectors. We have retired school teachers who are prospectors. And then there are some of the land speculators who stake land on spec and hopefully deal it because it is near something looking good.”

Wawatay Radio Network Program Guide – Weekdays Time CST

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

6:00 a.m.

Music Mix

7:00 a.m.

The Cree Morning Show with Jules Spence

7:30 a.m.

The OjiCree Morning Show with Bill Morris and Kenina Kakekayash

8:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

North Wind Talkers – Cree Morning Show with George Nakogee The OjiCree Morning Show with Bill Morris and Kenina Kakekayash

10:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Fri

Time EST

Booshoo Corner w/ Bill & Kenina

8:00 a.m.

Waachiye and Dedication Show

OjiCree News at Noon with Harry Mawakeesic

OjiCree Noon Show

1:00 p.m.

Music Mix

Fire Within Us

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APRIL 15, 2010

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Noront has resumed drilling from page 1 “What they say is they can’t train anybody because it is a very competitive industry,” Moonias said, explaining while the companies said they don’t have time to train community members, the communities currently do not have any community members who have been trained for mining exploration work. “What we are saying is you have to try, to get training done and employ our people.”

Moonias said plans for the transportation corridor from the Ring of Fire to Nakina were done without input from or direct consultations with the communities involved.

“They were planning this corridor without our input,” Moonias said. “The company doing that was not consulting us directly, they were consulting Matawa (First Nations), but Matawa is a corporate structure, a tribal council. We told them you had to talk to us directly, but they refused to do that.

“They went ahead with the corridor work.”

Moonias said the company working on the transportation corridor took advantage of a leak in the blockade by using a landing strip on a nearby lake.

“They are sampling the ground, to see how it will sustain the rail road, to see how the ground will hold up,” Moonias said. “They are doing that with old mining act permits, which is illegal because they are supposed to be looking for minerals, not gravel.”

Moonias said the company is using a loophole in the old mining act.

“They get away from the environmental screening by doing so,” Moonias said. “We asked our friends in the environmental groups to go and

shut them down like they shut us down in the airport project.

But they couldn’t because they are not under MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) rules.”

Meanwhile, Noront Resources Ltd. announced in a March 30 press release that it had resumed drilling and exploration at its McFaulds Lake project.

“We are very pleased to resume active exploration at McFaulds Lake,” said Noront CEO Wes Hanson. “In the coming months, our focus will be directed towards increasing the 11.2 million tonne indicated and inferred resource at Eagle’s Nest disclosed on March 9. The deep drills we are currently mobilizing will allow us to test below the 2,000-metre elevation. Geophysical surveys are underway at AT-12 with the objective of identifying a nickel, copper sulphide system similar to the Eagle’s Nest.”

Noront also reported it is continuing discussions with Marten Falls and Webequie with the goal of developing and cultivating stronger ties with both communities.

“Noront is committed to establishing strong working relationships with the First Nations communities of the Ring of Fire,” Hanson said. “We will be introducing numerous initiatives aimed at assisting the communities in benefitting from the development of the Ring of Fire.

“We continue to work collaboratively with the provincial government on this and other important matters.”

Noront also stated it is currently finalizing contracts and the scope of work for a feasibility study on the Eagle’s Nest project, which will be focused on early production and revenue from the initial development

of the Eagle’s Nest deposit.

Although the key focus is the development of the Eagle’s Nest Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, synergies with the Blackbird chromite deposit will be evaluated as the study proceeds and considered in more detail if warranted.

“I am very pleased with the interest that we have received from world class engineering and construction companies in assisting us with the development of our projects,” said Paul Semple, Noront’s chief operating officer. “We look forward to finalizing our engineering team in the near future and quickly advancing our projects to the feasibility stage later this year.”

The provincial government announced in the 2010 Ontario budget that it will provide $45 million over three years for a new project-based skills training program to help Aboriginal peoples and northern Ontarians to participate in and benefit from emerging economic development opportunities, including in the Ring of Fire which potentially has large deposits of minerals such as chromite, nickel, copper and platinum.

The program is designed to help develop capacity in the north to undertake base mapping, develop resource inventories and gather other information to support community-based land-use planning and environmentally sustainable development that benefits Aboriginal peoples, northern Ontarians and Ontario as a whole.

The provincial government also stated it would appoint a Ring of Fire co-ordinator to work and consult with Aboriginal peoples, northern Ontarians and the mining community to encourage responsible and sustainable economic development related to the Ring of Fire.

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The Chiefs of Sachigo Lake and Muskrat Dam belt out a tune at the Muskrat Dam 21st Annual Interdenominational Gospel Jamboree held March 26-28. From left to right are Gordon Tait, Chief Titus Tait from Sachigo Lake, and Chief Gordon Beardy from Muskrat Dam.

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Muskrat Dam was the place to be for peacefulness, spirituality and great hospitality March 26-28 during the 21st Annual Inter-denominational Gospel Jamboree.

Chief Gordon Beardy said the community began the jamboree because people love music.

“I find that a lot of people communicate with their Creator through music. It is like a prayer, especially when you hear others, it helps you with life.”

Beardy has been playing guitar since he was 15 years old. The late Reverend Steven Beardy of Sachigo taught him and a few other young men to play.

One of Beardy’s favourite songs to sing is Just As I Am. “It helps me when I sing that.

It talks about me. It speaks in a humble way. It talks about the weakness of man that we have, but also it talks about the power of God that we need.”

The gospel jamboree is Interdenominational. The faiths

represented at the jamboree are Gospel, New Life, Anglican, Roman Catholic and Evangical.

“I was taught by my dad if you really want to follow God, you must respect every individual. That is how I understand it.

That is how I was brought up.

I accept people as they are,” Beardy said.

In past years the jamboree was held at the school gym to accommodate a large crowd.

However, with the mild weather this winter and the early closure of the winter road, attendance to the jamboree suffered. This year, the jamboree was held at the Muskrat Dam Band Hall.

“People usually like to travel on the winter road because it is cheaper. We had to fly some people in. The people (here) are still happy, and they are still connected,” Beardy said.

Many of the performers who came to the jamboree have been visiting Muskrat Dam for many years.

Jerome Harper came from St. Therese Point, Man. He was one of the musicians who performed at the jamboree. Once a singer of honky-tonk music, he

now sings gospel. Harper possesses a rich, strong voice similar to country star Charlie Pride.

His deep baritone voice easily captivates the listener.

“I always say that there is always something about a song that comes from the heart that makes the pain more bearable and makes the (emotional) baggage more portable.” Harper said.

Husband and wife duo, Debra and Ernie Harper, originally from Red Sucker, Man., also sang from the heart during their performance. The Harpers have been living in Musrkat Dam for several years now. Ernie plays the guitar and Debra sings in a tender, sweet voice, comparable to Alison Krauss. The melodic sound of her voice imprints on the mind long after she has finished singing.

For children at the jamboree, activities were held at the Muskrat Dam Youth Centre. Facilitators from southern Ontario held a puppet show, provided arts and crafts, and taught the children a new dance. There was also lots of playtime outside in a game of tag with other children.

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Elliott Doxtater-Wynn strummed a custom-made guitar during the opening weekend of the Thunder Bay Art Galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Celebrating the Creators exhibition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ironically, half of our customers so far donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even play the guitar,â&#x20AC;? said Lisa Hanson, who creates images on her husband Erickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s custom-made guitars and is one of 53 Aboriginal artists and craftspeople featured in the April 3-May 23 exhibition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are drawn to the artwork that is often customized for the individuals. When we do custom work and our clients give us artistic free rein to do what we wish, we end up coming up with symbols that are meaningful to them as an individual and often speak to their destiny and calling in life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and that is what resonates with them.â&#x20AC;?

Doxtater-Wynn and the Hansons took part in the Celebrating the Creators Arts and Crafts Sale April 10 after celebrating with hundreds of community members and many of the artists and craftspeople during the previous eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening reception.

CBC Radio One Thunder Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adrienne Fox and Wawatay Native Communication Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brent Wesley screened their portrait series I am Indigenous during the opening reception, which was attended by about 400 people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to break stereotypes one image at a time,â&#x20AC;? Fox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing is photographing individual Aboriginal people from northwestern Ontario who are doing

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Wild Honey Guitar Company co-owner Lisa Hanson displays some of the painted guitars she and her husband Erick created during the April 10 Thunder Bay Art Galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Celebrating the Creators Arts and Crafts Sale. something diverse, something different, something that is beyond the regular stereotypes that we all know,

whether it is being the Pocohontas type or the drunk Indian on some street in mainstream Canada.â&#x20AC;?

Fox, who has been working with Wesley on the portrait series over the past year and a half, is looking into pur-

suing grant money to travel up north and photograph people in remote flyin communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So that way youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a really good cross-section of Aboriginal people,â&#x20AC;? Fox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If people know someone they really admire â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to necessarily be what we have in this project, we have an array of people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by all means give us an e-mail.â&#x20AC;?

The Celebrating the Creators exhibition is a snapshot of the art production of Aboriginal artists over the past year and the culmination of a year-long project lead by Jean Marshall, arts outreach liaison at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, which involved travel to four remote fly-in communities and five highway-access communities.

Lakehead University art student Candace Twance had an acrylic on canvas piece in the exhibition called Surrender, which speaks about her struggles with anxiety. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like an overbearing figure which came to represent what I was struggling with in my life at that time,â&#x20AC;? Twance said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think you just have to accept your life the way it is and work with what you have.â&#x20AC;?

Twance, who has had her work in the Thunder Bay Art Gallery before as part of the annual Lakehead University student exhibitions, enjoyed seeing her work in an exhibition with non-students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really cool because when I was a little girl my parents brought me here and we always looked at art but I never thought my art would be here,â&#x20AC;? Twance said. see ARTWORK B4

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Wawatay News

APRIL 15, 2010

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INAC to provide $3.8 million in fuel delivery subsidies Wawatay News

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada is providing $3.8 million in fuel subsidies after Nishnawbe Aski Nation declared an emergency due to the early winter road closure.

“Our remote communities are facing extreme shortfalls of fuel to run schools and homes as well as a shortage in housing supplies for building and renovating,” said NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy April 1 during the NAN Winter Chiefs Assembly.

“In some cases, these communities will now be forced to pay upwards of $3,000 dollars for one mid-sized aircraft to transport essential goods to their communities. Winter-road communities are not in a financial position to afford that kind of expense.”

Kenora MP Greg Rickford announced the $3.8 million in fuel delivery subsidies for Ontario’s remote First Nations April 8 on behalf of INAC Minister Chuck Strahl.

“We identified a critical priority list of communities who are facing fuel shortages as well as pressing and substantial needs for the increased fuel costs for the transportation of materials

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Morris said the winter road rates are good but if his community has to fly in their supplies they won’t be able to afford as many supplies as they usually bring in over the winter roads.

“If the Manitoba chiefs can be considered an emergency, why can’t Ontario INAC governments recognize that too – I need assistance,” Morris said.

“When you look at gas and housing supplies, they are a commodity that is needed and INAC doesn’t recognize those.”

Morris said the Manitoba chiefs are looking for a meeting with the Ministry of National Defence to use their Hercules to fly in supplies.

“We will have to get our (supplies) through the barge or the plane.

It’s costing us a lot of money.”

– Theresa Spence

“Here our distances are far and our needs are the same as their needs,” Morris said. “So that is the assistance I need from INAC, is to subsidize our fuel, gas and housing.”

KI has received only a fraction of the 1.1 million litres of fuel needed to operate its power generating plant over the coming year and none of the building supplies required to build the three homes planned for construction this summer.

“The community and I want to thank Greg a lot for all his

work on this and the assistance he has provided to us,” Morris said after INAC decided to provide additional funding for fuel supplies. “We were planning cut backs to try and cover this ourselves but now we can proceed as planned for our housing projects and other construction.”

An INAC spokeswoman had said March 26 that they were planning to provide $2.5 million to help offset increased transportation costs due to the early closing of the winter roads.

“For 2009-2010 we are providing $2.5 million for transporting essential fuel to those communities who have been affected by load reductions and/or early closure,” said Susan Bertrand, manager of communications north with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, in a March 26 e-mail statement. “INAC will also pay for increased costs associated with transporting materials into a community for construction projects (schools or other capital projects) being funded by the Department in order to allow these projects to move forward.”

North Spirit Lake Chief Rita Thompson expressed relief over the increased funding because increased fuel costs could have put the construction of their new school in a potential delay.

“On behalf of the community and myself, I want to thank Mr. Rickford for his assistance in getting our projects completed, especially our new school,” Thompson said. “We look forward to working with him and his office in the future on other issues for our community.”

Attawapiskat Deputy Chief Theresa Spence said her community had to cancel their building material orders due to the early closing of the winter roads.

“We will have to get our (supplies) through the barge or the plane,” Spence said. “It’s costing us a lot of money.”

Spence said the barge will not arrive until June, and it will cost more than using the winter road.

“It is very unfortunate,” Spence said. “There will be delays on housing projects due to that.”

Spence said if the community brings in supplies by aircraft, it would cost even more than the barge.

“When you live in a remote area, you have to pay extra costs for transportation,” Spence said. “Every time there is funding available for housing or other projects, transportation is always very expensive.”

Spence said her community managed to bring in some heating fuel supplies for the school, hospital and store over the winter roads, but because they have hydro power over the Five Nations Energy Inc. transmission line, they don’t need to bring in huge amounts of diesel fuel and only have a diesel powered generating plant for backup.

“A lot of people still have wood stoves and we’re looking mostly at electrical heat now because there was too much fuel spilled in the past,” Spence said.

“For me, I am still using a fuel furnace.”

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Samuel Joseph Keesic “Big Joe”

tial materials. Some of these are very time sensitive because of the funding arrangements associated with those projects.”

Beardy said NAN expects the same rights and services provided to other communities across Canada.

“Our children are entitled to education so we have to make sure our schools are open,” Beardy said. “Our people are entitled to proper health care so we have to make sure the clinics are open. Our people have a right to a meal so we have to make sure the stores are open.

It is essential that support is given – we are talking about very basic essential things here to ensure our communities are functioning.”

Strahl said the federal government recognizes that the winter road system is dependent on weather.

“The season this year was unexpectedly short and for communities that depend on winter road access, this means increased costs to bring in essential supplies,” Strahl said in a statement. “This funding will ensure that essential fuel will continue to reach communities without delay.”

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris had earlier approached INAC for emergency assistance to bring in essential supplies to make it through the coming year.

“I wrote a letter to INAC saying I need emergency assistance to haul in my gas, my fuel, my housing supplies,” Morris said during the NAN Winter Chiefs Assembly. “The cost of freight is going to cripple my budget.”

to start or continue projects in the remote First Nation communities in the Kenora Riding,” Rickford said. “We presented that list to Minister Strahl’s office and they were very cooperative and supportive in developing an appropriate strategy to address this situation.”

Beardy said the majority of NAN’s 29 remote communities were not able to use the winter roads to haul in their basic essentials such as heating fuel, diesel fuel and building materials.

“In some cases I have Beardy been told there are trucks sitting in the bush with their goods that they were trying to deliver to the communities,” Beardy said, explaining the chiefs are calling for support to bring their essential supplies.

“They said we need to declare a state of emergency because it is an emergency – without diesel fuel there will be no power, and if there is no power in the community there will be no health services or stores or schools.

Everything will be shut down.”

Beardy said NAN is looking for support, possibly including a larger aircraft to haul in essential supplies.

“Emergency services should kick in, where the governments will mobilize whatever support there is to address the state of emergency,” Beardy said.

“We’re hoping the government will give support, maybe with a larger aircraft, to haul the essen-

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Samuel Joseph Keesic, also known as “Big Joe” left us on March 24th, 2010. He leaves behind to carry his legacy his children, Desta Buswa, wife of Ernie of Sioux Lookout, Joseph Jr. and Sara both of state of Virginia, US, twins, Jon and Sam of Moose Factory, On. He also leaves behind his sisters, Jennie Angeconeb, Daisy Kejick both of Lac Seul Reserve, Liz Kejick, Helen Yutzy (wife of Mike) both of Red Lake, Peggy of Thunder Bay and Agnes of Edmonton.

Joe will be sadly missed by his Step-Dad, George of Northwood Lodge, aunties, Mary Beacham and Josephine King (wife of Albert) of Lac Seul and his best buddies, Allan “Munchkin” Keesic, John Paul Kejick and many more.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Treaty No. 5 invite the business community of Thunder Bay and region to join them for an evening of reflection and future-looking, including the importance of effective working relationships and business partnership opportunities.

Treaty No. 5

Joe is predeceased by his parents, Johnny Sam and Annie Keesic (Paishk), wife, Linda Rae, along with his siblings, Sara, Jerry, George and Johnny Jr. Joe loved being outdoors, especially at his cabins and visiting Lac Seul and Sioux Lookout. He loved fishing, trapping, hunting, and boating.

Joe started working at an early age with the Ministry of Natural Resources; where else could he work where he loved being outdoors and get paid for it as well. He also did some work with Saskosky Sawmill.

Joe’s sense of humour to relieve a tense situation; or just to bug the older ladies and siblings was always welcomed by family and friends. He loved to tell stories (facts of life or b.s) to his nieces; nephews and all the grandchildren. He made them laugh with his stories and it was something the kids look forward to when he would visit in Sioux Lookout; Lac Seul or wherever they lived.

A funeral service was held at the Red Lake Mennonite Church on Saturday, March 26 at 10 am with Pastor Kevin Miller officiating.

Interment followed in Post Narrows Cemetery. Visitation was held at the Red Lake Chapel on Friday from 7 to 9 pm. Donations in Joe’s memory may be made to the Red Lake Homeless Shelter through Herold Funeral Home “The Red Lake Chapel” Box 237, Red Lake, ON P0V 2M0

In support of the centennial commemoration of Treaty No. 5 taking place in Deer Lake and Sandy Lake First Nations in June.

Thursday May 13th 2010 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Valhalla Inn

1 Valhalla Inn Road

Thunder Bay, Ontario

With keynote address from

Shawn A-in-chut Atleo National Chief, Assembly of First Nations

For Tickets Contact Nikki Louttit (807) 625-4962 nlouttit@nan.on.ca

For further event and sponsorship details please visit: www.nan.on.ca or call toll free: 1.800.465.9952

Wawatay News

APRIL 15, 2010

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NAN women address family violence Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Family violence and building Aboriginal women in leadership were the focus of the NAN Women’s Training Forum.

“Family violence affects the whole community, not just the single family,” said Felicia Waboose, former Equay-wuk program director and honorary board member. “It negatively affects the person emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. It is often a pattern that has presented over several generations. This is a serious issue that affects us all.”

Waboose spoke about family violence March 17 during the March 15-18 NAN Women’s Training Forum, noting it can

affect children, partners, grandparents or even one’s self.

“It is a cycle that can continue over generations,” Waboose said. “It is a type of control of another person. It is a learned behavior and it can be changed.”

Waboose said family violence is seen in a number of relationships, from one person to another, from parent to child, from foster parent to foster child, from child to parent, against grandparents, between brothers and sisters and towards others including pets and property.

“Everybody is affected by family violence,” Waboose said.

“This abuse has been multi-generational, it’s a cycle.”

Waboose said family violence

has been affecting families and communities for a long time.

“Abused children are likely to grow up and become either victims or abusers,” Waboose said.

“What they see is what they do. That is why it is important to break the cycle, so we don’t have further abuse in our families.”

Waboose said either gender can be the abuser or victim in a family.

Darlene Angeconeb said the building Aboriginal women in leadership project was designed to provide Aboriginal women with knowledge of how to prepare for and run for leadership positions.

“We have Anishinabe women who are running in the mainstream elections as well,” Ange-

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them have education, some of them don’t.”

Angeconeb said no experience is necessary to run for election as long as they feel they can do the job.

“We always tell them if you don’t know anything about portfolios, that’s OK – you can always learn it,” Angeconeb said. “In the community workshops, we developed a mentoring process.”

Angeconeb said the younger women learn from the other women about public speaking, how to run for band council and personal development skills such as self esteem.

“Women leaders tend to get treated differently,” Angeconeb said, explaining that some community members will tend to be

coneb said March 17, noting New Democratic Party federal candidate Tania Cameron was a speaker at the first gathering held in Sioux Lookout this past February. “Women leaders and role models are not highlighted and they are not well-known, but they are out there and they are doing good work.”

Angeconeb is looking to hold a leadership workshop in a community and to tell the stories of women leaders through Wawatay News and Wawatay Radio Network.

“There are some really strong women leaders,” Angeconeb said. “In our first workshop I had a leadership booklet with women leaders in it.

“Some of them are young, some of them are old. Some of

more forceful, blunt and vocal towards women leaders. “A woman leader in the past told us that one of the people in her community came to her and started demanding something.

He was very angry and started banging on the table.”

Equay-wuk is planning to recognize women leaders during its next gathering in Nov. 2010.

“We will ask people to put forward names of women leaders in their communities, someone who has done a lot of work, someone who has been known to get involved in the issues, someone who has just hasn’t been recognized,” Angeconeb said.

“We think it is time women were recognized and given some recognition.”

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sized canoe created by Gelineau Fisher.

“He got all the material right from the birchbark taking it off from the tree when it was the right time of year, which is June,” Thomas said. “He got the roots to put this together and soaked them.”

Metis artist Christi Belcourt

also spoke about her exhibition, Identity, Land & Spirit, which runs from March 26-May 9 at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, during the opening reception.

The work of four Aboriginal artists, Jane Ash Poitras, Rick Rivet, Joane Cardinal Schubert and George Littlechild, from the Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s

permanent collection are also being featured in the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, as is the first juried Aboriginal art show from the region, WAABANDAIWEWIN, which was originally staged in 1984 at the Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre and Centre for Indian Art (Thunder Bay Art Gallery).

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“This is up my alley,” Thomas said. “It’s amazing to see this many artists together in one place. I’m just overwhelmed to see such wonderful work, to see what our artists are painting.

It’s good to see what they see.”

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Musician-actor Ira Johnson had three acrylic on paper pieces in the exhibition.

“Two of them are about the vision quests we go on to clear our minds and to get on a clear path,” Johnson said. “The idea of the starry sky and the night

sky and the mountain tops, those are very harsh elements.

When you look at them you don’t know what it is, but when you go on a vision quest and you clear your mind you actually see the harshness of those elements.”

Ahnisnabae Art Gallery owner Louise Thomas was over-

Bikes going to North Spirit Lake Rick Garrick Wawatay News

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North Spirit Lake will soon receive a couple shipments of refurbished bicycles.

“We obviously need to fix them up, because they are not rideable in their current condition. A lot of them need either brakes or pedals or seats or chains or all of the above,” said Tammy Bobyk, executive director of Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon (Aboriginal Head Start) in Thunder Bay. “Our first goal is to get 50 to 75 fixed up and sent to North Spirit Lake.”

Bobyk said her organization plans to hold a community effort to repair the bicycles. She is looking for volunteers from the community of Thunder Bay to help repair the bicycles on her organization’s grounds.

“There is a lot of space here to spread the bikes out and start working on them,” Bobyk said, explaining that community members have already expressed interest in helping to repair the bicycles but she is still looking for more volunteers. “I would say there is close to 300 bikes.

“They came up in two trailer loads.”

The bicycles were among the thousands forfeited during a civil case involving a property in Toronto owned by Igor Kenk.

The bicycles and bike accessories were sent to four organizations across Ontario to benefit youth including: Shkoday Abi-

nojiiwak Obimiwedoon, North Spirit Lake, Toronto Foundation for Student Success Beyond 3:30 Program, and the Cabbagetown Youth Centre.

“I think that everyone who is familiar with this story will agree that putting these stolen bikes into the hands of children, youth and people who need them is a fitting end to this case,” said Ontario Attorney General and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Chris Bentley. “Some of the bicycles and parts will be used to teach bicycle repair skills to at-risk youth and others will be delivered to a remote community where bikes are rare and most children would not experience the joy of having one.”

Ontario’s civil forfeiture law, the Civil Remedies Act, allows the Attorney General to ask the civil court for an order to freeze, take possession of, and forfeit to the Crown, property that is determined to be a proceed or an instrument of unlawful activity.

Since Nov. 2003, $12.9 million in property has been forfeited to the Crown under provincial civil forfeiture law. Additionally, about $40.7 million in property is frozen pending the completion of civil forfeiture proceedings.

Civil forfeiture proceeds have funded about $1.2 million in compensation to victims of unlawful activity and $3.4 million in grants to law enforcement agencies.

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Dozens of players tried out for Team Northern Ontario for the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Ottawa May 2-8. Tryouts were held in Thunder Bay and Sudbury, during the Little NHL Tournament.

Organizers are still putting the finishing touches on the rosters but players from Treaty #3, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Robinson Superior and Union of Ontario Indians will all compete.

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Guest speakers will be sharing their stories of sexual abuse and sexual assault Booths will be set up throughout the room with community resources available for you to take home

A Healing Journey Please note that due to the subject content, you must be 16 years of age or older to attend.

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Jonas Masaykeeash, goalie for Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School’s boys indoor soccer team, makes a save against St. Ignatius in action April 7. DFC lost the game.

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APRIL 15, 2010

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Together we can win Chiefs must unite on agenda, stand strong, be free: Chapleau Chief Keith Corston Rick Garrick Wawatay News The Nishnawbe Aski Nation chiefs called for consent before business is conducted in their territories during the NAN Winter Chiefs Assembly.

“There was a lot of discussion on resource development, mainly the Ring of Fire,” said NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy.

“The chiefs passed a resolution here stating consent would be required to do business with Nishnawbe Aski, consent by the affected First Nations, consent with conditions because we want to make sure our people benefit from the resource development.”

The resolution, which was passed during the Together We Can Win Winter Chiefs Assembly, held March 30 to April 1 at the Travelodge Hotel Airlane in Thunder Bay, calls for jobs and training, economic benefits and a sharing of wealth created from the land.

“I think it is a clear message to the government and to the third party interests that yes we want to do business, we are not against resource development,

but we have to make sure that our people, my people benefit,” Beardy said. “We are determined to protect our interests.”

Beardy said NAN citizens have been living in the areas the resource industries are currently exploring for close to 10,000 years and will still be there after the resources are all extracted and gone.

“If our conditions are not met, then there will be no development,” Beardy said. “We’re saying there has to be consent and we want to make sure we benefit. If we are not guaranteed benefits, then what is the purpose of having development if we are not part of it.”

Beardy said NAN has had about 100 years of treaty relations with Ontario and Canada but have not prospered as others have.

“In that time period, 100 years, our treaty partners have prospered and gotten very wealthy,” Beardy said. “What you see around us, the cities being very prosperous, and prosperity has been good for all except us.”

Beardy said the policies that have oppressed First Nations

people have led to a loss of hope among young people.

“If our conditions are not met, then there will be no development. If we are not guaranteed benefits, then what is the purpose of having development if we are not part of it.”

– Stan Beardy

“As a result, the pain they experience in this they cannot continue to tolerate the pain and they unfortunately, very tragically, they decide to end their lives,” Beardy said. “This is what the chiefs are talking about.

“They want to provide hope to their young people to stop suicide. I am losing pretty well one young person to suicide every week of the year.”

“How do we change that – one way is to make sure that we participate in the economy,

to make sure that we are part of prosperity, to make sure that by doing that we meet the needs of our people, especially young people.”

The chiefs also developed a sense of unity during the Winter Chiefs Assembly.

“We are all making the commitment to be unified,” said Chapleau Cree Chief Keith Corston at the conclusion of the annual three-day assembly. “The government is rolling ahead with their agenda and we have to get united to put forward our agenda. We have to stand strong, be firm.”

Corston said the communities need to be “a lot firmer” than they have been because the government is going to push ahead with their agenda.

“We have to get out of reactionary – we have to go into strategic,” Corston said. “I liked this meeting the most out of the last few years because I really saw the commitment now.

“We are starting to wake up to the fact that the government is being very deceitful to us. Because of us being First Nations people, we are a little too trusting. We are always

looking for the middle ground.

I’m all for looking for the middle ground, but when you see the government not moving at all, we have to get a lot more aggressive.”

Corston said Chapleau Cree First Nation is located south of 50 degrees latitude so Bill 191 The Far North Act does not apply to his community, but he is proud that NAN is not divided between the north and south communities over the issue.

“We have to maintain that ground because there is so much at stake here,” Corston said. “I really believe the resources are being depleted, especially in the forestry sector, and they are eyeing north of 50.

They are looking for a way to get in there.

“We have to be very cautious, and we have to maintain the same thing doesn’t happen up there as it happened south of 50 many years ago.”

About two dozen resolutions were passed during the NAN Winter Chiefs Assembly, including support resolutions.

About 40 chiefs and proxies attended the assembly.

Sandy Lake, Grassy Narrows re-elect chiefs Tanya Kakekaspan Wawatay News

Sandy Lake and Grassy Narrows recently held elections that saw the re-election of both chiefs.

Adam Fiddler was re-elected March 26 during the Sandy Lake First Nation election. It will be his second term. Elected to council are four re-elected councillors and four newly elected councillors: Russell Kakepetum, Robert Kakegamic, Joe Kakegamic, Rusty Fiddler,

Fabian Crowe, Harvey Kakegamic, Dennis Kakegamic and Allan Rae. Fiddler said he was encouraged by people in the community to run for a second term as chief. He said that tells him the community believes he is dedicated to Sandy Lake and its residents.

During his second term, Fiddler said he will be working on controlling finances in the community and to also start developing a community plan on where Sandy Lake will be in the

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next 20 years to solve the lack of jobs in the community.

Now that the community has a youth council, Fiddler wants to support the youth in their plans to make the community better for the youth. The youth council have been currently working on construction of a youth centre.

“I’m very proud of the youth in the community,” Fiddler said.

The community and council are also planning on starting an Aboriginal head start program in the fall of 2010.

The elected chief and council were sworn in during a ceremony April 9.

In Grassy Narrows, Simon Fobister was re-elected March 31. Also re-elected were councillors Ruby Turtle, Randy Fobister, William Fobister. Newly elected is Darryn Fobister as councillor.

Re-elected Chief Simon Fobister explains that there wasn’t much campaigning on his part.

He said he let the record of his past years as chief speak for it self.

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“The community and band council are being proactive with the communities current issues,” Fobister said.

Fobister said the community is working on mapping traditional areas and working with the Ministry of Natural Resources for agreements on current issues.

Fobister also said he wants to keep working on the issue of mercury pollution and the affects it’s had on the community.

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April 18 - 24, 2010 marks the 5th anniversary of the National Victims of Crime Awareness Week. This year’s theme is “EVERY VICTIM MATTERS”. As caring communities, let’s ensure that regardless of the circumstances involved or age, race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, lifestyle, culture or religion, every victim receives the help and support they need to heal.

ᐊᔕ ᓇᓄᐱᐳᓐ ᐅᓐᒋᐱᒥᑐᒋᑲᑌ ᐯᔑᑯᑕᐧᐊᑌ ᐁᑭᑫᓐᑕᒧᐃᐧᐊᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᒥᓯᐧᐁᑲᒥᒃ ᐃᑭᐧᐁ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᑭᒪᓐᔑᑐᑕᐧᐃᐧᑕ ᒣᐧᑲ ᐊᐱ ᓂᑭᑯᑭᓯᔅ 18 ᐃᓂᑯᒃ 24, 2010. ᓄᑯᒻ ᑲᐧᐃᐃᔑᒋᑫᓇᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᑕᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᑭᒪᓐᔑᑐᑕᐧᐊᑲᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᓐᑕᑯᓯᒡ. ᑭᓇᐧᐃᑦ ᐃᑕᔥ ᑲᑭᒋᓀᓐᒋᑫᔭᒃ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᔭᒃ, ᑕᑲ ᑲᐧᐃᓐ ᐃᐃᐧᐁ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐧᐊᐸᓐᑕᓯᒥᓐ ᑫᑯᓐ ᑲᐊᐃᔑᓭᒡ, ᑲᑕᓱᐱᐳᓀᓯᒡ, ᑲᐅᓐᑕᑲᓀᓯᒡ, ᐊᐧᐁᓀᓂᐧᐃᒡ, ᐊᐧᐁᓀᓇᓐ ᒣᐧᓀᓂᒪᒡ ᐁᐧᐃᒋᐧᐊᒡ, ᒥᓂᑯᒃ ᐁᔑᐱᒥᔓᓂᔭᑫᒡ, ᐁᔑᓇᑯᑐᒡ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐧᐃᓐ, ᑲᐅᒋᒡ, ᐁᔑᐅᑕᔭᒥᐊᐧᐃᓂᒡ, ᐊᓂᔥ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᑭᒪᓐᔑᑐᑕᐧᐊᑲᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᓐᑕᐧᐁᓐᑕᒻ ᒋᐧᐃᒋᐊᑲᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐱᒥᐊᓱᓇᒪᐧᐊᑲᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᑫᐸᓐ.

ᐊᒥ ᐊᔕ ᓂᔭᓄᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐱᒥᐃᔑᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᑲᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐦᐃᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᑭᒪᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᑯᐱᓯᑦ 18 ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 24, 2010. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑕᐡ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᐃᐧᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᑭᒪᓀᓂᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᓯᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᑭᒋᓀᐣᒋᑫᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐧᐅᑯᑕᔭᐠ, ᒪᑎ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒥᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᑎᓯᐨ, ᑲᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐨ, ᐊᐁᐧᓀᓂᐃᐧᐨ, ᐊᐁᐧᓀᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐨ, ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐁᔓᓂᔭᑫᐨ, ᐁᔑᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ, ᐁᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐁᔑᐅᑕᔭᒥᐦᐊᐃᐧᓂᐨ, ᐅᐣᑕᒋ ᐱᑯ ᐃᓯᓭᓂᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᑭᒪᓀᓂᒥᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᒋᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐊᓱᐡᑲᐊᐧᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᑫᐸᐣ.

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ᑲᓇᑕ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᔭᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒪᓀᓂᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᓇᑲᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐅᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ.

Nolan knows both sides of exploration James Thom Wawatay News

Three terms as Chief of Missanabie Cree has taught Glenn Nolan a lot about negotiating, discussions and what First Nations and industry want from mineral exploration and development.

As his third, and final, term as chief wraps up this summer, Nolan is ready to move on.

He accepted an offer from Noront Resources Ltd. late last year to join it as vice-president Aboriginal affairs.

With a background in geophysics and extensive work in his past in prospecting, Nolan felt comfortable joining the firm.

Noront is one of several firms which is working on deals with the communities around the Ring of Fire.

As chief, he had company representatives coming to him.

Now he finds himself on the other side of those discussions.

“I understand the position of the chiefs,” Nolan said, adding Noront accepted the work stoppage over winter although it impacted the company.

“We want to work with the communities (Webequie and Marten Falls) ... who (overall) have felt like they are not being listened to,” Nolan said, adding an agreement is in place with Marten Falls.

Nolan said industry has come a long way since he started working in the 1970s.

“There was no such thing as community partnerships when I started working,” Nolan said.

Now partnerships exist to help both sides. As they continue, he hopes both sides can see benefits and understand the other’s position.

He understands communities have limited experience for industry to draw on, limited funds for large developments, limited skilled workforce and social issues.

But companies need to be accountable to their shareholders, funds must be spent timely and some have limited experience dealing with First Nations and may not know the proper approach.

“There is a significant cultural difference and it needs to be understood,” Nolan said.

There are plenty of opportunities for employment, Nolan said. Communities and their members just need to be ready to deliver.

Service and suppliers, camp management and skilled labour are areas youth and adults can develop or train in to be ready.

“They say by 2015, 80,000 skilled workers will be needed in Canada,” Nolan said, explaining these will be additional or new positions on top of those currently in the positions.

“There is no reasons why communities can’t be involved from the beginning to the end,” of exploration through development, Nolan said.

Nolan feels very strongly about the need to develop mineral resources.

“Development will have a profound impact on the north,” he said. “Look at the reliance on the winter roads. Economic development can’t happen without infrastructure.”

He said all-season roads could help improve the lives of First Nations residents on reserve.

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APRIL 15, 2010

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

image courtesy of On the Path of the Elders

A screen-captured image shows the front page of the On the Path of the Elders website. The site include historical photos, a role-playing game and accounts of the history of Treaty 9.

Game-based learning connects youth with past James Thom Wawatay News

On the Path of the Elders was recently launched in Ottawa.

Found at PathoftheElders. com, the website uses new media to reconnect Aboriginal youths with their past, explained Stan Louttit, of Neh Naak Ko, who was instrumental in its creation.

“What we were really trying to do was bring information and research to the website,” Louttit, who developed the idea, said.

“We want to help the youth to know their history.”

The site elevates game-based learning to a new level. It is a free online resource which com-

bines an elaborate role-playing game (RPG) with rich historical resources, including rare archival photographs and historic audio recordings of Mushkegowuk (Swamp) Cree narratives of northern Ontario, Louttit said.

The site and game have been in production since 2006 with $500,000 invested.

“I’m so pleased with how the whole site turned out,” Louttit said. “We did some tests with youth in Moose Factory at the high school. They loved it.

Some played the games and others spent their time just looking at the old photos and research essays. It was great to see these youth so interested in

Grand opening for TRC A new logo of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission was unveiled at the opening ceremonies of their office in Winnipeg.

‘For the child taken, for the parent left behind’ is the motto TRC Commissioners Justice Murray Sinclair, Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild developed.

“That really is the touchstone reminder of why we are doing this work and why it is important to all of us,” said Wilson.

The commissioners hosted a grand opening April 8 with 200250 participants in attendance.

Within the TRC, there is a special place for residential school survivors.

“The main feature, when you walk through the front doors, is a very beautiful room--which we call the Survivors Room. It is a gathering room intended for gathering, for comfort, for reception and a space for school survivors who may want to find quiet time here, or who want to prepare themselves in readiness for the TRC. This is their office,” Wilson said.

Fact and story gathering is one mandate of the TRC. Another component is public education awareness, especially to work towards reconciliation with all of Canada.

“We need to plan and execute seven national events. The first

is in June of this year, and the second is in June of 2011. Our intention is that there will be a national event every six months for the following two and a half years,” Wilson said.

At those events will be open forums for people to share within their own comfort level.

Wilson explained the purpose of the hearing is not intended for calling up people one at a time in a hearing kind of way that is often associated with a commission of enquiry.

“What we are offering is formal statement taking, as we call it. What we do, as commissioners, is sit with a big group in circles--when we can--and allow people to share whatever aspects of their experiences they are ready to share with us,” Wilson added.

Residential school survivors, if unable to attend the TRC national events, have several options available to them in terms of telling their stories.

Wilson explained some people have chosen to share their experiences in private. Others have chosen to speak on their own to someone who is recording their story—either on audio or on video.

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their history.”

Louttit was thrilled to be able to include, online for the first time, rare photographs from Saint Paul University’s Deschâtelets collection, historic audio recordings of Mushkegowuk Cree narratives, video clips of interviews with Elders and six interactive games focused on developing leadership and negotiation skills.

The purpose of the game is to successfully complete the six elements of the self-goverance wheel as they explore the history of Treaty 9. These elements are education, culture, security, economy, health, and self-government.

The game is as real as it can

be, Louttit explained.

The website was created in partnership with the Mushkegowuk Council, Neh Naak Ko, Carleton University, BlackCherry Digital Media, Archives Deschâtelets, Learning Methods Group and Pinegrove Productions.

“On The Path Of The Elders is a unique resource that presents a view of our Elders and treaty history within the medium of the Internet,” Louttit said. “It’s important for adults and youths to use this site and to learn in a fun way something of our history.

“Aboriginal life in the communities is changing so much that I believe we need these

types of resources to document, preserve and present our history, teachings, values, language and culture for people to learn about.”

Louttit thought it was important to make the game accessible for educators as well. In addition to the youth-focused materials, educators can easily integrate PathoftheElders.com into the classroom by accessing the free teachers’ guides and educational kits available online.

“We’ve had a great response so far. People are really eager to explore the site and try out the games … not just the kids, but adults too,” said John Mark Seck, president of Ottawa-based

BlackCherry Digital Media. “Our design team has put in every effort to ensure we’re meeting the highest possible creative and technical standards. Our hope is PathoftheElders.com will serve as a bridge to create deeper cultural awareness and understanding between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultures.”

This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.

It was created with additional financial assistance from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Inukshuk Fund.

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Wawatay News

APRIL 15, 2010

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Students learn about Aboriginal foods Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Traditional foods were recently on the menu during an Elders program at Algonquin Avenue Public School.

“We want all kids to know what foods were here – First Nations food,” said Mark Sault, director of post secondary student support program at Seven Generations Education Institute. “There’s more than 300 different foods besides the three sisters – squash, beans, corn.”

Sault and Carolyn Chukra, Aboriginal community liaison and partnership officer with Lakehead Public Schools, shared a number of traditional Aboriginal foods with about 100 students and their teachers from three classes, including wild rice, berries, corn, deer meat, moose meat, rabbit, geese and Labrador tea, during the presentation at the Thunder Bay school.

“Everybody thinks bannock is a traditional food,” Sault said after helping students prepare and cook fried bannock in oil.

“We adapted it to a traditional food but it did come from Scotland.”

Sault also brought a number of charts detailing the food values of the different traditional foods, noting that traditional corn contains a significant amount of protein.

“We want people to know how healthy the different foods are,” Sault said. “That’s why we brought the charts. I didn’t know there was all this protein in wild rice. All the different berries, those are all staples of the First Nations. When we were discovered we didn’t have diabetes and all these other diseases.”

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Carolyn Chukra, Aboriginal community liaison and partnership officer with Lakehead Public Schools, shared samples of cooked deer and moose meat with teachers and three classes of students during a session of Algonquin Avenue Public School’s Elders Program, which also featured information on a variety of traditional Aboriginal foods, such as wild rice, berries, corn, rabbit, geese and Labrador tea.

Sault, who usually cooks corn soup for himself at least once a month and shares it during a number of community events, said it is important for youth to know about the Aboriginal foods.

“As part of my diet I have to have corn soup at least once a month,” Sault said. “Plus there are quite a few other people who like it now, so I do a big

batch every once in a while.”

The Algonquin Avenue Public School Elders Program provides students with an opportunity to learn about a variety of curriculum areas from an Aboriginal point of view.

Other sessions in the Elders program include traditional music, story telling, land-based teachings, technology and Aboriginal languages.

“The bannock was good,” said Mariella Coltellaro, a Grade 5 student. “I knew there was baked bannock before, but I never knew they could fry it too.”

Darren Lentz, vice-principal at Algonquin Avenue Public School, said the traditional foods presentation provides a true glimpse into Aboriginal culture. “We are very pleased

to welcome Elder Mark Sault to our school to help our students to further understand Aboriginal culture,” Lentz said, “Our students understand that culture encompasses many facets, including traditional foods.”

Chukra described the traditional method for processing wild rice during their presentation.

“There are five stages in

the preparation of wild rice,” Chukra said, explaining the stages as drying using paddles, roasting using a large steel barrel, dancing by males in a pit, winnowing using a birch basket and cleaning. “We have some (wild rice) here today and we are going to allow you to sample it.”

Chukra also spoke about Labrador tea during the presentation.

“These are leaves that can be picked outside our back door,” Chukra said. “Mark had taken me out for a medicine walk in the fall so I picked these for myself. They can be used when you are not feeling well, when you have a sore throat.”

Sault said it is best not to boil the Labrador tea leaves for too long because it will boil away all the vitamin C. Chukra said the presentation gave her and Sault an opportunity to share the contributions of First Nations people to Canada.

“It is part of an Elders Program that we are piloting this year at Algonquin School,” Chukra said.

“This is just a great opportunity for students to be engaged in learning, to actually have an opportunity to feel and see and taste.”

Chukra said it also gave students who are familiar with Aboriginal foods an opportunity to share their knowledge.

“Many of the students are already familiar with some of these foods,” Chukra said.

“So for them it’s actually making them feel like a part of the learning, allowing them to share with other students that don’t have that knowledge. So it’s bringing that peer-to-peer engagement as well.”

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Sandra Lockhart Anna McKay Fr. Mike Mahoney Bob Michieli Bill Morris John Nenka Merv Ningewance Nishnawbe Gamik Friendship Centre Monika Orzechowska Mayor Kathy Poling Project Youth Citizen – Youth Mentors Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 Alice Sabourin Sacred Heart School Student Artists St. Andrew’s United Church Jerry Sawanas Doug Semple Sioux Lookout Creative Arts Circle Sioux Mountain Public School The Skills Project Cynthia Soudin Sunset Women’s Aboriginal Circle SWAC Women’s Hand Drum Group Kanina Terry Joyce Timpson Aileen Urquhart Waninawakang Aboriginal Head Start Wawatay Radio Brent Wesley Charles Williams Laurel Wood Florence Woolner Iris Wujanz Youth Banner Carriers

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

ENTERTAINMENT SERIES Monday, April 26 7:30 pm Queen Elizabeth District High School Tickets $15 ($5 child/youth) at the door.

Bonus Show for Season Ticket holders!

For more information call 737-2174.

Generously supported by local businesses and individuals.