January 31, 2013 Volume 40 Number 4

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Peawanuck man rescued in harsh winter weather PAGE 7 Vol. 40 No. 4

Fort Severn demands halt of geologic surveying PAGE 6

Online hackers target Thunder Bay police PAGE 12 9,300 copies distributed $1.50

January 31, 2013 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

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Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence signs the Declaration promising to keep the pressure on the federal government, officially ending her sacred fast that she has conducted in Ottawa since Dec. 11.

ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᐅᑭᐡᑭᓇᐣ Spence ends hunger ᑲᑭᐸᐗᓂᐦᐃᑎᓱᐨ strike after 44 days

44 ᑕᓱᑭᔑᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᐅᒋᐎᓯᓂᐨ, ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑐᕒᐃᓴ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᒥᓇ ᐊᔑᑌᔭᑎᑯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑭᒋᔭᔭ ᕒᐁᒪᐣᐟ ᕒᐅᐱᐣᓴᐣ ᐅᑭᑭᐡᑭᓇᓇᐗ ᑲᑭᐸᐗᓂᐦᐃᑎᓱᐗᐨ ᒐᓂᐌᕒᐃ 24᙮ ᑲᑭᐸᐗᓂᐦᐃᑎᓱᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑭᐡᑭᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᓇᓂᐗᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᐁᐃᑭᑐᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑎᓱᐨ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ, ᕒᐅᐱᐣᓴᐣ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐗᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᑲᐊᓴᒪᐱᐗᐨ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐗᐨ, ᐁᑭᓇᑯᒥᑎᐗᐨ ᒋᐱᒪᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑲᐣᒋᓂᔕᐦᐊᑲᓀᐨ ᐦᐊᕒᐳᕒ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᒋᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᓭᑭᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ᙮ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ, ᓂᓱᔕᑊ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐗᐣ, ᑭᐊᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᐗᐣ ᒥᔑᓄᑭᔑᐠ ᐊᐊᐌ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐊᓬᐱᐣ ᐱᐟᓬᐅᕒ, ᓬᐃᐳᕒᐅᓬ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐎᐨ ᐹᑊ ᕒᐁ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᐣᑎᐱ ᕒᐅᒥᐅ ᔕᑲᓇᐡ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᓇᓄᑭᐗᐨ ᒋᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐗᐨ᙮ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐗᐨ ᐅᑎᐯᓂᒪᑲᓇᐣ, ᐢᐯᓂᐣᐢ ᑭᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᑲᓀ ᐊᑯᓯᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᑭᑎᐱᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐱᐅᒋᑕᑯᔑᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᒥᑲᐌᓂᒪᑲᓀᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐁᑭᒋᓇᑭᒪᐗᐨ, ᕒᐅᐱᐣᓴᐣ

ᒥᓇ ᒥᐠᒪᐠ ᑭᒋᔭᔭ ᒍᓴᑊ ᒋᐣ ᓵᐠ, ᑫᐎᐣ ᐁᑭᐸᐗᓂᐦᐃᑎᓱᐨ᙮ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᐅᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᐎᑕᒪᐗᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐣ, ᐁᑭᐱᐅᑕᓭᐗᐨ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ, ᒪᓂᑐᐸ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐱᐗᐨ, ᐁᑭᐃᓇᐨ ᒋᐱᒥᐎᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐅᐌ ᓄᑎᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᑲᓄᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ᙮ “ᓂᐎᐎᑕᒪᐗᐠ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ,” ᐁᑭᐎᑕᒪᐗᐨ ᑲᒪᐗᒋᐦᐃᑎᓂᐨ᙮ “ᐃᔑᐎᒋᐎᑎᐗᐠ ᐃᑯ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑫᓴᓇᑭᓭᔭᐠ ᑫᓇᑭᐡᑲᒪᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐸᐸᒣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᑲᑲᑴᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᐸᑫᐱᓂᑯᔭᐠ᙮” ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᑭᒪᒋᑕᐸᐣ ᑲᐸᐗᓂᐦᐃᑎᓱᐨ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑎᓭᒼᐳᕒ 11 ᐁᑭᓇᑕᐌᓂᒪᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᐢᑎᐱᐣ ᐦᐊᕒᐳᕒ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᑴ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᒪᑯᐨ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒋᒪᒪᐤᐱᐗᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᒋᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑐᕒᐃᑎ ᐎᒋᐎᑎᐎᐣ, ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᐅᓴᒼ ᐁᓇᐸᒋᓭᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑲᓇᐗᐸᑕᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ᙮ ᒥᐦᐃᐌ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᔑᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ᙮

Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

After 44 days without eating, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and Cross Lake Elder Raymond Robinson ended their hunger strike on Jan. 24.

The hunger strike officially ended with the signing of a declaration of commitment signed by Spence, Robinson, First Nations leaders and federal opposition leaders, in which they agreed to continue to press the Harper government to address key issues.

The declaration, which contained 13 points, was worked out for days prior with NAN Deputy Chief Alvin Fiddler, Liberal interim leader Bob Rae, and NDP MP Romeo Saganash among others acting as facilitators.

“Stay together no matter what hardship we go through and no matter what the government intends to do to divide us.”

-Chief Theresa Spence

At the recommendation of family, Spence had spent the previous night in hospital for a checkup and arrived unannounced at a ceremony held by NAN in honour of her, Robinson and Mi’qmak Elder Joseph Jean Sock, who also fasted.

Spence signed the declaration and told the First Nations leaders, which included representatives from northern Ontario, Manitoba, and AFN, that they need to carry on the fight.

“I just want to give a message to the chiefs,” she told the gathering.

“Stay together no matter what hardship we go through and no matter what the government intends to do to divide us.”

Spence started the hunger strike on Dec. 11 with the demand that Prime Minister Stephan Harper and the governor general meet with First Nations leaders to discuss the treaty relationships, which Spence said is one-sided toward the government.

That demand is one of the points of the declaration.

Lenny Carpenter looks back at how the fast ended: pages 10-11 Helper reflects on 40 days at Victoria Island: pages 16-17

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Fort Severn demands halt to aerial surveying

Peawanuck man rescued in bitter winter conditions

Fort Severn First Nation has demanded that the Ontario government immediately halt its aerial geologic surveying of the First Nation’s traditional lands.

A letter from Fort Severn to Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines was sent on Jan. 25., demanding that work stop immediately.

Fort Severn said the move was made as an act of solidarity with Idle No More and the declaration signed by Chief Theresa Spence and other leaders.

Shawn Beauvais of Peawanuck was fortunate to survive after being stranded in the middle of a -40 night.

Although he was only 11 kilometers from home, Beauvais’ snowmobile was stuck in slush and he was soaking wet without shelter.

An emergency search team made up of Canadian Ranger and Weenusk First Nation Search and Rescue parties found him just in time.

Beauvais said he learned to tell someone where he was going when heading into the bush.

ᐗᔕᐦᐅᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᒪᐡᑲᐎᑲᓄᓇᐗᐣ ᒋᑭᐱᒋᓂᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᓭᐗᐨ ᑲᑎᐸᐦᐊᑭᐗᐨ

ᐱᐗᓇᐠ ᓇᐯ ᑭᒥᑲᐗᑲᓀ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭᒋᐱᐳᐠ ᑲᐃᓀᑕᑯᐠ

ᐗᑲᐦᐅᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᒪᐡᑲᐎᑲᓄᓇᐗᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᓇᐣ ᐎᐸᐨ ᒋᑭᐱᒋᓂᐨ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᓭᐗᐨ ᑲᒪᓯᓇᑭᓴᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᑭᓂ ᑲᑎᐸᐦᐊᑭᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐊᑭᐠ᙮ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐗ ᐗᔕᐦᐅᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᔕᐦᐊᒪᐗᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᓄᑕᓯᓂᑫᐎᑭᒪᐣ ᑭᒪᒋᓂᔕᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᒐᓂᐌᕒᐃ 25, ᐁᒪᐡᑲᐎᑲᓄᓇᐗᐨ ᒋᑭᐱᑕᓄᑭᐗᐨ ᐎᐸᐨ᙮ ᐗᔕᐦᐅᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ ᐌᒋᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐁᐎᒋᑲᐸᐎᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐣ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᐗᐸᑕᐦᐃᐌᐗᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑐᕒᐃᓴ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐗᐨ᙮ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐗ ᐗᔕᐦᐅᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ ᐁᐎᒋᑲᐸᐎᑕᐗᐗᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐣ ᑲᑲᑴᑌᐱᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐅᓇᒋᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᐎᒋᐎᑎᐎᐣᑲᐃᓀᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᐎᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ᙮

ᔖᐣ ᐳᐯ ᐁᐅᒋᐨ ᐱᐗᓇᐠ ᑭᒪᒪᑲᑌᑕᑯᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᐁᑭᐗᓂᐦᐊᑲᓀᐨ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭᒋᑕᑲᔭᐠ -40 ᑲᑎᐱᑲᐠ᙮ ᐁᑭᔭᔭᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒥᑕᓱᐯᔑᐠ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᑲᐣ ᐁᑭᐊᐱᓯᓇᑯᓯᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᓇᓂᐗᐠ, ᐳᐯ ᐅᑐᑕᐸᓇᐣ ᑭᓀᐱᒋᓭᐗᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑ ᔖᑲᓂᐱᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᓂᐱᐎᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐁᔭᔭᓂᐠ ᑫᐃᔑᑭᔓᔑᐠ᙮ ᑲᑫᓯᑯᓇᓇᑕᐗᐸᒋᑫᐗᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᕒᐁᐣᒍᕒᐢ ᒥᓇ ᐱᐗᓇᐠ ᑲᑫᓯᑯᓇᓇᑕᐗᐸᒋᑫᐗᐨ ᑫᓯᑯᐨ ᐅᑭᒥᑲᐗᐗᐣ᙮ ᐳᐯ ᐅᑭᑭᑫᑕᐣ ᔭᐎᔭᐣ ᒋᐎᑕᒪᐗᐨ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒪᒐᐨ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ᙮

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Ontario vs Grassy appeal wraps up The arguments in Ontario’s appeal of Grassy Narrows’ legal victory from 2011, which started on Jan. 14, have finished.

The case focuses on logging in Grassy Narrow’s traditional territory, which has caused mercury levels to rise, health problems among the people and a loss of traditional lifestyles.

Ontario is appealing a 2011 ruling that said the province could not authorize clear-cut logging on the First Nation’s traditional lands.

ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᒥᓇ ᒥᔕᐡᑯᓀᔭ ᑎᐸᑭᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᑕᓂᑭᔑᑐᓇᐗ ᐃᐡᑴᔭᐨ ᑲᓄᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᐡᑲᐠ ᒥᔕᐡᑯᓀᔭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐗᐸᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ 2011, ᐁᑭᒪᒋᑕᐗᐨ ᒐᓂᐌᕒᐃ 14 ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᓇᐗ᙮ ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐗᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᐱᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐃᓀᐣᒋᑲᑌ ᓂᐎᐣ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᓂᓵᓱ ᐱᓯᒼ ᒋᐱᑭᐌᐡᑲᐗᐨ ᒋᐎᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᔑ ᐅᓀᐣᑕᒧᐗᐨ᙮ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᔓᐗᑌᐠ ᑲᒪᓇᑎᑴᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒥᔕᐡᑯᓀᔭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ, ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐅᒼᐱᐡᑲᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᐊᑯᓯᐡᑲᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᒪᒐᐳ, ᐊᑯᓯᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᐡᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐗᓂᑐᐗᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᑎᓯᐎᓂᐗ᙮ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᑲᓄᑕᐣ 2011 ᑲᑭᑎᐸᑯᓂᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᑭᑐᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐠ ᐅᑎᑭᑐᐎᐣ ᒋᒪᓇᑎᑴᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ᙮ Page 9

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Online hackers target Thunder Bay police The online hacker group Anonymous has threatened to release classified information from the Thunder Bay Police Service unless the police do more to investigate the brutal assault of a First Nations woman in the city.

Anonymous outed the fact that TBPS has only one officer investigating the sexual assault and attempted murder case, down from the original five officers assigned to the case.

The organization also promised to release “mountains of dirt” on the force.

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NAN releases safe Thunder Bay report Safe Streets Safe Community Recommendations General 1. Conduct an inventory of existing committees, strategies, and services to create an inventory resource to be utilized for following recommendations.

Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Kathleen Wynne was named Ontario’s new premier after winning the Liberal leadership race to replace Dalton McGuinty.

Wynne served as Ontario’s Minister of Aboriginal Affairs before stepping down to run for leader.

Over the course of her campaign Wynne addressed a number of issues pertaining to First Nations people, including the treaty relationship, impoverished living conditions on reserves and resource revenue sharing. “It doesn’t make me comfortable that there are (First Nations) in Ontario who are living in these conditions,� Wynne said during the campaign. “I don’t think any of us can accept that it’s appropriate.�

On resource revenue sharing, she has gone on record saying a “government-wide approach� to revenue sharing is needed. “It’s important to make sure that the communities that are affected also benefit from resources initiatives,� she said.

And on treaties, Wynne has said a conversation needs to take place to educate the public of the importance of the treaties.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation offered its congratulations to Wynne following her victory, but cautioned that treaty implementation and revenue sharing must be a priority for the new premier. “Treaty and resource revenue sharing are key to addressing the pressing and dire challenges facing the remote First Nations of northern Ontario,� said NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno in a press release. “Our treaty partners, Canada and Ontario, must come to the table to address these issues, and not just to dialogue or discuss but strategize and implement. NAN First Nations need the process for formal agreements to get underway.�

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Law Enforcement/Justice 2. First Nations representation on newly announced Special Task Force on crime prevention and lessening crime within the city.

3. Encourage judicial system to hand down harshest sentences allowable sexual assaults especially if the crime is race-motivated.

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Members of Thunder Bay Police, NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno and Thunder Bay Mayor Kieth Hobbs among the crowd at the community safety forum held on Jan. 15.

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Nishnawbe Aski-Nation (NAN) released a report containing 13 recommendations to help improve the safety of the community of Thunder Bay. The report is based off of a community safety forum that was held on Jan.15 regarding recent racially-motivated incidents in the city.

The forum was attended by over 200 representatives of Aboriginal organizations, municipal politics, law enforcement, and the general public.

The forum was inspired by concerns over community safety after a brutal sexual-assault that was allegedly racially-motivated, as well as an incident where a young First Nations student was dropped off by a police officer on the outskirts of the city of Thunder Bay and made to walk back home.

Some speakers at the forum were Chief Peter Collins of Fort William First Nation, Thunder Bay mayor Keith Hobbs, NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno, Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Thunder Bay Chief of Police J.P. Levesque, and Northern Nishawbe Education Council (NNEC) Executive Director Norma Kejick. “A major safety concern in Thunder Bay, especially as of late, is the safety of women and chil-

dren,� said Collins. “All citizens are looking to ensure that their children are safe and secure. To achieve safety and security, the importance of building relationships cannot be understated.�

The forum was held in order to begin meaningful dialogue on the topic of community safety, and encouraged all participants to become active in helping make the city of Thunder Bay a safer place.

Mayor Hobbs explained that his plan when he became mayor for a safer community has so far “been a failure.�

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said that the relationship between the First Nations community and police was broken. He also expressed concerns about the education of First Nations youth. “A troubling pattern has emerged where parents from remote communities are pulling their children from urban high schools for fear of their safety.

Stories like this make our work more urgent. The dialogue that we have must be brutally honest and all concerns must be on the table,� said Fiddler.

Kejick said that one First Nations community has removed all of their students from school in the city due to safety concerns. “Students have to constantly defend who they are, and some have been told that

they are unwelcome at Intercity Shopping Centre. Students are already dealing with the struggles of being a teenager, and are seeing things that many have not dealt with prior to moving to Thunder Bay,� Kejick said.

Some of the audiences’ suggestions included ideas like cross cultural training not only for police but also for city employees such as bus drivers, harsher punishments for hatecrime related sexual assaults, support systems for students coming in from remote communities, and increased First Nations presence in public services.

The 13 recommendations in the report fall under five areas: general, law enforcement/justice, community building, communications, and education.

The report reiterates that the community safety forum is just the beginning of a meaningful dialogue between the entire community in order to promote safety and civility, as well as repairing damaged relationships.

The report states that “the next steps will involve more community engagement through more open forums and feedback received through the email safetyforum@nan.on.ca .

Recommendations from future forums and those received by email will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. The goal is to identify tangible steps that can be taken towards a safe community.�

Community Building 4. Promote open house on April 20 at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School and encourage the general public to attend and learn about the school. Utilize inventory resource to find which groups could assist in the orientation of new students to the city.

5. Ontario Native Women’s Association and other willing organizations to explore hosting a women’s forum.

6. City and First Nations community to work together to establish a permanent location for a Youth Centre.

Education 7. Continue to support and evaluate cross-cultural training for municipal employees.

8. Place information in the inventory resource and encourage local business to access cross cultural training for their employees.

9. Create awareness of existing Aboriginal content within school curriculum. Support efforts to develop and enhance resource materials within local school boards.

Communications 10. Encourage media to examine whether materials considered for publication contribute meaningfully to discussion and debate.

11. Greater police presence on social media to address concerns at the source with the goal to direct those with legitimate concerns to appropriate complaint mechanisms and to discourage spreading of unproven allegations.

12. Direct NAN community members who have concerns about policing to NAN legal services, also to encourage using proper channels for concerns and not resorting to social media to spread unproven allegations.

13. Host a second forum in the spring of 2013 with a greater emphasis on participation from youth and women.

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER David Neegan

Commentary Spence brought attention to the cause, but what happens now?

Shawn Bell EDITOR

I just returned from a holiday in India. One of the things that struck me during conversations at the beginning of the trip was how little people knew about First Nations issues in Canada.

In India, where indigenous populations in some states have been conducting armed resistance movements for decades, many people I spoke with had no idea of the history or reality of First Nations people in Canada.

Yet over the course of the month-long trip, I was amazed at how knowledge of First Nations in Canada seemed to change. In the beginning, no one seemed to know anything about First Nations people in Canada. By the end it was not uncommon to introduce myself as Canadian and have someone say “oh, where the chief is on a hunger strike!”

Theresa Spence’s hunger strike was not only a national story. It transcended borders, resonating with people around the world. In a country like India, where Mahatma Ghandi’s experiments with direct action and hunger strikes have given a mystique to the form of protest, her actions rang loud and clear. Amongst the young travellers we met from countries across the globe, the David vs Goliath story of the chief on a hunger strike against the government was viewed as inspiring, almost mythical.

However you feel about Spence’s fast, it is an undeniable fact that over the last month and a half she brought more attention and awareness to the plight of First Nations in Canada than almost anyone ever has.

And do not think that the federal government failed to notice the international attention Spence was getting. Prime Minister Harper kept quiet during the hunger strike, stuck to his guns and did not give in to Spence’s requests. But through it all Canada got another black eye on the international stage, another black eye that Harper will have to wear.

Nationally, of course, Spence became a household name during the strike. She also divided the country. On one hand she inspired supporters from across Canada to make the journey to Ottawa to meet and support her. On the other she stirred up much of the racist undertones of the nation, and provided a flash point for a lot of hatred against First Nations people. But her biggest impact nationally, just like it was internationally, was to bring unprecedented attention to First

Nations people and issues.

Meanwhile the Idle No More movement, despite its independent origins, came to be associated with and intrinsically connected to Spence’s fast. The Ottawa rallies revolved around Spence, and organizers of events in cities and towns across the country cited Spence’s efforts as inspiration.

Whether the Idle No More movement was helped or hindered by Spence’s hunger strike remains to be seen. Certainly it received more attention in national media because of Spence. And certainly the chief’s actions spurred many people to get involved in Idle No More who may not have otherwise. But Spence also provided a leader-figure in a movement that professes to have no leaders. She gave structure to a movement that often seems to embrace its fluidity. Her involvement, even if she never intended it to, became a central focus of Idle No More.

Now, as Spence leaves Ottawa to go back to the dayto-day realities of being chief in Attawapiskat, Idle No More finds itself at a crossroads. It no longer has its rallying figure. It has to once again find energy and inspiration in the people of communities and cities across the nation, like it did at the beginning. And it has to find a cohesive, inspiring message to continue the momentum it has begun. Chief Spence brought an incredible amount of attention and energy to the movement.

Idle No More has to find a way to sustain that without her.

As for Spence, her legacy also remains to be determined.

She has become an internationally recognized figure, and a national icon. She has brought unprecedented attention to First Nation issues. Her hunger strike ended with a declaration to continue pressing the government on treaty issues. It was not a clear victory. But in dealing with such a complex issue as the relationship between Canada and First Nations, clear victories are never the goal.

Change happens gradually. The impact of the past 44 days will manifest in a number of ways over the coming years. Only then will Spence’s legacy be clear.

Spence’s helper Edmond Etherington told Wawatay that the end of the sacred fast has not sunk in yet. After 40 days at Spence’s side, Etherington said he still feels her in his heart. He also spoke of carrying on the work that Spence started in his own community, of living the good way he experienced on Victoria Island when he gets back home.

If all the people Spence touched during her fast do what Etherington plans to do, then all of her efforts and all of her suffering will truly have been worth it.

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Maggie Black Loism of Pikangikum working on a birch bark basket, date unknown.

Urban Indian part three Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

You give up everything about your identity when you’re an Indian in the city.

That’s the common belief among those who never really take the time to get to know us or our lifestyles. It’s all a big negative assumption, as though urban and Indian is a heap big negative.

It’s not though. I lived in cities for years and it was that more than anything that led me to such strong reliance on my culture and traditions. It was that more than

anything that taught me that my identity is, and always was, an inside job. Living in an urban setting helped me realize that.

And it isn’t just me. I’ve met a lot of urban based people over the years and they represent themselves and their people with honor and dignity. Take my friend Charlie, for instance. Charlie was from a West Coast First Nation and I met him in Vancouver years ago.

He would stare across a vacant sea of asphalt in the parking lot behind his apartment. I’d watch him as he begin to pull both hands across his belly and slanted to his hip bone in a pantomime of paddling. It was in those moments that I knew

that he was recalling the great canoe They paddled out of Kitimat then down Hecate Strait and into Queen Charlotte Sound the summer he was 12. He told me that he could still feel the muscle of the channel on his arm almost 70 years later.

He said that when he gave himself up to the memory that the smell of it all potent, rich, eternal, was like the smell he found in dreams and

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I’ve met a lot of urban based people over the years and they represent themselves and their people with honor and dignity.

visions. Thunderbirds dancing orca who was chasing raven across the slick surface of the sea. He could get all of that.

When he got that vision and the feelings that came with it, he knew what he had to do. I’d watch as he crossed to his closet to retrieve the tools and wood and paints he kept there. Then he’d bundled it in the black and red button blanket he danced in once and head down the stairs out into the street to find the inner city Haida kids he taught to carve paddles.

What are you doing, I asked him once. “Bringing them the ocean glowing in the moonlight,” he said.

Identity. It’s always been an inside job.

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Time for a change in political landscape Editor: The last time a large group of Indians participated in rallies across the country was when the Liberals tried to implement the “First Nations Governance Act” (FNGA) which never passed into law during their stint as government. Ironically, if one closely examines the Conservative bills, they may find similarities between the FNGA ad the following bills: Bill C-27; Bill S-8; Bill S-6; Bill C-428; Bill S-207 and Bill S-212, because the FNGA included a First Nations financial transparency act, a First Nations election act, an act to amend the Indian Act and the First Nations Self Government Act. As predictable as they are, the Conservative Party has a majority in the House of Commons and can pass any type of legislation they want through the Senate because it too is also controlled by a majority of non-elected Tory Senators including one former Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples.

Furthermore, what the average Canadian may not realize is that there are thousands of nonnatives working across the country in the bureaucracy of government called INAC. So when the federal government says that seven billion dollars were spent last year on Indian Affairs, they neglected to mention that at least up to 80 percent of INAC’s annual budget is allocated to the administration of programs and services and thus, by the time government employees are paid, in some cases with excessive income and expenses, whatever scraps are left goes to the 600 plus bands for reserve programs and services such as health care,

housing, education, infrastructure and make-work projects, for example.

In a related matter, the Queen of England responded to a letter that Chief Theresa Spence sent in which the Monarch mentioned that any treaty concerns that any chief had should be brought to the attention of the Canadian government which is currently the Conservatives, because in 1982 when the Liberals were in power the Queen gave up all her sovereignty rights to her former colony known as Canada.

Unfortunately for those who believe the Queen’s representative should attend any high level meeting with the government of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations, they must realize that the Governor General is only a symbolic position, and in fact has no real power as they held in the British North America Act of 1867.

And although the leader of the Liberal Party at the time, Pierre Trudeau, may have said that “treaty and aboriginal rights” are written into the Constitution Act of 1982, the interpretation of what is or is not an “aboriginal or treaty right” will forevermore be in the hands of the judges in the Supreme Court of Canada or at the discretion of whatever political party the Canadian people elect to represent their interests.

I personally believe in the creation of a modern National State for Anishinaabe Ojibway peoples within their traditional territory based on international law and obtained through diplomatic relations. Therefore, I also believe that the only way to achieve freedom and independence is to sever the umbilical cord from

our maternalistic governments including all “Indian Act” chiefs and/or councilors; the AFN; INAC and the government of Canada is to really get out of the whole business of Indian Affairs altogether: From the Micmacs to the Iroquois; from the Ojibways to the Salish people. I also believe that a real grassroots organization that represents me must be dedicated to a secular independent selfgoverning society of Micmacs, Iroquois, Ojibways, Crees, Salish, Hiada Gwaii and so on.

All the Indigenous nations that exist in Canada are as diverse as they are many. And therefore, they require different means to achieve self-government and self-determination not by what the government of Canada so paternalistically defines these two terms as but how the international community determines what is or is not a nation. After all is said and done, native people who seek statehood and autonomy must meet the following criteria: - a permanent population - a defined territory - a government - a capacity to enter into relations with other states The Native Nations, whether Micmac or Cree, Salish or Ojibway, Mohawk or Dene that exist in Canada in my opinion qualify as states under international law.

One just has to look hard enough at the case for statehood and autonomy which is reinforced by the collapse of the Soviet Union: Armenia, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and Moldova to name a few indepen-

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dent nation-states of the former USSR. As for the government of Canada, “self-government” means a watered down version of the Indian Act through a series of statuatory instruments like the Cree and Naskapi in northern Quebec, or the Yukon, Nis’ga and Sechelt bands in British Columbia. These self-government agreements are like the treaties, neither official documents under international law nor recognized as Canadian constitutional law.

This is not how I envision selfgovernment and self-determination for the Anishinabe Ojibway people in the Treaty #3 area.

There are a number of sovereign states and other territories which have special recognition, or are recognized by international treaty or agreement, such as Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City, Kosovo, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland and Palestine to name a few.

Surely, after 500 years of colonialism, isn’t it time for a real change in the geographic and political landscape? I suppose readers my be wondering what all this is going to cost the taxpayer…nothing…we’ll just take perhaps five percent of Canada’s annual GNP or GDP; revenuesharing agreements; or resourcebased royalty contracts – whatever works for each of these independent Nations to meet the needs of their peoples.

Sincerely, Raymond Ross Shoal Lake #40 First Nation band member

Electric pow wow coming East Re: DJ Classic Roots chasing dream (Wawatay News, Jan. 17) All the best to DJ Classic roots in his journey!! I was just listening to a showcase of Aboriginal Youth and the use of technology to promote and preserve culture and tradition, a rerun of a CBC story from last March. Electronic pow wows seem to be big in the west, and the sound is amazing!! I only wish we had that kind of support her in Thunder Bay. It’s people like DJ Classic Roots that will continue to uplift our youth and inspire new ways of being yourself!!

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Holding a UN trump card Re: Lac Seul Chief discusses Idle No More movement (Wawatay News, Jan. 17) I believe that we as a nation can overcome this bill C-45, our last trump card should be as First Nations people of Canada go to the “UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, as it states in there in Article 26 that “Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired,” and it directs states to give legal recognition to these territories. The Declaration does not override the rights of Indigenous peoples contained in their treaties and agreements with individual states, and it commands these states to observe and enforce the agreements...that my friends would be our last trump card.

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Employment despite criminal record?

Re: Province looking for First Nations input on Ring of Fire (Wawatay News, Aug. 9) Why cannot people who have criminal records work in the ring of fire? I was hired by Cliffs Natural Resources, when I told them I had a record they told me it wouldn’t matter, yet when my record came back they told me no we are not going to hire you because we are scared for the safety of our employees.

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Thanks to Chief Spence Thank you Chief Spence and all your supporters for this sacrifice.

It has helped me see and understand what the agreement between our nations is all about....that I am a guest here on turtle island and that you have us permission to be here, but only in a good way. I will do what I can to help my people to understand this as well. thank you again and you remain in my prayers And I thank all the people who share info thru social media, it has helped me to broaden my sources for info....please keep sharing.

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Fort Severn demands BUSINESS FOR SALE 121 ACRE ROCK QUARRY IN KENORA halt to aerial surveying Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Fort Severn First Nation has demanded that Ontario halt ongoing aerial geologic surveying of Fort Severn’s traditional lands.

The First Nation issued a letter to the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) on Jan. 25, requesting that aerial surveying stop immediately.

Fort Severn said it was revoking its prior consent to the surveying.

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“We believe it is imperative to take this step to ensure our community stands in unity with other First Nations...”

– Fort Severn First Nation

Fort Severn cited Idle No More and the hunger strike

by Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence in explaining the need for unity with other First Nations.

“We believe it is imperative to take this step to ensure our community stands in unity with other First Nations and organizations across Ontario and Canada as we struggle to establish meaningful nation-to-nation relationships with all governments interested in working with our traditional lands,” Fort Severn wrote in the letter.

The First Nation also attached a list of the demands made in the declaration signed

by Spence and other leaders on Jan. 24.

Aerial surveying is done through the Ontario Geologic Survey, a branch of MNDM. The surveying around Fort Severn is a continuation of last year’s aerial surveying around Weenusk First Nation, as the OGS is attempting to survey the shore of Hudson Bay for the first time since the 1960s.

The Weenusk surveying,

however, has not yet been released following a conflict between Weenusk First Nation and the OGS over a lack of consultation on the plans.

Julia Bennett, spokesperson with MNDM, told Wawatay that the ministry received Fort Severn’s letter on Jan. 25 and immediately contacted the contractor doing the work to stop the surveying.

Bennett said the ministry is now in contact with Fort Severn leadership to determine the next steps in regards to the surveying.

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Peter Moon Shawn Beauvais was stranded in the middle of the night in a windchill of about –40C, only 11 kilometres from his home in Peawanuck.

He was wet, cold, dehydrated and hungry as he huddled next to a small fire behind the shelter of a snow wall he had built on a river bank. His snowmobile and sled, with its load of firewood, were in the middle of the small river, where, despite the cold, he had bogged down in slush and soaked his boots and trousers before reaching shore.

He could not go back to his snowmoble or sled without getting soaked again. They were in deep slush and water.

His only source of firewood were some small trees he could knock down on the bank of the river, “like a bear,� by banging his body into them until they fell over.

He was struggling to keep awake when he heard a strange sound. At first he thought it was wolves and he worried that his only protection was a plastic shovel. But then he saw the lights of the approaching snowmobiles. They were the lights of the machines driven by members of the Canadian Ranger and Weenusk First Nation Search and Rescue parties.

What did he think? “Oh, I was so relieved,� he said. “I guess my community’s proud and stubborn and wants to look after us. We have the Rangers and the Search and Rescue. I didn’t know what time it was. I didn’t know how long I had had struggled to knock down trees and keep my fire going. So once I saw those snowmobile lights I knew I could let go. Somebody else was going to take care of me.�

His rescuers warmed him and quickly transported him to the nursing station in Peawanuck, his body cramping along the way with early signs of hypothermia. He had only minor frostbite to his hands and feet.

A heavy equipment operator with the First Nation, Beauvais went out on the Saturday to collect firewood but encountered slush on the river. He was able to get his snowmobile out of the slush but not his sled. He returned to Peawanuck for dry clothing and went back to try and recover the sled, only to get his snowmobile stuck in the

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He reasoned that if he could stay alive someone would start asking questions when he did not turn up for work on Monday and a search would be started for him.

As it happened, neighbours noticed on Saturday evening that his house was empty and his snowmobile was missing.

The Rangers and community searchers left in small groups at 11.45 pm to look for him and found him just over two hours later.

Lessons learned? “In future I will tell somebody where I am going,� he said. “That was a mistake. I guess I was over confident. I will carry more rope in future and probably have someone with me, and an extra axe, maybe, and a radio of some kind to call for help.� “I think we got to him just in time,� said Ranger Sergeant Matthew Gull. “When we got to him he was very cold and running out of wood. His feet were very cold. He was wearing only a single pair of sports socks. I think it was a good community response.�

Rangers who took part in the rescue were Sergeant Gull, Master Corporals Pamela Chookomoolin and Delores Gull, and Ranger Maurice Mack. The Weenusk First Nation rescuers were Jimmy Chapman, Peter Hunter, Gabriel Koostachin, and Mike Wabano.

January 24, 2013 Rainy River Gold Project Federal Funding Available The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is making available $122,400 to support public participation in the federal environmental assessment of the Rainy River Gold Project located in Ontario.

This funding will support participation in upcoming steps of the environmental assessment such as consultation related to the Environmental Impact Statement and consultation on the draft Environmental Assessment Report.

To apply for funding or for more information on the project and the environmental assessment process, visit the Agency’s website at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca (registry reference number 80007) or contact the Participant Funding Program by writing to PFP.PAFP@ceaa-acee.gc.ca or by calling 1-866-582-1884.

Applications received by February 25, 2013 will be considered.

Funding recipients will be announced later.

As part of the strengthened and modernized Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) put in place to support the government’s Responsible Resource Development Initiative, the Agency is conducting a federal environmental assessment of this project.

Rainy River Resources Limited is proposing the construction, operation and decommissioning of an open-pit and underground gold mine. The proposed mine site is in the Township of Chapple, Ontario, approximately 65 kilometres northwest of Fort Frances. Open-pit mining is proposed to occur at a rate of approximately 18,000 to 20,000 tonnes per day of ore production. The underground component will produce approximately 2,000 tonnes per day of ore. The anticipated mine life is approximately 15 to 20 years.

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Ontario’s appeal of Grassy Narrows case wraps up Shawn Bell Wawatay News

A legal appeal with national implications on Aboriginal treaty rights now rests in the hands of the judges after arguments in Grassy Narrows versus Ontario closed last week.

The legal battle between Ontario and Grassy Narrows First Nation over clear-cut logging on Grassy Narrows’ traditional territory has been ongoing for over a decade. In 2011 an Ontario judge ruled in favour of the First Nation, essentially saying that Ontario did have not the authority to authorize logging that violated treaty rights.

Ontario’s appeal of the decision was “hard fought,� said Grassy Narrows’ legal representative Robert Janes. “This will be a precedentsetting case,� Janes said, adding that a decision may take anywhere from four to seven months given the case’s complexity and the likelihood it will go to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Ontario argues that the province has jurisdiction over treaty rights, which allows it to authorize logging or other activities that may violate the treaties.

But Grassy Narrows’ lawyers respond that only the federal government has the jurisdiction over treaty rights, so that Ontario cannot approve projects that impose on the treaties.

“...Industrial activity on its traditional lands must respect the First Nation’s right to say ‘no’, as recognized by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.�

The original court case was initiated by three Grassy Narrows’ trappers in 2000. “Our community has suffered for too long from the impacts of industry imposed on our people,� said Joseph Forbister, one of the three trappers who initiated the legal action. “We will not allow industry to further damage our way of life and our health by poisoning our water and destroying the forests that we depend on.�

Janes said other provinces are watching the case closely, as

the decision of Ontario’s ability to take jurisdiction on treaty rights resonates across the country.

The lawyer noted that the federal government is supporting Ontario in the case, despite the fact that a decision in Ontario’s favour would take power over treaties out of the hands of Canada.

Janes explained that the judge needs to decide whether Ontario can use all or some of Canada’s powers to interfere with treaty rights, or whether the federal government is the only government with the authority to interfere with treaty rights.

Grassy Narrows maintains that industrial activity on its traditional lands must respect the First Nation’s right to say “no�, as recognized by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “It is time for Ontario to finally stop wasting time and money trying to force damaging clearcut logging on our community, and to begin the process of reconciliation by respecting our treaty and Aboriginal rights as we defend our forest-based way of life,� said Grassy Narrows Chief Simon Forbister in a press release.

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Chief Theresa Spence poses with her grandchildren during their visit to Victoria Island. Spence began her fast with the future of youth and children in mind. She compared the fast to the suffering endured by a mother giving birth, saying “there is a period of time where there was pain, but once you hold your baby, the pain goes away.” She hoped the fast would address issues facing youth.

ᐊᔕ ᑲᑲᓂᒪᐡᑲᐎᐨ, ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᐅᑭᐎᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᑭᐗᐡᑴᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐎᐸᑯᒧᐨ, “ᑭᐊᓂᑭᑭᒥᓂᑫ ᒥᓇ ᑐᓂᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐊᔕ ᑕᓂᒪᒪᔦᑭᔑᔭᓇᐸᐣ᙮” ᑲᐎᓂᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᑲᓂᒪᒥᓄᔭᐨ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᒪᒥᑐᓀᑕᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᐱᒋᐸᐣ ᑲᑲᐎᓯᓂᐨ᙮ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᓂᒥᑕᓇᔑᓂᐎᐣ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᐠ, ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ, ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐗᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑭᑲᑴᒋᒪᐗᐣ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᒋᑭᐱᒋᐨ ᑲᑲᐎᓯᓂᐨ᙮ ᐃᐃᐌᑕᐡ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ, ᑭᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ ᐃᑴ ᒋᐅᑕᐱᓇᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᑾᑕᑭᓭᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ᙮ ᒪᔭᒼ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᒪᒋᑕᐨ ᑲᑲᑭᐅᒋᐎᓯᓂᐨ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᑭᔑᐗᐸᑕᐠ ᐁᐎᓴᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ, ᒪᐗᐨ ᐃᑭᐌᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ᙮ “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐃᑴᐎᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐗᐸᑕᒪᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐎᓴᑫᑕᒧᐎᐣ, ᑫᑯᐣ ᐃᑯ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᐣ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᐦᐊᐨ ᑭᓂᒐᓂᓴᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒣᑾᐨ ᐁᔭᔭᐨ ᑲᑲᐎᓯᓂᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᒪᑐᑲᓂᐠ᙮ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᓇᓀᑲᒋᓭᐨ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑲᐎᓯᓂᐨ ᑭᐃᓀᑕᒼ ᑎᓄᑭᐊᐣ ᑲᓂᑕᐎᑭᓇᐗᓱᓇᓂᐗᐠ᙮ “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᓂᑕᐎᑭᑐᔭᐣ

ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐎᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᒥᑭᐌᔭᐣ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐎᐣ, ᐃᐃᐌ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑭᑭᒋᐎᓴᑫᑕᑯᐣ, ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᒋᐎᓇᐨ ᑭᓂᒐᓂᐢ ᑲᐅᐡᑭᓂᑕᐎᑭᐨ, ᑭᐎᓴᑫᑕᒧᐎᐣ ᐊᐸᐣ ᒪᒐᒪᑲᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ, ᐁᐸᐱᑴᓂᐨ ᒣᑾᐨ ᐁᐃᔑᓂᑫᑕᐨ ᐁᑭᒋᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐡᑭᓂᑕᐎᑭᓂᐨ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᐃᑴᐎᔭᐣ, ᐊᐱ ᑲᐗᐸᒪᐨ ᑭᓂᒐᓂᐢ ᑲᔦᒪ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐠ ᐁᐎᓴᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑲᑴ ᑲᑭᒋᐦᐊᐠ, ᐃᐃᐌᑕᐡ ᑭᐎᓴᑫᑕᒧᐎᐣ ᒋᒪᒐᒪᑲᐠ ᐸᓂᒪ ᐅᐎᓴᑫᑕᒧᐎᓂᐗ ᒪᒐᒪᑲᑎᓂᐠ ᑲᐎᐣ ᑲᐎᓴᑫᑕᓯᐣ᙮” ᐊᐱ ᐁᐎᑭᐱᒋᐨ, ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᐅᑭᓇᑕᐌᑕᐣ ᒋᓇᑯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᑲᑲᓄᒋᑫᐗᐨ ᐎᓇᐗ ᒋᐱᒥᐊᓄᑭᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐎᓂᓂ᙮ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ, ᕒᐅᐱᐣᓴᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐎᒋᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᓯᓭᓯᐠ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᓴᐣᑲᓱ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ, ᐁᐃᓇᓀᐤ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᒥᓇᐗᐨ ᐦᐊᕒᐳᕒ᙮ ᐅᑭᐎᑕᓄᑭᒪᐗᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᐊᓬᐱᐣ ᐱᐟᓬᐅᕒ, ᐁᐣᑎᐱ ᕒᐅᒥᔪ ᓴᑲᓇᐡ, ᓬᐃᐳᕒᐅᓬ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᐹᑊ ᕒᐁ, ᓬᐃᐳᕒᐅᓬ ᑲᐅᒋᐗᐎᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᒉ˙ᑊ ᑯᐳᓀᐢ,

ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᔑᑐᐗᐨ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ᙮ “ᒥᔑᐣ ᒪᒪᐤ ᒪᒋᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ, ᐱᐗᐱᑯᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫᐎᓇᐣ, ᒪᒋᑭᑐᐎᐣ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐗᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᑎᓬᐅᕒ, ᐁᑭᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ᙮ ᒥᐌ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᓂᐅᑭᔑᐠ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐁᑭᐊᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓂᐎᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᑭᐣ ᑲᑭᓀᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐢᐯᓂᐣᐢ ᒥᓇ ᕒᐅᐱᐣᓴᐣ᙮ ᑲᓂᑎᐱᑲᐠ ᒐᓂᐌᕒᐃ 23, ᑭᐃᑭᑐᓇᓂᐗᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐠᑐᕒᐃᔭ ᒥᓂᑎᑯᐠ ᐊᔕ ᐁᑭᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ᙮ ᑲᓇᒋᐃᔑᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᐯᔕᐗᐸᒪᐗᐨ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒥᓂᑎᑯᐠ᙮ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᑭᑎᐱᑲᐠ, ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐗᐨ ᐅᑎᐯᓂᒪᑲᓇᐣ, ᑭᐃᔑᓂᔕᐦᐊᑲᓀ ᐊᑭᓯᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᑲᓀᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᑲᓇᐌᓂᒪᑲᓀᐨ ᐯᔑᑯᑎᐱᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐗᐸᒪᑲᓀᐨ᙮ ᑲᓂᐗᐸᐠ ᑲᐃᐡᑾᓇᐗᑴᐠ, ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓀ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᑯᐡᑯᐎᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᒣᑾᐨ ᐁᑭᑭᓄᐗᑕᑭᒪᑲᓀᐨ, ᕒᐅᐱᐣᓴᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒍᓴᑊ ᒋᐣ ᓵᐠ, ᒥᐠᒪᐠ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᐨ ᐗᐸᓄᐠ ᑫᐎᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᐎᓯᓂᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐎᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᐯᐎᒋᑐᐨ᙮

ᐁᑭᒥᓉᑕᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ, ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᐅᐱᒥᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐎᓂᓂᐗᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᑯᓯᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐸᓂᒪ ᐊᓂᒪᐡᑲᐎᐨ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ᙮ ᒥᐌ ᐁᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑭᐨ ᒥᓇᐗ ᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᐠ᙮ ᑲᐎᐣ ᒋᔑᒪᒉᑕᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᐱᒋᐨ ᑲᑲᑭᐎᓯᓂᐨ᙮ ᒥᐌ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐁᐅᒼᐱᑲᐸᐎᑕᒧᐗᒋᐣ ᒪᒪᐤ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ᙮ “ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᓱᒥᐣ ᒥᔑᓄᑭᔑᐠ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᐠ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐎᐣ ᑐᒋᐸᑭᒋᓯᒥᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᒥᐣ ᒋᐱᒧᓴᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ᙮” ᓂᒥᑕᓇᔑᓂᐎᐣ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᐠ ᑲᓇᒋ ᑲᑲᐎᓯᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᔑᐣ ᔭᐎᔭᐠ ᑭᐸᐱᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐠᑐᕒᐃᔭ ᒥᓂᑎᑯᐠ ᐁᐱᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐗᐨ ᔕᐌᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒥᑭᐌᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᒥᓇᑲᓀᐨ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᐎᒋᑐᐨ ᒋᒪᒋᓭᐠ Idle No More ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐎᐣ᙮ ᒥᐌ ᐱᔑᔑᐠ, ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᐸᐡᑲᑯᐣ ᐊᒐᑯᐎᑫᑯᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐁᒥᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓯᐌ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ᙮ “ᑭᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᑭᐱᒧᓭᔭᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑯᑊ“ᐊᑌᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓴᑭᐦᐃᐌᐎᐣ, ᐁᑲᓇᐌᓂᒥᑎᓇᓂᐗᐠ᙮” ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐠᑐᕒᐃᔭ ᒥᓂᑎᑯᐠ ᑭᐅᒋᐃᓯᓭ ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᑭᑫᑕᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᔭᔭᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐊᑭᐠ᙮ “ᒪᐗᐨ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᓂᑲᒧᐎᓇᐣ: ᑭᒋᓀᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᓂᑲᒧᐎᓇᐣ, ᐊᒐᑯᐎ ᓂᑲᒧᐎᓇᐣ᙮ ᑲᐎᐣ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᓯᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᑭᑐᔭᐸᐣ ᒋᐎᑕᒪᐣ᙮ ᑭᐅᒋ ᐊᐣᒋᑲᓇᐗᐸᒥᑎᐢ᙮ ᒥᐌ ᑲᑭᐃᓀᑕᒪᐣ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᑭᐠ ᐊᑭᔭᔭᔭᐣ, ᐊᒐᑯᐎᓂᐠ᙮” ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑭᑫᑕᐠ ᓇᐱᐨ ᐅᑭᐯᔕᐗᐸᒪᐣ ᔭᐎᔭᐣ ᑲᑭᐎᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐎᒋᑲᐸᐎᑕᑯᐨ᙮ “ᐊᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᒐᐗᐨ ᔭᐎᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑫᓂᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᒪᒐᔭᐣ, ᑭᐊᓂᒪᐤ ᐁᑭᑫᑕᒪᐣ ᒋᒧᔑᑐᔭᐣ ᐁᒪᒐᐗᐨ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᑲᓇᒋᐳᑕᐗᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᓭᒼᐳᕒ 10 ᓄᑯᒼ ᐃᐡᑾᑭᑌᐗᐣ᙮ ᔕᑯᐨ ᒪᒥᑲᐌᑕᑯᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐯ ᑕᔭᔭᒪᑲᐣ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐱᒧᓴᑕᒪᐠ ᑲᐎᐣ ᐎᑲ ᑲᐗᓂᑫᓯᐣ,” ᐢᐯᓂᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒥᐌ WAWATAY NEWS ᐁᔑᑭᑫᑕᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᐗᐎᒋᑐᐗᐨ Date Completed: ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐱᑭᐅᑌᐗᐨ ᑲᐎᐣ ᐎᑲ January 16, 2012 ᑕᐗᓂᑫᓯᐗᐠ᙮” Size:

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Leaders agree to push feds to address longstanding issues Lenny Carpenter

“It was an incredible journey. The compassion and love, the taking care of each other.”

Wawatay News

On a cold night in Ottawa, the last piece of wood was placed in the sacred fire that had burned for 45 days on Victoria Island, The fire had seen thousands of visitors, many ceremonies, and received tobacco offerings and prayers from across North America since it was ignited on Dec. 10.

But on the night of Jan. 24, the fire turn to ambers, signifying the end of a 44-day sacred fast by Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and Cross Lake Elder Raymond Robinson, who officially ended their fasts that afternoon by signing a declaration of commitment with other First Nations and federal opposition representatives.

Spence and Robinson began their fasts 10 hours apart, sparked by similar issues affecting First Nations communities across Canada. At the time, Bill C-45, an omnibus bill that took away water protection and affected First Nations in other aspects, was in the process of being read in the Senate. It was drawn up without any consultation with any First Nations leaders. It was passed into law before the Christmas holidays.

Spence began her fast, declaring it publicly as a hunger strike, with the goal of having Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General David Johnston agreeing to meet with First Nations leaders to discuss the treaty relationships and how First Nations should be more involved in the federal legislative process.

But as days dragged into weeks, Harper and Johnston would not agree to meet jointly with leaders.

As the fast approached 40 days, concerns were raised about Spence’s health.

Already physically weak, Spence described feeling lightheaded and nausea, “My arms were starting to feel numbness and even my lips,” she said. “I was in a critical stage.”

But it was not her deteriorating health that led Spence to reach her decision to begin the process of ending her fast.

All throughout the 44 days, Elders, leaders and community members asked Spence to end

-Theresa Spence on being on Victoria Island

Lenny Carpenter/Wawatay News

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence speaks during a ceremony honouring her and the other fasters. Spence official ended her fast on Jan. 24 after she signed a declaration of commitment with First Nations leaders and federal opposition party representatives, by which they will continue to push to the government to address the issues Spence had been fasting for.

“He said, ‘We’ll take over.

We understand what you’re doing. We understand what a woman does with love to protect the children and people.”

-Theresa Spence on letter from chief asking her to end fast

her fast.

But for Spence, it was important that a woman undertake the suffering for the people. The very reason she began her fast was because of the pain she sees in First Nations, especially the youth.

“When you’re a woman and see this pain, you do anything to protect your children,” she said while she was still on her fast in the teepee.

She said the suffering she was enduring in the fast was akin to giving birth.

“Because you give life, and when you give life, there is a period of time where there was pain, but once you

hold your baby, the pain goes away,” she said, smiling as she pretends to cradle a newborn in her arms. “So as a woman, when you see your child or even your people in pain and you try to comfort them, and the only time the pain will go away is when their pain is gone away.”

It was letters from a male chief and another from a grandmother expressing understanding to those sentiments that changed Spence’s mind about continuing the fast.

“He spoke from his heart,” Spence said of the letter from the chief, who is from Manitoba. “He said, ‘We’ll take over.

We understand what you’re doing. We understand what a woman does with love to protect the children and people.”

The chief told Spence she had done her part, and that others will take up the fight.

“To see that, they’re waking up from their role as chiefs, they do want to make that movement,” she said. “It really

Diabetes is not part of our traditions but a healthy

touched my heart seeing that they want to take over and for me to step down as a woman and they’ll do their role as a man and chief.”

The grandmother told Spence that other leaders will take over as well as the grassroots people in the Idle No More movement.

Spence gave the sentiments some thought, to fully understand the message. Then she came to the realization that she had done her part.

“In other words, they’re going to continue the journey,” she said.

Before she would stop, Spence wanted a commitment from the chiefs and federal opposition party leaders to continue the fight.

Spence, Robinson and their supporters drafted up a ninepoint declaration, eight of which were on the AFN mandate given to Harper. They worked with NAN Deputy Chief Alvin Fiddler, NDP MP Romeo Saganaush, Liberal interim

leader Bob Rae, Liberal party advisor Jeff Copenance and others to finalize the draft.

“There were a lot of conference calls, e-mails, text messages,” said Fiddler, who worked from Thunder Bay. He said the process took about four days as they added four points deemed important

to Spence and Robinson.

On the night of Jan. 23, word spread around Victoria Island that the declaration was finalized. A spiritual ceremony was held with those close to Spence on the island.

That night, at the request of family, she was admitted into a hospital for a checkup and was kept overnight for observation.

The following afternoon, she was released and surprised everyone at a NAN ceremony honouring her, Robinson and Joseph Jean Sock, a Mi’kmaq from New Brunswick who fasted with them before leaving for persona reasons.

Satisfied with the outcome of her efforts, Spence is staying under the care of doctors to ensure she does not go into shock and that she regains her strength. She plans to be back in her office in Attawapiskat next week.

Spence does not regret ending the fast. She said it resulted in allowing First Nations people across the country to stand together for a common cause.

“We sacrificed so many days to get a message to government and we didn’t give up,” she said. “We allowed the journey to be taken up by the leadership.”

The 44-day sacred fast drew thousands who made the pilgrimage to Victoria Island to offer blessings and gifts for Spence, while helping to inspire the Idle No More movement.

And at all times, Spence was surrounded by spirituality and the traditions of indigenous peoples.

“It was an incredible journey,” she said. “The compassion and love, the taking care of each other.”

The days on Victoria allowed Spence to learn the different cultural ways of the people of Turtle Island.

“Especially the songs: there’s honour songs, spiritual songs. I don’t know how to describe it.

It made me a different person.

It made me feel I was in a different world, spiritually.”

The experience also brought her closer to the people who helped and supported her.

“When the people left and I left, it made me cry because I’m going to miss them,” she said.

The sacred fire that began on Dec. 10 is all but ashes now. But the memories created around it will remain.

“It’s a day and journey I’ll never forget,” Spence said. “And I’m sure the helpers and visitors will never forget.”

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In regards to the on-going investigation of a brutal sexual assault against a First Nations woman in Thunder Bay in December, Thunder Bay Police Service has become the latest target of the hacker activist group Anonymous.

In a Youtube video posted on Jan. 22, Anonymous threatened to release “mountains of dirt” on the Thunder Bay Police Services if the assault case on a local First Nations woman is not taken more seriously.

Anonymous accuses the Thunder Bay Police Service of not taking the assault as seriously as they are claiming to.

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In the video, Anonymous said they have set up a “secret nest right in the house of indignity that is Thunder Bay Police headquarters.”

“We see your piles of worthless paperwork relating to the kidnapping and rape and attempted murder of one of our Indigenous sisters,” the group stated.

During a community safety forum that took place in Jan.15, Thunder Bay Police Services (TBPS) claimed that there were five detectives working on the abduction and assault case.

As outed by the hacker group, TBPS now has only one detective on the case.

“We see you telling media outlets one thing, then doing another with your actions,” Anonymous said in the video.

“Five officers on the case, we see through your lies. As of now only Detective Quarrel is on the case and he has decided to ignore it, like so many others.”

During a Direct Message conversation with Anonymous on Twitter – where the group directed media – the group told Wawatay that “one of our friends was told directly by Detective Quarrel that, while there was a mountain of evidence and initially five officers on the case, there are too many white males in Thunder Bay to go much further and they weren’t expecting more leads.”

TBPS confirmed that while there were five officers originally on the case, there is only one lead investigator working on it now.

Chris Adams, TBPS spokesperson, said more officers would be assigned to the case as needed.

In a media release TBPS stated it is aware of the video by Anonymous, and that the investigation referenced in the video

is still being inspected.

“The members of the Thunder Bay Police Service work on behalf of the victims of crime.

Speculative statements made through social media are just that, speculative,” the release stated.

Anonymous claims that it is prepared to launch what it has dubbed Operation Thunderbird on Jan. 28 if Thunder Bay Police Services do not work harder to solve the case. Anonymous threatens to release what they refer to as “mountains of dirt” on members of the Thunder Bay Police Services.

“Five officers on the case, we see through your lies. As of now only Detective Quarrel is on the case and he has decided to ignore it, like so many others.”

-hacker group Anonymous in Youtube statement to Thunder Bay Police Service

When asked through Twitter what brought the assault in Thunder Bay to the attention of the group, Anonymous replied that they “have been very involved with/paying attention to #IdleNoMore and learned about the rape at an Idle No More event. We have been following it closely ever since.”

Anonymous also stated that they think Canada’s refusal to take the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women with “anything approaching proper concern” makes the Thunder Bay assault case a “perfect situation for our researchers and media influence to make a huge and positive impact for our powerful and beautiful sisters.”

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JANUARY 31, 2013

‘Your policies don’t apply here’, KI Chief tells Ontario Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Chief Donny Morris issued a stark warning to the Ontario government via a Youtube video earlier this month, saying that the “only recourse� northern First Nations have is to keep mining companies out of the territory.

Morris posted the video to show his community’s support for Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike and the ongoing Idle No More protests happening across the country. “What you see going on here with Native people is no different than what is going on overseas,� Morris said, citing the Arab Spring uprising taking place in the middle-east. “They want a fair shot at a good life with their own monies, own people, democracy and all those things.�

Morris said the fact that First Nations have for too long watched resource companies exploit the resources of traditional lands and send royalties and other benefits to the provincial and federal governments. “It’s really hindering us to

grow when its only two treaty parties benefiting,� he said. “What about the third treaty party, us, the Aboriginal people?�

The KI chief, who gained national recognition during his opposition to the mining company Platinex in 2006 that landed Morris and five other community leaders in jail for three months, said remote First Nations are watching the Idle No More protests and wanting to be involved. “We don’t have highways or railroads,� Morris said. “The only recourse we have is to tell the Ontario government ‘your policies don’t apply this far up north, get out of our territory.’ That’s what we have as northern chiefs – the mineral sector – and that’s what we’ll be telling the government, ‘you have no jurisdiction’.�

KI forced the provincial government to remove over 23,000 square kilometers of KI’s traditional territory from mining exploration during its last conflict with the mining industry.

In a battle that started in 2010 when KI membership discovered God’s Lake Resources exploring on traditional land without having informed the

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Commission de l’Ênergie de l’Ontario

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND HEARING FOR AN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION RATE CHANGE HYDRO ONE REMOTE COMMUNITIES INC.

EB-2012-0137

Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. (“Remotes�) has applied to the Ontario Energy Board (“the Board�) for permission to increase its delivery charges beginning May 1, 2013. The application was filed on September 19, 2012 under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 (the “Act�), S.O. 1998, c.15 (Schedule B). Remotes completed the filing of additional evidence on November 12, 2012. The Board has assigned File No. EB-2012-0137 to the application.

Intervene If you wish to actively participate in the proceeding (e.g., submit questions, file argument), you may request intervenor status from the Board no later than 10 days after the publication date of this notice, or the service date if you are served with the notice. Instructions for requesting intervenor status are available on the Board’s website at www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/participate.

If the application is approved as submitted, the cost of electricity for all Remotes’ customers would increase by approximately 3.5%. The monthly bill for a typical Residential customer who consumes 1,000 kWh per month would increase by approximately $3.06. The monthly bill for a General Service Single Phase customer consuming 2,000 kWh per month would increase by approximately $6.69.

Everything an intervenor files with the Board, including the intervenor’s name and contact information, will be placed on the public record, which can be seen at the Board’s offices and will be available on the Board’s website.

For additional information on electricity charges please visit the Consumer page of the Board’s website at www.ontarioenergyboard.ca.

How to see Remotes’ Application To see a copy of the application, go to the Consumer page of the Board’s website and enter the case number EB-2012-0137 in the “Find an Application� box. A copy can also be seen at the Board’s office and at Hydro One Networks’ office at the addresses indicated below, or on the web-site www.HydroOne.com.

Oral or Written Hearing This application will proceed by way of a written or oral hearing, to be subsequently determined.

How to Participate Comment If you wish to give your opinion on the proceeding to the Board Members hearing the application, you are invited to send a written letter of comment to the Board no later than 30 days after the publication date of this notice, or the date of service, if you are served with the notice. A complete copy of your letter of comment, including your name, contact information, and the content of the letter, will be provided to Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. and the Board Members.

If you do not have internet access, please call 1-888-632-2727 to receive information about this proceeding and how to participate.

IMPORTANT IF YOU DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCEEDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROCEEDING. ADDRESSES The Board: Ontario Energy Board P.O. Box 2319 27th Floor, 2300 Yonge Street Toronto, ON M4P 1E4 Attention: Board Secretary Filings: www.pes.ontarioenergyboard.ca/eservice/ E-mail: boardsec@ontarioenergyboard.ca

Applicant’s Counsel: Tel: 1-888-632-6273 (Toll-free) Fax: 416-440-7656 Mr. Michael Engelberg Assistant General Counsel Hydro One Networks Inc. 15th Floor, North Tower 483 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5G 2P5 Tel: 416-345-6305 Fax: 416-345-6972 E-mail: mengelberg@HydroOne.com

Observe If you do not wish to actively participate in the proceeding but you do wish to receive documents issued by the Board, you may request observer status. Your written request must be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication date of this notice, or the service date if you are served with the notice.

Personal Information in Letters of Comment and Observer Requests All letters of comment or letters requesting observer status will be placed on the public record, which means that the letters can be seen at the Board’s offices and will be available on the Board’s website. Before placing the letters on the public record, the Board will remove any personal (i.e. not business) contact information from the letters (i.e. the address, fax number, phone number, and e-mail address of the individual).

However, the name of the individual and the content of the letter will become part of the public record. Please address your letter to the Board Secretary at the address below, and reference file number EB-2012-0137 at the top of your letter.

The Applicant: Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. 8th Floor, South Tower 483 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5G 2P5 Attention: Mr. Jamie Waller E-Mail: regulatory@HydroOne.com Tel: 416-345-6482 Fax: 416-345-5866

DATED at Toronto, January 22, 2013

ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD Original Signed By Kirsten Walli Board Secretary

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Reflecting on 40 days on Victoria Island

Spence’s helper speaks about experience, spirituality Wawatay News

Edmond Etherington travelled to Victoria Island with his family with the intention of only visiting Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence.

But after spending the day, Etherington and his father, step-mother and brother decided to stay until the end.

The 34-year-old Moose Cree member eschewed the politics behind the fast and instead focused on supporting the ceremonies, keeping the camp running, and protecting Spence.

“It hasn’t sunk it yet that it’s over because it’s not over,” he said the day after the fast officially ended. “I don’t think it will sink in until something comes out of it in a good way.”

Wawatay (WWT): Can you describe the atmosphere on Victoria Island?

Edmond Etherington (EE): We had our struggles where people came and said, ‘We have the answer for Chief Spence. We can help her.’ At times I felt uncomfortable. I felt disorganized because she is the answer for what she did. People came and said, ‘I have the answers for her. I have visions, I have dreams, I can heal her.’

Where I came to play, I said, ‘That’s okay. We honour you for coming here, to be part of this beginning of a new way of life.

Where I walked across this country for the young people, at times, I had my challenges too, where I chose to walk away for my reasons.

But to come, walk with those people, as I walk today, in a good way, to share what it is to be said at times what we need to hear from each other.’

Edmond Etherington (left) with Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and his younger brother, Pat Jr. on the night Spence ended her fast. The brothers from Moose Cree arrived on Victoria Island four days into Spence’s fast and dedicated themselves to helping her.

WWT: What was the spirituality like on the island?

EE: The spirituality part was always there. It’s in us today. It’s that heartbeat that beats today, that connection we have with each other where people from all over the world, this country, came in many ways of their own beliefs. But that one belief was of this mother, or this chief, or this leader, or this kookoom, or this teacher, as she represents this life that mother who is closest to the Creator, where she was protected in a good way.

WWT: What were some of the challenges you faced?

EE: We had a lot of challenges and people came there and tried to challenge us, where we as young men who stood beside her and

protected. But that balance with each other, where we stood beside each other. We stood side by side about life, about how we are as sons for our mothers, to show the young people out there about life, about what it is she that she showed, where she wanted to do something good for the people. And she did. Her job is done is now.

Now it’s up to whoever takes that role in today’s society, to keep going with that message she brought down from the Creator for us to listen to.

WWT: You were her helper for 40 days. How did you feel when you knew that her hunger strike, or her sacred fast as she calls it, was going to come to an end?

EE: Well that part has never sunk in yet. She’s still with me, in

LOANS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) is a non-profit, independent Aboriginal owned and operated financial institution that provides business, financial and economic development services to Aboriginal people living in northern Ontario.

NADF is seeking a qualified individual to join its team as the Loans Administrative Assistant.

Under the direction of the Loans Manager, the Loans Administrative Assistant is responsible for administrative tasks related to loan services including, but not limited to, integrity of loan files and entries to loan management software.

Qualifications: • Grade 12 or equivalent, and excellent office procedures skills and knowledge; • Strong oral and written communication and public relations skills; • Attention to detail; • Computer literacy with strong word-processing, spreadsheet and database skills; • Knowledge of and commitment to the services provided

by NADF; • Knowledge of the people, culture, and history of Aboriginals within northern Ontario; and • Ability to speak Cree, Oji-Cree or Ojibway an asset.

We are seeking two individuals to fill key positions within our Health Sciences Centre. As a member of the health care team, you will work with aboriginal patients and families, acting as a linkage between other members of the health care team, patients, families and community resources in Thunder Bay and the Region. The successful applicant will have experience with and the ability to bring forth a culturally sensitive perspective to health care planning, specifically relating to First Nations and Métis people. The ability to speak a First Nations language is also an asset. Ideally, you are a graduate of a post-secondary program in a health or social science field and/or you have related work experience.

For more information on these positions, please visit the careers section of our website. www.tbrhsc.net

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Deer Lake – Family Services Worker, Child Care Worker serving Deer Lake, Sandy Lake and North Spirit Lake (Feb. 7 closing date) Eabametoong (Fort Hope) – Family Services Worker (2), Casual Relief Worker, Child Care Worker Kasabonika – Family Services Worker, Child Care Worker (2), Residential Care Worker Keewaywin – Prevention Services Co-ordinator Kitchenuhmaykoosib (Big Trout Lake) – Residential Care Worker, Casual Relief Workers, Family Services Worker (1- year term/Feb. 1 closing date), Child Care Worker, Secretary/Receptionist, Kitchen Cook (group home), Residential Counsellor (female/group home), Assistant Direct Services Supervisor (group home), Residential Counsellor (2 male/group home)

We are identified as an English/French speaking health sciences centre and encourage bilingual candidates to apply. Please apply with resume and cover letter by Monday, February 11, 2013, quoting the appropriate reference number to:

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Cat Lake – Family Services Worker, Prevention Services Co-ordinator, Casual Relief Workers, Secretary/ Receptionist (healing centre), Residential Counsellor (male/healing centre)

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Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre 980 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6V4

Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund 200 Anemki Place Fort William First Nation, ON Attn: Colleen Martin, Loans Manager Fax: (807) 622-8271 E-mail: cmartin@nadf.org

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Bearskin Lake – Prevention Services Co-ordinator, Child Care Worker

Ref# 13-NON-06 – Part time (0.5) FTE – Child & Adolescent Mental Health Team

LOCATION: Thunder Bay, ON CLOSING DATE: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 4PM (EST) APPLICATIONS: Please send a resume, including three (3) work references to:

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Aroland – Live-in Foster Parents, Family Services Worker (serving Marten Falls)

Marten Falls – Direct Services

SECURITY PERSONNEL Casual Employment Internal/External Posting Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Under the direction of the Team Leader (Security), the Security Personnel provides security for the Hostel facility, parking lot and other SLFNHA property.

Supervisor, Prevention Services Co-ordinator (Feb. 4 closing date) Nibinamik (Summer Beaver) – Child Care Worker Pikangikum – Intake/Investigation Worker, Child Care Worker, Family Services Worker, On-Call Co-ordinator, Child Care Worker (Feb. 1 closing date), Residential Care Worker (Feb. 7 closing date) Poplar Hill – Prevention Services Co-ordinator

Sachigo – Secretary/Receptionist Sandy Lake – Casual Relief Worker, On-Call Co-ordinator Saugeen – Direct Services Supervisor, Child Care Worker Sioux Lookout – Casual Relief Workers, Family Services Worker (serving Pikangikum), Intake/ Investigation Worker (serving Pikangikum), Human Resources Clerk II (Feb. 1 closing date) Slate Falls – Casual Relief Workers, Child Care Worker Wapekeka – Direct Services Supervisor, Child Care Worker (1-year Term/Feb. 1 closing date) Webequie – Prevention Services Co-ordinator, Child Care Worker Wunnumin Lake – Child Care Worker

For more information about these jobs, you can: • Visit our website, www.tikinagan.org, under “New Jobs” • E-mail hr@tikinagan.org to request details • Call Christina Davis, human resources secretary, at: (807) 737-3466 ext. 2249 or toll-free 1-800-465-3624

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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 P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Tel: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: OPEN

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

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QUALIFICATIONS ••Minimum Grade 12 or GED; ••Must have Food Service Worker certification; (or be willing to obtain) ••Previous experience in a hospitality field an asset; ••Must be independent and self motivated worker; ••Possess excellent communication skills; ••Possess excellent team building and networking skills.

QUALIFICATIONS ••Child and Youth Worker diploma and/or related discipline; ••Experience working with youth in a residential treatment setting; ••Must have experience and understanding of Native culture, and of the geographic realities and social conditions within remote First Nation Communities; ••Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone a definite asset; ••Work experience in Residential Services with children, adolescents, and families.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY ••Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone will be an asset; ••Experience and understanding of Native cultural issues, the geographic realities and social conditions within remote Northern First Nation communities; ••Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently; ••Must be willing to do shift work; ••Must be willing to relocate and live in SIoux Lookout.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY ••A thorough understanding of the Child & Family Services Act and Mental Health Act a definite asset; ••Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout District will be an asset; ••Ability to take direction and facilitate individualized treatment plans; ••Must be willing to do shift work.

••Must be willing to relocate if applicable.

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:

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Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offender Registry to:

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

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: OPEN

Closing Date: OPEN

Closing Date: OPEN

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

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

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

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

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QUALIFICATIONS: ••Minimum Grade 12 or GED; ••Previous experience in a front desk clerk position an asset; ••Good communication, and interpersonal skills; ••Proficient word processing skills with keyboarding skills of a minimum of 50 wpm.

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KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY ••Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone will be an asset; ••Experience and understanding of Native cultural issues, the geographic 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.

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The Accommodation Clerk is primarily responsible for the overall care of the hostel and private accommodation boarders. The incumbent will process boarder information, assist the dispatcher with daily pick up lists, and work cooperatively with other staff and agencies.

Closing Date: February 8, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.

QUALIFICATIONS ••Minimum Grade 12 or GED; ••Post Secondary education in Law and Security an asset ••Previous Security experience; ••Experience/training in the area of Non-Crisis Intervention; ••Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills; ••Possess excellent team building and networking skills.

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EE: Everybody love each other, honour each other, work with each other as family. And don’t rely on elected chiefs, elected council. Do it for yourselves. Get that education, get that knowledge from both sides of laws: the government law and the natural law, and you will walk with balance.

Founded by our Chiefs and Elders, Tikinagan continues to focus services and staff positions in the First Nations we serve. We believe our role is to be there in the communities, mentoring young parents, supporting families and protecting children. Our work is guided by the Tikinagan service model – Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin (Everyone working together to raise our children).

We invite applications for the following jobs, which are open until filled unless a closing date is indicated:

Native Liaison Worker

HOUSEKEEPER Full Time Employment Internal/External Posting Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

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SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Client Services Department

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KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY •• Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone will be an asset; •• Experience and understanding of Native cultural issues, the geographic 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 do shift work; •• Must be willing to relocate and live in Sioux Lookout.

EE: As a young man, I wasn’t doing good. I was out there in the society of drugs and alcohol. But now, from today, I received a pipe from these fasters, and they told me to use that pipe for the people, as they suffered for the people.

And I will honour them and the Creator for the reason I received that pipe. And still walk in today’s society where they’re so caught up with what’s going on outside of this law today, the government law. But I’m not educated with the government law. I’m educated with the natural law, where I don’t feel confused. There will be balance. I will keep going until that day where my job is done here on Earth.

I cannot speak from that day because I don’t know when that’ll be. But I’ll live day by day with that pipe in a good way. And I will raise that pipe in a good way. Because as fasters, Raymond Robinson and Chief Spence, told me, ‘you’ve earned this, you’ve earned this for a good reason. And now it’s your turn to do right.’ And I will do right.

Tikinagan Child & Family Services

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Client Services Department

QUALIFICATIONS •• Minimum Grade 12 or GED; •• Previous experience working in a hospitality field an asset; •• Ability to lift 20+ lbs; •• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills; •• Possess excellent team building and networking skills.

WWT: What were you doing before you came to Ottawa, and now that it’s over, what will you be doing when you get back?

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Under the direction of the Team Leader (Housekeeping), the Housekeeper is responsible to keep the Hostel and Administration offices at a high standard of cleanliness.

terms of what she spoke in my heart. Some days she asked me, are you okay, Edmond? And those days I felt sad. At times when people don’t want to listen to what she’s trying to say to people, where our so-called elected leaders turn their backs on her and walked away from her. They came down to the island to show their support, but I seen it in their eyes, they’re there to be acknowledged by people.

But they never were acknowledged by me, because I knew they were there for the wrong reasons. They came up as I stood by that door to say, I am chief. I go in first. I said no. You’re not going first.

You wait just like everybody else who’s here. You have no role as being chief because you are not my leader. My leader is Chief Spence, my mother, my father. My leader is those young people, those children who speak the truth, who say listen to me, listen to what I have to say. That’s my leader.

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Weeneebayko Area Health Authority Cancer Care Project Wachay, WAHA and the Colon Cancer Check program are looking to increase the number of men and women who are being screened for colorectal cancer in Moosonee, Moose Factory, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, Kashechewan and Peawanuck. If you are aged 50 – 74 and have never been screened or it has been more than two years since your last one, please see your doctor or nurse to get your FOBT kit. All men and women who participate from the communities mentioned will receive a $25 Northern Gift Card (while quantities last) and a chance to win monthly prizes. Check your behind and remind your loved ones to! Sure it takes a little courage to scoop your poop on a stick but cancer is scarier. For more information, please visit www.weeneebaykohealth. ca and click on the Cancer Care Project page. You can also visit us on Facebook on our Weeneebayko Cancer Project page.

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Greenpeace is citing two endangered sections of the boreal forest in northern Ontario as needing immediate, long-term protection.

In a new report highlighting five areas of Canada’s boreal forest under threat, the environmental organization points to northern Ontario’s Trout Lake-Caribou forest near Sioux Lookout and the Ogoki forest surrounding Marten Falls as in imminent danger from logging leases.

“According to a provincial forest audit of the Ogoki Forest, woodland caribou habitat will decline in the forest by 57

Between Jan. 20 and 24, Nishnawbe-Aski Police at the Eabametoong Detachment conducted three separate investigations of drug trafficking destined for the First Nation Territory of Eabametoong resulting in the seizure of $11,128 worth of marijuana and $720 worth of Oxycodone.

On Jan. 20, police seized an approximate street value of $8,520 worth of marijuana.

Forty-three year-old Rose Boyce of Eabametoong First Nation was charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking under Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. On Jan. 20, police seized an approximate street value of $2,608 worth of marijuana.

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Police seized Oxycodone 80 mg prescription pills with an estimated street value of $9,600.00 dollars.

Forty-six year-old Lynn Ina Sugarhead of Eabametoong First Nation was charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking under Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Sugarhead was released on conditions and will appear in court in Eabametoong First Nation on March 21.

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Arlene Mary Atlookan of Eabametoong First Nation was charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking under Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. On Jan. 24, an investigation was commenced into a package shipped on a local air service from Thunder Bay that was believed to contain illegal drugs destined for Eabametoong First Nation. Police seized Oxycodone with an estimated street value of $720.

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than 8 percent of the Trout Lake-Caribou forest is currently protected, while only 5 percent of the Ogoki forest is protected.

Both forests have high conservation values, according to Greenpeace, due to the presence of endangered caribou herds, their relative intactness, carbon storage, presence of wetlands and proximity to a large protected area.

The report, Boreal Alarm: A wakeup call for action in Canada’s endangered forests, also highlights two forests in Quebec and one in Manitoba needing protection.

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percent if operations continue as planned,” the report states.

It also cites the effect on woodland caribou and wolverine populations from loss of habitat in the Trout LakeCaribou forest under current management plans.

Both forests are at the northern edge of Ontario’s boreal forestry zones. Wood from the Trout Lake-Caribou forest is processed in Thunder Bay’s Resolute forestry mill, and wood from the Ogoki forest is processed in the Terrace Bay pulp mill that was recently bought by Aditya Birla Group.

Greenpeace noted that less

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NEWS BRIEFS Key Ring of Fire official steps down The member of Ontario’s Ring of Fire Secretariat responsible for dealing with First Nations has stepped down from the position.

Deborah Richardson of Pabineau First Nation joined the Secretariat in August 2012, taking on the position vacated by Harvey Yesno when

he stepped down to run for Nishnawbe Aski Nation grand chief.

Richardson informed stakeholders in January that she was taking a two-year leave from the Ontario government.

David De Launay will take over from Richardson on the Secretariat.

De Launay has spent most of his career working within the Ontario government in Aboriginal Affairs and the Ministry of Natural Resources.

He most recently worked as Assistant Deputy Minister of Special Projects, reviewing oil and gas pipeline development in the province.

Microloan program expanding A microloan program is being expanded to help women in remote communities in northwestern Ontario start small businesses.

The PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise is one of six not-for-profit organizations receiving a total of $178,500 to expand microloan programs in northwestern Ontario.

“Finding the financing to start a business in remote communities is challenging to say the least,” said Rosalind Lockyer, PARO’s executive director in a press release.

“This new funding allows us to extend our successful women’s

peer lending circle model to remote communities to help meet those challenges.”

Lockyer added that the centre is also raising money from investors and donors to add a small grant component to the microloan program.

Microloan programs target low-income people who do not have access to credit, providing small loans to help set up businesses to individuals who may not otherwise be able to get a bank loan.

Microloan programs received international attention after successful applications in developing countries, especially

in African nations as well as India.

In 2006, Muhammed Yunas of Bangladesh won the Noble Peace Prize for his work pioneering micro-credit programs for women in his home country.

Since then microcredit programs have expanded across the globe, providing access to credit to millions of people who otherwise would not be able to set up their own business.

An Ontario government press release said 400 microloans will be given out across the province through the microlending for women in Ontario funding.

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EQUAY-WUK GATHERING 2013 Theme: “Empowering Women in the North” Sunset Suites, Sioux Lookout

February 19-21, 2013

Workshops:

• Building Aboriginal Women’s Leadership • Community Wellness • Becoming a Board Member • Many guest speakers - To be Announced

Tues Evening:

• 6-9pm Equay-wuk Awards & Entertainment (TBA)

Wed Evening

• 6-9pm General Membership Meeting & Election of the Equay-wuk Board of Directors

Note: Equay-wuk Awards - nomination deadline is January 31, 2013.

Nomination forms are available online at www.equaywuk.ca Women who want to attend can download the Registration form for details.

Deadline for registrations: January 31, 2013 For more info, Contact: Darlene or Warren Tel: (807) 737-2214 or toll free at 1-800-261-8294 Fax: (807) 737-2699 Email: equaywuk@bellnet.ca

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