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Is ice road trucking a thing of the past? As winters get warmer and communities struggle to bring in supplies on winter roads, other options such as solar power air blimps are in the works Submitted photo by Solar Ship

The winter road season keeps getting shorter. This year, as a number of leaders point out, many communities are still waiting on the first truckloads of supplies (see story, page 12-13). Many point the blame at climate change causing warmer winters and unpredictable snowfalls. Others, including Wasaya, are starting to prepare for the days when ice road trucking is no longer an option. One solution may be hybrid airships for moving people and goods between the north and south (see story, page 14).

ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᐃᐡᑾ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᐗᐣ ᐅᓴᒼ ᐁᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᕒᐃᐠ ᑫᕒᐃᐠ ᐗᐗᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᑲᓂᐊᔭᒋᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᓯᐌ ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐊᓂᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᑲᑕᐌᑕᑯᐣ ᑲᔭᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥᐎᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐗᓯᑲᓂᐱᒥᑌ, ᐗᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ᙮ “ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᓂ ᐅᐣᒋᐊᐣᒋᓭ ᒋᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᓴᒼ ᐁᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔭᓂ ᐃᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑖᓂ ᒧᕒᐃᐢ᙮ “ᐊᓂᐅᐣᒋ ᓴᓇᑭᓭ ᐁᑕᓱᐊᐦᑭᐗᐠ ᒋᑭᐱᒥᑕᐱᔭᐠ ᑲᑯᓯᑯᑭᐣ ᐅᑕᐸᓇᐠ, ᐗᑲᐦᐃᑫᐎᐣ, ᐱᒥᑌ, ᐗᓯᑲᓂᐱᒥᑌ᙮ ᐅᐅᐌ ᓄᑯᒼ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ (ᒪᕒᐨ 8), ᑲᒪᔑ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑭᐱᒥᑕᐱᓯᒥᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᑫᑕᒪᐠ ᒥᑲᓇ ᒋᑭᒥᓈᔑᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐊᑕᐌᔭᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᐊᐸᒋᑐᔭᐠ ᑎᓄᑲᐣ ᐗᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ, ᐊᑐᐱᐎᓇᐣ, ᐱᒥᑌ, ᐗᓯᑲᓂᐱᒥᑌ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭᑕᑯᐎᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ᙮ ᐁᓂ ᐃᐡᑾᑭᔑᑲᐠ, ᐊᓂ ᐃᓯᓭ, ᒋᒣᑎᓂᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᒋᐱᒥᐎᑌᑭᐣ ᐱᒥᓭᐎᓂᐠᒥᓇ ᐊᔕ ᐁᑭ ᐃᐡᑾᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ᙮” ᒫᕒᐃᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᔕ ᐁᑭᒪᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᐁᒪᒋᐱᓱᐗᐨ ᐅᑐᑕᐸᓂᐗ ᒣᑾᐨ ᒪᕒᐨ 7᙮ “ᒥᐱᑯ ᐁᑕ ᑫᑭᑐᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᔭᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ, ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᓇᓂᐗᐠ, ᒋᑭᒪᒋᐱᓱᐗᐨ,” ᒫᕒᐃᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮

“ᒥᐌ ᐁᔑᐸᑯᓭᑕᒪᐣ ᒋᒥᓈᔑᐠ ᒥᑲᓇ ᑲᓇᑫ ᓂᔓ ᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᒋᒥᓉᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᒋᒥᑲᓇᓂ᙮ ᔕᑯᐨ ᒥᓇ, ᑲᐎᐣ ᑭᑫᑕᓯᒥᐣ --ᑕᐅᒋᑭᑾᔭ ᒋᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᒐᑭᐊᐣᑯᓱᐨ ᐊᐊᐌ ᑯᐣ᙮” ᒫᕒᐃᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᓴᒼ ᐎᐸᐨ ᑲᑭᓱᑭᐳᐠ ᑭᐸᐯᒋᓭ ᒋᐊᑯᑎᑭᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᓯᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᐱᑕᑎᐠ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ, ᓯᐱᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓯᐱᓴᐣ᙮ “ᐅᓴᒼ ᐎᐸᐨ ᑭᓱᑭᐳᐣ ᒥᑕᐦᐃ ᑯᐣ ᐁᑭᐸᑭᔑᐠ ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐅᓴᒼ ᐁᑭᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐊᓇᒥᐠ ᑯᓂᑲᐣᐠ,” ᒫᕒᐃᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᓇᑕᐌᑕᑯᐣ ᓂᐱ ᒋᐊᑯᑎᐠ ᐱᓇᒪ ᐁᑲᒪᔑ ᑲᓱᑭᐳᐠ, ᑲᐎᐣᑕᐡ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᓯᓭᐠ᙮ ᑭᑭᒋᓱᑭᐳᐣ ᓂᑕᒼ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐊᓂᐊᑯᑎᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᔖᑲᓂᐱᔭᐠ ᒥᑕᐡ ᐁᔑᓇᑯᓯᐨ ᒥᑯᒼ ᐁᒧᒋᐗᐱᓯᐨ, ᑲᐎᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑌᐺ ᒋᒪᐡᑲᐎᓯᑾᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᑭᑕᐱᐗᐨ ᑲᒥᑲᓇᑫᐗᐨ ᐅᑕᐸᓇᐠ᙮” ᒫᕒᐃᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐅᔑᑐᐗᐨ ᒥᑲᓇᓂ ᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐡᑾᐱᒪᑎᓯᐗᐠ ᐁᑭᑕᐗᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᒥᑯᒥᑲᐣᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᐱᐳᐠ᙮ “ᒥᐌ ᐁᓯᓭᐠ ᐁᔑᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᔭᐠ ᐁᔑᓇᑯᐠ ᐅᐅᐌ ᐅᓴᒼ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ᙮” ᒫᕒᐃᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᐊᑎᑯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᓇᔓᐌᐎᓂᓂ ᒑᓂ ᒥᑭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᔭᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᑭᑫᑕᒥᐣ ᑫᓂᓇᐎᐟ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᒥᓇᐣ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᔭᐦᑭᐗᐠ, ᐁᐎᑕᐠ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᒪᔑ ᐁᑌᐱᓇᒧᐗᐨ ᐅᑕᐸᒋᒋᑲᓂᐗ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒣᑾᐨ ᒪᕒᐨ 8᙮ “ᐯᔑᐠ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᐎᐣ ᑌᐱ ᐊᐱᑕᑎᓯᓄᐣ,”

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ᒥᑭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑫᒋᐣ ᐊᐱᑕ ᑲᔭᐱᑕᐦᐅᑕᓱᐨ ᐅᑕᐸᐣ ᑕᑭᐱᒥᐎᑌᐗᐣ, ᑭᔑᐎᑕᒪᑯ, ᐅᐅᐌᑎ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐊᐱᑕ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ᙮ ᑕᒪᒋᐱᒥᑕᐱᐗᐠ ᐅᐅᐌ ᐊᓂᐅᐡᑭᑭᔑᑲᐠ (ᒪᕒᐨ 11) ᐱᒥᑌᓂ, ᑲᐎᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᑫᑕᓯᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑫᑭᑌᐱᓇᒪᐠ᙮” ᒥᑭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᑫᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐊᐦᑭᐗᐠ ᐊᓂᒐᑾ ᐊᐱᐨ ᐅᐅᐌᑎ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐎᓇᐣ᙮ “ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᐦᑭᐗᐠ ᑭᐃᓯᓭᒥᐣ ᐁᑲ

ᒋᑕᑯᑕᐱᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐱᒥᑕᐱᐎᓇᐣ,” ᒥᑭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᒥᑭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐊᓂ ᐃᐡᐸᑭᑌᐗᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐱᒥᑕᐸᑌᑭᐣ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐠ᙮ “ᐃᐃᐌ ᐅᓴᒼ ᑲᓂᐡᐸᑭᑌᐠ ᐗᓯᑲᓂᐱᒥᑌ,” ᒥᑭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ (ᒪᒪᐎᒋᑫ) ᐊᐸᒋᑐᐨ ᒋᐱᒥᓴᐦᐅᑐᐨ, (ᒥᒋᒼ) ᑕᐅᒋ ᐃᐡᐸᑭᑌᐗᐣ᙮” ᑭᐌᐎᐣ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐗᑭᓱᐨ ᐁᑎ ᒥᑭᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᐠ “ᒪᐗᐨ ᐁᒪᒋᓭᐦᐃᐌᒪᑲᐠ” ᐃᐃᐌ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ

ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ, ᐁᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐁᑭᑌᐱᓇᒧᐗᒋᐣ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐱᒪᐦᐅᑕᓱᐎᓇᐣ ᐱᒥᑌᓂ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᒪᕒᐨ 8᙮ “ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᑭᐱᒪᐦᐅᑕᓱᓇᓂᐗᐣ ᐁᐱᒥᑕᐱᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐱᓂᐡ ᑲᓂ ᐃᐡᑾ ᐊᑭᓱᐨ ᒪᕒᐨ,” ᐁᑎ ᒥᑭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᓄᑯᒼ ᐃᑕᐡ ᐃᓯᓭ ᑲᓂᒪᑕᑭᓱᐨ ᒪᕒᐨ ᐁᑭᐱᒋᓭᐠ ᐱᒥᑕᐱᐎᓇᐣ᙮ ᑲᑭᓇ ᔭᐎᔭ ᐸᐸᔑᓇᑐᒋᑫ ᐅᐱᒥᑌᒥᐗ ᒋᑭᑕᑯᐎᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ᙮” ᐁᑎ ᒥᑭᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᑭᐸᑫᐱᓱᐨ ᐅᑕᐸᓇᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑎᐱᑲᐠ ᒪᕒᐨ 7 ᓂᔓᑭᔑᐠ ᑭᑭᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᑭᑎᐱᑲᐠ ᐯᔑᐠ ᑲᐱᒋᑕᐱᐨ ᐗᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᓂ ᑭᐸᑫᐦᐁ, ᐃᐃᐌ ᑕᐡ ᒥᑲᓇ ᑭᑭᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌ,” ᐁᑎ ᒥᑭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑕᑭᐱᒋᓭ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᐣ ᒋᐱᒥᑕᐱᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐱᒋᑫᐨ ᓂᔓᑭᔑᐠ ᒋᐊᓂᑭᔡᔭᓭᐠ᙮” ᐊᓴᑎᔭᑎᐠ ᐱᑯᑎᓇ ᑲᔭᓂᑯᐡᑲᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᒉᑲᑊ ᐢᑐᕒᐊᐣᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐊᐌ ᒥᑯᒼ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑌᐱ ᐊᐱᑕᑎᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑫᐎᓇᐗ ᐅᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐗ ᐅᐅᐌ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᓂᔓᔭᐦᑭ᙮ “(ᔕᑯᐨ) ᑭᑕᑯᑕᐱᒥᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᓇᑕᐌᑕᒪᐠ,” ᐢᑐᕒᐊᐣᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐌ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᓂᔓᔭᐦᑭ ᐃᔑᓇᑯᐣ ᐁᑕᑲᔭᐠ ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᒥᓇ ᐁᒣᒣᐡᑯᒋᑕᑲᔭᐠ᙮ ᒥᐌ ᐁᔑᐗᐸᑕᒪ ᐁᔑᒪᒣᑭᓯᓭᐠ᙮” ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐌᐎᐣ ᐅᑭᔭᔭᓇᐗ -2 ᐁᐱᒋᑕᑲᔭᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᒪᕒᐨ 8᙮

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Needle exchange operated across north

Healing youth workshop

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority is taking over the needle exchange programs in the 31 communities it serves. The program used to be operated by Health Canada. Clean needles are available for free to anyone who asks for them in the communities. The program is trying to help prevent the spread of Hepatitis C and HIV, since many cases of the diseases are spread through injection drug use.

A conference focused on healing youth and families was held in Thunder Bay. Hosted by Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, the conference brought staff from the mental health and addictions organization as well as community partners together. The focus was on youth, and how cultural knowledge helps youth who are experiencing difficulties. Presenters said it is crucial for youth to be connected to language, community, clans and names.

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ᔕᐳᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᒋᑕᐦᐅᑎᓱᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑭᐌᐅᑕᐱᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᐊᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌ ᒥᓯᐌ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ

ᒥᓄᐗᒋᐦᐃᑎᐎᐣ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒪᐗᒋᐦᐃᑎᐎᐣ ᒪᐗᒋᐦᐃᑎᐎᐣ ᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌ ᑫᐅᒋ ᒥᓄᐗᒋᐦᐊᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑎᐯᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ ᐁᑭᑲᓇᐗᐸᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᓬᐃᑯ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᑎᐯᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑫᐎᐣ, ᐅᐅᐌ ᒪᐗᒋᐦᐃᑎᐎᐣ ᑭᐱᔕᐗᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᓇᑲᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᒥᑐᓀᒋᑲᐣ ᒥᓄᔭᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐗᐡᑴᐱᐎᐣ ᐃᓇᐱᓀᐎᐣ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑭᒪᒪᐎᐡᑲᐗᐨ᙮ ᑭᑲᓇᐗᐸᒪᑲᓀᐗᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᑭᑫᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐁᐎᒋᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᒥᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᑲᓴᓇᑲᑎᓂᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ᙮ ᑲᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐗᐨ ᑭᔑᐎᑕᒪᑫᐗᐠ ᒪᐗᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᑫᑕᒧᐗᐸᐣ ᐃᔑᑭᔗᐎᓇᐣ, ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ, ᑐᑌᒥᒪᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐎᓇᐣ᙮

ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐊᑯᓯᐎ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᓇᐗ ᔕᐳᓂᑲᐣ ᑲᒋᑕᐦᐅᑎᓱᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑭᐌᐅᑕᐱᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᓂᓱᒥᑕᓇᔑᐯᔑᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑫᐗᐨ᙮ ᐅᐅᐌ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑭᐅᒋ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᑯᓯᐎᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ᙮ ᑲᑲ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᔕᐳᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᑌᐗᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᔭᐎᔭ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑲᑴᑌᐨ ᐎᐊᐸᒋᑐᒋᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ᙮ ᐅᐅᐌ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑲᑴᐎᒋᑐᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐊᓂᒥᔕᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᒥᓂᑎᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᑯᓯᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑲᑭᒥᓄᐗᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑎᓄᑲᐣ Hepatitis C ᒥᓇ HIV, ᐅᓄᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᐊᑯᓯᐎᓇᐣ ᐅᒋᐊᔕᐌᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐗᐣ ᑲ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᒋᑕᐦᐅᑎᓱᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐣ ᑲᒪᒐᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ᙮

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Hockey week in northwestern Ontario

Canadian Army trains in northeastern Ontario Exercise Trillium Response was conducted by the Canadian military to train soldiers in harsh winter weather, in Cochrane and Moosonee region in late February. About 1,500 soldiers participated, along with 18 Canadian Rangers from Kashechewan, Moose Factory, Fort Albany and Constance Lake. The army used tanks and paratroopers during the training session, as well as collaboration with the Canadian Air Force. Page 22

ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᓄᑎᓂᑫᐗᐨ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒧᐢ ᐸᐠᑐᕒᐃ ᑎᕒᐃᓬᐃᔭᒼ ᓇᑯᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌ ᐁᑭᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᓄᑎᓂᑫᐗᐨ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐗᐨ ᑲᓄᑎᓂᑫᓂᐨ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᐱᐳᐠ ᓄᑎᓂᑫᓇᓂᐗᐠ, ᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐗᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑳᑯᕒᐊᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒧᓴᓂ ᑲᓂᐡᑾᑭᓱᐨ ᐯᐱᐌᕒᐃ᙮ ᐊᐗᔑᒣ 1500 ᑲᓄᑎᓂᑫᐗᐨ ᑭᑕᑶᐗᐠ, ᒥᓇ 18 ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᕒᐊᐣᒍᕒᐢ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᐗᐨ ᑫᔐᒋᐗᐣ, ᒧᐢ ᐸᐠᑐᕒᐃ, ᐱᑕᐯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑳᓬᐢᑖᐠ᙮ ᑲᓄᑎᓂᑫᐗᐨ ᐅᑭᐊᐸᒋᐦᐊᐗᐣ ᑲᐸᑭᓯᑫᓂᐨ ᐅᑕᐸᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐸᑭᑕᔑᐗᐨ ᑲᓄᑎᓂᑫᐗᐨ ᑭᐊᐸᒋᐦᐊᑲᓀᐗᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᓇᓂᐗᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᐎᑕᓄᑭᒪᐗᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᐱᒥᓭᐗᐨ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᐠ᙮ Page 22

Prison report highlights problems The growing rates of Aboriginal people being incarcerated was brought up in a special report to parliament last week. Canada’s prison watchdog presented findings that showed there has been a 43 per cent increase in the number of Aboriginal prisoners over the last five years. He criticized the federal government for not doing enough to deal with the problem.

ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑎᐎᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᒪᒋᓭᐠ ᑲᔭᓂᒥᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᑾᐦᐊᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐊᐱᐗᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᐠ᙮ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᐅᒋᑲᓇᐗᐱᐨ ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑎᐎᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑᒥᑭᑫᐨ ᐁᐊᔑᓇᑯᑎᓂᐠ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᐁᐊᓂᒥᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᑾᐦᐊᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᐅᐅᐌ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᓂᔭᓄᐊᐦᑭ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ᙮ ᐅᑭᑲᓄᓇᐗᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑌᐱᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐅᐅᐌᓂ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᐣᓯᓭᐠ᙮ Page 8

The communities of Sioux Lookout and Dryden are abuzz with preparation for two major hockey tournaments happening from March 11-17. Dryden is hosting a northern bands tournament for the first time this year, with 24 teams expected to participate. Sioux Lookout’s annual Northern First Nations tournament features 17 teams. The playoffs in Sioux Lookout happen on March 15, with the finals on March 16. In Dryden, playoffs happen March 15 and 16 and finals take place Mar. 17, so fans can catch the championships of both tournaments. Page 20

ᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐎᐣ ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᑐᒋᑲᑌ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ᙮ ᐅᑌᓇᐣ ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑎᕒᔾᑌᐣ ᐊᓂᒪᒋᐅᓇᒋᑫᐗᐠ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑲᑴᐸᑭᓇᑎᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒣᑾᐨ ᒪᕒᐨ 11-17᙮ ᑎᕒᔾᑌᐣ ᐅᑲᑲᓇᐗᐸᑕᓇᐗ ᑭᐎᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᐅᐌ ᓂᑕᒼ ᑲᐊᐦᑭᐗᑎᓂᐠ, ᓂᔑᑕᓇᔑᓂᐎᐣ ᑲᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐗᐨ ᑕᐱᔕᐗᐠ ᒋᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐗᐨ᙮ ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐠ ᐁᑕᓱᐊᐦᑭᐗᐠ ᑭᐌᑎᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐗᐨ ᒥᑕᓯᓂᔀᓯ ᑕᑕᓯᓄᐗᐠ᙮ ᑲᓴᑭᒋᐌᐸᐦᐅᑎᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐠ ᑕᑐᒋᑲᑌᐗᐣ ᒪᕒᐨ 15, ᑲᑲᑴᐸᑭᓇᑫᐗᐨ ᐃᐡᑴᔭᐨ ᑕᑐᒋᑲᑌᐗᐣ ᒪᕒᐨ 16᙮ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑎᕒᔾᑌᐣ, ᑲᑲᑴᓴᑭᒋᐌᐸᐦᐅᑎᐗᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑴᔭᐨ ᑲᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐗᐨ ᑕᑐᒋᑲᑌᐗᐣ ᒪᕒᐨ 17, ᑲᑲᓇᐗᐱᐗᐨ ᒋᑲᓇᐗᐸᑕᒧᐗᒋᐣ ᐅᓄᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐎᓇᐣ᙮

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Wabauskang awaiting Grassy Narrows court decision Shawn Bell Wawatay News

While the decision in the Grassy Narrows versus Ontario legal battle, expected sometime this year, will impact treaty rights for First Nations across the country, one of Grassy Narrows’ closest neighbours may be the most affected by the decision. Wabauskang First Nation of Treaty #3 is in the midst of its own legal struggle over resource development on its traditional territory, since it took gold mining company Rubicon Minerals to court in December 2012. Wabauskang Chief Leslie Cameron said his community is looking to the decision in the Grassy Narrows case, called the Keewatin decision, for clarity in its own legal situation. “We were heavily involved in the Keewatin appeal and made arguments in support of Grassy Narrows and that support our own case against Rubicon and Ontario,” Cameron said. “The Court of Appeal seemed really interested in our arguments. We’re expecting to win.” Even though Grassy Narrows is targeting the forestry industry and Wabauskang the mineral sector, both conflicts essentially argue the same point

The Grassy Narrows court case focuses on clear cut logging, while Wabauskang’s legal action revolves around mining. But both First Nations argue that the Ontario government has no jurisdiction to approve projects that affect treaty rights, which is why Wabauskang is watching the outcome of the Grassy Narrows court case closely. – that Ontario has no jurisdiction to approve projects on First Nations land, since the federal government oversees First Nations issues. After a decade-long court struggle, an Ontario judge ruled in favour of Grassy Narrows in July 2011, saying the provincial government did not have the authority to approve projects that would violate

treaty rights. Ontario promptly appealed the decision. The appeal wrapped up in January 2013, and a decision is expected sometime within the next six months. Grassy Narrows’ legal councel Robert Janes, of Janes Freedman Kyle Law, told Wawatay that the Keewatin appeal will most likely end up at the Supreme Court of Canada.

“This is a precedent setting case,” Janes said on Jan. 30, adding that provinces across Canada are watching the case closely. For Cameron, the precedent of the Keewatin case will be felt in his own backyard. Wabauskang’s chief has long argued that Ontario is passing its responsibility to consult with First Nations down to mining

companies, with the result that First Nation interests are being overlooked in the process. In the Rubicon case, Cameron said his community opposed the company’s plans since it was first contacted about them in 2009. Yet Ontario approved Rubicon’s mine, leaving Wabauskang no choice but to go to court.

“We didn’t want to go to court, so even though we don’t think Ontario had the authority to approve the mine, we tried to work with the company over the last year to resolve our concerns,” Cameron said on Dec. 18. “We’ve been unsuccessful, so we’re forced to go to court to ensure that our interests are protected.” Now, as Wabauskang awaits the Keewatin decision along with the rest of the country, Cameron is hopeful that the courts will set right a situation that does not work for First Nations. “If we’re successful, Ontario’s going to have to totally rethink how it treats us and other Treaty #3 First Nations when it comes to mining,” Cameron said. “We’re reasonable people. We’re not saying the mine can’t ever go ahead. But we have to be treated properly and our treaty rights have to be respected. “So far, neither Rubicon nor Ontario has done this, even after we filed our lawsuit,” he added. “When Keewatin is decided in our favour, they won’t have any choice but to get serious with us.”

Proposed solution to Lakehead law school curriculum fails to end sit in Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Lakehead University students conducting a sit in protest outside the university president’s office have rejected a proposed solution developed by the school administration and Aboriginal leaders. Lee Stuesser, dean of Lakehead’s new law school, had hoped a proposed new course developed in coordination with NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic and Metis Nation of Ontario’s president and CEO Gary Lipinski would satisfy the student protestors. The students are calling on the faculty to re-implement a full-credit indigenous course in the new law school’s course of study after it was changed to a half-credit course, despite Stuesser’s assurance that a law half-credit course would com-

plement the indigenous one. The proposed new law course, called Aboriginal Perspectives, would be a mandatory, half-credit component of the curriculum that introduces students to Aboriginal culture, traditions and perspectives through speakers, dialogue and experience-based learning. However, the protestors rejected the proposal presented to them on March 6. “Administration proposed to satisfy us by creating two half-credit courses; an equal to one full credit, which they suggested addresses our concerns regarding dismantling the Native Canadian World Views course,” the students, who call themselves Students For Native Canadian Studies, said in an open letter. “It does not.” The students said they feel “betrayed” by Lakehead and “abandoned by our First

Nation leaders and representatives.” “By prior statements our First Nations leaders put forth, we honestly believed that they were fully supportive of our endeavors,” the letter states. The students said the sit in will only end after a motion is presented in the Senate of Lakehead University to restore the original curriculum. “This is our only request,” the letter concluded. Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee had conveyed his support for the proposed enhancement in a letter to Stuesser. “It is our position that treaty and inherent rights in Canada require more focus for not just First Nation students, but for Canadian students as well,” said Madahbee, who was not involved in the development of the course.

“This will ensure a healthier environment for productive discussions and decision making when faced with First Nation issues.” In a Lakehead press release, Stuesser has expressed his commitment to developing a

law school that emphasizes working with Aboriginal peoples in order to effectively address the legal needs of Aboriginal communities. He added that no other law school in Canada has mandatory, stand-alone courses in its

program’s first year devoted to Aboriginal issues and no other law school in Canada has a mandatory stand-alone course in its program’s second year devoted to Aboriginal law. Lakehead’s law degree program has both.

To commemorate International Women’s Day

Neighbours Friends and Families Most Ontarians feel a personal responsibility to ending women abuse, and with the help of NFF, you will learn how to do this effectively. Recognizing it is the first step. Take the warning signs seriously. You could save a life.

RECOGNIZE: Learn the warning signs of women abuse. RESPOND: Get involved. You can learn how to speak to abusive men, or how to safety plan with the woman. REFER: Give her the NFF brochures, the number to the Women’s Emergency Shelter - Call your local Women's Emergency Shelter" or in an emergency, contact the Police by calling 911. If children are involved, you need to also contact children’s protection services since women abuse hurts children. For more information visit www.neighboursfriendsandfamilies.ca

Building Training, Employment and Development Opportunities For The Future On March 25th and 26th, 2013, Fort William First Nation will be hosting their first Mining Conference. The theme of the conference is to build stronger relationships with Mining Leaders in Northwestern Ontario, government officials and mining related contractors and suppliers.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Hear from speakers in the mining industry about training, employment and economic development opportunities for the future. Visit tradeshow booths from mining related industries.

Register online for free at

www.fwfnmining.com or for more information call (807) 285-3404

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

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

Commentary

Stereotypes don’t always fit Stephanie Wesley WAWATAY COLUMNIST

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fter thinking about the way things are in the city I live in at the moment regarding race-relations between Anishinaabe and nonAnishinaabe people, I still feel it is important to try to work together or at least keep your head up and continue to live your life. I see this in a lot of the people I know or encounter. As bad as things may get here, this city is still a very nice place to live. If it wasn’t, I wouldn’t be living here. If it was really so awful, a lot of students would not choose to come here for school. If it was very terrible, people wouldn’t choose to raise their families here. Yes there are still issues that need to be dealt with and trust in local law enforcement needs to be established or reestablished as soon as possible. I myself try not to view the local police force undesirably because I don’t want to walk around carrying that negativity. It is very exhausting to resent for no real reason, and it steals all of your positive energy. When I visited Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, I was happy to see that for the most part, the students were very happy and so were the staff. It wasn’t as gloomy as some news outlets painted it out to be. There is lots of good that goes on there and the students love their school. Sadly racism is something that the students have to deal with but they are completely resilient and they stick to their guns; they are here to get their education and to have a good life. I think stereotypes are the worst, and yes we Anishinaabe people will at times stereotype others. I recently talked to an acquaintance about her run-in with a police officer and she admitted me to me that she was afraid because of a pre-existing notion on what any encounter with a member of Thunder Bay law enforcement would be like. Fortunately for her, the officer she encountered was very helpful, kind, and understanding. She now tries not to hold any negative feelings towards officers in general and won’t judge a whole group of people on the actions of a few out of a

hundred. I recently attended a hip-hop show put on by an upcoming record label in the city, and the owner of the label chose Newfie’s Pub as the location for the show. This choice was immediately met with disdain and skepticism from a lot of people, including Anishinaabe folk. Most people thought it was going to be a violent disaster and some said they wouldn’t go. Newfie’s Pub is known as the bar of choice for Anishinaabe people; it’s nothing new and is also nothing to be ashamed of. There are plenty of other bars and clubs in the city frequented on a regular basis by nonAnishinaabe people, so Newfie’s isn’t all that bad once you do the math. It is a good place to go to meet friends, play pool, and listen to music, like any other social establishment in any city. The show itself went off quite successfully. I loved the turn out, and the performers were amazing. It was also the first time I had seen that many non-Anishinaabe people in the pub – not that I frequent that place. I’ve been there a few times in the last four years and have never had any real trouble while there so the belief that Newfie’s and its patrons are violent is unfounded as far as I am concerned. Any occasional violent incidents that may have taken place, I guarantee they have taken place at the other 15 bars or so in the city with nonAnishinaabe people. Just take a drive out to one of the local clubs at “bar rush” and witness some of the obnoxious behavior by the patrons for yourself/for a laugh. The success of the hip-hop show just proves that you can break stereotypes and that Anishinaabe-people and nonAnishinaabe people can work together especially when it comes to something like music and supporting artists here in the city. A record label that caters to both Anishinaabe and non-Anishinaabe is definitely a good and creative way to bring the city closer together and help demolish pre-existing stereotypes. While the city has its issues, its problems, its “bad side,” I don’t think I would ever want to leave. It has become my home, and no matter how rough the road may get at times, I won’t be scared out of it. But seriously, check out any club at “bar rush” and bring some popcorn.

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Pikangikum, February 1981.

Grandfather talking Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

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ecoming a professional writer is a process. I’ve been at it a long time now and I’m still learning, still working to grasp and use new tools, new approaches. This month will mark the 32nd year that I’ve collected a pay check for writing. In that time I’ve moved from newspaper to radio to television to novels, memoirs and poetry. Along the way I’ve learned incredible amounts of things about the world, life, philosophy and myself. I wouldn’t trade this life for anything. Back when I first started there were no personal computers. We still used typewriters and carbon paper. There was no email and even a fax machine was considered unbelievable technology. We used to glue newspaper pages together. Research was done through books in libraries, archives and museums. To become the writer I am at 55 meant learning to

negotiate one heck of a lot of changes in a short time. Becoming a human being is a process too. It takes a lot of work to create a personal history. There’s far more to it than just showing up for life every day. There are choices, both profound and banal, that need to be made. There are things to consider. There are numerous directions to take at a moment’s notice and there are literally a multitude of people willing to offer opinion, advice, suggestion and judgment. Just when you think you know life comes along to show you that you really don’t. For instance, when I made it back to my people when I was 24, there wasn’t anything I wanted to be more than I wanted to be regarded as a genuine Ojibway. See, I’d been lost for a long time and had no real idea of who I was. Foster homes and adoption into a white middle class family will do that to you. So that by the time I made it home all I wanted to do was fit in and represent myself as the best Ojibway possible. The people I saw around me at gatherings and powwows and ceremonies made me proud – and I really wanted to reflect that pride. I set out to be the most native person I could be.

But I was terrified of failure. I thought that being a genuine Ojibway meant that I needed to know how to do certain things. Like hunting and fishing, how to set a gill net, track a moose, to speak my language and conduct ceremony. I thought it meant doing warrior things in a warrior world – or at least, what was left of it. As a man I thought that I needed to learn manly things expressed, of course, in an Ojibway motif. But a woman I met set me straight. I was at a traditional camp north of Temiskaming. It was called a cultural survival camp and I took it at its word. I wanted to survive as a cultural person. One morning when the men set out to do some hunting for the evening meal, I asked to go. The oldest men looked at me and refused to take me. I was crushed. I felt defeated and unworthy. “Come with me,” the woman said and led me into the bush. For an hour she sent me hacking through the timber for dry branches I could snap off with my hands or feet. I gathered armloads and trundled them back to camp. It was hot, sweaty work but I still felt useless and unworthy. But when we got back to camp she told me to look at

the old people. She told me to imagine how much they would appreciate a good, blazing fire in the evening’s chill. She asked me to imagine how safe it would make them feel. Then, she told me to look at the children. She asked me to imagine how it would feel for them to fill their bellies with meat cooked over the fire I started. She asked me to imagine how happy they would feel. She told me that gathering wood and lighting a fire was very important work. She said that through it I would learn the biggest thing first. I would learn to care for people. In the end, that’s the most warrior-like thing you can do, she told me; to care for the people around you, to place their needs ahead of your own. I’ve always tried to remember that. I’m not finished the process of becoming a writer, nor am I finished becoming a human being. There is always so much more to learn and incorporate into the process of living each day. Staying open to that and being willing to find the big lessons in the smallest of things is what gets you home, really. I’ve always tried to remember that too.

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Re: Jury roll just one part of issue with justice system, Wawatay News Mar. 7, 2013

Searching for artists Good day. We have recently been funded to create a poster series on the UN Rights of the Child, but with an Aboriginal youth focus. Something along the lines of what the Scottish have done (see http://www. sccyp.org.uk/resources/uncrc-illustrated-guide/images-young-people) but more diverse for our people. The primary audience is youth in care, and the posters will posted on-line. Consequently, we are looking for First Nations, Metis and Inuit artists to compliment the work that our existing comic book artists do, to round out the project. The works can be traditional or contemporary, cultural or not, paintings or illustrations, but at the very least focused for youth. And they should match one of the Rights, of course. I hesitate to request professionals only, as many artists deserve to be published and never are. But please be discerning with your referrals - we have a reasonably high standard over here and people have come to expect it from us. Artists, I need to see samples of your work either on-line or submitted as an attachment to an email. We prefer new works, but will consider licensing existing works from established artists. One of our graphic artists will place the Right text for you, or you can do it yourself if you wish. Please let me know in advance which Right you intend to submit, artists. All artists will retain copyright and receive a decent sized honorarium. For you emerging artists, just desserts for your years of toil. For the more established artists, a pittance, but we are hoping that you get on board because of the cause (nearly half of the youth in care in BC are Aboriginal) rather than the money. And lastly, if you›re a professional Aboriginal photographer and you have your own camera and lights we might have some work. Sean Muir Executive Director,The Healthy Aboriginal Network 250-941-8881 sean@thehealthyaboriginal.net

The way to be on the jury roles is to agree to release your information to Elections Canada when you do your income taxes. I cannot speak for all First Nations individuals, but as someone who has assisted with volunteer income tax, I can say that most of the First Nations individuals who had their income tax done at a volunteer income tax clinic refused to allow their name to be given to Elections Canada, and therefore excluded themselves from the jury lists. If you do not allow yourself to vote and you do not allow yourself to be added to a jury list, then you are preventing your voice from being heard and your point of view to be seen. Please don’t restrict yourself from this process. If you want more First Nations voices to be heard, you have to include yourself. Submitted online

Correction: Re: Building healthy youth through sport, Wawatay News, Mar. 7 2013 The story stated that Olympian Mary Shelly was a former Team Ontario member at the North American Indigenous Games, when in fact it was Mary Spencer.

Re: Chronic underfunding of NAPS puts communities at risk, Wawatay News Feb. 28, 2013

An organization doesn’t fail, people do. When you step away from the financial state just a bit, you should see that it is really people who give life to an organization and they are fundamentally responsible for its success. This is one org. that should succeed in the communities and one that is rarely commended for its work. While proper financial support is necessary, it is also necessary to put that funding in capable hands to manage. Perhaps a change needs to come. A change in how the government views the importance of First Nation policing, a boost in support and appreciation at a community level, a change in competency at a management level and an all around commitment and effort to work together to get the job done. Funding shouldn’t always be based on tragedy. Tragedy is unfortunate but does anyone ever bother to ask how many lives are saved by this police service? Maybe someone should. Submitted online

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Announcing audio version of Wawathe book Dear Friends I would like to share this sneak preview of Wawahte “the audio book” soon to be released by Trafford Publishing and Directed and Produced by Tyton Sound. www.dropbox.com/s/w5dzamy-

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The voices you hear are Kingston, Ontario community volunteers moved by very personal stories of lives affected by decisions made long ago. Bernard Nelson, Senior Elder of the Kingston Native Friendship Centre and Royal Military College of Canada opens eloquently with a prayer.

Sharing their own life stories; Esther, Bunnie and Stanley joined by Chief Robert Joseph ED Indian Residential School Survivor Society, make a compassionate and personal appeal for a more inclusive and harmonious future for Aboriginal peoples everywhere. The audio book is beautifully closed by Kingston Rotary Interact youth. I will announce the “down-load” availability of Wawahte. Thank you for your support. Kindest regards, Robert Wells Author of Wawathe

In last week’s Wawatay News, this front page photo incorrectly stated that the woman in the picture was Victoria Chilton. In fact, the photo was of Violet Chilton. Also, the caption stated that Chilton was a Moose Cree member, which she is not. Wawatay News sincerely apologizes for the mistake, and for any embarrassment and confusion that our mistake caused.

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ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶƐ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ WĂƌƚ // ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ŝƐ Ă ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ǁĞĞŬ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ :ƵůLJ ϮϬϭϯ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂƌĞ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞŶĂďůĞ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉĂůƐ͕ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐͬůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ͘ dŚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶƐ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͘ dŽƉŝĐƐ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ͗ · ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ZĞǀŝĞǁ · ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ >Ăǁ · ZĞǀĞƌƐĞ dƵŝƟŽŶ ŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚƐ · ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ · KƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ EĞǁ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ · ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ &ƵŶĚŝŶŐ · ZĂŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ · ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ &ƵŶĚŝŶŐ ^ŽƵƌĐĞƐ · <ŶŽǁ zŽƵƌƐĞůĨ Ͳ <ĞŝƌƐĞLJ͛Ɛ &ŽƵƌ dĞŵƉĞƌĂŵĞŶƚƐ · ĂƐĞ ^ƚƵĚŝĞƐ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ĂƚĞƐ dŚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ŝƐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚǁŽ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͗ ͼ WĂƌƚ // Ͳ :ƵůLJ ϭϱ ƚŽ :ƵůLJ ϭϵ͕ ϮϬϭϯ tŚŽ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĂƩĞŶĚ͗ Ͳ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ͼ ^ĐŚŽŽů ďŽĂƌĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ͼ WƌŝŶĐŝƉĂůƐ ŽĨ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ͼ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ŽĨ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ dƵŝƟŽŶ &ĞĞƐ ͼ Ψϭ͕ϬϬϬ͘ϬϬ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ůƵŶĐŚ͕ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚƵƩůĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĂŶƚ ĞƐƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ͕ ƌĂŶƞŽƌĚ ĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ EKd ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘ EŽ WƌĞƌĞƋƵŝƐŝƚĞƐ

WƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů ŽĨ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ dŚĞ WƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů ŽĨ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ ŝƐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ^ĞǀĞŶ 'ĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ /ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ĨƌĂŵĞǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ WƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů ŽĨ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ŝƐ ŵŽĚƵůĂƌ ďĂƐĞĚ͘ ĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ǁŝůů ĞdžĂŵŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚLJ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ƌĞůĂƚĞ ƚŽ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ͘ ĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ZĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ WƌŽŽĨ ŽĨ KŶƚĂƌŝŽ dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ Žƌ Ă ďĂĐŚĞůŽƌ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŝŶ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ŽĨ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ ĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŵĂLJ ĂƵĚŝƚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶ ĞƋƵŝǀĂůĞŶƚ EĂƟǀĞ >ĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ŽĨ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ Ă &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ WƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů ŽĨ Ă &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶ ƐĐŚŽŽů͘ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ĂƚĞƐ WƌŝŶĐŝƉĂůƐ ŽĨ &ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶƐ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ŝƐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚǁŽ ƉĂƌƚƐ WĂƌƚ // Ͳ :ƵůLJ ϴ ƚŽ ϭϵ͕ ϮϬϭϯ dƵŝƟŽŶ &ĞĞ KƉƟŽŶƐ͗ ϭ͘ dƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ŽĨ ΨϳϱϬ͘ϬϬ ƉĞƌ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ďŝŶĚĞƌ͕ ǁĞĞŬͲĚĂLJ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŵĞŶƚƐ͘ Ϯ͘ dƵŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ΨϭϱϬ͘ϬϬ ƉĞƌ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ĂƉƉůŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĚŽ EKd ŶĞĞĚ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŽ ƉƉůLJ ^Ƶďŵŝƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ WĂĐŬĂŐĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ͗ ͼ ůů ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů͕ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ƚƌĂŶƐĐƌŝƉƚƐ͘ ͼ ŽƉLJ ŽĨ KŶƚĂƌŝŽ dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŚŽƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ dŽ ĂƉƉůLJ ƚŽ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ Ăůů Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ^ŝdž EĂƟŽŶƐ WŽůLJƚĞĐŚŶŝĐ Ăƚ ϱϭϵͲϰϰϱͲϬϬϮϯ ƚŽ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ ĂŶ ĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ WĂĐŬĂŐĞ͘ &ƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŐĞŶĐŝĞƐ · ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƵƚŚŽƌŝƟĞƐ · ^ĞůĨͲƐƉŽŶƐŽƌ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑕᓂᐁᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᓇᑯᑕᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑫᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᓇᑯᑕᐠ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓇᑌᓂᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᓇᑯᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑭᐅᒋᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐅᑕᐱᑯ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒍᒋᐊᓂᒥᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮ “ᐊᔕ ᒥᔑᓂᔭᑭ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒋᓄᑕᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐅᒋ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐁᐅᒋᐊᓂᒥᓭᑭᐣ ᑭᑕᓇᐳᐃᐧᓇᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐅᓇᑌᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐡ ᐊᓫᐱᐣ ᐱᑎᓫᐊ ᐅᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᓂ ᑲᐅᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ᙮ ᐅᑭᓇᑲᐁᐧᔑᑐᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᑕᐠ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᓂᐨ ᒥᑭᓯᐱᓯᒧᐣ ᐁᑭᓇᑯᑕᐠ ᐁᓇᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐨ ᓂᔭᓄᔭᑭ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓂᐃᐧᐟ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐱᑎᓫᐊ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐅᑲᑭᐅᒋᐱᒧᑐᓯᐣ ᐅᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᑕ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᑌᐠ ᓇᑯᑕᒪᐃᐧᐣ᙮ “ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐅᑲᑭᐱᒧᑐᓯᐣ ᐅᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᑕᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᑌᐠ ᓇᑯᑕᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᐃᐧᓇᑯᑕᒪᐠ ᐊᐱ ᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᔭᑭᓯᐨ ᒥᑭᓯᐱᓯᑦ ᐅᓴᑦ ᑕᐱᑯ ᑲᓇᓄᑕᓭᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ,” ᐱᑎᓫᐊ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᐱᑎᓫᐊ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᔭᓄᔭᑭ ᑲᓇᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᐱᐠ ᑌᐢ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᑕᐠ ᐊᒥᐁᐧᐱᑯ ᐁᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᒪᒋᓭᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ᙮ “ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑯᐣ ᒋᐸᔭᑌᐃᐧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒋ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑫᓇᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᑫᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᐅᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᑫᐧᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᑎᓫᐊ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᒥᑭᓯᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᓂᐨ᙮ “ᐊᒣᐁᐧᐱᑯ ᐁᐃᔑᓇᒪᐠ ᐁᑲᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᐃᔑᒪᒐᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ 1994 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓴᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓇ ᓇᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ᙮” ᐱᑎᓫᐊ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᑯᐸᓀᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐱᑎᑫᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲ ᐃ ᔑ ᐃ ᐧ ᒋ ᐦ ᐊ ᑲ ᓄ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᐅᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᒋ᙮ “ᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ

“ᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓂᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᒥᓇᓇᐠ ᒋᐸᔦᑌ ᑭᑭᓇᐧᒋᔭᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᓇᒋᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᓇᑊᐢ ᐅᔕ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᑭᐣ᙮ ᐊᒥᐁᐧᔦᑕᐱᑯ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑫᑭᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒍᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ᙮ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒋᐊᔭᔭᐠ᙮” ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓂᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᒥᓇᓇᐠ ᒋᐸᔦᑌ ᑭᑭᓇᐧᒋᔭᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᓇᒋᐃᐧᓂᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᑎᓫᐊ᙮ “ᓇᑊᐢ ᐅᔕ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᑭᐣ᙮ ᐊᒥᐁᐧᔦᑕᐱᑯ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑫᑭᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒍᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ᙮ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒋᐊᔭᔭᐠ᙮” ᐱᑎᓫᐊ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐅᐃᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᐁᓇᓄᑕᓭᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᔭᓂᒪᐠ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ᙮ “ᐅᒋᔭᓂᒥᓭ ᑭᐱᒪᑎᓱᓂᓇᐣ ᐊᐦᐃ ᑕᐱᑯ ᑲᓇᓄᑕᓭᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑭᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᒥᓇᓇᐠ ᑲᔭᓄᑭᑕᒪᑯᔭᑲᐧ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᑎᓫᐊ᙮ “ᐊᔕ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᓄᑕᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᒪᑎᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᑭᐣ ᐳᑕᓇᐠ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᑭᒐᒋᓯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᔑᒋᐊᐧᐣ 2006 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓄᑭᒣᑫ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓴᐸᓇᑲᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐯᔑᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᓯᐨ ᐱᓯᑦ᙮” ᐱᑎᓫᐊ ᐅᑭᒪᓯᓇᐊᐧᒪᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᑌᐢ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᓯᓂᐨ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᒥᑭᓯᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᐁᑭᐃᐧᑕᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᑭᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐅᑕᐱᑯ ᐸᑭ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑲᒥᑲᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑕᒪᓯᓇᐃᐧᑎᓯᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᓴᐧᔦᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᒪᑲᐠ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐣ᙮ “ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓇᐱᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᓇᓂᒋᔭᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐅᑕᐱᑯ ᐁᑫᑌᔭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᒪᒋᑭᑐᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓄᑌᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐁᑫᑌᓇᑲᐧᑭᐣ,” ᐱᑎᓫᐊ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᑕᑭᐊᐸᑕᓯᓄᐣ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᑊᐢ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᑌᐠ᙮” ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᐃᐧᑕᒧᐸᐣ ᓴᑲᓱᔕᑊ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᓂᐨ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᓯᓂᐨ ᐱᓯᒧᐣ ᐁᐊᐣ ᐁᑭᒪᓯᓇᐊᐧᒪᐧᐨ ᐅᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐣ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒥᓇ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᑲᔭ ᑌᐢ

ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᓯᓂᐨ ᐁᑭᐃᐧᑕᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐁᔭᓂᒪᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᑊᐢ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ᙮ ᑌᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐃᐧᒋᑐᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑲᒋᐅᒋᒪᑎᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐊᔓᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ᙮ “ᓄᑯᑦ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐃᐧᒋᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᒋᓴᑯ ᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓂᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ” ᑌᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐊᒥᐁᐧᐱᑯ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑐᒋᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓂᐃᐧᐟ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ᙮” ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᐸᐧᑊ ᐁᕑᒪᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᑕᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᒋᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐁᑭᑫᐣᑕᐠ ᐁᑲᐃᐧᑲ ᑫᑲᐟ ᐁᓇᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐊᐱᐣ 2009 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐡᑲᐧᔭᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ᙮ “ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᓇᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᐁᑲ ᒋᓄᑕᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᕑᒪᐣ᙮ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᔕᐧᐣ ᐊᐟᓫᐃᐅ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᑯᒪᐣ ᑌᐢ ᑲᑭᐊᔓᑕᒪᑫᓂᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᐸᑭᑎᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᐡᑭ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐁᐧᑐᑕ ᓂᑲᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑫᐊᓂᔑᔭᐸᑎᓯᐟ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒋ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᓂᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ,” ᐊᐟᓫᐃᐅ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒪᐠ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᑲᑭᓇ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᔭᐠ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᐡᑲᐊᐧᑐᔭᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐅᑕ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒋ᙮ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ᙮” ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᑭᑫᓂᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᓂᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓂᐃᐧᐟ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ᙮ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ ᒥᑕᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᒥᑕᓇ ᓂᐦᓱᔕᑊ ᑕᓯᓄᐣ ᓇᑯᑕᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ 2012-2013 ᑲᐊᑭᐊᐧᐠ᙮

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NAN rejects police funding agreement Chronic under funding leaves communities in grave danger and at risk Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is no longer willing to accept the status-quo funding model for Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service as it puts community members in “grave danger.� “The years of chronic underfunding of our policing service has put our communities in grave jeopardy and is worsened by the failure to legislate a regulatory framework for Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS),� said Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, who holds the policing portfolio for NAN. Responding to the federal government’s March 4 announcement of a five-year funding extension for First Nations and Inuit police forces, Fiddler said NAN cannot continue to operate NAPS under the terms of the agreement. “NAN can no longer operate policing under the current terms and we are not willing to extend those terms which are set to expire on March 31, as it falls short of the necessary safety services required in NAN First Nations,� Fiddler said. Fiddler said the five-year funding extension, announced by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, is building on failure. “There were no details given on the announcement, there was no indication of any increase (in funding), there was no indication that the Police Officer Recruitment Fund would be renewed,� Fiddler said on March 5. “We see it as a

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said the federal government’s announcement to renew funding for First Nations and Inuit police services for five years fails to address years of underfunding for Nishnawbe Aski Police Service. status quo, an extension of the failed model that has been in place for NAPS since 1994.� Fiddler reiterated his previous call to legislate NAPS, in a manner similar to the legislation governing federal, provincial and municipal police services. “What is needed for Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service to effectively police our communities and to ensure public security for our communities and our officers is a regula-

tory framework,� Fiddler said. “(NAPS) needs to operate under the Police Services Act, like any other police. That would mandate it to meet certain standards and that Ontario and Canada would be obligated to fund Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service to meet those standards. Right now we’re not there.� Fiddler said the chiefs and communities have made it “very clear� that the current framework NAPS is operating

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under is unacceptable. “It’s putting lives in jeopardy and we cannot ensure public safety for our communities and our officers,� Fiddler said. “It’s been made very clear by the tragic incidents in the past, like the two young men who died in the fire in Kashechewan in 2006 and the recent incident (when a woman died while in police custody in a police vehicle) in Kasabonika on Feb. 1.� Fiddler wrote to Toews on March 5 to explain that a simple

extension of the status-quo, as it relates to First Nations policing, is unacceptable and will not be endorsed by NAN as a signatory to the tripartite agreement. “NAN communities continue to be put at risk when it comes to safety which is blatantly apparent in the appalling conditions that exist including outdated radio systems, severe staffing shortages and many NAPS detachments which do not meet the National Building Code,� Fiddler said. “The prospect of extending the status-quo is not an option for NAPS.� NAN had previously issued a Public Safety Notice on Feb. 19 to the Chief Coroner for Ontario and several federal government ministers, including Toews, declaring that the lives of those policed by NAPS are in “grave danger� and stressing the need for a regulatory framework for NAPS. Toews said the federal government is committed to keeping “our streets and communities safe� in his announcement. “Today’s announcement provides stable multi-year funding for policing services in First Nation and Inuit communities,� Toews said. “Our government will continue to support First Nation and Inuit policing.� Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Acting Chief of Police Bob Herman has also recently called for a regulatory framework and an increase in funding for the force, noting that NAPS has not had a significant increase in funding since 2009. “Other police services are

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“An immediate renewal of funding and then a commitment to working towards long term sustainability is very important,� Atleo said. “Now we must turn our attention to all jurisdictions working together to strengthen and secure First Nations policing through partnership and innovation. It is essential that we promote and deliver on safety and security for all of our communities.� The First Nations Policing Program supports professional, dedicated and culturallyresponsive policing services to First Nation and Inuit communities. The program provided funding to 163 policing agreements in 2012-13.

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properly funded and each year can actually get their funding increased to meet their needs,� Herman said. National Chief Shawn A-inchut Atleo welcomed the announcement by Toews.

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INSPECTION Inspection of Approved 2013–2014 Annual Work Schedule Ogoki Forest, Kenogami Forest and Lake Nipigon Forest The Nipigon District of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has reviewed and approved the April 1, 2013–March 31, 2014 Annual Work Schedules (AWS) for the Kenogami Forest, Ogoki Forest and Lake Nipigon Forest. Availability The AWS will be available for public inspection at the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning March 13, 2013 and throughout the one-year duration. The Ontario Government Information Centre in Toronto (777 Bay Street) and ServiceOntario centres in Geraldton (208 Beamish Avenue West), Terrace Bay (1004 Highway 17), Nipigon (5 Wadsworth Drive) and Thunder Bay (435 James Street South, Suite 114) provide access to the Internet. The Kenogami Forest AWS is also available at the Ne-Daa-Kii-Me-Naan Inc. office and the Lake Nipigon Forest AWS at the Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc. office (see below). Scheduled Forest Management Operations The AWS describes forest management activities such as road construction, maintenance and decommissioning, forestry aggregate pits, harvest, site preparation, tree planting and tending that are scheduled to occur during the year. Tree Planting and Fuelwood Ne-Daa-Kii-Me-Naan Inc. is responsible for tree planting on the Kenogami Forest and Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc. is responsible on the Lake Nipigon Forest. Please contact the representatives listed below for information regarding tree planting job opportunities. For commercial fuelwood opportunities and information on the locations and licence requirements for obtaining fuelwood for personal use, please contact the MNR Area Forester for your area of interest. More Information For more information on the AWS or to arrange an appointment with MNR staff to discuss the AWS or to request an AWS operations summary map, please contact: Kenogami Forest Charlotte Bourdignon, Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources, Geraldton Area Office 208 Beamish Avenue West, Geraldton, ON P0T 1M0 tel: 807-854-1826 fax: 807-854-0335 e-mail: charlotte.bourdignon@ontario.ca office hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Aaron Dorland, General Manager Ne-Daa-Kii-Me-Naan Inc., Thunder Bay Office 2225 Rosslyn Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7K 1G9 tel: 807-285-3496 e-mail: ajdorland@gckconsulting.ca office hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Paul Poschmann, General Manager Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc. 78 Salls Street, P.O. Box 449 Red Rock, ON P0T 2P0 tel: 807-886-3024 ext. 1 fax: 807-886-2641 e-mail: paul.poschmann@lnfmi.ca office hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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The skyrocketing number of Aboriginal people in jail has sparked a special report by Canada’s prison watchdog, in which blame is pointed squarely at the federal government for failing indigenous people. In the report Howard Sapers, Canada’s correctional investigator, notes that incarceration rates of First Nations, Metis and Inuit people in federal prisons have jumped over 43 per cent in the last five years. While the Aboriginal population makes up four per cent of Canada’s population, 23.2 per cent of those in prison are Aboriginal. The numbers are even more staggering for women, where more than one-third of the prison population is Aboriginal. “There is a crisis for First Nations people, their families and communities in Canada’s justice system and prisons,” said Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo. “With a near 40 per cent increase in the incarcerated population of our people in the last decade, it’s time for urgent, substantive and meaningful change.” Sapers’ special report to parliament on March 7 marked the first time in nearly 20 years that the correctional investigator has deemed an issue so important that such a move was necessary. “By any reasonable measure – including the degree to which the will of Parliament has been respected, the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in federal corrections and the lack of progress to improve the disparity in correctional outcomes continues to cloud Canada’s domestic human rights record,” Sapers told reporters on March 7. Sapers’ report stated that the federal government has mounted an “insufficient response” to the increasing incarceration of Aboriginal people in Canada. Sapers said there has been “no progress in closing the gaps in correctional outcomes between Aboriginal and nonAboriginal inmates.” The report also noted that the federal government set aside money in 2000 to build additional healing lodges for Aboriginal offenders, but only one lodge was built before the

money was redirected. Meanwhile Sapers wrote that Aboriginal offenders are less likely to get parole than other inmates and more likely to spend time in segregated units within prisons. They are also more likely to have their parole revoked than non-Aboriginal prisoners. Sapers called on the government to allow more First Nations communities to take over custody of First Nations offenders, as well as create more healing lodges. He also wants to see a deputy commissioner for Aboriginal corrections position created.

“There is a crisis for First Nations people, their families and communities in Canada’s justice system and prisons...” – Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo

The report comes just weeks after Superior Justice Frank Iacobucci’s report on the lack of First Nations on jury rolls in Ontario. Iacobucci also cited systematic racism and the history of colonialism as effects on First Nations’ perception of the legal system. In a press release, the AFN said that the best way to deal with the rising prison rates for First Nations people is to invest in education. “It costs about 10 times more to incarcerate a person for one year than it does to educate them for single year of high school,” said AFN Justice Portfolio holder, Alberta Regional Chief Cameron Alexis. “An investment in nurturing the self-esteem, ambition and dreams of our children and youth will pay the greatest dividends and cost significantly less than having them end-up in the justice system. A holistic approach is required to address quality of life issues - lifelong learning, child welfare, housing, clean drinking water, infrastructure, environment, and jurisdiction.” The AFN noted that funding caps on education for First Nations have resulted in students on-reserve getting substantially less money for education than their offreserve peers.

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Providing spirituality to youth in custody head Public School board prior to assuming her current role at the youth centre more than two years ago. Diabo tells the youth her story of alcohol abuse. “For me to come here, I know where they come from, and where their parents come from,� she said. In her experience, Diabo understands the value of having Aboriginal workers in the justice system.

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It can be challenging for Aboriginal youth in custody to maintain the connection to their community and their roots, says Esther Diabo of Whitesand First Nation. “I think they’re lonely when they come in, especially being isolated from their communities, coming into a strange place like this where there’s a lot of structure, there’s officers watching their every move,� said Diabo, who is the Aboriginal integration worker at the Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre in Thunder Bay. The centre is a 16-bed facility where Diabo said about 13 youth are Aboriginal.

“I could hear him sniffling and when it was over, everyone was quiet. And I said what’s the matter. He looked at me and said you remind me of my kokum.�

“When they come in through that door, they can be who they really are,� she said. “I see, hear, feel it, it’s like (sigh), they can come in and relax and talk about whatever they want to talk about.�

-Diabo on what a youth told her after she prayed in Ojibway

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Esther Diabo of Whitesand First Nation has been a spiritual Elder for two years to youth in custody at the Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre in Thunder Bay. About 13 of the 16 youth detailed in the facility are Aboriginal and Diabo said it can be hard for them to maintain their roots and connection to their community and “be themselves.� Diabo tries to offer that connection by providing a daily smudge and a safe place to talk. She also shares her story of abusing alcohol before she turned her life around and became a teacher.

-Esther Diabo

And while Diabo is tasked with preparing the youth to reintegrate back into the city or their community, she provides a spiritual role as an Elder. Sitting in what she calls the cultural room, Diabo said most of the youth enter to take part in a daily smudge and share their feelings and emotions. “When they come in through that door, they can be who they really are,� she said. “I see, hear, feel it, it’s like (sigh), they

can come in and relax and talk about whatever they want to talk about.� The cultural room is part of a spiritual and cultural program and the youth participation is voluntary. At times, Diabo will have one youth drop in but for the most part, 10-12 youth regularly visit Diabo. The program also offers sweat ceremonies, cultural crafts and visits from Elders. “I’m organizing Christian Oji-

Cree singers to come in as well,� Diabo said. Along with participating in the ceremonies, some youth might be part of helping out. Diabo assigns one youth to be the medicine bundle carrier, who loads the smudge bowl with sage and other traditional medicines. Diabo asks the youth to pray in English, then she prays in Ojibway. The cultural room also allows the youth to interact with one

another. “They don’t see each other very often and I see that,� Diabo said. “So I give them opportunity to sit and chat.� Spirituality has not always been a part of Diabo’s life. A residential school survivor, Diabo was in a bad relationship and turned to alcohol to “make those feelings go away.� “But something happened one day, that I realized that there is more to life than this,� she said.

“There’s more to life than drinking, getting hammered, not remembering what you did the night before. And feeling those feelings of unknown, embarrassment and shame.� Realizing that her lifestyle was not healthy, Diabo turned her life around. “It’s been uphill for me since that time, almost 30 years ago,� she said. Diabo became a teacher and was working with the Lake-

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“We need to see more Anishnabe officers, more cultural sensitivity training,� she said. “They have to understand where we come from.� For Diabo, the most rewarding experience was when she was praying in Ojibway and a youth began to cry. “I could hear him sniffling and when it was over, everyone was quiet,� Diabo recalled, beginning to tear up at the memory. “And I said what’s the matter. He looked at me and said you remind me of my kokum.� Reflecting on her journey, Diabo finds her role to be fulfilling. “I found my way out of this thing (alcohol abuse) I’m lost in, and I feel positive,� she said.

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ONGOING EVENTS:

“Understanding Colonialism� @ St. Andrew’s Church

“Sandi Boucher� Daytime assembly at Queen Elizabeth District High School and at the Nishnawbe Gamik Friendship Center from 7-9 pm Sponsored by SLARC in partnership with the Nishnawbe Gamik Friendship Center and Ontario Native Women’s Association

Mocassin Joe and Asham Stompers (square dance group) @ Legion Hall 7:30 PM, hosted by SLAAMB

Mary Carpenter People Making Changes Award for information and nomination forms www.slarc.ca

2:00 pm. Join in the “Blanket Exercise� an interactive lesson in the Canadian History that was never taught in school. Learn about the roots of the relationship between the indigenous nations and the settlers.

St. Patrick’s Day a celebration of all things Irish

“Her Story� Women’s Traditional Healing and Sharing Circle/Drumming @ Sunset Women’s Aboriginal Circle 7-9pm this circle is open to all women every Wednesday

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Open House @ Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority 61 Queen St. 1 - 4 p.m., Information, refreshments and door prize!

8th Fire: Aboriginal Peoples, Canada & the Way Forward a CBC documentary in four-parts The series is hosted by rapper, musician and CBC journalist Wab Kinew, from the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation in Northern Ontario.

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Needle exchange programs offered across northwest Shawn Bell Wawatay News

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Kiepek said that providing clean needles to drug users in communities benefits not only the individuals using the needles, but the community as a whole. “To a large degree it keeps people as healthy as possible while they are choosing to go in this direction,� Kiepek said.

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“Drug use is generally temporary, so this kind of program helps keep them as safe as possible, and it also keeps the people around them safe.� The needle exchange program provides clean needles and disposal containers, for free with no questions asked, to anyone who requests them. The idea is to encourage people not to share needles or reuse old needles, both practices that spread blood borne diseases such as Hep C or HIV.

“Drug use is generally temporary, so this kind of program helps keep them as safe as possible, and it also keeps the people around them safe.� - Niki Kiepek SLFNHA

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Sioux Lookout First Nation Health Authority is looking to provide needle exchange kits to community members for free with no questions asked. tion to create a blood and blood-borne infections working group to deal with the large increase of Hep C seen in communities, and prevent HIV from spreading throughout the First Nations. That was followed with a 2012 resolution to specifically work on needle exchange programs in order to prevent the spread of the diseases through

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intravenous drug use. The resolutions came as HIV rates continue to spread through First Nations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and appear to be moving east. The majority of new HIV cases seen in First Nations communities in those two provinces are spread through intravenous drug use. Until this past January when SLFNHA took over, the needle exchange program was operated by Health Canada through nursing stations in communities. Now SLFNHA is in the process of recruiting a person in each community to take over coordination of the program. Kiepek would like to see a coordinator in each community operating the program at a location separate from the nursing station. She also wants those coordinators knowledgeable about drug treatment options available in their communities or elsewhere, so that drug users who decide to get help have a resource person available to talk to. In the meantime, while the coordinators are being recruited, SLFNHA is sending needles to nursing stations for community members to access. Kiepek said the program is expecting to give out 30,000 needles per month across the 31 communities. She added that concerned community leaders and members have questioned whether a needle exchange program may encourage drug use in the communities, but research has shown that the prevalence of needles does not increase the number of drug users in a community. She did note, however, that SLFNHA is willing to work closely with any community on dealing with concerns.

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Warm winters becoming norm in northern Ontario

Proposed North Caribou Lake First Nation Winter Road Upgrade in the Ministry of Natural Resources Sioux Lookout District Public Notice for a Category B Project Evaluation

2013 looks to be slightly warmer than average Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Global warming continues to be a topic studied in Canada considering the impacts it has on the country’s weather, especially in northern regions. Recently, a group of researchers from Montreal’s McGill and Concordia universities predicted the widespread disappearance of outdoor hockey rinks across the country over the next 50 years due to global warming. The scientists — Nikolay Damyanov and Lawrence Mysak of McGill and Concordia’s Damon Matthews — tracked historical temperature trends recorded since 1951 at 142 meteorological stations in every corner of the country. “The ability to skate and play hockey outdoors is a critical component of Canadian identity and culture,� the three researchers wrote in the latest issue of the U.K.-based scholarly journal Environmental Research Letters. “Wayne Gretzky learned to skate on a backyard skating rink; our results imply that such opportunities may not be available to future generations of Canadian children.� The researchers interviewed outdoor icemakers in Quebec and Ontario to find out about what temperatures are required to start up an open-air rink and keep it usable for the duration

of the skating season. They learned that, in general, it takes three consecutive days with a maximum temperature of -5 C to make ice and begin the outdoor skating season. “Many individual locations have seen a statistically significant decrease in the number of viable ice-flooding days, suggesting a significant shorten-

“At this point, there’s a lot more study needed to get a sense of, are we seeing a trend here, or is a variation of year to year?� Geoff Coulson, Environment Canada

ing of the length of the outdoor skating season over much of the country between 1951 and 2005,� the published paper states. The impact of global warming has been felt in northern Ontario over the past two years, especially last winter when high temperatures in March resulted in an early closure to the winter road season. But Geoff Coulson, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said this winter has been closer to the average temperatures than the previous winter. “It’s not as mild as last winter, but milder than normal,� he said. Using Thunder Bay as an

example for the northwest since it has more comprehensive data, and Moosonee in the northeast, Coulson said the 2011-2012 winter season was much warmer than the longterm averages, which are calculated from temperature data taken from 1971-2000. “Last winter, every single month of the winter was notably milder than normal,� he said. In October and November 2011, Thunder Bay was at 2.2 C warmer than the long-term averages. In Moosonee, October 2011 was 4.2 C warmer and November was 3.4 C. The differences become more pronounced in the early months of 2012 for both regions. In January 2012, Thunder Bay was 4.4 C warmer while Moosonee was 3.7 C warmer. March 2012 had the biggest difference, as it was 6.6 C warmer for both regions. “It was felt right across the province from Thunder Bay, to Sioux Lookout, to Moosonee, to Ottawa, to Toronto, pretty much everywhere got incredibly warmer than normal temperatures for March 2012,� Coulson said, adding that many record temperatures were set. The day of March 20, 2012 was particularly noteworthy. Thunder Bay reached 21.1 C while Moosonee was 24.5 C. Thunder Bay’s average for that date is 1.5 C.

Class Environmental Assessment for MNR Resource Stewardship and Facility Development Projects The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has received a work permit application from North Caribou Lake First Nation to upgrade an existing Tractor Train Trail to a Winter Road grade corridor (see attached map). The proposed corridor is approximately 32km long, north of the community and joins with the existing winter road. The MNR and applicant are inviting public comment on the proposed project. No significant adverse environmental effects are anticipated. You are invited to direct any inquiries, comments or requests regarding the Work Permit proposal to the Applicant or MNR contact. Comments must be received within the 45-day comment period, which expires on April 30, 2013. The proposal is being planned in accordance with a Category B project under the Class Environmental Assessment for MNR Resource Stewardship and Facility Development Projects. A Notice of Completion will be provided only to parties who have provided input or requested further notice. MNR may proceed to implement the project without issuing a further general notice. For more information on the project, to submit comments, or to request further notice, please contact: Jonathan Salo – Windigo First Nations Council Technical Unit On behalf of North Caribou First Nation PO Box 299 Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1A3 Tel: (807) 737-1585 jsalo@windigo.on.ca

Brian Kilgour - A/Sr. IRM Specialist Ministry of Natural Resources 49 Prince Street PO Box 309 Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1A6 Tel: (807) 737-5044 brian.kilgour@ontario.ca

The MNR is collecting comments and personal information under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act to assist in making decisions and determining any further consultation needs. All comments and opinions will be kept on file and may be available in study documentation that is made available for public review. All comments and contact information received may be forwarded to the project applicant unless specifically requested otherwise. For more information on the collection and use of the personal information, contact: Glen Niznowski: Planning & IM Supervisor, MNR, Tel: (807) 737-5037.

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Despite trends of warmer winters across Canada, this year only slightly warmer than average Continued from page 11 “To say we were 21.1 (in Thunder Bay), we can’t even say we’re above normal,” Coulson said. “It was an incredible stretch of weather.” This winter has been colder than the previous winter, though still milder than the long-term average. In Moosonee, the monthly averages never went beyond a 3.1 C difference from the longterm average, while in Thunder Bay the difference did not exceed 3.6 C. Both those differences were last December. For Thunder Bay, last month was colder by a degree compared to the long-term average while in Moosonee, it was off by

0.8 C. Coulson said he is often asked if we could expect a repeat of warm temperatures from last March. “We’re not seeing a similar situation setting up,” Coulson said. “It’s looking like it’s going to be a traditional month in most locations.” Based on a 14-day forecast as of March 7, Coulson said temperatures will be colder than average. But based on a model used by meteorologists, early to mid-April will have higher than average temperatures. The past two winters has also seen less snowfall compared to previous winters. Last winter, Thunder Bay had 98 cm of pre-

Geoff Coulson, Environment Canada meteorologist cipitation by the end of March. As of March 7, Coulson said 97.3 cm has fallen this winter. The long-term average is 146 cm of

precipitation by the end of February. Precipitation data was not available for Moosonee. While Coulson acknowledged that the past two winters have been milder, he was reticent to say it was a result of global warming. “When the climatologists and experts talk about climate change, it’s a tendency that occurs over decades,” he said. “At this point, there’s a lot more study needed to get a sense of, are we seeing a trend here, or is a variation of year to year?” “It’s difficult then to make any kind of statement based on, how was the winter last year, how the was winter before that.”

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Changing climate conditions across Nishnawbe Aski Nation continue to affect the winter road system used to bring in fuel, building products and other supplies. “The winter road system is gradually being phased out through these changes in the weather system,” said Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris. “It’s making it more difficult each year for us to haul in heavy equipment, housing, fuel, gas. As of today (March 8), I haven’t even hauled anything because we don’t know if the road is going to hold out and we can’t commit to buying materials, tanks, fuel, gas and not have it delivered. At the end of the day, if that turns out, you’re going to be spending more f lying it in while at the same time you’ve already paid for the merchandise.” Morris said community members began travelling out on the winter road in their personal vehicles as of March 7. “That’s about all we can do is give these people a break from the community, the rez life, so they can drive out,” Morris said. “I hope it holds up for at least two weeks so people can enjoy the highway. But then again, we don’t know — a hot spell could happen and that could wipe out the snow.” Morris said an early snowfall prevented the ice from freezing as thick as normal on area lakes, rivers and streams. “Mother nature dropped a whole bunch of snow and just made it warmer underneath,” Morris said. “You need the water to freeze before it snows, but that

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Wasaya among companies examining airships for northern transportation Rick Garrick Wawatay News

As winter road seasons continue to become more unpredictable, a number of companies and governments are examining the possibility of transporting goods to remote communities by airships. One of the companies involved in examining the use of hybrid airships for transport in northern Ontario is First Nations owned and operated Wasaya Airways. “Our interest has always been to keep abreast of what is happening in the region so we are not left out,” said Wasaya Airways President and CEO Tom Morris. Wasaya is working with a Toronto-based company, Solar Ship, to test a hybrid solar powered airship for use in supplying northern communities. “They’re not really balloons; it’s more like a solar ship,” Morris said about the hybrid airship being developed in Toronto. Morris said the solar-powered emission-free airship could deliver materials and goods at a lower cost than other means of transport, but there are still a “lot of unknowns” about the project. “As you move forward with the project, you get to know what the performance is going to be,” Morris said. “I don’t know what the size of the Solar Ship would be if it’s going to be

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The hybrid air vehicle being pioneered by Solar Ship is going to be tested in conjunction with Wasaya for possible use in northern Ontario. The Solar Ship has the properties of both airplanes and dirigibles - designed as a heavier-than-air airship filled with slightly less helium than required to lift it off the ground. able to haul 6,000 pounds from Thunder Bay to Pickle Lake.” The federal government has also been looking into the use of airships, with the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure

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and Communities making three recommendations on airships in its Innovative Transportation Technologies report. The first recommendation was that to avoid risks related to a potential failure of an unproven hybrid air vehicle technology, Public Works and Government Services Canada should consider a “pilot project,” involving the transport of non-urgent goods to remote destinations. The committee report said such a test run should only happen on a commercial basis, at a price competitive with alternatives, when the government has a need. Payment should only follow successful delivery. Other recommendations of the report included making provisions for allowing air transport companies to bid on federal contracts once the technology is proven safe, and pushing

for international regulations for airships and hybrid air vehicle technology. In 2011, a University of Manitoba professor released his own report on airships, claiming that the technology may be the most efficient and effective answer to shorter winter road seasons. “The payload would be the same as a tractor trailer, but an airship would be faster, more fuel efficient and able to land practically anywhere, removing the need for expensive road construction and maintenance,” said Barry Prentice, the U of M professor, at the time. However, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris noted that regardless of the use of airships, “one-lane” winter roads would still be needed for community members who drive out to resupply their household supplies. “Communities will be under

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pressure from the people that travel, that are given the opportunity to hit the highway shopping for your own personal dry goods, things that last you a year,” Chief Morris said. “I think bands will be obligated to do at least a single lane out of the communities.” The technology also remains unproven. One of the first Canadian companies to get onboard with airships, Discovery Air out of the Northwest Territories, let its tentative deal to buy a fleet of hybrid airships expire in mid-2012, noting it no longer wanted to invest in the airships. That came only a year after the company had announced it was working with Hybrid Air Vehicles Limited, a British manufacturer, to design an airship for Canada’s North. For Morris and Wasaya however, the possibilities of airships and hybrid air vehicles have to

at least be examined, as Morris said, since the project could affect the future of the north. “(Solar Ship CEO Jay Godsall) had come to us about supporting them on their application and we agreed to provide some space once the demo flight happens,” Morris said. “We’ll provide some space at our hangar at one of our facilities and then the test flight will happen from here, maybe with a vehicle or poundage, to do a test flight from Thunder Bay to Sioux Lookout.” Although plans had originally called for a test flight this upcoming August, Morris said the test flight has been pushed back to August 2014. The Solar Ship has the properties of both airplanes and dirigibles, but it doesn’t require mooring. It is designed as a heavier-than-air airship filled with slightly less helium than required to lift it off the ground. Its solar panels provide enough power, backed up by a battery system, to propel the airship forward and up into the air. According to the company’s website, Godsall first became interested in airships as a teenager in the 1980s, when he met with people from Africa who had transportation problems. He first started up an airship business in the early 1990s, but couldn’t attract funding to get it off the ground. In 2004, he approached James DeLaurier, a University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies professor, who showed him a model of a hybrid airship. The two men joined forces in 2006 and DeLaurier signed on as the company’s chief aerospace engineer. Information on the airship can be found at solarship.com. The Alaska Department of Transportation, in collaboration with NASA Ames Research Center, has also been looking into the use of airships. The northern state has planned the 3rd Cargo Airships for Northern Operations Workshop, scheduled for July 10-12 in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Neskantaga renews calls for mediation on Cliffs’ Ring of Fire terms of reference Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Months after sending a request for mediation on Cliffs Natural Resources’ proposed Ring of Fire mine, Neskantaga First Nation has renewed its call for Ontario’s Environment Minister to bring the two parties together. Neskantaga sent a letter to Minister Jim Bradley on Feb. 4, requesting mediation on Cliffs’ amended terms of reference. “Our constitutionally protected Aboriginal rights and title and treaty rights are not appropriately addressed (in the terms of reference),” Neskantaga wrote. Cliffs submitted its amended terms of reference to Ontario on Jan. 25, after accepting feedback from stakeholders on the original terms of reference. Neskantaga, however, noted that it had submitted numerous comments on Cliffs’ original terms of reference that “have not been addressed in the

amended terms of reference.” “Therefore, numerous fundamental issues of concern arise on the amended terms of reference as submitted,” Neskantaga wrote. “It is our strong view that these should be addressed in a mediation between Neskantaga and…Cliffs Natural Resources before you approve the amended terms of reference.” Ontario Environment spokeswoman Alissa Sugar said the ministry will consider all comments, including Neskantaga’s request for mediation, before making a decision on whether to approve the amended terms of reference. “The ministry continues to be available to answer any questions that Aboriginal communities may have about the provincial environmental assessment process,” Sugar wrote in an email. “The ministry encourages the continued involvement and input of Aboriginal communities into the environmental assessment process.”

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This diagram from Cliffs’ terms of reference shows that the chromite ore shipped to China for processing is nearly equal to that being shipped to the proposed processing plant in Sudbury.

Alarm raised over plans to export chromite to China Shawn Bell Wawatay News

NDP MPP Gilles Bisson has raised the alarm over Ontario’s plan to allow Cliffs to export about 50 percent of its Ring of Fire chromite ore to China for processing. Bisson, the MPP for TimminsJames Bay, said the province is effectively “low-balling” itself on the Ring of Fire. “Allowing Cliffs to remove the ore, 50 per cent of it, on ships to China for processing is selling Ontario short when it comes to our capacity to add value to the minerals that will come out of the Ring of Fire,” Bisson said. “We think this is a very good opportunity to develop stainless steel here in Ontario, and that doing so would allow us to capture all kinds of employment opportunities and the full benefit of producing stainless steel in the province,” he added. “That can be done economically, but to do that the province is going to have to roll up its sleeves.” Bisson added that resource royalty agreements with First Nations and joint planning sessions between the province and

First Nations should be set up immediately to ensure that benefits of the development accrue to First Nations as well as the rest of the province. Included in Cliffs’ plan for its Ring of Fire chromite mine is a processing facility in Sudbury where up to 60 percent of the ore from the mine is scheduled to be processed into stainless steel. Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle defended the province’s approach to processing chromite, telling CBC News that having half of the ore processed in Ontario is better than none. “[If the proposal is successful], what we’re going to be seeing … [is] the first ferrochrome processing facility in North America,” Gravelle said. “We’re going to see value-added opportunity in the province of Ontario that was never there before.” But Bisson argues it is not enough. He noted that the government must provide a ministerial exemption to allow Cliffs to export the ore out of province, which it is planning to do. That shows the Liberal’s lack of political will to keep the ore in Ontario, Bisson said.

The Sioux Lookout District Office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has reviewed and approved the April 1, 2013–March 31, 2014 Annual Work Schedule (AWS) for the Lac Seul Forest. Availability The AWS will be available for public inspection at the following two locations: 1) The MNR Sioux Lookout District Office located at 49 Prince Street (at the corner of 4th and Prince streets) and 2) the Obishikokaang Resources Corporation office located at the Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence, 33 3rd Avenue, Hudson, Ontario beginning March 18, 2013 and throughout the one-year duration. The public may also view the approved AWS through the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans. The Ontario Government Information Centre at 62 Queen Street, Sioux Lookout provides access to the Internet. Scheduled Forest Management Operations The AWS describes forest management activities such as road construction, maintenance and decommissioning, forestry aggregate pits, harvest, site preparation, tree planting and tending that are scheduled to occur during the year. Tree Planting and Collection of Seed Cones Obishikokaang Resources Corporation is responsible for tree planting and cone collection on the Lac Seul Forest. Please contact Robert Auld, Silviculture Forester, at 807-738-1073 for information regarding tree planting job opportunities or for any cone collection information. Fuelwood For information on the locations of and licence requirements for obtaining fuelwood for personal use, please contact the Sioux Lookout District Office at 807-737-5038. More Information For more information on the AWS or to arrange an appointment to discuss the AWS or request an AWS operations summary map, please contact either of the parties below: Kevin Pruys, RPF, Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources Sioux Lookout District Office 49 Prince Street, P.O. Box 309 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A6 tel: 807-737-5053 fax: 807-737-1813

Todd Moore, RPF, Planning Forester Obishikokaang Resources Corporation Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence 33 3rd Avenue, P.O. Box 100 Hudson, ON POV 1XO tel: 807-474-1388

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INSPECTION Inspection of Approved 2013–2014 Annual Work Schedule White River Forest The Wawa District Office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has reviewed and approved the White River Forest Products’ April 1, 2013–March 31, 2014 Annual Work Schedule (AWS) for the White River Forest. Availability The AWS will be available for public inspection at the Jackfish River Management Ltd. office and the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning March 15, 2013 and throughout the one-year duration. Ontario Government Information Centres at the Wawa District Office and the Manitouwadge Area Office provide access to the Internet. Scheduled Forest Management Operations The AWS describes forest management activities such as road construction, maintenance and decommissioning, forestry aggregate pits, harvest, site preparation, tree planting and tending that are scheduled to occur during the year.

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Pays Plat’s Chris Mushquash focused on how supports are needed during a recent Dilico Anishinabek Family Care conference.

Tree Planting and Fuelwood White River Forest Products is responsible for tree planting on the White River Forest. Please contact Jerry Smith at 807-868-2370 ext. 223 for information regarding tree planting job opportunities.

Youth conference focuses on identity for healing

For information on the locations and licence requirements for obtaining fuelwood for personal use, please contact the Wawa District Office and the Manitouwadge Area Office. For commercial fuelwood opportunities, please contact Boris Michelussi at 807-868-2370 ext. 222.

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More Information For more information on the AWS or to arrange an appointment with MNR staff to discuss the AWS or to request an AWS operations summary map, please contact: Zachary White, RPF Ministry of Natural Resources Wawa District Office 48 Mission Road, Wawa, ON tel: 705-856-4715 fax: 705-856-7511 e-mail: zachary.white@ontario.ca

Boris Michelussi, RPF Jackfish River Management Ltd. Hornepayne Office 10 Becker Road, Hornepayne, ON tel: 807-868-2370 ext. 222 fax: 807-868-2594 e-mail: b.michelussi@jackfishriver.ca

INSPECTION White River Forest 2008–2018 Forest Management Plan Inspection of Approved Planned Operations for Phase II 2013–2018 The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), White River Forest Products Ltd. and the White River Area Co-Management Committee (WRACC) are advising you that the Planned Operations for the second five-year term (2013–2018) of the 2008–2018 Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the White River Forest have been approved by the MNR Regional Director and are available for inspection. The MNR-approved Planned Operations for the second five-year term will be available for inspection for 30 days. During the 30-day inspection period, there is an opportunity to make a written request to the Director, Environmental Assessment Approvals Branch, Ministry of the Environment for an individual environmental assessment of specific forest management activities in the Planned Operations for the second five-year term. The MNR-approved Planned Operations for the second five-year term and planned operations summary are available for inspection during normal office hours by appointment for 30 days beginning March 6, 2013 to April 5, 2013 at the following locations: t + BDLGJTI 3JWFS .BOBHFNFOU -UE PGGJDF #FDLFS 3PBE Hornepayne, ON at tel: 807-868-2370; t 5IF ./3 QVCMJD XFCTJUF BU ontario.ca/forestplans; and t 5IF 0OUBSJP (PWFSONFOU *OGPSNBUJPO $FOUSF JO 5PSPOUP BU #BZ 4USFFU UIF 8BXB %JTUSJDU 0GGJDF BOE UIF .BOJUPVXBEHF "SFB 0GGJDF QSPWJEF *OUFSOFU BDDFTT For further information, please contact: Zachary White, RPF .BOBHFNFOU 'PSFTUFS .JOJTUSZ PG /BUVSBM 3FTPVSDFT 48 Mission Road, Wawa, ON tel: 705-856-4715 fax: 705-856-7511 e-mail: zachary.white@ontario.ca

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Pays Plat’s Chris Mushquash showed how a teepee, like people, will eventually fall down as its supports are removed during Dilico Anishinabek Family Care’s Revisiting Our Journey: Healing Starts with our Youth conference. “Imagine yourself in the tent — each pole represents a particular aspect of your wellbeing, for example we can imagine poles representing Elder’s teachings, our language, our family, clean water, education and so on,� said the assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Lakehead University and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine during his conference-opening keynote presentation. “Inside the tent we also have a fire and the goal is to keep the tent standing above the fire. Fire brings warmth and safety, but it also to be respected because it can also do harm.� Mushquash asked the audience to imagine removing the poles one by one, noting that he developed the teepee story while working with a young First Nations person who had been engaging in self harm and other serious behaviors. “First we remove our Elder’s teachings, next we remove our language, then we remove family support, and as we continue removing different aspects of support the tent becomes very unstable,� Mushquash said. “It’s no longer in balance; finally it falls into the fire. So if we don’t make sure these aspects of our health are balanced, we might become unstable and we can fall.� Mushquash said when people feel themselves falling, they reach out for the closest thing to brace themselves. “The closest things are our coping strategies,� Mushquash said. “We can also use these strategies as poles when other poles are being removed. They can help us maintain balance, even when our coping strategies are harmful — some people cope by using alcohol.� Mushquash said alcohol might not be the best pole to use, but it is a pole and in that moment it is keeping somebody out of the fire. “If we remove alcohol, we need to put another coping strategy in there,� Mushquash said. “Whenever we remove one, even if it is an unhealthy coping skill, we must ensure we replace it with something else. Otherwise we are still at risk of upsetting the balance and falling and reaching out for the most familiar thing to

grab for support.� Dilico’s Mental Health and Addictions Services hosted the conference from March 4-5 for Dilico staff and community partners at the Airlane Hotel and Conference Centre in Thunder Bay. “The focus of this year’s conference is our youth,� said Micheal Hardy, Dilico’s executive director. “The work of First Nations people and practitioners demonstrates that cultural knowledge plays a valuable role in the development of culturally competent and safe interventions for working with youth who are experiencing difficulties.� The conference included a keynote address by Peepeekisis First Nation’s Monique Gray Smith on Belief in the Strength and Resiliency of Our People, a Healing Through Hip Hop presentation by Shibastik and a number of workshops, including Ron Kanutski’s Healing Wounds Through Cultural Identity workshop. “I’m talking about the importance of identity in healing wounds,� said Kanutski, owner of With Care Consulting and a Lake Helen band member. “There’s four things that we need as children, and when we don’t get them we continue to need them as youth, and when we don’t get that, we need them as adults.� Kanutski said the four areas are: a sense of belonging, a sense of self-esteem, a sense of identity or role and a sense of purpose. “All programs and services need to be geared towards that to make a difference,� Kanutski said. “That is where the emphasis should be placed, rather than looking at intervention and prevention. We need to focus on those four basic things for First Nations people right now, for ourselves, for our families, for our community members and for our nation as a whole.� Kanutski said when someone is missing a sense of belonging, they will be looking for where they came from for the rest of their life. “So it is important to be connected through our language, through our community, through our clans, through our name,� Kanutski said. “There’s a lot of different ways to tie into that belonging. The most important thing is a sense of belonging and when children don’t have that, they suffer.� The conference was emceed by Stan Wesley of Moose Cree and subsidized by Health Canada through the National Alcohol and Drug Strategy.

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UN report says Canada failing Aboriginals in providing affordable food Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

A United Nations (UN) food envoy said the Canadian government is failing to provide affordable healthy foods to Aboriginal people across the country. Olivier De Schutter, United Nations’ special rapporteur on the right to food, presented his report based on findings from a May 2012 visit to Canada during a webcast seminar on March 1, which was viewed across the country. Schutter said indigenous people in Canada have one of the highest obesity rates in Canada but the federal government is not doing much to help. In most cases, remote First Nations communities are forced to pay double the average cost for essential foods such as milk, vegetables and fruit, making it very difficult for many to maintain a well-rounded diet. Nutrition North Canada is a federal program aimed at subsidizing essential foods in remote communities. Attawapiskat, Bearskin Lake, Big Trout Lake, Fort Albany, Fort Severn, Weenusk, and Kashechewan are currently part of or eligible for the program. But in his report Schutter saw some deficiencies. “It should be better monitored to ensure that retailers do comply with the requirements to pass on the subsidiaries they receive to the beneficiaries of Nutrition North Canada,” he said. “The monitoring to me seems to be very insufficient.” He also said the federal government needs to work better with the provinces and territories to implement similar pro-

grams. NAN supports efforts to revise the social assistance levels to correspond with the cost of basic necessities. Based on the revised northern nutritious food basket, the cost to purchase healthy foods for one week for a family of four in NAN can be as high as $499. However, a family of four on social assistance receives far less than that amount which makes it impossible for them to meet their basic food needs, NAN says. “Healthy nutrition is a key factor in helping to reduce the high rates of childhood obesity and diabetes within NAN territory,” said NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic. “With support from the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, we expect. Canada, our treaty partner, to work with us to ensure the basic human right to food is met in our communities as outlined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” Schutter also said that in Canada, one in 10 families, with at least one kid under 6, are “food insecure,” meaning they don’t know if they will eat tomorrow; welfare rates for a single person are less than the average rent for a single apartment in Ontario, leaving no money for food; and the minimum wage in Canada is not a “living wage,” meaning you cannot live and eat while earning $10 an hour, without turning to charity — a food bank and free meal programs, which are booming across this country. Schutter presented his report to the United Nations Human Rights Council on March 4.

Fort William to host mining conference Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Fort William First Nation is looking to prepare community members for the upcoming mining boom by hosting a mining conference from March 25-26. “We want to get our community members, as many as we can, involved with the mining sector,” said Michael Pelletier, Fort William’s director of economic development. “A lot of the jobs that come up in mining are specialized and you need training, so (with) a couple of years of school or the training required, hopefully we can have our folks ready when things are booming.” Pelletier said the community also wants to work with Thunder Bay to develop the area as a hub for mining. “A lot of things have to come through Thunder Bay to get to the north, so we’d like to (be) ready here in Thunder Bay and Fort William so we can help with some of the support services and all the other industry that needs to happen to make

mining work.” Pelletier said everyone is welcome to attend the Fort William First Nation Mining Conference, which will be held at the Fort William First Nation Community Centre. The conference will feature mining company presentations by a number of companies, including Bending Lake Iron Group, Cliff’s Natural Resources, Noront Resources and Treasury Metals. “The main thrust of this came out of a study done by Lakehead University on mining in northwestern Ontario,” said Walter Bannon, Fort William’s communication officer. “That was when we spawned the idea of making sure that we understood the importance of mining in the future and how we were to make sure that our people and the people of northwestern Ontario were educated in what was coming in terms of mining and what business opportunities were available in the future.” See MINING on Page 18

INSPECTION Inspection of Approved 2013–2014 Annual Work Schedule Martel Forest The Chapleau MNR District Office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has reviewed and approved Tembec’s April 1, 2013–March 31, 2014 Annual Work Schedule (AWS) for the Martel Forest. Availability The AWS will be available for public inspection at the Tembec office (address below) and the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning March 15, 2013 and throughout the one year duration. The Ontario Government Information Centre at the Chapleau MNR District Office provides access to the Internet. Scheduled Forest Management Operations The AWS describes forest management activities such as road construction, maintenance and decommissioning, forestry aggregate pits, harvest, site preparation, tree planting and tending that are scheduled to occur during the year. Tree Planting and Fuelwood Tembec is responsible for tree planting on the Martel Forest. Please contact the Tembec office for information regarding tree planting job opportunities. For information on the locations and licence requirements for obtaining fuelwood for personal use, please contact the Chapleau District Office. For commercial fuelwood opportunities, please contact the Tembec office. More Information For more information on the AWS or to arrange an appointment with MNR staff to discuss the AWS or to request an AWS operations summary map, please contact: Mike Liukko, RPF Management Forester Ministry of Natural Resources Chapleau District Office 190 Cherry Street Chapleau, ON P0M 1K0 tel: 705-864-3173 fax: 705-864-0681

Sarah Sullivan, RPF Planning Superintendent Tembec 175 Planer Road Chapleau, ON P0M 1K0 tel: 705-864-3021

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INSPECTION Inspection of Approved 2013–2014 Annual Work Schedule Caribou Forest The Sioux Lookout District Office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has reviewed and approved Resolute Forest Products Incorporated’s April 1, 2013–March 31, 2014 Annual Work Schedule (AWS) for the Caribou Forest. Availability The AWS will be available for public inspection at the Resolute Forest Products Inc. Sioux Lookout office, MNR’s Sioux Lookout District Office and the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning March 13, 2013 and throughout the one-year duration. The Ontario Government Information Centre at 62 Queen Street, Sioux Lookout provides access to the Internet. Scheduled Forest Management Operations The AWS describes forest management activities such as road construction, maintenance and decommissioning, forestry aggregate pits, harvest, site preparation, tree planting and tending that are scheduled to occur during the year. Tree Planting and Fuelwood Resolute Forest Products Inc. is responsible for tree planting on the Caribou Forest. Please contact John Lawson at 807-475-2440 for information regarding tree planting job opportunities. For information on the locations of and licence requirements for obtaining fuelwood for personal use, please contact the MNR Sioux Lookout District Office at 807-737-5038. For commercial fuelwood opportunities, please contact Resolute Forest Products Inc. at 807-737-7280. More Information For more information on the AWS or to arrange an appointment with MNR staff to discuss the AWS or to request an AWS operations summary map, please contact: Tara Pettit, RPF, Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources Sioux Lookout District Office 49 Prince Street, P.O. Box 309 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A6 tel: 807-737-5040 fax: 807-737-1813 Please call for an appointment.

John Bastone, RPF, Operations Coordinator Resolute Forest Products Inc. 34C Front Street, P.O. Box 568 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A8 tel: 807-737-7280 fax: 807-737-7281 Please call for an appointment.

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INSPECTION Inspection of Approved 2013–2014 Annual Work Schedule Romeo Malette Forest The Timmins District Office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has reviewed and approved Tembec Inc.’s April 1, 2013–March 31, 2014 Annual Work Schedule (AWS) for the Romeo Malette Forest. Availability The AWS will be available for public inspection at the Tembec Inc. office and the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning March 31, 2013 and throughout the one-year duration. Ontario Government Information Centres at South Porcupine provide access to the Internet. Scheduled Forest Management Operations The AWS describes forest management activities such as road construction, maintenance and decommissioning, forestry aggregate pits, harvest, site preparation, tree planting and tending that are scheduled to occur during the year. Tree Planting and Fuelwood Tembec Inc. is responsible for tree planting on the Romeo Malette Forest. Please contact Lino Morandin (705-360-7544) at the Tembec Inc. office in Timmins for information regarding tree planting job opportunities. For information on the locations and licence requirements for obtaining fuelwood for personal use, please contact the Timmins District Office (contact information below). For commercial fuelwood opportunities, please contact Tembec Inc. (contact information below). More Information For more information on the AWS or to arrange an appointment with MNR staff to discuss the AWS or to request an AWS operations summary map, please contact: Mac Kilgour, Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources Timmins District Office South Porcupine, Ontario tel: 705-235-1320 fax: 705-235-1377

Lino Morandin, Forester Tembec Inc. Timmins Office Highway 101 West Timmins, Ontario tel: 705-360-7544 fax: 705-360-1279

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NAN’s Embrace Life workshop focused on healing and showing people ways to take responsibility for their own life. It featured workshops on healthy living, as well as musical performances, including Max and Abe Kakepetum (bottom). Top, Slate Falls Chief Lorraine Crane makes opening remarks.

Healing families at Embrace Life Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

INSPECTION Inspection of Approved 2013–2014 Annual Work Schedule Abitibi River Forest The Cochrane MNR District Office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has reviewed and approved Abitibi River Forest Management Incorporated’s April 1, 2013 –March 31, 2014 Annual Work Schedule (AWS) for the Abitibi River Forest. Availability The AWS will be available for public inspection at the office of First Resource Management Group Inc. and the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning March 15, 2013 and throughout the one-year duration. The Ontario Government Information Centre in Toronto at 777 Bay Street and the following ServiceOntario offices within the Abitibi River Forest provide Internet access. ServiceOntario 143 Fourth Avenue Cochrane, ON

ServiceOntario Main Floor, 33 Ambridge Drive Iroquois Falls, ON

ServiceOntario 5520 Highway 101 East South Porcupine, ON

Scheduled Forest Management Operations The AWS describes forest management activities such as road construction, maintenance and decommissioning, forestry aggregate pits, harvest, site preparation, tree planting and tending that are scheduled to occur during the year. Tree Planting and Fuelwood First Resource Management Group Inc. is responsible for tree planting on the Abitibi River Forest. Please contact First Resource Management Group and Paul Fantin for information regarding tree planting job opportunities. For information on the locations and licence requirements for obtaining fuelwood for personal use, please contact the local MNR District Office. For commercial fuelwood opportunities, please contact First Resource Management Group Inc. More Information For more information on the AWS or to arrange an appointment with MNR staff to discuss the AWS or to request an AWS operations summary map, please contact: First Resource Management Group Inc. Paul Fantin, RPF P.O. Box 920 Englehart, ON P0J 1H0 tel: 705-544-2828 fax: 705-544-2921 e-mail: paul.fantin@frmg.ca office hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Ministry of Natural Resources Stephen Foley, RPF Cochrane District P.O. Box 730, 2-4 Highway 11 South Cochrane, ON P0L 1C0 tel: 705-272-7129 fax: 705-272-7183 e-mail: stephen.foley@ontario.ca office hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Nikki Wood, RPF Timmins District 5520 Highway 101 East South Porcupine, ON P0N 1H0 tel: 705-235-1339 fax: 705-235-1377 e-mail: nikki.wood@ontario.ca office hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Bill VanSchip, RPF Kirkland Lake District P.O. Box 910, 10 Government Road Kirkland Lake, ON P2N 3K4 tel: 705-568-3243 fax: 705-568-3200 e-mail: bill.vanschip@ontario.ca office hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Renseignements en français : 705-272-7158 Cochrane, 705-235-1314 Timmins, 705-568-3222 Kirkland Lake

Healing and empowering families was on the agenda for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Embrace Life forum that took place March 7-8 in Thunder Bay at St.Paul’s United Church. NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic said the focus of the gathering was healing and also to show people “new ways to take active responsibility for their own lives and the lives of others through proactive decision making and individual family responsibility.” Kakegamic explained that the forum was in no way about pointing blame for any issues affecting NAN communities, but to empower those communities into taking responsibility over the health and wellness of their community members. The forum was designed to help First Nations families develop life skills and strategies for their journey to healing. A press release issued by NAN reiterated the fact that the forum was not a political issue and wouldn’t be seek-

ing retribution for injustices against First Nations people. “The families in NAN territory must be revitalized and empowered to retake their rightful place as the central, most vital institutions in our First Nations so we can achieve the spiritual and moral turnaround to help heal, grow and strengthen our communities,” Kakegamic said. The two-day event included musical performances by The Kakepetum Brothers and Fresh IE, and guest speakers Jim Keesic, Don Simmonds, Huntley Street, Jerome Harper, and Pastor Roma Fisher. A variety of different workshops took place that were geared at empowering students, strengthening parenting skills, preparing healthy meals, raising social awareness, teaching traditional wisdom and culture, and providing family counselling. Kakegamic explained that empowerment comes from awareness and skill development, which he said is critical to enabling youth to overpowering the sense of hopelessness while they are trying to live positive and productive lives.

Mining conference to feature presentations and roundtable discussion Cont’d from page 17 Presentations on Women in Mining, the Fort William First Nation Mining Strategy, Aboriginal Involvement in Mining, Mining Essentials and a roundtable discussion will also be held during the conference. “Mining really is the focus of things happening up here in northwestern Ontario,”

Pelletier said. “We really want to educate our youth, our women, our community as well as Thunder Bay about some of the mining opportunities coming up and give them a little bit of a how to in how to get involved in mining.” People interested in attending are encouraged to register online at www.fwfnmining. com.

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Aboriginal media company building hip-hop scene in Thunder Bay Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

On March 2, Thunder Baybased company They.Media hosted their first ever hip-hop show at Newfie’s Pub with several acts taking to the stage in what turned out to be a successful and entertaining event. They.Media is an Aboriginal company that specializes in film, video, public relations and, more recently, music. Tony McGuire, producer and director of They.Media, said he has been working with his company for four years, specializing in videos and PR, and that switching to music was a logical step to take. “The majority of the (They. Media) artists are Aboriginal,” McGuire said. “We are trying to promote the Aboriginal representation in the music scene.” After witnessing how much success Shy-Anne Havorka has with her career as a musician, McGuire and those at They. Media were inspired to pursue the same success. “I was working with all these different people and their PR, and I thought why not apply all of my skills to my own projects,” McGuire said. He explained that They.Media’s staff is comprised of mostly Aboriginal

“The majority of the (They.Media) artists are Aboriginal. We are trying to promote the Aboriginal representation in the music scene...” – Tony McGuire

people. “We are all successful at our own little niches,” McGuire said of the staff. The purpose of the hip-hop show was to have all of They.Media’s artists on display for the public for the first time. The performers consisted of local hip-hop artists, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, like Preme Palorsaari, Shibastik, Rise of Elohim (Li ObiDope), Tim Cheppenko, and Baj and Chad “Nevamind” Miles of the label Deepcave. McGuire said he wanted to break stereotypes regarding Aboriginal people and artists in Thunder Bay with the show,

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Hip hop artists, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, performed during They.Media’s first show at Newfie’s Pub two weeks ago. The media company is trying to bring First Nations artists to the public and build a music scene in Thunder Bay. and to give something back to the Aboriginal community as well. “There has been so much stereotyping going on since Idle No More, and I want to break those with getting out and putting on shows and making music to hopefully fix the problem and bring people together.” “I wanted to put on a show people would like,” McGuire said. “Hip-hop is probably the best way to connect to Aboriginal people because the music is about culture and oppression. I think it’s the easiest way to connect to our Aboriginal people.” McGuire explained that when They.Media first announced the show was happening at Newfie’s, there was a lot of criticism. Some people felt it was a less than favourable place to host the event, and had concerns with security. The show itself went off without incident, and McGuire feels it was a great success. It was Obi-Dope’s first time performing at Newfie’s, and he enjoyed it. Obi-Dope, who is from Fort William First Nation, explained that he wanted to take part in the show because he is currently working with McGuire on new projects. “The crowd was awesome, I got lots of love,” Obi-Dope said. “They were very interactive with me and I liked that. I was satisfied with my performance there.” Palorsaari said he had the best experience performing at Newfie’s since he has been playing live in Thunder Bay. “I have opened for some bigger name artists, but this was a special show for me in many ways.” Palorsaari explained that his

friends and family don’t often get to see him perform in the city because they live in areas like Westfort and East End, so Newfie’s was a good location for the show. “Especially in that type of atmosphere where you can tell the crowd appreciates what you’re doing on stage and they let you know, so it makes it all the better.” McGuire said that the New-

fie’s show went off without a hitch, and was successful business-wise with no problems and no incidences of violence. “I was glad to break that perception and finally lay it to rest for a lot of people who are scared of the Victoriaville Mall area and the Aboriginals who frequent there,” McGuire said. “It’s stupid to me, but that’s the reality of the stereotype, right? I

have been fighting them everyday for my whole life so we’ll continue on into the future.” “Our city is divided, it always has been,” McGuire added. “Within Port Arthur and Fort William, Aboriginals are viewed as less than equal. We need more of these types of events to show support and also show that Aboriginal people just want to have fun, too, and they

want to dance and have a good time.” “I am looking forward to doing our next show,” McGuire said. “We will be building the scene up slowly so that it is possible for an artist to make a living in Thunder Bay.” McGuire can be contacted at jamcguire@theymedia.com to book They.Media artists for shows or youth events.

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Championship hockey slated for this weekend Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Championship hockey will rule this weekend with the Northern First Nations finals scheduled on Friday and Saturday and the Northern Bands finals on Sunday. “It’s exciting and I look forward to seeing what’s happening,� said Margaret Kenequanash, Sioux Lookout’s Northern First Nations tournament organizer. “We have (the C-Side) final on Friday evening. Then on Saturday we’ll do B-Side final at 10 a.m. and A-Side at noon.� This year’s Northern First Nations tournament fea-

“There’s going to be good hockey; there’s going to be good rivalries. You’ve got Sandy Lake, Pikangikum, Sachigo, Kasabonika — they’re bringing in two or three teams, so there is going to be some good hockey there.� - Max Kakepetum, Northern Bands tournament organizer

tures 17 teams, including the two-time defending A-Side champions, the Lac Seul Eagles, and the 2010 champion Pikangikum Screaming Otters. The tournament is being played at the Sioux Lookout Memorial Arena from March 11-16. Last year’s A-Side runnersup, the Michikan Mavericks,

and the C-Side champions, the Bamaji Ice, are also playing in the tournament, as are the 2011 B-Side champions, the Hudson Bay Cree, and the 2011 C-Side runnersup, the Mishkeegogamang Falcons. “What I see over a number of years is a turnover of teams that have younger

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players that are able to play more organized hockey, which makes for a more competitive hockey,� Kenequanash said. “There’s some good games lining up there this week.� The Northern First Nations tournament also features two exhibition games on March 11 and 13 by minor hockey teams, a puck-shooting challenge on March 14 and a syllabic chart recital challenge on March 15. The Northern Bands tournament, happening in Dryden, features 24 teams, including the Northern First Nations 2012 B-Side champion, the Sandy Lake Chiefs, and C-Side runners up, the Pikangikum Moose. The tournament is being played at the Dryden Memorial Arena from March 12-17, with some games on March 16 at the Eagle Lake Arena. “There’s going to be good hockey; there’s going to be good rivalries,� said Max Kakepetum, Northern Bands tournament organizer. “You’ve got Sandy Lake, Pikangikum, Sachigo, Kasabonika — they’re bringing in two or three teams, so there is going to be some good hockey there.� Kakepetum said the focus is on featuring players from the communities in the Northern Bands tournament. “It’s basically for northern band hockey, isolated communities,� Kakepetum said. “Most of the communities elected to stay with their own community members — you have to be a member of the band to play with the team.�

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Brett Okeese of the Eabametoong Outlaws celebrates a shot that beat goalie Samuel Childforever of the KI Native Wings in the opening game of the Northern First Nations Hockey Tournament. The 17-team tournament started Monday at the Sioux Lookout Memorial Arena with a 5-1 Outlaws victory. Championship games will be played Saturday. The Northern Bands Hockey Tournament, featuring 23 teams in Dryden, started Mar. 12. It will finish with championship games on Sunday. The Northern Bands tournament also features visits by former NHL players Wayne Babych and Thomas Steen and Liberal Party of Canada interim leader Bob Rae, movies for children, an old-timers game between northern First Nation old-timers and Dryden old-timers on March 14 and a community feast on March 16. Although Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s hockey teams signed up for the Northern First Nations tournament, KI Chief Donny Morris said the Northern Bands tournament in Dryden is a “wakeup call� for Sioux

Lookout. “To me, it’s going to give Sioux Lookout a wakeup call,� Morris said. “We always said us people up north are the ones that are taking our monies to Sioux Lookout. Now with that (tournament) gone, I don’t know how much of an impact it will make, but definitely, Dryden will benefit a lot.� Morris said the hockey players at the Dryden tournament will enjoy their visit. “I hear it’s going to be a warm welcome,� Morris said about the Dryden tournament. “It’s a good environment.�

Inspection of Approved 2013–2014 Annual Work Schedule Kenora Forest The Kenora District Office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has approved the Miitigoog LP April 1, 2013–March 31, 2014 Annual Work Schedule (AWS) for the Kenora Forest.

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Health Services 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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Left: Canadian Ranger Sgt. Victor Rickard of Moose Factory teaches soldiers about basic snow machine maintainence. Above: Coyote armoured vehicles in Cochrane, Ont. on Feb. 14. Below: Soldiers parachute into Moosonee, Ont. on Feb. 22.

Trillium Response trains soldiers in harsh winter conditions Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Residents in the MoosoneeCochrane region likely saw a flurry of military activity during the week of Feb. 11-21. Contingents from the Canadian army, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Rangers took part in Exercise Trillium Response, an annual field training exercise aimed at developing and maintaining the armed forces’ capability and expertise to conduct various operations in remote areas and austere conditions. This year’s exercise focused on a “defense of Canada� scenario in the region. “It was a joint exercise for us, designed to give challenging scenarios for soldiers and the air force while testing our command and control, as well

“We try to get Rangers from the communities that are close the area of operation because they know their area very well.� -Col. Jennie Carignan

as logistics support in extreme winter conditions,� Chief of Staff Col. Jennie Carignan said. More than 1,450 soldiers were deployed, including elements from two mechanized brigades and the air force. Eighteen Canadian Rangers from Kashechewan, Fort Albany, Moose Factory and Constance Lake also took part in the exercise. “We try to get Rangers from

the communities that are close the area of operation because they know their area very well,� Carignan said. The exercise involved various scenarios, including a reported plane crash outside of Cochrane. Residents also saw paratroopers jump from aircrafts. The Canadian Forces released media advisories and had community consultations prior to the exercise to notify the public about the presence of military personnel, vehicles and aircraft in the region. This included a public service announcement that a high volume of Canadian Forces vehicles would be travelling on Highway 11 and 634 from Otter Rapids to Cochrane on Feb. 22. Exercise Trillium Response is held in a different region each year, and is selected based on the scenarios and objectives.

This year, Carignan said the Canadian Armed Forces had been operating in Afghanistan for 10 years and needed to refresh their winter skills. The Moosonee-Cochrane region offered aspects that met their criteria. “The region offered a great setup for that as well as long lines of distance, which was 250 kilometres long,� she said. As commander of the exercise, Carignan was pleased with the result. “We had a good turnout and the opportunity to test our abilities and we’re extremely happy with how this turned out,� she said. Carignan wanted to extend a public thank you to all communities that were involved. “There’s no way we could have done this with out their support,� she said.

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Residential Counsellor is required for full time position. The Residential Counsellor will be responsible for carrying out daily programming, facilitating groups, case conferencing and supervision of clients. QUALIFICATIONS ‡ Minimum Grade 12 or equivalents; ‡ Child and Youth Worker diploma and/or related discipline an asset; ‡ Experience working with youth in a residential treatment setting; ‡ Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently; ‡ A thorough understanding of the Child & Family Services Act and 0HQWDO +HDOWK $FW D GH¿QLWH DVVHW ‡ Knowledge of child development and therapeutic modalities in working with youth. KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY ‡ Ability to take direction and facilitate individualized treatment plans; ‡ Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout District will be an asset; ‡ Must have knowledge and understanding of Native culture, and of the geographic realities and social conditions within remote First Nation Communities; ‡ Must be willing to do shift work; ‡ Must be willing and able to relocate to Sioux Lookout. Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Vulnerable Person’s Sector Check to: Human Resources Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority 61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300 Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: March 22, 2013 The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted. Please ensure the SLFNHA receives your Criminal Reference Check as soon as possible to avoid delays in processing your application. For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our Web-site at www.slfnha.com

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Who is eligible? Unemployed or underemployed youth (under the age of 30) who have graduated with a degree or diploma from a post secondary institution within the last three years and are legally entitled to work in Canada. Salary: Commensurate with experience. This full-time position is partially funded by NOHFC’s Youth Internship Program. Ability and Knowledge: ‡ 2UJDQL]DWLRQDO FRPPXQLFDWLRQ DQG ¿QDQFH administration skills ‡ Some project as well as business management ‡ Computer software skills 4XDOLÀFDWLRQV ‡ Business administration dipolama/degree or equivalent 'HDGOLQH IRU $SSOLFDWLRQV LV 30 ORFDO WLPH 0RQGD\ 0DUFK 3OHDVH PDLO DSSOLFDWLRQV WR John Cole, Interim Coordinator Shibogama Kanawayneemidowin PO Box 449 Sioux Lookout ON P8T 1A5 Phone (807) 737-2662 Fax (807) 737-1583 Email johnc@shibogama.on.ca

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Junior Rangers from six First Nations gather for winter training exercise in Muskrat Dam Amanda McLean Canadian Rangers

Over 50 Junior Canadian Rangers from six communities gathered together in Muskrat Dam for the 3rd Annual Junior Canadian Ranger Northwest Explorer from March 1-3. The exercise is an annual event that teaches and confirms winter survival skills, traditional skills and Ranger skills. “It’s an incredible opportunity to have the JCRs snowmobile and drive in using the winter road. It is our most popular training event of the year and the JCRs really like the opportunity to come together and make new friendships and renew old friendships with other JCRs that they don’t get to see very often,” said Warrant Officer Mark Kendall, Junior Canadian Ranger instructor for northwestern Ontario. Junior Canadian Rangers from Bearskin Lake, Big Trout Lake, Muskrat Dam, Round Lake, Sachigo Lake and Sandy Lake honed their skills in ice fishing, snowmobile safety, snowshoeing, shelter building, radio communications training, leadership games, cooking, stump stoves and traditional crafts. During the weekend, Muskrat Dam Chief Gary Beardy, a Canadian Ranger, explained to the kids the importance of positive life experiences. “Being a Junior Canadian Ranger is a positive first step in a young person’s life,” Beardy said. “The skills they learn as a Junior Ranger will

“It was good to see old friends and make new ones.” -JCR Ocean Barratt

follow them to adulthood.” One of the Junior Rangers who participated in the event said it was a great chance to connect with other youth from the communities. “I had a really good time driving the snowmobile and ice fishing,” Junior Canadian Ranger Ocean Barratt said. “It was good to see old friends and make new ones.” The Junior Canadian Rangers will now begin to gear up for spring training in the northwest. This training will include AT V and boat safety in preparation for their annual trip to Geraldton, Ont. for Camp Loon, which sees 20 communities gather for a summer camp in July.

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DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL EDUCATION Faculty of Education NATIVE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS’ PROGRAM Is Accepting Applications For 2013 Summer School

Native Language Teacher’s Certification (NLTC) July 2 - July 26, 2013

A Three summer program; training in teaching Native as a Second Language to students whose first language is English. A Certificate of Qualification (Transitional) in NLTC is issued by the Ontario College of Teachers upon successful completion of this program. This program is offered in co-operation with, and funded by, the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and the Ministry of Education.

Native as a Second Language (NASL) Diploma July 8 - July 26, 2013

A Four summer program; training in teaching Native as a Second Language, to prepare teachers to teach students whose first language is English. For further information and an application package contact Bruce Beardy, NLIP Coordinator or Diane Maybee, NLIP Assistant: 807-343-8003 or 807-343-8542 E-mail: bbeardy@lakeheadu.ca or dmaybee@lakeheadu.ca

HONOURS BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (Aboriginal) P/J A Call For Aboriginal Teachers Accepting Applications For September 2013

This Honours program prepares you (of Aboriginal ancestry) to become a teacher with a core specialization in literacy, numeracy and attention to children with special needs. Graduates will be recommended to the Ontario College of Teachers for certification, at the Primary/Junior division. For further information and an application package contact Judy Flett: 807-343-8020 or 807-346-7915 E-mail: jflett@lakeheadu.ca 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, P7B 5E1 http://education.lakeheadu.ca/aboriginaleducation/

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Wawatay’s Mining Quarterly Onotassiniik sets out to provide knowledge and information about the mining industry in northern Ontario to First Nations communities, individuals and leaders throughout the region. The magazine will emphasize best practices within the mining industry, while helping to share information about mining activities and mining agreements with and between First Nations of northern Ontario. Onotassiniik, a full colour glossy magazine, will be distributed free of charge in Wawatay News in May, August, November and February of each year.

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