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Fort Albany woman unable to access $97,0000

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Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

A Fort Albany woman is unable to access the $97,000 she received in residential school compensation several months ago because she had previously been deemed a “mentally unfit Indian” by the federal government. Agnes Sutherland, 57, struggled with alcohol addiction and in February 2009, was admitted into a mental health unit in Timmins. A required assessment was conducted and the physician made a finding that she did not have the mental capacity to manage her property. The assessment was sent off to the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee, a provincial department, who in turn sent it off to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (then known as INAC). “And INAC made an appointment pursuant to the Indian Act that she be deemed a mentally incompetent Indian pursuant to that definition in the Act and appointed the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee to act on her behalf,” said Sharon Sabourin, a Timmins lawyer representing Sutherland. Upon being released from the mental health unit, Sutherland returned home to Fort Albany and, through the help of counseling, kicked her alcohol addiction.

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Traditional dancers danced along with award-winning Aboriginal musician Keith Secola and Classic Roots during the Sept. 29 For the Love of Life concert at Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin auditorium in Thunder Bay.

See Feds Not Responding on page 3

ᐸᑲᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᑎᐯᐣᑕᑯᓯᐨ ᑭᓴᑭᒋᓂᔕᐊᐧᑲᓂᐃᐧ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐯᔑᐸᐣ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᓴᑭᒋᓂᔕᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑕᔑᑲᐯᔑᓂᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᑲᓄᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᓂᑲᑌᐡᑲᓂᐨ ᐁᐧᓴ ᐁᒪᒪᒐᒋᒧᓂᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᓂᑯ ᐁᐊᐃᔑᓂᑲᑕᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ. “ᒥ ᑐ ᓂ ᓂᐃᐧᓴᑭᑌᐦᐁ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᐃᐧᔑᐊᐧᐨ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐣᒋᓫᐊ ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ, ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᐅᐣᒋᑎᐯᐣᑕᑯᓯ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᐣᒋᑲᐯᔑ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᒋᔭᒪᐨ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᕑᐃᐣᑯ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. “ᐣᑯᓯᐢ ᒥᓇ ᕑᐃᐣᑯ ᒥᐅᑯ ᒪᔭᑦ ᓂᐃᐧᒋᑕᒪᑲᓇᐠ. ᑲᐧᐣᑕ ᐣᑭᐊᐃᐣᑐᑕᑯᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ.” ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ ᐅᑭᐅᑎᓯᑯᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᑲᐢᐠ 7 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ, ᒥᐃᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᒋᓂᑲᑌᐡᑲᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐊᑲᐢᐟ ᐱᓯᑦ 30 ᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᐅᐱᒥᔭᐃᐧ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᐃᑯ

ᐊᐱᐣ ᑭᔭᓂᒪᒐ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐯᔑ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᐣᑎᑲᓂᑕᐧ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐅᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐨ. “ᐃ ᐁ ᐧ ᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᑎᓀᑕᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᑐᑕᐃᐧᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐊᐃᑭᑐᔭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒪᒪᑕᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐸᐣ ᐣᑎᓯᓭᐃᐧᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ. “ᐣ ᑲ ᓄ ᑫ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ ᐁᑭᐃᑭᑐᔭᐣ ᐁᑭᐃᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᐣᒋᒪᓀᓂᒥᑯᔭᐣ ᕑᐃᐣᑯ ᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᐸᒥᓯᐨ.” ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᒪᓀᓂᒪᑲᓂᐃᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᒋᒥᑯᐡᑲᒋᐦᐊᑲᓂᐃᐧᐨ. “ᐊ ᒥ ᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᔭᔭᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᔕᑫᐧᓂᒧᓯᐣ ᒋᓇᑕᒪᓱᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓇᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᑕᒪᑲᐧ,” ᑲ ᒪ ᓫ ᐊ ᑎ ᓯ ᐟ ᐃ ᑭ ᑐ . “ᐣ ᑭ ᐸ ᑯ ᓭ ᓂ ᒪ ᐠ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᒥᑯᐡᑲᒋᐦᐃᑯᔭᑭᑕᐧ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐣᑐᒋᔑᒪᒪᓂᓯᒥᐣ ᐅᒪ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ. ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᐁᐧᐡᑲᔭᐣ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᓴᑲᒪᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑭᑲᐯᔑᔭᐣ ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐃᒪ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐣᑐᒋᔑᒪᒪᓂᓯᐣ.” ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ ᑲᔦ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᐱᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐣ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᑲᐊᓂᒥᓭᐊᐧᐨ.

“ᐣᐸᐯᔑᑯ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᐸᓂᐠ ᐊᑯ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ. “ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᑫᓂᐣ ᐣᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᐁᑲᐯᔑᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᑕᒪᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓂᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐯᔕᐧᐸᒪᐠ ᓂᐃᐧᒋᑕᒪᑲᐣ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᓂ ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ ᐁᑲ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᒥᐨ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐱᑭᐁᐧᐨ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ - ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐱᑭᐁᐧᐨ, ᐊᒥ ᑫᐃᓇᑭᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᑲᒥᐣᔑᐦᐅᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᐣᑎᑫᐡᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ. ᐃ ᑭ ᑐ ᒪ ᐣ ᒪ ᓯ ᓇ ᐦ ᐃ ᑲ ᐣ : “ᑭ ᑭ ᐃ ᓇ ᒋ ᒥ ᑯ ᑲᐧᐣᑕ ᐁᐊᐃᓇᒋᒧᔭᐣ ᐣᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᓂᐠ. ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᔭᓄᒋ ᐊᓂᒥᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᓂᐠ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᔭᓂᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐸᑭᑎᓇᓇᐊᐧᓯᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᒋᐱᐃᔑᒋᑫᓂᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐱᓇᓇᑲᐊᐧᐣᑎᓯᓂᐨ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ. ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ ᐅᑯᓯᓴᐣ, ᑎᓫᐃᐣ ᓴᑲᓇᐡ, ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐃᓇᑲᓄ ᒋᓂᑲᑌᐡᑲᐨ ᐊᑲᐢᐟ ᐱᓯᑦ 30 ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐱ ᐱᐣᑎᑫᐨ

ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᑲ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᑐᓇᑯᓂᑯᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ. ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᑭᑐᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᑲᐢᐟ ᐱᓯᑦ 30 ᐁᑭᐊᓂᒧᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ ᒥᓇ ᓴᑲᓇᐡ. ᑭᔭᓂᑭᑐᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᒧᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ ᒥᓇ ᓴᑲᓇᐡ, ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᓴᑲᓇᐡ ᐁᒥᔑᓇᑎᓂᑭᐣ ᐅᑐᓇᑯᓂᑯᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᓂᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᒋᑎᐯᐣᑕᑯᓯᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᐱ ᐱᐣᑎᑫᐡᑲᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᐣ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ, ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᑲᓄᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᐃᑯ ᒋᔭᓂᑲᑫᐧ ᓂᑲᑌᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᑯ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ.” ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᐅᑭᓇᑫᐧᐁᐧᔑᑐᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᔓᐊᐧᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᑲᒪᓫᐊᑎᓯᐟ ᐁᑭᐅᔑᑐᐨ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᑲᐢᐟ ᐱᓯᑦ 31 ᐁᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐅᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᐸᓂᐣ ᐅᒪ

ᒋᐱᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᑲᓄᓇᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐯᓂᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᑭᐱᐣᑎᑫᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒪ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑕᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒍᓫᐊᔾ ᐱᓯᑦ 2011 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐁᐸᑭᑎᓂᑯᐃᐧᓯᐨ ᒋᐃᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᓀᐣᑕᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᓇᑌ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᑕᐃᐧᓇᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐊᔭᐨ: ᒋᐅᓀᓂᒧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᒥᑐᓀᑕᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐅᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᑫᐃᔑᐅᑕᔭᒥᐦᐊᐃᐧᓂᐨ; ᒋᐃᓀᓂᒧᐨ ᑫᐃᓀᐣᑕᐠ, ᑫᐃᔑᐅᑌᐯᐧᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᐨ, ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᒧᐃᐧᓂᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᔭᒥᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᓀᐣᑕᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ; ᐅᓀᓂᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᓴᑲᒪᐨ ᒋᒪᒪᐃᐧᔭᓂᐊᐧᐠ; ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓀᓂᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᐁᓀᓇᐣ ᐃᑯ ᑫᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐨ. ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐸᕑᐟ ᒥᑭᐢ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑐᐣᒋᓇᑫᐧᑕᓯᐣ ᐁᑭᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᐅᒪ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

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THIS WEEK... ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᐃᑫᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒥᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᔓᓂᔭᒪᐣ

ᑌᓂᐢ ᑲᕑᐊᒧᕑᑎ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᐡᑯᔑᐠ ᑐᐦᐁᐃᐧᐣ

ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᐃᑫᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓯᐣ $97,000 ᓂᐦᓱᐱᓯᑦ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᔕᐳᓭᓂᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᒥᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᑭ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐸᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ 2008 ᑭᐃᓇᑲᓂᐃᐧᑯᐸᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐡᑭᑐᐨ ᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᒪᓱᐨ ᐅᔓᓂᔭᒪᐣ. ᐊᑭᓂᐢ ᓴᑐᕑᑯᐊᐣᐟ, 57, ᐅᑎᐯᓂᒥᑯᐣ ᒥᓂᑫᐧᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐱᐣᑎᑲᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᒪᒥᑐᓀᒋᑲᓇᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ, ᒥᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᔓᓂᔭᒪᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄ ᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑭᐳᓂᒥᓂᑫᐧ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ 2011, ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᑯᐨ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐁᔑᔭᐨ ᐅᒪᒥᑐᓀᒋᑲᓂᐠ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋᒪᒋᐱᓂᑯᐨ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᐅᑐᓀᑕᒪᓱᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᔕᑯᐨ ᓴᑐᕑᓫᐊᐣᐟ ᑕᐱᐦᐅ ᐸᓂᒪ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᓂᑕᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓇᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᒋᐃᓂᑕᐧ ᐁᑲ ᒋᒥᒋᒥᓇᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᔓᓂᔭᒪᐣ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᑭᒥᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐅᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓴᑐᕑᓫᐊᐣᐟ, ᒪᑭᔭ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᐊᐧᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᓯᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᔭᓯᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐨ, $85 ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᒥᓇᑲᓄ.

ᑌᓂᐢ ᑲᕑᐊᒧᕑᑎ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑭᐊᔑᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᒪᐡᑯᔑᐠ ᑐᐦᐁᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ. ᐊᒥ ᐁᑫᐧᓇᐠ ᐁᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᔾᐟᐊᐧᑐᕑ ᑯᓫᑊ ᑐᐦᐁᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒥᑕᑲᐧᑭᐠ ᒋᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒥᓴᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂ. ᑭᑲᐧᔭᐣᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᔾᐟᐊᐧᑐᕑ ᑲᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑲᒥᓀᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐁᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᒋᓂᐨ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᒋᐱᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ.

Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School teaches golf DFC high school has added golf to the list of extracurricular activities offered to students. A golf clinic was held at Whitewater Golf Club throughout the fall for interested students of the sport to try to swing a club for the first time. Whitewater had golf teachers on hand for the students, along with other golf enthusiasts from the Thunder Bay community to practice at the range, putting green and even play a few rounds at the course.

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ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᒪ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᐊᑕᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᓯᒧᑲᐣᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᒧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ. 10 ᒣᑲᐊᐧᐟ ᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐸᑕᑭᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᒪᐤ 45,000 ᐃᐡᐱᒥᐠ ᑲᐊᑯᓂᑕᐧ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒐᑲᑌᔭᐱᑭᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᓯᒧᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑕᐧᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐸᐧᕑᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ, ᐃᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ 88 ᐁᑯᕑᐢ ᐸᐧᕑᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᓯᑲᐧᐠ. ᐅᐱᒪᐦᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 1 - 4 ᐁᐧᑎ ᐸᐧᕑᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᑫᑌ ᐊᔕᐧᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᐠᑕᐧᕑᐃᔭ ᐃᐣ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑭᑕᔑ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐣ.

Fort Albany woman can’t access funds

Aboriginal youth from across northern Ontario had the chance to perform with NDN Cars composer Keith Secola on Sept. 29 (top); Six young Aboriginal writers from across Ontario received the James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing award on Sept. 26, including Carlista Mawakeesic of Sioux Lookout (bottom left); and DFC high school students had the opportunity to take part in a golf clinic (bottom right).

Page 1 and 3 ᐁᓴᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᑲᒧᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᓂᑲᒧ ᓯᑯᓫᐊ

ᑭᓇᑐᒪ

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᓇᑭᐡᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓂᑲᒧᐣ ᑭᐟ ᓯᑯᓫᐊ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᑌᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 29. ᐯᑭᐡ ᑲᔦ ᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐱᑕᑯᔑᐠ ᐅᓂᑲᒧ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᑐᐨ ᔕᔾᐊᐣ ᐦᐅᐸᐧᕑᑲ ᐃᒪ ᑭᑕᔑ ᓂᑲᒧ ᓫᐁᐠᐦᐁᐟ ᔪᓂᐯᕑᓯᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ. ᑌᑊ ᓯᒪᕑᐟ ᑲᑕᑭᐧᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᒪᐣᑎᐣ ᐅᓂᑲᒧᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐊᐧᐸᒪᐣ ᐁᑭᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᐨ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᓂᑲᒧᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᔕᓂᐸᐣ ᐸᐧᕑᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᑎᐸᒋᒧᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

Environmental conference takes place in Thunder Bay A tour of a solar energy power development was one of the highlights of the Northern Ontario First Nations Environment Conference. The 10 megawatt SkyPower solar park, which contains about 45,000 solar panels and was developed in partnership with Fort William First Nation, has been in operation on about 88 acres of Fort William commercial land since May. The conference took place Oct. 1-4 at the Fort William Historical Park and the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay.

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A Fort Albany woman is unable to access the $97,000 she received about three months ago in residential school compensation because in 2008 she was declared mentally unfit to manage her finances. Agnes Sutherland, 57, had problems with alcohol addiction and after she was admitted into a mental health unit, her personal finances fell into control of the Public Guardian and Trustee for Ontario. With the help of counselling, Sutherland sobered up and in April 2011, a doctor found her to have “no mental illness that would interfere with her decision making.” But Sutherland must wait until a court tells the federal and provincial governments to revoke the trustee appointment before she is given full access to her compensation. Until then, Sutherland, who is physically disabled and was recently homeless, is only given $85 a week.

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐱᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ

ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐠ

ᑲᑭ

ᐣᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐱᐦᐃᑫᐠ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᒉᒥᐢ ᐸᕑᑐᓫᒪᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐃᐧ ᑲᑭᑕᐊᐧᒋᒧᐃᐧᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᑌᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 26. ᕑᐁᒍ ᑊᕑᐅᑯᐟ, 9 ᐊᐱᒋᐡᑲ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᔕᐦᐅᐠ ᐅᒋ, ᐅᑭᐊᓂᒧᑕᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᓂᔑᐸᑲᓂᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᓇᒪᐣᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᐨ ᒉᓫᓯ ᕑᐊᐳᕑᑕ ᒪᑫ, ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᐁᑲᐯᔑᐨ ᑲᓫᐃᐢᑕ ᒪᐊᐧᑭᓯᐠ, ᑲᐟᓫᐅᕑ ᐁᐅ

For the Love of Life concert headlined by NDN Cars composer Secola

Aboriginal youth win writing award

Aboriginal youth from across northern Ontario had the chance to perform with NDN Cars composer Keith Secola on Sept. 29. The performances were part of the For the Love of Life concert, organized by Shy-Anne Hovorka and held at Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin auditorium in Thunder Bay. Dave Simard of the Thunder Mountain Singers said he was able to meet with Secola in Fort William First Nation and tell him stories about the region.

Six young Aboriginal writers from across Ontario received the James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing award on Sept. 26. Rachel Bluecoat, a Grade 9 student from Fort Severn, showed the changes in her community in her poem and felt “great” about receiving the award. Wunnumin Lake’s Chelsea Roberta McKay, Sioux Lookout’s Calista Mawakeesic, Cutler’s Carlene Evangeline Genevieve Wiitala and Waterloo’s Justine Kennedy also received awards.

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

Sandy Lake orders residents out Rick Garrick Wawatay News

A Sandy Lake resident has been ordered by chief and council to leave the community for inciting negative remarks and public commentary. “I feel like they tore my heart apart,” said Angela Kamalatisit, a Fort Albany band member who had been living in Sandy Lake for about 10 years with common-law partner and Sandy Lake band member Ringo Fiddler. “My son and Ringo are my family. What they (chief and council) did was wrong.” Kamalatisit received a letter from chief and council, dated Aug. 7, ordering her to leave Sandy Lake on Aug. 30 at her own expense. She left within a few days and is now staying at a shelter in Thunder Bay. “I think it’s because of comments I made on Facebook about my situation,” Kamala-

tisit said. “I know I stated one time that I was feeling picked on because of Ringo and his politics.”

“I want to go back — I lived there for 10 years in peace. I didn’t do nothing wrong.” -Angela Kamalasit

Kamalatisit said she does not like being bullied or harassed. “I’m the type that takes stands for myself and for my family,” Kamalatisit said. “I’m looking for them to just leave us alone. We didn’t cause any trouble in Sandy Lake. I want to go back — I lived there for 10 years in peace. I didn’t do nothing wrong.” Kamalatisit said she even helped youth who were having personal issues. “I gave them one-on-one

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Angela Kamalasit, a Fort Albany band member, lived in Sandy Lake for 10 years with her common-law partner Ringo Fiddler before being ordered to leave the community by the band council in August. talks,” Kamalatisit said. “I considered Sandy Lake my home and that is where my spouse lives. And I want to be with my spouse.” The chief and council’s letter said that Kamalatisit is not

allowed to return to Sandy Lake - if she does, she will be charged with trespassing on a reserve. The letter stated: “There have been reports of your negative public commentary of our local community. This is creat-

ing hardship for our people.” The letter also stated that chief and council cannot tolerate this type of action or behavior from people who are in the community as guests. Kamalatisit’s son, Dylan Saganash, was also ordered to leave Sandy Lake by chief and council on Aug. 30 for entering the community without the expressed permission of chief and council due to court conditions. Sandy Lake has posted an official statement on the issue, which said chief and council held a meeting about Kamalatisit and Saganash on Aug. 30. The statement said there was careful deliberation regarding Kamalatisit and Saganash, noting that Saganash has outstanding court conditions. “Since these two individuals are not band members and did not request permission to enter into our traditional territory,” the statement said, “these

two individuals have been instructed to leave at the earliest possible time at their own expense.” Fiddler responded to Kamalatisit’s eviction in an Aug. 31 letter to Sandy Lake chief and council, where he said she is a guest of the community at his request. He also told chief and council in his letter that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms now applies in First Nations since July 2011, including the freedom of expression. The CHRA guarantees that everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; freedom of peaceful assembly; and freedom of association. Sandy Lake Chief Bart Meekis did not reply to requests for an interview.

Feds not responding to application to have trustee removed Continued from page 1 Last year, Sabourin had a local physician reassess Sutherland. “And of course, they found she had capacity and that letter was sent to INAC and the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee,” Sabourin said. The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee said the appointment is out of their

hands and Sabourin was told to contact AANDC. “(The Office said) the appointment was under the Indian Act and they (AANDC) have to remove that appointment and said take it up with them directly and all of my letters have gone ignored since April of last year,” Sabourin said. Several months ago, Sutherland moved to Timmins but

was unable to find a home. A diabetic, Sutherland had one leg amputated and is in a wheelchair. And as she was homeless in Timmins, of the $97,000 sitting in her account, Sutherland is given $87 a week from the trustee. It was not until her struggles appeared in local media that arrangements were made with the trustee to provide her

with a home, where the rent is billed directly to the trustee. With such a long wait for a response from AANDC, Sabourin had an application issued with a federal court and that is being delivered to the Attorney General of Canada, AANDC and the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee. “So they will have to respond,” Sabourin said.

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From the Wawatay archives 16-5th Avenue North P.O. Box 1180 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Serving the First Nations in Northern Ontario since 1974. Wawatay News is a politically independent weekly newspaper published by Wawatay Native Communications Society.

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

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Health: “You have cancer” Joyce Atcheson GUEST COLUMNIST

t was 2008; I was extremely unwell with persistent menopausal bleeding menopause. The late David Gehue, healer and shake tent man, told me ‘If you believe you can do something, you can. You have to believe it to see it.’ I went to shake tents, took my problem to the spirits and trusted I would be guided. The spirits told me I did not have cancer and offered me land medicines. These worked until I travelled and couldn’t store them. David had me promise I’d see a doctor. Only that promise got me to the hospital; I had so much distrust in the system. In emergency, I panted as they walked me to three rooms. Six nurses admonished me, ‘Slow your breathing.’ As I struggled not to faint as I walked I kept saying, ‘I can do this, I can make it.’ With my vital signs checked I was given a pill for anxiety! ‘I don’t need this. There are lots of things that cause shortness of breath,’ I said. I took the pill; I had bigger battles to fight and didn’t have strength for all. Blood work revealed I was very ill so a specialist saw me after his office hours. That’s when I heard the words that many dread: ‘You have two huge masses which are usually cancer. I don’t have the ability of the city operating room. You’d be better to go there.’ I was admitted for blood transfusions and tests. A CT scan showed two masses, one the size of a large tissue box and the other, larger. I had to wait for a bed for the surgery; I was discharged. Five days later I returned with massive bleeding. A locum doctor was in charge. He acted proud and cocky as he suggested a nurse examine me. As she stepped forward, I rebelled. He hadn’t asked my permission. ‘No. I am not a teaching tool! I have a right to decide who touches me, and when.’ They left with the nurse returning shortly to apologize, acknowledging I was right: I could refuse. I know it is assault if care providers touch or treat without permission. An hour later the doctor appeared, justifying his actions:

‘I work in a teaching hospital. We get used to showing residents.’ I was prepared to be labelled difficult or belligerent. Those titles kept me alive as I lived David’s words of believing. I trusted the spirits were helping me to assert myself, to be strong in the face of blatant oppression. I did not fear cancer; the spirits told me I didn’t have it. I had no feeling of cancer’s invasion and struggled to deny doctors’ fears and words becoming my life. Repeatedly I faced coercive actions by those who control the health care system while I spoke, demanding respect, consideration, and exercising my right to refuse. Instead of pain medication I used nature sounds CDs. Those sounds also kept me from hearing staff breaching confidentiality as they discussed my problems at the hall desk. I continued to follow spirit direction, walked when I felt I could and as my body directed me to do to gain strength. I didn’t let staff fears become mine. Before going to hospital, I had made a major decision: I avoided fearing or claiming cancer. I didn’t want the fear and pity of others; that’s negative energy. Three friends and my brother phoned me from Alberta, Ontario, and two distant Nova Scotia communities to remind me I was loved. Six weeks after surgery, while still coping with major side effects of treatments I hadn’t been able to avoid, I got the surgery results. ‘It took a long time to get process the tissues. They did numerous and unusual tests on the tumours; the results show you have grade one cancer,’ the doctor said. I let those words roll over and off my ears. ‘Chemotherapy and radiation will not make a difference,’ he added. I thanked him, hung up the phone and danced -- I knew I was OK. I’d made it! I was down 40 pounds, looked like a hollow-cheeked, grey, bag of bones and had my beliefs tested repeatedly but I was okay. Doctors told me I had cancer but I don’t believe that. Tests have false positives, errors are made, and bioscience medicine is not always right. I give cancer no space in my body today and thank David, who has joined the spirits, and the balance of the spirits daily for their intervention.

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The colours of change Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

hese days I am surrounded by nature’s art and Mother Earth is changing the landscape with incredible colours that she takes from her pallet. The fall colour extravaganza is in full swing up north and vivid yellow, orange, red and green fills the forests. Even though we northerners feel a little sad at the waning of summer our spirits are lifted with joyful colour all through the northland. A great way to enjoy the colour forest show is to take a road trip from the far north of Ontario to the southern cities over a period of a couple of weeks. Way up north on the James Bay coast I recall yellow being the predominant fall colour as the leaves changed. Of course this was a mix with green and brown in the far north forest where only the poplar provided us with yellow streams of colour on the landscape. Bushes added bits of red here and there and the

pine tree green held everything together. Further south around the North Bay and Sudbury areas in northern Ontario there are more deciduous trees so the colours are more vivid still with a variety of reds, oranges and yellows throughout the forest. Around the Toronto area and most of southern Ontario the colours really explode into splashes of reds, oranges and yellows while the green represented by the conifer trees dissipates. To really get the most out of this season I suggest spending as much time as possible on waterfront areas where the amazing colours of the forest are expanded by the mirror affect in the reflection on the water. Being out on the land in the autumn of the year is magical and reminds us of just how beautiful our planet is. It is interesting to know that all these wonderful colours are brought to us by the trees every year merely due to an necessity for survival. Deciduous trees develop their colours because they are heading into hibernation for the winter. It makes more sense for them to stop supplying nutrients to their leaves as there is less sunlight

for production of energy and the trees must cope with freezing temperatures. When the trees stop supplying nutrients to the leaves a process occurs where in fact the leaves slowly change colour, die and drop off. The trees expend as little energy as possible to make it through the winter. Pine trees cope with the environment in a different way. They keep their pine needles because it is too energy expensive for them to shed their foliage. In the north, the summer season is too short for growth so it is more efficient to maintain their green foliage. The cooler year round weather also makes it harder to decompose nutrients into the soil so it is more energy efficient for pines to maintain their health year round. Amazingly the beautiful spectrum of fall colours are the result of trees killing off their leaves so that they can survive the cold season and come to life again in the spring. That kind of process very much points to my belief that northerners are blessed with changing seasons. The fact that we live through four seasons every year keeps us adaptable, vibrant and makes us strong. Most of us

would be lost and bored if we only had one season in the year. For First Nation people in this country the changing seasons right across Canada has determined our way of life and spirituality. My nomadic ancestors roamed the land as hunters and gatherers and were very close to Mother Earth and nature. The colours of autumn signalled the coming of winter when they could more easily move on the land with snowshoes, dog teams and sleds. The fall colours for my people the James Bay or Mushkego Cree meant that the geese would be flying south and that gave the opportunity to harvest them for our survival. The Canada Goose is in fact a very spiritual part of our culture as we owe much of our survival as a people to this majestic bird. The fall colours get me very excited and announce the change of seasons. This is a happy time when we should venture out of the house in warm clothes to walk by a lake or river or wander down a forest trail with colours all around us. Better still if possible take a slow road trip through the Canadian heartland to witness the change of seasons.

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Joyce Atcheson Special to Wawatay News

First Nations do not have the right to say ‘no’. Despite Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI)’s heroic David against Goliath efforts to protect their land from invasion by mining companies and the province, KI has been left with debt while Platinex got $5 million and Ontario revamped its archaic mining act, leaving free entry access intact and thus giv-

ing the province the upper hand in resource economics. Under Ontairo’s ‘new and improved’ 2009 mining law, First Nations do not have jurisdiction over their lands and are unable to say ‘no’. They are required to negotiate and manage agreements with resource developers and the province. The law is a ‘policy of incorporation’. The only option left to First Nations within Treaties is to continue the stand as KI did and

does -- the law of Kanawayandan D’aaki, the duty and sacred responsibility to the land. No Means No, The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and the Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty is a thumbnail sketch by David Peerla, the political advisor to KI, of KI’s past justice efforts and the present picture of oppression imposed on First Nations. He quotes Justice Smith’s judgement of fearing that giving KI’s law his support would create two sets of laws -- one for

Aboriginals -- which would lead to chaos and loss of respect and confidence by the public in the courts and judicial system. As you read, you can clearly see two sets of laws existed before KI put so much money and personal life into it. You will find the lunacy of Justice Smith’s ruling: First People, at last count, are members of the public, but confidence in and respect for this law left years ago and now First Peoples need to evoke their own. This book needs to be read by

Canada’s millions who believe we have justice in Canada and at the cost of this book there are few people unable to afford it. No Means No, The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and the Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty -- David Peerla; Cognitariat Publishing (Sold by Amazon Digital Services, Inc); 2012; ASIN B008XMW8BG; 29 pages, $0.99)

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Wawatay News

OCTOBER 11, 2012

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Creative Aboriginal writers win awards Rick Garrick Wawatay News

James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award winner Kiara Lynn Bird likes to express her feelings in her writing. “Sometimes I’ll cry, sometimes I’ll laugh,” said the Grade 7 student from Naotkamewanning, a Treaty #3 community near Sioux Narrows. “Sometimes I’ll be happy.” Bird said her parents, teachers and classmates were proud of her for winning the award. “They think it’s awesome,” Bird said about her parents. “They were wowed and overjoyed.” Bird plans to write a book about dancing in the powwow in the future, noting it is important to write because it “brings a lot out of you.” Bird and five other young Aboriginal writers from

across Ontario received the James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award, which includes a $2,500 cash award, during the Sept. 26 awards ceremony in Toronto.

“The clever thoughts and imaginative writing showcased by these young writers gives us a unique perspective of the personal journey of Ontario’s young Aboriginal people, they have found in writing an intellectual stimulant, a door that opens a world of possibilities.” -James Bartleman, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Fort Severn’s Rachel Bluecoat, a Grade 9 student at Keewaytinook Internet High School, showed the changes in her community in her poem. “(I wrote about) what I like to do, like going fishing, going for rides to the coast,” Bluecoat said. “It’s good to be out there having fun out there.” Bluecoat felt good about her award, noting she received congratulations from the community. “It felt great,” Bluecoat said. Wunnumin Lake’s Chelsea Roberta McKay, Sioux Lookout’s Calista Mawakeesic, Cutler’s Carlene Evangeline Genevieve Wiitala and Waterloo’s Justine Kennedy also received awards. “The clever thoughts and imaginative writing showcased by these young writers gives us a unique perspective of the personal journey of

Ontario’s young Aboriginal people,” said James Bartleman, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. “They have found in writing an intellectual stimulant, a door that opens a world of possibilities.” More than 250 entries were received this year for the award, which was created in 2008 to provide Aboriginal youth with an opportunity to showcase their creative writing abilities. The award has been presented to 30 Aboriginal youth since its inception. “Aboriginal youth in

Ontario have tremendous potential and I am impressed by their talent to share their unique stories and culture at such a young age,” said Kathleen Wynne, minister of Aboriginal Affairs. “I encourage them to continue to develop their craft as promising young writers and authors in Ontario.” Aboriginal youth 18 years of age and under are eligible for the award. They must self-identify as Aboriginal, attend a school in Ontario, be a permanent resident of Ontario and be the author of an original creative writing piece, such as a short story,

When Will I see you again? Kiara Lynn Bird, age 12 Naotkamewanning First Nations

I go to your house, thinking I will see you smiling I go to powwows thinking I will see you dancing I go to gatherings thinking I will see you speaking When will I see you again? Only in memories now as time passes by Only in dreams now, just you and I I know you’re here in spirit as the eagles soar as the calm wind blows as the warm comforting feeling felt to the core Only then do I know you’re close I love you papa, send me a sign, and let me know everything will be fine.

Untitled poem Rachel Bluecoat, age 17 Fort Severn

I look around and see what used to be there. But it’s been removed, it’s so much different. I close my eyes remembering what it was like. The smell of pine trees, birds singing back and forth. After I open my eyes it’s gone. All I hear is the sound of cars honking. The pollution from factories, cars spread all over. The trees have been cut down, birds are still here but, don’t sing anymore. The river is still there but, a bridge is built over it leading to another town. No one is allowed to hunt. There’s barely any fish. It’s just not the same as it used to be.

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There’s not light There’s no sound I need help There’s a place and a time To be saved But is it now? I need help Help me now I’m stuck in this place I feel alone I want to go somewhere else It’s so dark It’s so cold Can you help me now? I’ll be waiting here for you I feel sad I think I’m going insane Can you help me now? I feel sick I feel lonely I need help right now I’ve been yelling for help every day Can you hear me now?

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

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Insight; To Ones Who Have Been Hurt Disgust written on their face, They’ve already called me a disgrace, All given titles, each and every day. What is to say? When no one understands, When no one else seems to care, When no one else seems to give a damn. Feeling utterly alone, when I make the stand. A cut here, a cut there, two on my left arm there.

Calista Mawakeesic, age 13 Sioux Lookout

Each word, little by little, mound by mound, Every each hard harsh word stabs me and my heart broken bones, Whispers and stares, taunts and laughs, Endless road, to which I don’t dare. Feeling so small, Cannot recall, my one last wish, lost the magic fish. I fall, I fly, I call, I cry, I failed, didn’t I try? Bruises; dark purple, from the words that have been said, Scars; deep red, from the fears that has been caught. Their jokes and laughter, all that has been said, All just in my head, day after day. A lie, that they say, each and every day, Told me that I was worthless, Oh, how I bedded to differ.

Day after day, person after person, Not matter what, it’s never enough, Hungry like blood thirsty wolves, Hungry for others’ pain, Hungry for tears, hungry for the ones who have lost their hope. Now they do it to her, Because she’s so different, character and looks, They’re dragging her down with their lifeless piercing looks, their mind playing games. Expressively dangerous, tend to find new ways, A whole new plan, each and every day. Blood like tear drops and on the floor, Sighs slowly and quietly, a sigh of pain. No one has held out a hand, not even help When she needed it the most a place to fall, The world is a lost land, forever

dark. Not what any girl needs for.

birds sing.

Tried to looking into her soul? “a hopeless loner”, that is what has been told. Recognize this? A thief with a bone, A dog with a knife, It’s all opposite isn’t it? Well…so is her life.

Trickling day, Stinging night, Yet not raining, and no bees, Always getting me. Wonder what I can say, Without my voice trembling with fright. They tried to take my soul, They should really try to find their own.

Dancing through the thoughts of mine, Ending up for a dying mind, If only I can control the thoughts of mine, Choosing which bond I can bind.

Heartache and anger, What else is new? Today I only find the true meaning of strength. Is it time I finally spoke out?

I wonder if I’m good enough, She wonders if life is worth it, We think, only because we believe the lies that have been told. The stereotypes held against. Bruises and cuts, Words burned into my mind, The hatred and rage in their soul hungry eyes, If only I knew why. Papers, we write. Tears, we cry. Words, we whisper. Behind, lays our old crying eyes. Raging fire, thinking up my fears, All burning up in here. Words I’ll never speak, Cries they’ll never hear. Words unspoken, Word from tear, Whatever lies within, True peace, A place where the humming

The pain I have experienced, The hurt I have kept, My heart, that has been shattered, But today, I find a new way. Been close to the breaking point, Been close to the face of true death, Almost went pale blue, my face expressionless. Almost went too deep, deep too bleed it all out. Nights which I have prayed, prayed for it to stop, But I found I need to figure it out. As I’ve been told, hurt people hurt people. It didn’t make sense, for the hurt to hurt others. Been treated so wrong, for so long. Been close to my dead breaking point, Been close enough to die. Always needed to break down and cry.

My all, All that has been to waste. They tried to tear me apart, Tried driving me to death, Tried to make sure I believed that I failed life’s test. Mess of a million tears lay to waste, Hundreds of thoughts, saying it’ll be better to take the life to stop the pain. Never forget; never forget what has been felt. Angry inside. Show them that I can shine, Tell them that they were blind all this time. Each day, day after day, My mind played like a broken record, Saying, I don’t want to be me. Replaying, and playing, words of my catch phrase. Stood up for myself and she, Found out they weren’t so powerful after all, The nights I laid awake, words buzzing in and out of my mind, Broke out some tears, yes it’s true. Got on my own two feet, stood up tall. Found the true meaning of strength. Glad I finally found hope, Finally happy now. To be pain free To be care free, To be tear free, To be bully free! Oh, not in this world, not even close. Spread these wings of mine, Show them what is really behind; strength and freedom,

Finally they leave me be. Moved on; to another soul, Stand by and watch the tornado blow? Make way for the hurricane wave? Jump out from the blazing fire? Stand up? Be tall and fearless, Make sure that no more tears fall? Let the lost ones be found. Not one more blow. There is thousands out there, whom which they don’t know what to do. I wasn’t the only one, there was her, there was him, there was he and she, you, and then where was me. There was the one who played the piano, especially talented whom which they envied. The one who has been called fat, with true perfect view inside, The one who has been called gay, a two spirited knows way more in both, The one who has been called ugly, with true haunting looks. The one who has been called nerd, more a genius than smart. The one who has been called stupid, who know more than just that. The one who has been called worthless, who is worth a one billion lives. The one who has been called a name, who didn’t need to shed a tear. This poem I write Is for the ones who have been hurt.

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Progress to Date Throughout 2011 and 2012, Cliffs held Open House and community meeting events to obtain feedback on its May 2011 Project Description Report as well as the draft Terms of Reference (ToR). Cliffs has now formally submitted its ToR to the Ministry of the Environment for the Project, which provides the framework for the provincial component of the EA. The federal EA will be carried out concurrently with the provincial EA, and will follow the federal Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Guidelines issued to Cliffs on December 23, 2011. Cliffs is now moving forward with the coordinated EA and is beginning the next phase of consultation and engagement activities.

Cliffs Chromite Project Location You Are Invited Community members, government agencies and other interested persons are encouraged to actively participate in the provincial EA planning process by reviewing and providing feedback on the preliminary list of Valued Ecosystem Components (VECs), the results of the baseline studies and Project alternatives assessment. To obtain your feedback Cliffs will hold an Open House (please see details below). Cliffs and its consultants (Golder Associates Ltd) will be present at the Open House to answer your questions and hear what you have to say.

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Project aimed at training Aboriginal reporters in northern Ontario Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The need to tell Aboriginal stories by Aboriginal writers from northern Ontario is at the core of a project initiated by Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), a Canadianbased media development organization. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea is to build up a slew of correspondence across northern Ontario of people who can report from their communities,â&#x20AC;? said Robin Pierro, communications manager for JHR. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So communitybased reporters who can tell Aboriginal focused stories from the Aboriginal perspective.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through the consultations weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done over the past year, the overwhelming need thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being identified in the Thunder Bay is to mitigate the tension between the journalists and the Aboriginal communityâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Robin Pierro, Communications Manager for Journalists for Human Rrights

In its 10 years of operation, JHR has worked primarily in Sub-Saharan countries in Africa helping to develop the capacity of local journalists to report on human rights and governance issues. But last year, the organization decided to work within Canada and, after a month of research, decided to focus on northern Ontario and partnered with Wawatay Native Communications Society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the end, (the aim of the project is) to reach the larger Ontario audience through those stories,â&#x20AC;? Pierro said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To really ensure those stories are getting out of the community and everyone knows whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going in their own province and the country.â&#x20AC;? To accomplish this goal dur-

ing the one-year project, two expert journalism trainers will be hired to work in six remote First Nations communities in northern Ontario, training five local journalists per community in print and radio reporting. Each trainer will work in three communities for three months at a time. JHR also hopes to engage up to 50 community members per cycle through community forums. Fort Severn, Weagomow, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Attawapiskat, Moose Cree and Constance Lake have agreed to take part in the project. The project will also have a Thunder Bay component consisting of bi-weekly workshops for both Aboriginal journalists and local media reporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through the consultations weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done over the past year, the overwhelming need thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being identified in the Thunder Bay is to mitigate the tension between the journalists and the Aboriginal communityâ&#x20AC;? Pierro said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And to make sure the two groups are working together and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s networking and relationships being built.â&#x20AC;? The Thunder Bay workshop series will run for nine months for a total of 17 workshops that targets 30 attendees per session. Topics of discussion would range from techniques for reporting in Aboriginal communities to how mainstream newsrooms operate. The project still needs a source of funding. Along with submitting grant applications, JHR has entered the project in the Aviva Community Fund competition. Targeting local and national initiatives that incite positive change, the competition has three voting rounds where the winning project(s) will receive its proposed funding. Aviva provides a total of $1 million to the competition. The first round of voting ends Oct. 15. Once registered through the website, anyone can vote once per day until the end of the round. The project can be voted on by going to: www.avivacommunityfund. org/ideas/acf14612.

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Solar power demonstrated at environment conference Rick Garrick Wawatay News

A solar energy power development tour was one of the highlights of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Northern Ontario First Nations Environment Conference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A few members from other communities have approached me about our project,â&#x20AC;? said Edwin Collins, economic development manager with Fort William First Nation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;SkyPower graciously allowed us to enter inside the solar site. They shut some of the power down so we could walk in safely and we were able to get almost a couple of inches away from the solar panels.â&#x20AC;? The 10 MW SkyPower solar park, which contains about 45,000 solar panels, has been in operation on about 88 acres of Fort William commercial land since this past May. Collins said the solar park provided about 50 job opportunities for community members during construction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are looking into another solar project,â&#x20AC;? Collins said.

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North Shore Tribal Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Patty Ann Owl spoke about protecting indigenous lands and reources at the Oct. 1-4 Northern Ontario First Nations Environment Conference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right from the ground up, we were involved in this project. It was a learning curve for both SkyPower and Fort William First Nation.â&#x20AC;? The conference also featured a workshop on the Musselwhite Mine Environmental Working Committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come easy,â&#x20AC;? said Eleazor McKay, Musselwhite coordinator for Shibogama First

Nations Council and a MMEWC committee member. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The important part is understanding each other, where the industry is coming from and the industry in turn listens to the First Nation concerns.â&#x20AC;? McKay said the committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s results have been satisfactory to date even though there are ongoing concerns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a way, it has been a success

story because we had many challenges,â&#x20AC;? McKay said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For our side, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the lack of understanding of the scientific terminology being used and (being) able to translate it to our language.â&#x20AC;? Although a number of workshop participants raised concerns about potential pollution, McKay said no problems have been identified in two nearby communities on the same river system as the Musselwhite Mine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are waiting for results from our sturgeon study,â&#x20AC;? McKay said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything looks fine and I am sure that people will catch anything unusual in species that we consume on a daily basis.â&#x20AC;? McKay said there are concerns about the mine closure, which is currently estimated for 2029. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our First Nations are going to be there for thousands of years to come after the mine closes,â&#x20AC;? McKay said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So what happens then. We are not there yet, but we are slowly getting the understanding of it.â&#x20AC;? The conference was held Oct. 1-4 at the Fort William Historical Park and the Victoria Inn in

Thunder Bay, with a wide variety of workshops on community development and protection, energy usage, environmental studies, fuel management, land use planning, mining, waste management and water/wastewater. Wawakapwewinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Simon Frogg would like to see more background information and discussion time at future conferences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are affected by a lot of the things that are under discussion,â&#x20AC;? Frogg said. The conference was hosted by Bimose Tribal Council, Independent First Nations Alliance, Matawa First Nations Management Inc., Nokiiwin Tribal Council, North Shore Tribal Council, Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation, Shibogama First Nations Council and Windigo First Nations Council in partnership with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.

Fundraising to get Nibinamik an ice rink Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Building a synthetic ice rink in Nibinamik First Nation for the local youth is the goal of a Toronto-based organization that is partnered with 30 First Nations in northwestern Ontario. To do so, Mamow Sha-way-gikay-win: The North-South Partnership for Children has entered the project in the Aviva Community Fund, a competition where initiatives that encourage positive change are voted on by the public in a series of online voting

rounds. Betty Lou Scholey, director of operations for Mamow Sha-waygi-kay-win, said they got the idea to build a synthetic rink in the community during a consultation visit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We went to see the chief only to realize that they took the kids to Sioux Lookout for a hockey tournament,â&#x20AC;? Scholey recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And just the kids and how they were when they got back, hearing them and the parents saying they want a better rink. It just was something that never left my mind.â&#x20AC;?

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Scholey said the arena structure is built in Nibinamik, but a concrete pad must be laid and the synthetic ice itself purchased and installed. But the cost of construction materials and shipping to the northern communities would be substantial. Scholey said there is not enough recreational activities in northern communities for the youth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I thought if there is a way to get funds for projects, why not?â&#x20AC;? she said. Entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the Love of Hockey,â&#x20AC;? the Aviva Commu-

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Filmmakers answering audience questions a hit at Biindigaate Chris Kornacki Special to Wawatay News

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Filmmaker Darlene Naponse of Whitefish Lake First Nation takes questions about shooting her feature film, “Every Emotion Costs.”

A handful of directors who had their films screened at this years’ Biindigaate Indigenous Film Festival were on hand after their screening to answer audience questions. The festival f lew in these directors from all over Canada as a special feature to enhance the audience experience. Attending filmmakers included Henry Beardy, Jeff Dorn, Adam Garnet Jones, Jason Hunter, Joe Ironstand, Lisa Jackson and Darlene Naponse. Naponse of Whitefish Lake First Nation, located near Sudbury, was on hand after the screening of her feature film Every Emotion Costs. The film was shot on location at Whitefish Lake and was about a young woman who returns to her home community to attend her mother’s funeral and reconnects with her past. “I’ve always wanted to make films. Ever since I was

a kid,” Naponse said. Her film took six years to complete. The first draft was written in 2003, with the last three years of preparation dedicated to pushing the process of finding dollars to make the film.

“It was powerful being able to have the community actually working on the film.” -Filmmaker Darlene Naponse on filming in Whitefish Lake

With all the preparation to get the film to come together there was only 16 days to actually shoot it. Originally there was 18 days, but production had to be wrapped up quickly because it started to snow. “We had to improvise on the spot,” Naponse said. Naponse said there were advantages of shooting the film in her home community,

like being able to go home every night after a long production day, and that 75 per cent of crew was from the community and area. “It was powerful being able to have the community actually working on the film,” she said. When asked how she views the film now after spending so many years in preparation she said, “the film is more emotional now looking at it then when I was writing it. In after thought you think you could have done things differently, but you have to just enjoy what you did and the way the film turned out.” Currently, Naponse is working on a drama about a couple who’s going in the bush to fix their relationship and think a seven day canoe trip will help. It’s on the lines of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf. “It’s not my story, but it’s a ref lection of stories I’ve heard or seen or friends have told me along the way,” she said. Naponse owns and runs

a studio called Pine Needle Productions. Every Emotion Costs is her second feature film. Jason Hunter from Weenusk First Nation had his documentary called Bannock screened at the festival. Hunter was also present to answer questions from the audience. “I only had a week to shoot and edit the documentary, so it was really fast paced,” he said after been asked how long it took him to complete the film. Bannock was done as a project while he was a film student at Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Hunter also gave young and upcoming filmmakers some advice: “Keep going at it and don’t give up. Since 2006, I’ve been going at it and it takes a lot of hard work and sleepless nights. Just put your heart and soul into it and love what you’re doing.” The fourth annual film festival was held Sept. 27-30 at the Paramount Theatre in Thunder Bay.

Wabauskang man expanding core tray business with grant Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Makoose Wood Innovations is expanding into mining core tray manufacturing thanks to $241,256 in funding from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation. “I was approached by Goldcorp (about) a year and a half ago and they asked if I was interested in making core trays,” said Doug Riffel, owner of Makoose Wood Innovations, a wood products company based in Perrault Falls near Wabauskang First Nation. “I had pursued them in the past because I was always looking for something that could create jobs in the community.” Although Riffel first looked at producing core trays using the small planer

at his sawmill, he found they could only produce a limited quantity using that equipment.

“We’re a victim of our own success in that we do the process so well that we can easily satisfy the local market.” -Doug Riffel, owner of Makoose Wood Innovations

“For the size of core tray Goldcorp uses, we had to get a fairly large planer,” said Riffel, noting he purchased a Weinig planer with part of the NOHFC funding to manufacture the core trays. “The

planer is fairly high quality and (from) a decent company so we can have engineered knives made to whatever specifications you would like.” Riffel initially purchased timber from the open market to produce the core trays while wood prices were low, but he is now beginning to harvest his own wood from the forest. “We can produce 2,000 (core trays) a day with five guys running,” Riffel said. “We produce up to 10,000 a month depending on the market.” Riffel currently has about 10 Aboriginal employees including himself: five working on the core trays, two working in the sawmill and two working on road building in the bush. “We’re a victim of our own

success in that we do the process so well that we can easily satisfy the local market,” Riffel said. “I would assume we are somewhere between 60 and 75 per cent of the local market.” Riffel is looking to diversify to keep all his employees working, noting that the Weinig planer can produce a variety of wood products, including log home siding, tongue and groove siding, dimensional lumber and double tongue and groove material for cabin kits. “We’ve built a couple of cabin kits,” Riffel said. “We’re fairly comfortable with the design but it’s a matter of getting into the market and getting the exposure.” In addition to purchasing the Weinig planer, Riffel also bought some additional

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School recently added golf to the list of extracurricular activities offered to students. A golf clinic has been being held at Whitewater Golf Club throughout the fall for interested students of the sport to try to swing a club for the first time. Whitewater had golf teachers on hand for the students, along with other golf enthusiasts from the Thunder Bay community to practice at the range, putting green and even play a few rounds on the course. “The idea started after the second annual Raising Awareness golf tournament at the Fort William Country Club,” said Michael McKay, who is a volunteer helping out with the clinic. Proceeds from the annual charity tournament, held this past June, went towards the DFC in school drug program. “It gave us the idea to want to venture out and try something different with the students,” McKay said about the students learning the game of golf. So far, nine DFC students have come out to the clinic. “Golf is such a hard game to play,” Albert Drake said. Drake is one of the teachers at the clinic. “We want to provide exposure for the kids coming from the north. You can see golf on TV but to make the connection to play golf and pick up a club is different. It’s a game that once you learn, you can pick up and play whenever you want and they’ll be able to play it their whole lives,” Drake said. “It’s different than going to the hockey rink,” Kevin Kakakegamic, a teacher at DFC said. “It’s a new sport for all the students. The students never had an opportunity to learn and have a chance to swing a club. Some of the students were a bit uneasy at

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Left: Award-winning Anishinabe musician Keith Secola performed with Larissa Derosiers and Binaesheequae Couchie-Nabigon on Sept. 29 during the For the Love of Life concert at Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin auditorium in Thunder Bay. Above: Shamattawa’s Trinity Beardy also performed during the music concert.

For the Love of Life music concert features youth Rick Garrick Wawatay News

NDN Cars composer Keith Secola rocked Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin auditorium on Sept. 29 along with Shy-Anne Hovorka, Classic Roots and a group of Aboriginal musicians. “Keith obviously got the whole crowd rocking and with Classic Roots, it was awesome,” said Shy-Anne, who organized the concert. “It was unbelievable — all of the youth did really well. The kids from Pikangikum almost missed their flight but they made it within two hours of the show.” Larissa Derosiers, a singer from Fort Frances, sang a song with Secola, Shy-Anne and Pic River’s Binaesheequae

Couchie-Nabigon to close out the show. “I had such a blast,” Derosiers said. “I love singing with Shy-Anne and being a part of some of the events she puts on.”

“He was just so much fun and I just love the energy that he brings to the stage. I just had a lot of fun up there.” -Larissa Derosiers on performing with Keith Secola

Derosiers enjoyed the performance of Secola, an awardwinning Anishinabe musician and member of the Native

Music Hall of Fame from the United States. “He was just so much fun and I just love the energy that he brings to the stage,” Derosiers said. “I just had a lot of fun up there.” Secola was amazed with the level and maturity of the young singers’ song writing and voice. “These young women are ... singing like equay, just full grown and full maturity and richness of the voice,” Secola said. “I could see that voice training and taking music lessons pays off.” Classic Roots was excited to meet and perform with Secola. “I actually did watch a few movies that had the song NDN Cars, like Dance Me Outside,” Classic Roots said. “That was my favourite Native movie

when I was growing up.” Dave Simard and the other Thunder Mountain Singers met with Secola before the performance on Mount McKay in Fort William First Nation. “We got to tell him a story about Thunder Mountain,” Simard said. “He was here to learn about the stories and we were able to provide him with a couple of stories about our area.” Some of the Thunder Mountain Singers and their family members, including Ryan, Shannon, Jesse and Jade Gustafson, danced along with Secola and Classic Roots during the concert. “I think kids love it,” Simard said, “being able to share your music in that way, across genres and just showcasing the positive ways of express-

ing your talent.” A video of the dancers dancing along with Classic Roots during one of his songs has been posted on the Thunder Mountain Singers’ Facebook page. Trinity Beardy, from Shamattawa First Nation in Manitoba, also had his performance posted on the Thunder Mountain Singers Facebook page. “It was for my mom,” Beardy said. “All I can do is express my music.” Beardy was surprised to meet with the creator of NDN Cars. “That was really awesome,” Beardy said. “I hear it (NDN Cars) on the CDs, but I didn’t think I would actually speak to the person who was actually singing it.” The Dennis Franklin

Cromarty First Nations High School square dancing team also performed a number of dances during the concert. Shy-Anne said the concert was almost cancelled due to low ticket sales, but with some help from Celina Reitberger, executive director of Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation, the concert went ahead at the Bora Laskin auditorium. “She helped us sell a bunch of tickets and get a lot of youth involved,” Shy-Anne said. “I wanted to say thanks to the Regional Chief Stan Beardy for attending, for Keith Secola for coming all the way from Phoenix, Arizona, and for the volunteers from Ka-Na-Chi-Hih for doing the security and the door for us.”

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