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Building a championship team Fort Albany girls basketball team on

verge of historic provincial finals

Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Fort Albany’s high school basketball coach Justin Sackaney was worried for his team’s psyche as they got ready to face perennial basketball powerhouse Timiskaming District Secondary School in Timmins on Oct. 10. After all, Timiskaming has more than double the students of Fort Albany’s Peetabeck high school, plays regular league games all season long and last year beat what might have been the best Fort Albany basketball team ever by over 30 points. So Sackaney sat the girls down before the game and explained just how tough the odds were that they could win. He wanted them to be prepared; he did not want a possible blow-out to hurt his team’s self-confidence. He need not have worried. The Fort Albany girls listened patiently to his speech, then went out and beat the socks off Timiskaming. It was arguably their most dominating victory, but it was not their last. The girls from the fly-in First Nation, in their first games of the season, were the class of northeastern Ontario basketball during the week-long trip to Timmins. They went 6-0 in league play, 7-2 overall, earning themselves a first place finish in their division and a spot in the northeastern Ontario senior girls finals in the process. “It was nice to think about, what if we went 6-0,” Sackaney said. “But I was going to be happy as long as we competed. So to go 6-0, that was like, wow. It was really something.” See Fort Albany on page 19

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Karen Etherington of Fort Albany’s Peetawabeck High School shows off her impressive defense during a game against Timiskaming District Secondary School. Peetabeck won that game against the heavily favoured Timiskaming girls, en route to going 6-0 in league play during the week. Their record earned the team a first place finish in their division and a place in the northeastern Ontario finals, and showed just how far the basketball program has come in six years since they started taking the sport seriously.

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ᒥᒋᐱᑯᑎᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᑭᒧᐡᑭᐳᑌ

ᐊᐧᔾᐟᓴᐣᐟ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᔑᓇᑯᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ

ᒥᒋᐱᑯᑎᐣ ᑭᓂᑲᑌᑯᒧᐦᐊᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᑭᒧᐡᑭᐱᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᐸᓂᒥᑲᓇᓂ ᐁᑭᐱᑲᐧᐸᐁᐧᓂᐠ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᑭᒋᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᓴᐱᕑᐃᔭᕑ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ. ᒪᒪᐤ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᐣᑭᓯᐠ ᓂᐱ 133 mms ᑲᑭ ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᑭᔐᐸᔭᐠ ᐅᐱᒪᐦᐅᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 26 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ. ᐅᑕᐸᓂ ᒥᑲᓇ 17 ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᒥᓇ ᔕᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐊᐧᐊᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒪᒧᐠ ᑭᐱᑲᐧᐸᐁᐧ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᔑᐨ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᒥᒋᐱᑯᑎᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭᒋᒪᒋᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᒧᐡᑭᐳᑯᐊᐧᐨ. ᐃᒪ ᑲᔦ ᐊᐧᐊᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᒪᒋᓭᐊᐧᐨ.

ᐊᐧᔾᐟᓴᐣᐟ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭ ᑭᒋᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᓂ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᐦᐁᐧᐊᐨ ᐅᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᐦᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ. ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᒋᐅᐣᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥᐱᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᐱᒥᐸᓂᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ, ᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᐃᐧᐳᒋᑲᓂᐠ. ᒥᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᐃᐧᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒪᓇᑎᑫᐧᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᓂᐱᑲᐣ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᐸᑫᐧᓇᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᐦᑭᓂ ᑫᐅᐣᑕᑎᑫᐧᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂ ᒪᓇᑎᑲᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ 60 ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑕᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥᐊᔭᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ.

Michipicoten First Nation flooded

Whitesand’s business highlighted

Michipicoten has evacuated its residents after massive rainfall last week caused flooding that destroyed roads in and out of the Lake Superior First Nation. A record 133 mms of rain fell during the early hours of Oct. 26. Highway 17 north and south of Wawa washed out, along with the roads in and around Michipicoten. The First Nation declared a state of emergency due to the flooding. Wawa also declared a state of emergency.

Whitesand First Nation put its impressive business development on display at an entrepreneur conference in Ottawa in October. The First Nation has big plans for a green energy facility running on biomass, fed by a pellet and sawmill. The whole operation also ties into the community’s control of the forest allocations on the north end of Lake Nipigon. Harvesting is expected to create an additional 60 seasonal jobs in the community.

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ᐱᐣᐠᐃᐧ ᓂᔭᔑ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᒋᓂᑲᓂᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒉᐱ ᐠᓫᐊᑐ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐱᐣᐠᐃᐧ ᓂᔭᔑ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐨ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᒋᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᐅᒋ ᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐠᓫᐊᑐ, ᑭᐱᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐃᓇᓄᑭᐨ ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ ᑫᑐᑕᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐊᒥ ᑲᔦ ᐁᔑᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐊᓂ ᒥᔑᓇᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᓂᑲᐣ, ᐊᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐅᑎᓴᐸᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐊᓂᒪᑕᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐱᒥ ᐊᓄᑭᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓇᐣ.

Bingwi Neyaashi man gets top spot at national business organization JP Gladu of Bingwi Neeyashi Anishinaabek has taken on the top job at the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. Gladu, formerly the president and CEO of BNA’s development corporation, said his community experience will help him as he tackles national issues. He expects to see Aboriginal businesses have increased success over the coming years, as corporate Canada starts to see the benefit of investing in Aboriginal communities and the communities continue to build their human resources and business acumen.

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ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᐯᔕᐧᐸᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᔭᓂᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐢᑕᐣ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᑕᒪᐦᒋ ᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐣ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᓇᑕᐃᐧᐦᐊᑲᓄᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᐡᑲᑯᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᒪᓂᐠ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂ ᒪᐡᑭᑯᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᑕᒪᐦᒋ ᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐣᐢᑎᐣ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱᓯᑦ 13. ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᑭᒪᒋᔕᐧᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐁᑭᒪᒋᔑᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᑲᐧᐡᑭᓭᐨ ᐅᓇᑭᔑᔭᐱᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑯᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒪᒋᔓᐁᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᑭᔭᓂ ᒥᓯᑌᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᒥᓴᑕᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ. ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ, ᒥᐱᑯ ᐁᔑᑲᑫᐧᒪᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐱᒥᐊᔓᑲᑯᐣ ᐅᑐᑌᒪᐣ, ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᐨ. ᐸᓂᒪ ᑕᐡ ᐊᓂᒪᐦᒋ ᓇᑕᐃᐧᐦᐊᑲᓄᐨ, ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᐊᔭᒋᓇ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᑕᐊᓄᑭ ᑲᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐃᐧᐨ.

Stan Louttit to start chemo Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit will begin to undergo chemotherapy in Kingston on Nov. 13. Louttit previously underwent surgery to remove tumours from his colon and liver but surgeons discovered the cancer had spread to his stomach lining. Despite the news, Louttit said he remains positive and has received a lot of support from friends, colleagues and community members. Until the treatment begins, Louttit continues to work for a few hours each day as grand chief.

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ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧᐠ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᐅᑐᐦᐁᐠ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐠ 6-0 ᑲᑭᒪᐃᐧᓀᐦᐅᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᑲᑭᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑎᒥᐣᐢ, ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑕᐡ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑭᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑕᑭᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐱᐣᑎᑫᓭᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧᐠ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᓂᔕᐧ ᑕᑲᑫᐧᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒋᐱᐣᑎᑫᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑐᐦᐁᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ. ᑲᐱᒥ ᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑐᐦᐁᐊᐧᐨ ᒐᐢᑎᐣ ᓴᑲᓂ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᒪᐨ ᐁᔭᓂ ᐱᒋᓂ ᓇᑲᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐊᔕ ᐣᑯᑕᐧᓱᐱᐳᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ.

Fort Albany girls on verge of provincial basketball championship Fort Albany’s girls high school basketball team went 6-0 in league play during a week-long trip to Timmins, earning a first place finish in their division and a spot in the northeastern Ontario championship tournament. The girls need to win their two games in the tournament to make it to OFSSA, the Ontario championship tournament in Toronto. Coach Justin Sackaney said it has been incredible to see the progression of the team in the six years he has been coaching in Fort Albany.

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Michipicoten declares state of emergency Flood results in evacuation of Lake Superior First Nation Rick Garrick Wawatay News

About 18 vulnerable residents from Michipicoten First Nation have been evacuated after being stranded due to an Oct. 25 record downpour that washed out the road connecting Michipicoten to Wawa. The First Nation has also evacuated about 40 other

residents since the vulnerable residents were evacuated by helicopter to Wawa on Oct. 27 by Emergency Management Ontario. “Following a night of heavy rain, the Municipality of Wawa has declared a state of emergency as a result of severe f looding,” said Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on Oct. 26. “Michipicoten First Nation has also declared a state of emer-

gency. Local roads and highways there are also affected by the heavy rainfall.” Michipicoten and Wawa were both f looded after record rainfall hit the area, located about 224 kilometres north of Sault Ste. Marie. “Now that the waters are receding the damage has become more apparent,” said Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha on Oct. 26. “We have heard the high-

way could remain closed for almost a week. There is a real urgency for all government ministries to work together to get this resolved immediately.” Wawa declared a state of emergency on the morning of Oct. 26 after the storm damaged the basement of the hospital, backed up some drains with debris and washed out roads surrounding the community.

Louttit to undergo chemotherapy Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit will begin chemotherapy treatment in Kingston on Nov. 13 as part of his battle with cancer. Louttit previously underwent surgery to remove tumours from his colon and liver but surgeons discovered the cancer had spread to his stomach lining. Days following the surgery, doctors recommended he undergo chemotherapy. “I’ll undergo the first round of chemotherapy (on Nov. 13) and we’ll wait a couple of days to see how my body is responding to it,” Louttit said. “Then we’ll decide the next steps from

there.” Louttit returned from a Kingston hospital last week and continues to fulfill his duties as grand chief, though on a limited basis. “I go in for a few hours a day,” he said. “We’re just taking it day by day.” News of Louttit’s battle with cancer became public when he wrote an open letter to friends and colleagues on Oct. 14 where he noted the unsuccessful attempt to remove the tumours. In another open letter on Oct. 22, Louttit expressed his shock at the news upon waking up from surgery but is now ready to take on this challenge. “I am ready for that fight,” he wrote. “I know it will be

Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit is working a few hours per day while undergoing treatment for cancer. tough, but when you think about it, not everything is a

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walk in the park.” Louttit also said that in addition to the chemotherapy, he is exploring alternative treatment methods, including traditional healing. “I owe this to myself and my family,” he wrote. “What can I lose?” Despite his health concerns, Louttit said he remains positive and has received a lot of support from friends, colleagues and community members. Former Kashechewan chief and Mushkegowuk deputy grand chief Jonathan Solomon created a Facebook group called Support and Prayer For Our Grand Chief Stan Louttit and his Family. The group has more than 3,600 members and many have posted comments expressing support and prayers for Louttit and his family. “Everyone has been very supportive and I thank them all for that,” Louttit said. Louttit is a Fort Albany member who grew up in Attawapiskat before moving to Moose Factory during his teens. He is currently serving his third term as Mushkegowuk grand chief since first being elected in 2004. He was re-elected in 2007 and 2011.

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Treaty #3 signs cooperation agreement with Ontario government Shawn Bell Wawatay News

The Grand Council of Treaty #3 has signed a partnership agreement with the Ontario government, pledging to work together on improving quality of life while promoting economic development. The bilateral agreement, signed on Oct. 25, addresses four areas including Anishinabe education, children and youth issues, health and economic sustainability. Treaty #3 Grand Chief Warren White said the signing advances earlier commitments the two governments had made to each other. “The signing reaffirms our commitment to working with Ontario to ensure our Treaty #3 communities have the opportunity to participate in economic development in our territory,” White said in a press release. The signing is the third between the two parties. A letter of intent to work together was signed in 2009 at Mitaanjigamiing First Nation, and a letter of commitment was signed at

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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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Moose hunting by road Lenny Carpenter WAWATAY NEWS

raserdale. I passed by this tiny settlement so many times on the train between Moosonee and Cochrane yet I had never set foot there. But on Oct. 18, I was among those who disembarked the train at the regular rail stop. I was there for the moose hunt along with my friend Ryan, his father Patrick Sr., and his son and nephew. My original hope was to hunt with my dad, who traditionally moose hunts on either the Abitibi or Kwatabohigan River near Moosonee. But he said he was ill, which left me to contact Ryan about his hunting plans. Located along the railway at mileage 69, Fraserdale is about 130 kilometres north of Timmins and was originally a stop for rail workers and those who lived at the nearby Abitibi Canyon, a settlement established to house construction and hydro workers who were building a generating station in the 1930s. Until the 1960s, the area was only accessible by train when a year round road to Smooth Rock Falls was built, thereby connecting it to the highway system. Ryan and his family reached Fraserdale by truck. We stayed in a tent frame at a camp owned by his common-law partner’s uncle, who stayed in his own cabin. The uncle, a Moose Cree member who grew up in Moosonee, is one of few people who now reside in Fraserdale. Upon arriving at the camp, I was surprised that the cabin had not only a working stove, fridge and freezer, but also satellite TV. But there is no running water and I asked if he got drinking water from a nearby spring. “No, I get it from town,” he said, then added with a chuckle: “We’re not that savage-y.” The area has a network of gravel and dirt roads, one of which crosses a dam and leads to Otter Rapids, another dam along the Abitibi River. As we prepared to drive out the first night, I was reminded to put on a bright orange vest, something I have always associated with non-Native hunters in the south. I have never seen hunters donning one around Moosonee. The uncle and Patrick said hunters are jumpy and some will even fire at objects from afar. So I put one on and jumped on the back of a four-

wheeler to head out. It felt odd moose hunting along roads. On the river, you only decide whether to go upriver or down. Here, you decide which road to drive along and there are a lot of them. But I suppose the methods are the same: look for fresh signs of tracks, feedings or bush breakage, and try to call them out. There were not many hunters the first two days save for the hunters who own camps in the area, but when the weekend came, so did the trucks on the road. At one point, the five of us were in a truck driving along the main road when we spotted a moose cow and calf. They trotted into the bush by the time we were ready with our rifles. Patrick dropped Ryan and I off at the four-wheeler at a spot we saw a bull moose that morning, and Patrick decided to return to the spot where we saw the cow and calf. As he stood along the road, calling, non-Native hunters stopped nearby to shoot a partridge with a shotgun. They promptly picked up the carcass and drove off, leaving Patrick to abandon the spot since a shot rang out. The road leading to the highway added a convenience factor to the hunt. Where on the river you must pack what you need and survive on that until you return home, in Fraserdale you can just drive to Smooth Rock Falls or Cochrane if you are low on supplies. We did so one day to pick up more fuel. We ended up going to Cochrane, where Ryan picked up some fast food. That evening, at camp, we were eating a bucket of KFC. I felt spoiled hunting at Fraserdale. I was used to roughing it out, setting up a canvas tent with pine branch flooring and living off what we had. It made the hunt feel more authentic and primal. There were a lot of moose around Fraserdale. We saw them at least three times, but not long enough to fire a shot. It was difficult to call them out and they never returned a call. I asked Patrick how he liked hunting at Fraserdale. “Too many people,” he said. “You don’t get that on the river.” We left Fraserdale after five days, each of us needing to return to work. Despite the foreign experience of hunting along roads, it was a fun trip. It was my first time fall hunting in years and I enjoyed the cool air and changing leaves; and I experienced the exhilaration of seeing a majestic bull moose, which unfortunately ran off into the bush. I want to go again next year. Hopefully on a boat this time.

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Health: doing our best Joyce Atcheson GUEST COLUMNIST

ou’re plenty more than good enough! Through my life I felt I was barely good enough. My older sister was better at everything. Not only that, I was supposed to be a boy and failed that before I arrived. No matter how hard I tried I wasn’t best at anything. I began to question everything; I couldn’t accept that rules made by one person were the right way for everyone. I learned some rules need to be broken. Change cannot happen unless someone does things differently, succeeds, and shows it can be done. Today we see communities standing up to the government and industry, showing things change if you stand firm and do the job well. I challenged so many things. It wasn’t always easy or fear-free but sometimes it paid off. Nursing was where I did excel and only after I did was I tasked by the Creator to stand against the double standards in First Peoples’ services. I could not follow their rules to abuse our people so I left nursing.

I did my very best and paid a price -- I began to know who I was and discovered I’m not what I do! I vowed to find another way to confront the system and through helping our people tell their stories by reporting and writing I face health as far more than a service. It was through Wawatay I met the late Daniel Cutfeet of KI by phone and later in person. ‘Do your best in your job, always,’ he said. ‘Regardless of whether you like the job or not, do your best.’ As he said this I thought how many times I’d done something ‘good enough’, perhaps not as good as I could do it, but enough to get by. I also remembered how I felt when I took my stand against the nursing and medical authorities, how scary it was, but I knew I had to do it. He continued speaking and as I listened I realized he wasn’t talking about paid work; he meant any job, any task given to us, at any time, anywhere. Those words helped me to face fear of wounding someone or impinging on a person’s allegedly good public reputation with mighty words of truth in a public format. At that time I didn’t know respect meant holding everyone accountable for their actions and

failure to act. I learned that rapidly thanks to Wawatay readers. I had already learned fear isn’t a reason to give up or bow to others wrongful actions regardless of their presumed authority; they are human like me. Daniel’s ‘gold nuggets’, his words, kept returning. I wrote stories that disrupted the comfort of those who furthered their lives and careers at our expense. The huge menacing shadow monster of fear stalked me despite the absence of anything behind me except the ground I walked. And each time I faced my fears they fell away. Taking a stand requires knowing where your feet are planted, your ground. That ground is taught and Daniel’s words are significant. I recalled another traditional teaching: you only get what you can manage. My courage and strength as a reporter grew as communities responded, bringing me more stories of injustice. I had so much help! We did it together. Confrontation is creating awareness; it starts when we’re young. The late Daniel’s great granddaughter, Keisha, learned about the importance of her job. She was totally responsible at age three to set the table. I made lunch, calling her to set

the table. ‘In a minute, Gramma.’ I waited; she didn’t appear. I sat at the table. ‘Lunch is ready,’ I said. She dashed straight to the table, crawled onto her chair and looked. ‘I thought you said lunch was ready,’ she said, looking at the empty table. ‘It is.’ ‘Well where is it?’ she asked bewilderedly. ‘It’s on the stove. Someone has a very important job that didn’t get done. It’s such an important job we can’t eat without it.’ She jumped off the chair, got the dishes from the counter and set the table carefully. ‘There, I’m done. We can eat, Gramma.’ Keisha doesn’t leave her responsibilities for someone else. When she was seven years old she held me accountable. I told her she would help me make turkey soup. While she was playing I put the bones in water to boil. Marching from her room she placed her hands on her hips and said, righteously, ‘And what are you doing, without me?!’ ‘Nothing!’ ‘Yes you are, I can smell it.’ I was let off the hook when she saw the bones and believed I’d call her.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

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Knowledge is power when it comes to fighting diabetes Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

f you are very overweight, don’t get much exercise and you have generally a diet high in fats and sugars then you are probably probably on your way to being diabetic. If you are a First Native person with all of the same realities you are more susceptible to diabetes. Thanks to Peggy Claveau of Misiway Milopemahtesewin, an Aboriginal health care organization and her fellow team members of diabetes professionals fighting this terrible disease, I am more aware of the symptoms and causes of this malady. This of course has also led me to understanding many ways I can prevent diabetes and for those with the disease to manage it. Every year the Timmins Diabetes Expo team stages events geared to schoolchildren, professional health care personnel and the public at large. They do their research and manage to find motivational speakers that are very often humorous in getting their message across.

Recently, I attended several of the events held this year in Timmins and I was once again motivated to make sure that I don’t get this terrible disease that has very much become an epidemic with Aboriginal people in this country. Dr. Michael Vallis of Halifax, a clinical psychologist who specializes in diabetes, brought a new and refreshing look at how to fight this disease. As a professional with a background in the behavioural sciences, his informative workshops dealt mainly with the realization that personal self-care and change in behaviour is very effective in preventing and managing diabetes. He really took a lot of the blame out of the scenario and suggested that people take an honest look at themselves and face all of the habits and situations that get us in trouble concerning diet and exercise. He recalled a study done with rodents who were fed cocaine and sugar. These animals in time became addicted to these substances but the surprise was that sugar turned out to be the choice over the drug. That gives you an idea what we are all up against when trying to turn away from sugar desserts and treats. He also pointed out that every time we sit down with a bag of potato chips we are

in fact eating a big bowl of pure fat and salt. However, in crunchy chip form we don’t think this treat is all that bad. Dr. Vallis did not ask any of us present at his workshops to make huge changes quickly as it has been proven that this does not work. Instead he encourages people to make little changes that they can hold on to like taking coffee with no sugar and perhaps no cream, dropping soda pop out of the diet completely and making treats like chips a big challenge to get by keeping them out of the house. He pointed out that when a person makes the commitment to refusing to bring treats like chocolates, chips and sweets into the house then it is easier to find a more healthy way to answer the junk food craving. If there are fruits and vegetables around and no treats then a person is more likely to choose wisely. Diabetes is such an ugly disease that robs people of their eyesight, causes heart disease and circulation problems and as well plays havoc with kidneys. One good way to realize that you might be on your way to becoming diabetic is if you have developed what is referred to as a spare tire around your stomach. This type of fat is a sure sign that you are not eating well

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and probably not exercising much. If you fall into this category I suggest you get tested for diabetes so that you can find out early on how to manage this disease before bad things start to happen and they happen quickly. These days the average North American is in terrible physical shape and has a really bad diet high in fats and sugar. Children are becoming diabetic at an alarming rate because they are addicted to fast food and they spend too much time in front of the television or on the Internet. Big companies that profit from our food addictions don’t help because they keep pushing their products and in particular to young people through all media. The only thing we can do to protect ourselves from these addictions that lead to diabetes is to become educated. Thanks to the efforts of people putting together events that assist us with education so that we can prevent or manage diabetes we all have a fighting chance. So, if you are one of those people who is overweight, is not exercising much and has a not so great diet perhaps it is time to visit your health care professional to find out if you are diabetic so that you can deal with this disease. It is in your hands.

Tips for Halloween candy

In northwestern Ontario, nearly 26,000 people are living with diabetes and more than 50,000 have prediabetes and are at risk of developing the disease. The Canadian Diabetes Association has put out the following tips to ensure that all children, including those with diabetes, can have fun and celebrate with friends and family this Halloween. “To ensure your little ghosts and goblins have a safe and fun Halloween, it is important to enjoy in moderation,” said Suzanne Sterling, regional director for the Canadian Diabetes Association. “The beauty of Halloween treats are that they are already in small portions, so parents should emphasize how by eating a little over a longer period of time, it will allow their treats to last longer.”

The Canadian Diabetes Association recommends the following “tricks” this Halloween: - After trick-or-treating, sort through your child’s sack of loot together, allowing them to set aside the candies they like best. Ration those out over time, to ensure they enjoy them at the right times and portions – after supper for dessert, for instance, or after lunch at school. - Remember there are not good or bad choices when it comes to candy. A gram of carbohydrate, whether it comes from a chocolate bar or a lollipop, affects blood glucose levels in the same way. - A Halloween candy, which contains between eight and 15 grams of carbohydrates, is a better choice than a big bag of chips, which is full of fat and calories.

LETTERS Re: Sisters complete mission of sending books north (Wawatay News, Oct. 18) This story gives me hope for the future because compassion is what we really need in the world for each other. Submitted online Re: Mushkegowuk Grand Chief battling cancer (Wawatay News, Oct. 18) Many of us are thinking of you Stan. You are one courageous person and we stand with you as you battle this one as well. Submitted online

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Kasabonikaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Don Mamakwa has stopped drinking since he joined the two-year Kwae Kii Win alcohol management pilot project in Thunder Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sick anymore and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m full of smiles all the time,â&#x20AC;? Mamakwa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No more vodka smile.â&#x20AC;? Mamakwa had previously been abusing alcohol and other substances while living in and out of Thunder Bay since 2000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to drink anything,â&#x20AC;? Mamakwa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to get sick all the time. I had no hope â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I would change my life around. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to be alive.â&#x20AC;? One of only five such programs across the country, Kwae Kii Win opened its 15-bed centre for both men and women this past March at 400 George St., near Shelter House Thunder Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It addresses some real needs for people in our region who are struggling with issues that may prevent them from the basic needs of shelter and stability in their lives, in a way that promotes dignity, self-sufficiency and self-esteem,â&#x20AC;? said Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Michael Gravelle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Kwae Kii Win Centre will give people the tools they need to create a brighter future, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful investment by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.â&#x20AC;?

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Don Mamakwa, left, and Terry Adam, next left, are among a number of people who have quit drinking alcohol and other substances since joining the two-year Kwae Wii Win alcohol management pilot project. Couchichingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Terry Adam has also quit drinking since joining the Kwae Kii Win pilot project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For about 10, 15 years I used to drink anything under the sun,â&#x20AC;? Adam said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hairspray, Listerine, you name it, I drank it. Because of this program, it got me off of that stuff. I feel very glad for it.â&#x20AC;? Mamakwa and Adam both encouraged others to join the Kwae Kii Win pilot project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to want it first,â&#x20AC;? Adam said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then after that, the skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the limit.â&#x20AC;? Fort William Chief Peter Collins commended Shelter House Thunder Bay and its board of directors for establishing the Kwae Kii Win pilot project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about trying make the lives of some of the poorest of

the poor a little more comfortable and a little more meaningful,â&#x20AC;? Collins said, noting the Kwae Kii Win pilot project helps people turn their lives around and move in the right direction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter what walk of society you come from, they need positive initiatives in their lives.â&#x20AC;? Anna Gibbon, Thunder Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aboriginal liaison, wished her mother had an option like the Kwae Kii Win pilot project when she was growing up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mother was part of residential school and her experience, she could never just cope with it,â&#x20AC;? Gibbon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So all my life Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve struggled watching my mother deal and grapple with her alcoholism.â&#x20AC;? Gibbon said the Kwae Kii Win pilot project recognizes the

humanness in all people and cares for its clients as human beings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives have led them, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what path or struggles theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve led in their lives,â&#x20AC;? Gibbon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are not about their addiction; they are about being human beings.â&#x20AC;? The Kwae Kii Win Centre was established to provide clients with a safe and stable place to sleep as well as access to regular nutrition and medical care through funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Homelessness Partnering Strategy and the City of Thunder Bay. Residents are encouraged to take ownership by doing chores, helping with meal preparation and participating in activities.

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NAN recomendations During the inquest into the deaths of Ricardo Wesley and James Goodwin of Kashechewan First Nation, NAN provided a list of recommendations, which included:

Angus says NAPS funding puts officers in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Third Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; conditions Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

MP Charlie Angus (NDP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Timmins-James Bay) is calling on the provincial and federal governments to alleviate the chronic underfunding of NishnawbeAski Police Service (NAPS), which serves 35 First Nations in northern Ontario. In 2006, the underfunding of NAPS drew national headlines when Ricardo Wesley and James Goodwin of Kashechewan First Nation died in a makeshift cell when the local NAPS detachment office was consumed by fire. An inquest into the deaths of Wesley and Goodwin confirmed what NAPS and First Nations leaders have claimed for years: that the First Nations police organization is severely underfunded, understaffed and lacking adequate facilities. And after three years since a jury listed 86 recommendations, including the need for increased funding for NAPS, Angus said the governments continues to fail the NAPS front line officers. In a letter to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews,

Angus called on the federal government to work with the province to provide adequate funding support for NAPS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;NAPs officers are working under conditions that can only be described as Third World,â&#x20AC;? Agnus wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are not given anywhere near the same support as municipal police or the OPP. This needs to change.â&#x20AC;? About 134 NAPS officers serve the NAN territory, which is roughly two-thirds of the province. Angus is concerned that the lack of back up and proper resources is leading to increasing levels of burn-out and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the force. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are seeing upwards of 20 percent of the officers being off at any time because of leave or stress,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the kind of levels youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d see in combat. We have officers going into violent situations without back up. They are lacking proper housing and many detachments are substandard.â&#x20AC;? Last year, NAPS faced a $1 million budget deficit near the end of the 20102011 fiscal year, forcing NAPS to employ less than a

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are seeing upwards of 20 percent of the officers being off at any time because of leave or stress. This is the kind of levels youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d see in combat. We have officers going into violent situations without back up.â&#x20AC;?

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 1.1

OFFICER HOUSING 2.1

-MP Charlie Angus NDP Timmins-James Bay

full complement of officers and the layoff of some civillian staff. Officers were reassigned and forced to take on more duties while NAPS asked the Ontario Provincial Police to patrol the communities of Mishkeegogamang and Aroland. A Tripartite Police Agreement between the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and Nishnawbe Aski Nation expired six months ago. Meanwhile NAPS faces the March 2013 loss of 11 officers whose contracts under the Police Officer Recruitment Fund are due to expire.

MP Charlie Angus (NDP - Timmins-James Bay)

Angus said the parties must come together to address the funding disparity to ensure community safety. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no reason for NAPs officers to be left without the resources they need,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no reason why First Nation communities should have to accept undermanned and under-resourced police forces. Minister Toews needs to sit down with Nishnawbe Aski Nation and work out appropriate funding and support.â&#x20AC;?

NAN should be adequately funded by Canada and Ontario to be able to meaningfully and actively participate in consultations and negotiations about a regulatory/legislative framework for NAPS and the provision of police services to NAN First Nations. NAN should conduct a research and policy review in order to provide its member First Nations that are policed by NAPS with options about how to best provide adequate and suitable housing for NAPS officers, and Ontario and Canada should provide funding in order for NAN to carry out this work.

FUNDING OF POLICE SERVICES 3.1

Canada should amend its First Nations Policing Policy to eliminate the prohibition on the provision of funding for major capital projects.

3.2

Canada should amend its First Nations Policing Policy to eliminate the stipulation that funding will only be provided on a cost-share 52%-48% basis, so that either party may fund policing in excess of that limit.

Ontario should amend its policy or policies relating to First Nations police services to allow Ontario to fund on-reserve buildings and capital projects.

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Cliffs Natural Resources displayed this map during an Oct. 24 media briefing in Thunder Bay detailing the proposed Black Thor open pit mine and ore processing facility near the Muketei River in the Ring of Fire mineral exploration area.

Cliffs says it will include Neskantaga feedback in environmental assessment Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Cliffs Natural Resources is looking to include Neskantaga’s concerns about an important gathering place on the Attawapiskat River in the environmental assessment process for its Ring of Fire chromite mine. “In terms of Neskantaga’s interest in the river, that is one of many aspects that has to be incorporated into the environmental assessment,” said Jason Aagenes, director of environmental affairs at Cliffs, during an Oct. 24 media briefing prior to a Cliffs open house in Thunder Bay. “We’re looking for feedback and input, not just from Neskantaga but all of the area First Nation communities, into the environmental assessment. The purpose of the environmental assessment is to take into account areas of cultural or archeological sensitivities and make sure that

the project will not adversely impact those areas.” A Lakehead University professor recently confirmed Neskantaga’s concerns about the gathering place after conducting a surface examination at the location where Ring of Fire companies are planning to build a bridge across the Attawapiskat River. “It is a place of high archeological potential,” said Scott Hamilton, a professor in Lakehead University’s department of anthropology. Hamilton found evidence of occupation at the gathering place, including log tent frames, five gallon barrels cut into stoves, hide stretching racks and a metal pipe that he speculated could be the remnants of a musket dating back to the days of northern Ontario’s fur trade. Aagenes said mining operations have to be “very cognizant” of water, air, noise, light and dust impacts to the environment.

“The purpose of the environmental assessment is to take into account all of these aspects,” Aagenes said. “We are intending to install stateof-the-art controls at the mine site and the furnace.” Aagenes detailed a number of the controls, including lined tailing facilities, seepage control on waste rock stockpiles and sealed transportation containers. “In terms of the mine site component of the EA ... what we’ve seen so far is that area is a very clean and pristine environment,” Aagenes said. “It is very water rich and one of the key aspects that has to be addressed in the environmental assessment is keeping that water clean. I’ve previously described some of the controls that we’re anticipating and we’ll continue to look at additional controls to make sure that water remains clean.” Aagenes said the environmental assessment process

is a multi-stage process that looks at the existing environment, including social, biological, physical aspects and First Nations traditional use and knowledge of the land, the anticipated impacts from the project and ways to eliminate, reduce or mitigate negative impacts to acceptable levels. “We are still in the very early stages of the environmental assessment, but we have been collecting environmental baseline data for a number of years,” Aagenes said, noting that Cliffs received the federal environmental impact statement guideline descriptions last December and is currently looking to finalize the provincial terms of reference. “Concurrent to that, we will be starting the actual environmental assessment in the coming months. With that, we will be submitting a report in the first half of 2013 and we look for approval in mid2014.”

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Feds continue to study bill requiring First Nations chief, council salaries posted online Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The federal government is continuing to study a bill that would require First Nation leaders to publish salaries online. Bill C-27, the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, passed its second reading in Commons and is now being studied by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

The bill is designed to “enhance the financial accountability and transparency of First Nations.” According to terms proposed in the bill, the Aboriginal Affairs minister could withhold funds from First Nations who do not publish salaries for chiefs and councillors. First Nations would also have to disclose financial information from bandowned businesses that do not receive funding from the

federal government. The figures would be posted on the Aboriginal Affairs departmental website as the information is received. Under the bill, First Nations are required to provide the information upon request to its members within 120 days and maintain the information on their own website for 10 years. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Canada (AANDC) Minister John Duncan defended the

bill before the committee on Oct. 15. He said Bill C-27 will help build stronger, more selfsufficient First Nation communities, as it will allow community residents to view how band council funds are spent by their elected officials. “Democracy depends on citizens being able to call their elected leaders to account to ensure they represent the community’s best interests,” Duncan said.

Careers in Mining Thank you again for all the community support for the Hammond Reef Gold Project. Throughout our many meetings, presentations and conversations with local people we have heard that people are interested to know more about careers in mining. Osisko Hammond Reef Gold is currently focused on completing the environmental assessment report and feasibility study for the Project. We hope to have the initial results from the feasibility study early in 2013 so that we can make an informed decision on whether the Project is economically feasible. If the results are positive, Osisko will decide if we can move the Project forward and begin the recruiting process. The Hammond Reef Gold Project could create up to 1,000 short term jobs during construction and 500 long term jobs during operations. Many different types of jobs are available in the mining industry. Below is a list of the types of career opportunities that are available in the construction and operations phases of a mining project. Operations employment categories:

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“This would ensure that First Nations community members have the necessary information to make informed decisions about their governments.” Some First Nation leaders have spoken out against the bill, calling it “paternalistic.” Jody Wilson-Raybould, the regional chief of British Columbia for the Assembly of First Nations, told the committee that First Nations are in a period of transition of moving away from the governance of the Indian Act, but the federal government “seems to increasingly want to design our governance for us.” “Whether it be with respect to financial transparency and accountability, matrimonial property, or safe drinking water, and so on, what rules and laws—if any—should you be making for our people until such time as our nations are once again self-governing?” she asked the committee on Oct. 17. “Also, if you do legislate, how do you ensure that such laws are appropriate, have our consent, and support the long-term vision of self-government and do not in fact hinder it?” Wilson-Raybould further chastised the federal government for not consulting First Nations prior to drawing up the bill. Duncan said that community members often sub-

mit requests to AANDC for basic financial information of their band council, which he believes they should be able to receive from the band itself. “I would much prefer not to be the middleman in responding to these requests,” he said. A government MP on the committee asked Wilson-Raybould why should these members have to ask the minister to release this information to them. “I know that the perception out there that First Nations do not disclose financial information to their citizens is greatly over-exaggerated, in my assessment,” she said. Wilson-Raybould further argued that the bill would make First Nations’ financial statements available to the public when it should only be available to band members since it is the only people it concerns. Duncan told the committee that AANDC is open to amendments. “Now we are reviewing the language of the bill and are receptive to clarification consistent with matching the spirit and intent of the bill,” he said. The committee held its final meeting on Oct. 31. It will decide whether to approve the bill and, if so, send it back to the House of Commons for final approval.

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100 Back Street, Unit 200 Thunder Bay, ON P7J 1L2 Tel: (807) 623-8228 Fax: (807) 623-7730 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT MARCH 31

2012

ASSETS CURRENT Cash and bank (Note 1) Accounts and grants receivable (Note 2) Prepaid expenses Deferred expenditures

3,989,852 9,140,329 156,931 13,287,112

Long-term investments (Note 3) Capital assets (Note 4)

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS CURRENT Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 5) Deferred contributions (Note 6)

NET ASSETS Investment in capital assets (Note 7) Investment in Nishnawbe-Aski Investments Ltd. Restricted assets (Note 8) Unrestricted net assets

3,888,304 2,445,449 10,860 1,601 6,346,214

1 330,397

1 346,318

$ 13,617,510

$ 6,692,533

11,949,246 695,724

5,274,671 487,017

12,644,970

5,761,688

330,396 1 108,323 533,820

346,319 1 108,323 476,202

972,540

930,845

13,617,510

6,692,533

Message from the (Former) Grand Chief

Independent Auditors’ Report

Booshoo! Wacheya!

To the Members of Nishnawbe Aski Nation

I am pleased to present the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Summarized Financial Statements for the year ending March 31, 2012. NAN is looking forward to a successful and productive 2012-2013. Meegwetch! Sincerely NISHNAWBE ASKI NATION

Chartered Accountants, Licensed Public Accountants Dryden, Ontario July 17, 2012

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31

2012

2011

Cash provided by (used in) Operating activities Excess of revenue over expenditures for the year Items not involving cash Amortization of capital assets Loss on disposal of capital assets

Changes in non-cash working capital balances Accounts and grants receivable Prepaid expenses Deferred expenditures Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Deferred contributions

41,695

147,259

101,646 10,133 153,474

108,858 35,594 291,711

(6,694,880) (146,071) 1,601 6,674,573 208,707 43,930 197,404

(369,909) 92,716 (1,601) 774,279 (88,984) 406,501 698,212

Investing activities Purchase of capital assets

(95,856)

(80,902)

Increase in cash during the year

101,548

617,310

Cash and bank, beginning of year

3,888,304

3,270,994

Cash and bank, end of year

3,989,852

3,888,304

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures for the year Invested in capital assets Balance, end of year

Auditors’ Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

Opinion In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Nishnawbe Aski Nation as at March 31, 2012 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.

Finance Director

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide abasis for our audit opinion.

Executive Director

Balance, beginning of year Correction of prior period error (Note13) Balance, beginning of year (as restated)

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Nishnawbe Aski Nation, which comprise the statement of financial position as at March 31, 2012, and the statements of changes in net assets, revenue and expenditures, and cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. The financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

Stan Beardy (Former) Grand Chief

Grand Chief

INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS

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2011

INVESTMENT IN NANIL

346,319 346,319

$ 1 1

(111,779) 95,856 $ 330,396

$ 1

RESTRICTED $

UNRESTRICTED

2012

2011

108,323 108,323

$ 229,753 246,449 476,202

$ 684,396 246,449 930,845

$ 723,559 60,027 783,586

108,323

153,474 (95,856) $ 533,820

41,695 $ 972,540

147,259 $ 930,845

STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31 REVENUE First Nations Institutions and Organizations Government of Canada Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - set contribution Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - fixed contribution Fisheries and Oceans Health Natural Resources Province of Ontario Attorney General Community and Youth Services Fednor Health Native Affairs Natural Resources Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Northern Development and Mines Education Interest Amounts repayable (recoverable) to funders Other Transfers (to) from deferred contributions

Budget $

Funds transferred for First Nations operations (Note 9) Portfolio expenditures Bad debts Bank charges and interest Conferences, workshops and reports Consulting and professional fees Public relations Rent and utilities Salaries and benefits Supplies and resources Travel Capital expenditures Excess of revenue over expenditures before other items Other items Capital allocations Amortization of capital assets Loss on disposal of capital assets Excess of revenue over expenditures for the year

49,758

2012 $

47,158

2011 $

154,055

15,354,267

7,762,514

2,704,553 4,156,893 -

2,712,056 87,000 4,163,050 -

2,449,359 87,000 3,979,495 25,000

485,114 6,194,164 410,306 725,002 389,136 (69,303) 2,572,109 (206,635) 32,765,364

485,114 6,195,390 122,400 518,450 725,002 283,592 1,550,455 223,385 50,000 61,824 (130,124) 538,869 (208,635) 32,779,253

268,044 6,077,925 413,606 947,555 417,832 235,000 155,038 50,000 31,157 (195,547) 923,311 88,984 23,870,328

(20,040,269) 12,725,095

(20,059,919) 12,719,334

(10,268,324) 13,602,004

6,922 3,570,759 2,066,237 143,019 316,384 4,711,385 211,674 1,546,246 95,856 12,668,482

6,922 3,548,347 2,066,237 143,020 369,788 4,699,438 160,961 1,571,147 95,856 12,661,716

3,975 6,701 3,604,973 2,655,735 215,045 326,984 4,894,370 208,709 1,393,801 80,902 13,391,195

56,613

57,618

210,809

95,856 (101,646) (10,133)

80,902 (108,858) (35,594)

(15,923)

(63,550)

40,690

41,965

147,259

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MARCH 31, 2011 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Elected Officials and Senior Management The remuneration for the year of elected officials and senior management totaled $590,012 (2011 - $551,872). Amounts paid to elected officials and senior management for travel amounted to $129,646 (2011 - $98,835). The Grand Chief and Deputies are provided salaries of $108,000 and $103,000 respectively plus 12% pay in lieu of vacation. Travel allowances include mileage reimbursed at $0.55 per kilometre and meals/incidentals at $84.90 per day. Specific salary, benefits and travel reimbursements were:

Grand Chief Stan Beardy

Salary and Benefits

Travel Reimbursements

2012

2011

$ 120,870

$ 12,682

$ 133,552

$ 129,992

Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose

115,260

33,191

148,451

144,267

Deputy Grand Chief Mike Metatawabin

123,360

20,044

143,404

117,392

Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit

123,360

12,496

135,856

111,877

Executive Director

107,162

$ 590,012

51,233

$ 129,646

158,395

$ 719,658

147,179

$ 650,707

Flow Through Funding Agreements The organization receives funding for distribution to member First Nations and First Nation organizations for specific projects and initiatives. The First Nations and specific organizations report on the expenditure of these funds. Total First Nation Allocations

2012

2011

$ 20,059,919

$10,268,324

For the complete consolidated financial statements visit www.nan.on.ca

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NADF business awards celebrate achievements

Photo by Rick Garrick

Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse, right, accepts the NADF Building Communities award.

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Webequie’s proactive approach to economic and business development was celebrated on Oct. 24 during the 22nd Annual Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund Business Awards. “We see prosperity from the development that is going to happen in our area,” said Webequie Chief Cornelius

Wabasse. “After the stake rush, we started to realize that we have to get involved and we have to develop business opportunities for our people so that they can have jobs, they can have benefits and all those things that are required at the community level.” Wabasse said his community is looking to train community members for upcoming developments in the Ring of Fire mineral exploration area.

“We are looking forward to the benefits that will come from this development or any developments that happen in our area,” Wabasse said. “And we’d like to be part of the development as well, moving forward.” Wabasse accepted Webequie’s NADF Building Communities award during the award ceremony, which was held at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay. Michael Fox, owner of Fox High Impact Consulting, received the Businessman of the Year award and Michelle Derosier, co-owner of Thunderstone Pictures Inc., received the Businesswoman of the Year award. “Aboriginal small business plays a vital role in generating employment in communities across northern Ontario, particularly in First Nations,” said Colleen Martin, NADF’s general manager. “I hope sharing the success of the individuals we have honoured this evening inspires other entrepreneurs to follow their dreams.” Rachel A. Mishenene, owner of Rachel A. Mishenene Consulting Curriculum Development and Education, received the New Business of the Year award; Diane Lacourcier and Yves Vaillancourt,

owners of Mountjoy Variety, received the Partnership of the Year award; and Brent Edwards, owner of Mooselegs2 (ML2), received the Youth Entrepreneur of the

“We see prosperity from the development that is going to happen in our area.” – Cornelius Wabasse, Webequie Chief

Year Award. Stan Kapashesit, executive director of Wakenagun Com-

munity Futures Development Corporation, received the Executive of the Year award while Attawapiskat Resources Inc. received the Corporation of the Year award. “This evening’s award recipients are a testimony to the hard work and effort of First Nations and individuals to participate in the economy of northern Ontario,” said Grand Chief Harvey Yesno. “I encourage all members of Nishnawbe Aski Nation to assess and develop the business opportunities in their home communities, and the region. As the northern Ontario economy improves, so will the economies of First Nations, families and individuals if we begin

to prepare for the challenge of entering the market place now.” NADF began operations in 1984 after a NAN chief’s resolution addressed the need for a financial institution to support First Nation communities across northern Ontario. NADF currently provides business planning advice, financing assistance, business support services, community and regional planning support and resource sector support services. NADF hit a number of milestones in 2010, including the offer of over $25 million in loans, the creation of over 2,000 jobs and the creation of over 500 businesses.

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Creating social change through business

Developing businesses around natural resources

Michelle Derosier businesswoman of year Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The 2012 Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund businesswoman of the year enjoys working with community members and organizations to improve life for First Nations people.

“The purpose for me for creating Thunderstone (Pictures) was to be able to first of all tell stories but also to be able to create social change within our community.” – Michelle Derosier, co-owner of Thunderstone Pictures and an Eagle Lake First Nation band member

“The purpose for me for creating Thunderstone (Pictures) was to be able to first of all tell stories but also to be able to create social change within our community,” said Michelle Derosier, co-owner of Thunderstone Pictures and an Eagle Lake First Nation band member. “And to be able to contribute to our community in a meaningful way.” Derosier founded Thunderstone Pictures in partnership with Dave Clement in 2006. The company has since created three

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Michelle Derosier accepts the NADF businesswoman award. full-time jobs and about 30 parttime jobs. “Over the past six-and-a-half years we have expanded to doing more corporate and commercial work,” Derosier said. “We have the opportunity to work with (organizations) like the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority or different organizations and groups in the community and region.” Thunderstone Pictures has created 18 films over the past six years and won 20 international awards for editing, cinematography and directing. “I feel very honoured,” Derosier said. “We’ve had a lot of really great opportunities over the last few years and our business has really taken off. But

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more importantly, we’ve established a good reputation in the community and in the region — one that’s based on respect and understanding.” Derosier is proud of the work Thunderstone Pictures did in partnership with SLFNHA on the documentary film, The Life You Want. “It was a story with Doris Slipperjack on the prescription drug abuse epidemic that was happening in Eabametoong First Nation,” Derosier said. “Since that time we have witnessed the power that story can have, not only just in the community but also in the region and actually, internationally as well.” Derosier said the story was broadcasted around the world by BBC, an international broadcaster from Britain, after BBC reporters visited Eabametoong and produced a story. Another film by Derosier described how her family is working to reclaim their family heritage as wild rice harvesters on her family’s traditional wild rice lake. “I benefit so much from every story, but that story even more so because it was very close to my heart and my family and my community,” Derosier said. “But it’s the same with any project that we embark on, there’s the ripple effect that it has. When you tell a story from the heart, respectfully with integrity, you never know where that is going to go.”

Success in Aboriginal Business

Michael Fox wins businessman of the year Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The 2012 Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund businessman of the year has been instrumental in working with communities as they move into the resource sector.

“All you need is a bit of organization, a little bit of discipline and a little bit of motivation to learn about project development and project financing,” – Michael Fox, owner of Fox High Impact Consulting and Weenusk First Nation band member

“It excites me to see communities start talking project and finances and regulatory stuff that allows them to be an active participant in an exciting sector,” said Michael Fox, owner of Fox High Impact Consulting and a Weenusk First Nation band member. While Fox has a vision for Aboriginal communities to become effective partners and proponents in the resource-based sector, he said there is no “real

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Michael Fox accepts the NADF businessman award. one stream of thought” to get into his sector. “All you need is a bit of organization, a little bit of discipline and a little bit of motivation to learn about project development and project financing,” Fox said. “I think any community that wants to get involved in that can learn this too.” Fox encouraged youth to prepare for future careers in the resource sector. “There is such a roster of occupations for the youth in the future around mining and energy that they can either go for a career in a certain discipline or they can actually go on their own and bite off some of these contracts that will be available for both First Nations and the indi-

vidual entrepreneur,” Fox said. Fox first saw the need to develop his business while working at NADF as a partnership development advisor and a resource sector specialist. “It was my work at Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund that made me see the opportunities out there for more advisory services that specialize in these subsectors,” Fox said. “In my case, it’s the resource base sector, mostly mineral exploration and energy, and helping communities get in a state of readiness to get involved either as a participant or a partner or a proponent in these projects.” An adjunct professor for Queen’s University’s Graduate Certificate in Community Relations for the Extractive Industry, Fox has an honours degree in political science and a professional designation from the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers. He is currently co-chair of the Aboriginal Affairs Committee of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, president of the Boreal Prospectors Association, and a board member with Ontario Waterpower Association, Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business, Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation and Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.

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Success in Aboriginal Business Richard Carothers Special to Wawatay News

Whitesand First Nation stands poised to begin operation of their own green power plant and in doing so establish local businesses that will provide green energy, long term, skilled employment positions and revenues for the community. The green power will be generated from wood pellets produced from Whitesand’s own pellet mill that will operate along side of a commercial sawmill. The projects are expected to create 60 permanent jobs in the community, and

another 60 seasonal jobs doing the forestry work need to supply the pellet and sawmill.

“It’s sometimes like working for your dad, someone is always looking over your shoulder.” – Ben Voss, Head of the private equity partnership under the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MDLC) in Saskatchewan

While the future looks promising, the road to this

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Taking control key to First Nations business success point has been long and full of potholes, according to David Mackett and Craig Toset, who presented the Whitesand story at the Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Conference in Ottawa from Oct. 15-16. Mackett and Toset described the unsuccessful early attempts back in 1992 when the large company that managed the forest around Lake Nipigon did not consider green energy to be in their interest. As a result, Whitesand’s dreams of green energy were blocked. Now with the forestry company gone and the management of the forest resources

under the control of the First Nation, things have changed and the pieces are coming together. Due to the fact that Whitesand now controls the management of its forest resources, the First Nation has access to the wood resources it needs for the operation of both the pellet plant and the sawmill. The pellet plant will provide a renewable source of energy for the co-generation power plant, replace over one million litres of diesel fuel annually and provide electrical power for the residents of Whitesand and the nearby communities of Arm-

strong and Collins. More work is underway. To ensure that local people have the skills needed to run the various operations in the new businesses, the community is arranging for its future workers to attend a special 56-week program at Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Funding for the training has been secured although this was one of the more arduous tasks, Hackett explained. Hackett and Toset admit that they have not always seen eye to eye when they were helping develop the plans. Hackett emphasized the importance of respect-

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ing local culture, meeting the educational needs of young people, respecting the environment and providing for social well-being while creating economic development. But Toset is the “numbers guy” and points out that none of the developmental goals will be realized unless the businesses themselves are successful and can operate viably in the real world. While some challenges remain, Hackett and Toset are confident that a balance is possible and Whitesand will soon have its new economic ventures underway with over 120 jobs and over $2 million in developmental revenues to support community programs and activities. The need to have a solid business approach in setting up First Nations owned and operated businesses was echoed by many at the Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Conference. In many examples across Canada, First Nations have managed that need by setting up economic development agencies that operated independently of chief and council. Ben Voss, who heads the private equity partnership under the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MDLC) in Saskatchewan, explained that setting up an armslength agency that was independent of local politics was key to business success for the tribal council. MDLC, which brings together nine First Nations, had been operating business ventures for 25 years but in 2009 decided to form Resource Development (RDI) to “pursue business initiatives and improve the wealth of shareholder communities.” RDI now operates as a private equity fund, owns 10 companies including the largest sawmill in Saskatchewan, generates over $300 million in annual revenues, has 58 percent Aboriginal employment and provides annual dividends to its shareholder communities. Voss explained that its arms length relationship with the tribal council has allowed RDI to work successfully with a range of business partners, attract private investors and operate according to modern business principles. At the same time the organization remains accountable to the First Nations, which are its shareholders. “It’s sometimes like working for your dad, someone is always looking over your shoulder,” Voss said, adding that RDI and MLTC have been able to find the balance that makes things work. Voss also noted that RDI has had the most success when it takes the lead on partnerships it forms with industry or other stakeholders. Hackett and Toset echoed that sentiment in discussing the work Whitesand has underway. Like RDI and MLTC, the members of Whitesand First Nation have found that the most significant economic development impacts f low through initiatives that they lead and control.

Success in Aboriginal Business Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The 2012 Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund executive of the year advises the youth his organization works with to aim high with their goals, whether those be in business or elsewhere.

“Work hard, have a lot of commitment, get a good education too because that gives you the backbone to support your career, whatever you choose.” – Stan Kapashesit, Executive Director of Wakenagun Community Futures Development Corporation and a Moose Cree First Nation band member

“I’m pretty proud of the youth program we just launched last year,” said Stan Kapashesit, executive director of Wakenagun Community Futures Development Corporation and a Moose Cree First Nation band member. “(We went) to each of our 10 communities to deliver workshops to the youth. We had about 180 youth participants and we had another 60 attend a youth gathering this past June.” The Aspinemowin Youth Entrepreneurship Partnerships Program aims to increase understanding of business and entrepreneurship among youth and to create awareness of developments happening in the area. Kapashesit said the program will be expanded this year to include elementary school students and a Wabusk’s Den, which is modeled on the CBC television show Dragons Den, where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hopes of securing business financing. Kapashesit encourages youth to work hard to achieve success in the future. “Work hard, have a lot of commitment, get a good education too because that gives

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Stan Kapashesit executive of the year you the backbone to support your career, whatever you choose,” Kapashesit said. “If it’s business, great. Economic development always circles back to the community — it’s two-fold because you’re making money for yourself and then in turn (giving) back because you’re creating jobs, employment.” The New Horizons Project ran from 2011 to 2012 with a goal of enhancing the region’s capacity for working together in economic development by laying a strong foundation for the future. “The New Horizons was a

way to gauge the economic pulse of the region we serve,” Kapashesit said. “We serve 10 First Nation communities in James Bay, so we went in and did the work and took a pulse of what everything was about.” Kapashesit has served with Wakenagun as executive director for the past five years, the board of directors for about two years before accepting the executive director post and as an investment fund officer for three years before joining the board. “We do a lot of business

lending and giving back to the community through various funds,” Kapashesit said. “I work with a good team and a good volunteer board of directors, so I think that had a lot to do with (the award).” Kapashesit is president of Wasiabin Entertainment Group, a not-for-profit organization that focuses on music support for youth. He also volunteers at many events in the Moose Factory and Moosonee area, including as a minor hockey team trainer and fundraiser. Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Wakenagun’s Stan Kapashesit accepts the NADF Executive of the Year award.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

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Attawapiskat Resources Inc. corporation of the year Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The 2012 Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund corporation of the year was recognized for successful investments in camp and catering services, a cell phone company and the recent acquisition of a security company.

One of ARI’s companies, Attawapiskat Catering Limited Partnership, currently has an $8 million contract with DeBeers Canada to provide camp and catering ser-

Success in Aboriginal Business of rebuilding an economy that was in Attawapiskat many years ago,” said Bob Dickson, ARI’s CEO. “We now own a number of companies, including a catering

“Over the last number of years, Attawapiskat Resources has been on a path of rebuilding an economy that was in Attawapiskat many years ago.” – Bob Dickson, ARI’s CEO Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

“Attawapiskat Resources is still fairly young, but we already have a growing record of business development that is improving opportunities for Attawapiskat First Nation members,” said Steve Hookimaw, board chairperson for Attawapiskat Resources Inc. “We are also contributing to the economy of northern Ontario as a whole.”

Attawapiskat Resources Inc.’s Steve Hookimaw accepts the NADF Corporation of the Year award. vices at the Victor Diamond company. We own a security Mine. The company employs company in Timmins and about 100 people, including have a small communications about 33 employees from firm as well as part of our Attawapiskat and about 42 umbrella of companies.” Advanced Security, which Aboriginal employees mainly from James Bay coastal com- employs about 130 people and has a 25-year positive munities. “Over the last num- track record in industrial ber of years, Attawapiskat and commercial security, was Resources has been on a path acquired earlier this year.

Attawapiskat Cell Phone Services Ltd. began providing 2G cell phone service earlier this year in Attawapiskat. Dickson said ARI is always working on plans for the different companies. “We want to see them grow and continue to succeed and employ people and return investments to the community,” Dickson said. “But we’re always on the look to see what is out there to pick up.” ARI currently employs two community members at its office in Attawapiskat. The company has also generated contributions of about $2.2 million to the Attawpiskat First Nation Community Trust and provided about $100,000 to support community members in need. “It is really beneficial to have an organization such as Attawapiskat Resources Inc. in our community,” Hookimaw said. “We have been very successful.” ARI was originally developed in 2005 to represent the public business and economic interests of Attawapiskat and its members. Hookimaw also said the company was developed to develop contracts with DeBeers Canada.

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The Tuberculosis Educator is responsible to promote and provide awareness, education, and methods of prevention on tuberculosis to members of the Sioux Lookout Zone First Nations. The incumbent will develop culturally relevant educational resources, conduct and facilitate workshops at the community level, act as an advocate, and resource to First Nations people. This position also facilitates the delivery of Tuberculosis education and support services to clients both in hospital, and at the First Nation community level.

The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority is developing a Regional Wellness Response Program for the First Nations Communities. The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority is seeking a motivated and well organized individual to perform the duties of Regional Wellness Response Coordinator. Reporting to the Director of Health Services, this position will be responsible for the overall planning, development, and implementation of the Regional Wellness Response Program.

QUALIFICATIONS • Grade 12 or equivalent; • Certificate/Diploma in a Health related field a definite asset; • Minimum two years experience in a health care field an asset; • Experience working with families; • Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills; • Possesses excellent team building and networking skills; • Must be willing and able to travel extensively to designated communities.

QUALIFICATIONS • University degree or college diploma in a health related field; • 2 years direct work experience in a health management capacity; • Ability to working both independently and in a team environment is essential; • Strong written and oral communication skills; • Strong interpersonal skills; • Strong leadership skills; • Experience in community and policy and procedure development.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY • Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nation dialects in the Sioux Lookout Zone a definite asset; • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional Pro 2007 an asset; • Experience and understanding of the Native cultural issues, the geographical realities and social conditions within remote Northern First Nation communities; • Innovative problem solving and decision making skills; • Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently; • Must be willing to relocate and live in Sioux Lookout.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment; • Ability to communicate in one of the First Nations dialects within the Sioux Lookout Zone an asset; • Ability to establish relationships/partnerships with agencies & community; • Support of delivery of addictions services • Knowledge of addiction and mental health issues; • Must be willing to travel; • Must be willing to relocate and live in Sioux Lookout.

Reporting to the Clinic Coordinator, the Receptionist/ Clerk will be responsible for performing a variety of clerical support services to the Primary Health Care Unit. QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12 or equivalent; • Certificate/Diploma in Medical Office Assistant program or equivalent an asset; • Minimum 2 years receptionist/secretarial experience an asset; • Medical terminology and medical transcription experience an asset; • Proficient keyboarding skills. KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • Knowledge of Microsoft Office XP Pro (Office Pro 2007 an asset). Experience with a Client Database; • Ability to work with scheduling and medical information software programs (e.g. Practice Solutions); • Ability to speak in one of the First Nations Dialects in the Sioux Lookout Zone is required; • Excellent communication skills (both written and oral); • Ability to maintain effective working relationships with patients, medical and clinic staff and the public; • Must have experience and understanding of Native culture, and of the geographic realities and social conditions within remote First Nation Communities; • Excellent time management and organizational skills; • Ability to work independently; • Must be willing and able to relocate to Sioux Lookout.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check to:

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Persons Check to:

Human Resources Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority 61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com

Human Resource Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com

Closing Date: November 9, 2012

No resumes received after that time will be accepted

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our Web-site at www.slfnha.com

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted. For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our Web-site at www.slfnha.com

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

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Gladu brings Lake Nipigon development experience to national business position Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Jean Paul Gladu of Bingwi Neeyashi Anishinaabek (BNA) acknowledges that Aboriginal businesses have a lot of ground to make up. After all, the Aboriginal business sector in northern Ontario is less than 10 years old, while many of the industry players in the region – whether in mining or forestry or other resource sectors – are companies with over 100 years of experience. Yet Gladu is more optimistic than ever that Aboriginal entrepreneurs and businesses are on the cusp of becoming major players in the national economy. “The next few years are pivotal,” Gladu said. “I think we’re going to see a lot more change and a lot more development happening.” Gladu, formerly the CEO and president of BNA’s development corporation, is bringing his community development experience to a national stage as the president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, a position he took over in September. “The opportunity to reflect on our community’s circumstances has really helped sharpen my understanding of where the opportunities and challenges lay (nationally),” Gladu said. “It’s about building rela-

tionships with industry. How do you build those relationships, how do you procure opportunities from those relationships, and how do you get in front of them from a human resources position?” One of the key ideas Gladu believes lies at the heart of Aboriginal business success is the ability for First Nations to separate economic development organizations from the political operations of chief and council. He noted the importance, when working on partnerships with industry, of having long-term stability as well as a board of directors that is reflective of the community. That long-term stability can be jeopardized by changing chiefs and councils, he said, making it important to have an economic development organization operate as a separate entity. “We’re starting to see a move to the creation of economic development corporations,” Gladu said. “Chief and council continue to govern, and continue to work closely with the economic development corporation, but we know the economic development board is going to be in it for the long run.” He cited impressive numbers from a study that the CCAB recently conducted on economic development corporations across Canada. There are over 250 such corporations, with an average of 185 employees and average annual sales of $28 million.

“That’s what industry wants to see, and what First Nations and Metis groups want to see. They want to see long-term success, and that only gets created when you create the stability long-term and keep it as apolitical as you can,” Gladu said. Yet it is not enough to simply set up a development corporation, he added. Individuals within First Nations have to step up to create businesses, which provides more resources for the development corporations to work with and help grow. “You start to build up this value chain,” he said. “That’s what governance is about. It’s about getting at every level that you possibly can, from the people who are sweeping floors to the people running engineering firms and everyone in between.” While Gladu understands that much of the Aboriginal business sector in northern Ontario is going to be driven by natural resource sectors such as forestry and mining, he encourages communities to think longer term than just the resource opportunities coming in the immediate future. He hopes communities can avoid the boom and bust towns seen in the nonAboriginal context, where towns die once the mine or mill shuts down. “The mining could be anywhere from 10 to 15 years, maybe longer,” Gladu said.

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Jean Paul Gladu of Bingwi Neeyashi Anishinaabek (BNA) has taken on the CEO role of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. “It is important to capitalize on the investments in human resources, and build the skills, the business acumen, so that those can be leveraged to whatever the future may hold. The better prepared we are by obtaining all the bene-

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said that industry is finally starting to see the value in investing in First Nations people, not only in an altruistic way but also as a business investment. “The businesses in this country are really getting behind it. They see the value,” Gladu said. “Why are we thinking about importing a workforce? We’ve got the youngest, fastest growing workforce in this country in Aboriginal people. Invest in them and you start to develop more businesses and more higher wage jobs for Aboriginal people and you start getting a higher net benefit.” That corporate buy-in is something CCAB is encouraging, especially through its progressive Aboriginal relations (PAR) program that issues accreditation to companies that have earned the status of being respectful partners of First Nations. The PAR program is one way CCAB is helping Aboriginal communities be able to identify good corporate partners, while rewarding industry for good practices, Gladu explained. “There’s a huge shift happening,” he added. “Just look at the large corporations saying ‘we recognize there are challenges, but we also recognize the opportunities and we want to invest in those opportunities.’ And it’s happening.”

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

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Legalized brothels could worsen Thunder Bay’s prostitution problem Campaigners say new law makes it easier to exploit sex trade workers Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

In March of this year, legalized brothels, or “bawdy houses” were given the goahead by the Ontario Court of Appeal and could become a reality within the next few months. Hiring security and drivers for women who work in the sex-trade was also legalized. Exploitation by “pimps” is still illegal, as is soliciting sex on the streets. “The reason solicitation is still illegal is because it’s a public nuisance,” Lana Ray, who works at Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA), said. Even though living off of the avails of a prostitute is still illegal, Ray worries that legalized brothel houses will make it harder to prove that there is still exploitation going on. “Legalized bawdy houses are just providing an environment where the pimps and Johns can flourish,” Ray said. “There were two nonAboriginal women working in the sex-trade who wanted this,” Ray said of the two women at the forefront of pushing the legislation that passed in March. The decision to legalize brothels was met with as much joy from sex-trade workers who believe the law will make their work environment safer as disdain from ex-sex trade workers who believe it will make the situation worse. “It will make it harder to obtain warrants to prove there are underage girls

working in those brothels,” Bridget Perrier said. Perrier is an activist for anti-prostitution who helped create the website SexTrade101.com. She started her life in prostitution in Thunder Bay at the age of 12

“Legalized bawdy houses are just providing an environment where the pimps and Johns can flourish.” – Lana Ray, Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA)

and knows all too well the harsh reality of the sex-trade. One of the main arguments from those who are supportive of legalized brothels is that prostitution is “the world’s oldest profession.” The “oldest profession” is still alive and well today in Thunder Bay, according to Ray, who works with Ontario HIV/AIDS Strategy in assisting women who engage in the sex-trade. Ray views these women, who often utilize ONWA’s many programs, as victims who are left with no choice other than to work as prostitutes. She knows many of them to be survivors of childhood traumas. “We need to view Aboriginal women as being sexually exploited, a survivor, as opposed to being a sex worker or criminal,” Ray said. Perrier, who worked the same streets as many Aborig-

inal women she viewed as being marginalized through drug-abuse, acknowledged that many of the Johns she encountered were “mostly white, between the ages of 18 and 30,” and that the majority of them were married. “Those men who are trolling the streets need to be punished,” Perrier said. Ray also said that it should be illegal to buy sex and not to sell it. “Punish the demand, the Johns,” she said. Both Perrier and Ray agree that colonialism had a profound effect on both Aboriginal women entering the world of prostitution and the Johns who still prey on this race of women for sex. A report called Prostitution of Indigenous Women: Sex Inequality and the Colonization of Canada’s First Nations Women by Jackie Lynne and Melissa Farley explains that there was a transformation of Aboriginal people in Canada from a state of good health that initially impressed European settlers to ill health after sources of food and supplies diminished. “Traditional economies collapsed” read the report. The report states that theft of the land and destruction of traditional ways for the Aboriginal people of Canada left them in extreme poverty. According to the report, extreme poverty in any culture is associated with a high rate of prostitution. Edward J. Hedican wrote in his book Applied Anthropology in Canada that

Bridget Perrier has been campainging against legalized brothels in Ontario, arguing it will make it easier for people to continue exploiting women. Aboriginal people in Can- tute, she saw fellow Aborigiada suffer more so than any nal girls disappearing from other people because they the streets and that nobody looked for are a part of them. “I saw a controlled, sociexploited and “It will make it harder how ety painted colonized race them, when who face many to obtain warrants I used to run barriers. He to prove there are away the explained that police would A b o r i g i n a l underage girls workwomen, being ing in those brothels.” tell my par- Bridget Perrier ents not to part of these report me oppressive conas a missing ditions, are faced with a “triple jeopardy” Aboriginal girl. They said I since they are first women, was Caucasian.” “In Canada you can murthen Aboriginal women, and finally also members of der by race and class,” Perdependent communities in rier went on to say. “It’s a proven fact if you’re a marCanada. Perrier said that when ginalized vulnerable women, she was working as a prosti- the person who kills you

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

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Albany coach has team believing they can win Continuned from page 1 Building from the ground up The path to becoming a powerhouse basketball community has not been easy for Fort Albany, or their coach. Six years ago when Sackaney moved to Fort Albany to teach elementary school, there was no basketball program and very little else in the way of structured recreation. As Sackaney explained, the community had seen teachers or parents coach a sport for a year or two before moving away or getting burnt out. There was no continuity, and the kids who did play had very little dedication or desire to practice. Sackaney started by holding basketball practices every day after school. Many days, only three or four kids would show up. Getting them to do drills was difficult. Getting them to listen to him as a coach was even harder. But he kept at it, opening the gym each day and running drills for a handful of kids. As he says now, basketball was the only tool he had to keep them busy. One year went by, and then another. While other teachers had come and gone, Sackaney was still there, still opening the gym everyday for basketball practice. And suddenly, as year three got underway, Sackaney started to notice a change. More kids were showing up every day. They were starting to take him more seriously as a coach. And they were starting to learn how to really play basketball. “There were many days when I was walking home from the gym when I’d ask myself, why am I doing this?” Sackaney said. “I was getting yelled at, or swore at. But I just kept going. And now I know it takes awhile to get youth to listen to you, to get them to trust you.” Turning heads Roseanne Knapaysweet, Fort Albany’s 17-year-old point guard, has been play-

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Fort Albany’s basketball program has been a work in progress for Justin Sackaney, who moved to the community to teach six years ago. But his efforts are paying off as the girls team is not only having success on the court, but players have improved their self-confidence and even their committment to school. ing basketball since she was in Grade 4. Now she is one of only two seniors on Fort Albany’s team, a leader on and off the court.

“We’re still sore from last week, but we’re still pushing ourselves during practice. We’re still getting there.” Roseanne Knapaysweet

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that the success her team is having means just as much to their coach as it does to them. The players, in their own way, are giving back to Sackaney for sticking with them, for staying in Fort Albany and for pushing them to challenge themselves. “I don’t know where we would be if Justin wasn’t here today,” Knapaysweet said. “He’s the one who showed us how to play. He had faith in us. It feels like he made a change in our lives.” Fort Albany heads to Timmins on the weekend of Nov. 15-17, for the northeastern Ontario championship tournament having already made history. They are not only the first Fort Albany team to ever make it that far, but the first f ly-in community to send a team to the tournament. Yet as Karen Etherington said, all of that is old news now. The girls are looking forward to bigger things. All they need to do is win two more games to advance to the Ontario championships in

Toronto. “We didn’t think we were going to win all the games (during league play), so we were surprised,” said Etherington, a 16-year-old small forward. “But now we’re more committed because we know we can win. I think we’re ready.” Etherington is one of seven junior aged players on Fort Albany’s senior girls team. In the community of 900, there are not enough senior aged girls to make a team. Yet despite all their challenges, including fielding basically a junior team in the senior division,Fort Albany is two wins away from northeastern Ontario’s senior girls title. The fact that so many talented junior aged players are available to play senior goes to show just how successful Sackaney and his brother Ken Sackaney have been in instilling a basketball culture into Fort Albany. “When I first started, there was potential,” Sackaney said. “I could see it, but it was very

raw. It took over three years to get them to understand that the attitudes they had were not conducive to getting better as a basketball player. “Now the kids are starting to play in Grade 5 or 6. They already know the footwork, how to dribble. They behave, they understand that when the coach talks you got to listen. There’s a new level of respect among all the players.” Community gets basketball fever While the Fort Albany gym echoes daily with the sounds of basketball, the community has caught its own basketball fever. When the girls returned home after their Timmins trip, a big crowd was waiting at the airport, cheering their team with sirens ringing and horns honking. Knapaysweet and her teammates could not believe their eyes. “It was something I never expected,” Knapaysweet said. “I think they’re surprised we

succeeded that much.” Sackaney too has seen the community get behind his team. “Especially now that we’re winning,” he said with a laugh. But after a short reflection, he added to his answer. “There’s a sense of pride now,” he said. “People are stopping me on the street to say good job with the kids. Even people I don’t know have stopped to say something. It’s a good feeling. It has given me a sense of place.” After six years of coaching, Sackaney knows that the northeastern Ontario championship tournament facing his girls’ team is just another step on a long path of building self-confidence in the youth of Fort Albany through basketball. The amazing thing is that along the way to improving the self-esteem of young people, he may be creating northeastern Ontario’s new basketball powerhouse.

PUBLIC NOTICE 1 MW WATER POWER PROJECT AT WINDIGO FALLS Muskrat Dam First Nation has applied for Applicant Record of Status for a 1MW waterpower project at Windigo Falls, on the Windigo River (see map below). This site is close to the community of Muskrat Dam and will reduce its current diesel generation cost. Applicant of Record status would grant Muskrat Dam the ability to pursue the required permits and approvals for the waterpower project. A key component of this development planning process is further consultation with the First Nation communities and the completion of the Environmental Assessment. We are interested in hearing from other First Nations to understand their interests and/or concerns as they relate to this site and project, especially given the Project’s proximity to traditional areas pertaining to neighbouring communities. There is a 30 day review period for submitting written comments to Muskrat Dam First Nation (Thursday, November 1 to Friday, November 30, 2012).

Any submission received in response to this advertisement will be retained by Muskrat Dam First Nation and addressed as part of the consultation requirements during the Environmental Assessment. Additional information concerning the proposed project may be obtained from the following: Muskrat Dam First Nation Tel.: 807 471 2573 Fax: 807 471 2699 Box 140, Muskrat Dam, ON P0V 3B0 Chief Gordon Beardy gordonwbeardy@gmail.com Tel.: 807 471 2573

Ministry of Natural Resources Tel.: 807 737 5060 Fax: 807 737 1813 Box 309, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A6 John Carnochan, District Planner John.Carnochan@ontario.ca Tel.: 807 737 5060

Information will be collected and used in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, solely for the purposes of assisting Muskrat Dam First Nation in meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. This material will be maintained on file for use during the study and may be included in project documentation. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the Public Record.

Wawatay News

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

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All photos by Lenny Carpenter/Wawatay News unless otherwise indicated

Left: Tyler Cheena, 11, and Keidan Solomon, 9, of Moose Factory hold up the the partridge they killed earlier that morning using a 20-gauge shotgun. Above: Ryan Solomon of Moosonee looks out for moose from a treestand.

Moose hunting at Fraserdale Wawatay News reporter Lenny Carpenter went moose hunting at Fraserdale, located at mileage 69 along the railway tracks between Moosonee and Cochrane, from Oct. 17-22. He hunted with his friend Ryan Solomon of Moosonee and members of his family. Above: The tracking of a bull moose leads Ryan Solomon to an abandoned beaver lodge.

Right: Crossing a dam over the Abitibi Canyon by four-wheeler.

Left: Lenny Carpenter with a 30/30 rifle after trying to find signs of fresh moose tracks or feedings.

Photo by Ryan Solomon

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