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Youth face off at Little Bands

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A puck carrier is backchecked by an opponent during the 2014 Little Bands Native Youth Hockey Tournament, held from Feb. 10-16 at the Sioux Lookout Memorial Arena and the new Lac Seul Events Centre. Sandy Lake, Lac Seul and Bearskin Lake were the big winners while Sachigo Lake played in five of the six A-Side championship games, winning one. See story on page 13.

ᑕᓀᑕᒥᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ $106 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑲᒣᑎᓇᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᒧᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓇᐣ (AANDC) $106 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑕᓴᐧᐱᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒣᑎᓇᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᒪᐃᐧᓀᐡᑯᑕᑎᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑌᓂ ᐊᑐᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ. ᑭᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱᓯᑦ ᐊᐁᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᒣᑎᓇᐨ $106 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 20122013 ᑲᑭᐱᒥᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ, ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐱᑯ ᐃᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐸᒋᑫᐃ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐦᐃᐁᐧᐨ ᑕᐠᐢ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᓂᔕᐧ ᑭᐊᓂ ᐊᓂᑫᓭᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐁᑭᒣᑎᓂᑫᐨ $66 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑕᓴᐧᐱᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱ. “ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐦᐃᐁᐧᐨ ᑕᐠᐢ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑎᓂᑫ $66 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᑕᒪᑯᔭᐠ, ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ AANDC, ᐅᒣᑎᓇᐣ $106 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ ᐁᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᒥᑲᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᑭᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᐯᕑᑎ. “ᐊᒥᐦᐃᒪ

ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥᐊᓴᐧᐸᒥᑯᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᑯᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐱᒥᐊᓄᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐸᑫᐱᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ 35 (ᑭᒋᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ, 1982), ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᔕᑯᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐁᒣᑎᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᐁᑲᑫᐧᒪᒥᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑌᐸᑫᐣᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ.” ᐯᕑᑎ ᐅᑎᔑᐊᐧᐸᑕᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐃᓯᓭᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐣᑎ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᐃᐧᓯᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᐅᐣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. “ᒥᑕᐡ ᐁᔑᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐸᑫᐱᐦᐃᑲᐣ 35 ᒪᔭᑦ ᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐣᒋᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ, ᐊᒥ ᑫᑭᔑᐸᔭᑌᓇᑲᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐦᑭ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᐅᐣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑌᐯᐧ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐁᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᐃᐧᓯᔭᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑕᔭᓯᐣ ᒪᓂᑐᐃᐧ ᒥᓂᑯᐃᐧ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᓇᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᕑᑎ. “ᒥᑕᐡ ᐁᑐᑕᑯᔭᐠ ᐁᒥᑲᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᔕᑯᑎᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᑭᐸᑯᐡᑲᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᐁᐃᔑᐃᐧᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.” ᐯᕑᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᐃᔑᒋᑫᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ

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ᑲᐊᐱᒋ ᑯᐸᓯᓇᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. “ᒥᑐᓂ ᐊᓂᐊᐣᑯᐡᑲᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᑫᐧᒪᒋᒋᑫᑕᒪᓱᔭᐣᐠ, ᓂᑎᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᑲᐧᐃᓭᐊᐧᐣ, ᓂᐃᐧᑲᐧᐦᐅᐸᓂᓇᐣ ᒪᒋᓭᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ,” ᐯᕑᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐁᒣᑎᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᒪᒥᑲᓂᑯᔭᐠ.” ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᑫᕑᐅᓫᐃᐣ ᐯᓂᐟ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᑭᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ ᐱᓯᒧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᒪᐃᐧᓀᐡᑯᑕᑎᐃᐧ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ, ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ AANDC ᐅᒪᐃᐧᓀᐡᑯᑕᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑲᐟ ᓂᔕᐧ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐁᐃᐡᐸᓂᐠ ᐊᐱᐨ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑲᔭᓂᐊᓂᑫ ᐃᐡᐸᓂᐠ ᐅᒣᑎᓂᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐦᐃᐁᐧᐨ ᑕᐠᐢ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᐃᐁᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᔑᒥᓄᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐁᔑᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᓄᑌᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᐧᑎ ᒋᔑᓇᑭᐡᑲᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑕᑯᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒋᔑᒣᑎᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᓂᐟ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᔕᑯᑕᑯᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑐᑲᐣ ᐊᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᓂᒧᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ ᒥᑐᓂ ᑲᒪᑭᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ, ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧ ᑭᑕᐧᑦ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᓂᐠ.”

ᐯᓂᐟ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᒧᒪᐨ ᒉᕑᐊᒥ ᒥᐊᐧᓯᑫ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐁᑲᐯᔑᓂᐨ ᐱᐠᑐ ᓫᐊᐣᑎᐣᐠ, ᒥᐠᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓄᐸ ᐢᑯᔕ ᐊᐧᐸᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ. ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᒥᐊᐧᓯᑫ ᐃᓇᐱᓀ ᐅᐃᐧᐣᑎᐱᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐃᐧᔭᓯᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᓂᐳᐃᐧᐡᑲᐨ, ᐅᒪᒥᑐᓀᒋᑲᓂᐠ ᑕᓇᐱᓀ, ᐊᐧᐃᐧᑲᓂᔭᐱᐠ ᑭᐊᐧᓂᑭ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᐣᑎᐱᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑕᒪᑲᓂ. ᐅᒪᒪᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒥ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒥᑯᐸᐣ, ᑭᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐣ 2000 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ. ᐯᓂᐟ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᔕ ᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᓄᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐨ ᒋᐸᒥᐦᐊᐨ ᒥᐊᐧᓯᑫ, ᐃᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ $3,800 ᐯᔑᑯᐱᓯᑦ ᒋᐱᒥ ᐸᒥᐦᐊᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᐃᐧᑐᑕᓯᐣ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒋᑭᐊᐣᑎᓂᑲᑌᓂᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᔑ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᓂᐠ. ᐯᓂᐟ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ AANDC ᐊᔕ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ $200,000 ᑭᒣᑎᓂᑫ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᑐᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᐧᐸᒥᐦᐊᐨ ᒥᐊᐧᓯᑫᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᒪᒪᒪᐣ. “ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᐡ ᒥᓇ ᐅᒪᒪᒪᐣ, ᐁᑲ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᒥᐦᐃᑎᓱᐨ, ᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ,” ᐯᓂᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ. “ᔐᒪᐠ ᐃᑯ ᑕᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᓂᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᐸᒥᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ

ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐃᐧᑐᑕᓯᐣ, ᐃᒪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᓂᐠ.”

AANDC ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᑫᐧᑕᐠ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐊᓂᒧᒥᑯᐨ ᐯᓂᐟᐅᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᐡᑲᐨ, AANDC ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᐊᓂᒧᑕᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᒪᒣᑎᓂᑫᐸᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ, ᐁᑭᐃᑭᑐᐨ: “ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐸᑫᐱᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ 35 ᑎᐯᐣᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᓂᑕᓂᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒥᐣ ᐅᐡᑭᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᓂᑐᒋᐊᐯᓂᒧᒥᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓇᑕᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᓭᑭᐣ ᒋᐸᔭᑌᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᓂᑭᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑌᐸᑫᐣᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᓇᐣ.” ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐠ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ AANDC ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᐃᐧᐣᑕᑭᐣ ᐅᓇᑕᒪᓱᐃᐧ ᒪᐃᐧᓀᐡᑯᑕᑎᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᓂ $73.3 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑕᓴᐧᐱᐠ ᐁᑭᒣᑎᓂᑫᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ $30.1 ᑭᒣᑎᓂᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᓄᑭᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫᐠ.

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ᐳᕑᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᓂ ᓄᐣᑌᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᔑᑯᑭᔑᑲ ᑕᐃᐧᓴᐣᐟᐢ ᔓᓂᔭᓂ ᐊᔓᑲᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑕᐃᐧᓯᐠ

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᐣᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑭᔑ ᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᐢᑭ ᒐᐠ ᓄᐱᒥᐠ

ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᔓᑲᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᒋ ᒪᒪᐃᐧᓭᑭᐣ ᑕᐣᑎᕑ ᐯ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐳᕑᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐁᓂ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᑭᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔭᑲᐧᒥᓯᐃᐧᐣ.

ᐊᓴᐸᐱᐡᑯᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᓴᔾᒪᐣ ᐳᓫᐱᐢᑎᕑ ᐁᑭ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐃᐧᐢᑭ ᒐᐠ ᓄᐱᒥᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᓯᐨ ᑭᓯᐢ 4-5 ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓄᐱᒥᐠ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐤᐊᐱᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑎᕑ ᐯ.

ᐃᐁᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐁᑭᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ $50,000 ᐯᔑᑯ ᑭᔑᑲ ᐁᓂ ᓄᐣᑌᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᔦᐠ ᐁᑕ ᑲᐃᐧᐣᒋ ᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᑕᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᓂᐣᑌᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐣᑲᐧᒥᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐯᒋᓭᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᐸᐸᓯᓭᐠ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᓭᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᓭᐁᐣ ᕑᐁᔨᓫ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑎᐯᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔓᑲᓂᓂ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐁᔑ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᑕᐸᓇᐣ ᒋᔕᐳᐱᑌᑭᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐅᑕᐸᓀᓴᐣ ᒋᑭᔕᐳᐱᑌᑭᐣ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᐃᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐱ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᔓᑲᐣ ᑫᑕᐃᐧᓯᐠ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐅᑭᐃᓇᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᓂ ᐃᐁᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐯᐸᐣ ᐸᒋᐡ ᒥᑭᓯᑭᓯᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᔓᑲᐣ ᐊᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐃᓀᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭ ᑭᐱᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐊᔓᑲᓂᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐁᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᓂ.

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ᐳᕑᐱᐢᑎᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑎᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᐣᑕᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᓯᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ, ᐃᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᐡᑯᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐟ, ᐊᐧᐸᐡᑲᐣᐟ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓇᐅᐟᑲᒣᐠᐊᐧᓂᓂᐠ, ᐁᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧ ᑌᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᑎᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓀᓯᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᓄᐱᒥᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᔑ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᐃᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᔕᑯᐨ, ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᐸᒋᑕᑲᓇᐣ ᐅᑭᒪ ᑌᐱᐟ ᐅᕑᐊᓯᐁᑎ ᓇᑫ ᐅᑭ ᐊᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒧᐡᑭᓀᐃᐧᐱᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᐁᐧ ᓇᑲᐨ ᑲᑭ ᒪᒪᐤᐊᐱᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐊᓴᐸᐱᐡᑯᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐅᑭ ᐊᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐃᐧᐢᑭ ᒐᐠ ᓄᐱᒥᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᓂ ᑲᑭ ᒪᑯᔐᑭᑲᓂᑭᓯᓯᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭ ᒥᑯᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓭᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᒥᑎᑯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐊᔕ ᑲᐃᐡᑯᓂᐣᑕᐧ ᐸᐣᑭ ᐊᔕ ᑲᐃᐡᑯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒥᑎᑯᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᐦᑭᒥᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓂ ᐅᑦᐱᐡᑲᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒥᕑᑭᕑᐃ ᐃᒪ ᑭᓄᔐᓂ ᑲᑭᑭᐡᑲᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᐣᒋᓭᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑕᐡᑭᐳᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ.

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ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᓂᒥᓄᓭᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓄᓭ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐣᐟ ᐅᑐᐡᑭ ᐱᒪᑕᐦᐁᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐊᐧ. ᑲᑭ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑯᐸᐣ ᐁᐣᐁᐨᐁᓫ ᑲᓂᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒥᑲᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᐡᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᑭᓂᑭᑭᓯᓯᐊᐧᐠ 2013, ᐅᓂᑭᐦᐃᑯᒪᐠ ᐁᑭ ᒪᒋᑕᔑᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᑲ ᒪᔑ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᐱᒪᑕᐦᐁᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐣᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ 840 ᐃᒪ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᓄᒪᑫ ᑭᔑᐱᒪᑕᐦᐁᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑕᓱᔭᐦᑭ. ᐊᐱ ᑲᐃᐧᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑕᐃᐧᓭᐠ ᐯᓯᐣᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐊᔭᒪᑲᐠ, ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑕᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐠ ᑭᑭᒋᐡᐱᓭ. ᒪᒪᐤ 96 ᑭᑕᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᐯᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐦᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐸᐸᐦᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑕᑕᓴᑭᐃᐧᓀᐊᐧᐨ, ᐃᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓇᐱᐢ (ᓂᓴᐧᓱ ᑲᑕᓴᑭᐃᐧᓀᐊᐧᐨ) ᐊᐸᐣ ᒥᒋᐟ (ᓂᓴᐧᓱᔕᑊ ᑲᑕᓴᑭᐃᐧᓀᐊᐧᐨ), “ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑲᑭᔑ ᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᑫᐃᓭᑯᐸᐣ,” ᑭᑭᑐ ᓴᑦ ᒪᓂᑐᐊᐧᐱ, ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᒪ. “ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᒪᒪᑲᑌᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ.”

Page 17 ᒣᐡᑭᑲᐧᑲᒪᐣᐠ ᑲᑭᓴᑭᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐃᐧᐣᒋ ᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᓴᑭᑌᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒣᐡᑭᑲᐧᑲᒪᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᓂᐠ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᐃᐧᐣᒋ ᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐠ. ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᓯᐨᑭᓯᓯᐊᐧᐠ 13. ᓇᐣᑕ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᐨ ᑲᑭᔐᐸᔭᐠ, ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐡᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒣᐡᑭᑲᐧᑲᒪᐣᐠ ᑭᒪᒋ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭᑲᓄᓂᐣᑕᐧ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐁᓴᑭᑌᐠ.

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ᐅᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐠ ᑭᑫᒋᓇᐦᐅᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭᒥᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᔭᐤᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐁᑭᐊᔭᓂᑭᐣ ᑲᑭᔑᒐᑭᑌᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ. ᐃᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᔭᐤᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑫᓂ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᑕᐃᔑᐣᓂᔕᐦᐃᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐱᕑᐊᐱᐣᒐᓫ ᐸᑕᐧᓫᐃᒋ ᔪᓂᐟ ᐁᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᐧᓂ ᑭᓫᐁ ᒪᑫ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᐊᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᐣᒋ ᒪᒋᔭᑲᑌᑫᐧᐣ.

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Feds announce $1.9 billion for First Nations education First Nations leaders cautious, disappointed with announcement Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

First Nations leaders have expressed caution or disappointment after the Canadian government announced it would invest $1.9 billion into First Nations education over three years.

On Feb. 7, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement to reform the First Nations K-12 education system through the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act. It was previously known as the First Nations Education Act, which many First Nations leaders rejected as it did not address funding disparities between First Nations and provinciallyrun schools.

The new legislation will be tabled in Parliament in the coming months though no draft of the new act has been released.

Harper made the announcement at the Kainai High School on the Blood Tribe reserve in Alberta along with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt.

The renamed and updated bill was unveiled as part of an agreement between the AFN and the federal government.

The agreement includes promises from the federal government to invest $160 million over four years, beginning in 2015, to fund implementation of the new legislation. Ottawa has also agreed to invest $500 million over seven years beginning in 2015 for infrastructure.

The federal government will also put $1.252 billion over three years, beginning in 2016, toward core funding for education. The government will also eliminate the two per cent cap

and replace it with a 4.5 per cent cap.

The renamed bill still carries some of the main aims of its previous incarnation including the creation of minimum education standards consistent with provincial standards, establishing roles for First Nation education administrators require annual reporting and allow for the creation of First Nation education authorities.

First Nations leaders expressed either caution, disappointment or outright rejection of the new legislation and funding agreement.

NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno, who was in Alberta for the announcement, said he was “disappointed.”

“The severe underfunding of our education system is the single greatest impediment to the educational success in NAN First Nations, and the only way to remedy this is an immediate and substantial investment in schools and education programing across NAN territory,” Yesno said in a media release, adding that his presence during the announcement does not indicate his approval for the new act.

Of particular concern to NAN is that the funding does not take effect this fiscal year and that the $500 million (over seven years) for education infrastructure spread across all First Nations across Canada does not meet the current 12-year backlog in school construction in NAN alone.

Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy said he is cautious in his approach towards the new act, noting that “it is unclear how this agreement came about and how the joint work will be accomplished.”

The proposed capital funding investment of $500 million

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the federal government would invest $1.9 billion in First Nations education beginning in 2015 but First Nations leaders in Ontario are not impressed. over seven years would not even meet the needs of First Nations in Ontario, Beardy said, let alone all of the First Nations within Canada. An analysis in 2012 revealed that it would take $242 to $354 million to bring schools in First Nation communities up to provincial standards.

“In announcing ‘a new approach,’ the Harper government continues to cut and exert restrictive guidelines on all funding including education funding for our representative organizations,” Beardy said.

“For too long our children have been underfunded and denied opportunity and fairness.”

Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee said due to the the “lack of honesty and cooperation” of the Canadian government with First Nations, “we have no reason to accept (the) announcement on face value.”

“Therefore, my recommendation is that we continue on course of fighting legislation and/or policies that impede

our progress on real (First Nations) control over (First Nations) education,” Madahbee said in an open letter. “We remain focused on protecting our children’s inherent rights to fair and equitable education.”

Analyzing the numbers Commentators have taken to analyzing the figures made available in the announcement, including those in the legal field.

Judith Rae, an associate with the Olthuis Kleer Townshend (OKT) law firm based in Toronto, wrote that the $1.9 billion figure sounds impressive, but “there is less money than it seems.”

OKT has represented NAN and a number of the tribal councils and First Nations within NAN territory on a variety of different files “The new education legislation will require First Nations to take on massive new responsibilities,” Rae wrote in her blog on OKT’s website in an

Province recruits firm to establish Ring of Fire development corporation Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

The Ontario government announced it has recruited the firm Deloitte LLP to help set up the development corporation which will be responsible for infrastructure in the Ring of Fire region.

Deloitte will act as a neutral third-party resource for key partners, which includes First Nations, the provincial and federal governments and industry.

Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle said the appointment is part of the province’s goal of collaborating with partners in developing the Ring of Fire.

“That is why our government is committed to driving

progress through the development corporation and that is why I am so pleased that we are getting significantly closer to a historic agreement on a regional framework with the Matawa First Nations,” Gravelle said.

Deloitte will work with Ring of Fire partners to set clear paths and timelines for decision-making, create guiding principles for the development corporation and seek consensus on the corporation’s next steps.

“We remain committed to making a significant investment to support infrastructure needs in the region, but we need partners to come together so that decisions can be made,” Gravelle said.

Gravelle said that there is a shared opportunity and

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interest in the “incredible $60 billion deposit and I am confident that infrastructure priorities can come together.”

Work is also underway to help partners build a common understanding of infrastructure needs in the region.

A third-party research report will examine existing infrastructure proposals and establish a common technical basis to inform decisions and to maximize the economic and social potential of the Ring of Fire region.

The province’s announcement was met with some criticism.

NDP Northern Development Mines Critic Michael Mantha called the announcement “a stark reminder of the Liberal government’s inability to spur development in

the mining sector.”

“The Liberal government continues to govern by press release; all talk no action,” said Mantha. “This latest announcement by (Gravelle) further proves that this government is determined to create jobs anywhere but in the actual mining sector. We now see consultant companies profit while the mining companies are left on the sidelines and First Nations suffer.”

Mantha criticized the Liberal government on having retained an outside consultant firm to “advise them on what should have been done years ago.”

“Once again we see the government announcing a plan to make a plan to make a plan,” Mantha said.

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entry titled “Behind the Numbers: Harper’s New Funding of the First Nations Education Act.” “But the resources to meet those responsibilities are insufficient.”

The announcement called for $500 million for school infrastructure over a sevenyear period beginning in 20152016.

Canada says that its education infrastructure spending is about $200 million per year, which includes capital construction, and operation and maintenance for school buildings. Adding $71.4 million ($500 million spread over seven years) per year would make the total about $271.4 million per year.

In terms of what is needed, the Parliamentary Budget Office ran some models using fiscally conservative assumptions and found that First Nations’ existing schools needed $287-308 million per year in capital construction spending, plus another $110

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million for operations and maintenance – i.e. about $410 million a year as of 2009-10.

This figure does not take into account funds for new schools.

The $271.4 million per year is a long way off from $410 million, plus inflation since the PBO estimate, plus catch-up costs (from deterioration since the PBO estimate), plus room for new schools.

“So it looks like while things will improve a bit, we’re still far from where we need to be,” Rae wrote.

Rae also addressed the two per cent cap on annual increases for First Nations education funding, which was in place for 20 years. The announcement called for the cap to be replaced with a 4.5 per cent “escalator,” which is intended to keep pace with population growth.

The First Nations population is the fastest growing in Canada. Add inflation, and an AFN report found that at least 6.3 per cent per year is required to keep pace with these unavoidable realities, Rae wrote.

“If 4.5 per cent operates as a new cap, it could still be some distance behind the real life growth of 6.3 per cent (or more),” Rae wrote. “That means funding levels would continue to fall farther and farther behind over time.”

Rae’s blog also touched on the $1.25 billion in core funding for K-12 over three years and the implementation funding which is $160 million over four years, which also show funding is still not adequate.

“More funding is good, but it needs to be put into perspective,” Rae concluded.

Rae’s analysis can be found at: http://www.oktlaw.com/ blog/behind-t he-numbersharper39s-new-funding-of-thefirst-nations-education-act/

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

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It’s Time To Cut Back On Sugar Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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here is an epidemic happening in First Nation communities.

I know first hand that this epidemic is a killer and it is debilitating for many of my people. The epidemic is diabetes.

When I was a child growing up in Attawapiskat, I knew nothing about good nutrition or healthy eating.

My mom and dad made sure that we always had food on the table and at the best of times, it was nourishment from the land.

At the worst of times, it was a sugary cereal, processed meats, canned foods and way too many chocolate bars, cookies, pastries and chips.

In the old days, in the times of my mother and father and my grandparents, most of our diet had to do with geese, caribou, moose, rabbit and lots of fish.

These people were relatively healthy and because they lived a challenging and physical life on the land, they were in good shape.

When my people were forced onto reservations to live in permanent settlements, we lost our nomadic lifestyle.

With modern times, most people began to find jobs in the community working for the band office, government offices or the school but many ended up on welfare.

There were not many opportunities back in those days for employment and if you wanted to go to school, you had to leave the community.

However, even if life took a turn for the worse when we were thrown into the reserve system, most of our people managed to venture out on the land.

We still managed to fish and hunt at times on our traditional lands.

The more we drifted away from living our traditional lifestyle with the diet that we had followed for thousands of years, the more problems we started to develop with our health.

Most of the time, none of us had a lot of money but we did have access to the local store.

The problem is that the items people could afford were mostly products like canned soup, processed meats, canned stew, bacon, hot dogs, hamburgers, frozen meats and plain white bread.

Over the years, these types of items became the staple for most of our people.

I noticed when I was young that more and more there was a problem with obesity. A lot of the people around me were very over weight.

One of the biggest problems in terms of diet was the amount of sugar people were consuming.

Of course back in those days, no one realized that there was a lot of sugar and salt in many processed foods.

First Nation people really got addicted to sugar. I have always had a sweet tooth and just about everyone I know up the James Bay coast loves their sugar.

Before sugar became so popular, Native and nonNative people were much more healthy.

With the onset of a huge consumption of modern refined sugar combined with a less active lifestyle, diabetes started to invade First Nation communities.

“... sugar has as much addictive power compared to many illegal drugs.”

Many people don’t realize how powerful the sugar lobby has become.

They lobby governments to allow them to promote their product far and wide. In fact the average person has so much sugar in their diet that it is completely ridiculous.

People who drink soda pop are actually consuming many tablespoons of sugar per drink.

Sugar is also hidden in many food products including cereals, breads and a lot of processed foods.

I have read where research has said that sugar has as much addictive power compared to many illegal drugs. So the next time you are having a craving for a nice big jelly donut or a dish of ice cream or a soda pop, realize that you are feeling withdrawal from a very powerful drug.

Anything you can do to lower your consumption of sugar will help you to live a longer and more healthy life.

Just stop drinking soda pop and don’t put sugar in your hot drinks to make a move away from this white poison.

Diabetes is prevalent in our society and it has ruined and is threatening the good health of way too many of my people.

It’s time to cut back on the sugar. www.underthenorthernsky.com

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Empathy Club members from Pelican Falls First Nations High School serve coffee and bannock in Sioux Lookout as an act of random kindness.

Stolen Sisters – Silent Screams? Part One Peter Globensky Special to Wawatay News

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o you know any women or girls who live in the posh neighbourhood of Forest Hills in Toronto?

Or perhaps the tony and old-money community of Westmount in Montreal, or maybe the trendy Shaughnessy enclave in Vancouver?

What if well over 600 hundred of the women and girls who lived in these predominantly white neighbourhoods were murdered, violated or disappeared over three or four decades? What if many of these killings, assault and disappearances were never solved?

The politicians and police would be all over this like white on rice.

In meticulously detailed reports by both the National and Ontario Native Women’s Associations (NWAC / ONWA) they have collected data on cases of over 600 Aboriginal women and girls who have been murdered, disappeared or subjected to violent assault over a 25 year period. Far too many of these violent crimes are cold cases, collecting dust in the back of old filing cabinets somewhere. The statistics cited in these reports make a Stephen King horror story read like a

Pollyanna picnic – and it is too easy to forget that each statistic cited is an Aboriginal woman, most often a mother, whose life has been terminated or changed forever and an extended family of loved ones left behind to grieve in turmoil with little or no opportunity of closure.

According to ONWA’s research, 70 of the known cases analyzed relate to murdered and missing Aboriginal women and girls in Ontario and the vast majority of those are murder cases. Equally troublesome, fully half of those cases involve women and girls under the age of 31.

But perhaps the saddest figure of all is that 90 per cent of murdered and disappeared Aboriginal women in Ontario are mothers who have left behind now motherless children. The generational impact of these violent crimes will be abundant and apparent.

So in light of the cries and pleas of loved ones, these vital reports and the demands of both NWAC and ONWA along with numerous Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal leaders and organizations like, the Assembly of First Nations, the Canadian Premiers acting as the Council of the Federation, The Union of Ontario Indians, the Aboriginal Wom-

en’s Action Network, Amnesty International, numerous provincial and territorial Aboriginal organizations, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Associations, Lawyers for Human Rights along with many faith communities – why is so little being done to address the murders, the disappearances, the violent assaults – both in terms of their resolution and their root causes?

These organizations have been unanimous in calling upon Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the federal government to initiate a national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women.

As is his wont, Stephen Harper has ignored these pleas and requests for such an inquiry coupled with a national action plan to address the violence and, equally important, the causes that underlay the ongoing aggression against one of Canada’s most vulnerable populations.

Joining the growing chorus of concern on this issue have been no less a prestigious body than the United Nations Human Rights Council which has been joined recently by James Anaya, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights

of Indigenous Peoples, who upon completing a 10-day visit to Canada in October of last year stated: “I concur that a comprehensive and nationwide inquiry into the issue could help enure a coordinated response and the opportunity for the loved ones of the victims to be heard.”

So why are we stuck on “no”? Why is our national government, aided and abetted by a corporate media which trivializes the violence against Aboriginal women by largely ignoring it, so hellbent on steering clear of such a National Inquiry?

Some of the answers I provide in my column next month while not very pleasant, will not be surprising but the elephants in the room that we continue to ignore are really beginning to stink up the place.

Peter Globensky is a former senior policy advisor on Aboriginal Affairs in the Office of the Prime Minister and recently retired as CEO of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. This piece origianllu appeared in Anishinabek News. He invites comments on his columns at basa1@ shaw.ca

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Filling in the Briefs Simon Owen SENTENCES: JUSTICE ISSUES IN NAN

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ur local newspaper, in the spirit of public service, provides a journalist to sit in court one day a week and summarize the matters that are marched before it.

These ‘briefs’ are typically no more than two or three sentences long, and include a person’s name, charge(s), guilty plea (it is always a guilty plea), and their punishment. While these details are crystal clear, it is up to us readers, if we choose, to imagine or uncover the stories that surround these skimpy facts.

Recently one entry caught my eye. It read: “Brian Whiskeyjack, age 24, pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance by swearing at a local restaurant. He was sentenced to 30 days in custody and was given credit for 11 days in pre-trial detention”.

What, I wondered, could possibly have happened to result in a month-long stay in Her Majesty’s cellblock?

What were the circumstances that led our system to consider this punishment justice?

Brian wasn’t my client. But I called his lawyer up, and

then called the jail and asked if he wouldn’t mind chatting about his situation. Across a phone line that threatened to garble our words, within the limits of the 20-minute conversations that inmates are allowed, a much deeper story developed…

Brian is no stranger to the criminal justice system. He isn’t from Sioux Lookout, but has been living here because of his grandmother, who depends on him as much as he does on her. His mother and several other close relations have died over the past few years, some in very sudden and tragic ways. These losses have left an emotional burden that no young person should have to bear.

Such weights, however, are no stranger to so many Anishinabe who are branded as criminals in the law’s eyes.

In Brian’s case, this branding began when he was barely a teenager, and has continued with charges both small and serious, most fuelled by an alcohol addiction that masks even as it worsens his grief. Sioux Lookout is not a healthy place for him, Brian tells me, but he stays because of family and because he knows that this is where he can easily feed his addiction.

While he admits to at times being a nuisance while drunk, Brian feels that the police and courts don’t treat him fairly. His feelings are his own, but they don’t

come from nowhere. What is almost certain is that neither institution is prepared to deal with the depth of Brian’s human story, his truth and his needs. All they do is lock him up.

Back to the jail-for-swearing case. Brian understands why he got the punishment he did, but he doesn’t like it.

He doesn’t think the judge heard the full truth of what happened that day, since he never got to tell his side of the story. As in many cases, his options were limited by his situation: held in jail while awaiting his day in court, he could either demand a trial (which might take several more weeks to be arranged) or negotiate, through his lawyer, a guilty plea that would get him out sooner.

Here, this involved the prosecution agreeing to drop a charge of uttering threats (which Brian says never happened anyway) in exchange for a guilty plea to causing a disturbance (Brian just wanted to order some food, he insists, and didn’t start the argument that led to the cops being called).

But, as Brian knows, every plea means another conviction, another entry on a criminal record that quickly becomes a long and unavoidable shadow. The real reason why Brian was sentenced to a month in prison, or held in custody by the police, or perhaps even arrested and

charged at all, is that he carries the label of a chronic offender, a problem to be solved (or avoided) through the only tool that our systems, unfortunately, seem to apply to people whose afflictions do not enable them to escape the law’s gaze. This expensive, degrading, and fundamentally impotent tool is jail.

His institutionalization, as Brian calls it, hasn’t been all bad. He reconnects with some caring Elders who work inside, gets back in touch with traditional practices, dries out his body and soul a bit.

But, he tells me, trouble never seems far away, and sometimes he is back in custody mere hours after being released. He has been arrested for swearing at a friend on the street, too close to the sensitive ears of a passing constable. Another ‘cause disturbance’ charge; another month in the Kenora Jail. He has been convicted of mischief for peeing on an outdoor wall, and threatening the police by pointing his finger as if it were a gun.

Other charges have been withdrawn by the Crown, but not before several nights of stone beds and cold sandwiches at the local detachment. In total, Brian spent almost 6 months of the past year in custody; four of these months were spent just waiting for the system to deal with him. Less than two were

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served as a convicted inmate.

Unveiling these realities is not done to cast blame on any actor or institution. But they are the logical consequences of a system – and a society – that values incarceration over rehabilitation; punishment above healing.

They are also, more darkly, signs of how our supposedly ‘fair’ laws can be applied in unjust ways.

I have seen enough to know that in our little town, if you are an Anishinabe with an addiction, and without the supports or stability that the rest of us tend to take for granted, there are tax dollars paying for police to watch you, question you, and charge you for committing the most trivial of offences that aren’t exactly in the Ten Commandments. Like riding a bicycle without a bell or horn, to use one real-life example. Or walking the wrong way down the street.

Brian is not sure what will happen to him when he gets out of jail. He is lucky enough to have a place to call home, people who love him and know him beyond the newspaper briefs and the black-and-white records.

Away from alcohol, he is a friendly, funny, gentle young man, an Anishinabe with a future.

But it is up to all of us, not just Brian, what that future will be.

Have a question for our columnist related to law issues in northern Ontario?

E-mail him at: smowen@tbaytel. net Simon Owen is a lawyer at Beamish and Associates in Sioux Lookout, and practices primarily in the areas of criminal defence law and community justice initiatives. Most of the people and communities he serves are members of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, who continually inspire and challenge him to find justice both within and beyond (or in spite of) the Canadian court system. Simon holds law degrees from the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia, where his thesis work focused on moral and cultural communication in sentencing.

These columns represent the personal views of the author alone, and not of any organization that he may be associated with. Nothing in these columns should be taken as legal advice; please consult a properly instructed lawyer for any legal issues you may have. Some names and details in these columns may be modified to protect confidentiality. Finally, the author is not Anishinaabe, and this column is not intended to explain or interpret any Anishinaabe words, concepts, or principles. The author humbly apologizes for any errors or misunderstandings that he may make when referring to Indigenous ideas.

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Left: North of Superior Regional Chief Peter Collins takes the floor during an open forum on the swing bridge closure that connects Fort William First Nation and Thunder Bay. Above: Thunder Bay Mayor Keith Hobbs and Fort Willam Chief Georjann Morrisseou listen intently.

Fort William businesses losing $50k daily due to bridge closure Crystallee Mouland Special to Wawatay

Despite economic and safety impacts growing daily to Fort William First Nation and the City of Thunder Bay, the James Street swing bridge linking the communities together remains closed.

“In terms of the economic impacts, sales have been down about $50,000 a day massing to about $5.2 million dollars.”

– Walter Bannon Fort William’s Director of Economic Development

The bridge, owned by the Canadian National Railway Company (CN), has been closed to vehicular traffic since a fire damaged the bridge on Oct. 29. The bridge was the main route of travel for commuters between the First Nation and the city. To

commute between the communities, residents must take a longer route.

The First Nation reports businesses in the community are losing an estimated $50,000 combined in revenue daily, a loss of 40 per cent.

The decrease in revenue has led to wage and hour reductions, higher home insurance rates, increased expenses to limited income earners, longer emergency response times and decreases to community safety.

CN Rail has not provided a timeline on when the bridge would open to the public.

Its trains continue to use the bridge.

The impact of the bridge closure was discussed at an open forum in Fort William First Nation (FWFN) on Feb. 12.

Walter Bannon, Fort William’s director of economic development, said they learned via an impact assessment that its entire business sector consisting of catering, community halls, arenas and programs, construction, lawyers, professional office services, retailers, social ser-

vices and tourism are being affected.

“In terms of the economic impacts, sales have been down about $50,000 a day massing to about $5.2 million dollars,” said Bannon.

“Reduced revenue is reducing staffing at each business location.”

Bannon said businesses like bingo are down 25 per cent, community members have higher expenditures due to longer commutes.

Meanwhile, Costal Steel and McAshpalt have reported business losses and Westfort Village merchants in Thunder Bay said they are down 10 to 40 per cent, losing thousands of dollars daily.

“Companies will have to adjust their businesses to match reduced revenues and we have to look at solutions,” said Bannon. “One of the best things we are looking at is how to get CN to negotiate.”

But although First Nations and the city’s leaders were in attendance, Fort William Chief Georjann Morrisseau and Bannon said CN declined to attend the meeting. CN has told the First Nation an

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engineering report being conducted won’t be ready until March.

Bannon said the lack of response from CN has led to people talking about taking a stronger stance than just letter campaigning.

“Tonight, we heard of some things like a blockade and a $5.2 million revenue loss just alone in our community business sector that maybe a class action suit will wake them,” said Bannon.

Marlene Pierre of FWFN said she is not the type of person to suggest a blockade but if FWFN doesn’t get results then people better start thinking about one.

“Did I hear blockade?” said Pierre. “I think that’s what we might need to do and people better start thinking about it.”

The bridge closure has left the community with only one entrance and exit out of the community.

“If Fort William First Nation was a municipality this closure would not be tolerated,” said Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy.

“It’s not only the inconvenience, it is a safety factor for

children being bussed to the city.”

Beardy said he thinks CN is stalling in opening the bridge and is not considering the effects to residents of FWFN. “CN is seen as a national Crown corporation,” Beardy said. “The government and corporation have an obligation to the City of Thunder Bay and FWFN people. They have to be reasonable to the First Nations people to give them safe access to the city.”

North of Superior Regional Chief Peter Collins said FWFN is letting CN off the hook too easily since CN was able to assess and open the bridge to rail traffic within three days of the bridge closure.

“CN helped to expropriate FWFN land for the benefit of CN and now it’s time for them to repay all the money they gained off those lands back to FWFN,” said Collins. “One of those payments is looking after that bridge.”

Collins said he will help with any resolutions needed to be brought forward to various ministries and he will support whatever initiatives FWFN takes.

“I hope we come to a solution and we as members take a tougher stance and start pushing back,” said Collins.

“CN has pushed us around long enough it’s time for us to push back.”

Bannon and Morriseau both said they may conduct a full impact study and have the Ministry of Transportation investigate.

The open forum discussion results were gathered to go into an impact paper to be presented to Ottawa.

Morriseau and Thunder Bay Mayor Keith Hobbs said they offered financial help for studies conducted by CN but CN has yet to accept their offer.

They said in the future they would sit down to negotiate the possibility of building a new bridge with all interested parties.

“Right now we need to find the quickest solution to get that bridge open and running,” said Morriseau. “In the long term we can sit down with community partners and municipalities to see if a new bridge is feasible for everyone involved.”

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Grassy Narrows Chief Simon Fobister called for First Nations management of the Whiskey Jack Forest during the Feb. 4-5 First Nations Forestry Summit in Thunder Bay. “We’re willing to explore the possibility of three First Nations, including us, Waubaskang and Whitefish Bay, to see if we can get the SFL (Sustainable Forest Licence) and manage the forest under our own terms and conditions,” Fobister said on the second day of the summit.

“We clearly informed the (Natural Resources) minister of our objection to their FMP (Forest Management Plan). We want to manage the forest in a way that is sustainable and protects our values as well.”

Fobister said some areas identified for clearcuts in the Whiskey Jack Forest Management Plan 2012-2022 are adjacent to previous clearcuts.

“So it’s going to look like a larger clearcut,” Fobister said.

“Some areas have not been tree planted and (in) some areas the land has been damaged to a point where it can’t grow anything anymore — it’s just brown grass.”

Natural Resources Minister David Orazietti said there are nine First Nations groups with an interest in the Whiskey Jack Forest.

“So it can’t just be about three First Nation groups,” Orazietti said. “It’s got to be about all of the First Nations in the area. And I think it is also about folks who have an interest in the area — communities and the businesses that are relying on the fibre in the area.”

Orazietti would prefer to see an Enhanced Sustainable Forest Licence model developed for the Whiskey Jack Forest.

“It would definitely give greater say and control and management to the First Nations in the area of the Whiskey Jack in partnership with other groups that have interests and other stakeholders that are of interest to that particular region,” Orazietti said. “For five years now there has not been any wood flowing off their traditional ter-

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Grassy Narrows Chief Simon Fobister, left, Lakehead University associate professor Peggy Smith and Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull at the First Nations Forestry Summit, held Feb. 4-5 in Thunder Bay. ritory and this is a real economic disadvantage to the people in these First Nations.”

Orazietti said the harvest levels in the Whiskey Jack Forest Management Plan are well below the “high-water mark” of 5,000 hectares per year that used to be harvested in the forest.

“We’re less than a 1,000 hectares this year,” Orazietti said.

“And we’re down to, as far as 2014-15 goes, we’re down to .001 of the total forested area of the Whiskey Jack in terms of harvest.”

Orazietti said the proposed harvest levels are “well below” the potential for harvests in the Whiskey Jack Forest.

“I want to see people that live there in these communities benefit for generations to come,” Orazietti said. “I don’t want to see this to be a 10-year, 20-year short endeavor where there’s overharvesting and there is not adequate silviculture and reforestation.”

Grassy Narrows rejected the Whiskey Jack Forest Management Plan in December when they raised concerns about the impacts of the clearcut logging on “much of what little mature forest remains” on their traditional territory and the potential elevation of mercury levels in fish due to clearcut logging.

The First Nations Forestry Summit was organized by the Independent First Nations Alliance to provide an opportunity for First Nations to talk about their vision of forestry.

Lac Seul presented a history of

logging in their area as well as an update on how they are getting involved in forest opportunities.

“We manage the Lac Seul Forest — it’s about a million hectares,” said Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull. “We were able to negotiate with Domtar a wood supply agreement over two years.”

Bull said a wood allocation from the Lac Seul Forest was also provided to the McKenzie Lumber Incorporated sawmill in Hudson, which is located across the lake from Lac Seul’s Frenchman’s Head community.

“They were able to start their mill with one shift at the moment, and we are hoping to get another shift going early this spring,” Bull said. “We roughly have about 25 people at the sawmill now. It’s a good story to tell — the forest industry is starting to slowly come back.”

Whitesand First Nation provided a presentation on plans to develop a community sustainability initiative involving a cogeneration wood pellet sawmill.

“We are currently working on a co-gen pellet plant sawmill for our community which is slated to begin construction either this summer or mid-fall,” said Clifford Tibishkogijig, Whitesand’s economic development officer.

The summit also featured the challenges and opportunities for First Nations in the forestry sector, a legal opinion on the First Nations relationship with provincial and federal governments regarding forestry issues and discussions on forest stewardship.

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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)’s $106 million in litigation spending has raised flags in Ottawa and with the Chiefs of Ontario.

It was revealed last November that AANDC spent $106 million in legal fees for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the most of any federal department.

Canada Revenue Agency was a distant second on the list, spending about $66 million in legal fees for the same period.

“Revenue Canada spends about $66 million a year and our trustee, the department of Indian Affairs or AANDC, spends $106 million a year fighting against us on our rights,” said Regional Chief Stan Beardy. “That is the department that is supposed to enhance and assist us to make sure that there’s implementation on Section 35 (of the Constitution Act, 1982), but they’re spending so much money fighting our rights.”

Beardy feels the issue is related to the question of ownership of the lands and resources across Canada.

“They know if Section 35 were to be applied and implemented, it would become very clear that lands and resources do belong to us and as far as the Canadian Constitution is concerned, Canada does not have any inherent rights,” Beardy said. “So what they’re doing is they’re fighting us on this to gain some foothold and some rights against us through their legal system.”

Beardy said the federal

government’s efforts do not make sense considering the poor conditions in many First Nations.

“Our infrastructure is crumbling, our schools are falling apart, water plants and everything else, yet they spend so much money fighting against us.”

– Regional Chief Stan Beardy

“Our infrastructure is crumbling, our schools are falling apart, water plants and everything else,” Beardy said. “Yet they spend so much money fighting against us.”

The litigation spending was first raised in January by MP Carolyn Bennett, who noted that AANDC’s litigation was almost twice as high as the second highest, Revenue Canada.

“What’s so upsetting is it seems to be sending a message to people that instead of giving them what they deserve and what the policy says, that they will see them in court and spend money,” Bennett said.

“Then when they lose in court, as in this case with the youth with a severe disability, they will even appeal the decision of the court.”

Bennett was referring to Jeremy Meawasige, an Aboriginal teenager from Pictou Landing, a Mi’kmaq First Nation in Nova Scotia.

Meawasige lives with cere-

bral palsy, autism, spinal curvature and a debilitating accumulation of spinal fluid in the brain. His mother, who had been his primary care giver, suffered a stroke in 2000.

Bennett said the federal court has already told the federal government that they are obligated to pay for Meawasige’s support, about $3,800 per month, but the government is appealing that decision.

Bennett said AANDC has spent more than $200,000 in litigation against Meawasige and his mother.

“In this situation, the child and his mother, also with a disability, live on a reserve,” Bennett said. “It should be just absolutely straight forward that those costs get covered.

But instead of that, the government is appealing a court directive to pay.”

AANDC did not reply specifically to the case cited by Bennett. Instead, an AANDC official referred to a backgrounder on AANDC’s legal fees, which states: “in areas like Section 35 rights, we are charting new territory and have to rely on our court system heavily given our democratic system. Supreme Court of Canada decisions in a series of cases have served to clarify and determine the scope and content of these Aboriginal rights.”

The backgrounder said not all of AANDC’s legal costs are related to defending litigation, but a chart in the backgrounder indicated that $73.3 million was spent on justice lawyer costs for advisory litigation services and $30.1 million was spent on contracted lawyers.

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Cities hold Valentines Day walk for missing and murdered Aboriginal women Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

The sixth annual Valentines Day Memorial Walk, which honours missing and murdered women in Canada, was held in about 20 cities across the country.

In Thunder Bay, members of the public gathered at city hall, including organizer Sharon Johnson.

“It’s been 22 years since I lost my sister Sandra,” Johnson said.

Sandra sister was found murdered in the East End of Thunder Bay near the McIntyre-Neebing Floodway.

Her murderer has never been caught.

Johnson told the crowd that she was leery of speaking to the media or speaking at all about her sister’s death – fearing that herself or her family would be a target of violence.

“I was really scared of that, not knowing who might be out there still,” Johnson said.

Talking to Elders encouraged her to start talking on the issue, and six years ago she began holding memorial walks every Valentines Day in the city for missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

The memorial walk was held in six other cities in Ontario, including Toronto, London, Oshawa, Orillia, Sault Ste. Marie and Owen Sound.

Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy, speaking at the Thunder Bay walk, said that if it wasn’t for women like his mother, he would not be where

he is today.

“My grandmother was a native woman, my mother she was a native woman and I love her very much,” Beardy said.

“It doesn’t matter what race you are a part of, we have those relations that matter to us. We love our women.”

In the fall, an Ottawa researcher named Maryanne Pearce finished a thesis for the University of Ottawa law school that included a database of missing and murdered women across Canada. Her thesis, titled “An Awkward Silence: Missing and Murdered Vulnerable Women and the Canadian Justice System,” is available online.

Pearce spent seven years researching the issue and compiled a database of 3,329 missing or murdered women, 824 of whom are Aboriginal.

In each case, Pearce noted key factors in the women’s lives like homeless, addiction, involvement in the sex trade, Crown wards, and mental health issues. Pearce also found that even though Aboriginal women make up two per cent of the Canadian population, they made up 24.8 per cent of the missing and murdered women listed in the database.

Beardy called it a “national disgrace” that murdered and missing women and girls “don’t even register in the national consciousness of Canada.”

“These events are a chance for us to not only remember the murdered and missing women and girls who are

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Cutline our beloved grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters, nieces, cousins and aunties but to honour their families,” Beardy stated. “It’s also an opportunity for all Canadians to demonstrate to the rest of the world that Indigenous women are valued like any other member of society.”

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler joined the growing call for a national public inquiry into murdered and missing Aboriginal women.

“I strongly urge the Prime Minister to reconsider his position and call this inquiry so we can finally uncover the truth behind these tragic losses and develop the necessary supports for First Nation women and children,” Fiddler said in a news release.

The Canadian government has rejected recommendations by the United Nations Human Rights Council for a comprehensive national plan to end violence against Indigenous women and girls during last

year’s United Nations review of Canada’s human rights record.

“The federal government says it is committed to preventing violence against Aboriginal women but our mothers, sisters and daughters are still dying and disappearing without a trace,” Fiddler said.

“For years we have urged the government to work with us to develop a comprehensive, united approach to end this violence,” Fiddler said. “The time for action is now.”

Thunder Bay Police Chief

JP Levesque told Thunder Bay crowd that the police service would welcome a national strategy on the issue “not only on what happened in the past, but going ahead into the future for prevention.”

Beardy encourages Canadian society as a whole to stand together to demand an inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

“It’s not an Indian issue, it’s a Canadian issue,” Beardy said.

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Prostitution laws up for debate Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

The subject of prostitution is back in the limelight after the Supreme Court of Canada struck down anti-prostitution laws in a unanimous decision in December, and police services across Canada participated in a blitz called Operation Northern Spotlight in January that focused on young women who may be forced into the sex trade.

“They are not fit for a brothel. When I was sitting in the Supreme Court of Canada one of the justices said the girls should be able to hire Brinks security.

How can they afford to hire Brinks?”

– Bridget Perrier, Co-founder of SexTrade 101

The laws prohibiting brothels, living on the avails of prostitution, and communicating in public with clients were struck down in a 9-0 vote in December. In the Supreme Court decision, it states that the laws were “grossly disproportionate.”

Parliament has one year to create new legislation if it chooses to do so regarding prostitution laws.

SexTrade101 co-founder Bridget Perrier, a former Thunder Bay resident who was immersed in the world of prostitution at the age of 13, feels that the court ruling will make it easier for sex traffickers and pimps to profit off of women through legal brothels.

“Anybody could open a brothel, there are no screens on who gets to open one,” Perrier said.

Perrier was present for the December ruling. She said she felt it was unfortunate that the issue of missing and murdered women in Canada was a “stepping stone” for the case.

Perrier said vulnerable women in the sex trade, like the ones from the downtown East Side in Vancouver, have mental health and substance abuse issues and are not suitable for working in brothels.

“They are not fit for a brothel. When I was sitting in the Supreme Court of Canada one of the justices said the girls should be able to hire Brinks security.

How can they afford to hire Brinks?” Perrier said.

Perrier feels that the new ruling allowing for brothels “would push it even further underground, because who is going to count these women?”

“A lot of the time, pimps are disguised as managers,” Perrier said.

Perrier said that legalized brothels would make it “excessively easier” to hide human trafficking involving women and children.

“They’ve given those who traffic women the upper hand.”

Operation Northern Spotlight was executed by police services across Canada in order to focus on the concern over young women being forced to participate in the sex trade.

According to a press release from the Thunder Bay Police Services website, the operation involved 26 police services and was centered on hotels and motels located on major routes in over 30 cities and towns across Canada.

Over 330 women, some as young as 15, were interviewed and police found

that some were being forced into prostitution.

The criminal code refers to this activity as human trafficking.

Police say although many of the women appear to be making their own decisions to participate for financial gain, investigators found several teenagers and young women were being forced to perform through threats of violence, physical intimidation, drug dependency, and other forms of coercion.

Their adult male controller or pimp, the statement read, kept part or all of the proceeds from sexual encounters.

Thunder Bay Police Services took part in Northern Spotlight on Jan. 23 and 24.

Investigators with the Thunder Bay Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Intelligence Unit, and the Community Response Team joined together to work on the operation.

A total of 20 young women, aged 22 to 48, were interviewed on the streets of Thunder Bay. Investigators believe that three of these women were under some level of control, and were offered support services, including health care and mental/emotional supports in hopes that they can consider other options.

“It’s such a seedy underbelly business,” Perrier said. She said that prostitution is considered to be the world’s oldest profession, but it needs to be looked at as the world’s oldest oppression.

“Nowhere in the seven Grandfather teachings does it say to sell your body,” Perrier said. “We need to go back to those teachings. We need to band together as an Aboriginal community and say the Supreme Court of Canada is wrong. We need to protect our girls.”

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Mishkeegogamang fire kills four Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) have confirmed that four people have died in a residential fire in Mishkeegogamang First Nation.

The fire occurred at about 3 a.m. on Feb. 13.

The incident is now under investigation as part of a joint operation between NAPS North West Region Crime Unit, the Ontario Provincial Police Forensic Identification Services, and the Ontario Fire Marshal Emergency Management Fire Investigation Services.

The post-mortem examinations are to be conducted in

Toronto, Ontario at the Provincial Pathology Unit.

Mishkeegogamang Chief Connie Gray-McKay said that the community is “totally shattered.”

“Over the years, we had many tragic fires,” she said. “So many fires that have never been addressed, in terms of processing and in terms of healing from those.”

Gray-McKay would like to see an inquiry into the house fire, but said that is it too early to discuss it now.

“I am going to be asking for it later on when I speak to the family,” Gray-McKay said. “Essentially, they’re the ones who are going to be able to support an inquiry and we will have to advo-

cate for them.”

Gray-McKay is expecting a lot of people to arrive in Mishkeegogamang to attend the funeral, and the community is open to accept any donations from those seeking to help.

Food items and bedding are the top needs right now in the community. Gray-McKay can be contacted at conniegraymckay@ knet.ca by anyone who wishes to donate and support the community. Donations can be delivered to the Community Center, and any financial donations can be made payable directly to the First Nation itself.

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Omushkegowuk Walkers: A Moose Cree perspective bering seven — on a path that leads to Ottawa.

Their goal is to address federal and provincial government officials with a demand that the treaty and ancestral land claim rights of Canadian First Nations be respected.

“We’re really proud of these guys,” said Moose Cree Chief Norm Hardisty, as he and the deputy chief Earl Cheechoo walked onto the winter road to meet the group just outside Moosonee.

The two were part of an exuberant welcoming committee made up of people from the community.

The group appeared weather-tempered; some displayed noticeable limps as they crossed into Moosonee.

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Yet they walked on and the crowd cheered every step.

After the welcome, the walkers made their way through the community to the Moosonee Elder’s Centre.

The group was given a police escort and residents of Moosonee emerged from their homes to greet the men as they passed.

“They’re here, it’s really them,” said a pre-teen girl standing on a street corner with a group of other children.

At the Elder’s centre, the walkers were met by an electrified crowd, including Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and other local leaders.

“It’s his [Metatawabin’s] journey, his message, his moment. I support him as his chief. I worry about what they go through to spread this message, the cold they must go through,” she said.

The gathered crowd then shared a meal and heard speeches from the walkers.

As they left Moosonee, their numbers grew and they gained a new f lag to carry across the Moose River.

Hardisty raised the flag of Moose Cree First Nation as they crossed the ice road to Moose Factory Island.

The ice was jagged and jutted out in different directions from a freeze-up in the fall.

A Moose Cree work truck with a warning light on top of its cab escorted the band of walkers to Moose Factory.

Temperatures were mild and temperate, laying an evaporating haze on the ice.

“We made it,” exclaimed a child near the end of the group as they walked up the bank of on the island.

The road was bathed in the amber light of overhead street lamps as the walkers and a convoy of vehicles moved along the river road headed north to the Cree Cultural Interpretive Centre.

At the centre, the walkers were led to a large cook tent where three fires and the wood stoves heated the inside of the large teepee, called ashapitawan.

There, they were fed bannock washed down with coffee and tea. Community leaders spoke and welcomed one another in both English and Cree.

The walkers, from reserves in Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Moosonee and Moose Factory, made plans for the next stage of their journey to Ottawa.

Next, they will leave Moose Factory bound for Otter Rapids, Cochrane and Timmins then on to Ottawa.

Metatawabin says the group is focused, with a fierce song in their hearts and a message to present to the federal and provincial governments.

As of Feb. 16, the walkers have passed Deep Water, Ont., and are heading east on Highway 17. They expect to arrive in Ottawa on Feb. 24.

This story was produced with guidance from Danny Kresnyak of Journalists for Human Rights as part of JHR’s Northern Ontario Initiative. Wawatay Native Communications Society is a partner in the program.

This article was originally posted on cbc.ca/aboriginal.

Reprinted with permission.

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LOVE RESPECT COURAGE HONESTY WISDOM HUMILITY TRUTH Jeremiah McKay Kabayshewekamik,

the hostel in Sioux Lookout, Ontario provides a home-away-from-home for First Nation patients coming to and through Sioux Lookout for medical appointments and care.

While at the hostel, we ask that patients and their escorts honour the Seven Sacred Teachings and the house rules in place to ensure a safe, healthy and enjoyable visit for everyone staying here.

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The Jeremiah McKay Kabayshewekamik, also commonly called the Hostel, was named after Jeremiah McKay from Kasabonika Lake First Nation. Mr. McKay was a well-respected man and a passionate crusader for health care. When the new hostel was opened in 2011 it was, and still is, referred to as a home-away-from-home. The hostel’s vision advocates for the best health care for all clients coming through, and all members of the First Nations they serve.

The Hostel is run by Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) which is an organization that takes direction from the leadership of the 31 First Nation communities in the Sioux Lookout region. When you stay at the hostel, whether as a patient seeking medical care or as an escort helping a patient during their trip, you are staying in a building that really is a dream come true. It was a vision of your leadership and of SLFNHA. When you return home from the Hostel, you are coming back to a community that needs this hostel and needs you to take care of it. While it is a fully-staffed facility, the clients that stay here are also caretakers of the building. How you take care of your room and how you respect the house-rules is a direct reflection of how you treat your community and your family. We strive to do our best, and we ask you to do the same and help keep the hostel safe, clean and healthy for all.

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Left: Karsten Capay of Lac Seul’s atoms squad makes a stop on a penalty shot during tournament play at the Little Bands Native Youth Hockey Tournament held from Feb. 10-16.

Above: A Webequie player takes a hit from an Kitchenumaykoosib Inninuwug opponent during a midget game.

Lac Seul co-hosts Little Bands tournament Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Sandy Lake, Lac Seul and Bearskin Lake were the big winners at the 2014 Little Bands Native Youth Hockey Tournament.

Although Sachigo Lake played in five of the six A-Side championship games, they only won the Atom A-Side championship.

“The kids really enjoyed the week, they really enjoyed the games and regardless if they lost or won, they are still winners,” said Ziggy Beardy, committee member for the tournament. “It was a good experience for a lot of them — some of them don’t even have arenas.”

Sandy Lake won the Midget A-Side, Peewee A-Side, Girls B-Side, Novice B-Side, Atom C-Side and Bantam C-Side championships.

Lac Seul won the Novice A-Side, Bantam B-Side, Peewee B-Side and Atom B-Side championships while Bearskin Lake won the Bantam A-Side, Girls A-Side and Peewee C-Side championships.

Wunnumin won the Midget B-Side championship and Kingfisher won the Midget C-Side championship.

The Feb. 10-16 tournament was held at the Sioux Lookout Memorial Arena and the new Lac Seul Events Centre, which Lac Seul community members were proud to show off to their northern visitors.

“It was very loud,” said Lac Seul Councillor Derek Maud, who coached one of the Lac Seul teams. “I heard a lot of comments about the ice surface and how the facility was a lot different from Sioux Lookout, with it being warmer in there and more room.”

Maud said most of the Lac Seul Event Centre games were well attended by fans, especially games involving Lac Seul teams.

“It was just a packed house most of the time,” Maud said.

The tournament featured about 45 teams and about 700 players from across northwestern Ontario.

“We had quite a few teams compete for the Girls division,” Beardy said. “We’re thinking

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of possibly using three rinks next year because we had to turn away some teams mainly because we ran out of ice time.

We’re going to expand — we’re going to have more girls teams.

Every division will have some more teams.”

Beardy was impressed with the support from the Town of Sioux Lookout at this year’s tournament.

“The Chamber of Commerce was involved, the mayor and the town council,” Beardy said.

“There was really great support from the town and from the First Nation community of Lac Seul as well.”

Beardy said fan attendance was up this year at both the Sioux Lookout and Lac Seul arenas.

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Chapleau Cree member appointed executive director of ONWA Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

A Chapleau Cree First Nation member was recently named as the new executive director for the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA).

Erin Corston was introduced as the organization’s executive director on Feb. 3.

Corston said she is honoured to be named in the position. “Having previously worked with INAC, I am familiar with, and inspired by, the great work that ONWA does for Aboriginal women,� she said.

Corston has a great deal of experience and knowledge regarding the issues affecting Aboriginal women and their families. She is a gradu-

(Corston) has displayed a great deal of dedication towards Aboriginal specific issues with a special emphasis on gender equality rights, making her a perfect fit for our organization.�

-Dr. Dawn Harvard President of ONWA’s board of directors ate of Ryerson University with a background in the environment and public health and has previously worked with the Assembly of First Nations, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, and the Native Wom-

en’s Association of Canada.

Corston said that she hopes to use her knowledge of culturally relevant, gender-based analysis to “further contextualize the complex array of issues that perpetuate the disproportionate health and socio-economic outcomes among Canada’s Aboriginal peoples.�

Dr. Dawn Harvard, president of ONWA’s board of directors, said that ONWA is very excited to have Corston as its new executive director. “(Corston) has displayed a great deal of dedication towards Aboriginal specific issues with a special emphasis on gender equality rights, making her a perfect fit for our organization,� Harvard said.

Harvard called Corston a “motivated leader� with a

proven track record for building and leading successful policy and research initiatives to create capacity, educate, and leverage support. “(Corston’s) expertise will surely benefit Aboriginal women and their families in Ontario,� Harvard said.

Corston said that together, “we will continue to improve the lives of Aboriginal women and their families in Ontario by expanding ONWA’s network of allies and partners and strengthening the role of Aboriginal women in decisionmaking at all levels.�

Corston replaces Betty Kennedy, who accepted a lateral transfer to lead the newly established Ontario Native Women’s Charitable Foundation.

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Erin Corston of Chapleau Cree First Nation was recently appointed as new executive director for the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA).

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NON Recyclable Items: 8 glass; 8 aerosol cans, propane bottles; 8 plastic screw caps/lids, toys, flower pots/plastic planting flats, lawn furniture, Rubbermaid or 8 Tupperware; 8 foil or foam takeout food containers, single use disposable coffee cups or lids; 8 waxed paper or cereal box liners; 8 foam packaging, foam egg cartons or foam meat trays; 8 aluminum foil or foil pie plates, scrap metal, hangers, metal toys or cookie sheets; 8 anything containing a hazardous substance (motor oil, paint thinner, paint, batteries, etc.); 8 all plastic bags (bird, dog, cat food or pellet bags), all plastic packaging and all cellophane (chip bags, candy wrappers, and dog treat bags), bubble wrap, 8 disposable diapers, paper towels, or tissues ; 8 Christmas wrap, bows and tissue paper; 8 Cardboard containers that have a metal bottom or trim, such as Good Host Iced Tea, Pringles Chips or Maxwell House Coffee; and Food scraps. ÎŤĚşÍ ÍŞĎťÎŤÎ…ÎŚÍœ Î¤Î¨Đ€Íœ 8 ÎŹŃ?ͲͥΆѧ͍Ώ͚ ÍŤÍ„ÍĄÍŤÍš 8 ЊЍͲυΏР͍ΊÍ? Í­Î?Í„ŕ ľÍŤÍ„ÍĄÍŤÎŠÍ?

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When is Recycling Pickup in My Neighbourhood?

Every second Wednesday for households south of the CN tracks which also includes Hudson Every second Wednesday for households south of Mile 5 on Highway 72 from May to October and; The first recycle Wednesday of the month from November to April Every second Thursday for households north of the CN tracks including roads off of West Point Cove Road.

Every second Friday for Highway 642 including Legros Road and Goretski Road.

January 8th, 9th & 10th 22nd, 23rd & 24th April 2nd, 3rd & 4th 16th, 17th & 18th 30th July 9th, 10th & 11th 23rd, 24th & 25th October 1st, 2nd & 3rd 15th, 16th & 17th 29th, 30th & 31st

February 5th, 6th & 7th 19th, 20th & 21st May 1st & 2nd 14th, 15th & 16th 28th, 29th & 30th August 6th, 7th & 8th 20th, 21st & 22nd November 12th, 13th & 14th 26th, 27th & 28th

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

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Drinking water in First Nations discussed Crystallee Mouland Special to Wawatay News

The issue of water in First Nations communities was discussed at the Water Crisis in First Nations Communities event put on by The Thunder Bay Council of Canadians Blue Planet Committee on Jan. 28.

“We wanted to raise awareness about the fact (that) 30 communities in northern Ontario are under water boil advisories, and in some cases like Neskantaga First Nation have been since 1995,”said Janice Horgos of the Blue Planet Committee.

Misconceptions, misleading and inaccurate messages about Aboriginal’s complicated water issues between them and governments deserve awareness to avoid inaccuracies and seeing water as an isolated crisis, said Horgos.

“It was important for us to hear at the event,” she said.

“It’s not just the physical impact of not having safe clean water around people’s lives but the physiological impact when you can’t trust your water.”

Fifty people attended the event, which featured the screening of The Water Brothers documentary “Water Everywhere…Not A Drop to Drink” which was filmed in

northern Ontario. It was followed by a panel discussion with Wikwemikong’s Teresa Trudeau and Lakehead University’s Rob Stewart, a professor of geography.

The documentary and panel discussed the misunderstanding of the traditional and Western opinions and relationships to and uses of water.

“We have a sacred connection to water because everything comes from it,” said Trudeau, who is the traditional healing coordinator at Anishnawbe Mushkiki. “The life of all living things comes from water. We always acknowledge it in our celebrations, customs and gatherings.”

Including the 30 communities in northern Ontario, audience members said they were shocked to learn 100 out of 600 Aboriginal communities across Canada located near fresh water do not have access to safe, clean drinking water.

Stewart said faculty and grad students of Lakehead University are working towards understanding the “water crisis” of sacred versus commodity water beliefs facing northern Aboriginal communities.

“We are trying to comprehend how to move towards a holistic and spiritual way of managing water,” he said.

NOTICE OF PROJECT CHANGE Project Name: Long Lake Solar Project Project Applicant: Northland Power Solar Long Lake L.P. Project Location: The Project is located on Lot 2 and 3, Concession 8, Calder, northwest of the Town of Cochrane.

Project Description Construction of this 10 megawatt facility has commenced. The facility will use solar photovoltaic panels mounted on ¿xed racking structures, with in-ground foundations. Direct current generated by the panels will be converted to alternating current by inverters and stepped up to an intermediate voltage by a transformer at each inverter cluster. Alternating current will be routed to a main facility substation where it will be stepped up to its ¿nal voltage, and routed through a short transmission line to connect the facility to the existing transmission grid. OPA reference number is FIT-FE8GSGA. The REA number is 8430-9AEQ6M. Project Change Three changes were identi¿ed from the originally proposed Project. Firstly, use of the southern portion of the Project area for construction is required; as such an additional archaeological survey was completed. Other evaluation requirements were previously considered in the southern portion of the Project area. Secondly, it was determined that a buffer surrounding the archaeological ¿nding on the northern boundary of the Project is not possible to maintain, therefore a further archaeological survey was required. Thirdly, a relocation of the transmission line, to optimize the route, moved the line approximately 50 m south, and an archaeological survey was completed to investigate any impacts. This area had been previously surveyed for natural heritage impacts. Due to these changes, the applicant has submitted an application to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to amend the REA for the Project. The MOE is currently reviewing this application.

Project Documents Copies of the Project documents including the three new Archaeological Assessment Reports and the Project Change letter, detailing the changes to the REA supporting documents are available on line at: http://longlake.northlandpower.ca/ Project Contact Information To learn more about the changes or to communicate any concerns please contact: Hatch Ltd. Northland Power Solar Long Lake L.P. Sean Male, c/o Northland Power Environmental Coordinator Rob Miller, Director, Business Development 4342 Queen St., Suite 500 30 St.Clair Ave. W., 12th Floor Niagara Falls, ON L2E 7J7 Toronto, ON M4V 3A1 Phone: (905) 374-5200 Phone (647) 288-1066 Fax: (905)374-1157 Email:rob.miller@northlandpower.ca Email: smale@hatch.ca

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Wikwemikong’s Teresa Trudeau.

“Western managing, views water as a commodity or a service. We take care of water as being a resource.”

Northern Ontario communities located near

low lying land that are facing water contamination, flooding and scarcity, see water and a tap as a threat, especially when water boil advisories are being called consistently to

ensure safety, said Stewart.

“Put yourself in the position where you don’t understand if boil water advisory is a safety measure or a threat,” Stewart said. “You sort of lose that confidence in that system that’s representing a system to safe clean water.”

Unsafe drinking water has resulted in poor economic, physical and spiritual conditions and millions of dollars worth of bottle water being flown into remote communities has distorted people’s reflection of water, said Trudeau.

“It’s common to buy bottled water because that tap has uncertainty for some people,” Stewart said. “By the time boiled water advisories are called, the advisory is over or was not even an issue.”

Aboriginal communities often rely on water considered unsafe or water treatment plants. Healthy spring waters near communities need to be utilized instead of drinking boiled or bottled water said

Trudeau.

“We are encouraged by our medicine people to use our water because it is healing,” she said. “Part of healing is to use our sacred spring waters and not bottle or tap water for our medicine,” said Trudeau.

The Council of Canadians is calling for ground and surface water to be declared a public trust and a national Aboriginal public infrastructure fund for locally managed water and waste treatment.

Horgos said they are building alliances to consult a better understanding of holistic and contemporary ways of helping managing water and waste treatments plants for Aboriginal safe and clean drinking water.

The Blue Planet committee was formed last year by Council of Canadians Thunder Bay Chapter. It is aimed to promote access to safe, clean water as a human right and the protection of our lakes and waterways and to challenge the bottled water industry.

REVIEW Sapawe Forest 2010–2020 Forest Management Plan Review of Proposed Operations for Phase II (2015–2020) The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Rainy Lake Tribal Resource Management Inc. and the Resource Management Advisory Committee Local Citizens Committee (LCC) invite you to an information centre to help us develop the second five-year term (2015–2020) of the 2010–2020 Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the Sapawe Forest.

You will have the opportunity to review and comment on: • The proposed areas identified for harvest, renewal and tending operations; • The proposed road locations and conditions for the second five-year term.

You will also have an opportunity to contribute to the background information to be used in planning.

How to Get Involved To facilitate your review, an information centre will be held at the following location from 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on the following day: March 26, 2014 at the Royal Canadian Legion, 115 O’Brien Street, Atikokan, Ontario A summary map showing proposed areas for harvest, renewal and tending operations as well as the proposed road corridors will be available at the information centre or upon request.

The information and maps available at the information centre will also be available for review and comment at the Rainy Lake Tribal Resource Management Inc. office and at the MNR Fort Frances/Atikokan Area office, by appointment during normal office hours for a period of 30 days from March 26, 2014 to April 26, 2014. Comments must be received by Renee Perry at the MNR Atikokan/Fort Frances office, by April 26, 2014.

Meetings with representatives of the planning team and the LCC can be requested at any time during the planning process. Reasonable opportunities to meet planning team members during non-business hours will be provided upon request. If you require more information or wish to discuss your interests and concerns with a planning team member, please contact one of the individuals listed below: Renee Perry Management Forester Ministry of Natural Resources 108 Saturn Avenue Atikokan, ON P0T 1C0 tel: 807-597-5010 fax: 807-597-6185 e-mail: renee.perry@ontario.ca

John Bagacki, General Manager Rainy Lake Tribal Resource Management Inc. P.O. Box 522, 1455 Idylwild Drive Fort Frances, ON P9A 3M8 tel: 807-274-8531 ext. 230 cell: 807-276-6588 fax: 807-274-4330 e-mail: jbagacki@advisoryservices.ca

Harold Mosley/Leslie Cripps RMAC Representatives tel: 807-597-9902/807-597-4715 e-mail: mosley.harold@gmail.com

During the planning process there is an opportunity to make a written request to seek resolution of issues with the plan author, the MNR District Manager or the Regional Director using a process described in the Forest Management Planning Manual (2009). The operations for the first five-year term (Phase I) of the 10-year FMP 2010–2015 are nearing completion and detailed planning for the second five-year term (Phase II) operations are commencing. This first stage (Stage 1) notice is to invite you to review and comment on proposed operations and to contribute to the background information to be used in planning.

Stay Involved There will be two more formal opportunities for you to be involved. These stages are tentatively scheduled as follows: Stage 2 – Review of Draft Planned Operations, June 26, 2014 – July 26, 2014 Stage 3 – Inspection of MNR-Approved Planned Operations, October 26, 2014 – November 26, 2014 The tentative scheduled date for submission of the draft planned operations is May 26, 2014.

If you would like to be added to a mailing list to be notified of public involvement opportunities, please contact Renee Perry at 807-597-5010.

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The Ministry of Natural Resources is collecting your personal information and comments under the authority of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. Any personal information you provide (address, name, telephone, etc.) will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; however, your comments will become part of the public consultation process and may be shared with the general public. Your personal information may be used by the Ministry of Natural Resources to send you further information related to this forest management planning exercise. If you have questions about the use of your personal information, please contact Renee Perry at 807-597-5010.

Renseignements en français : Renee Perry, 807 597-5010.

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Personal Credits Notice

If you received a Common Experience Payment, you could get $3,000 in Personal Credits for educational programs and services.

The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

The healing continues.

Since 2007, almost 80,000 former students have received a Common Experience Payment (“CEP�) as part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. CEP recipients are now eligible to receive non-cash Personal Credits of up to $3,000, for either themselves or certain family members, for educational programs and services.

What are Personal Credits? Personal Credits may be used for a wide range of educational programs and services, including those provided by universities, colleges, trade or training schools, Indigenous Institutions of Higher Learning, or which relate to literacy or trades, as well as programs and services related to Aboriginal identities, histories, cultures or languages.

the terms and conditions. Personal Credits of multiple CEP recipients can be combined to support a group learning activity.

How can I get Personal Credits? Each CEP recipient will be mailed an Acknowledgement Form. If you do not receive an Acknowledgement Form by the end of January 2014, please call 1-866-343-1858. Completed Acknowledgement Forms should be returned as soon as possible and must be postmarked no later than October 31, 2014.

How do I redeem my Personal Credits? Once approved, you will be sent a personalized Redemption Form for each individual using Personal Credits at each educational How much are Personal Credits? entity or group. Once the Form is Adequate funds are available for each CEP recipients have the option of received, provide it to the educational CEP recipient to receive up to $3,000 sharing their Personal Credits with entity or group listed. The educational in Personal Credits, depending on certain family members, such as: entity or group must then complete your approved educational expenses. and mail back the Redemption š Children š Spouses Which educational entities and Form postmarked no later than š Grandchildren š Siblings groups are included? A list of December 1, 2014. approved educational entities and groups has been jointly developed by Canada, the Assembly of First Nations What happens to unused Personal Credits? The value and Inuit representatives. If an educational entity or of unused Personal Credits will be transferred to the group is not on the list, please consult the website for National Indian Brotherhood Trust Fund and Inuvialuit Education Foundation for educational programs. more information.

Will I receive a cheque? No. Cheques will be issued For more information, including how Personal Credits can directly to the educational entity or group providing be redeemed by certain family members of CEP recipients that are deceased, visit www.residentialschoolsettlement.ca the service. or call 1-866-343-1858.

Who can use Personal Credits? CEP recipients can use the full amount themselves or give part or all of The IRS Crisis Line (1-866-925-4419) provides immediate their Personal Credits to certain family members such and culturally appropriate counselling support to former as a spouse, child, grandchild or sibling, as deďŹ ned in students who are experiencing distress.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

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Minor hockey participation booms in Lac Seul Five times more players with new arena, local association Bryan Phelan Wawatay News

A minor hockey program is flourishing in Lac Seul First Nation’s new arena.

After the arena’s NHL-size artificial ice surface became ready for play in April 2013, local parents began talking about creating an organized hockey program for their kids.

Up until then, less than 20 youth from Lac Seul’s onreserve population of 840 would typically play for teams in the Sioux Lookout Minor Hockey Association each hockey season. For players living in the Frenchman’s Head part of Lac Seul, participation required an 80-kilometre round trip for practices and games, three times a week. Players living in the Lac Seul communities of Kejick Bay and Whitefish Bay would have to travel even farther to get to the arena in Sioux Lookout – an extra 20-30 kilometres each way.

So, when a the Lac Seul Minor Hockey Association formed in September to offer hockey opportunities closer to home, the level of participation boomed. A total of 96 boys and girls registered in the full range of minor hockey divisions at $400 per player, from novice (starting at age seven) to midget (up to age 17), “which far exceeded our expectations,” says Sam Manitowabi, the association’s president. “It was a great surprise.”

Manitowabi confirms that accessibility has been key to the surge in minor hockey interest.

“Not a lot of parents are able to drive their kids into Sioux Lookout every other day for minor hockey,” he says.

Manitowabi’s daughter, Jenelle, was one of the youth who cut the ribbon for the August grand opening of the Lac Seul Events Centre (which includes the arena), when a minor hockey organizing meeting was also announced.

“I was pretty happy (with the news) because I’m the first girl goalie in from Lac Seul and I want other girls to start playing

Photos by Bryan Phelan/Wawatay News

Left: Goalie Karsten Capay leads his Lac Seul Junior Eagles teammates in shaking hands with Sandy Lake players after a 4-4 tie in Atom division play at the Little Bands hockey tournament.

Above: To celebrate the 2013 grand opening of the Lac Seul Events Centre, GCK Consulting of Thunder Bay made a donation of new skates and helmets for youth hockey players. too,” Jenelle said at the time.

“Like her,” the bantam goaltender continued, looking beside her at friend Natasha Lawson. “She played before (but stopped) because didn’t like driving into town. So, she’s starting again.”

Added Lawson, who missed the previous three hockey seasons: “Some of the reserve kids can finally get the chance to skate.”

With that benefit in mind, a group of parents had invited representatives of Hockey Northwestern Ontario (HNO), a branch of Hockey Canada, to make a presentation in Lac Seul about the startup of a minor hockey association under HNO. About 40 people, representing 20 Lac Seul families, listened to the presentation. They decided to pursue the formal hockey program for their kids, rather than simply bringing them to the arena for unorganized play.

“It was really important for the community that our teams be able to travel to other minor hockey tournaments,” which is possible for associations and teams affiliated with HNO and Hockey Canada, explains Manitowabi. “And then being able to have exhibition games against other associations on top of

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that.”

Relying on a template from HNO, a Lac Seul Minor Hockey Association constitution was developed and a volunteer executive chosen, preparing the way for the flood of player registrations.

“Any time you’re part of a larger organized group that has set guidelines, policies and programs, I think it’s easier to build capacity within the community,” Manitowabi says of HNO’s support for the startup.

HNO offered three days of training, beginning with a Speak Out course required for volunteers who serve as team officials. The four-hour course helps coaches identify and deal with abuse, neglect, harassment, and bullying. Twenty-five people from Lac Seul took the course.

Ten of them also received the training necessary to become certified coaches, and seven more became certified trainers.

With six minor hockey teams in Lac Seul – two in peewee and one in each of the other divisions – a lot of adult volunteers have been needed. Coaches, who can plan practices using Hockey Canada coaching manuals, instruct their teams during four to six hours of ice time a week.

More training for team officials, plus training for local referees, may be provided by the end of this hockey season, Manitowabi notes. So far, Lac Seul has relied on referees from Sioux Lookout.

Equipped for Fun Meanwhile, Lac Seul players have benefitted from HNO’s connection with a minor hockey association in Ottawa.

“They sent up a large quantity of quality hockey equipment to outfit the kids that didn’t have any,” Manitowabi says.

In addition to that contribution was a donation of 20 new helmets and 20 new pairs of skates from GCK Consulting of Thunder Bay and a financial donation from the Domtar pulp and paper company for program expenses, including equipment.

Lac Seul’s chief and council have also contributed financially to the minor hockey program.

On the ice, players sport the nickname Junior Eagles on jerseys in the double-blue shades of the Winnipeg Jets, which are also the colours of the First Nation’s logo. They’re playing in tournaments throughout the region, and in exhibition games against teams from Sioux Look-

out.

There are plans for the Sioux Lookout and Lac Seul minor hockey associations to form a working group to discuss “how we can work together, how we can support each other’s programs,” adds Manitowabi, who envisions the two communities co-operating for other sport programs as well, such as soccer and baseball.

This month the focus has been on hockey, with the Lac Seul and Sioux Lookout arenas co-hosting 45 teams playing in the annual Little Bands Native Youth Hockey Tournament.

Manitowabi serves as an assistant coach for the midget Jr. Eagles. His son, Samuel, shares bantam goalie duties with Jenelle, and two foster daughters play in younger divisions.

Prior to the start of the Little Bands, Manitowabi shared his expectations for all Lac Seul teams: “I just expect them to have fun – that’s the thing that we’re promoting first and foremost. We get together and we have fun. We try our hardest.”

Speak Out For the future of Lac Seul Minor Hockey, Manitowabi talks of expanding the reach of the

Speak Out program to “anybody who will be stepping into the rink,” including players.

“It doesn’t matter what sport or age you’re working with, you are going to encounter issues with bullying and that kind of behaviour, so maybe if we educate them at the forefront about … how it’s not acceptable, any of that kind of education will help the community be healthier.”

Lac Seul players, coaches and parents are already required to sign their agreement with the hockey association’s conduct policies.

The group continues to look for more volunteers to help improve its hockey program, Manitowabi says.

With Lac Seul’s arena located in Frenchman’s Head, accessibility remains a challenge for players in the First Nation’s other two communities, he says, although car-pooling has become more common for rides to the rink.

Manitowabi confidently predicts one improvement for next year: more players.

“I think there will be more kids registering and I think (minor hockey) will be more accessible in terms of costs and registration fees.”

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Aboriginal Snowboard Team brings opportunities to Ontario Crystallee Mouland Special to Wawatay News

Fort William First Nation is one of the first communities in Ontario to partner with a national First Nations snowboarding organization to teach local youth the sport while encouraging positive lifestyles.

Seven youth between the ages 13 and 15 and one coach are a part of the new snowboard team that had their first practice on Jan. 25.

Emerson Charlie joined the team because he wanted to learn something new.

“The first day was fun,” the 14-year-old said. “I wiped out a lot.”

Evan Maclaurin, also 14, said he wanted to meet new friends and also has higher hopes with the sport.

“I think this is a good opportunity to get noticed by sponsors,” he said. “My hope is to get to the Olympics and to be good.”

The Fort William Snowboard Team is part of an expansion of the First Nations Snowboard Team (FNST), which also expanded to Sault Ste. Marie and Collingwood, Ont. The FNST was established about 10 years ago by two First Nations snowboarders in British Columbia work towards the Vancouver Olympics. It has since been growing towards being a sustainable national organization and encourages Aboriginal youth to live an active, healthy life through snowboarding.

“The First Nations Snowboard Team is using snowboarding for social change,” said Court Larabee, a FNST division manager and a coach.

“We are improving the lives of youth through hard work, active lives and commitment.”

Larabee said it’s a one of kind program managed by and created by and for First Nations and sponsored by First Nations, governments, resorts and private sponsors.

“We were the first ones to have First Nations, community, corporate, federal and provincial sponsorship,” said Larabee, a member of Lac des Milles Lacs First Nation who now lives in Squamish First Nation. “We bridged the gap between all of these markets.”

The program has 24 divisions, 50 Canada Snowboard coaches, 27 competition officials and 450 youth participants in Alberta, B.C., Ontario, Saskatchewan and Washington, D.C. The program was started to provide youth positive opportunities and more winter sporting options, to get kids active and healthy, out of and involved in their community and to build character, Larabee said.

“Our main punch line is, FNST promotes a healthy living with a holistic approach to reduce Type 2 Diabetes, obesity and inactive lifestyles while providing a life sport,” said Larabee.

Different divisions of the program include recreation and high performance teams and coaching. Members of the team are taught about culture, healthy eating and lifestyles, leadership, sports injury and the natural environment to create social change.

“This program can teach many things like its okay to be scared of something you have never tried before,” Larabee said. “By learning and taking

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From left: Faith Johnstone, Evan Maclaurin, Coach Sean Morriseau, Parker Crews, Emerson Charlie, Michael Johnstone and Shayla Boucher. the right steps and following strong mentors members prove they can do anything.”

First Nations Snowboard Team was designed around the Olympic podium model and legacy of the Vancouver Olympics. Recreation members can move into high performance teams to compete at the national level.

An FNST member did not make it to the last or current Winter Olympics but the goal of the program is to one day have a member be up on the podium, said Larabee.

“Our hope for the next Olympics is to have that athlete right around the corner.”

Youth who began with the program 10 years ago went from being a snowboard rec-

reation member to an athlete, competitor and coach. It is a lifelong program for recreating, working and mentoring within it.

“Everyone who has been on our team since its inception is still a part of our strong family, our ever growing family,” said Larabee.

FNST is partnered with the national organization of Canada Snowboard, where coaches and members follow the equipment, procedures, riding and teaching guidelines.

“Safety is number for the First Nations Snowboard Team. We really focus on safety first and learning the basics first,” said Larabee.

Larabee said Aboriginal

snowboarding is a growing market. Communities living near a ski hill can partner with First Nations Snowboard Team to start a long term athlete development program at a high subsidized rate.

“FNST riders must be drug and alcohol free, maintain a C-average (school grade) and be in good community standing,” Larabee said. “FNST are ambassadors on and off the mountain. So far we have seen unprecedented responses within divisions of our teams.”

Fort William First Nation partnered with Loch Lomond Ski Hill and First Nations Snowboard Team to start a snowboard team.

A rider for 10 years at Loch Lomond Ski Hill, Fort William

coach Sean Morriseau the organization and sport help Aboriginal youth get together and into a new sport and away from bad habits.

“I joined the team to teach youth. Snowboarding is good for Aboriginal youth to be able to progress in life.”

Morriseau said it is normal for first-time snowboarders to fall on the first day of practicing, as was the case on Jan. 25, but he and team members said they were riding in no time and having fun.

Michael Johnstone, 13, said it’s fun to learn something new.

“I see lots of opportunities like going to the Olympics and travelling to accomplish more,” he said.

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The journey from rock to snow machine is illustrated left to right. First, a rock called iron formation where the black layers are magnetite, a mineral that contains 72 per cent iron by weight, which is mined and processed to produce iron. Next, the iron is used to make snow machine parts like this nut and bolt. Last, one of my special mentors, Andy Yesno from Eabametoong First Nation is on a snow machine â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the final product.

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t has been a cold winter across northern Ontario, but not cold enough to keep people off their snow machines.

Snow machines were invented to meet an important winter need â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to transport people and supplies during the winter.

Early designs were based on a Ford Model T truck equipped with front skis and a track. Other well- known snow machines were the Bombardier snow bus or the Nodwell. They were large and carried several people.

I have heard stories from Elders in Fort Hope and other Far North communities about the first Nodwells that were owned by First Nation people.

In the 1950s, snow-machine sleds became smaller and carried one or two people.

These early smaller gas-enginepowered machines still weighed over 450 kilograms (1,000 pounds) and had a top speed of only 30 km/h (20 mph). They towed a sled and travelled at moderate speeds depending on snow conditions, the roughness of the land, and the presence of brush and trees. Many people remember the Bomdardier Elan, introduced in the 1970s, and say it was one of the best snow machines for the bush because of its simple, but strong design. Today, in addition to its practical uses, snow machines are also made for recreational and competitive uses.

When you look at a snow machine you might see colour, power, or a tool to haul wood from the bush and fish from nets. I see that too, but I also see a pile of rock. Yes, snow machines are made of metals and other resources that come from the Earth.

The windshield is made of a type of plastic (polycarbonate) and some skis are made of polyethylene. Polycarbonate is strong and polyethylene is durable and slides across the

snow. The seat is made of vinyl because it is a type of plastic, made from ethylene (found in crude oil) and chlorine (found in regular salt), that remains soft and strong at cold temperatures. Polycarbonate and polyethylene also are made from crude oil â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a resource that comes from the Earth!

The light bulbs are made of several metals. Boron is mixed with silica to make the glass lens on the halogen headlight bulbs. The silica comes from the common mineral quartz.

Tungsten, which comes from the mineral scheelite, does not melt easily and so it is used to make the parts inside the light bulb that glow to make the light. Silica is also used to make fiberglass, which makes the engine cover on many snow machines.

The spark plug is made of the metals zinc, iridium, copper, chromium, and ceramics.

Zinc comes from the mineral sphalerite and, when combined with chromium, it makes a coating that keeps the spark plug strong. Iridium is a rare precious metal that is used to

coat the electrical contacts on the spark plug. That coating is rust resistant. Copper is used to make electrical wires. The white insulation on the spark plug contains aluminum, quartz, and minerals such as kyanite and andalusite mixed to make a ceramic material. The spark plugâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s metal ingredients occur across northern Ontario.

Zinc is mined in Timmins.

Iridium comes from the nickel and copper mined in Sudbury.

Copper occurs in Timmins, Sudbury and the Ring of Fire while a large deposit of chromite has also been discovered in the Ring of Fire.

The gasoline engine contains nickel, aluminum, and iron.

Nickel is used to make the exhaust systems, thermostats, spark plugs, gears, and drive shafts. Nickel is mined in the Sudbury area and nickel minerals occur in the Ring of Fire area. Aluminum, lightweight and strong, is ideal to make the snowmobile chassis.

Aluminum comes from the mineral bauxite, which is mined in warm tropical areas of the world. Iron is used to

make parts of the chassis, engine, brakes, clutch, starter, generator, exhaust system, and gearbox. Iron comes from the minerals hematite and magnetite, which used to be mined near the Red Lake, Temagami, Wawa, and Kirkland Lake areas. The oil and grease lubricants necessary to keep the engine working smoothly contain the mineral molybdenum.

The battery is made of lead, which comes from the mineral galena. Galena is mined near Timmins. In Canada, a lot of lead is recycled from old batteries.

The springs that make the ride smoother are made of several metals, including nickel, zirconium, titanium, and vanadium. Zirconium comes from the mineral zircon.

Titanium comes from the mineral ilmenite and vanadium occurs in small amounts in oil and the mineral vanadinite.

The rubber track and the gasoline used to run the snow machine engine both come from crude oil found deep in the Earth. Southern Ontario

has a small crude oil and natural gas industry. In fact, the first oil industry in North America started in the southern Ontario town of Petrolia where commercial quantities of oil were discovered in 1866.

So, the next time you look at a snow machine, you may see colour, power, and a tool to haul wood and fish or transportation along a trap line. But perhaps now you also see that pile of rock. Yes, snow machines are made of metals, oil and gas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; important resources that are hidden in the Earth. Some of these materials are actually mined in the Ontario beneath our feet. The next time you look at a geology map provided by MNDMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ontario Geological Survey, can you identify where those Earth resources came from or where they may still remain hidden?

For more information about the metals that make up a snow machine, take a look at the poster prepared by Mining Matters, an organization dedicated to sharing geology knowledge: http://bit. ly/1cc30wL.

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Calls for an Aboriginal ombudsman were made during a Feb. 3 Aboriginal Liaison Strategy renewal meeting in Thunder Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard comments from the Aboriginal community that sometimes services are not being provided in a manner to recognize some of the needs of our Aboriginal people in the community,â&#x20AC;? said Frances Wesley, strategy planner with the Thunder Bay Urban Aboriginal Strategy and a Constance Lake band member. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having an ombudsman position would resolve a lot of our issues in terms of bringing the problems forward.â&#x20AC;?

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Wesley and a group of Aboriginal citizens met with city officials during an afternoon session on Feb. 3 to discuss the Aboriginal Liaison Strategy, which is up for renewal for another four years. A morning session was also held with other representatives.

â&#x20AC;?But if you go there with Aboriginal people, there are some restaurants that will not serve you as well.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Frances Westley, Strategy Planner with the Thunder Bay Urban Aboriginal Strategy

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve started some really good work with the city in developing the Aboriginal Liaison Unit and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just stop it now,â&#x20AC;? Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve started some really good projects in the past and they have ventured into some service agreements with the Aboriginal community. I push that because in order for the Aboriginal Liaison Unit to be productive and to be effective, they need to build those community relationships.

And you have to recognize the work the Aboriginal community has done in the past and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take that away from us â&#x20AC;&#x201D; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll work with you.â&#x20AC;?

Noting the city also held a session this past October on the same issue, Wesley said the Aboriginal community does not expect the city to resolve everything. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we talk about partnerships, the Aboriginal community has to play that part as well ... to move this initiative forward,â&#x20AC;? Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We highlighted some activities they could undertake

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ACCOUNTABILITY: Employed by Wawatay Native Communications Society (WNCS), the Executive Director (ED) is accountable to the Board of Directors.

HOURS OF WORK: Monday to Friday; 8:30a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:30p.m.

LOCATION: Sioux Lookout, Ontario AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY: The ED is responsible for the overseeing all day-to-day activities as well as administrative functions of the organization. (S)he works closely with the Board of Directors and the Senior Management team to implement the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategic plan and ensuring the stable organizational and financial management of WNCS. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: â&#x20AC;˘ Lobby and/or negotiate for program funds with various funding sources. â&#x20AC;˘ Represent WNCS at all applicable meetings and conferences at the local, regional and national levels as deemed necessary and as directed by the Board of Directors. â&#x20AC;˘ Act as the liaison with the bank, government agencies and any other outside parties having an interest in the activities of the organization. â&#x20AC;˘ Review, analyze, evaluate the progress and results of WNCSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operations based on approved plans, budgets and financial statements and make recommendations for improvement and revisions to the Board of Directors. â&#x20AC;˘ Establish, monitor and review all financial, personnel, journalistic and broadcast policies required for a non-profit charitable media organization. â&#x20AC;˘ Review all financial and activity reports prior to submission to applicable government agencies â&#x20AC;˘ Understand and work toward fulfilling the mandate and mission statement of WNCS â&#x20AC;˘ Seek funding sources for new programs and prepare proposals and/or submissions for funding, in conjunction with the Executive Assistant and/or the appropriate manager. â&#x20AC;˘ Review and update the legal and corporate status of the organization as necessary â&#x20AC;˘ At the request of the board and as per WNCS Bylaws, schedule, plan and ensure all Board of Directorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Annual General Membership meetings take place, and report at these meetings on matters relevant to the overall organization. â&#x20AC;˘ Ensure the implementation of the policies, plans and decisions of the Board of Directors by: ¡ communicating objectives, policies, plans and schedules to the appropriate department; ¡ providing support, guidance and direction as required to the Department Manager; ¡ reviewing written and/or oral progress reports from Department Managers. â&#x20AC;˘ Participate in the hiring and other staff changes for Senior Management positions. â&#x20AC;˘ Conduct probationary and annual performance evaluations of Department Managers. â&#x20AC;˘ Review and act upon any recommendations regarding staff discipline, promotion and/or dismissal brought forward by the Department Managers. â&#x20AC;˘ Schedule and attend all Senior Management & staff meetings. â&#x20AC;˘ Produce an annual budget & work plan to be approved by the Board of Directors no later than December 31st for the following fiscal year â&#x20AC;˘ Ensure efficiencies and economies of scale are realized interdepartmentally AUTHORITY: â&#x20AC;˘ To authorize unbudgeted expenditures of no more than $5,000 per budget line, per year. â&#x20AC;˘ To delegate assignments and responsibilities to Department Managers as necessary to maintain a sound and effective organization â&#x20AC;˘ To sign grant and contribution agreements and other binding contracts/agreements as approved by and on behalf of the Board of Directors.

STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE: As per the Wawatay Native Communication Society Personnel Policy: â&#x20AC;˘ The ED must be able to maintain a positive relationship with all social and business contacts. â&#x20AC;˘ The ED must submit all financial and written reports in an accurate and timely manner. â&#x20AC;˘ The ED must be able to maintain a positive working relationship with the leaders & people of the service area, including NAN, Treaty #9 and Treaty #3 territories.

QUALIFICATIONS: â&#x20AC;˘ A degree in business management or non-profit business administration; â&#x20AC;˘ A minimum of five (5) years senior management experience â&#x20AC;˘ Proficient verbal and written communication skills â&#x20AC;˘ Fluency in one or more of the Native languages of the service area (Ojibway, Ojicree, Cree) is an asset â&#x20AC;˘ Past experience in working with provincial, federal funding agencies. â&#x20AC;˘ Proven experience in reporting, statistical and financial reports. â&#x20AC;˘ Must possess computer knowledge. â&#x20AC;˘ Must demonstrate excellent organizational skills. â&#x20AC;˘ Must be willing to work flexible hours, when required â&#x20AC;˘ Must possess a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license. â&#x20AC;˘ Must be willing to travel as required â&#x20AC;˘ Must possess current First Aid / CPR certification or be willing to be certified; â&#x20AC;˘ Possess a valid Ontario Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License (class G or better); provision of Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Abstract will be employment condition; â&#x20AC;˘ A clear Criminal Reference Check (CPIC) will be a condition of the employment offer.

DEADLINE TO APPLY (Extended): March 7, 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:00 PM CST Please send resume and 3 references to: James Brohm, Acting CEO Wawatay Native Communications Society Box 1180, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Fax: (807) 737-3224 Email: jamesb@wawatay.on.ca WNCS thanks those who apply. However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Lac Seulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mona Gordon is looking to start up a gasoline convenience store at the Kejick Bay turnoff through Nishnawbe Aski Development Fundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Micro Lending Program.

â&#x20AC;?Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the first formed circle under their new program - I find it kind of exciting.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mona Gordon, NADFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Micro Lending Program Participant

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason I chose that location (is) it would service all three communities,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said, noting the road between

Lac Seulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three communities of Frenchmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head, Kejick Bay and Whitefish Bay was resurfaced last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in addition to servicing the three communities, there is also an opportunity there to capitalize on the tourism industry that does take place in Lac Seul.â&#x20AC;?

Gordon said the store will also provide community members with a location to exhibit their arts and crafts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The business is going to happen in two stages â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first stage is going to be a homebased operation,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to start small and work towards the set up of the gas convenience store at the Kejick Bay junction.â&#x20AC;?

Gordon first developed the gasoline convenience store business idea in 2007 during a Confederation College course.

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NADFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Linda McGuire is helping women to access small business loans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the big things that I really (wanted to do) when I came up with my business plan

was providing a service to the First Nations people, not only in Lac Seul but in Hudson and the surrounding area, to exercise those gasoline exemption rights,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said.

Gordon received a $1,000 loan through the Micro Lending Program to start up her business. She is one of five women involved with the Biidaaban (A New Rising Circle) Micro Clan Circle that meets every second week in the Lac Seul-Sioux Lookout area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the first formed circle under their new program â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I find it kind of exciting,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping to complete all the stages of the micro lending program.â&#x20AC;?

Micro Lending Program participants are provided access to $500 to $1,000 loans during stage one of the program,

to be paid back in 12 months; $2,000 in stage two, to be paid back in 18 months; $3,000 in stage three, to be paid back in 24 months; and $5,000 in stage four, to be paid back in 30 months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to help women access small business loans so they can have start up money, seed money,â&#x20AC;? said Linda McGuire, microloans coordinator with NADF. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By building their credit history, they can eventually move up to bigger and larger loans. When you get into the bigger loans, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a harder process because you need that credit history and you need that collateral.â&#x20AC;?

McGuire said the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to help participants build their credit histories, collateral and business plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a helping hand, just to get

them started, to get them thinking like entrepreneurs,â&#x20AC;? McGuire said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, a lot of women are doing it as a hobby, something for them to do to make a little bit of money, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think they realize theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actually in business.â&#x20AC;?

Micro Lending Program participants must be 18 years of age and older; be a member of a Micro Clan Circle; be a First Nation or Metis person from northern Ontario; have a business, plans to start a business or plans to expand a business; take part in training and have a registered business number.

Micro Clan Circles must have five to seven women in the group; have trust and ability to work as a collective; be willing to share and mentor and make a commitment.

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Artist Perry Perrault leads a cedar mask carving workshop at the Blue Sky Community Healing Centre in Thunder Bay.

Cedar mask carving lessons underway in Thunder Bay Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Weekly cedar mask making workshops by Nigigoonsiminikaaning artist Perry Perrault are featured on Saturdays at the Blue Sky Community Healing Centre in Thunder Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the beginning, people will draw out their concepts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they will put it on paper and make many concepts, whatever they want to exude,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then they will move on to a clay model before they actually carve the wood.â&#x20AC;?

Perrault said the clay model is an important step in the process because it provides a reference model for carving the wood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before they gouge out too much unnecessarily, they will know from the clay model how much they need to extract,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What happens with carvers is they get discouraged by gouging out too much and say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh my gosh, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to start all over again â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that took me a month to get to this point.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Perreault said workshop participants need to be at least 18 years of age due to the sharp carving tools they will be using. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carving is tedious work,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes a long time and a lot of thought will go into it.â&#x20AC;?

Perrault said some carvers like to talk while carving while others like to work alone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most artists I know are very private,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To look into oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self is a private thing.â&#x20AC;?

Perrault plans to focus on â&#x20AC;&#x153;talking it out as a groupâ&#x20AC;? as the carvers proceed through the workshop, which is scheduled for four Saturdays in January and February.

Although Sand Pointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Margaret Grimard initially attended the workshop to get her grandson

involved in carving, she soon discovered an interest in creating a carving as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had an idea of what I wanted to carve and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty interesting,â&#x20AC;? Grimard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve painted, drawn, I did clay work and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something I want to learn to put my feelings into wood.â&#x20AC;?

Perrault said the â&#x20AC;&#x153;large, wideopenâ&#x20AC;? Blue Sky Community Healing Centre is a good space for creating art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want a space like this,â&#x20AC;? Perrault said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nineteen foot ceilings. The acoustics are great in here. I can hear them people talking and they are 40 feet away.â&#x20AC;?

Blue Sky Community Healing Centre lodge keeper and community coordinator Cindy Crowe said the cedar mask making workshop is just one of a wide variety of workshops available, such as yoga, a buddhism study and a WAI/WAY (Who am I/Who are you) self inquiry course. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The biggest goal for us is that people would be able to realize or acknowledge the very best for themselves,â&#x20AC;? Crowe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They would be the best of who they can be. For some people that might be figuring out what their divine life purpose is. For others itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simply having peace and serenity in their lives. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to encourage all, everyone who comes here, to be the very best that they can be.â&#x20AC;?

The Blue Sky Community Healing Centre, located on Victoria Avenue near the Victoriaville Centre, has about 3,600 square feet of space with wide-open windows facing the street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Currently, the financing that we are managing on is all private donations,â&#x20AC;? Crowe said, noting the centre has received funding from the Anglican Church and Catholic Church reconciliation funds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also working on achieving charitable status.â&#x20AC;?

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Osisko Open House Thank you to all who came out to our Open House in Atikokan on January 28, 2014. We had a great turnout, 4&1% *,/" 1% + Ç&#x2122;Ç&#x161; -",-)" #/,* 1%" ,**2+&16 !/,--&+$ 6 ,2/ &+ 1/""1 ,Ć&#x203A;& " 1, )" /+ ,21 1%" /"02)10 ,# our environmental assessment, ask questions about the Hammond Reef Project and share their concerns. " 4"/" % --6 1, % 3" 0"3"/ ) $,3"/+*"+1 /"-/"0"+1 1&3"0 1 1%" -"+ ,20" &+ )2!&+$ 01 Ć&#x203A; #/,* 1%" Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, and the Ministry of Natural Resources.

We believe that community involvement is very important and we know that your feedback has improved the Project planning process. The feedback we received showed your overwhelming support for the Project.

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