Mushkegowuk celebrate cutlure at Creefest PAGE 10 Vol. 37 #17
NAN girl power program still going strong PAGE 8
Soaring high at Wasaya’s aviation camp PAGE 11 9,300 copies distributed $1.50
August 19, 2010 www.wawataynews.ca
ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191
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ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑭᐸᑯᐢᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191, ᑭᒋ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᐯᔭᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᓂ ᐊᓂᒥᓭ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191 ᐊᓂᒪᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ. ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᔕᐳᓭᐠ, ᑕᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒋᓭᐊᐧᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐣᐠ, ᐯᔭᑎ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑕᑲᐧᔭᑫᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᓯᓄᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑭᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ. ᐯᔭᑎ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑭ ᓇᑭᐢᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᕑᐃᐣᑕ ᒉᑊᕑᐃ, ᑭᒋ ᐊᒥᑯᑭᒪᑫᐧ, ᐊᑲᐢᐟ 12 ᐁᑭ ᐊᐣᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐃᔑ ᑲᑫᐧ ᐊᐣᑕᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑕᐢ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᐦᐁᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐊᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓄᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ, ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᑎᐊᐧᐠ, ᐯᔭᑎ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᑲᐢᐟ 13 ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐸᐸᔑ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ.ᒥᐦᐃ ᐁᐃᔑ ᑭᒋ̇ ᑭ ᑎᔭᐣᐠ ᐁᑭᐸᑯᐢᑲᒪᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191. ᐯᔭᑎ ᐅᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᓂᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᐱᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191 ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᑭᐢᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪ ᑕᓫᑕᐣ ᒪᐠᑭᐣᑎ ᑲᑭ ᓇᑯᒥᐸᐣ ᒋᒥᓄᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ. ᐊᒥᐱᑯ ᒧᔕᐠ ᐊᓇ ᐃᔑ ᐯᑌᑕᑲᐧᒧᑐᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᒪᒥᑎᓀᐣᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191 ᔕᑯᐨ ᑕᐢ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᑫᐧᑕᑯᔭᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᑎᓯᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐯᔭᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ, ᐁᑭ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐁᑭ ᐱᒥᐊᓂᑲᑕᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191 ᒋᑕᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᔑᑭᔑᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐅᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑎᓇᐣᑭᓱᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᐸᓀᓭᐠ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐃᔑ ᐊᐣᑕᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᒐᑯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᐦᔑᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ 9 ᒥᓇ 5. ᐊᒥᑕᐢ ᐁᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᐱᒥᑯ ᐊᐦᐸᐣ ᒋᐸᓱᑯᐧᐃᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᑭᐱᑎᓇᒪᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191 ᐃᔓᓇᑌ ᐃᐁᐧ ᓂᓴᐧ ᒋᐊᔭᒥᓂᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᐧᑌᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 16, ᐃᐁᐧ ᑕᐢ ᑕᐃᓯᓭ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐦᑕ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᒥᐦᐃ ᑭᒋ ᐅᑭᒪ ᐅᑭᔑ ᐸᑭᑕᔑᐊᐧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐊᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑫᑭ ᒪᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲ ᐸᐸᔑ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᑲᐢᐟ 1213 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᐃᑭ ᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᔑ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᐱᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191. ᐯᔭᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐣᐢᑭ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᐦᑭ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐃᓇᐸᑕᐠ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐁᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 191. ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 20
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Visitors to the Creefest in Chapleau Cree First Nation Aug. 10 to 14 had a chance to pump up their biceps and break out into a sweat to paddle a 36-foot war canoe. In the days of yore before treaties were signed, the canoe was the principal form of transportation for the Mushkegowuk to travel the rivers, channels and lakes of the traditional territory. “The war canoes had the capacity to hold up to 18 men as voyageurs were no taller than five-foot-six and were very strong,” said Meg Lederer, a canoe instructor from Toronto, explaining the canoes could carry a load capacity of three or four tons of fur and gear. The canoes were made of birch bark and the gunnels were made of spruce. Balsam and animal fat was mixed to seal the cracks. Similar canoes were historically used along the James Bay, which were slightly smaller than the war canoe. These canoes were 25 foot long and had a load capacity of two tons. Portaging with these massive canoes was not an easy task. It took sixteen men to haul the canoe out of the water and to load onto the trailer.
Chiefs say no to Bill 191 Rick Garrick Wawatay News
The Nishnawbe Aski Nation chiefs have said no to Bill 191, the Far North Act, and NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy said trouble could brew if the bill comes into effect. “If the bill is forced through, there will be conflict in the North,” Beardy said. “There will be no certainty for the government or the investors.” Beardy said NAN chiefs met with Linda Jeffrey, minister of natural resources, Aug. 12 to hear proposed revisions to the act, but it wasn’t enough for NAN chiefs. “Nishnawbe Aski chiefs, communities, people are united,” Beardy said
Aug. 13 during a press conference in Thunder Bay. “We are declaring our opposition to Bill 191.” Beardy is calling on industry and environmental groups to withdraw their support for Bill 191 for failing to meet Premier Dalton McGuinty’s promise of a true partnership with First Nations. “We have been very clear in our concerns with Bill 191 however the Ontario government has failed to respond to our issues,” Beardy said, explaining that NAN has continually called for Bill 191 to include language and mechanisms to support First Nations jurisdiction and title. “The unilateral imposition of this radical transformation within NAN territory is
inconsistent with the spirit and intent of Treaties 9 and 5. Therefore we have no choice but to take collective action to halt this Bill.” Bill 191 is scheduled for third reading in the Ontario legislature Sept. 16, which means the bill just needs royal assent before coming into effect. NAN Chiefs met for a two-day Emergency Chiefs Assembly Aug. 12-13 to determine any necessary future action to withdraw Bill 191. Beardy said just because NAN communities are involved in land-use planning it does not mean they support Bill 191. He said the bill would freeze most forms of development in the Far North. Beardy said Bill 191 takes lands away from NAN First Nations without com-
pensation and seriously undermines the long-term economic opportunities for the NAN communities. “We will plan for our land and enforce our jurisdiction to make final land-use decisions in the north. That is our treaty right and we will enforce it.” see FIRST NATION page 3
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