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ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑕᑭᐧᒪᑲᓄᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓀᔭᑊ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

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Mishkeegogamang’s Erin Bottle, far right, and a group of protestors walked across Thunder Bay on Oct. 21 after lighting a sacred fire on Mount McKay to feast the ancestors in support of the shale gas protestors at Elsipogtog in New Brunswick.

“We did an all nations unity march so that we could send Anishinabe power and help to the Mi’kmaq Nation with support of our ancestors,” Bottle said. “Today we are supporting the Mi’kmaq Nation and also reminding our Anishinabe here that we still have a lot of work to be done.”

Local First Nations support Elsipogtog protest Rick Garrick Wawatay News

First Nations across Ontario reacted with shock to the Oct. 17 Royal Canadian Mounted Police action at a shale gas protest site near Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick.

“We are shocked by yesterday’s developments and we pray for the safety of Chief Arren Sock, his community members and other land defenders who are at the site on Elsipogtog First Nation traditional lands,” said Regional Chief Stan Beardy.

RCMP arrested about 40 of the protestors, including Sock and number of band councillors, after moving in to the protest site early on the morning of Oct. 17 to enforce an injunction to end the blockade of a SWN Resources exploration equipment storage site.

SWN had been conducting shale gas exploration work in the area. “(New Brunswick) Premier (David) Alward must halt the exploration license granted to SWN Resources and discontinue issuing further exploration licenses to any further exploration companies without the free, prior and informed consent of First Nations,” Beardy said. “This has been the simple

ask of First Nations throughout Canada for too many years.”

Beardy said letters were sent to SWN and RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson this past July stating the situation could be solved overnight if the province and SWN accepted the principle that the shale project could not go ahead without the free, prior and informed consent of Elsipogtog First Nation, but he only received a response from Paulson.

“It is past time now to call a halt to the physical exploration work and engage Elsipogtog First Nation in a respectful dialogue,” Beardy said.

“In my view, this course is in the best interests of everyone and all concerned.”

The RCMP reported that a number of firearms, improvised explosive devices, ammunition, knives and bear spray were found at an encampment site used by some protestors.

“The weapons and explosives we seized show that this was no longer a peaceful protest and there was a serious threat to public safety,” said Assistant Commissioner Roger Brown. “We took the action necessary to address that threat.”

Brown said some people in the

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crowd threw rocks and bottles at the RCMP and sprayed them with bear spray.

“Setting police cars on fire created a dangerous situation for everyone in the area, and it was at that point that police were forced to physically confront some in the crowd who refused to obey the law,” Brown said.

Videos posted on the Internet showed RCMP officers spraying protestors, including women, with pepper spray, crawling on the ground in camouflage gear with rifles and bringing K9 dogs into the protest area.

The Halifax Media Co-op has reported that one Mi’kmaq warrior is in danger of losing his leg due to extensive internal bleeding after being shot at close range in the leg with a rubber bullet shotgun blast by the RCMP during the police action.

Six RCMP vehicles were set on fire during the police action and an attempt was made to burn the Elsipogtog First Nation RCMP office early in the morning of Oct. 18.

SWN’s request to extend the injunction to prevent anyone from impeding on its exploration activities was denied on Oct. 21 by Justice George Rideout after he heard arguments in the Court

of Queen’s Bench on Oct. 18.

The protestors were calling for SWN to stop seismic testing in the area.

Opponents of shale gas believe the hydraulic fracturing process used to extract shale gas can pollute drinking water.

Solidarity protests have been held across the country after the RCMP action, including a sacred fire that was set up at the intersection of Hwy. 17 and Hwy. 673 near Iskatewizaagegan Independent First Nation (Shoal Lake #39).

“Our nation finds it amazing that only two days after the visit of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to investigate conditions in Canada, that Canada’s federal police force will resort to such armed violence against our relatives,” said Iskatewizaagegan Chief Eli Mandamin. “Our fire stands as a beacon of support for the Mi’kmaq Nation, and all other indigenous nations that stand to defend their rights, and to act as a symbol of protection for our eastern relatives from further violence from the RCMP.”

ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᑲᓇᐊᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᑭᐊᔑᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᔭᓀᔭᑊ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐃᓇᐱᑫᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᓇᐣ. “ᓂᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑫᑲᑲᐯ ᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓂ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᑫᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒧᑕᒪᓱᔭᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐊᓂᐊᔭᒪᑲᑭᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᑐᕑ ᑲᑦᐳ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ. “ᓂᑕᔕᐧᐸᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᑕᐡ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓄᓴᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ - ᓄᑯᑦ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᓂᑲᐣ.” ᐊᑎᑯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ, ᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ, ᒥᔑᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᐣ, ᒣᒣᑫᐧᔑᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐸᓴᑎᑲᐠ ᒥᐅᓄ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᑕᑭᐧᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔕ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ 13 ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᒋᑕᒪᑲᓄᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑯᓫᐟᑲᐧᕑᑊ ᐊᓯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐅᐱᒪᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 8 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ. “ᓂᒥᓀᐧᑕᒥᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐊᔑᑎᓇᒪᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᑲᐱᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᔭᑭᑕᐧ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᑲᓇᐟ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ, ᑲᓂᑲᓂ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓀᔭᑊ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᓂᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᓇᐣ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᒥᓄᓭᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐳᓂᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᒥᑌᓂ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐡᑲᐧᐨ ᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑲᐯᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑭᔭᓄᒋ ᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐊᐧᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ. ᓂᑕᔕᐧᐸᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᒪᑲᑭᐣ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐅᑐᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐸᐅᕑᑌᓫ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑐᔐ ᐸᐣᐠ, ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐅᐱᒪᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 17 ᒋᐊᓂᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᒪᐱᑫᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᓇᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᔑᒪᒋᐊᐧᐨ, ᑫᓂᔑᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐅᐣᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑫᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐊᓂ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓀᔭᑊ. “ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐟ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐸᐸᒥᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑐᒋᐃᐧᒋᓀᑕᒧᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓀᔭᑊ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐸᐸᒥᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᔑ ᐊᓂᑲᐧᐱᑫᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑌᒥᔦᐣ ᑐᓫᐅᒥᔦ, ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐅᒋᓂᑲᓂᓯᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 2

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

Protestors support Elsipogtog protest ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ from page 1 Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said the federal government is setting the wrong tone with First Nations.

“We are shocked by today’s developments and we pray for the safety of Chief Arren Sock and his community members,” Fiddler said. “We do not yet know all of the details surrounding today’s events, but the fact that this First Nation’s concerns over shale gas development has elevated into a violent engagement with police clearly demonstrates that the Harper government is failing miserably in its approach to First Nations.”

Fiddler also questioned statements in the federal government’s recent Speech from the Throne that said

Canada was an “empty land” before the arrival of settlers and that a country was forged “where none would have otherwise existed.”

“Today’s violent actions and the paternalistic tone of the throne speech are further examples of the relentless attacks by the Harper government, either directly or indirectly, against First Nations,” Fiddler said. “NAN First Nations are growing increasingly frustrated by the federal government’s disregard for our history, culture, treaty and inherent rights and its continued failure to engage with First Nations in a respectful, nation-to-nation basis.”

National Chief Shawn A-inchut Atleo said the results of the RCMP action are deeply

disturbing and unacceptable in an Oct. 17 letter to Alward.

“The actions of police this morning have been completely unacceptable and are an extreme use of state force and control over First Nation citizens and territories,” Atleo said in the letter. “In June 2013, Chief Arren Sock called for a moratorium on shale gas exploration and development to allow for engagement and consultation. I call upon you to take all actions to immediately cease this intervention and restore dialogue with leadership. The safety and security of our citizens is our foremost concern at the time, including children, women and the elderly that have found themselves on the front lines of this conflict.”

Atleo said the AFN is working

closely with leaders from the community and regional First Nations to support them in their efforts to resolve the situation and to restore the safety and security of their citizens who are protecting their lands and their rights.

“We have reached out to First Nations and international human rights experts seeking support for this situation,” Atleo said.” We will continue to assemble a team of volunteers who will be ready to assist and support efforts aimed at resolving the situation as well as ensuring that Canada, the province, industry and the RCMP understand that reconciliation requires respect and understanding of our people and our rights. We must seize this moment to create positive action.”

NADF Mining Summit

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Bob Rae, Matawa tribal council negotiator for the Ring of Fire mining development, chats with two board members for Attawapiskat Resources, chairman Steve Hookimaw (left) and Scott Carpenter, at the Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund’s third annual Mining Ready Summit. Rae was the keynote speaker for a dinner held during the summit, which took place Oct. 16-17 in Timmins. For coverage of the event, please see the Nov. 7 edition of Wawatay News.

ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. “ᓂᒋᑫᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᓇᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᑭᐡ ᑲᔦ ᑫᓄᒋᑲᐡᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒋᑲᐧᔭᒋᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐸᑕᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᔭᓂ ᐊᓂᑲᐧᐱᑫᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᓇᒪ ᐁᐧᑎ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᑲᓯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑕᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓂᑲᐧᐱᑫᒧᒋᑲᑌ, ᐱᓂᐡ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑕᐊᓄᒋ ᐊᔭᓂᑲᐧᓂᑫᐱᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ 18 ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧᐱᒥᑌ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥᐱᑌᑭᐣ ᐱ ᒥ ᐸ ᓂ ᒋ ᑫ ᐃ ᐧ ᑲ ᒥ ᑯ ᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᑫᐊᐧᐨ. “ᓂᑭᐃᔑᐅᓇᐸᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᐯᔑᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᓂᔕᐧ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ. “ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᒪᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐊᓂᑲᐧᐱᑫᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᑲᓯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ - ᐊᔕ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒋᔑᑲᑫᐧ ᑌᐱᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ 2015 ᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᔭᓂ ᐊᓂᑲᐧᐱᑫᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ 2017 ᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᔑᑲᑫᐧᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ.” ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒥᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑐᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐊᓂᔑᑎᐸᓂᓭ. “ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓀᔭᑊ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑲᐅᐣᑎᓇᐊᐧᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᓇᐱᑫᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓂᐨ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᐅᓇᐱᑫᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᐃᔑᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᐣᑌᐠ ᐊᑭᐃᐧᐱᒥᑌ ᑲᐊᐸᑕᐠ ᐱᒥᐸᓂᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᓂᐦᓴᐧ ᐱᓂᐡ ᒥᑕᓴᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐁᐱᒋᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐱᐨ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᒣᑎᓂᑫᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑭᐃᐧᐱᒥᑌ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥᐱᑌᑭᐣ ᐱᒥᐸᒥᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᐱᐨ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐊᐸᑕᐠ ᐱᒪᐱᑫᓂᑲᐣ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᔦ ᐁᐅᒋ ᒪᒋᑐᑕᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᓂᓂᒋᑐᑕᑫᒪᑲᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ. “ᑭᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌ ᑕᐡ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑕᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᓂᑲᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᔑᐱᒥᐊᐸᒋᒋᑫᔭᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ. “ᒥᔑᐣ ᑲᔦ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐊᔕ ᐅᑕᓂᐊᓭᐧᐦᐊᓇᐊᐧ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐁᑕ ᑫᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᑌᒥᐊᐧ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ

ᑲᓇᑫ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᑲᐧᐱᑫᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑐᐡᑭᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᒥᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒥᔑᓇᑐᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᔑᒋᓭᑭᐣ, ᑐᑲᐣ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐊᔕ ᑲᑭᐊᐸᑕᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐊᓂᐸᐸᑲᓂᐃᔑᐁᐧᐸᐠ, ᒥᐅᓄ ᑲᑭᐱᓂᑫᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᒋᑎᓇᓱᒪᑲᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ.” ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᒪᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓀᔭᑊ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐃᐧᔭᓂ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᐃᐧᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᒧᑕᒪᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓀᔭᐱᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂ. “ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᐯᑭᐡ ᑲᓄᒋᑲᑫᐧᐅᔑᑕᒪᓱᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓯ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᓇᓂᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ. “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐊᓂᐱᒋᓂᑲᐡᑐᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᑭᔑ ᐅᓀᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᔑᐱᒧᑕᒪᓱᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑫᔑᐱᒧᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᔭᐠ, ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐃᑯ ᑭᑕᐸᐸᒥᓯᒥᐣ ᑫᑭᐊᓂᔑ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᐃᐧᓯᔭᐠ. ᐊᓂᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑫᑭᑐᑕᒪᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐃᐧᐅᓇᑕᒪᐧᐊᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᑫᔭᓂ ᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᓂᐊᓂᑫᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ.” ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᐱ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᑕᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ, ᐅᐣᒋᑕᐱᑯ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᑭᐸᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓀᔭᑊ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ 230 ᑭᓫᐅᐳᓫᐟ ᐱᒪᐱᑫᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑭᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᒪᑯᔐᑭᔑᑲᑌᐱᓯᑦ 2011 ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᑭ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᓂ, ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔦ ᒋᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᓂᐱᑲᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐅᔑᐦᐅᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐊᐧᑌᓂᑲᓂᔭᐱ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᓂ ᑫᐅᐣᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ. “ᑫᓂᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐣᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭᑌᐱᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐠ ᑲᐊᐱᒋ ᐊᑲᐧᑭᐣᑌᐠ ᐱᒥᑌ ᑲᐊᐸᑕᐠ ᒋᐱᒥᐱᑌᐠ ᐱᒥᐸᓂᒋᑲᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᑌᓂᑫᔭᐠ,” ᑭᐊᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᓇᒪᐣᓴᑲᐃᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᕑᐊᐟ ᐁᐧᓇᐱᑕᑦ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐊᔕ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᒋᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧᑭᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐱᐊᓂᑲᐧᐱᑫᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ.”

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Cliffs appeals mining commissioner’s ruling on proposed road Bryan Phelan Wawatay News

Cliffs Natural Resources has appealed a decision by the Ontario Mining and Lands Commissioner that stops Cliffs from building an all-weather road to the Ring of Fire over mining claims held by another company.

KWG Resources, which through its subsidiary company Canada Chrome Corporation holds mining claims Cliffs wants to cross with its proposed $600-million road, received notice of the appeal Oct. 9.

Cliffs planned the 340-kilometre road to transport ore south from its proposed Black Thor chromite mine to Nakina, where it would then be taken by rail to a ferrochrome processing plant to be built near Sudbury. But KWG did not consent to the rightof-way requested by Cliffs for building the road over the

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Moe Lavigne, KWG vice-president of exploration and development.

Canada Chrome claims, staked on high ground in 2009 for a future railroad to the Ring of Fire mining development.

That put the matter before the mining commissioner, Linda Kamerman, in 2012.

This fall, on Sept. 10, she dis-

missed the application from Cliffs for the easement.

“Canada Chrome Corporation’s ability to work its claims will be negatively affected by the existence of a road and all that goes with it, including the movement of numerous

heavy trucks every day,” she wrote in her 43-page ruling.

At the same time, she found that insufficient evidence had been produced “to conclude that two equally well-built transportation systems … could be situated on the sand ridge or esker (of Canada Chrome’s claims).” As a result, “the interests of both parties cannot be balanced,” she concluded.

The commissioner’s decision “does jeopardize the viability of the project going forward unless it can be resolved,” Jason Aagenes, director of environmental affairs for Cliffs, told Wawatay News before the ruling was appealed. “We feel that if the Ring of Fire is to proceed this needs to be addressed by the government.”

KWG, meanwhile, has ownership interest in two major chromite deposits in the Ring of Fire – Big Daddy and Black Horse. The Montreal-based

company is back to promoting a railway for the Ring of Fire – more costly than a road to build but cheaper to operate over the long term.

“Our idea for transportation is very simple,” Frank Smeenk, president and CEO of KWG, said in an Oct. 16 presentation at a mining forum hosted by the Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) in Timmins. “We think the Ontario Northland Railway Network should provide the transportation, extending its line from Hearst to the Ring of Fire.”

The Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, which the province plans to sell, should become a regional transportation authority and operate the line on a costrecovery basis, Smeenk suggested. First Nations could participate in the governance of the new regional utility, he added.

“From a construction point of view, it’s doable within five

years,” Moe Lavigne, KWG vice-president of exploration and development, said of the $2-billion railway option.

“The issue that we’ve been grappling with over the last few years … we’ve had this cloud over our heads because we were in front of the mining and lands commissioner. Now that cloud has been lifted.

Now the issue is more political. It’s to get some sort of agreement amongst our political leadership … that this is the best thing that the public control access into the Ring of Fire and out, and it’s not to be put into the hands of a single mining company.”

To that end Grand Chief Stan Louttit of Mushkegowuk Council and Mayor Tom Laughren of Timmins wrote in September to Premier Kathleen Wynne and Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking that the proposed transportation authority be created, Smeenk said.

Pic Mobert celebrates Gitchi Animki Hydroelectric Project Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Pic Mobert recently celebrated the ground breaking of the Gitchi Animki Hydroelectric Project on its traditional territory on the White River.

“This is the greatest economic achievement of our nation and people in our modern history,” said Pic Mobert Chief Johanna Desmoulin.

“This has been a long journey that has been motivated and energized by our people who will benefit from this work for many generations.”

Undertaken by the Pic Mobert Hydro Power Joint Venture, a joint venture of subsidiary companies of the Pic Mobert First Nation and Regional Power Inc., the project consists of two water power generating stations with a combined generating capacity of 18.9 MW — Gitchi Animki Bezhig and Gitchi Animki Niizh.

“I always believed that this day would come,” said Pic Mobert Councillor Wayne Sabourin, who acted as the community’s lead and champion for the project since 2000. “I

was never discouraged – this is a dream that I had for my children, and we didn’t stop until we got there.”

Gitchi Animki Bezhig is scheduled to replace the function of an old Ministry of Natural Resources’ regulating dam that manages lake levels and flood flows on White Lake once it is completed.

“It’s been a long and challenging journey, but we have shared the community’s vision from the start, and are delighted to have achieved this significant milestone”, said Colin Coolican, president

of Regional Power.

Primary financing for the project was provided by Manulife Financial, the leading Canadian project finance lender in the renewable energy field.

“The range and extent of support of assistance from Ontario, Canada and the Ontario Power Authority, has been tremendous and timely,” said Norman Jaehrling, managing director for the Gitchi Animki Energy Corporation, which holds Pic Mobert’s ownership interest in the venture.

“Beyond financial assistance,

the support and contributions of the various levels of government and local and regional stakeholders that we interacted with during the development process have been valued, and we believe have contributed to a very successful project design and plan.”

Construction and commissioning of the project is expected to take about two years, with up to 125 people working on the construction site at the peak of construction.

The two generating stations are located south of the Pic

Mobert community.

The site development rights for the project were originally secured by former Pic Mobert chief James Kwissiwa and former chief Peter Desmoulin.

The original memorandum of understanding with Regional Power was signed by former chief John Kwissiwa and the original joint venture agreement by former chief Jeff Desmoulin.

Chief Desmoulin is currently leading the project through its final stages of development and into construction.

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Gumboots Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

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wear gumboots a lot these days. The weather has been rainy and the gravel road where the dog and I walk each morning gets boggy and slick. The yard is muddy too and the daily chores require a good pair of gumboots. They’re essential footwear out here. I’ve sometimes been known to wear them like shoes and I still like to roll the tops down and stomp around like a kid.

I like the way they make me look. In my sweater and my favorite short brimmed hat I feel like a back woods trapper and it makes me proud to occupy a spot of land in the mountains. In the winter with a red checked lumberjack shirt, a toque and mitts with an armload of wood, I feel grounded and set. I’ve been here seven years and it’s become home. Gumboots and all.

When I wear gumboots I remember how they used to be my favorite footwear. When I was a kid, around six or seven, I wouldn’t take them off. I wore them like shoes and I guess that’s where my grown up tendency comes from. I wore them outside my pant legs or inside. I rolled the tops down because I thought they resembled pirate boots. I made sure to buff the toes every day.

The route to the school I attended was down one steep hill, along a flat and then up another hill passed the pulp mill. At lunch time and after school ended for the day, the boys would race. We’d be virtually aquiver and once we were dismissed we’d peel out of school, down the concrete stairs and across the school yard to the wooden steps that led to the top of the bigger hill by the mill.

I ran poorly then. I was slow.

Running in loose gumboots didn’t help. The other boys would tease me about my lack of speed and call me Wobbly Knees, Wagon Wheels and Chief Knock Knees. I hated the teasing.

I wanted to be fast. I wanted to blaze down that hill and disappear across the flat to the base of the hill that climbed to my home at the top. I wanted terribly to win one race and quiet their taunts forever. It seemed unlikely to happen.

But magic is a wonderful thing. It comes in forms unlike what your dreams call for. My foster brother brought home a stack of 45 records one night.

They were rock ‘n’ roll records

and in them was a song by a group called the Shangri Las. The song was called Leader of the Pack. It was about speed and wildness and the abandon of the open road. I loved that song and I learned all the words in no time. Even though it was about a motorcycle rebel, I imagined it was about me.

I ran around my neighborhood singing that song. It seemed to give me energy. I ran every day through the bush, along the road that led to the marina where my foster father docked his boat.

I ran up the sides of the small gravel quarry that spilled out of the trees.

As I ran along the flat I sang that song as loud as I could, arms pumping and legs driving and I felt as wild and free and rebellious as the kid in the song.

Every time I did, the words, the images and the feeling of that sound filled me and drove my arms and legs. A couple weeks later, when we raced home at lunch time, I sang it as I tore across the schoolyard. I passed everybody.

Me and my gumboots led the pack past the mill and home. As I ran along the flat I sang that song as loud as I could, arms pumping and legs driving and I felt as wild and free and rebellious as the kid in the song. My classmates were all stunned when we met at school later and they thumped me on the back. I felt included. I felt like a champion and I was extremely happy.

Well, I quit wearing gum boots soon after that. I was adopted and shunted south away from the bush and things like mills and rivers and hills strewn with trees. It would be years before I ran again and years before I had another pair of gumboots to clomp around in. But I never forgot that song.

Whenever it came on the radio it always made me smile.

I run regularly now. But I run in high priced runners. I run in the mountains where there are trees and hills and views of lakes. I run with the feeling of freedom and abandon despite the effort. But there’s not a time when I clump around in my rubber boots that I don’t recall the day I became the leader of the pack in my gumboots, racing like the wind, singing and feeling free. Of such things are memories made.

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Andy Fyon ONTARIO BENEATH OUR FEET

W

hen things happen slowly, people joke that it’s happening at a turtle’s pace. Geoscientists prefer to joke that it’s happening in “geologic time” because scientific research has proven that the Earth typically changes very slowly, over hundreds of millions of years. For example, it may take millions of years for a mountain chain to level into flat land. Other changes take place over the lifetime of humans, like the new land forming along the Hudson Bay coast because the land is rising due to a process called isostatic rebound. Changes over this time scale generally present no safety risk to people. But, sometimes the land changes overnight and, in some cases, creates changes that can be dangerous.

The type of rock in southern Ontario and along the James Bay and Hudson Bay lowlands is called dolomite and limestone. Under the right conditions, rain and groundwater can dissolve limestone rocks. As rain falls through the air and passes through the soil, it dissolves small amounts of carbon dioxide gas from the air or from plant roots. This mixes with water to form a weak

acid, like vinegar, which is able to dissolve limestone. The acidic water seeps into cracks in the rock and gradually widens them. Indeed, water can eat rock.

As the acidic water sinks further into the rock, it may flow along widening natural rock layers to form cave systems. The result is a landscape called karst.

There are many types of karst that range in size from dime-shaped depressions in the rock, to linear openings several centimetres wide that extend for many meters, to large cave networks. The karst caves in the Bruce Peninsula, in southwestern Ontario, and the Bonnechere area near Pembroke, are spectacular karst examples that attract tourists eager to explore the caves. The formation of karst takes thousands of years – it does not happen overnight.

Karst formations may be dangerous if they are located close to the surface in our communities. That’s because they can turn into sinkholes.

Sinkholes, which can happen quickly, are sometimes large enough to cause trouble, known to swallow up unstable surface land that covers open cracks in the earth. That is one of the reasons the work of the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) includes mapping the Far North. Documenting Ontario’s geology can help us spot risks like these.

Recent work by the OGS shows that some caves in southern Ontario

are important sources of groundwater. These groundwater and cave systems are connected to the surface of the Earth. The air in these caves moves in and out as weather systems change on the Earth’s surface. It is as though they are breathing. If the cave air “exhaled” contains no oxygen, a gas that we need to live, the breathing caves may be dangerous to humans and animals. This is another area that the OGS is charged with exploring, and we continue our important work to protect the safety of Ontarians.

Clay deposits may also be a natural geological hazard.

If you boat along the great northern rivers, like Severn, Winisk, Attawapiskat, and Albany, you have seen those geological hazards – landslides. The same types of landslides also occur in the Ottawa River Valley area.

In these areas, vast areas of unstable clay lie hidden below the surface of the Earth, waiting for the right conditions to form a landslide. In fact, the town of Lemieux, located southeast of Ottawa, was relocated between 1989 and 1991 because geological work showed that the town was built on unstable clay. The decision to relocate the people was wise because on June 20, 1993, two years after relocation, a landslide destroyed the former town site. This is a remarkable example of the practical work done by geological surveyors.

These are examples of the natural, but complex

relationship between people and the geology of Ontario.

MNDM’s Ontario Geological Survey is responsible for documenting Ontario’s geology and has published geological maps that show the general geological features of Ontario. The maps, including a map of groundwater and karst in southern Ontario, are found at OGSEarth.

For communities undertaking land use planning, a combination of traditional knowledge with geological knowledge produces a more holistic understanding of the “Ontario beneath our feet.” This helps ensure that geological hazards are considered, avoids threats to groundwater source areas, and considers the mineral, energy, and groundwater development options. So, remember to consider the remarkable geology beneath you. Geology is not only cool – it is essential.

Andy Fyon is the director of MNDM’s Ontario Geological Survey. For more information about the geology of Ontario: http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/ en/mines-and-minerals/ geology.

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Canadian governments’ cookie cutter approach and disintegration of First Nations economic development impede Matawa First Nations’ action in the Ring of Fire

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Creating constructive solutions to obstacles of mammoth resource development projects like the Ring of Fire and in the grassroots design of a pathway to prosperity for the Matawa First Nations primarily rests with the First Nation peoples of the land. Furthermore, it has been stated time and time again to government officials that their role to support economic initiatives and processes at both the individual First Nation and Tribal Council level is essential to moving forward in the Ring of Fire and beyond.

The Matawa First Nations are autonomous and resistant to top-down planning by governments in Canada. It has a long standing record of failure and is inaccurate of a First Nation’s true ambitions, goals, and concepts of community well-being.

In past development in other areas in northwestern Ontario, it was identified that the First Nations in the proximity of development were not prepared to engage either the developer, the regulatory process, or participate in the construction and operation of the mine, due to a lack of capacity at all levels, from education to governance, technical, infrastructure, legal etc...The Matawa First Nations don’t want to see this happen in the Ring of Fire and need to be resourced to plan and prepare for all of the long-term socioeconomic change that comes with this development.

Matawa First Nations Management has unprecedented organizational process assets that assist in the daily operations of the Tribal Council and in the delivery of advisory services and programs to the nine member First Nations for over 25 years.

Matawa’s Education Department and Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services (KKETS)

are improving the educational attainment level and labour force participation rates of the First Nation peoples. Financial Advisory Services is helping to build strong governance structures with First Nations’ band management. Capacity building in land and resource management is carried out by Four Rivers Environmental Services and the Ring of Fire Department that help member First Nations manage one of their greatest assets – their lands and natural resources.

The Health and Social Services staff and the infrastructure support by Technical Services are seen as life-lines that help with community well-being and public safety. Matawa Communications is integrated across all departments to give a stronger unified voice to First Nations concerns.

However, Matawa Economic Development receives inadequate support from government with the current level of services not meeting the needs of the First Nations. If nothing changes, it will not meet the increasing demand.

At the community level, the Matawa First Nations lack funds to collectively identify, plan and implement joint projects amongst themselves. These shortfalls result in a model of information asymmetry and fragmentation of planning that curtails informed decision making. This is a major barrier to productive regional discussions on land use and infrastructure that prevents the First Nations to arriving at a consensus on serious issues within their First Nations traditional lands.

The Matawa Tribal Council is seeking to undertake a holistic approach (cultural, social, economic, and environmental) to planning to ensure that Matawa First Nations are wellpositioned to both minimize potential negative effects, and maximize benefits, from any

developments. We cannot achieve this without multiyear government support for ongoing technical advice to the member First Nations and a platform for capacity building to occur.

The Matawa communities have set out to overcome the legacy of colonialism, poverty and structural barricades to economic growth by empowering community members through direct participation in grassroots community-driven planning.

By leveraging the region and the Tribal Council’s resources, the Matawa First Nations will improve the capacity to develop their own individual community economies.

A strategic investment from FedNor and Aboriginal Affairs Northern Development Canada is the full support of individual Matawa First Nations and Tribal Council economic development initiatives. Matawa First Nations Management is optimistic that the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund’s review of its programs will consider the needs of the First Nations in the development area and evolve the granting process with flexible, creative features to support them. Rapid and considerable improvement is needed for the next few years to create the opportunity-ready Matawa communities, viable businesses, and skilled workforce that will drive the future economic success of northwestern Ontario.

This will have a positive economic multiplier effect on the rest of Ontario and Canada, as the saying goes “a rising tide lifts all boats.�

Jason Paul Rasevych economic development advisor and program manager with Matawa First Nations Management

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Wawatay News OCTOBER 24, 2013

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Juries Review Implementation Committee meets in Thunder Bay

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Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and Irwin Glasberg, co-chairs of the Juries Review Implementation Committee, and the other committee members heard about justice system and jury roll process concerns from a number of community members during the committee’s first meeting on Oct. 10 in Thunder Bay.

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Concerns about Ontario’s justice system and jury roll process were heard by Ontario’s Juries Review Implementation Committee during its first session on Oct. 10 in Thunder Bay. “It was really good this morning to hear from members of the community who talked about their own experiences, not just with the justice system but also with the jury roll process,” said Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, who is co-chair of the committee.

“I think it’s good for the committee to hear that and for us to learn from those types of

experiences that were shared with us this morning.”

The Juries Review Implementation Committee was the first of 17 major recommendations in the Iacobucci Report to be implemented by the Ontario government. Six of the 11 committee members are Aboriginal people, including Fiddler, former Treaty 3 grand chief Diane Kelly and former Kashechewan chief Jonathan Solomon.

“What (former Supreme Court) justice Iacobucci said in his report, and he said it over and over again, is there is from the First Nations community a sense of alienation with the justice system,” Fiddler said.

“They don’t trust the system, they don’t feel a part of it, and I think that is a part of the challenge that we have as a committee to create those conditions to make sure that everyone in Ontario, including our First Nations, feel comfortable enough that they want to be a part of it.”

Fiddler said that First Nations participation in Ontario’s jury roll process has “historically been very low.”

“In fact, some of the numbers that we are hearing is quite disturbing,” Fiddler said. “The fact that entire communities have been left out from the jury roll process is something that we need to fix.”

Fiddler said the meeting

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As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, some recently harvested areas have been selected to be burned under the strict guidelines of the MNR Prescribed Burn Planning Manual. The Prescribed Burn will reduce the area covered in slash piles while increasing the area available for regeneration and reducing the fire hazard. The burn is scheduled for ignition between November 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013.

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ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᐅᑕᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᑲᐊᐧᐁᐧᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᐱᓯᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇᐦᐃᓭᐊᐧᑫᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐅᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ ᑫᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 10 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ. “ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᑭᒪᒥᓀᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓄᑕᐊᐧᑭᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᐱᑎᐸᒋᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᔑ ᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᓯᓭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ, ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑯ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᑯᐡᑲᑯᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ ᑫᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᓯᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑎᐸᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᓂᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᐊᓫᐱᐣ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ, ᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᒋᐊᓂᑯᓂᑲᓂ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᒥᓇᐧᔑᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐃᓯᓭᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑭᔐᑊ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐃᑲᐳᒋ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᐅᑕᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᑲᐊᐧᐁᐧᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒪᒪᐤ 17 ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᓇᓄᑌᓭᑭᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᑲᑫᐧᐅᐣᒋᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ. ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᐡ ᐁᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᑊ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᑕᔭᐣ ᑫᓫᐃ ᒥᓇ ᑭᔐᒋᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᒐᐧᓂᑕᐣ ᓴᐧᓫᐅᒪᐣ. “ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐸᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐡᐸᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᒪᐃᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᑲᐳᒋ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᑭᓇᓇᐱᐃᑭᑐᐨ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᑎᐱᑐᑕᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐃᐧᓯᓯᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᐣᑎᑫᓭᐨ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑌᐯᐧᐊᐧᑫᐣᑕᓯᓇᐊᐧ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓯᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᓀᐣᑕᒧᐠ, ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᓂᒥᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᔭᐠ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᒪᐠ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᑲᔦ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᓂᐠ, ᒋᐊᓂᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᔑᐸᐸᒥᓯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.” ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐯᐦᐃ ᐱᑯ ᐱᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐱᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋᑕᑭᐧᓯᐣ.” “ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᔑ ᓇᓄᑕᒪᐠ,

ᐊᑎᐟ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᓇᑭᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒥᑯᐡᑲᑌᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. “ᑫᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᑯ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐊᐧᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇᑫ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋᐅᑕᐱᓂᑕᐧ ᐃᒪ ᒋᔑᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᒪᒥᓇᐧᒋᑲᑌᐠ.” ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᓄᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᔭᓂᔑ ᐅᐡᑭᒪᑕᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ. “ᓂᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒋᑭᐡᑲᑯᒥᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑲᑭᑫᓂᒪᑭᑕᐧ ᑫᑭᔐᑊ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᔭᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. “ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐁᔑᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᐊᓂᔑ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᒪᐠ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᐱᒥ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᔭᐠ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ, ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ.” ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇᐦᐃᓭᐊᐧᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᑭᒪᔑᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐱᔾᓫᐊᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑲ ᐁᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᑎᓀᐧᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐊᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ. “ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᔦ ᑲᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᔭᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᓇᓂᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᐅᑕᔕᐧᐸᐣᑕᐣ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᔭᓂᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᐅᑕᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᓂᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᐣ ᑲᓇᑫ ᐯᔑᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᓂᔑᐣ ᒋᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᐃᔕᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑕ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐃᔕᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐅᓇᒋᑫ ᒋᐊᓂ ᐅᓇᑐᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᓂᐃᑲᐳᒋ ᐅᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᒋᐅᓇᓯᐣᑕᐧ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑭᓄᐡᑲᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐅᒋᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᓂᒥᓴᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ, ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᔭᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑯᑕᑭᓂ ᐅᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᒋ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᑐᑕᒪᐊᐧᐨ, ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐅᑕᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᑲᐊᐧᐁᐧᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᒋᐅᐣᒋᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓄᑲᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ, ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ, ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐠ, ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑐᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐅᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ.

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Information about this Prescribed Burn project, including specific locations and maps, is available for public viewing at the offices of Dryden Forest Management Company, Domtar Inc. and Resolute FP Canada Inc. during normal business hours and the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning October 16, 2013. ServiceOntario at 479 Government Street, Dryden and at the corner of Highway 17/599 in Ignace provides access to the Internet.

For more information or to discuss the Prescribed Burn project, please contact one of the individuals below for the respected forest: Dryden Forest

English River Forest

Wabigoon Forest

Don Armit Area Forester, MNR tel: 807-223-7526 e-mail: dj.armit@ontario.ca

John Coady Area Forester, MNR tel: 807-934-2255 e-mail: john.coady@ontario.ca

Derek Johnson Area Forester, MNR tel: 807-223-7556 e-mail: derek.johnson@ontario.ca

Karen Carpenter Operation Forester Dryden Forest Management Co. 28A Earle Avenue Dryden, ON P8N 1X5 tel: 807-223-7216 fax: 807-223-7229 e-mail: dfmc@shaw.ca

John Lawson Renewal Superintendent Resolute FP Canada Inc. Thunder Bay, ON tel: 807-475-2440 e-mail: john.lawson@resolutefp.com

Erin Woodland Forester, Domtar Inc. Dryden Forestlands Office within Dryden Mill tel: 807-223-9790 e-mail: erin.woodland@domtar.com

Renseignements en français : Sylvie Gilbart, 807 934-2262

Arena & Conference Facility

Rick Garrick

was a first good step for the committee.

“To have some of our community members here this morning was really encouraging,” Fiddler said.

“That’s what we hope to achieve when we go to other meetings in other parts of the province, that the communities there will have their opportunity (to speak).”

In addition to the jury roll process, Fiddler said the community members brought up concerns about language translation and the need for more education in First Nation communities about the justice system.

“There has to be more done to educate our communities,” Fiddler said.

Fiddler is looking for the second meeting of the Juries Review Implementation Committee to be held in a northern community.

“It is my hope that we go to at least one or two of our fly-in communities in the north,” Fiddler said.

The Ministry of the Attorney General is planning to institute the second of Iacobucci’s recommendations, an advisory group to the Attorney General on matters affecting First Nations and the justice system, this fall.

The third recommendation called for the Ministry of the Attorney General, after obtaining input of the Juries Review Implementation Committee, to provide cultural training for all government officials working in the justice system who have contact with First Nations peoples, including police, court workers, Crown prosecutors, prison guards and other related agencies.

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Master Corporal Stanley Stephens and the other soldiers were introduced at a number of events over the three days, including the Red Rally hosted by the Mayor of Ottawa, visited Parliament Hill, and participated in the annual Canada Army Run, an event that attracts more than 50,000 spectators.

He represented the 5,000 Canadian Rangers from across Canada and has been a ranger for almost 12 years. He celebrated his 74th birthday the day before he left for Ottawa.

“Coming to Ottawa as a guest of honour the day after my birthday was like receiving a huge birthday present which I will never forget,” he said. “I

was impressed with the (five kilometre) run, which almost 12,000 people from all over the country ran.”

He did not run during the event but completed it, like many others, by walking the course. Monies raised by Canada Army Run help to support ill and injured soldiers and military families.

“The other night there was a mess dinner and I thought I would be the only person dressed in red,” he said, referring to his red ranger sweater. “I was very happy to see nearly all the military people were wearing red jackets and they were very interested in what was happening in Constance Lake.”

He also met LieutenantGeneral Marquis Hainse, commander of the Canadian army and national defence champion for Aboriginal peoples.

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Captain Mark Rittwage, the officer commanding the 550 rangers in northern Ontario, said Master Corporal Stephens had an outstanding record as a ranger, working with both rang-

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In January 2011, in a remote First Nation community, Nishnawbe-Aski Police received a call about a distraught woman on the river.

The woman who was determined to end her life was near an area of the river where fast moving currents make the ice extremely unstable. After failing to reason with the woman, and lacking the necessary equipment to attempt a rescue, the police instructed everyone involved to pull back for their safety.

Kendall, who was in the community as a Junior Canadian Ranger instructor, donned an ice water rescue suit while local rangers secured his safety line. After trying unsuccessfully to reason with the young woman, he saw an opportunity when she attempted to move to a more dangerous part of the river.

Kendall quickly tackled and held on to her while police and rangers pulled them both back to safety.

At a recent ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, the Governor General, David Johnston presented Kendall with the Meritorious Service Medal.

The citation in part said, “Warrant Officer Kendall’s quick thinking brought great credit to the Canadian Rangers and to the Canadian Armed Forces.”

“It felt very good to be recognized,” Kendall said. “Every time I go north, I think about that young lady on the ice.

I am really grateful that my rangers were there to back me up in case I got into any trouble.”

“For years we provided our ranger instructors with ice water rescue training,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Richardson, commanding officer for the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group. “I am thankful that this training has paid off as there is one person who is alive today because of the Warrant Officer Kendall actions.”

Since joining the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves in June 1993, Kendall has been involved with domestic emergencies such as the Red River flood in 1997 and the Ice Storm of 1998. Kendall also did a tour in Afghanistan.

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There are about 550 Canadian Rangers and 700 Junior Canadian Rangers located across 23 northern Ontario communities.

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Grandmother finds life tough on the street Rick Garrick Wawatay News

FORM 6

SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER The Corporation of the Town of Moosonee

Take notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the land(s) described below and will be received until 3:00 pm local time on December 5, 2013, at the Town of Moosonee, 5 First Street, Moosonee, ON The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day at 3:15 pm local time, at the Town of Moosonee DESCRIPTION OF LAND(S) Roll no.

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MINIMUM TENDER AMOUNT $ 13,788.90 Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a ϐ or trust corporation payable to the municipality (or board) and representing at least twenty per cent (20%) of the tender amount.

Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the land(s) to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers.

This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001, and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes and the relevant land transfer tax.

The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.

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Life on the street in Thunder Bay has been “very tough” for a grandmother from Eabametoong.

“It’s getting a lot worse now,” Deborah Waboose said on a sunny Thanksgiving Day in the Intercity area. “We’ve lost so many people in the past month and a half. They’re gone — died.”

Waboose, who has eight children and four grandchildren, doesn’t recall exactly how long she has been living on the streets, but she said it was “a long time, years.”

“I have family here but I don’t depend on them,” Waboose said.

“I’d rather not go to them and say ‘Can I stay with you.’”

Although Waboose has a tent and blankets set up in Thunder Bay, she recently gave them to her brother.

“There’s no place for us,” Waboose said. “I’ve been looking for a place for a long time now, and they try to say, ‘Oh, it’s already gone.’”

Waboose knows about 40 people who are living on the street, but she said there are others as well.

“I’m not the only one living on the streets,” Waboose said. “We all stick together and stand by each other and help each other out in any way we can.”

Whenever the weather turns bad, Waboose usually heads to one of a number of sheltered areas where she can huddle under a blanket with other street people to keep warm.

“There’s places where you can stay out of the rain,” Waboose said. “But if it gets too cold, you have to go to the Shelter (House). But if there is no room at the Shelter, everybody gets turned away.”

Waboose would like to see more places in Thunder Bay for homeless people to go when shelter is required.

“I used to have my dog, but it got taken away from me,” Waboose said. “When I went to sleep, he would stay right beside me. He was very protective.”

Waboose usually walks around all day trying to find water or juice to drink and food to eat.

“I go to McDonalds and they will give me water there,” Waboose said.

She doesn’t notice the holidays when she is on the street.

“I just think it is a Sunday,” Waboose said.

Waboose remembers seeing street people years ago during

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Eabametoong grandmother Deborah Waboose has been living on the street in Thunder Bay for “a long time, years.” Waboose and three other street people originally from First Nations across northwestern Ontario spoke about their experiences on the street this past Thanksgiving week. visits to Thunder Bay, but she never thought she would end up living on the street.

“I used to say I’m never going to be like that — the next thing you know, I’m out here on the streets,” Waboose said. “You know, those (street) people are totally human, they’re giving.

They watch out for each other.

They will never let you down in any way.”

Waboose wants to get off the street and be an advocate for homeless people.

“We’re being judged by what we do,” Waboose said. “We’re alcoholics and drug addicts.

We’re not bad people, we’re just trying to survive.”

Waboose said “a lot of” street people will break the law to get arrested for the winter months.

“They will go steal and try to get caught,” Waboose said. “At least they get three meals a day.”

Waboose encourages youth to stay in school and listen to their parents and Elders.

“Don’t come live out here on the street,” Waboose said.

Eabametoong’s Mike Drake also encourages youth to stay away from living on the street.

“You don’t want to live like this,” Drake said. “Not in the streets.”

Drake usually spends part of his day looking for empties he can recycle for money.

“I’m just looking around for some change,” Drake said early one morning in a park area. “I’m doing good, anyway.”

Although Drake has recently been sleeping at a relative’s home of the woman he was with in the park, he usually gets up early and heads over to a coffee shop.

“We went over to Tim Hortons and got tea,” Drake said.

“Something warm,” said the woman, who did not want to be interviewed.

Drake usually eats whatever he can find.

“Sometimes we go to the Shelter House,” Drake said.

“But it’s the same thing all the time, pasta or peanut butter sandwiches.”

Drake has lived in a number of different homes while in Thunder Bay, including his latest home on Cummins Street, where he was evicted.

“I don’t even know what’s going to happen this winter,” Drake said. “Last winter I had a place, but it didn’t even last that long.”

Mishkeegogamang’s Ronald Hunter has been living on the street for the past two weeks since he arrived in Thunder Bay on a medical visit.

“I’ve been sleeping outside in the bush,” Hunter said while lined up for a Thanksgiving meal at the Dew Drop Inn Soup Kitchen. “It’s just like camping. I just wake up every morning and look for what I need to survive.”

Hunter has family members in Thunder Bay, but he doesn’t want to “aggravate” them.

“I’d be an inconvenience,” Hunter said.

Hunter plans to head back home to Mishkeegogamang, where he has a home.

Although Sabaskong’s William DeBungie now has a home at the Salvation Army, he had previously been living on the street for about four years.

“It was pretty hard,” DeBungie said while also lined up for a Thanksgiving meal at the Dew Drop Inn Soup Kitchen.

“I was just sleeping anywhere, stairways, hallways, bathtubs, bathrooms.”

DeBungie said it was difficult to ask for money to survive while living on the street.

“I don’t want to ask for it anymore,” DeBungie said. “It’s not easy.”

DeBungie said his life on the street was better in the winter.

“I had warmer clothing,” DeBungie said. “I hid in the bank entrances.”

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Celebrating business success, inspiring new generation Bryan Phelan Wawatay News

Brian Davey, executive director of Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF), congratulated the entrepreneurs in front of him for their vision and “doing what you need to do to succeed.”

When the news conference in the Timmins hotel ended, the entrepreneurs moved to the ballroom for a gala dinner celebrating them as NADF Business Award winners.

Some award recipients were missing from the Oct. 17 event, however – too busy doing what they need to do.

The award for New Business of the Year went to Jason Blakely of Blakely Trucking but he was unable to attend due to work commitments.

A member of the Pic Mobert First Nation, Blakely began his Thunder Bay-based business in 2011 using a rented trailer to haul logs from woodland areas to various mills in the region.

A year ago he bought his own trailer.

Another trucker accepted the Businesswoman of the Year award for her daughter, Dr. Doris Mitchell, who was oncall for the emergency department of Chapleau General Hospital, more than 200 kilometres away.

“I feel proud, very proud, to be her mother,” said Nellie Mitchell, now retired from her own working years as a truck driver, auto mechanic and waitress. “She has worked very hard to get where she is.”

Doris, a Brunswick House First Nation member, operates her own family physician practice in the township of Chapleau.

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Winners at the 2013 NADF Business Awards, from left: Lucie Edwards, Nolan Tozer, Nellie Mitchell (representing her daughter, Dr. Doris Mitchell), David Mackett (representing Sagatay Economic Development), William Quachegan, and Dan Bannon. Missing from the photo are the Bannon Family Council and Jason Blakely.

New parents Jenn and about this business he wanted Even as a little girl, Doris talked of becoming a doctor, Nolan Tozer attended the to do, so I said ‘Why don’t you Nellie recalled. First, in 1991, event with their two-month- do it? Just do it.’ ” Jenn said of she became a registered nurse. old daughter Sophia. Nolan, a the encouragement she gave As a single mother of two 23-year-old Moose Cree First her husband for the business boys, she continued to work Nation member, received the startup.

Whitesand First Nation full-time while furthering Youth Entrepreneur of the Year her nursing education part- award as owner and operator has taken a similar “go for it” time at Laurentian University. of Moose River Tours. He relies approach through Sagatay EcoShe graduated in 2010 with on his experience as a guide nomic Development, named honours from the bachelor of and knowledge of the land Corporation of the Year. Whitescience in nursing program. to offer custom tours in the sand established Sagatay in Her studies continued at the Moose River and James Bay 2010 to separate its economic Northern Ontario School of areas, while Jenn books the development activities from Medicine, where she trained to tours and sometimes makes the First Nation’s administrabannock for their clients. They tive functions. become a family doctor.

“It started with road build“It was a long, hard struggle run the business from their ing,” said David Mackett, a home in Moosonee. but she did it,” Nellie said.

It began about three years project manager for the comMost award winners did ago. “He was always talking munity. “We took over road make it to the gala. maintenance for the MNR when industry abandoned the forest up there.”

Sagatay Economic Development has been on a roll ever since.

“We weren’t waiting for others to be the proponents (for economic development)

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any more,” Mackett said. “We are the proponent, and we’ve taken the lead in everything from taking over the forest up at Whitesand to next year starting construction for green energy. We’ll be the first community in Ontario to shut down the diesel generators and make our own electricity from the forest.”

Whitesand plans to build a combined power and heat plant that runs on biomass. It also proposes a factory for producing wood pellets that would be sold in Canada and in some overseas countries where generating electricity from wood pellets is common.

That’s the future but in addition to road maintenance, Sagatay Economic Development has already accomplished a lot, such as: providing equipment and operators for construction of a curling club and office building in neighbouring Armstrong; becoming the primary heavy equipment contractor in the area for Canadian National Railway; and providing training to Whitesand members so they can participate in current and future projects.

Another company with an interest in power generation is Five Nations Energy, which owns and operates a transmission line that connects the remote First Nation communities of Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and Kashechewan to the province’s main hydro grid.

Lucie Edwards of Fort Albany, chief executive officer of Five Nations, received the award for Executive of the Year. NADF described her as “a take-charge person who leads her staff with passion and commitment” and acknowledged the many youth development workshops for she has facilitated.

Two other award winners, both carpenters with 20 years of experience, were saluted for their business success and for their support of youth hockey.

William Quachegan, a Moose Cree member living in

Timmins, accepted the Building Communities award. He started his own business, WQ Carpentry, in 2011. “William’s thoughtfulness is not only shown in the quality of work he provides his clients,” NADF noted. “He also extends this to Aboriginal youth, recently sponsoring a youth from a midget hockey team, as well as an Aboriginal youth hockey camp.”

NADF recognized Dan Bannon, who operates Dan Bannon Contracting in Fort William First Nation, as Businessman of the Year. “Dan believes in building capacity in individuals who share his passion for building. Over the past 20 years, Dan has … trained 10 individuals in the field of construction. Some are still working with him and others have moved on and are doing great in their field.”

Over that same period, Bannon has sponsored about 200 youth hockey players as a fan of the sport because of “the life skills it brings to the youth.”

Another successful business in Fort William is J&W Confectionary. It started in the mid 1970s in the garage of Howard and Jessie Bannon. Now owned by a Bannon family council of 10 members – winners of the Partnership of the Year award – the business has expanded to include a gas bar and restaurant. Its sales over the past two years exceeded $14 million.

“The outstanding efforts of all the individuals and businesses that have helped bring positive development to First Nations people and their communities is what this event is all about,” said Arlene MeekisJung, NADF chairwoman. “It’s a celebration.

“We believe this annual event will not only acknowledge the success of existing businesses but also inspire a new generation of Aboriginal entrepreneurs.”

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Top Left: Elder Sarah Jane Sainnawap stokes the fire to smoke whitefish in the school teepee at Aglace Chapman Education Centre in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug. The day before students were able to watch the Elders cleaning and preparing the whitefish to be smoked and cooked.

Top Right: Elder Katy Anderson helps prepare whitefish and hotdogs in bannock in the school teepee at Aglace Chapman Education Centre in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug.

Bottom Left: Councillor Cecelia Begg presents Ashley McKay with her certificate for completing the preconstruction course run by St. Lawrence College. The program ran from Aug. 21 to Oct. 17. Ashley McKay is one of 12 youth participants who learned the skills to build porches, ramps, picnic tables, and a shed.

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Chapleau Cree’s Tracey Turner is looking forward to better service after the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce reintroduced its Status Cards Welcome decals. “There have been times where I’ve felt almost where I’m wasting people’s time because I pull out my status card and the people that are standing behind me in line are going ‘Oh God, like, do I have to wait,’� Turner said. “You don’t feel like you have a right to use that vehicle, that (status) card that has been provided to you.�

The Ontario government announced in 2010 that its existing RST exemption for Status Indians, Indian bands and councils of an Indian band would continue as the province moved to the HST, noting that effective Sept. 1, 2010, Status Indians, Indian bands and councils of an Indian band are entitled to an exemption from paying the eight per cent Ontario component of the HST on qualifying property or services at point-of-sale.

Turner hopes cashiers will now be more familiar with how to use the cash register so it is a quicker process. “You almost feel embarrassed because you have a status card,�

Turner said. “It shouldn’t really be like that.�

Turner has been shopping at the Intercity Shopping Centre since Sears and Woolworths were the main stores. “It’s nice that they’re finally recognizing that we need to be able to use our status cards when we’re making purchases,�

Turner said. �We spend a lot of money here, which according to the media release (is) anywhere from $254 to $383 million dollars, and that is part of my money that is going to this shopping community.�

A recent study by Thunder Bay Ventures estimated that

the Aboriginal workforce contributes from $254.38 million to $383.33 million per year to Thunder Bay’s economy. “The Aboriginal community makes a significant contribution to the Thunder Bay economy,� said Joe Moses, chair of the Chamber of Commerce’s Aboriginal Opportunities Committee. “It is important to ensure that Aboriginal customers recognize local businesses as an accepting and inclusive place to make their purchases.

By displaying this decal, the business is showing Aboriginal customers that their patronage is appreciated and that staff has been trained in proper handling of status card transactions.�

The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce reintroduced the decals during an Oct. 15 presentation at the Intercity Shopping Centre. The decals were originally introduced about 10 years ago. “It’s a great initiative,� said Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler. “But I think it’s got to go a bit beyond just having stickers. I think (businesses) need to make sure they have the right systems in place to be able to process status cards fairly quickly, similar to what happened when the harmonized taxes came into place.�

Fiddler said people need to feel welcome or they will shop elsewhere. “I think the concern is just the delays with all the forms and everything else that goes on,� Fiddler said. “If you don’t have trained staff, there is a lineup of people. Before you know it, there’s five or 10 people behind you that becomes an inconvenience for a lot of people.�

The Status Cards Welcome decals are being mailed to Chamber of Commerce members and are available for pick up from the Chamber of Commerce office.

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Wahsa Distance Education Centre’s secondary school program has provided a Kenora District Jail inmate with an opportunity to pursue a college education while in jail.

“Two days after I graduated I got accepted into college taking the general arts and science,” said Timothy Brisard, a recent Wahsa graduate from Lake Nipigon First Nation who completed his Grade 11 and 12 courses while in the Kenora District Jail. “After that I am going to be taking the Aboriginal Community Advocacy course. Once I’ve completed that I will be going to bible college to be a minister.”

Although Brisard was successful in completing his Wahsa courses over the past one-and-a-half to two years, he said it was difficult due to disturbances in the jail.

“There is no privacy and it’s always loud here,” Brisard said.

“Sometimes there is a lot of tension here, so for me to focus on my academics, it has been really challenging. I kind of have to go into my own world; in order to get there I have to depend on God for his strength and for his power and just do my own thing.”

Brisard completed the courses by viewing copies of interactive Smart Board classes captured on disks for viewing on computers. He also called Wahsa teachers for help with his work whenever required.

“I was the first person to do my literacy test at the Kenora District Jail,” Brisard said.

“And I was the first person to ever graduate (from secondary

school).”

Due to Brisard’s success, the Kenora District Jail has started up a Wahsa program for other prisoners.

“He did very well,” said Darrin Head, Wahsa’s principal.

“His courses in Grade 11 and 12 were all college preparation courses and he was an A student.”

Head said there are now 13 Wahsa students registered at Kenora District Jail.

“They have made a room available to us where our students can go on a regular basis and work on their Wahsa courses,” Head said. “And we actually have a tutor now that goes in there for two-and-a-half hours a day, five days a week to help those students.”

Head said the students have also been calling their teachers for assistance with their courses.

“But it’s nice that they have a place to go and somebody who can work with them on a daily basis,” Head said.

Head said the opportunity to pursue their high school diploma while in jail provides the inmates with more opportunities when they finish their sentences.

“We’re really excited,” Head said. “We can see a lot of positive things happening.”

Wahsa has seen an increase in overall student success levels since switching over to the interactive Smart Board delivery platform in September 2012.

“All you need is a computer screen and Internet and you can join the class,” Head said.

“They’ll see exactly what is on that computer screen and broadcast. So if you have students in Big Trout, Bearskin,

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Wahsa graduate Timothy Brisard recently enrolled in studies at Confederation College after completing his Grade 11 and 12 studies while in the Kenora District Jail.

Sandy Lake, Deer Lake, Thunder Bay, wherever they are, they will all see what the teacher has on the Smart Board in the broadcast studio.”

Head said the students can talk back and forth in real time and use their computer mouse to write on their screen, which is then seen by the teacher and other students on the Smart Board screen.

“It’s totally interactive, it’s audio, it’s video,” Head said.

”It’s like a classroom where you hear everything that is happening, you can see everything that is happening on the chalkboard, you can add to it and everybody will see it, but you just can’t see each other’s faces. So it’s as close to being there as you can get.”

Wahsa first began providing Ontario secondary school courses in 1992 over a radio delivery platform.

Talk4Healing recently celebrated the first anniversary of its free and confidential help line for Aboriginal women across northern Ontario.

“Simply put, we help women and their families who need support,” said Robin Haliuk, Talk4Healing coordinator. “As we have been taught through our traditional teachings, the Medicine Wheel provides powerful guidance in four key areas: spiritual, emotional, physical and mental.

Talk4Healing follows in the traditional footsteps of our grandmothers and grandfathers by incorporating these teachings into our services, which is precisely what makes this help line so unique and so appropriately suited for Aboriginal women.”

A not-for-profit initiative operated by Beendigen in partnership with the Ontario Native Women’s Association, Talk4Healing opened its phone lines in mid-October 2012 and has since helped more than 1,500 Aboriginal women to start their healing journeys by providing a culturally safe and appropriate resource that Aboriginal women and their families can call for help.

Previously, many Aboriginal women living in northern Ontario communities had no where to turn to for help as the reality of geographical isolation and lack of services in small northern communities acted as a barrier to healing.

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women have turned to their grandmothers, mothers, sisters and aunts for support, but not all women are comfortable talking about their personal problems with relatives or friends,” Haliuk said. “That’s where Talk4Healing comes in.

We have trained Aboriginal counsellors available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, who are empathetic, understanding and ready to address the unique needs (of) Aboriginal women.”

Haliuk said many Aboriginal women suffered in silence before Talk4Healing opened its toll-free line at 1-855-554HEAL. “We’ve received a lot of positive feedback from our callers who are so grateful for finally having somewhere to turn when they need help,” Haliuk said. “We typically hear a great sense of relief when our callers realize they are talking to an Aboriginal woman on the other end of the line. Now that Talk4Healing is here, it’s hard to imagine a time when this service didn’t exist. I know we’re making a huge difference in the lives of Aboriginal women and their families in northern Ontario.”

Talk4Healing provides culturally sensitive crisis counselling, advice and support; personalized information and referrals; acceptance of Aboriginal women’s issues in a non-judgmental way; help to find the path to personal healing and scheduled telephone counselling sessions in four languages: English, Ojibwa, Oji-Cree and Cree.

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The School Success Planner is a subject expert in school success planning and is responsible for providing advice and in-school support to administrators and teachers in the north. The development of effective school success plans is a critical component for ensuring the effectiveness of schools.

RESPONSIBILITIES • Provide advice and assistance to the School Success Planning Lead in the development of the School Success Planning system, processes and tools for the Sioux Lookout District. • Provide ongoing monitoring of KERC school success planning process and make suggestions for improvements • Establish and maintain liaison with First Nations communities as assigned • Work with communities to help them analyze their school improvement needs and organize the development of their school success plans • Develop with First Nations the schedule for the review and development of their school success plan • Develop and facilitate delivery of training for administrators and communities • Research and help organize the provision of advisory supports to communities to ensure their plans encompass the range of effective school improvement strategies required to address the unique needs of their students • Review of school improvement plans produced to ensure that the improvement strategies address literacy, numeracy and retention and that they are comprehensive and meet standard of effectiveness QUALIFICATIONS • Knowledge of First Nations education • Administrative and project management experience • Fluency in Ojibway, Oji-Cree or Cree an asset • Strong planning, organizational and coordination skills • Ability to consult with key stakeholders • A demonstrated ability to work with First Nations or in a culturally diverse community setting • Excellent interpersonal, communications and computer skills • Able to travel to district First Nations communities To apply: Please submit a resume, three recent employment references with written permission to contact, and a covering letter via email or fax to: (XJHQH 6RXWKZLQG +XPDQ 5HVRXUFHV 2I¿FHU Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Email: esouthwind@kerc.ca Fax: (807) 737-3650 Criminal Reference and Child Abuse Registry check required at time of hiring.

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Aboriginal hip-hop connection studied Stephanie Wesley Special to Wawatay News

Sudbury University professor Karyn Recollet is currently finishing up a book that looks at the connection between Aboriginal culture and hip-hop music.

In an interview with CBC Radio, Recollet explains that she first took notice of the connection after hearing an Aboriginal hip-hop group called Ceremony. A song by one member of the group in particular stood out to Recollet.

Chris Sutherland, also known as Shibastik, had a song about his grandparents, which made Recollet think of her own grandfather.

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experience,� Palosaari said of They’s time on the tour.

Palosaari started off with hip-hop music at 16-years old in 2002, shortly after his father passed away. “It was an outlet to me, to be able to express myself and to tell my stories,� Palosaari explained. “It made me feel better.�

When it comes to Aboriginal artists creating hip-hop music, McGuire explained that it isn’t hard for Aboriginals to grab onto “the ideological frameworkâ€? of hip-hop and use it as a form of expression. “I think of urban culture and how Black people are, and I hate to use the clichĂŠ, oppressed,â€? McGuire said. “And they are, they were. Aboriginals are the new Black people of

were producing hip-hop across Canada. “It’s about storytelling,� she said. “It’s an art form that carries on the beat. When you think of how our songs, dances, were carried out, it was always through that drumbeat.�

Thunder Bay hip-hop company They Media have just wrapped up their first tour, having teamed up with Vancouverbased hip-hop group KIDS for a few shows across northwestern Ontario. “It’s good to make new fans,�

Tony McGuire said. McGuire is a producer and director of They Media.

Preme Palosaari, a member of Fort William First Nation, is one of the artists on the label who went on tour. “We gained a lot of

Canada. It’s not hard to see how Aboriginals especially would adapt to hip-hop.�

KIDS member Jacob Evolved said that the story of hip-hop is “struggle-based.� “In Canada, there’s a large Aboriginal voice that wants to share its story of struggle.

It’s rooted in the country’s history,� Evolved said. “Hiphop as a culture is just rooted in struggle, so those two elements play into why it’s so prevalent today in Aboriginal artists. It’s a suitable match.�

Palosaari said that these days, Aboriginal cultures and values are seemingly swept under the rug with the people he talks to about them. “They don’t know a lot about us, what’s important to us,�

Palosaari said. “(Hip-hop) gives

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Though artists like Palosaari, and Shibastik, often use hip-hop as a way to express themselves, and to tell stories about their culture or speak on issues that are important, there are some Aboriginal hip-hop artists out there who speak on different subjects, such as gun violence and drugs. “The influence of some American rap definitely made a lot of rappers try to emulate it and be ‘hardcore’ when they might not even live that lifestyle,� Palosaari said.

McGuire said he once listened to a song from an individual in the North who mentioned a gun that wasn’t even available in Canada.

Palosaari said he thinks artists who rap about the same

things some American rappers do may be trying to gain a form of acceptance. “We are all about realism, we talk about real life events, real stories,� he said of They Media. “I think a lot of lost souls definitely want to use hiphop as a voice,� McGuire said. “Shibastik is the only guy who has bridged his culture and his music. He actually lives like that, he goes out and hunts partridges – he lives on the land.�

They Media have more upcoming shows planned, and are currently working on a few projects to be released in the near future. “I’m trying to make a career out of it (hip-hop) now,�

Palosaari said. “It’s a job for me and I work hard at it every day.�

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New counselling services now available in Thunder Bay Stephanie Wesley Special to Wawatay News

Located in the Thunder Bay Centre of Change, Beedaubin Resources and Wawia Counseling held the grand opening of their Thunder Bay office on Oct. 18.

According to Ange-Aimee Wawia (M.S.W, R.S.W), Wawia Counseling “provides counseling to different ages of people, Anishinabek primarily� but also “welcomes people of all colours who may be under employee assistance programs.� “I work with people who tell me what they’d like to receive counselling for,� Wawia said.

She explained that clients who she works with often seek help for issues like unresolved grief, mental health issues like depression or schizophrenia, Indian residential schools survivors, children of Indian residential school survivors, abuse, anger management, suicide, and the loss of a loved one to suicide. “I also work with people who are experiencing anxiety and stress,� Wawia said. “I help them learn how to cope with stress and learn about stress levels. I also teach them how to cope with panic attacks.�

Wawia said that when she works with clients, she

looks at their emotional life, spiritual life, mental health, and physical life to try to get a balance between those four components. “I believe that people have strengths, and sometimes life has many challenges,� she said. “They feel good if they work on themselves and their components to work towards a healthier lifestyle.�

Alice Sabourin (M.S.W, R.S.W) explained that her counselling service is different from Wawia’s. “A lot of my work is in community outreach,� Sabourin said. “I will go right into a First Nation and do crisis counselling and trauma work.�

Beedaubin Resources is a counselling and consulting service that specializes in traditional healing and wellness. “I try to reintroduce ways of people being connected to each other,� Sabourin said. “Through work with sewing and art, I try to help people remember the good parts of who we were as a people. Sometimes that’s bringing Elders together with young people.�

Sabourin is currently working with Neskantaga First Nation where she spends a week out of each month helping the community with her counseling service.

“I would like to do into other First Nations to do similar work,� Sabourin said. “I see myself as a motivator. Someone can come in (to Beedaubin) and be motivated to see what they are capable of, especially Aboriginal women and families.�

A few months prior to the grand opening, Sabourin discussed with Wawia the idea of acquiring office space to open up the counselling services in Thunder Bay. They took a look at an available space in the Thunder Bay Centre of Change, which once was Hillcrest High School. “We first looked at this office back in May of this year,�

Wawia explained. “We are really proud to have it open to the public now,�

Wawia said she and Sabourin had to do their own renovations and painting, and is happy with the outcome. “There is a peaceful feeling,� Wawia said of the new office, which happens to be in the previous counselling room for Hillcrest High School. “It’s a nice space with different sitting areas and private areas.�

Sabourin said that she would like to help people who are dealing with the long term effects of residential school, as well as second generation

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Ange-Aimee Wawia and Alice Sabourin at the grand opening of their new office inside of the Thunder Bay Centre of Change as Genevieve Sabourin cuts the ribbon. survivors “who aren’t even aware of how they have been impacted.� “I want to help people reconnect with their own natural resources as Anishinabe people through arts and heritage,� Sabourin said. “We are here for whoever would like to seek counselling,�

Wawia added. “People don’t have to suffer in silence.�

Wawia said that the people who do attend their counselling

sessions do well. “I was in that position before and I needed help, and people helped me,� Wawia said. She said anyone who is seeking counselling or help can be referred to Wawia Counseling or Beedaubin Resources by agencies in town, or they can request the services on their own. “People can self-refer, which means they just phone and I make the appointment with

them,� Wawia said. “ “I’m happy that all the people came out to see our space today, and I appreciate the Elders for being here with us and all the people who helped in many different ways,� Wawia said of the grand opening.

Beedaubin Resources can be reached at 807-286-1128.

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The Medicine Bear comes to Sioux Lookout Geoff Shields Sioux Mountain Public School was host to a workshop put on by the Kahawi Dance Theatre.

The workshop and a performance at the Queen Elizabeth High School in the evening by the troupe were part of the Kids Kaleidoscope Series which promotes the performing arts in northern Ontario and was organised by Michelle Diston, the school secretary who is also programmer for the series and Dorothy Broderick, marketing manager for the project.

Held in the school gymnasium three Kawahi performers , Jessie Dell, Aria Evans and Alex Twin captivated a young and appreciative audience for one and a half hours by teaching them some of the movements of the show, which are a fusion of traditional powwow steps and contemporary ballet to which the children avidly responded by joining in the movements presented by the dancers.

Kahawi (Ga-Ha Wee) means “to carry” in the Mohawk language and is the traditional name for the family of artistic director Santee Smith who founded the group over 10 years ago.

Smith is Haudenosaunee from the Mohawk nation and she put together the troupe with a vision to combine both contemporary and indigenous dance fusing the two styles and retelling traditional stories most of which originate around Mohawk culture.

Since then they have travelled all over Ontario they have also performed in other parts of Canada including Vancouver, Saskatchewan and Calgary.

They have also performed in Alburqueque New Mexico for the Gathering of Nations and New York and Washington and worked with other indigenous communities around the world such as the Ainu (Japan), Maori (New Zealand) and Australian Aboriginies.

Rheanne Chartrand, community outreach coordinator for Kawahi spoke of the productions the group has been performing.

“Some are geared for audiences of all ages, while some are specifically geared for children” she said.

“The children have a ton of energy, they are always very enthusiastic about learning, everyone seems eager to learn and to express themselves and I think that’s’ what is most important.”

Dell said the children are often unsure about dance, unsure about their body and movement.

“We try to make a safe place for them to explore although we can see sometimes they are hesitant about dancing, but eventually they loosen up and you can see that they love to dance, everybody wants and loves to dance and they just need to have a safe place to do it” Dell said.

“When the stories are told in this way in the form of dancing and involving funny little characters, I think it creates a handle for the youth they see stories on television, however the stories we do have underlying messages that I think they can relate to and learn from them.”

At the end of each session the children are encouraged to ask questions and judging by the delighted response the workshop was a resounding success.

The evening performance at Queen Elizabeth High School was attended by more than 50 people consisting of young toddlers and their parents.

It was a “ Longhouse “story based on the beliefs of the Six Nations (Iroquois) and conveyed how the Creator gave the gift of medicine to the bear clan as a reward for showing compassion to an old man.

The three dancers representing the characters of the medicine bear, a flower and the hunter performed in a background of Norval Morriseau motifs and used televised characters of their show as a background which they blended into two stories were presented the first being comical representing the hunter and the bear and the second one with the bear as the keeper of the medicines.

The underlying message was about respecting the earth, the plants and the animals and how you should offer tobacco whenever you pick medicine to give thanks to Mother Earth.

At the end of the show the audience was encouraged to ask questions and the evening ended on a very positive note.

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