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NAN leaders plan trades school for northern students Rick Garrick Wawatay News

A First Nations trade school is on the horizon after Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic met with international aid agencies, mining companies and education officials on Nov. 16.

“Canada is opening immigration due to a shortage of skilled workers and the mining sector is bringing skilled workers from all over the country — two weeks in, two weeks out,” Kakegamic said after meeting with about 30 international aid, mining sector and education representatives at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay. “We have a lot of able bodies walking around in our territory.

No one is going to do it for us; we are the ones that have to provide that ave-

nue to (ensure) our students have the aspiration to go that route.”

Kakegamic said the trade school would provide an option for high school students who are interested in a career in trades.

“If they have a reachable goal (in trades), that would motivate them to attendance, that would motivate them to apply more in literacy and numeracy,” Kakegamic said. “That will give them the motivation to excel, and they can excel if you give them an opportunity.”

Kakegamic said the trade school would be focused on a variety of trades, such as carpentry, mechanical and other skilled trades, in addition to mining-specific trades.

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Chris Cromarty.

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A memorial listing the names of the 11 members of the Constance Lake First Nation who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean Conflict is unveiled by, from left, Chief Warrant Officer Stan Stapleford of the Canadian Forces, Constance Lake Chief Roger Wesley and Lieutenant-Colonel Morley Armstrong, commanding officer of the Canadian Rangers in northern Ontario.

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KO finance director named enterprising woman of year K-Net’s Penny Carpenter has won the 2012 Enterprising Women Aboriginal Entrepreneur award.

Shirley Cheechoo, founder of the Weengushk Film Institute, also earned a Aboriginal Entrepreneur award during the ceremony.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation recently discussed the development of a First Nations trade school with a group of international aid agencies, mining companies and education officials.

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic said trades may be another option for students who do not want to go through more academics after high school.

Mushkegowuk Tribal Council is looking for Ontario to set up legislation that would enable Mushkegowuk First Nations to have decision-making power over exploration in the region.

Taykwa Tagamou has also announced it is starting legal action against mining companies that staked claims over some of its members’ traplines without informing or getting consent from the First Nation.

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NAN honours past leaders Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Former Nishnawbe Aski Nation leaders Frank Beardy and Chris Cromarty were honoured with gifts of headdresses and leather jackets for their dedication and service to NAN’s development during the Nov. 13-15 Special Chiefs Assembly.

“We’re going to do more of this because I think it is important,” said Grand Chief Harvey Yesno.

“They have a lot more to contribute to our nation, advising us and maybe to remember some of the things that have gone on.”

Yesno said community airstrips and many other modern conveniences did not exist when former grand chief Beardy and Grand Council Treaty #9 founding vice-president Cromarty began working to improve the lives of NAN community members.

“When these guys started, the two people we are going to honour today, we may have had trappers radios; today we’ve got cell phones in the communities, we’ve got video conferencing,” Yesno said. “As the new leaders come in, we need to appreciate and value the contributions our former leaders have made.”

During the special ceremony Beardy described an incident from the 1970s when he and others responded to a call for help from the Temagami band over logging on their traditional lands.

“Everything took on a very military approach by the government,” Beardy said. “They came in with their police officers and told us that by laying on the road or occupying heavy equipment, we were being mischievous.

That’s what they called us for wanting to protect our land. We were being mischievous.”

Beardy served as the founding executive director of Wawatay Native Communications Society

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Frank Beardy, above, and Chris Cromarty were honoured for their work in the early days of NAN. in the early 1970s, chief of Muskrat Dam in the 1980s and 1990s, deputy grand chief from 198283 and 1985-88 and grand chief from 1983-85.

Cromarty described his introduction into First Nation politics during the special ceremony, when he attended a Union of Ontario Indians meeting in Thunder Bay in the early 1970s.

“I noticed at that meeting of the Union of Ontario Indians that nobody was translating the OjiCree for our people in my area,” Cromarty said. “In those days, the chiefs were still just talking in their own language. I mentioned it to Fred Plain, who was one of the leaders for the Union, that we should interpret for these chiefs who couldn’t speak English.”

After helping out with the translation during that meeting, Cromarty said he was nominated and appointed as the UOI representative for the NAN portion of northwestern Ontario.

“That was when I began to meet with Andy Rickard, who was at that time the executive

director for the Union,” Cromarty said. “I was attending meetings all the time and I also met up with Tony Wesley, who was representing the Cree area on the James Bay side.”

Cromarty said the world changed in the 1960s, and one of the big changes was when the flower people began to find value in the First Nation traditions and culture.

“All of a sudden there was a kind of a pan-Indian movement, from B.C. right across Canada,” Cromarty said. “People were organizing; our people started talking to each other. We were going to powwows and people were sharing ideas about their values and the things they treasured.”

Cromarty said that was when the Treaty #3 people separated from the UOI and formed Grand Council of Treaty #3.

“We were just observers at that point,” Cromarty said about himself, Rickard and Wesley. “Then we began to talk and looked at what Treaty 9 represented in

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terms of territory. We actually owned more than two-thirds of Ontario territory wise and most of the natural resources on top of the ground and under the ground.”

Cromarty recalled a trip in the 1970s to most of the NAN communities with Plain, then the president of the UOI, who saw how the people of NAN were still following their own traditions and practicing their own language.

“He got so amazed at Kashechewan,” Cromarty said.

“All the people, when he went over there for a visit, they all came up and gave him gifts, moccasins and mukluks, mitts and gifts piled up just for him. He was so amazed at that that he began to see the value of keeping those traditions alive.”

Cromarty served as the Treaty #9 founding vice-president for seven years in the 1970s. He also managed the Big Trout Lake Co-op from 1979-85 and the Mistik Store in Wunnumin Lake from 1988-95.

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The Injun in this poem Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

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stand at the sink washing dishes. It’s one of the things that I do around our home that always feels like a ceremony. I can get meditative staring out the window at the lake and the mountain behind it and feeling the pull of the land all around me. It’s a centering thing really, and something that’s come to be important to me. Right after we eat I get to it, putting things away, squaring things and washing everything up. It’s a pleasure that I like to do alone.

There’s something special about taking care of things.

I wipe the counters and the stove, clean the floor, get the morning’s coffee ready and make sure the dog has food and water. They’re all very small acts but they mean something big. It’s the man taking care of his home.

Sure, it doesn’t sound very manly or very warrior-like but it is to me. I can stand and look out the window at the land around me and feel very good.

I can feel very productive and engaged in the process of my home. Plus, it spares my wife the effort and there’s a satisfaction in turning away from a chore well done and knowing that things are set. It’s as essential an act in our scheme of things as chopping wood.

Sometimes, when there are friends around and the house is filled with talk and laughter and energy, I still retreat to the sink to take care of the duty. Oh sure, they volunteer to help and the talk is always good when they do and I enjoy the shared work but a part of me really loves the solitary feel of taking care of things. There’s a tactile pleasure in the feel of soapy water on the wrists and forearms and small joys to be found in the clink of glasses, the clunk of pots and the rattle of utensils.

And it’s not just the dishes.

I take care of the flower beds, saw and chop and stack the wood, tend to the fire, shovel snow, clean the gutters, vacuum, dust, mop and make sure the trash gets taken to the dump. Manly? Maybe, maybe not but I never really think about it. Instead, I go about the process of taking care of my home without gender issues or the feeling of being emas-

culated or being cast into male slavery. They’ve just become the things I do and I enjoy them.

Someone said to me once when I described one of the things I do around my home, “that’s not a very Indian thing to do?” I wondered about that.

I wondered whether when they laid out the plan for Indians whether they thought about life in 2012 and beyond. Here in our mountain community there’s not a lot of call for trapping, gill netting, hide scraping or even rock painting.

Instead, I took up photography last year. Compared to skinning a moose that’s not very Indian either. I’m capturing scenes and objects and shadow and light instead of game. I’m developing prints instead of following them. I press a shutter instead of a trigger and the shots I take leave everything I encounter alive and energized.

But the act of taking pictures makes me feel empowered, creative and engaged with my life and my world.

Oh, and I’m also learning to play piano too. Whoever said that there’s nothing black and white about First Nations reality never spent much time learning to play scales on a keyboard.

For most Native people a key signature is what you have to do to get into the washroom at the Indian Affairs office. I’m working at collage too and loving the feel of working in visual art. Neither of those are very hunter-gatherer kinds of things but it doesn’t matter a whit to me.

See, what I’ve discovered is that when I do something that moves my spirit, when I feel alive when I do it, when it makes me feel good – it becomes an Indian thing to do by virtue of the Indian doing it.

I feel creative, productive and human. I feel engaged in the process of discovering my own unique identity and when I do that I become a better man, a better person and better Ojibway in the process.

So I’ll keep on doing dishes and cleaning house. I’ll keep on doing the things that move my spirit because that’s the real working definition of being spiritual. Doing what moves your spirit. When you find those things and do them you discover that you make everything a ceremony replete with all the small joyous rituals that are a part of it. A ceremony isn’t necessarily something you go to – it’s what you carry in you.

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LETTERS It’s time to replace the Indian Act Dear Editor, Hundreds of thousands First Nations people live in Canada and they deserve better than to be shackled by the failed colonial and paternalistic policies of the Indian Act, which has helped deny them their rights, fair share in resources, and fostered mistrust and created systemic barriers to self-determination and success. First Nations have been adamant that we need to move beyond it, yet the government has so far refused to get the ball rolling.

The Indian Act is more than 136 years old and touches every aspect of life of First Nations.

First Nations need the approval of the Minister to pass bylaws.

It puts so much red tape around economic development that it often doesn’t happen. The Act is so intrusive on reserve residents’ lives that they cannot even write a will without the minister’s approval.

Yet, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper has rightly said, the Act has deep roots and cannot simply be abolished. For decades governments of all stripes have allowed this problem to fester.

Now all parties have a chance to take real leadership on the problem. I have a motion before the House of Commons com-

pelling the federal government to work with First Nations on a nation-to-nation basis on a plan to replace the Indian Act with modern agreements based on rights, responsibilities of the Crown, and the original Treaty relationship. With a deadline and a process, we can finally begin to resolve the many longstanding economic and social inequities that plague First Nations communities in Canada.

Yet the Conservatives said they would vote against this progress by opposing the motion. They say they want to change the status quo, but once again, this is just words.

We cannot continue to put this off. Please tell the Conservatives to vote for change.

My name is Ross Muehlfarth. I am of Skoamich ancestory on my mom’s side and of Bella-Bella on my dads

side. Am 52 years old who did not attend residential school.

Our leaders always inform the white people who will listen that “Our history is your history.” Our collective relationships are vast and complex. It’s not all negative, from that we can build and grow together.

However, a major block to building and growing is the Indian Residential School Legacy that affects us all.

As a white person, you cannot disconnect or distance your-self of the devastating effects it continues to have on one of the four main races of humanity. We are left reeling as a people. The white people are affected as implementers of a hate-full, shameful program that declared war on First Nations children. Native people can see that if this is the way you are with us, then this is the way you are with each other as well. So it’s more like your history is our recent history. So do you really want us to be as mean and cruel as you are as a people? Is this what you mean by assimilation?

Learn about what your predecessors did to us in the name of God and Jesus. Do you really think this is what God and Jesus are all about? This connection is what really astounds us. We can see your hate and prejudices, but to do it in the

name of God? Native peoples see God and Jesus as kind and loving beings. We do not believe that they had anything to with what you continue to do in their names.

So from where I stand, by your own definitions; a bigger bunch of savages and heathens I’ve not seen in my life than your predecessors. Hard words, so true; this is our reality. If we have to live with it, then so do you. Native people know who they are, where they are coming from and, where they are going. We have that vision from Creation. Technology is not the only measure of a human being. Faster and easier only disconnects us from each other and mother earth.

We are not the only people who losing their cultures.

European culture is so beautiful. Please be more generous with your selves and the world. share your culture in a good way. I mean the arts, music, dance, theater, we are all losing our cultures and thus losing our humanity. We still have time to stand together and walk the path that leads to Creation. This is our vision from Creation, and this where we are going. I personally invite you to join us.

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ART DIRECTOR Roxann Shapwaykeesic, RGD roxys@wawatay.on.ca

TRANSLATORS Vicky Angees vickya@wawatay.on.ca

Yours sincerely, Bob Rae Liberal Party of Canada

Walking together from residential school legacy Editor, (Re: One man’s residential school journey, Wawatay News Nov. 8)

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acing back and forth in front of my ring coach Bill, I could feel a great anticipation in me. The two of us had fought in tournaments for a few years now. We recently started travelling alone to extra tournaments representing Thunder Bay Thunder Dragons to test ourselves. This time we were at the Toronto Opens, a very large gathering of gyms from North America. We decided to coach each other, since we trained together, supported each other’s ambitions and knew our weaknesses and strengths.

------------“Leave it all in the ring, leave it all in the ring.” I said aloud before the first match against a very impressive adversary. This woman was eager to get into the ring, willing to, “fight all day” as she mentioned in front of the other four women gathered around the referee. To win this, I would have to fight three women of similar age and belt category, mine being a blue belt (two belts away from black).

Luck of the draw had the ambitious one and myself first up in the ring. I was in red, she was in blue trying to stare me down with a mean look. I met her gaze, she didn’t know that this was my tenth or so tournament, and that I was used to the antics. She didn’t know that I had lost a fight in Minneapolis a month ago, and another in Winnipeg seven months ago. She didn’t know I was ready to win

again. And she certainly didn’t know I was undefeated since 2009 before that.

------------I had lost something in the last year. I had lost my will to fight. Literally.

After a series of recent upsets and setbacks in my life I imagined that the reason it was happening was because of me.

Instead of fighting back, I took a step back and let it hit me over and over again. I let it take the win over me.

My mind had started to believe what my doubts were telling me. Things like, “I wasn’t good enough.”

Something like that doesn’t happen quickly, but over time.

I had forgotten the greatest lesson I had ever learned: not to feel sorry for myself. I believe that it’s not what happens to us, but how we deal with it. Friends and family all go through hell and back, we all have our tests.

Our tests prepare us for the future. We’re all surrounded by energy, we choose how we use it, what we do with it.

I needed to make a decision. I had lost my resolve to win.

The vision of my ambitions had blurred in my life and the ring.

During the commute to the tournament I reflected on my past achievements. The victories had not come easy. They pushed me every time to give more than I thought I could.

Before each fight I used to say, “I don’t care if I break my leg, I’m getting a gold.” Something I stopped saying.

As the bus travelled closer and closer to the arena a wave of realization hit, I came to know that I had the ability to win if only I had the want. If I

wanted it bad enough, I knew it was achievable. The trick was not to take losing as an option.

To go all out no matter what the cost, no matter who I was up against. The only person stopping me all this time was me, I was the only person with that power.

It was then I had resolved to win, to give it all I had. That’s when I decided to “leave it all in the ring.”

------------Tears started falling to the cold floor.

Hundreds of people packed the fitness arena. It was late in the afternoon and I had just finished my final fight. My left leg could barely move. I slowly took off my sparing gear and saw that my shin was swollen and purple.

I sat on the ground in my sweaty uniform and my matted hair, overwhelmed with the emotion. Not the pain I was feeling, but the victory I had accomplished. After six rounds with three talented women, I had overcome and won the gold.

I felt like I was back.

------------The first day returning to the gym we displayed the large golden trophies for our coaches.

They had trained us from day one and supported our desire for more competition.

Our instructor Kelly Fossum told us she had some news for us.

It was time for Bill and I to start training for our six-hour black belt exams next spring. Not an easy feat, but something that is achievable with resolve and the will to try harder and longer than you thought possible. You get what you give, give it your all and your rewards will be great.

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Eabematoong First Nation member Roxann Shapwaykeesic (right) scores a point during the Toronto Opens Taekwondo Championships November 10th, 2012.

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“We receive about $700,000 from Indian Affairs (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada) on an annual basis,” said Geordi Kakepetum, KO’s executive director. “With this new formula coming up, we’ll only get $250,000, so it will have some significant impacts on our operation.”

Kakepetum said the letter they received from the federal government did not contain many details other than on advisory positions, but KO provides many more services than just advisory services.

“We sent a letter to the min-

ister asking clarification on a lot of points that were on the letter,” Kakepetum said. “(The funding cuts) will have impacts on our organization, but I am not sure whether it will have a major impact.”

Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit said the AANDC funding cuts would have a major impact on how tribal councils deliver services to First Nation communities.

“It’s a major cutback in providing services to First Nations,” Louttit said. “That will definitely have a major impact on the delivery to First Nations, and especially the capacity of the tribal councils to deliver that service on behalf of the First Nations.”

Louttit said the cutbacks would lead to First Nations having to leverage more funds from the government or private sector to provide the technical services that the tribal councils have been providing.

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In the Sept. 4 announcement, AANDC stated the changes involve either reducing the core funding of all regional and national Aboriginal organizations by 10 percent, or implementing a $500,000 ceiling on their funding.

“It’s a major cutback in providing services to First Nations, that will definitely have a major impact on the delivery to First Nations, and especially the capacity of the tribal councils to deliver that service on behalf of the First Nations.”

- Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit

Tribal council funding will now fall under a three-tiered system, based on the populations served by the tribal council and the number of First Nations within the council.

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Band advisory services in the areas of economic development, financial management, community planning, technical services and band governance, currently performed by tribal councils, will be eliminated in 2014-2015.

Shortly after the cuts were announced, Shibogama First Nations Council executive director Margaret Kenequanash asked if the federal government would be increasing advisory service funding to the communities.

AANDC Minister John Duncan said the ministry will be shifting the focus of funding for tribal councils and band advisory services away from the requirement to deliver specific advisory services, in order to ensure that resources are directed toward the more efficient and effective delivery of essential programs and services.

Kenequanash said if the communities have to use consultants to provide advisory services, it will be “very costly.”

Duncan said tribal councils will no longer be required to deliver the five specific advisory services required under the existing funding formula, but tribal councils may continue to provide advisory services if mandated by their members, provided that the requirements of the program have been satisfied.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

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NAN decries Health Canada’s decision to allow generic Oxy in Canada Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said Health Canada’s decision to open the market to create a less expensive OxyContin is “another blow� to the First Nations communities battling the prescription drug abuse epidemic. “With OxyContin clones on the market, it just means more drug flow to the north,� Fiddler said in a media release.

In a letter to provincial and territorial ministers dated Nov. 19, Health Canada Minister Leona Aglukkaq said she would not politically interfere with the regulatory approval process for a generic form of OxyContin, allowing drug manufacturers to develop a generic form of the drug once the patent for it expires on Nov. 25.

Despite hearing heartbreaking stories of the drug destroying the lives of individuals and families and the letters from provincial and territorial health ministers calling for her to intervene – including Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews – Aglukkaq said it is not for politicians to choose which drugs get approved. “The law does not permit approval to be withheld on the basis of misuse,� she wrote.

She said banning a generic version of one drug would do little to solve the problem of prescription drug abuse but would instead “lead to pain and suffering for patients who desperately need them.�

Fiddler is disappointed with Aglukkaq’s refusal to intervene and urges the minister to delay the decision until more research is done with an emphasis on the potential social impacts of the generic drug’s approval. “While we appreciate the minister’s distinction between science and politics, NAN First Nations are experiencing extreme levels of addiction and require extreme solutions,� he said.

Instead of banning the drug, Aglukkaq announced the federal government will impose “tough� new conditions on the licenses of dealers who manufacture and distribute products that contain the controlled release formulation of oxycodone, the key ingredient to OxyContin.

In a media release, Matthews said she is “profoundly disappointed� in Aglukkaq’s decision. “The most effective way to prevent a renewed addictions crisis is to ban generic OxyContin entirely,� she said. “The prospect of making a cheaper formulation more widely available is a matter of grave concern, threatening the safety of individuals and the population at large.�

In 2009, NAN declared a state of emergency across all of its 49 communities due to prescription drug addictions. Earlier this year, Cat Lake First Nation declared its own state of emergency, saying it could not provide essential services to its members due to the extremely high rates of prescription drug addictions.

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Red Cross plans James Bay programming with office in Moose Factory Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Moose Cree First Nation will serve as a hub in the James Bay region for the Canadian Red Cross after the national organization officially opened a satellite office in the community on Nov. 14.

The Red Cross office will support the development and delivery of Red Cross programs and services, including disaster

“This partnership will enable us to build our capacity for preparing and responding to disasters and implement Red Cross programs...”

-Chief Norm Hardisty Jr.

preparedness and response, and violence and abuse prevention programs.

Moose Cree Chief Norm Hardisty Jr. welcomed the humanitarian organization that is well known internationally for assisting in disaster relief situations.

“This partnership will enable us to build our capacity for preparing and responding to disasters and implement Red Cross programs to improve the health and safety of our citizens,” he said.

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The High Ridge singers perform a song during the Nov. 14 grand opening of the Canadian Red Cross satellite office in Moose Factory while Moose Cree executive director Peter Wesley, Chief Norm Hardisty Jr., and Canadian Red Cross Secretary General & CEO Conrad Sauve look on. has a lot of background in search and rescue operations but the addition of the Red Cross’ programs will enhance those services.

“I really feel that we’re adding and building more capacity,” he said.

Moose Cree is the first First Nation community in Ontario to host a Red Cross office and the second to do so in Canada. The office is located in the community’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Centre.

Last year, the Canadian Red Cross was the first outside agency to respond to the Attawapiskat housing crisis. And while the organization has since pulled out of the James Bay community, the opening of the Moose Cree office is the beginning of a long-term strategy towards building relationships with First Nations communities along the coast.

Melanie Goodchild-Southwind, senior manager of First

Nation projects with the Canadian Red Cross, Ontario Zone, said a resolution with the Chiefs of Ontario was passed in 2010 to support work between the organization and First Nations and, since then, they have been looking to open a satellite office in a First Nations community in northern Ontario.

Among the criteria, Goodchild-Southwind said, was what type of experience the community had in using volunteers.

“Also the location because a satellite is intended to be a centre that can also help surrounding communities and Moose Cree described in their proposal how they work with other communities along the James Bay coast,” she said. “Based on that, we knew that they would be a good location for a hub.”

The office is considered permanent and will be a satellite office for the Timmins regional office. The Moose Cree location

will offer Red Cross’ Disaster Management program and services and the RespectED: Violence and Abuse Prevention program.

Goodchild-Southwind said two staff positions will be filled and a needs assessment will be conducted in the community “First thing we’ll need to start planning is how to get a full disaster response program going on in Moose Cree and getting training for the Violence and Abuse Prevention program,” she said.

Goodchild-Southwind said after the experience of having an office in the Blood Reserve in Alberta, where a lot of original programming was developed, there’s a lot of potential in the partnership with Moose Cree.

“Particularly to enhance our program so that they’re culturally appropriate and draw on local volunteers and knowledge,” she said. “That’s what’s very exciting.”

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Mushkegowuk wants unique mining plan Shawn Bell Wawatay News

In response to what it claims are shortfalls with Ontario’s new mining act, Muskegowuk tribal council says it has started discussions with the province on the creation of a unique mining plan for the Mushkegowuk region.

Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit said it may be time for Ontario to implement specific legislation and policies giving First Nations consent over mining and exploration activities in the Mushkegowuk region.

Louttit said a clear regional plan would add certainty for industry and First Nations alike.

“We believe the recent changes to the Mining Act still do not fully acknowledge the rights of First Nations,” Louttit said in a press release. “Government, the mining companies and the public have to wake up to the harsh reality that First Nations are here.”

“We are unique, we are different, we have Treaty Rights and (government and industry) should know that consultation and consent are critical and mandatory for any activity on our homelands,” Louttit added.

“Yes, there may be 133 different approaches to consultation but the cold reality is: nothing will happen until governments and companies realize this.”

Phase two of Ontario’s new mining act started to take effect

on Nov. 1. Under the changes the province will inform all affected First Nations when a claim on traditional lands has been staked, and companies are required to consult First Nations identified by Ontario. The new

protected for traditional uses.

That plan will include requirements for companies to acquire the consent of Mushkegowuk First Nations before starting exploration work.

“It is the position of the

“We are unique, we have Treaty Rights and ... consultation and consent are critical and mandatory for any activity on our homelands.”

- Stan Louttit

act also includes a provision where First Nations can set lands of cultural, spiritual and traditional significance aside from development.

First Nations across Ontario have criticized the act for not going far enough to ensure that industry consults, accommodates and gets consent from First Nations before conducting exploration activities on traditional lands.

Louttit’s comments came after Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) chiefs called for Ontario to stop supporting “racist and radical” mining groups on Nov. 8.

The Mushkegowuk Grand Chief offered his support for the NAN chiefs’ position.

Louttit also noted that the Mushkegowuk First Nations are collectively developing one regional land use plan to clearly identify which areas of the region will be considered open for future mining developments, and which areas must be

Mushkegowuk First Nations that when the Mushkegowuk verbally agreed to Treaty 9 that the First Nations retained all their rights to control their homelands,” Louttit said. “As a result when any company wants to undertake mining exploration on Treaty lands they need authorization and must agree to the rules laid out by the First Nation.”

Taykwa Tagamou First Nation, a Muskegowuk member, announced last week it is starting legal action against mining companies that staked claims on Taykwa Tagamou member’s traplines.

“We are disappointed that the province of Ontario has still not made it clear that industry needs to respect First Nations,” said Taykwa Tagamou Chief Linda Job. “We have instructed our lawyers to commence legal action against those companies and the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines who authorized the claims.”

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

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Talk4Healing helps isolated women connect Stephanie Wesley Special to Wawatay News

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Talk4Healing is a 24/7 telephone help line for women living in isolated communities in northern Ontario that are experiencing or might experience violence. It is operated by Beendigen in partnership with the Ontario Native Women’s Association.

“Violence is an abuse of power that greatly limits, if not stops, all family members’ abilities to seek and reach mino-pimatisiwin (the good life),” reads a line from Michael Anthony Hart’s book Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin: An Aboriginal Approach to Helping.

The “good life” is different for everyone in any situation, and for some First Nations women in isolated, northern communities who are affected by family violence, it can be very difficult to find that life and start to heal. On Oct. 19, a new help-line was launched to help those isolated women start their journey to healing.

Talk4Healing is a 24/7 telephone help line that is

operated by Beendigen in partnership with the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA).

“This program is so important because it’s really reaching out to those isolated communities.”

– Robin Haliuk, Talk4Healing coordinator at Beendigen

Robin Haliuk, Talk4Healing coordinator at Beendigen, said that the help line provides services to Aboriginal women via the telephone.

The line offers counselling services, crisis support, and “a friendly voice at the end of the line.” Talk4Healing

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also offers safety planning for women, specifically those who may be experiencing, or at threat to experience, violence.

“This program is so important because it’s really reaching out to those isolated communities,” Haliuk said.

She explained that the program is culturally-appropriate. “It’s Aboriginal women servicing Aboriginal women.

All of our agents speak Ojibwe, Ojicree or Cree. Language is so important,” she said. There is also a tele-type writer (TTY) option as well as English speaking agents.

Talk4Healing has been in operation for over a month now, and Haliuk is quite pleased with the reaction so far. “It’s been very positive,” she said. “The response to the telephone counselling has been positive and I expect those numbers to only increase as awareness (of the help line) increases.”

Haliuk explained that some of the women who work as telephone agents for Talk4Healing are from remote communities and have a first-hand understanding of what it’s like to live in one, including problems accessing counselling services, and the difficulty of leaving the community to get to a safe place due to no road access.

Patricia Jurivee, Beendigen’s executive director, stressed the importance of Aboriginal women being able to find someone to talk to and how Talk4Healing provides that option.

“Talking is a way of healing. So it’s the beginning of her healing journey,” said Jurivee. “They have many things going on in their lives; I remember what it was like to be a young person and you need somebody there to talk to.”

If a woman was afraid to call in and speak, Jurivee assured that Talk4Healing is there for the caller. “We would ensure her that she is safe, she can say whatever she needs to say to us. We will help her in any way that we can. There’s nothing she can say that we haven’t heard before. Our goal is to help her feel safe, to keep women safe.”

Maryanne Matthews, media and communications officer with ONWA, said that Talk4Healing is there for the women from isolated community who need help.

“We think it’s important for Aboriginal women to know that there is help out there for them,” Matthews said.

“A lot of the time, especially in northern communities, they do feel that they have nowhere to turn and no one to talk to, and that if they do try to talk to someone they’re not going to get the help they need.”

Haliuk said the line has even received calls from women who are not in the service area of northern Ontario. “We have been surprised by how many callers we have had from outside our districts, including as far as Nunavut.”

Jurivee said that Talk4Healing is a “child project” in northern Ontario, but hopes that it will one day be provincial-wide service. “The lines are open!” she said.

The toll-free number is 1-855-554-HEAL (4325) and has agents available 24/7. www.Talk4Healing.com

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Enterprising First Nations women honoured Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The trail-blazing efforts of K-Net’s Penny Carpenter have earned her the 2012 Enterprising Women Aboriginal Entrepreneur Off-Reserve award.

Although she is the first Aboriginal woman to be a tribal council finance director and the first woman on the Keewaytinook Okimakanak management team, Carpenter prefers to keep out of the spotlight and to focus on working in the background to build healthy communities for First Nations, for instance, by helping with the recent introduction of cell phone service into 20 First Nation communities.

“In the last two or three years we started developing community cell phones,” Carpenter said.

“The KO communities really wanted cell phones for their communities, not just to be able to talk to each other, but it was really a safety issue when people go on the land hunting and trapping and they constantly need to be able to reach other people.”

Carpenter played an essential role in the transformation of K-Net from a publicly funded First Nations program to a sustainable social enterprise, including the building of partnerships with the First Nation communities and the support of their development of communityowned Internet service providers (ISPs).

“They’re running their own small business enterprise in the community and we’re just bringing in the broadband pipe,” Carpenter said. “So they become customers of the network, but they have built their own ISPs. We’ve done that by supporting their own business development.”

“These women are all making such a difference in their communities and are helping move the region forward.”

toria Inn in Thunder Bay. Shirley Cheechoo, an awardwinning Cree actress and founder of the Weengushk Film Institute, was awarded the 2012 Enterprising Women Aboriginal Entrepreneur Off-Reserve award during the ceremony.

“These women are all making such a difference in their communities and are helping move the region forward,” said Rosalind Lockyer, PARO’s executive director. “They are role models who have experienced success in a variety of sectors; we have someone who was one of the first Aboriginal women to become a director of finance at a tribal council, a certified reflexologist, a woman who started her own eco-general store, a manic momtrepreneur, and even the founder of a film institute.”

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Wawatay News

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

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Skills program building First Nations capacity Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Members of Matawa First Nation communities can advance their education and training thanks to a new training program.

On Nov. 14, Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services (KKETS) officially launched the Aboriginal Skills Advancement Pilot Program (ASAPP), a program aimed at advancing the skills, training and education of Matawa community members.

It will offer academic upgrading, basic certifications such as First Aid and WHMIS, driver licensing, chainsaw certificates, CPA training and more.

“KKETS has a plan in place, supported by our chiefs, that will train our peoples in basic skills such as literacy and numeracy, GED, life skills and

Grace Winter/Matawa First Nations Management

Matawa First Nations Management CEO David Paul Achneepineskum cuts the ribbon alongside Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services staff during the launch of the Aboriginal Skills Advancement Pilot Program on Nov. 14. pre-apprenticeship training,” said KKETS board president Elsie MacDonald. “We believe that this program is going to change our people’s lives for the better.”

The program was developed so that communities can capi-

talize on opportunities from Ring of Fire developments, MacDonald added.

ASAPP project coordinator Carolyn Zadnik said the program is unique, flexible and geared towards the student.

“We can take our learn-

ers from where they are at, to where they want to be by providing the training and help they need to get there,” she said.

ASAPP has been operating since September and currently has 39 people enrolled in the

program. KKETS hopes to train 100 people by September 2013, when the pilot program ends.

Most of the program is being delivered at the new KKETS facility in Thunder Bay, located at 28 Cumberland St. North.

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) regional director Jim Adams said discussions about developing an “innovative” training program for the Matawa First Nations began a year ago.

“We wanted to explore ways to respond to employment opportunities and address the educational needs of the Aboriginal people of the north,” Adams said. “With this pilot program, we hope to see grand results and lengthen the program as need be.”

MTCU has committed $1.6 million to the pilot program and Adams said ASAPP will be assessed on an ongoing basis to determine if it should be extended beyond next September.

ASAPP was also developed in partnership with Matawa First Nations Management and the Lakehead Adult Education Centre.

Trade school for NAN students in Thunder Bay in works Continued from page 1 “Not every student (needs) to go to college or university or the academic route,” Kakegamic said. “We should make it possible that the apprenticeship route is a very good route for some students. I hear the pay is excellent, so this is another avenue our students can take.”

Kakegamic began looking into the development of the First Nations trade school after a Sioux Lookout Area Chiefs Annual General Meeting resolution was passed on Nov. 7 to support Northern

“We spend too much money paying outside contractors and consultants to do the work that our people should be doing.”

-Richard Morris Independent First Nations Alliance

Nishnawbe Education Council in the development of a trades-based pilot project.

Ottawa-based philanthropist Dave Smith, who helped establish the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre and the Ottawa Technical Learning Centre, said the trade centre is an “incredible” project.

“I think it can happen,”

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Finance Manager The Finance Manager reports to the Business Manager and is responsible for preparing financial statements, maintaining cash controls, and personnel administration, purchasing, maintaining accounts payable, accounts receivable and assist in managing office operations. The Finance Manager must work within Wawatay Native Communications Society Finance policies and procedures.

Qualifications: • Designation or diploma in an accounting and financial management, Human Resources field.

• Minimum of three years experience in a financial Management, and Human Resource management position.

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• Must have a high degree of initiative, motivation and the ability to observe strict confidentiality is essential, and must be willing to work overtime when required.

• Must provide current criminal reference check.

• Excellent written and oral communications skills. The ability to communicate in Cree, Ojibway or Oji-Cree is an asset.

Duties: • Establish and oversee the maintenance of a financial and human resource filing system for the organization.

• Assist the Business Manager and department managers by reviewing proposals to ensure soundness, with particular emphasis on the review of budgets and cash flow forecasts.

• Preparation and presentation of all financial reports, notes, recommendations and resolutions required by the Business Manager • Ensure the safe keeping of all financial legal and maintenance contracts and documents.

• Complete all reconciliations and general journal entries required in the preparation of an accurate set of monthly financial statements • Distribute monthly financial statements including receivables, payables and cheque listing to the Business Manager • Oversee the preparation of the bi-weekly payroll in order to ensure that employees are paid in an accurate and timely manner • Prepare and ensure all reports and remittances for HST, payroll remittances, WSIB, HRDC hiring reports and other reports that may be required are submitted on time.

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Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario Apply Before: Friday, November 30, 2012 – 4:00 PM CST Please send resume and three references to: Tabatha Jourdain, Human Resources Box 1180 Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B7 fax: 807.737.3224 e-mail: tabathaj@wawatay.on.ca WNCS thanks those who apply. However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Smith said. “We can’t sit around and have a thousand meetings. We’ve got to plant the seed and make it go.”

Smith raised about $150 million for a wide variety of projects in his community, including about $1.5 million for the technical learning centre.

“We put 22 shops into that

school,” Smith said. “We had the teachers make wish lists.

There were 42 wish lists in the cafeteria and I invited 600 people and 502 showed up. The first night we raised $360,000 and the rest came in more cash and in kind.”

Smith said it is possible to motivate people to make an investment in younger people.

Richard Morris, education advisor with Independent First Nations Alliance, said the trade school would “definitely” be a good idea for the IFNA communities.

“We spend too much money paying outside contractors

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Client Services Department RECEPTIONIST/SECRETARY Internal/External Posting Casual Employment Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

The Receptionist/Secretary is responsible for performing administrative and clerical support services for the Hostel facility.

QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12; • Certificate/Diploma in Secretarial Arts an asset; • Minimum 2 years experience in a clerical/secretarial field an asset; • Previous experience working in the Sioux Lookout Zone health care system would be a definite asset; • Excellent public relation skills.

KNOWLEDGE/ABILITY • Proficient keyboarding skills, knowledge of file management techniques and telephone reception; • Knowledge of Microsoft Office XP Pro (Office Pro 2007 an asset); • Ability to speak in one of the First Nations Dialects in the Sioux Lookout Zone is a definite asset; • Must have experience and understanding of Native culture, and of the geographic realities and social conditions within remote First Nation Communities; • Good working knowledge and experience in time management, excellent organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Vulnerable Persons Sector 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 Closing Date: November 30, 2012 The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

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and consultants to do the work that our people should be doing,” Morris said, noting housing inspectors as one example of people who are brought in to do work in the communities. “We can teach our people construction trades to know what a good house looks like, what is required to ensure that a house is safe and properly constructed. We need electricians, we need good mechanics.”

Morris recalled one time when two heavy equipment mechanics were brought in to repair school buses at $22,000 a week.

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“That’s an incredible amount of money,” Morris said.

Morris said there are people in the communities who can do mechanical repairs, but they do not have the official qualifications to be hired for those types of jobs.

“For example, a friend of mine works as an airplane mechanic and he can fly a plane,” Morris said. “I asked him why he doesn’t get his pilot’s licence or mechanic’s paper. He was reluctant to go because he said his English was not as good. That was his barrier.”

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Constance Lake artist invents animal waste composter

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Constance Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John Ferris recently showed off his animal waste composter invention at the Great Canadian Inventions Show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an eco-friendly machine,â&#x20AC;? Ferris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clean and it heats quickly. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on-thespot fertilizing. Instead of people composting their waste for six-to-twelve months, it actually does the job on the spot.â&#x20AC;?

While the long-time artist is well known for his artwork, political cartoons and the Annual Aboriginal Fine Art and Crafts Christmas Gift Show, he has also been working on developing a number of inventions over the years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think out of the box,â&#x20AC;? Ferris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think about things that can possibly happen, for instance the goose vaccinerator. I was with my daughter and she was trying to practice catching and batting at the park, but we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go there (because) there was so much geese waste all over.â&#x20AC;?

Ferris told his daughter about the vaccinerator idea that came to him while they were going back home.

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Ferris said he drew up the

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think about things that can possibly happen, for instance the goose vaccinerator. I was with my daughter and she was trying to practice catching and batting at the park, but we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go there (because) there was so much geese waste all over.â&#x20AC;?

-John Ferris

vaccinerator plans in about 20 minutes after he got back home, but before going any further with his plans, he checked the idea out by drying some dog waste in an empty tomato juice can with a powerful heat gun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything was dry within a minute,â&#x20AC;? Ferris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then I knew it was going to work.â&#x20AC;?

Ferris said First Nations people have always been â&#x20AC;&#x153;very innovative people,â&#x20AC;? as they have developed many creative ways to live in a variety of terrains and climates across the Americas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we survived until this day,â&#x20AC;? Ferris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I work with my art group with the people still creating these works of art today, but I see them as tools of survival, like the moccasins, the mitts, the coats,

the hats, the snowshoes.â&#x20AC;?

Ferris met with a variety of people during the Nov. 3 invention exhibition show in Toronto, including investors, marketers, engineers, researchers and business plan developers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was looking for ways to finalize my (vaccinerator) machine and I was given some good direction from these people that deal with technology and research and funding,â&#x20AC;? Ferris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody that came to my table really liked the invention and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needed in big cities and big parks, golf courses and waterfronts, wherever there is animal waste.â&#x20AC;?

Ferris has already tested his invention on cow, horse, pig, dog and geese droppings, noting it produces a clean waste product through a heated recycling process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lady from the City of Toronto has spoken to me in regards to this unit being important for Toronto because there is so much problems with geese in that area,â&#x20AC;? Ferris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was going to take it up to some people in Toronto and see what they can do as well.â&#x20AC;?

Ferris has also received a number of e-mails from people who want to help him with the development of the vaccinerator.

During the Gulf of Mexico oil well spill in 2010, Ferris also developed an invention to plug the broken oil well pipe deep under the ocean. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The pressure of the water would work with my idea and just suck it in instead of pushing it out,â&#x20AC;? Ferris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I took it to a couple of engineers and they said it would work.â&#x20AC;?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

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3rd World Canada tour first step to change Editor’s note: the following speeches (which have been edited for length) were given by KI youth Nadine Sainnawap and KI deputy chief Darryl Sainnawap during the 3rd World Canada film showing in Thunder Bay.

Shawn Bell Wawatay News

For audiences across southern Ontario, the 3rd World Canada tour that brought the story of suicide and living conditions in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) was heart-wrenching.

For the youth from the northern community who participated in the tour, the events in six Ontario cities were emotionally draining.

Yet both the audiences and the youth were uplifted by the tour, which brought filmmaker Andree Cazabon and the delegation from KI to six Ontario communities including Toronto, Kingston, Peterborough and Thunder Bay. “I really loved this tour. I loved spending time with the people who were on this tour. And I’m really going to miss it,” said Lawrence Morris, a member of the Waking Spirits drum group that brought KI’s community drum on the tour.

During the final showing of the film and speaking engagement in Thunder Bay on Nov. 15, the youth from KI were clearly exhausted. They had been travelling from city to city for nearly two weeks, with, as Lilyanna McKay put it, late nights, early mornings and busy days.

On top of all the travel, they were going through some intense emotional experiences. Like public speaking for the first time ever in front of hundreds of people. Sharing intimate details of their lives with strangers. And being there for each other when the demands of being on tour got hard to handle.

“These guys have gone through a lot. They have given everything on this tour,” said Cazabon. “But I’ve got to tell you, not once did the delegates from the North complain, in two weeks. I wish we had more youth like that in my community of Ottawa.”

Cazabon, who has called 3rd World Canada the most difficult film of her career to make, summed up what everyone involved with the tour was feeling during her speech to the audience after the final film showing in Thunder Bay. “I can’t talk about the tour, because I’ll start crying, because I’m sad that it is over,” she said.

While the youth delegates and tour organizers lamented the end of the tour, they were also proud of how much they had accomplished over their time on the road.

KI’s deputy chief Darryl Sainnawap, who joined the tour for its final two

Nadine Sainnawap: “In Kingston I read this speech for the first time in front of 300 people.

And I was very proud of myself.

This documentary has opened my eyes in so many ways. Before I met Andree I was not aware of our living conditions. I thought it was normal, all of it from broken windows to no clean drinking water. I thought suicide was OK. I thought it was OK to give up when things got rough.

This tour has been amazing and very stressful at times. I am emotionally drained. But I don’t plan on giving up. I’m going to stand up strong for our people and for my family.

I’m not going to lie, in the beginning I thought of this as a free trip and free food. But meeting new people and seeing how much time they put into having us come into their town, I don’t see it that way anymore.”

Darryl Sainawap Left: Lawrence Morris speaks in Thunder Bay while the Waking Spirits drum group drums.

Top: (l-r) Filmmaker Andree Cazabon and sisters Nadine Sainnawap and Lilyanna McKay address the crowd.

Above: (l-r) It was a family reunion as siblings Nadine Sainnawap, Lilyanna McKay, Tyler Duncan and Arlene Sainnawap met in Thunder Bay during the tour. stops in Kingston and Thunder Bay, said he was amazed at the growth that the youth showed over the course of the 10 days.

He noted the examples of Morris and Nadine Sainnawap, both of whom gave emotional speeches to huge crowds in Kingston and Thunder Bay. “Looking back over the last few days, I’ve watched Laurence and Nadine, they couldn’t even speak, they were paralyzed, that’s how afraid they were to do public speaking. I’m so proud of them.

You can see how much they’ve grown,” Sainnawap said.

Nadine Sainnawap said that for the first four stops on the tour, she could not speak to the crowds. In Kingston she wrote a speech for Cazabon to read. But she ended up starting to read the first sentence herself, and then kept going and read the entire speech herself. Two

days later she stood up again to address the audience in Thunder Bay. “I was so proud of myself,” she said.

“I learned a lot on this tour, I’m getting more confident in myself.”

For Nadine, whose family was documented in 3rd World Canada, the tour was not only a chance to grow personally. It was also a reunion of sorts. Her sister Lilyanna was on the tour, and their younger brother Tyler joined them in Kingston. And then in Thunder Bay their sister Arlene came out to the showing.

“It’s nice because we don’t always see each other, so when someone does something like this we all get to see each other,” Arlene said.

She added that she hopes another tour happens, so she can join her sisters in sharing the stories of their childhood in KI.

That sentiment was echoed by everyone associated with the tour. The youth from KI want it to grow, want more opportunities to share their experiences with the rest of Canada.

But the tour was not just about sharing experiences. As Darryl Sainnawap told the Thunder Bay crowd, watching the film and listening to the KI youth is only the first step for everyone to get involved in helping facilitate change.

“The film you watched, that’s the first step our community took, is to educate the mainstream society on the condition and challenges First Nations people face in our communities,” Sainnawap said. “That’s the first step. This is where we are today. But a change in social justice cannot happen unless common Canadian citizens, such as you and me, start kicking doors down of systematic injustice that our children face.”

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“You know, one of the things that moved me in Kingston was that they hung our flag outside city hall along with the other flags. And we were able to explain to them what our flag represents. The yellow, blue and green. As long as the sun shines, as long as the rivers flow, as long as the green grass grows. Our Elders remember hearing that at the time of the treaty. And what they understood it to be at that time, it was about friendship. Friendship with the newcomers, and peaceful coexistance. So to see the flag up on their city hall, and explain that to them, to me that was a powerful moment. And they welcomed it. That’s what moved me the most. Non-native cities welcoming a First Nation as a nation, saying welcome.

I think what we need is a change.

This is what I share with mainstream society. A change in social justice cannot happen unless common Canadian citizens, such as you and me, start kicking doors down of systematic injustice that our children face. Until me and you start standing together, like the way our Elders envision with the treaty we signed with Canada, change will not happen.”

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People across the world pray for NAN youth Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Youth take part in a candlelight prayer during the evening of Nov. 14 at the Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay. The evening was the culmination of the day’s events during the NAN Day of Prayer, which began with a prayer breakfast followed by a reflective service at the NAN office.

NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno said people from all over the world including the U.S., China, Korea, Germany, and places in South America, have offered their prayers for the NAN youth.

Yesno said some communities such as Attawapiskat held their own day of prayer in unity with NAN. To address the high suicide rates among youth, the NAN Day of Prayer was declared in 2002 to set aside a day each year to support community healing.

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Junior Rangers march to Ottawa for Remembrance Day ceremonies Robert Munroe Canadian Rangers

Nine Junior Canadian Rangers from northern Ontario marched with veterans in front of thousands of applauding spectators at the National Remembrance Day ceremony in the nation’s capital on Nov. 11.

The Junior Rangers were selected from two communities, Muskrat Dam and Kasabonika Lake.

“I felt proud that so many Canadians came out to attend the ceremony” said Junior Ranger Lamar Mawakeesic, 13, of Muskrat Dam. “The best part of this trip was making friends and representing the Junior Rangers on parade.”

The Junior Canadian Rangers are a a national youth program operated by the Canadian Forces for youth aged 12 to 18 in remote communities across Canada. The program emphasizes safety on the land and water and in personal life styles. There are about 700 Junior Rangers in 22 communities across northern Ontario.

“The Junior Canadian Rangers who were selected to come to Ottawa were extremely honoured to be given the opportunity to participate in the National Remembrance Day parade,” said Captain Caryl Fletcher, the officer commanding Junior Rangers in Ontario.

“They performed magnificently and conducted themselves with complete professionalism.”

The two-day trip was not all drill and ceremony for the Junior Rangers. On their first day they visited the National Aboriginal Veterans Monu-

Constance Lake honours its veterans with monument Peter Moon Canadian Rangers

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Nine Junior Canadian Rangers from northern Ontario marched with veterans in Ottawa during the National Remembrance Day ceremonies. ment and toured the grounds of the Parliament Buildings. In the evening they shopped for clothes, ate in restaurants and went out to the movies.

“When I was marching past all those people on the side of the road during the parade I felt pretty good - and proud at the same time.”

-Seeguan Fiddler, 15 Kasabonika Lake

“I will have so many good memories of this trip to Ottawa,” said Junior Ranger Seeguan Fiddler, 15, of Kasabonika Lake.

“The best was the time spent in the evenings laughing with my friends. But when I was marching past all those people on the side of the road during the parade I felt pretty good - and proud at the same time.”

After the parade the Junior Rangers joined veterans for a special lunch at the National War Museum.

“I used to watch the ceremony on TV and always wondered what it would be like to be on that parade” said Sergeant Ralph Begg, a Canadian Ranger escort from Kasabonika Lake. “It was emotional seeing all the veterans on parade with me. My wife called me after the ceremony to say that the community

watched the ceremony on TV and were excited to see our youth march with such pride.”

Also participating in the parade were Junior Rangers Dakota Kejick, Savannah Beardy, and Caroleen Beardy, from Muskrat Dam; and Nicole Begg, Kristen Anderson, Troy Anderson, and Morgan Anderson from Kasabonika Lake.

Ranger Master Corporal Emily Beardy was the escort for the Junior Rangers from Muskrat Dam. (Captain Robert Munroe is the unit information officer for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden.)

A monument honouring the memory of the 11 members of Constance Lake First Nation who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean Conf lict has been unveiled at a special ceremony honouring their sacrifice.

The ceremony included children at Mawawmatama Holistic Education Centre, as well as members of the community’s Canadian Ranger patrol, Junior Canadian Rangers, members of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets corps from Hearst and members of the Hearst branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

“Let us make this place special, to be a place of honour,” said Chief Roger Wesley.

“Having these types of symbols will allow us to show our pride in our people. We’re a very proud people but we don’t brag about it.

We’re humble about it.

We want to pay homage to our veterans and our past leaders.”

-Chief Roger Wesley

The words “They sacrificed their lives freely for our freedom,” are on the plaque, along with the names of the fallen. The plaque is attached

to a large rock.

The chief said he wants the piece of ground on which the memorial stands to become a small park honouring not only the veterans who died but the community’s past leaders. He wants trees to be planted on it and photographs put up of those being honoured.

“Having these types of symbols will allow us to show our pride in our people,” he said. “We’re a very proud people but we don’t brag about it. We’re humble about it. We want to pay homage to our veterans and our past leaders.”

Lieutenant-Colonel Morley Armstrong, commanding officer of the 560 Canadian Rangers in northern Ontario, who helped unveil the monument, said he was impressed by the ceremony and by the number of people who participated in it.

The idea for the monument began with members of the Constance Lake Canadian Ranger patrol, said Master Corporal Stanley Stephens, who is also a vice president of the Hearst branch of the Legion. Rangers put in the concrete base for the monument, found a suitable rock on the reserve, and arranged for a local mining company to pay for the plaque.

Ranger Florrie Sutherland, who played a leading role in the ceremony’s planning, was presented with the Canadian Forces Decoration by Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong in recognition of her long and dedicated military service.

IF YOU WORK IN ONTARIO, THIS IS YOUR FIGHT. On September 11, 2012, the Ontario Liberal government passed Bill 115, the Putting Students First Act, 2012.

Bill 115 is undemocratic, unconstitutional, and unprecedented. s It takes away the democratic rights of teachers and education professionals to bargain collectively. s It places the government beyond the reach of the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Ontario Labour Relations Act, and even the courts. s It takes local decision-making away from school boards and puts it in the hands of the provincial government.

That’s why we’re standing against Bill 115. It sets a dangerous precedent for all Ontarians. In fact, the government has already threatened other public sector workers with similar legislation.

As teachers, we teach your children to stand up for their principles. Today, we ask you to do the same.

What can you do to help?

Join us in standing up for democratic rights. Let your MPP know that Bill 115 must be repealed.

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