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June 28, 2012 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

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‘Time for talk is over’ Matawa chiefs pledge to put brakes on Ring of Fire Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Governments and industry are “running roughshod” over First Nations and ignoring Treaty 9 when it comes to the Ring of Fire, say the First Nations behind an upcoming eviction notice being sent to industry in the region.

Six First Nations plan to issue 30-day eviction notices to all mining companies with exploration and development camps on Matawa First Nations’ traditional territory.

“Cliffs, Noront and all the other mining companies active in the Ring of Fire will have 30 days from the time the eviction notice is served to pack up their bags and leave our lands,” said Aroland Chief Sonny Gagnon.

Chiefs from Nibinamik, Neskantaga, Constance Lake, Ginoogaming and Long Lake #58 joined Gagnon in issuing the notices.

“We are sending a strong message to Ontario and Canada that we need to negotiate a process for First Nation participation in the mining projects that will be changing our lives forever,” said Neskantaga Chief Peter Moonias. “Unless and until we have a table for government to government negotiations we will evict the intruders from our lands.”

The eviction notices come just days after the Matawa First Nations signed a resolution affirming their right of self-determination.

Matawa’s resolution, signed by representatives of seven First Nations, states that the First Nations have the right to decide at what pace any development happens on traditional lands.

“The nine First Nations take the position that our traditional territories are under our control, and approval to operate in our respective territories cannot be given by the government or other entities,” the resolution states. “We are united in sharing a common vision of being self-sufficient, self-governing peoples within a healthy, thriving culture, living in our homelands that shall sustain us for all times.”

On May 9, Cliffs Natural Resources announced they had reached an agreement with Ontario to develop a $3.2 billion chromite mine in the Ring of Fire and a processing plant in Sudbury.

The Matawa resolution stated that First Nations were not part of the agreement between Cliffs and Ontario and only learned of the agreement at the “11th hour.”

Photos by Bryan Phelan/Wawatay News

National Aboriginal Day was celebrated in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug with a raft race. The seven competing teams first had to construct their own rafts and paddles. For their win aboard Big Blu (bottom left), Craig Sainnawap, left, and Russell Beardy collected a $500 prize. Big Blu was followed by brothers John and Sonny Morris, racing as Double Trouble (bottom right), who powered their log raft to second place. Coming in third was Darren (Manny) Hudson and Colin Tait (top), as spectators line the Band Dock shore.

See more photos of the celebration on page 9.

See Evictions on page 6

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᒧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᓇᑫᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᓫᐁᓂ ᑲᕑᐱᐣᑐᕑ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐊᐧᐸᓴᑎᑲᐣᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᔭᓯᓇᐊᐧ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᐡᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᑐᑕᓇᐊᐧ, ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᐣᑐᕑᓀᐟ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑌᓂᐢ ᑭᐣᐠ ᐊᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔕ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒋᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᒪᒪᐣᑕᐃᐧᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ. “ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᓂᒪᐦᒋᓭᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᑌᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᑯ ᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᐣᐠ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐊᑯ ᓇᑫ ᐊᐱᑕ ᐅᓄᑌᐳᓂᑐᓇᐊᐧ.”

ᑭᐣᐠ, ᐅᑭᐱ ᓂᑲᓂᐱᒧᑐᓇᐸᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐅᑐᐡᑲᑎᓯᒪᐣ ᐅᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᒋᑕᔑᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ. ᕑᐁᒋ ᐳᐡ ᑲᐃᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᒥᐦᐊᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ. ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑭᐃᔕᐸᐣ ᐁᓇᑕᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑌᓂᐢ ᑲᕑᐊᒧᕑᑎ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑲᔭᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭᓂᐠ 2007. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᓇᑫ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱᓯᑦ 2007, ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᐅᑭᐊᑲᐧᓯᐱᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐳᐡ ᐅᒥᔭᐤ ᐃᒪ ᒥᐠᑭᐣᑕᔪᕑ ᓯᐱᐠ ᒣᑫᐧᐅᑌᓇᐠ. ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔑ ᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᐣᑎᑫᐧᐣ. ᐊᒥ ᐁᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᑭᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᔕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᒥᔑᓄᔭᑭ ᑭᐸᐸᐧᑕᐃᐧᓭ ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐳᐡ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᑐᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑭᔭᓂᐊᔑᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐣᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑫᑲᐟ ᐃᑯ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᐸᐣ ᐳᐡ. ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᓫ ᒪᕑᓱ, 17 ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᕑᐊᐱᐣ ᐦᐊᕑᐳᕑ 19 ᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐊᔑᑎᓂᑲᑌᓂ ᒋᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᐱᓀᐊᐧᑫᐧᐣ. ᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑌᐱᐟ

ᑕᐧᑦᓴᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐁᒥᓴᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ. “ᓂᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᐣᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᒋᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᒪ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᑯᐱᓂᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇ ᐱᒪᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᐊᒥ ᑲᐃᓇᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᑎᐟ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ: ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑯᐱᓂᑯᐊᐧᐨ, ᐃᐁᐧᓂᔕᐱᑯ ᐅᑌᓈᓂ ᑲᐃᐧᑯᐱᓂᑯᐊᐧᐨ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁ ᑕ ᓀ ᐣ ᑕ ᒥ ᐦ ᐃ ᑯ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ, ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐊ ᐅ ᑕ ᓂ ᒥ ᐦ ᐃ ᑯ ᓇ ᐊ ᐧ ᒋᑭᓇᓇᒪᔦᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑭᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ, ᑕᐧᑦᓴᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᐊᐱ ᑭᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᓇᓂᐠ

ᑲᒪᒐᐊᐧᐨ, ᑭᒋᐸᑲᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐅᓇᑭᐡᑲᓇᐊᐧ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑕᐧᑦᓴᐣ. “ᐃᓯᓭᓂᐸᐣ ᑕᐡ ᒋᑭᔭᓂ ᑲᑫᐧ ᓇᓇᒪᔦᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᑲᐡᑭᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑭᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐱᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᑭᒋᓀᑕᓯᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑲᐱᑭᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᑐᐣᒋᐊᐧᓂᑫᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᒪᑌᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ.” ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᓇᐱᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᓭᑭᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᒋᑕᓀᐣᑕᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐠ.

Keewaywin Chief David Thompson

Thunder Bay Charity Golf Tournament Tuesday August 14th, 2012 at Whitewater Golf Club

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ᐸᕑᑐᓫᐅᒋ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒋᓇᑭᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᒋ

ᐊᑯᑭᐣᐠ ᐸᔦᑭᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌ

ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᕑᐃᐠ ᐸᕑᑐᓫᐅᒋ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑲᑭᐃᔕᐨ ᐁᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᓱᐨ ᒋᓇᑭᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐊᓂᒧᑕᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᔑᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᒥᓄᓭᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᓂᔓᓂᔭᐊᐧᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ. ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᐸᐸᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᐧᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᑯᑭᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐱᒥᐊᓂᒧᑕᒪᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ.

ᒪᔕᐡᑯᓂᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᐱᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐸᐡᑲᐧᑕᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᒪ ᐊᑯᑭᐣᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᑫᐧ ᒥᓇᐧᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᐊᔕ ᑲᔦ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᑭᐱᐊᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᓇᓀᐤ ᐊᓫᐸᓂ ᓯᐱᐠ, ᐁᑭᒪᔓᐡᑯᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓂᓯᐱᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᐸᐡᑲᐧᑕᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐁᐧᓴ ᒋᑭᐳᐸᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓯᐱᐊᐧᓂᐠ. ᐊᔕ ᓂᐦᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᐱᒪᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐱᒥᐸᔦᑭᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᑕᓂᑭᑫᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᒥᓄᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᑫᐧ ᑯᕑᐁᐢ ᐸᐠᐢᑐᕑ ᐸᐧᑐ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐱᑭᐅᑌᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐸᔦᑭᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓀᐱᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᒋᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑲᐯᐦᐃ ᒋᑭᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ.

Bartolucci commits to resource sharing discussions at northern mining conference

Marten Falls beautification project underway From litter cleanup to brush cutting, Marten Falls is hard at work beautifying the community.

A lot of the work is being done along the Albany River, cleaning up the river bank and cutting much of the brush to open up views of the river.

The work has been going on for three years, and the community has seen a big change in reaction it gets from visitors.

Councillor Grace Baxter-Bottle said visitors have been talking about how clean the community looks.

Chief and council want the program to continue, but money needs to be found to make it happen.

Ontario mining minister Rick Bartolucci told a Thunder Bay audience that Ontario is committed to discussing resource revenue sharing with First Nations.

The minister said resource revenue sharing was among the key issues included in the Memorandum of Cooperation signed between Ontario and Webequie two weeks ago.

He said the Webequie agreement could be a model for agreements with other communities. Discussions between the province and Marten Falls are ongoing.

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit spoke on the same topic during the conference, telling the audience that profit sharing and co-ownership of resource companies might be ways to go forward.

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ᒪᐡᑭᑯᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᑭᑌᐣᑕᑯᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ, ᒪᐡᑭᑯᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ, ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᑭᑌᐣᑕᑯᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᒥᓇ ᓂᐱᓯᐣᐠ ᔪᓂᐯᕑᓯᑎ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᐁᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᑭᒋᐃᐡᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᓇᐧᕑᐟ ᐯ ᔪᓂᐯᕑᓯᑎ. ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᒥᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐁᑭᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 25 ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐁᑭᐱᒪᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᑭᑕᔑᐅᐱᑭ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑯᐃᐧᐣ.

Mushkegowuk grand chief gets honorary degree Stan Louttit, Mushkegowuk grand chief, was awarded a honorary degree from Nipissing University.

The degree is a doctorate in education from the North Bay university.

The university said Louttit was awarded the degree due to spending over 25 years in politics to improve the lives of the people in his communities.

The Fort Albany First Nation member who grew up in Attawapiskat said it was a great honour to be recognized.

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Page 10 Sioux Lookout’s mayor and Lac Seul’s chief sign a friendship accord (top left). Ted Nolan (top right) opens up on being a hockey dad of a Stanley Cup-winning son. And Marten Falls’ community beautification project is well underway (bottom).

ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒥᓄᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ, ᐱᐸᑲᔐᔭᐱᑯᐸᐃᐧᑎᑯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐠ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭᓇᑯᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᒪᒥᓇᐧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᓇᑭᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐠᓫᐊᐳᕑᐟ ᐳᓫ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᓭ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᒥᑎᑯᔑᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑌᓂᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᓂᒥᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᐊᓂᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᑭᐣ. ᐸᓂᒪ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑯᑕᐠ ᐱᓯᑦ ᑕᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᐸᑲᔐᔭᐱᑯᐸᐃᐧᑎᑯᐠ.

Friendship agreement signed Sioux Lookout, Slate Falls and Lac Seul have signed an agreement to work together on issues facing the region and communities.

Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull said the signing brings together First Nations communities with municipalities, forging deeper respect for one another and bringing understanding and awareness on some common issues.

There will be signings in Lac Seul First Nation and Slate Falls First Nation later this month.

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ᑲᑭᐱ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐸᐣ ᐱᒪᑯᐁᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᑕᑕᒥᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᑌᐟ ᓄᓫᐊᐣ ᑲᕑᑎᐣ ᓯᐱᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᐨ ᐁᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒪᐨ ᐅᑯᓯᓴᐣ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐁᐸᑭᓇᑫᓂᐨ ᐢᑕᐣᓫᐃ ᑭᒋᒥᓂᑲᐧᑲᓂ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᑭᐧᐨ ᓫᐊᐢ ᐊᐣᒋᓫᐃᐢ ᑭᐣᐠᐢ. ᓄᓫᐊᐣ ᐅᑭᐃᓇᒋᒪᐣ ᐅᑯᓯᓴᐣ ᑲᐯᐦᐃ ᐁᑭᐱᑭᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᐅᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧᐨ ᐱᓂᐡ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᔭᓂᑌᐱᓇᐠ ᑭᒋᐱᒪᑯᐁᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐃᔑᑕᑭᐧᐨ. ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐱ ᐁᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒪᐨ ᐅᑯᓯᓴᐣ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᓄᐣ ᐁᐸᑭᓇᑫᓂᐨ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᑲᐊᐧᐱ, ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᑎ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐁᐧᓂᒪᐨ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᔑ ᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᐱᒋ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᐧᐸᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᐸᑭᓇᑫᓂᐨ ᑭᒋᒥᓂᑲᐧᑲᓂᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᑐᓂᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ.

Former coach of the year enjoys being hockey dad Ted Nolan of Garden River says he was an ‘extremely proud’ father to watch his son Jordan win the Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings.

Nolan said that it was his son’s willingness to work on his game when he was younger that really elevated Jordan to an NHL-level.

He said that watching Jordan win the cup brought tears to his eyes, especially thinking of some of the things First Nations people have gone through and thinking of how special it is to see a First Nations man bring the cup to a First Nations community.

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Attawapiskat celebrates new school sod-turning Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The prospect of getting a new school in Attawapiskat is becoming a reality as the community celebrated the breaking of ground at the site of the future school.

On June 22, students, community members, Chief Theresa Spence, the Koostachin family, Shannen’s Dream spokesperson Chelsea Edwards, MP Charlie Angus (NDP – Timmins-James Bay), NAN Deputy Grand Chief Mike Metatawabin, and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Canada (AANDC) Deputy Minister Ron Halman were on hand to celebrate the event.

“It was an exciting event for the children,” wrote Metatawabin in an email. “You could

see the teachers were just as excited by the way they got the students to paint signs expressing joy and gratitude.”

Set to open in March 2014, the new facility will finally answer the community’s calls for a school that have been ongoing since the John B. Nakogee School was forced to close in 2000 due to diesel fuel contamination sustained from the 1970s. Since the old school closed, students have been learning in portables, prompting complaints from students and teachers that the portables are poorly constructed and not a practical learning environment.

Several AANDC ministers have promised a new school over the past 12 years, only to turn back on the promise.

“We are celebrating today that we finally will get a new

Submitted photo

The community was out in force for the sod-turning ceremony for Attawapiskat’s new school. It has been 12 years since the old school was closed due to contaminated soil. school for the children of Attawapiskat, but we still ask ourselves why it had to take this long,” Angus, who lob-

bied for the new school in Parliament, said in a press release.

A campaign aimed at urg-

ing the federal government to commit funds for a new school was led by Shannen Koostachin. In 2010, she died in an automobile crash.

In late-2011, her friend Chelsea Edwards picked up where Shannen left off and became spokesperson for Shannen’s Dream.

Angus said it was the children who made the difference in getting the new school.

“When Shannen Koostachin began her campaign for the school, I think that was the difference maker,” he said. “All of a sudden people from across Canada and the world for that matter saw the looks on the children’s faces.”

Metatawabin said with all the jubilation in the air, they were also reminded to remember the ones who

could not be there to celebrate.

“It was with mixed emotions as well the Koostachin family were there to witness the blessing of the event,” Metatawabin said. “Serena, who spoke on behalf of her sister Shannen, spoke through heartfelt emotions in acknowledging the work she had started.”

Metatawabin said construction is in full swing with three excavators working on the site and construction crews making camp. Four loads of supplies are expected to arrive in the community by barge over the summer.

AANDC has committed $31 million to construct the school while Manitoba-based Penn-Co Construction is the contractor. The project is managed by P.M. Associates Ltd.

Chiefs hope joint inquest answers questions Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Poplar Hill First Nation does not have its own high school.

Instead, students can enroll in the Keewaytinook Internet High School, which Chief Dennis King said gives youth the opportunity to complete their high school education online.

“There’s usually a large turn-out when it opens in September,” King said. “But gradually it declines in the middle of the school year.”

King, who used to be the community’s education director, said that most youth prefer to go to the city to attend high school.

Reggie Bushie was one such youth. He moved to Thunder Bay to attend the Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in the fall of 2007.

In November 2007, police recovered the body of Bushie in the McIntyre River. His death remains unsolved.

From the perspective of King and other chiefs, a thorough investigation was never completed.

After years of delay, the

inquest into Bushie’s death has been combined with six other First Nations youth who died while attending school in Thunder Bay under similar

“I wish the government would provide more resources, so we can provide the education they need in communities, at least until Grade 10 for a start.”

Keewaywin Chief David Thompson

circumstances.

The deaths of Kyle Morrisseau, 17, and Robyn Harper, 19, of Keewaywin First Nation will also be investigated in the joint inquest.

Keewaywin Chief David Thompson agrees with King that many youth want to go live in the city.

“I wish our kids were taught here, but the big city life really attracts them as well,” he said. “I’ve said to some people: it’s not the education that attracts them, it’s the city.”

And while the families

worry at home, the youth struggle to adapt to urban life, Thompson said.

“When our children go out, there’s a culture shock,” Thompson said. “They have to adjust in order to survive. And then they place less emphasis on their own culture when they come back. They lose some of their identity.”

The chiefs hope that the five-person jury of the joint inquest will provide recommendations that address these concerns.

King wants to see more government-funded programs for the youth living in the city.

“Like how to get our youth there in the evenings when they have nothing to do, give them something to do, to get them off drinking and stuff like that,” he said.

Thompson, on the other hand, wants more funding to allow the youth to remain in the community.

“I wish the government would provide more resources, so we can provide the education they need in communities, at least until Grade 10 for a start,” Thompson said. The recommendations are not legally binding,

but Thompson said he hopes “the government will listen to any kind of recommendations coming out of the inquest.”

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose agrees that there needs to be more support for the students living in the city and for First Nations education in general.

“It’s certainly not enough, and the more programs to increase support not only for their learning environment but their social and recreational aspirations while they’re away from home

needs to be attended to as well,” he said.

Waboose said there needs to be a focus on keeping the youth safe while living in the city, while also addressing some of what he called the “systematic issues” faced by First Nations students, such as racism.

The main concern for the chiefs is finding out exactly what happened to the youth who died.

“I hope for the lives that were affected, that (the joint inquest) will ease their mind

into what really happened,” King said.

Although a representative in the chief coroner’s office called the joint inquest ‘atypical’ due to the number of deaths involved, Waboose said it is important to get all the answers.

“It’ll be complex and it’ll be difficult at times, but it has to be done and the truth has to known,” he said. “It’s my foremost concern and hope that we don’t lose another youth understand these circumstances.”

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᒧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᓇᑫᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 1 ᑭᐣᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ. “ᑐᑲᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᔑ ᐅᐣᑕᒥᐦᐃᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐊᔭᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᑫᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲ ᑲᔦ ᒥᐡᑲᐧᐨ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒥᓂᑫᐧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᒪᒋᑐᑕᑯᐊᐧᐨ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐧᑦᓴᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ, ᐅᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᒋᑭᐃᔑ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᐸᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᑲ ᒥᐡᑲᐧᐨ ᒋᓇᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ. ᑕᐡ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ “ᑲᓂᑲ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ, ᑫᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐃᑯ ᒋᑭᐱᒧᑐᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᑎᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ, ᑲᓇᑫ ᐅᑎ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᒥᑕᓱ ᑲᐃᑯᓭᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐊᔭᔭᑭᐸᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑕᐧᑦᓴᐣ. ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑫᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑕᐃᔑᒥᐣᒋᒪᑌᓯᐣ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑕᐧᑦᓴᐣ ᐃᔑᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᑦ “ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ

ᒋᐅᑕᐱᓇᑭᐣ ᐱᑯ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᒧᑭᓭᑭᐣ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.” ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᑌᕑᐃ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ ᒋᑭᑕᑲᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᓱᐡᑲᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ. “ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑌᐱᓭᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᓇᐣᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑯ ᑲᔦ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᑫᐧ ᑲᐡᑭᑕᒪᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᐁᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᐊᐧᐳᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᒋᔭᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐊᔭᐣᑲᐧᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐯᑭᐡ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᓯᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᑭᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑐᑲᐣ ᓂᐡᑫᓂᒥᑯᐃᐧᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᐣᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᑐᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. “ᐊᒥ ᑫᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᑕᓯᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑌᐡᑲᑯᐊᐧᐨ (ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ) ᒋᐃᐧᐣᐅᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑫᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᑭᓄᑫᐧᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᐣᐠ. ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫ ᐃᒪ ᒥᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐁᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑕᐠ ᐁᑫᐧᓇᐠ ᐃᑯ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᐧᓴ ᐁᑭᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᑕᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ, ᐊᐧᐳᐢ ᑕᐡ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᐅᐣᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓇᑫᐧᐁᐧᔑᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ. “ᓇᐱᐨ ᑕᒥᔑᓄᓭᐊᐧᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐡᑲᑦ ᓇᐱᐨ ᑕᐊᓂᒪᐣ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑕᐡ ᐃᑯ ᐃᓯᓭ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᐊᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑌᐯᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᑯᒋᑲᑌᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᐊᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᓂᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑕᓀᐣᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᔑᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᑲ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑯᑕᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ ᐅᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᒋᐃᔑᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᑭᑕᐧ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᐊᐧᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᔭᑭᑕᐧ.”

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JUNE 28, 2012

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

From the Wawatay archives 16-5th Avenue North P.O. Box 1180 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Serving the First Nations in Northern Ontario since 1974.

Wawatay News is a politically independent weekly newspaper published by Wawatay Native Communications Society.

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

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER David Neegan

Editorial

Celebrating coaches Shawn Bell EDITOR

T

he community of Garden River is celebrating Jordan Nolan’s Stanley Cup victory, and rightfully so.

Winning the Stanley Cup is a big deal. Being a 22-year-old Ojibwa man and doing so is even bigger. Jordan’s success is a testament not only to the ability that First Nations youth have, but also to all the hard work that his parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles and the entire community put into raising him.

Sport is an excellent way of focusing youth energy into positive experiences. Whether it’s playing hockey like the Nolan family, or track and field like the Sandy Lake track team we profiled two weeks ago, sport teaches life skills while keeping young people away from the temptations of all the destructive things out there.

Art and music has the same power. Just look at the effect that a dance program has had on Lac La Croix, and it is easy to see that if youth are given the chance to shine and pushed to reach their goals, they flourish.

But what about those youth who are not into sports, who do not participate in dance programs or go to youth gatherings or even, in many cases, go to school?

Charlie Cheechoo, deputy chief of Moose Cree, knows all about those youth.

Talking to reporters in Moose Factory a few weeks ago, Cheechoo was blunt about what he sees in his community. Drug dealers on every corner, he said.

A lot of alcohol abuse. Not a lot for youth to do.

“Life ain’t so great in Moose Factory for the kids,” he said.

Cheechoo has been bringing youth out on the land for the past two years with Project George, a program that teaches youth to hunt, trap and fish.

He’s working with kids who don’t play sports, who don’t go to youth events. Many of them come from homes with a lot of drug and alcohol abuse.

Cheechoo calls them “the kids we’re missing.”

Through Project George, those young people are getting the chance to learn their traditions and learn how to survive on the land, while having fun at camp.

There is an element of pride – the youth are getting to know what their culture is all about, and discover skills they

might not have been exposed to before.

But often the biggest benefit comes from just getting out on the land.

Getting away from all the petty arguments and worries of living in town, and away from the temptations of drugs and alcohol.

Having a chance to sit quietly and listen to the wind in the trees.

Getting the opportunity to talk and share with friends around a campfire.

Cheechoo has seen a big effect already. He speaks of one young man who was going to commit suicide the very day that Cheechoo went to pick him up for a camping trip, who has now found a reason to keep on living. He speaks of a youth who never cast a rod before, who said he did not like to fish to hide the fact he did not know how, and how excited that young man was when he reeled in his first big walleye. And he speaks of the lasting effect this program will have on youth who are discovering a big part of what it means to be a First Nations person.

But what Cheechoo glosses over is one of the most important parts of the story. He barely mentions how he goes to young people’s houses early in the mornings, to get them up and ready for the trips. How he has been beating the corporate bushes, from Moose Factory to Timmins, looking for funding and support. How he spends most of his days off all summer long out in the bush with the youth. And how when they get out to camp, he is there for the youth as a supervisor, a teacher, a councillor and a friend.

Jordan Nolan would not have got to where he is today without many great coaches along the way. Those coaches who dedicated countless early mornings running hockey practices, who spent evenings all winter working with Jordan and his teammates on their hockey skills, who taught them life skills on and off the ice.

Most of those coaches were volunteers, doing it because they wanted to help the kids.

Most of them go unheralded, which is probably the way they want it anyways.

Charlie Cheechoo’s work with Project George, and the work of all the other good people who are doing their small part to make the world a better place, should not be overlooked. For all the youth who make it, whether winning a Stanley Cup or catching their first walleye, it is people like Cheechoo who are holding the ladder for them to climb.

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Cutting bread out of my diet Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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grew up on the James Bay coast where thinking about what I ate was not something I considered much.

The only time anyone I knew thought about food had to do with where to find the cheapest sources of nutrition around.

This meant an abundance of natural foods that were mostly centered around wild meat like Niska (goose), Atik (Caribou), Namess (fish), Sheesheep (duck) and Waboose (rabbit).

Occasionally in the summer we Cree up the James Bay coast supplemented our diet with wild berries we picked from islands in the Bay. By the age of 10, my diet up until then mostly consisted of wild food from the land.

As our people became more attached to the North American lifestyle, our food intake also evolved. By the time I was a teenager, more often than not I regularly enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs, pasta dishes and plenty of fried foods.

I don’t exactly have the greatest genes when it comes to following a typical North American diet. As an Aboriginal person, I have been aware for many years that I am more prone than the average North American to develop conditions such as heart

disease or type 2 diabetes.

After years of eating too many fried fast foods, way too much pasta, bread and lots of sugary deserts, I finally found myself overweight and out of shape.

So, I decided to do something about my health this spring.

I have never liked the idea of dieting. I am not exactly the most disciplined person in the world and any attempt I have made at following a strict diet has never worked for me.

It wasn’t easy to figure out how to change my eating habits but thanks to information from the Timmins Diabetes Expo event I attend every fall I began to slowly change my diet. I ate less, added more fruit and fiber and exercised more.

I think I have been working up to making a major change for over a year without really knowing it. I had found one of the biggest culprits in my diet was bread and grain products.

At one point a few years ago, I could go through a loaf of bread a day, in the form of toast, sandwiches, buns or just a mere slice here and there with jam. I came by this bread habit honestly as it has always been a staple part of our diet.

Everyone I knew loved bread and ate lots of it. I recall my family going to the store and buying white bread by the case.

You can imagine how surprised I was when I recently discovered that white bread has what is known as a high glycemic index, which actually causes blood sugars to rise

quickly after consumption, which is not great if you are concerned about diabetes.

The more you eat bread, the more often you are raising your blood sugar level on a regular basis. I was also shocked to find out that many cheap brown breads are actually white bread that has been coloured with added vitamins and minerals.

In recent years I began to realize that I was eating bread and bread products way too much and I just simply cut down on grain products. In the past few months I even managed to wean myself off of whole grain bread and turned to thin rye bread instead.

After much reading on healthy diets I thought about it more and more and I began to realize that bread and grain products were just downright bad. I looked back on my ancestors who lived on the land and realized that they were not farmers and they did not process their foods to create grain products of any sort. Although some of my people harvested wild rice it would not have been a huge part of our diet and would have only been consumed for part of the year.

The cold climate and very short growing season made sure that we Cree were primarily meat eaters.

My people have always consumed most of their major food sources from animal products. Even as recently as my parents and grandparents generations it was normal to

gather every bit of an animal for consumption. The flesh would have supplied protein but it was the organs and other parts that would have offered up a source of much needed vitamins and minerals. This diet provided enough nutrition for survival and it would have been supplemented with dried herbs and plant products like pine needles, tree bark and roots.

At any rate with everything considered, I recently decided I was ready to cut out bread and bread products altogether to follow a sort of carb-free diet. So as not to set myself up for failure I took the advice of some reading I had done and reserved one day of the week on which I could eat anything I felt like having. As soon as I made the change, I found myself eating more vegetables, beans, eggs and meat. Also, one of the most important changes I had to make was to simply not eat so much. In a matter of a week, I immediately lost a couple of pounds.

Changing my diet was very much like changing part of my life. I had to settle into my change over many months.

If you are interested in losing weight and following a more healthy diet I suggest you do your research first and if you have issues with your health, visit your doctor or a medical professional for guidance on what you can do about your health. Then think about cutting down on that bread.

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GRAPHIC DESIGNER Matthew Bradley matthewb@wawatay.on.ca

CONTRIBUTORS Xavier Kataquapit Sarah Nelson Bryan Phelan

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Wawatay News

JUNE 28, 2012

Reflecting on the 60s Scoop I am sharing my story in support of the Wilson-Christen law firm who are representing 16,000 First Nation, Inuit and Metis children who experienced extreme cultural loss when removed from their homes between 1965-1984.

Many times prejudice views fall on Aboriginal court cases but perhaps descriptions and explanations are not made public enough for the public to understand why the court case surfaced, therefore people jump to their own conclusion and prejudice views begin.

My life in the 1960s is docu-

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mented in my Children’s Aid records and I have used these records to express my experiences in my own words. I have lived a lifetime of shame, guilt, loss, pain and the inability to speak of the facts and effects of what happened during the 60’s scoop. This lawsuit is giving me my voice back.

Ruth Robbins, Brantford ON, Formerly of Thunder Bay Editor’s Note: Ruth Robbins’ full story of the 60s’ scoop can be found online at www.wawataynews.ca

What does Aboriginal Day mean to you?

Ralph Johnson Traditional Teacher “For hundreds of years, certain parts of our culture were outlawed in Canada, so it’s good that these things can come out and be recognized by the public.”

Lindsay Baum Student at Lakehead University “It’s celebrating my friends and family. I’ve grown up in Sioux Lookout, and even though I’m not Aboriginal it’s still a part of my culture.”

Editor,

Submitted photo by Rob Wesley

Matthew Wesley and Kiara Wesley of Mishkeegogamang First Nation had the chance of a lifetime to meet one of hockey’s greatest players, Sidney Crosby on June 21. Crosby, along with other members of the Pittsburgh Penguins, was in Thunder Bay to attend Jordan Staal’s wedding.

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Sarah Campbell MPP for Kenora-Rainy River “Aboriginal Day, to me, is a day to celebrate and pay tribute to all of the contributions of Aboriginal people locally and abroad.”

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Editor, Re:Ring of Fire moving too fast (Wawatay News June 21) I am from Attawapiskat First Nation and I just want say this, this is what exactly happened in Attawapiskat, with its diamonds and De Beers, it was rush, rush, rush, and now look at Attawapiskat with its housing crisis and other social problems.

Just remember this you leaders, the natural resources aren’t going anywhere so just take your time and make decisions that will benefit us all in the remote communities. submitted online Editor, Re: Pooling resources to deal with NAN-wide housing needs (Wawatay News June 21) This is a good plan and exactly the type of out-of-the-box thinking needed to deal with this situation and perhaps other situations affecting NAN communities. Just wondering though about the “forprofit” aspect. What would be done with the profits? I see two possibilities that make sense to me. One is it is a not-for-profit, two is those profits could be used to finance the fight for justice as prioritized by the corporations Board of Directors (Chiefs). The latter could potentially be more difficult to be effective depending on how it is all set up but if done right could provide great benefit to the NAN communities. Of course all of this would need a legal review by out-of-the-box legal thinkers. submitted online Re: Marten Falls questions true cost of mining (Wawatay News June 14) Our river is gonna be destroyed by this,within the next 20 years if u let this happen. The government is not gonna give a damn penny about us or our land after they go,just liike what they did in the past about our treaty rights. submitted online

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Eviction notices NAN bills province $127 million coming for Ring of Fire companies Rick Garrick

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raised the issue of a joint review Continued from page 1 First Nations in the region panel environmental assessare upset about the 30,000 ment for the Cliffs chromite mining claims that have been project. Matawa has launched staked on Treaty 9 lands a judicial review of the federal without notice, consultation government’s decision to use or accommodation of First a comprehensive study environmental assessment. The Nations.

The signatory chiefs took judicial review is expected to come before issue with the courts the fact that i n d u s t r y “Unless we stop this project s o m e t i m e the has spent now and assert our Aborig- over next year. more than T h e $100 million inal and Treaty rights we e x p l o r i n g will be left on the sidelines M a t a w a resolution on Treaty 9 watching the chromite and eviclands with leave our lands.” “very little” Nibinamik Chief Johnny Yellowhead. tion notices come amid benefits to weeks of communiFirst Nations opposition to the ties.

The chiefs also noted that Ring of Fire. Aside from MataCliffs purchased two junior wa’s efforts to stop all industrial mining companies in 2010 for operations on First Nations terri$350 million, a transaction tory, Neskantaga First Nation is where Matawa communities attempting to stop Cliffs’ access received no benefit from the road from being built by going sale of lands “which the First through an obscure mining court.

“Unless we stop this project Nations never surrendered.”

“Governments and the min- now and assert our Aboriginal ing companies are not listening and Treaty rights we will be left to us and are running roughshod on the sidelines watching the over our aboriginal and treaty chromite leave our lands while rights and ignoring Treaty 9,” our communities remain in the resolution states. “The time poverty,” said Nibinamik Chief for talk is over and it is now time Johnny Yellowhead.

Meanwhile Webequie First to put a pause on the Ring of Fire development and fight for our Nation, a Matawa member, jurisdiction, our land and the recently signed a Memorandum future of our children and our of Cooperation with Ontario over the Ring of Fire mining children’s children.”

The First Nations also re- development.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation has invoiced Ontario for $127 million for benefits derived from natural resources extracted from its territories.

“Over the course of 100 years since the James Bay Treaty was signed, where we agreed to share the land and its resources, our share of the government of Ontario’s revenues collected from resources on our lands amounts to well to over $32 billion,” said Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit on June 26. “We are just here to drop off the invoice for the annuity on this amount and this represents only partial payment.”

NAN commissioned Dr. Fred Lazar of the Schulich School of Business to report on resource revenue in the NAN region over the past 100 years.

“My understanding of Trea-

“We owe it to our future generations that we don’t have another historic swindle on our hands.”

- Stan Beardy

ties 5 and 9 is that all revenues generated from the lands covered by these treaties were to be shared – there was no surrender involved,” Lazar said. “The NAN First Nations have never been given their share, nor has the province ever offered the compensation owing or has offered to sit down with the NAN First Nations chiefs to negotiate a revenue sharing agreement, an agreement that is over a century overdue.”

The report indicated NAN was owed revenue for lost revenues from 1911 to 2011, current annual revenues based on annual resources collected by

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Revenue sharing models are under discussion for the Ring of Fire and NAN territory.

“There are various revenue sharing models that are being examined, in fact as we talk there are discussions taking place between Ontario and First Nation organizations and indi-

vidual First Nations on revenue resource sharing models,” said Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit during his keynote address at the 2nd Annual Ontario Mining Forum, held June 19 at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay. Louttit cited profit sharing and giving First Nations a stake in ownership of the mining companies as examples of what First

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The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Obishikokaang Resources Band Office in Frenchman’s Head and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 4, 2012 until March 31st, 2013 when the annual work schedule expires. Ontario Government Information Centres at 62 Queen Street Sioux Lookout and 66 Keith Avenue Dryden provide access to the internet.

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NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy presented Ontario with an invoice for annuity on the $32 billion NAN claims it is owed for resources extracted.

is calculated over 100 years at current day values and represents only a portion of the $32 billion owed.

The NAN chiefs passed a resolution in May authorizing NAN to set up a negotiation committee to negotiate a resourcerevenue sharing agreement on behalf of all NAN First Nations.

“Before we move forward with any new partnerships, we have some outstanding debts owed to us,” said Grand Chief Stan Beardy. “We are sending a strong message to the province that we would rather hand over the dignity of the struggle than to sign a deal our people cannot live with. They were signatories on the James Bay Treaty, which outlined a sharing component for land and resources. They have broken the treaty promises. We owe it to our future generations that we don’t have another historic swindle on our hands.”

“What has not been successfully done, to a large degree, is profit sharing.”

- Les Louttit

Nations might be looking for.

“In the very near future we will be making a proposal to the government to consider, particularly in terms of the Ring of Fire,” Louttit said. “Those options may include equity interests in mining companies — that’s been done before. But what has not been successfully done to a large degree is profit sharing.”

Rick Bartolucci, minister of Northern Development and Mines, told the same forum that Ontario is committed to discussing resource revenue sharing with First Nation communities.

The minister noted that resource revenue sharing and social, economic and community supports were among the key issues addressed in the June 12 signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between Ontario and Webequie. He said the government is continuing to discuss those issues with Marten Falls, and that Ontario wants to have similar discussions with Neskantaga and other First Nations.

Louttit said all the communities within NAN should receive benefits from any projects within NAN territory, not just the communities directly impacted.

“How we do that is going to be a major challenge, but it is imminent and it has to happen,” Louttit said. “We don’t want to see continued poverty among some First Nations while others reap the benefits. There is nothing wrong with reaping the benefits of development, but the principle of sharing has to take place.”

Louttit said the principle of sharing lands and resources is a key element that led to the signing of Treaty 9 and Treaty 5.

The deputy grand chief said community infrastructure needs have to be identified by individual communities and then included in any agreements between First Nations and resource companies.

Louttit brought up the example of Attawapiskat, which declared a state of emergency last winter due to inadequate accommodations for community members as families,

Elders and babies were living in tents with no water, no sewage and no electricity.

“As you all know in the past year there has been a lot of publicity on how this community still suffers from a lack of infrastructure, a lack of housing even though a few hundred kilometres to the west is a wealth of diamonds on their traditional territory,” Louttit said, noting the De Beers Canada Victor Mine.

Louttit also brought up possible environmental impacts from mineral resource development.

“There will be significant environmental and ecological impacts from the chromite mine itself,” Louttit said about the proposed Cliffs mine in the Ring of Fire area. “We are going to need, as First Nations, an environmental regime that provides the highest levels of mitigation and prevention of major catastrophes.”

Louttit pointed out that requests by the Matawa communities for a Joint Review Panel environmental assessment review process of the two proposed mines has not happened.

“In fact, the (federal) government is trying to fast-track legislation to limit the time in which environmental assessments and processes will be dealt with,” Louttit said.

In Bartolucci’s view, First Nation and Metis communities are poised to reap benefits from development of the Ring of Fire.

He cited 1,200 direct jobs that could be created by the Cliffs project, as well as construction of a transportation corridor employing 300 people per year.

In the long term Bartolucci said 5,000 direct and indirect jobs across Ontario could come from the Cliffs chromite project.

Bartolucci said the provincial government is also looking to develop a tripartite model of engagement involving First Nations, the province of Ontario and the federal government, noting that Premier Dalton McGuinty and Prime Minister Stephen Harper met to discuss the Ring of Fire issue last month.

“We proposed discussions with the federal government, which could include but are not limited to social, economic and community development, regional infrastructure support including transmission, local road access and broadband needs,” Bartolucci said.

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National Aboriginal Day (June 21) was a day of coming together for the communities of Lac Seul First Nation, Slate Falls First Nation and Sioux Lookout, when the three communities signed the Friendship Accord.

Sioux Lookout municipal councilor Joyce Timpson called the agreement between the First Nations and Sioux Lookout a formalization of their intent.

“The intent of your elected leaders in Lac Seul, Slate Falls and the municipalities is a promise to work together in the future,” said Timpson.

Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull said that it was a day of celebration, and that in his mind it brought First Nations communities and municipalities closer together, forging a deeper respect for one another.

“This agreement will address some of the issues we all have as communities that live near each other: social and economic issues,” said Bull. “Recently, we’ve gone through a lot of downturn in the employment sector, with the loss of the Hudson mill.”

Bull said he believes there is ways the communities can work together to get the mill started, get people working, and make the three communities prosper.

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Representatives of the municipality of Sioux Lookout and Lac Seul First Nation met in Sioux Lookout to sign a Friendship Agreement. Slate Falls First Nation is also involved in the partnership.

Accord is at the early stages, and that they’ll be dealing with “all sorts of issues and growing pains.”

“One of the issues we’re dealing with is racism, and how do we address it in a good way,” said Bull. “We’re all Canadians, we all live in the same country, and we all have to live and work together.”

Sioux Lookout mayor Dennis Leney said he views the Friendship Accord as a tool to bring the three communities closer together.

“We’ve always wanted to have

a better relationship with Lac Seul and Slate Falls,” said Leney.

The planning for this signing had been going on for several months, stretching back to last fall when it was agreed to have it on National Aboriginal Day. Leney said that in the early stages of the Friendship Accord, no joint-venture ideas have presented themselves, but he is looking forward to the possibility of working with the First Nations communities.

“Hopefully we can work with them to get our mill going,” said Leney.

Sarah Campbell, MPP for Kenora—Rainy River said that the signing that happened on Aboriginal Day was very important.

“I don’t know that it’s going to make a huge change in how we go forward, but I think it’s a very, very important and symbolic event,” said Campbell.

Chief Lorraine Crane of Slate Falls was not able to attend, but will attend the signing in Lac Seul on July 6. There is also a signing planned for Slate Falls later in the summer.

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Honouring culture Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout were gathering places for people from many communities during Aboriginal Day festivities on June 21. From powwows to drumming to sports and games, some of the best parts of First Nations culture was celebrated and enjoyed.

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Above: Youth watch a drumming group during Aboriginal Day festivities in Sioux Lookout.

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Adults and children alike took part in the traditional game of shinny set up by the Fort William Historical Park.

Dawn Currie (left) and Destiny King of Gull Bay share a laugh during the Aboriginal Day gathering at Marina Park in Thunder Bay.

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Above: Dean Vladimir Flett-Magiskan of Aroland First Nation enjoys the affection from his mom Sky Magiskan in Thunder Bay. Right: Shadow Creek singers belt it out at the powwow in Thunder Bay.

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Gerard Wabano Jr. (left) and his sister Maggie of Eabametoong enjoy the swings while parents Gerard Sr. and Bonnie help out.

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A men’s traditional dancer at the powwow in Sioux Lookout.

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Feasting to celebrate Aboriginal Day From a raft race at Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) to a fishing derby and fish fry feast at Wapekeka, the celebration of Aboriginal Day for some First Nations was all about getting out on the water.

Photos by Bryan Phelan/Wawatay News

Top: Spotters search for fish in the shallow water below during Wapekeka’s fish fry on June 18.

Left: Meeshka Brown makes a big cast off the public dock.

Gordon Winter makes sure the walleye are done just right.

Craig Sainnawap, right, and Russell Beardy, middle, sprinted to a first-place finish in a Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug raft race on National Aboriginal Day. For their win aboard Big Blu, Sainnawap and Beardy collected a $500 prize.

Left: Timothy Winter, 9, pulls in a small northern pike from the dock.

Middle: Saggius E. Winter chops potatoes.

Right: Clara Winnepetonga heats an extra large frying pan. Her husband Derek provided the walleye for the fish fry, with help from his sister in Wunnumin Lake.

Top: Wapekeka’s Alana Winter, 6, cools off with a splash before supper.

Above: A steel drum raft piloted by Chris Hudson, back, and Reuben Anderson plows water at the front. They finished just out of the prize money.

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Angeconeb earns Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal Christian Quequish Wawatay News

Garnet Angeconeb was recognized for his efforts throughout the years when he received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal on National Aboriginal Day. “I am tremendously moved,” said Angeconeb, through proud tears.

The suspense built as MPP Sarah Campbell announced that she had arrived in Sioux Lookout on National Aboriginal Day to present a community member with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal, which recognizes the recipient’s tremendous contributions to their community.

“I want to thank my creator,

and one courageous woman that’s been behind me the whole time, my wife Margaret,” said Angeconeb. He pointed to his granddaughter and said that the work he did to earn the medal was for her generation.

“I’m really stuck for words, and rightly so, because I think the words I want to express will show in time in terms of creating and renewing relations for everyone in this community,” Angeconeb said.

“He’s so deserving,” remarked Campbell. “Garnet has done so much. His personal strength is something that really stands out to me.”

She added that his strong desire to help people and make things better makes him an inspiration to everyone, and to

her personally.

She said that the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal is an award honouring the Queen’s 60th year of reign since her coronation as Queen.

Chief Clifford Bull of Lac Seul First Nation said that Angeconeb was very deserving of the award.

“I was really happy and honoured to witness that great occasion for Garnet,” said Bull.

Sioux Lookout Mayor Dennis Leney said he had known Angeconeb since 1976, and that he was a well-deserved man for the award.

Angeconeb is most known for his contributions to the Sioux Lookout region as founding member of the Sioux Lookout Anti-Racism Committee, and is

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Pelican Falls First Nations High School First Annual Golf Tournament

“Bridging The Gap” Big THANK YOU to our Co-sponsor: Wasaya Airways LP Pelican Falls First Nations High School would like to thank the following Sponsors for their support and generous donations towards our First Annual Golf Tournament was held on Friday, June 8, 2012, at the Sioux Lookout Golf and Curling Club. The Tournament raised Approximately $3,340.00. All proceeds going to Extra-Curricular Activities for 2012-2013 Pelican Falls First Nation High School students.

Hole Sponsors: Garth Hyslop, Stone Ashton & Wright; Dennis C. Brock, Sioux Lookout Funeral Home; Wellington Inn; Bamaji Airways; Madsen Motors. Donations: Wasaya Airways LP; McDiarmid Lumber LTD; Oshtugon Computers; Johnny’s Food Market; Wilson’s Business Solutions; Robin’s Donuts; Home Hardware Building Centre; George & Charlene Sakchekapo; Glen B. Whiskeychan; Gerson Agustin; Play It Again Sports – Thunder Bay; Sioux Lookout Golf and Curling Club.

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Garnett Angeconeb was awarded a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal on Aboriginal Day in Sioux Lookout. a lifetime member on the board.

As well, he is involved in the Sioux Lookout Coalition for Reconciliation and Healing, and holds a seat on the board of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.

Angeconeb received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal in 2003 for his community

involvement and contributions.

“I’ve been on a lot of boards over the years and that’s where I learned a lot of things that I still carry with me, my own personal education,” he said.

He hopes he has made an impact in the community to lighten the tension and ease the

lives of his children and grandchildren.

Angeconeb is also a multiple winner of the Mary Carpenter People Making Changes Award handed out annually to a Sioux Lookout resident who has made a positive difference in the community.

Beautifying Marten Falls Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Three years into a community beautification project, Marten Falls First Nation is looking better than ever.

The program that started with litter cleanup and brush cutting between houses has now expanded to clearing much of the thick brush along the Albany River banks, opening up a view of the spectacular river from the community.

Marten Falls’ councillor Grace Baxter-Bottle, who initiated the program three years ago, said the idea is to encourage community members to take care of the community.

“I’m hoping it will open some minds,” Baxter-Bottle said. “If the community members recognize that leadership does care about the cleanliness of the community, hopefully they will follow suit.”

Baxter-Bottle said that since the program started, she has noticed many community members cleaning up their own yards and picking up garbage around the community.

“There have been lots of comments that visitors make about how clean the community looks, which makes us proud,” she said.

She added that community members have also started

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Grace Baxter-Bottle, right, chips in on the brush cutting work going on along the banks of the Albany River. Brush cutting is just one piece of Marten Falls’ beautification program. coming forward with their own ideas for community beautification. The main idea has been for hiking trails in the forests

“There have been lots of comments that visitors make about how clean the community looks.”

- Grace Baxter-Bottle

around town and along the river banks, which is something the committee is going to look at doing once the brush cutting along the Albany River finishes.

Other members have suggested installing picnic tables and picnic grounds along the Albany River.

The program currently employs seven community members. Baxter-Bottle hopes to keep four full-time positions to do ongoing cleanup work and keep on top of brush cutting needs.

For that to happen however, the councillor said she needs to find more funding for the program. The original funding was for three years, and that expires at the end of this year.

“Our logo is ‘our river, our life’,” Baxter-Bottle said. “A clean community is a sign we care about our community.”

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INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Big Pic, Black River, Nagagami and White River Forests The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the MNR-approved aerial herbicide spray projects.

As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Big Pic, Black River, Nagagami and White River Forests (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 1, 2012. The herbicides VisionMax, registration #27736; Vision, registration #19899; and Vantage Forestry registration #26884 will be used.

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Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit received an honorary degree from Nipissing University on June 14.

Mushkegowuk grand chief receives honorary degree Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit was recently the recipient of an honourary degree from Nipissing University.

On June 14, Louttit received an honorary doctorate in education from the university in North Bay. In a press release, Nipissing University said Loutit was considered due to his 25-plus years of devotion in the field of politics to improve the lives of the people in his region.

“He is known for his leadership and his advocacy work on housing, clean water, resource extraction and other issues affecting the lives of First Nations people in the Mushkegowuk territory,” the release said.

“Only then, did it start sinking in that perhaps that this is something really good and something I should be taking with a real honour and acceptance.”

-Stan Louttit

The university notified Louttit months ago, informing him that he was being considered for the degree.

“When I first got the notice, I didn’t really think much of it, the fact that I was being honoured,” said the Fort Albany First Nation member who grew up in Attawapiskat. “I thought

to myself, well, if they recognize me for me doing my job, fine.”

But leading up the event, people approached Louttit and told him it was “great” and “a real honour that they’re doing this for you.”

“Only then, did it start sinking in that perhaps that this is something really good and something I should be taking with a real honour and acceptance,” Louttit said.

When he was on hand to receive the award, Louttit said it was then that the honour sunk in.

“It’s a great honour to be recognized by a learning institution like Nipissing University, that’s recognized provincially and nationally as one of the leading institutions anywhere, especially with its First Nation content and its curriculum and its makeup,” Louttit said.

Four other recipients of the honorary degree, including former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and former Ontario Premier William G. Davis, joined Louttit at the event.

“This is a stellar group of individuals, including a prime minister, a premier, a grand chief, a university president and a founding member of Free the Children,” said Vicky PaineMantha, Nipissing University president and vice-chancellor (interim), in a press release.

“The university is deeply honoured that these amazing leaders feel strongly enough about Nipissing University, our mission and our future, to support and recognize us through the acceptance of an honorary degree.”

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The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the GreenForest Management Inc. office in Manitouwadge, the Jackfish River Management Ltd. office in Hornepayne (addresses below) and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning June 27, 2012 until March 31, 2013 when the annual work schedule expires.

Ontario Government Information Centres in Manitouwadge and Wawa (addresses below) provide access to the Internet.

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

For more information, please contact: Forest Industry Contacts Big Pic and Black River Forests Scott Rubin, RPF GreenForest Management Inc. P.O. Box 22004, 470 Hodder Avenue Thunder Bay, ON P7A 8A8 tel: 807-343-6476 fax: 807-343-6424

Nagagami and White River Forests Jerry Smith Jackfish River Management Ltd. P.O. Box 780 Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0 tel: 807-868-2370 ext. 223 fax: 807-868-2689

Ministry of Natural Resources Contacts Black River Forest Tim Reece, RPF 48 Mission Road Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 tel: 705-856-4717 fax: 705-856-7511

Nagagami and White River Forests Zachary White, RPF 48 Mission Road Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 tel: 705-856-4715 fax: 705-856-7511

Big Pic Forest Derrick Tirschmann, RPF 40 Manitou Road, Postal Bag Service Manitouwadge, ON P0T 2C0 tel: 807-826-3225 ext. 236 fax: 807-826-4631

or call toll free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above.

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Inspection INSPECTION of APPROVED AERIAL HERBICIDE SPRAYING CARIBOU FOREST The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the MNR-approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Caribou Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 1, 2012. The herbicide Vision and VisionMax registration #19899 and #27736 will be used.

The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Resolute Forest Products office and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning June 27 until March 31st, 2013 when the annual work schedule expires. The Ontario Government Information Centre at 62 Queen Street, Sioux Lookout provides access to the internet.

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

For more information, please contact: Tara Pettit, R.P.F. Ministry of Natural Resources Sioux Lookout District Office 49 Prince Street, PO Box 309 Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1A6 Phone: (807) 737-5040 Fax: (807) 737-1813

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Grads Payton Wilde, Reidar Hudson and Angel Bunting were celebrated in Slate Falls. The community also honoured Grade 8 Grad Samuel Xavier Crane, who will attend Pelican Falls next year.

or call toll free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above.

Joel Gerry, R.P.F. (Agent of Resolute Forest Products) RW Forestry Inc. 61 Mona Street Thunder Bay, ON P7A 6Y2 Phone: (807) 475-2757 Fax: (807) 939-2251

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NORTHERN NISHNAWBE EDUCATION COUNCIL NNEC is not for profit educational organization. Under the direction of the Sioux Lookout District Chiefs, NNEC delivers secondary and post secondary education programs and services for First Nations people. NNEC operates Pelican Falls First Nations High School and Centre, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, Wahsa Distance Education Centre, and has offices in Lac Seul (head office), Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay. NNEC welcome applications for the following position: HOUSE COUNSELLOR (male) PELICAN FALLS CENTRE Pelican Falls Centre is a School with residential facilities for approximately 180 students and staff on a 10 acre site. The House Counsellor will be responsible for supervising and caring for ten to fourteen students attending the Pelican Falls First Nations High School and living at one of the Centres.

QUALIFICATIONS 1. A post-secondary degree/diploma in social work, youth counselling or a related field AND two years counselling experience with First Nations youth OR the equivalent of five years counselling experience.

2. Class “F” Ontario Driver’s Licence 3. Fluency in Oji-Cree, Ojibwe or Cree preferred 4. A sensitivity to and understanding of First Nations culture and traditions.

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Fax or email your resume with written permission for NNEC to contact three employment references and a brief cover letter to Personnel Officer at: fax (807)582-3865 email humanresources@nnec.on.ca mail Box 1419, Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B9.

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Wild asparagus flavour like nothing else Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Wild asparagus is one of the traditional foods still being used in Wabigoon Lake First Nation.

“You have to catch it early though because if it gets too big, it’s very woody and it’s not as tender,” said Terry Favelle, a former councillor in Wabigoon Lake First Nation.

“When I go for wild asparagus, usually you’re lucky to get one meal, but it’s a real treat.

It has a flavour like nothing else.”

Wabigoon Lake is also well known for its harvest of wild rice and a wild rice production plant. Although the community’s wild rice fields were flooded due to rising waters from a dam in Dryden, community members transplanted wild rice from other lakes on to their former hay fields, which were under shallow water.

“We do have plenty of wild rice here, thanks to our ancestors,” Terry Favelle said. “They ensured we would have that and we do.”

Wabigoon Lake Councillor Tom Favelle said there are not many people left in the community who know the traditional ways of harvesting wild rice with sticks in a canoe or roasting it by hand.

“They call it dancing on it now in a hole in the ground,” said Favelle, whose grandparents taught him about the traditional ways after his mother passed away when he was about seven years old. “I was raised primarily by my grandparents so I had an opportunity to

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Students from Thunder Bay and area learn about the different stages of processing wild rice during a fall harvest event held by Seven Generations Education Institute at Fort William Historical Park. learn the customs, traditions, language and ceremonies.

I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about those things.”

Favelle said there are different types of wild rice, including a particular type his grandmother used to prepare just when it was starting to mature.

“It was almost ready to be harvested but not quite,” Favelle said, noting his grandmother would roast it just long enough to get the husks off. “She didn’t want to over roast it.”

Favelle said that type of wild rice didn’t have to be cooked, so his grandmother would usually pour broth from

NORTHERN NISHNAWBE EDUCATION COUNCIL NNEC is non-profit educational organization. Under the direction of the Sioux Lookout District Chiefs, NNEC delivers secondary and post secondary education programs and services for First Nations people. NNEC operates Pelican Falls First Nations High School and Centre, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, Wahsa Distance Education Centre and has offices in Lac Seul (head office), Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay. NNEC welcome applications for the following full-time and part-time positions: Transportation Worker – Pelican Falls Centre The Transportation Worker will provide scheduled and unscheduled transportation for students under the direction of the Director or Team Leader or designate to students attending Pelican Falls First Nation High School. This individual must have excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills and must have the ability to multi-task. The Transportation Worker must be flexible to adapt to varying responsibilities.

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NEEGAN, Theresa Mary - Died peacefully at Thunder Bay Regional Health Centre on Saturday, June 23, 2012 in her 66th year. Beloved wife of the late Merle. She is predeceased by her daughter, Verna, son, James, her parents, Peter and Lottie Bird, and by her brothers, Paul, Louis and Daniel.

Cherished mother of Eva (Earl), David (Penny), Donna (Carl), Peter and Jonathan. She will be dearly missed by her sisters, brothers, 19 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. A lady of faith, she loved attending church and found great comfort in prayer. Her knowledge was sought by different governments and First Nation organizations throughout Ontario. A pioneer in the recognition of women’s achievements, she organized activities/luncheons to celebrate and acknowledge the skills and successes of all women. She was a skilled craftsperson and seamstress and enjoyed camping and berry picking for leisure. In her later years, she took great pride and love in caring for her grandchildren full time. The family will receive friends at the La France Funeral Home, 715 Edward Street, Hearst, Ontario on Tuesday, June 26, 7pm, Wednesday, 2-4pm, 7-9pm. Prayers will be said on Thursday 10 am and service will be at the Notre Dame RC church in Hearst at 10:30 and at 12:00 pm, burial will be at the burial grounds in Constance Lake First Nation.

cooking fish or meat over it.

“She would pour it over that green rice and it would puff up like that, like popcorn,” Favelle said. “It was a delicacy, a special type of rice.”

Favelle said it’s important to keep the knowledge of traditional foods alive because they may be needed in the future.

“Some of our Elders say we may need those foods again to survive,” Favelle said.

Favelle remembers learning about mixing dried berries with dried meat from moose, deer and beaver to make pemmican. He also recalls the use of a part of the whitefish intestine for mixing with other kinds of food.

“When whitefish were spawning, in particular, there was a part of their intestine ... shaped like a pipe that you smoke,” Favelle said. “They cleaned that all out and that was a delicacy all in itself. And they combined that with other types of food as well.”

His grandparents didn’t waste much of the fish back then, including the intestines.

“They knew which areas to cut out,” he said. “It doesn’t take much cooking. They boiled them maybe five minutes and they would be ready to eat.”

Favelle said the livers and eggs from Ling were popular back then.

“You could feed a family from one fish, that’s how big the livers were,” he said. “My grandmother would mix flour with the eggs and put it in the oven. It came out almost like a cake. That was another delicacy.”

Boiled sucker heads are also

a delicacy.

“Today, they still do that in this area,” Favelle said.

Although his family was not wealthy back then, Favelle doesn’t remember being hungry.

“People didn’t sit around a lot in those days,” he said, noting his grandparents had a trapline along the Sioux Lookout highway.

“From the time we woke up in the morning until it was too dark to do anything else, we were doing something. We were helping, working, learning; it was a continuous thing every day.”

Elders in the community used to preserve food by drying and smoking so it would last for years. They also knew how to combine certain foods to create different flavours.

“They were very creative in how to survive,” Favelle said.

Favelle still remembers one time when his grandfather went straight for the nose of a moose his uncles had shot.

“That is a delicacy,” Favelle said. “I think he boiled it first and took all the hair off with a fire and then put it into an oven.”

Favelle said the moose nose was delicious.

“It tasted like moose meat, generally the flavour was there, but it was easy to eat,” he said. “You could cut it with a fork. It was very tender.”

Favelle doesn’t remember how long his grandfather kept eating that same moose nose, but he saved it for many days.

“He wasn’t quite willing to share it with everybody. He really treasured that.”

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Thunder Bay families still dealing with impacts of May 27 flood Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Lake Helen’s Ron Kanutski cautions others f looded in Thunder Bay and area to be careful when having their damaged homes repaired.

“One of the things they tried to talk me into was just cleaning my stairs and my wood posts inside (the basement),” Kanutski said.

“I said if you threw everything else out, like my shelves and my washer and my dryer, why would you say cleaning wood is sufficient?”

As a result of his questions, Kanutski has received new metal jack posts to replace the wood posts and is expecting a new set of stairs to be built soon.

“My basement has been cleaned and the majority of the wood has been removed except the stairs because they need to get up and down right now,” Kanutski said. “The wood on the walls and the wood posts have been taken out.”

Kanutski and many other people were flooded in Thunder Bay after a May 27 thunderstorm f looded the Atlantic Avenue Secondary Sewage Treatment Plant, which serves about 108,000 residents.

Disaster relief forms are available at the clerks desk in the City Hall lobby and on the Thunder Bay website at www. thunderbay.ca/flood.

“It’s very important that residents who don’t have

insurance or have inadequate coverage fill out these forms as accurately as they can, providing as much documentation as possible, and that they drop off the forms before the deadlines,” said Rebecca Johnson, Thunder Bay’s acting mayor.

Thunder Bay’s Safe Home Clean-up Program is still available to help with flooddamaged basements. More than 520 homeowners have registered for clean-up assistance through the city’s Facilities and Fleet department, working with contractors.

“There are still homes needing assistance as of today,” said Michael Smith, general manager of Facilities and Fleet, on June 25.

“We visited several homes throughout the weekend and continue to help those still requiring assistance.”

Kanutski said his furnace is not likely to be replaced until September because supplies are “so backed up.”

“I was fortunate because I had insurance,” Kanutski said. “They’ve been really good to me — my structure is being looked after.”

Kanutski said a chemical spray was used to clean his basement.

“It only takes about half an hour to an hour to do the basement cleaning,” Kanutski said. “But it took several days for it to just sit down there to dry. They (brought) big dehumidifiers in to dry out the basement.”

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“I was enjoying the thunderstorm, looking at the lightning and looking at the water filling up the streets when I finally realized if it’s not going down the drain, that’s a bad sign,” Kanutski said. “So I went and looked downstairs and that was when I realized it was over a foot deep.”

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Ted Nolan an ‘extremely proud’ father ‘Even today, if we stop to think about it for more than a minute, the tears will start coming again, because of how excited we are and how proud we are of Jordan’ Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Ted Nolan was coaching the Latvian men’s national hockey team in Europe when he heard that his son Jordan got called up to join the Los Angeles Kings last winter. Four months later, Ted watched him raise the Stanley Cup. A former NHL player and coach of the year, Ted’s professional background took a backseat to being a father during Jordan’s playoff run.

“We’re just proud normal parents watching their kid win what very few athletes get a chance to win,” Ted said of he and his wife, Sandra.

From his home in Garden River, Ted talked with Wawatay News on the emotions during Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, Jordan’s commitment to improving after not being offered a contract by Los Angeles and the pride of having a First Nations athlete win hockey’s ultimate prize.

Wawatay: How did you feel when you heard Jordan got called up to join the team in Feb? Ted Nolan: I was walking the streets of Norway at the time and I looked at my phone. There were six phone calls from Jordan and I missed them all and I was wondering what was going on.

As soon as he told me, I had tears in my eyes. That’s how excited I was for him. Doing as much work as he had and all of a sudden he had a chance to play in the National Hockey League, I was an extremely proud father in that moment for sure.

WWT: With you being in Europe at the time, how were you able to keep track of his progress?

TN: There were many long nights. I was over there until the second round of the playoffs.

There were a lot of three in the morning games and five in the morning games because there’s

a seven-hour time change. But I wouldn’t change it for the world.

It was a lot of fun to watch his progress and the first game against the New York Islanders.

My wife Sandra and all of Jordan’s aunts got to Long Island to watch that first game. I missed the first game, but I didn’t miss the last one when they won the Cup. WWT: Prior to him being called up, did you ever see him as joining the team and playing a regular shift on an NHL team?

TN: I was a typical father.

We all think our kids are good players but I think having a professional background in coaching and watching what it takes to get to that level, I certainly saw that in Jordan at a relatively young age. The one thing I always questioned him on was whether he wanted to work on his skill and put the time and effort into achieving his potential. And I have to give

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‘All the kids in Garden River are yelling Jordan’s name’ from page 14 You worry about your job and his job was to be a fourth line energy guy, and no, there was never any concern. I know how important the job is and I think their line contributed, as all the other lines did, in the success of their team.

WWT: With your coaching experience and you knowing Jordan’s playing style, is that a role you would have put him in if you were coach of the team?

TN: (laughs) He’s a good player and I think in time, he’ll get better. But right now, he’s extremely happy with where he is with his career and we couldn’t be prouder. We just worried about what’s going on and right now, it’s the end of the season and he has a couple weeks of break and then he’s going to start to prepare for next year and it starts all over again.

You know, we all need role models. And hopefully he’ll be a good example of what work and determination and believing in yourself can accomplish.

–Ted Nolan

WWT: Are there any particular highlights of Jordan’s play throughout the playoffs, other than winning the Stanley Cup? TN: Just the way he brought his level almost every game.

He brought his energy every game and that’s all you can ask of anybody, is just play the best they can. And I was extremely proud of him, the way he performed on a daily basis, game in, game out, throughout the whole run. It’s your consistency that separates guys that maybe can make it and those who do make it. His consistency throughout the whole playoffs was something to watch and I was really proud of that.

WWT: Can you describe the feeling going into Game 6? How were you feeling that night?

TN: I told this to a number of people: in junior hockey, I remember way back, I was never nervous, as a player, as a coach, going into any game.

I was excited about certain games but I was never really

nervous. But this one here, I was a ball of nerves. I totally immersed myself into being a proud daddy watching his son and hoping things work out for him as any father wishes for their son. And my wife, Jordan’s mom, was a rock throughout the thing. She just maintained her composure.

I was nervous, but that last game, the nerves kind of disappeared and it was kind of a, ‘we’re gonna do this thing here tonight.’ It was a great thing to go through and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

WWT: Can you describe how you were feeling during that last minute countdown and when Jordan raised the Cup? TN: You know, it’s one of those things. Jordan’s mom and myself were sitting there by ourselves and during the countdown, we just looked at each other and hugged each other, and there were definitely some tears flowing. And even today, if we stop to think about it for more than a minute, the tears will start coming again, because of how excited we are and how proud we are of Jordan. And it’s special feeling too coming from a First Nations community, Garden River. Some of the things that our people went through and what have you, and all of sudden, you see one of our own win the Stanley Cup and bring it to a First Nations community.

It’s something that still sends chills down your back.

WWT: So Jordan is going to be one of the few First Nations people to have their names inscribed on the Cup [George Armstrong (Ojibwe), Reggie Leach (Cree), Chris Simon (Ojibwe), plus Metis: Bryan Trottier, Theo Fleury, and now Jordan’s teammate, Dwight King]. What do you think this says about First Nations athletes?

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Raising Awareness golf tournament a great success Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

More than 110 golfers teed off at the 2nd annual Raising Awareness Golf Tournament at the Fort William Country Club in Thunder Bay on June 22.

Twenty-eight teams squared off in the tournament that was aimed at raising awareness of the prescription drug abuse plaguing First Nations communities in northern Ontario.

Tournament co-organizer Travis Boissoneau said the turnout exceeded their expectations, as last year they had 90 participants and raised $5,000.

“Overall, I think we exceeded last year, which was the main goal: to bigger and bigger each year,” he said.

Boissoneau, of Garden River First Nation, said co-organizer Mike McKay of Bearskin Lake initiated the idea last year to raise awareness of the prescription drug abuse issue.

“We all have connections to the experience, having family and friends affected by it,” he said. “We wanted to shed light on the issue and get a high turnout and bring the community together.”

Boissoneau said they also wanted to bring attention to the work Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School is doing with their drug treatment and aftercare program, which has treated 35 students to date and has developed a fluid model supported by various communities. All funds raised go to the programs.

The team of Kevin McKay, Jade Windego, Jere Windego

and Garret Ugrey won the tournament. The tournament also gave prizes to the second (DFC) and third place (Matawa) finishers, along with raffle prizes.

Eight volunteers helped out with the day’s events.

Boissoneau said participants provided positive feedback on the tournament and everyone had fun interacting out on the course.

“We exceeded our goals: to get people together and have some fun for a more common purpose,” he said.

The day concluded with a dinner, where Boissoneau asked former NAN grand chief Charles Fox to lead the blessing.

“He set a nice mood and tone for the meal. He explained the issues that are happening in the north and what the communities are doing as well,” Boissoneau said. “With him setting a good tone, it was a good way to bring the day to a close.” photos by Lenny Carpenter/ Wawatay News

Top: Lloyd Wabigwan of Namaygoosisgagun First Nation winds up to chip onto the green as Lex Paavola looks on.

Left: George Sakchekapo of Sioux Lookout celebrates a birdie he earned for Team Wasaya with a fist pump.

Right: Jonathan Kakegamic tees off. The DFC principal and his team finished second in the Raising Awareness tournament.

All funds raised from the tournament go towards DFC’s treatment and aftercare program.