April 18, 2013 Volume 40 Number 15

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Moose Cree artist explores animal-human interaction PAGE 11 Vol. 40 No. 15

Dealing with high cost of shipping goods north PAGE 8

Science fair promotes traditional knowledge PAGE 12 9,300 copies distributed $1.50

April 18, 2013 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

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“Everything that we see around us is actually changing. Even the stars are in different locations these days. Even the moon is not in the same place it used to be.” -KI Elder Sarah Jane McKay in The Breathing Lands

Submitted photo by Allan Lisner

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug has released a new You Tube video on climate change, called The Breathing Lands, documenting the changes in the environment that Elders are witnessing in the hopes of promoting global action on climate change. The community also wants to share information with other people around the world dealing with the effects of climate change on traditional ways of life. See story on page 16.

ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᓂᐊᐣᒋᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᐅᐸᑯᓭᑕᓇᐗ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓯᐌ ᐊᑭᐠ ᑐᑭᐎᐣ ᔖᐣ ᐯᓬ ᐗᐗᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐯᔑᓇᑯᑎᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐗᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᑭᑫᑕᓇᐗ ᑲᓂᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ᙮ ᑲᑲᑭᑫᑕᑯᐠ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐊᓂᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐗᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᔭᐗᐨ ᒋᒪᓂᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ, ᑲᔭᔭᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᐱᐳᐠ ᓂᓂᑌᑕᑯᐣ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᔭᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑭᑎᒥᑯᒼ, ᒥᓇ ᑲᐅᒋᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᑎᓄᑲᐣ ᑲᐗᐗᑌᐠ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐎᐣ ᒋᓇᒋᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᒧᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ᙮ ᑫᑭᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ, ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᐸᑭᑎᓇᓇᐗ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᑐᐗᒋᐣ ᐁᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ᙮ “ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᓂᓯᑕᐎᓇᓇᐗ ᑲᓂᐊᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐃ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒑᐣ ᑲᐟᐱᐟ᙮ “ᓂᓇᐎᐟ ᑲᐅᑕᑎᓯᔭᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ, ᑲᔦᒪ ᐯᔓᐣᐨ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᔭᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ, ᒪᐗᐨ ᐊᓂ ᓂᓂᑌᑕᑯᐣ᙮” ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᑭᐌᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ

ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᐃᔑᐎᑕᒪᑫᐗᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᐗᔑᒣ ᒋᑭᑐᑕᒧᐗᐸᐣ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓯᐱ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐁᑲ ᒋᒪᒋᑕᓂᐗᐠ᙮ “ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ, ᑲᐎᓂᐣ ᐃᑴᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐤ ᒪᒋᑕᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᒪᒋᒋᑫᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐦᐃᐌᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᐊᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ,” ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑲᓂᐊᐣᒋᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᐡᑲᐎ ᑲᓇᐗᐸᑕᒥᐣ᙮ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ ᒋᐎᑕᒪᐗᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐁᓯᓭᐦᐃᐌᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᑭᐌᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐅᑕᑎᓯᐗᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ᙮” ᑲᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᓂᔕᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐗᐱᑯᐠ, ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᒋᐎᒋᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᐎᑕᒪᑫᐎᓂᐗ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ᙮ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᑭᐎᑕᓇᐗ ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᔑᓂᑲᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒪᐡᑭᐠ -ᐁᐅᒋᑭᑭᓇᐗᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐠ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᔑᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ᙮ ᓂᑕᒼ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᓂ ᐊᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ, ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᓯᐗᐨ ᐁᓇᑲᒋᑐᐗᐨ᙮ “ᒥᐌ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐁᑭᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᐃᔑ ᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐗᐸᐠ ᑲᓂᐸᑭᔑᒧᐠ ᒥᓇ

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ᑲᒥᐢᑾᑌᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᔭᔭ ᒍᓯ ᒪᑫ ᑲᓂᒪᒋ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓭᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ᙮ “ᑲᐎᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐸᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐎᐣ᙮ ᓄᑯᒼ ᑲᐃᓇᐱᔭᐣ ᐃᐡᐱᒥᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐃᑭᑐᔭᐣ ᐗᐸᐠ ᒋᒥᓄᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᔭᐸᐣ ᑲᓂᐗᐸᐠ ᐁᑭᒧᐗᐠ᙮” “ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐗᐸᑕᒪᐠ ᐊᐣᒋᓇᑯᓄᐣ,” ᒪᑫ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑲᓂᐱᐠ ᒪᐗᐨ ᐁᓂ ᐊᐱᒋ ᑭᔑᑌᐠ᙮ ᑲᐎᐣ ᐎᑲ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐅᒋᔑᐌᐸᓯᓄᐣ᙮ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓂᑕᑾᑭᐠ, ᐎᐸᐨ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᑕᑲᔭ᙮ ᑲᐎᐣ

ᐎᑲ ᑐᒋᐗᐸᑕᓯᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒋᓯᓭᐠ, ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭᐱ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᐎᔭᐣ᙮” ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᐊᓂᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᓂᔑ ᓴᓇᑭᓭᐗᐨ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓂᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᓯᐱᓂ ᐁᑲ ᒋᒪᒋᑕᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ᙮ “ᓂᐱ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ᙮” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓭᕒᐊ ᒉᐣ ᒪᑫ ᓂᔡ ᑲᓂᒪᓯᓇᑌᓭᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ᙮

“ᑭᑭᒥᓂᑯᒥᐣ ᓂᐱ ᒋᐅᑕᑎᓯᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᐠ᙮ ᓂᒪᒪ ᒥᔑᓋ ᑭᐎᑕᒪᐠ ᒪᐗᐨ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐠ ᓂᐱ ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᐎᑲ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᒪᐣ ᓂᐱᑲᐠ ᑫᐅᒋ ᓂᔑᐗᓇᑕᐠ᙮” ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᐸᐦᐅᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᐠ ᑯᑖᓯ, ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑖᓂ ᒫᕒᐃᐢ ᒥᓇ ᓂᔭᐣ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᐸᐦᐅᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᐡᑲᒧᐗᐸᐣ ᓄᑕᓯᓂᑫᐠ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐗᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐅᒋᑎᐯᑕᑯᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ᙮ ᒥᓇ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᔑᒥᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑲᑴᒪᓇᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᓯᐱᓂ ᐁᑲ ᒋᓄᑕᓯᓂᑫᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᑭᐤ ᒪᒋᑕᐎᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᑕᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᐁᑲᑴᐎᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᓀᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐊᐦᑭᐤ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐃᔕᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᓇᑯᓂᑫᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᒋᒥᐣᒐᒥᓇᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᐱᒥᐎᑐᐗᐨ ᐅᑕᐦᑭᒥᐗ᙮ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᑎᐸᒋᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᑲᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐁᓯᓭᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑲᑴᒪᓇᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᓯᐱᓂ ᒋᑭᑕᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ᙮

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Attawapiskat reimbursed for third-party manager Attawapiskat First Nation has been reimbursed $136,132 for the money it was forced to pay for the third-party manager that was installed by the federal government. The third-party manager was put in charge of the band’s finances after Attawapiskat called for help on its housing crisis. The First Nations’ chief and council refused to allow the third-party manager into the community, but were still forced to pay nearly $20,000 per month for his salary.

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᑭᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᓇᐗ ᑲᑭᒪᐗᑐᐡᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᐡᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᓇᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ᙮ ᑲᑭᒪᐗᑐᐡᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᐗᐸᑕᐦᐃᐌᐗᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᒥᓉᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᒪᐗᒋᐦᐃᑎᐎᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐎ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ᙮ ᑲᑭᒪᐗᑐᐡᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᐅᒋ ᐎᒋᑐᐗᐠ ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ᙮

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Sachigo youth walkers reach Sioux Lookout

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ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᑭᑭᐌᒥᓇᐗᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑲᑭᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐎ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᑭᑭᐌᒥᓇᐗᐠ $136,132 ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐗᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐎ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐗᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ᙮ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᐌᐨ ᑭᐊᓄᓇᑲᓀ ᒋᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐡᑾᐃᑭᑐᐗᐨ ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐁᑭᓇᑐᒥᐌᐗᐨ ᒋᐎᒋᐦᐊᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᓭᐗᐨ ᐗᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᐅᐣᒋ᙮ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐌᐎᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐎᐣ ᐅᑐᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᐗᐣ ᑲᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᑎᑲᒥᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᐃᓇᑲᓀᐗᐠ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐗᐨ $20,000 ᐯᔑᑯᐱᓯᒼ ᑲᑭᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐗᑲᓀᐨ ᑲᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ᙮ Page 15

Debeers finishes supply runs despite blockade Supply runs for Debeer’s Victor diamond mine were completed during the winter road season, despite two blockades by Attawapiskat members that closed the winter road for 15 days.

Yet Debeers says it is still considering legal action against the blockaders, as it works on debriefing and analyzing the effect of the blockades. Debeer’s spokesperson Tom Ormsby said the company was able to complete its supply runs via the winter road because of the extended cold weather in March.

ᒥᓇ ᐁᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᔑᓇᑭᐡᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᐁᔑᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᐸᑯᐡᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᑲᓇ᙮ ᑎᐱᕒᐢ ᑲᐃᑭᑐᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᑖᒼ ᐅᕒᒼᐱ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒪᒋᑕᐎᐣ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᓇᐗ ᑲᑭᐱᒪᐦᐅᑕᓱᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᑭᑕᑲᔭᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᒫᕒᐨ᙮

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First Nations rally against education act

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ᑎᐱᕒᐢ ᑭᑭᔑᐱᒪᐦᐅᑕᓱᐗᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᐱᐡᑭᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ ᑲᑭᐱᒪᐦᐅᑕᓱᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑎᐱᕒᐢ ᐱᐠᑐᕒ ᐗᓴᑯᓀᐊᓯᐣ ᓄᑕᓯᓂᑫᐎᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᓇᐗ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐠ, ᐁᑭ ᑭᐸᑯᐡᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᓂᔡ ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ ᓂᔭᓄᔕᑊ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᐠ᙮ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑎᐱᕒᐢ ᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ ᐁᓇᓇᑲᑕᐌᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓂᐠ ᐁᐎᐸᑭᑎᓇᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᐸᑯᐡᑭᑫᐗᐨ, ᒣᑾᐨ ᐁᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᐁᑎᐸᑭᒋᑫᐗᐨ

Chiefs of Ontario led a rally in Thunder Bay against the proposed federal education act. The rally protested a consultation meeting between Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development staff and First Nations leaders. The rally had the support of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Anishinabek Nation. Page 7

A celebration was held in Sioux Lookout to commemorate the arrival of the group of youth walkers who are making a 1,000 km journey from Sachigo Lake to Thunder Bay. The youth are walking in support of the proposed Dennis Franklin Cromarty living centre, which would give youth coming from northern communities a place to live in Thunder Bay while attending high school. The walkers left Sachigo Lake on April 5 and expect to be in Thunder Bay on April 22. Page 9

ᓴᒋᑯ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ ᑭᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐠ ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᒥᓇᐗᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐠ ᐁᑭᑭᑭᓄᐗᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᑭᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ ᐁᐃᓀᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ 1,000 ᑕᓱᑎᐸᐦᐊᑲᐣ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᒪᒐᐗᐨ ᓴᒋᑯ ᐁᐃᔕᐗᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ᙮ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ ᐅᐎᒋᑐᓇᐗ ᑲᐃᓀᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑌᓇᐢ ᐸᕒᐊᐣᐠᓬᐃᐣ ᑲᓇᕒᒧᕒᑎ ᑲᐯᔑᐎᑲᒥᐠ, ᒋᑭᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐱᐅᒋᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᒋᑲᐯᔑᐗᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑯᓯᐗᐨ᙮ ᑲᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ ᑭᒪᒐᐗᐠ ᓴᒋᑯ ᐁᐳᕒᐅᓬ 5 ᒥᓇ ᑭᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐠ ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐠ ᐁᐳᕒᐅᓬ 15᙮ ᒥᐌ ᐁᓀᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ ᐁᐳᕒᐅᓬ 22᙮ Page 9

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NAN signs education partnership with Ontario, Canada Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) has signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work with Ontario and Canada on improving education outcomes for NAN students. The agreement, signed during the Spring Chiefs Assembly in Mattagami First Nation on Apirl 9, intends to help support NAN students attending school at both First Nation and provincial schools. “This MOU recognizes the authority and autonomy of NAN First Nations and reflects the original spirit and intent of the Treaties, which is Indian control of Indian education,”

said NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno in a press release. “By working collaboratively we will be better able to prepare our students with the self-confidence and educational opportunities they need to reach their educational goals and achieve their full potential.” The MOU lays out five areas on which NAN will work with the federal and provincial governments on education. The list of priority areas includes improving student support services for students living away from home, integrating First Nation culture, history, perspective and languages into school curriculum, and increasing the number of First Nation staff and Elders in provincial

schools. It also promises to explore ways of increasing First Nation involvement in provincial schools and advisory bodies, and look at new organizational options for delivering second level services to First Nation schools. Similar tri-partite agreements have been signed in Alberta, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Quebec, among other regions. This is the first such agreement in Ontario. Federal minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Bernard Valcourt, said the agreement is an example of how governments and First Nations can work together successfully. “These agreements reflect

the perspectives and concerns of the communities they serve, which is vital if we are to succeed in creating education systems that truly meet the needs of First Nation students,” Valcourt said. The minister also used his speech to suggest that NAN leaders participate in the consultation on development of a First Nations Education Act. “It is important that members of the Nishnawbe Aski First Nations participate in the upcoming consultations so that the experience of developing the agreement can be shared with other interested parties,” Valcourt said. But NAN issued a statement later on the same day stat-

ing that NAN “unequivocally” remains firmly opposed to the development and enactment of a First Nations Education Act, despite the signing of the MOU with Canada and Ontario. “The signing of this historic MOU in no way detracts from our steadfast opposition to any federal legislation with respect to First Nations education,” said NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic. “We need education, not legislation, through fair and adequate funding that will ensure that First Nation students receive quality education on par with students across Canada.” Students attending schools on reserves receive about $2,000 less in funding per year

than their peers at provincial run schools. In 2004 Canada’s Auditor General concluded it would take 28 years to close the education gap between First Nations on-reserve and the rest of Canada. “The government of Canada continues to shortchange students on-reserve compared to their provincial counterparts,” Kakegamic said. “Our young people are systematically denied their Treaty right to a quality education.” NAN also stated it supported the education rally held in Thunder Bay on April 11, which protested outside a consultation session held for the education act.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐃᐧᑎᓭ ᑭᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᐃ ᔕᐧᐣ ᐯᓫ

ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐅᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᐣ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ᙮ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᑭᒧᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒪᑕᐧᑲᒥ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓴᑲᓱ ᒥᑭᓯ ᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌ ᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᔭᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᑲᑕᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐣ ᑕᔑᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑭᐱᒧᑕᒪᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᒪᔭᑦ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑭᒋᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᑌᑭᐸᐣ

ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑲᐱᒧᑕᒪᓯᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐡ ᐊᕑᐱ ᔦᐢᓇ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐠ᙮ “ᑲᑭᓇ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᔭᐠ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᔭᒥᓇᐠ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᓂ ᑌᐱᓇᒪᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᑫᑲᓇᐣ᙮” ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᐦᐊ ᐅᑕ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒋ᙮ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐦᐃ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᓴ ᑲᑕᐃᐧᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐊᐧᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔭ ᒋᐊᓂ ᒥᔑᓂᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ

ᑲᔭ ᑭᒋᐦᐊᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑫᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐸᐣ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᓂᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ᙮ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᔦᐠ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐸᓂᐣ ᐊᕑᐯᑕ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐤ ᐯᕑᐊᐣᐢᐃᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒪᓇᑐᐸ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᐧᐦᐃᐯᐠ᙮ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᐁᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᑲᑌᐠ᙮ ᑭᒋᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪ ᐯᕑᓇᕑᐟ ᐸᓫᑲᐧᕑᐟ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒋᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᓭ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ᙮ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐅᒋᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᐃᔑᐸᑯᓭᓂᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᔭᑲᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᒥᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᐅᓇᑐᔭᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ, ᐸᓫᑲᐧᕑᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᑭᒋᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐊᔭᒥᐨ ᐅᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐟ᙮ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔭ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᐡᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᑦ ᐱᑯ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫᐠ ᒋᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ, ᐸᓫᑲᐧᕑᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᓇᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐁᓇᑲᔑᑲᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐣ ᒥᑲ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐃᐧᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ᙮ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᑕᐅᒋ ᒪᔭᑭᓭᓯᓄᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᓇᑲᐡᑲᒪᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐡ ᑲᐧᔨᐢ ᑲᑭᑫᑲᒥᐠ᙮ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᒪ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ᙮ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ $2000 ᓄᑕᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐱᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ᙮ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2004 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐸᐣ ᑕᐡᐱᑯᐨ

ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᐁᐃᓇᓀᐤᐅᔕᐱᔭᑭ ᒋᐱᒪᓄᑭᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᓂᑯᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒋᑕᐱᑕᐃᐧᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᓂᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ᙮ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐅᓇᑕᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᔭᐸᒋᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᐃᔑᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐧᔨᐢ ᑲᑭᑫᑲᒥᐠ᙮ “ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᓯᓭᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑭᑐᐡᑲᑎᓯᒥᓇᓇᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᔭᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐊᔕ ᐱᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᑯᐸᓀᐣ᙮” ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᔭ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᐣ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᒪᑲᐧᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᑫᐧᑐᐣᐠ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᑊ ᒥᑭᓯ ᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ᙮ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ᙮

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Wawatay News APRIL 18, 2013

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

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

Midnight Shine lights up the coast Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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new First Nation music production has been launched by Midnight Shine, which features an old friend of mine, Attawapiskat resident Adrian Sutherland. A lot of great music has come from James Bay over the past few decades and Midnight Shine represents a new crop of Aboriginal performers to add to this tradition. Midnight Shine, which is also the album title, is the first release by this group of First Nation musicians. Laughter and music has been two of the great tools of survival of First Nations. All my life, I was surrounded by friends and family members who could sing, play the fiddle and step dance. The Scottish, Irish, French and English fur traders had a big impact on our people when they introduced us to the fiddle. Of course, the drum always had a place in our music from the days of my ancestors and now happily it is being featured more and more with traditional drum groups all over the country. Adrian and his younger brother Andrew have been part of several traditional drumming and singing groups for many years. Their family has always had a strong connection to Aboriginal culture and traditional activities. I know that Adrian has always loved music. One of the main stays of music in Aboriginal communities has always been country. I recall listening to so many country records, cassettes and then to CDs over so many years. Those great country artists like George Jones, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Hank Snow will forever be part of my experience as a child growing up in Attawapiskat. This type of music has influenced our communities on the James Bay coast over many decades and it was a starting point for many music performers in the north. We had our own local musicians too with the Nakogee brothers that have entertained us for decades at community events and dances. One of the lead singers, George Nakogee is now better

known for working as a show host for Wawatay Radio on the James Bay coast. There have also been other music artists to come out of James Bay such as Lawrence Martin, Vern Cheechoo, Archie Cheechoo and Ron Kataquapit. Adrian and his band, which includes members George Gillies on drums, guitarist Zach Tomatuck and Stan Louttit on bass and guitar, have produced a wonderful album. Some of the songs featured include my favourites ‘James Bay’ and ‘Indian In Disguise’. They describe the modern world my Aboriginal generation currently lives in, where we have one foot in the past and one foot in the present. Adrian did most of the writing for the songs on the album and his sister Iris Sutherland also contributed with her writing talent in the song ‘Small Town Girl’. You can check out the band and their music at: www.midnightshineonline. com. I am so happy for Adrian that he is making his dreams come true. He has a great voice and the band is very tight musically. They recorded their album at Noble Street Studios in Toronto and it was mastered by George Seara. The album was produced by well known music promoter Douglas Romanow. Adrian is a hard worker and he has first hand experience to know what it is to be an Anishinabe person in our modern world. He understands very well where he has come from and where he is going. The music world and life in the big city is uncompromising and there are lots of cracks and holes on the pathway to success. Alcohol and drugs are a big part of the music scene and Adrian will have to draw on his knowledge as a traditional person and his experience in the world of addictions to keep strong in his path. It is great to see some positive news come out of Attawapiskat. Like many First Nations, my community has had to deal with so many issues over the past few decades. Adrian is proof that strong connections to our traditions and culture produce positive results. Look for good things from Adrian Sutherland and Midnight Shine and support and encourage their efforts. We need more role models like Adrian and his band members.

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Unloading cargo plane, Pikangikum 1983.

Oskapewis (helper) To: Chiefs of Canada Hello, my name is Edmond Etherington. I am a Cree from Moose Factory, Ontario. I was one of the helpers for Chief Theresa Spence during her fast. I stayed on the island for 40 days as her helper along other helpers. Also I joined the Journey of Nishiyuu and walked to Ottawa with the Cree and Algonquin people of Quebec. I have been trying to show Canada how serious I am for these bills and the effects they are going to have on the people. I write to you for support for my cause. I walked across Canada in 2006 for the youth. So I made up my mind today. I will do this again for all native people. I will walk right across this country to get my message across to the people. I believe these bills can be stopped. At this time I do really take this

role I play in today’s society as a helper. I am a helper in ceremonies. I am a helper in life. I don’t have the answers for this confusion. I can do what I feel what is needed to be done. So I am doing it. What I am trying to say is this confusion with the government is what they want. They want us to divide. They want us to go beyond and start fighting. People say the government won’t listen. “We need to go to war.” I say, ”No, we don’t need to go to war.” That is not the way. I will protect this land as my mother body lies beneath this soil where we rested her. I will be honoured to protect your family members who are not here no more. I say this with all my heart. I am asking from my heart stand with me. Help this helper out. Let’s all work together. Let’s take it a step fur-

ther and go beyond the government and let’s go to the Queen. She has the power to stop this. I know about what happen in the past. But treaties were signed with the Crown. Not with the Stephen Harper. Please take the time for your busy schedules as leaders and feel my words as a father, as a mother, as a grandparent, as a brother, as a sister, as a friend, not as a leader. We can change it takes one. They talk about Unity. Let’s Unite. Let’s show the world and the rest of Canada who we are as the originals that were here first. I am just informing ahead of time before I leave. The date of the start will be on Mother’s Day. The day is on May 12, 2013. If I have to walk by myself, so be it. I will walk by myself. I ask just for the support from First Nations across Canada. If you need more

information from me I will put up a Facebook group. I just got to find a person who knows how to do that. I will create a website. This website will have to people and their words of how they feel about this confusion. Either to speak on video or write it down. I am looking for sponsors at the same time. If any of the youth want to join I invite them, just when we are in the area. I know this will turn into a big event. I will get my message across Canada. There is so much behind my decision. I will explain more. Thank you for taking the time of your busy schedule to read this.

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Gathering 2013 Saturday April 20, 2013 12:00pm to 4:00pm CST; Sunday April 21, 2013 1:00pm to 5:00pm CST. (Note: the Gathering was held at the Sunset Suites in Sioux Lookout on Feb 19-21, 2013)

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Equay-wuk’s new board of directors was elected on February 20, 2013. Top l-r:Faith Nymark - Secretary (Mishkeegogamang), Dorothy Sakanee - Board member (Neskantaga) Sitting l-r: Sarah Winter - Treasurer (Kingfisher Lake), Lucy Quezance - Vice Chair (Lac Seul), Clara Carroll - Chair (Lac Seul), Dora Beardy - Elder/Board member (Bearskin Lake)

Kasabonika Northern Store awards grand prize - an ATV Kasabonika Lake member Raymond Morris was the lucky winner of the community’s new Northern Store’s grand prize, a Yamaha Kodiak 400 ATV. The prize was part of the grand opening celebration that also included many other smaller prizes being won during the store’s first week. Morris won the ATV on March 23.

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Victor Mine receives ‘needed’ supplies during winter road season De Beers still considering legal action against blockaders Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Despite losing more than two weeks of the winter road season along the James Bay coast due to two separate blockades, De Beers Canada says it was able to ship the necessary fuel and supplies to its Victor Mine site. Tom Ormsby, De Beers’ director of external and corporate affairs, said the diamond mining company was able to receive the “needed� shipments thanks to the longer winter season. The James Bay winter road officially closed on March 29, two weeks longer than the previous winter road season. “We were extremely fortunate that the weather in northern Ontario was colder than usual for a longer than period of time,� Ormsby said. “And that did allow us to get in what we needed to get in before we lost the winter road.� Ormsby also acknowledged the work of local crews and businesses in putting in the extra effort once the road reopened following the last blockade. “Because of their strong planning and the fact we got strong support from the ground, from the local businesses and others, that when the program was able to resume, it did so safely and quickly,� Ormsby said. De Beers had lost 15 days of its winter road program to ship supplies due to two blockades. On Feb. 4, a small group of Attawapiskat community members put a blockade on the 90-kilometre road between the First Nation and Victor Mine site, citing issues with the com-

munity’s Impact Benefit Agreement with De Beers. It ended on Feb. 6 after an agreement was reached between the group, De Beers and Attawapiskat leaders. A second blockade was put up on Feb. 10 by a different group of community members. De Beers filed a court injunction, which was granted on Feb. 15. The community members took down their blockade on Feb. 22 after a Timmins judge ordered police to make arrests if the blockaders did not comply. Although the Victor Mine site received what it needed to operate for another year, not all of the supplies made it to the site. “So now we have to do an assessment to see if there anything we didn’t get in, what are the costs involved, things like that,� Ormsby said on April 2. “That debrief hasn’t been done yet.� After the road re-opened, Ormsby told Wawatay News that De Beers is considering legal action against the blockaders, depending on the financial impacts. Now that the winter road season is over, Ormsby said De Beers would conduct an assessment of the impacts of the blockades. “And from there, we’ll have to get some advice from others in the company and some legal (advice) and what are the next possible steps,� he said. “Until that next debrief is done and a full analysis, including financial, (is complete), it’s hard to forecast what the next steps will be.�

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Chiefs of Ontario rally against education act Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

As federal government officials met with what Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy called “a small number of chiefs� about the First Nations Education Act in Thunder Bay, dozens of people protested outside the consultation meeting. The Chiefs of Ontario organized the April 11 protest, in order to show opposition to the proposed federal education act on which Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Canada (AANDC) officials were conducting consultations. Last December, the Ontario chiefs passed a resolution rejecting AANDC’s consultation process for the First Nations Education Act on the grounds that it was not based on a true partnership with First Nations. “It’s pre-selected who can make a presentation and they’re inviting a small number of chiefs just so they can say they did their consultation,� Beardy said following the rally. “If it was to be done properly, it’s the right-holders who need to be part of this process, but I’m not sure our membership has been invited to speak to this panel about this process.� The federal government is expecting to pass the First Nations Education Act in September 2014. The bill, which is based on the results of a joint task force co-sponsored by AANDC and the Assembly of First Nations, is expected to promote the creation of regional native school boards. Individual band schools would be gathered into the boards, which would look after staffing, capital budgets and developing a Native-centred curriculum. AFN initially supported the bill until the framework for the consultation process was revealed last December. According to the AFN, data shows the First Nations high school graduation rate is 36 per cent, compared to 72 per cent in Canada overall. A First Nations youth is more likely to end up in jail than graduate high school. Beardy said there are many inequalities facing First Nations people, but as opportunities are arising – particularly in mining – many are unable to take advantage due to the inadequacies in education in First Nations communities. “We need qualified educa-

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But he said that is not happening, and the lack of proper consultation in this process will hurt future generations. Looking at the average Canadian or Ontarian, First Nations receive far less per student in the area of education. “If we’re forced to accept any less, it’s a crime,� Beardy said. “We’re talking about basic universal rights. It’s the right for the children, especially for one of the richest countries, and there is no reason why our children (don’t) have the same opportunity as the average Canadian.� “We’re talking about discrimination here.� The rally began with speeches by Beardy, Anishinabek Grand Chief Patrick Madahbee, Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians Grand Chief Gord Peters, and others. The protesters then marched to the windows outside the conference room where the consultations were taking place, where they made more speeches and performed a round dance. The rally proceeded into the conference room where Beardy and Peters made short speeches on the need for a nation-to-nation dialogue and for the federal government to honour the treaties. It ended peacefully with a drum prayer song. Beardy said this is only the beginning. He said the Idle No More grassroots movement seems to have faded after Theresa Spence’s hunger strike and the series of rallies that took place last winter. “It’s very obvious now that we’re not being listened to,� Beardy said. “And I think we need to go back to the mobilization of our rights-holders to be on the ground to put pressure and advocate for fundamental changes to ensure we have a quality of life for our children.�

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Finding ways to combat high northern prices Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Two individuals in northern Ontario recently began initiatives to help bring lower food costs to the far north. Wendy Kakekaspan of Fort Severn organized a semi-trailer to bring in supplies from Winnipeg for fellow community members while Joe Duncan of Muskrat Dam began a business out of Thunder Bay to ship food and other supplies up to northern communities. In January, Kakekaspan said she was thinking of ways for the community to benefit from the winter road. In the past, she would travel with other community members in a truck to

go shopping down south, usually in Winnipeg. “A lot of people don’t have a truck, and I was just thinking, what if I just pay for a semi (trailer) and get the community to order stuff through a wholesale grocery store,� she said. Kakekaspan visited or called other community members and gained a lot of support and willing participants. Using the band council’s contacts, she reached a trucking company and wholesaler in Winnipeg. About 43 community members committed to Kakekaspan’s initiative by pre-paying their orders in advance. Initially, based on the trucking estimate, it would have cost

more than $290 per person for the freight fees. But Kakekaspan held four bingos and raised $4,000 to help with the semitrailer rental. It brought down the cost to less than $220 per person. The community members ordered mostly dry goods such as flour, sugar, lard, juice, cooking oil, detergent, and toiletry items. “The most basic items you need in the community,� Kakekaspan said, adding that the orders were made in bulk. The First Nation helped with renting a semi with a cooler trailer, allowing meat orders to be made. The total order of the food and supplies was over $40,000.

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The shipments arrived on March 22 and 10-15 volunteers – including high school students in need of community hours – helped to sort out the orders. Kakekaspan said when some community members backed out of ordering, she made additional orders. “I made a community order – for those people who didn’t order anything, they had a chance again to buy stuff again here that came in,� she said. “Everything was gone within 24 hours.� Kakekaspan said the idea to rent a semi-trailer arose due to the costs of food and items at the local store. “It was because the stuff here is so expensive,� she said. For instance, 10 kilograms of flour is about $50 locally. The wholesale store in Winnipeg sold the same size and brand for $7.50. Taking the freight into consideration, it cost $18 thanks to Kakekaspan’s initiative. Similarly, 10 kg of sugar is $42 locally. With freight, it cost $22.24. Duncan knows too well the high costs of food in the north. Through his past employment with a governmental organization, the 36-year-old has travelled to about 20 of the 35 fly-in communities in northern Ontario. He also lived in Muskrat Dam for about five years. One thing he noticed in most of the communities was the lack of variety of products, particularly fresh products like produce. “When I would fly out to the communities, nurses would ask me to bring romaine lettuce or fresh cheese,� he said.

“From my experience in going up north, a lot of the fresh produce is not fresh. But it depends which community you’re in.� Duncan would get requests from family members living in the north to send bulk items from Thunder Bay, something he also requested of family members when he lived up north. Duncan noticed that grocery stores in Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout had offered a service to ship groceries up north. “And I thought, why can’t a Native person do it?� he said. “Why do we have to rely on people who have nothing to do with First Nations?� The notion led Duncan to develop a business called Moccasin Delivery, which officially opened in late-March.

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For the products, he charges the same price as the wholesaler. “There’s no mark up in that area,� he said. “It defeats the purpose when you are trying to sell a cheap product when you’re marking up the price yourself.� And food is not the only item Moccasin Delivery will offer delivery services for. Recalling his desire for certain products when he lived up north, Duncan is offering to ship up items from fast food and coffee businesses. “Giving that option to order it or whatever, I’m just trying to provide another selection for the communities in the north,� he said. Moccasin Delivery is still new, and thus Duncan has not received a lot of business so far. But he hopes word of his services will reach the north. The closure of the winter roads could help too. “Hopefully, by June, we’ll definitely be building a positive, reliable, honest business up north. That’s my goal.� Meanwhile, Kakekaspan is planning on organizing another initiative to rent a semi-trailer the next winter road season. She recently made a Facebook page for community members to offer product and store suggestions. “For the first time doing this, it went really well,� she said. “The whole community got involved.� She said there were hardly any damages to the items this year. “Just pop,� she said, adding with a laugh: “So we’re not going to do pop orders next time.�

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Journey of New Beginnings reaches Sioux Lookout Youth making way from Sachigo to Thunder Bay Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The 10 youth walkers from Sachigo Lake reached Sioux Lookout on April 16, 11 days after they embarked on their 1,000-kilometre walk to Thunder Bay. The walk, called the Journey of New Beginnings, is aimed at fundraising for the recently announced Dennis Franklin Cromarty Living Centre, which is scheduled to be open by the 2015-16 school year. Among the walkers is Devon Thunder, who first attended DFC when he was 15. The 19-year-old knows the temptations and challenges students face when they leave their community for the city. “It was kind of messed because I was drinking lots,” he said of his time in Thunder Bay. “I got kicked out of school and messed all that up.” Thunder never completed high school, and he wonders if his outcome would have been different had there been a central residence for all DFC students during his time at the school. “I thought a lot about that,” he said. “Maybe I wouldn’t have drunk as much.” But Thunder hopes that by taking part in the journey and helping to fundraising for the new DFC living centre, he can give back to future generations. “I have a few kids of my own. Maybe in the future they can go,” he said. A potential DFC student and resident at the Dennis Franklin Cromarty Living Centre is eightyear-old Karma Barkman. The Grade 3 student joined the walk because she knows some youth who attended DFC and wanted to help fundraise for the living centre. Barkman said the walk was challenging for her, as it was difficult to keep up with the other walkers. “I don’t know, because I’m small,” she said with a giggle when asked why. But she said she was able to keep warm during the winter road portion of the walk, which ended on April 8 when the Journey of New Beginnings reached Pickle Lake. Barkman said she was “happy” to have reached Sioux Lookout and her favourite part has been “how far we walked.” The walkers were greeted with a welcoming ceremony at

the Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Centre on April 15, where prayers and drum songs were performed for the youth followed by a feast. National Chief Shawn Atleo was scheduled to be in attendance for the ceremony, but poor weather conditions resulted in his travel cancellation. In a media release sent out after his flight cancellation, Atleo offered his praise for the youth. “This is what change is about – youth leading the way. At the same time, they must be reassured that they are not alone,” Atleo said. “We stand with these leaders and press for greater attention and greater support.” Thunder said although the youth knew each other prior to the walk, the journey has allowed them to bond. “Oh yeah, big time. Everyone’s talking to each other now,” he said. “Adding each other to Facebook and all that.” Although the walk is aimed at fundraising, Thunder said he does not know how much is raised so far. He does not bother to ask.

“This is what change is about – youth leading the way. At the same time, they must be reassured that they are not alone...” – National Chief Shawn Atleo

The walkers expect to reach Thunder Bay on April 22. Donations can be made the following ways: CIBC account #00387-38-21110 P.0. Box 189, Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1A3 Or: Visa Link Card 4537 4600 1066 2997 Or: Write a cheque to Sachigo Lake First Nation Journey of New Beginnings DFC Living Center/Youth Center c/o Chief Titus Tait

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The Journey of New Beginnings walkers have reached Sioux Lookout after leaving Sachigo Lake on April 5 for a 1,000-kilometre fundraising walk for the Dennis Franklin Cromarty Living Centre in Thunder Bay.

Fire at Osisko Hammond Reef Gold Site On Saturday, March 30, 2013, there was a fire at our Osisko Hammond Reef Gold camp. Thankfully, there were no injuries and the damage was minimized. We lost the original 40 person unit installed by Brett Resources (Bunk Area A) and a 30 foot trailer which housed our communications and internet connections. We appreciate the efforts of our OHRG team in responding to this event. And we would like to take this opportunity to thank the Atikokan Fire Department for their support in putting out the fire and minimizing the damage.

“Our group is not really worried about the money,” he said. “We’re just walking. We’re not even worried about how much we walk a day.” As the walkers continue on with the next leg of their journey to Thunder Bay, Thunder hopes that more will join them. “I’d like that: more people to get involved,” he said. For Barkman, the funnest part of the walk is “all the goofing around.” “I’m just having fun walking,” she said. The other walkers are former DFC students Randell Barkman, Lazlo Kaminawash, Kevin Smith, William Ombash, Charmaine Barkman, and Genevieve Beardy; and elementary school students Keyra Barkman and Janessa Barkman.

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Moose Cree artist explores relationship between humans and animals in cities Rick Garrick Wawatay News

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Moose Cree artist Duane Linklater discusses his video art exhibition Something About Encounter during the April 12 opening reception at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.

Moose Cree artist Duane Linklater is raising concerns about the environment through his video art exhibition: Something About Encounter. “It’s important for us to think about our relationship with animals, and if we think about our relationship with animals, we think about our relationship with nature,� Linklater said during his April 12 opening reception for the April 13 - May 19 exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. “Especially in Canada right now, or in North America or anywhere else in the world for that matter, I think

it’s important for us to think about our environment and the effect that we have on the environment.� Linklater said the current way of life is not sustainable. “These sort of environmental concerns that people are having are very legitimate and very real,� Linklater said. “We should think about that and talk about that and maybe this is one way we can.� Linklater’s exhibition features iPhone video clips of his encounters with a variety of animals, including coyotes, rabbits, geese and deer, in urban environments across Canada. “At this point there’s footage from Toronto, Vancouver,

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Edmonton and Banff,� Linklater stated in the exhibition catalogue. “The works are videos of animals that I see and maybe even engage with

“By a coyote coming into the city, I think that’s saying something. I think it’s saying something on behalf of the environment, which the coyote comes from.� -Duane Linklater

somehow that have been documented using my iPhone. It is the quickest way of videorecording nowadays.� Linklater began the project by capturing a coyote in Vancouver as a way to document “the moment� that was happening in front of him. “I thought the moment talked about a lot of things all at once,� Linklater said. “It has a lot to do with the relationships of cities to its surroundings and boundaries, and of the idea of maybe the animals not caring about those things. For the animals it is maybe sort of a new survival for them.� Linklater noted that wild animals seem to be wandering into urban environments in most cities. “Sometimes they’re like everyday kinds of things, like I saw a moose one time, ha ha,� Linklater said. “But other times we might have been alone and this animal might have appeared out of nowhere and it might have had some kind of significant sort of interaction (with us).� Linklater recalled an emotional encounter he and another driver had with a deer a few years ago in Edmonton, Alta. “This car just abruptly stopped in front of me, and

the driver ran out,� Linklater said. “I got out to help him — I didn’t know what happened — and he had hit a baby deer. He lifted up this deer like it was a child and he was crying because he felt so bad.� Linklater called for people to continue raising environmental concerns, noting recent protests by Idle No More and Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence. “If we think about our environment, we are thinking ahead of ourselves, our children or our children’s children or our children’s children’s children, to make sure that environment is still there when it’s time for us to leave,� Linklater said. “I think in the videos, that maybe the showing up of animals in the urban environment are little symptoms of our expansion of the urban. The urban is always growing and growing and it’s overlapping with flight migrations and habitats of animals.� Linklater said that polar bears have started entering his grandmother’s community of Peawanuck, on the Hudson Bay coast. “These animals, by their actions because they can’t really speak words like you and I, I think they can say things by their actions,� Linklater said. “By a coyote coming into the city, I think that’s saying something. I think it’s saying something on behalf of the environment, which the coyote comes from.� Linklater’s work has been exhibited and screened at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Alberta, Family Business Gallery in New York City and the Power Plant in Toronto. He studied at the University of Alberta and completed his masters of fine arts in film and video at the Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts at Bard College in upstate New York.

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Youth walking to Ottawa over water pollution Rick Garrick Wawatay News

A group of Youth for Lakes walkers is raising concerns about Lake Winnipeg’s deteriorating environmental conditions by walking more than 2,100 kilometres to Ottawa. “It’s very important to protect our water — we’re walking for our water,� said Ben Raven, a Jackhead First Nation Treaty 7 citizen from Winnipeg. “Some of our last consumable water is under threat, especially in our home communities on Lake Winnipeg, which is one of the most threatened lakes in the world. We’re the next generation so we’re trying to protect our future.� Raven said the water is threatened by blue-green algae, pipelines and diversions. “When you mess with the filter systems, we all know that is the land, once you start diverting natural flows you’re creating different disasters for the

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The Youth for Lakes walkers from Manitoba stopped in Fort William First Nation during their 45-day walk to Ottawa over water pollution. land,� Raven said. “It damages the filter system and you cannot fix that.� Lake Winnipeg was named Threatened Lake of the Year 2013 by Global Nature Fund (GNF), a German non-profit, independent international

foundation. GNF is concerned about the future of Lake Winnipeg, as nutrients from agricultural runoff and sewage discharges are stimulating the growth of large amounts of blue-green algae and imbalancing the lake’s food

web. GNF also raised concerns about the increasing frequency and severity of flooding associated with climate warming, the drainage of wetlands and the regulation of water levels. Raven said the walkers, who left Winnipeg on March 28 and expect to arrive in Ottawa by the middle of May after about 45 days on the road, have recognized that their future is in jeopardy. “We’re ready to stand up and ready to take notice and take this ... right straight to (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper,� Raven said. “We’ve had great experiences along the way, some being bad and some being good.� Raven said the walk has been a spiritual journey, an awareness journey and a culturalbased journey so far. “We’ve experienced different cultures; we’ve experienced our ancestor’s roots,� Raven said. “A lot of us being urban Natives

from Winnipeg, Man., we’ve lost our culture but being back in these territories has taught us a lot about our culture and it gives us a better understanding of why we are doing this, why we’re protecting Mother Earth and why these waters are so important for us the seventh generation.� Raven said the wilderness was “beautiful� along their walking route from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay. “You get that connection back to the land because we’re threading Mother Earth lightly with each step,� Raven said. The federal government announced an investment of $18 million in 2012 for the fiveyear Phase II Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative, which focuses on improving water quality for people living in the region as well as for fish and wildlife in and surrounding Lake Winnipeg. The Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative was developed to restore

the ecological health of Lake Winnipeg, reduce pollution from sources such as agriculture, industry and wastewater and improve water quality for fisheries and recreation. Lake Winnipeg’s watershed covers about one million sq. kilometres of land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. Meanwhile, another group of walkers — the Mississippi River Water Walkers — is walking south with a ceremonial copper pail of water from the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota to its mouth in New Orleans to raise awareness that it is the second-most-polluted river in the United States. The four women and one man, three of whom are Native Americans, began their about 1,900 kilometre walk on March 1 and expect to arrive in New Orleans by the end of April.

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Ď‰ĎšÍ˜ ĐĽĚşÍœ, RPF, Forester Enhancement Forester Domtar Pulp and Paper Products Inc. 1 Duke St., Postal Bag 4004 Dryden, ON, P8N 3J7 ϤĎ…ΧΊ͈Í?: (807) 223-9156 Ͳ͚͜: (807) 223-9401

Red Lake LCC ÎĽŇŒĚ˝ ÍŤŇŒÍœĐŚĚ˝, LCC Rep P.O. Box 611 Ear Falls, ON, P0V 1T0 ϤĎ…ΧΊ͈Í?: (807) 223-3586

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Preston Greer, a student at Schreiber High School, demonstrated how to clean up an oil spill at his science fair display. Chris Kornacki/Special to Wawatay News

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Sharing traditional sciences at Confederation College Chris Kornacki

Special to Wawatay News

Traditional sciences were on display at Thunder Bay’s Confederation College during the Let’s Talk Science outreach program’s fourth annual Aboriginal Science Fair. The science fair, held on April 12, showcased projects, solutions and innovations with direct Aboriginal content. Students from across the region in grades 8 to 12 were at the college to showcase their Aboriginal-themed science fair displays at the event. Sandra Stiles, organizer with Let’s Talk Science, said

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that “the premise of the displays is to have Aboriginal students showcasing the science behind traditional knowledge and to ref lect on their traditional culture.” “There’s so many unique and interesting displays here today,” she said. Projects showcased during the fair included the impacts of water on the land, the medicine wheel, sacred ceremonies and traditional weapons and tools. Gregory Pelletier, a student at Crolancia in Pickle Lake, did a presentation on First Nations weapons. “I find weapons pretty interesting,” Pelletier said. Through his research for his project he said he learned that sinew was used as bowstrings and that shale or bone was used for knifes. “I liked talking to people and sharing information about my project,” he said about spending the day at the science fair. “I liked learning about other peoples project like the arrowheads and how the size and shape affects the length and accuracy of the shot.”

“Society has strayed away from traditional knowledge...Sharing that knowledge and a sense of community by having the older students mentoring the younger students is what we like most from the event...” – Nathan Jousmaki

Leonard Wavy, another student from Crolancia in Pickle Lake, did a presentation on dream catchers. “They are pretty interesting, how they can get rid of bad dreams,” Wavy said. “I worked on my presentation for two weeks and learned all about how they work and how they function and the history behind them.” Nathan Jousmaki, program coordinator with Let’s Talk Science, said the goal of the event is to raise awareness and promote the traditional sciences. “Society has strayed away from traditional knowledge,” Jousmaki said. “Sharing that knowledge and a sense of community by having the older students mentoring the younger students is what we like most from the event.” Let’s Talk Science is a national outreach organization committed to community and school outreach by postsecondary students and professional volunteers. At the end of the day judges were on hand to award some of the most notable presentations. Awards were presented to Cassandra Jolicoeur from Dryden High School for Best Use of Research; Alissa Van Wynen from Dryden High School for Best Oral Presentation and Best Interactive; Kayla Kakepetum from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School for Best Visual Display and Use of Primary Research; Preston Greer from Schreiber High School for Best Example of Experimental Method; and Dabney Bouchard from Schreiber High School for Best Young Scientist.

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SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Client Services Department

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HOUSEKEEPER Internal/External Posting Casual Position Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

DIETARY AIDES Internal/External Posting Casual Position Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Internal/External Posting TERM Employment (6 months) With possibility of being extended Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario Must be willing to relocate

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

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

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

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

Closing Date: April 26, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.

Closing Date: April 26, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.

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

No resumes received after this time will be accepted.

No resumes received after this time will be accepted.

Closing Date: April 26, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.

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

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

No resumes received after this time will be accepted. The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

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

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

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

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Nodin Child & Family Intervention Services (NCFI)

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MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLOR Internal/External Posting Permanent Full Time LOCATION: PIKANGIKUM

PHYSICIAN RECRUITER INTERNAL/ EXTERNAL POSTING Full Time Position Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

This full time position reports to the Clinical Supervisor. The Mental Health Counsellor will be responsible for providing direct Clinical Intervention and Prevention Services to referred clients in the Child and Family Intervention catchment area of Pikangikum. The Mental Health Counsellor worker will be based in Pikangikum.

The SLFNHA is an organization which has a mandate to co-ordinate the delivery of health services to the First Nations communities in the Sioux Lookout Zone. SLFNHA is seeking a dynamic and energetic individual to be to responsible for all the recruitment needs of the Sioux Lookout Regional Physician Services.

QUALIFICATIONS % Degree in Social Work/Psychology with relevant clinical/counselling experience is preferred; % Minimum two years experience in the health services environment; % 6SHFLDOL]HG FRXUVHV LQ VSHFLÂżF DUHDV RI PHQWDO KHDOWK % A thorough understanding of the Mental Health Act, Child & Family Services Act and awareness of current issues within Northern and remote Native communities an asset; % 3URÂżFLHQF\ LQ FOLQLFDO DVVHVVPHQW VNLOOV DQG FOLHQW QHHGV % Experience with video counselling technology an asset.

The Physician Recruiter plays a critical role in ensuring we are hiring the best possible talent by developing and executing recruitment plans, networking through agency contacts, association memberships, employees, coordinating/implementing college/university initiatives, administrative duties and record keeping.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY % Ability to communicate in one of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone is an asset; % Ability to manage a case load independently; % Familiarity with working in acute care situations; % Knowledge of community resources; % .QRZOHGJH RI 0LFURVRIW 2I¿FH 3URIHVVLRQDO 3OXV ([SHULHQFH with a Client Database (e.g. CIMS), Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) & Brief Child and Family Phone Interview (BCFPI) an asset; % Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently; % ([SHULHQFH ZRUNLQJ ZLWK \RXWK D GH¿QLWH DVVHW % Education assistance and training available dependent upon applicant’s TXDOLÀFDWLRQV DQG LQ DFFRUGDQFH ZLWK 6/)1+$ 3ROLFLHV DQG 3URFHGXUHV 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 Resource Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 3KRQH )D[ Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: May 3, 2013 The Health Authority wishes to thank all DSSOLFDQWV LQ DGYDQFH +RZHYHU RQO\ WKRVH JUDQWHG DQ LQWHUYLHZ ZLOO EH FRQWDFWHG 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 :HE VLWH ZZZ VOIQKD FRP

QUALIFICATIONS % Diploma/Degree in Business, with areas of concentration in Marketing, Industrial Relations and/or Human Resource Management; % Minimum 2 yrs experience in recruiting; % :RUNLQJ NQRZOHGJH RI 0LFURVRIW 2I¿FH 6XLWH KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY % Outstanding interviews skills – using various techniques; % Innovative thinker, able to use and develop new sources for recruitment; % Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines; % Ability to develop and maintain lasting working relationships with business partners, educational institutions and employees; % $ELOLW\ WR ZRUN ZLWK VHQVLWLYH DQG FRQ¿GHQWLDO LQIRUPDWLRQ % Must possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; % Knowledge and experience in employment negotiations; % Solid interpersonal skills that allow for one to work effectively with different managers, candidate personalities; % Ability to attend and conduct job recruitment fairs. OTHER % Travel is a requirement of the position; % Required to works days and sometimes evening and weekends, if necessary; % Must be willing to relocate to Sioux Lookout. Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up to date Criminal Reference Check: Human Resource Department P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B8 Tel: 807-737-1802 Fax: 807-737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: May 6, 2013 at 4:30 pm No resumes after this time will be accepted. The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted. For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our website at www.slfnha.com

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Lac Seul First Nation is developing a culinary school and restaurant in an old grocery store in Hudson. “Once the culinary school is up and operational, the students will actually have that practical experience of serving to a live audience,� said Ajay Jack, coordinator of the Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence. “There have been a lot of people within the surrounding area of Sioux Lookout and Dryden area (that have expressed an interest in the culinary program). We’d like to say that we’d intake students all the way from Kenora, Fort Frances, Thunder Bay and the northern fly-in communities.� Lac Seul received $132,000 in FedNor funding to retrofit the old Grants grocery store over the next year to accommodate the culinary school, which is scheduled to open in early-tomid 2014. “The Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence will soon be providing culinary training to meet the increasing need for qualified cooks in many industries in northern Ontario,� said Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull during the April 10 funding announcement. The culinary school will include the Rolling Portage Cafe restaurant, which is named after the former name of Hudson. “I am very pleased to be joined here today with Chief Bull, the students and members of the community to announce our government’s support for this exciting new training opportunity,� said Kenora MP Greg Rickford. “Through invest-

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Funding for renovations to help create Lac Seul’s future culinary school was announced on April 10. ments like this and many others, our government remains committed to partnering with First Nation communities and businesses to create more opportunities to meet the growing demands for a fully trained First Nation workforce in all areas of economic development.� The Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence began operations in early 2012 at the former Hudson Public School, with Goldcorp providing a $500,000 investment in 2012. Jack said the first program offered, the 360-hour Essential Lifeskills program facilitated by Seven Generations Education Institute, was a success with seven of the 15 students graduating and the majority now employed with full-time, parttime or seasonal work. “We are a regional training centre, so we are open to anyone,� Jack said. “Whoever you are, you are welcome to take any kind of training program

here as long as you are eligible to work in Canada.� Jack said a variety of programs are or will be available at the Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence, including Computer Skills and Development, Housekeeping and Remote Camp Services, Cultural Awareness and Background Teachings, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Start-up, Forestry Maintenance and Development, Log Building (Residential), Mould Inspection Certification, Office Administration, Surface Diamond Driller and Trades and Pre-Apprenticeships. “Right now we have offered an adult education program, which is through Seven Generations Education Institute,� Jack said. “They are partnered with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board, in which they are able to offer the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.� Information about the Lac Seul Training Centre of Excel-

lence is available online at http://lacseul.firstnation.ca/ lstce/. Contact the Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence for additional information at 807-582-0386 or e-mail lstce@ lsfn.ca.

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Federal government reimburses Attawapiskat full cost of imposed third-party manager fees Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Attawapiskat has been reimbursed for the fees charged by the third party manager that was imposed on the First Nation in December 2011 after the community’s housing crisis made the national spotlight. Last December, the federal government agreed to transfer $136,132 to Attawapiskat to cover the costs of the third party manager it appointed to handle the First Nation’s finances a month after it declared a state of emergency. Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence opposed the appoint-

ment and refused to allow the third party manager, Jacques Marion, into the community, yet the band was still forced to pay an estimated $20,000 per month for his salary. Spence filed a court injunction shortly after then Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Canada (AANDC) Minister John Duncan told her he would not remove Marion. In August 2012, a federal judge ruled that the appointment of a third party manager during the housing crisis was “unreasonable in all circumstances.� Though the reimbursement was not part of the court decision, documents obtained

by the Toronto Star included media talking points stressing the reimbursement, called an ex gratia payment. “The payment is made in the public interest for a cost where the Crown has no obligation of any kind or has no legal liability,� the document states. The documents also say the amount represents what was held back from the band support funding Attawapiskat received from AANDC to pay for services provided by the thirdparty manager between Dec. 5, 2011 and Apr. 19, 2012, which is when Attawapiskat returned to its earlier co-management status.

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KI releases climate change video Shawn Bell Wawatay News

The people living closest to the land in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) are feeling the effects of climate change. Unpredictable weather patterns are endangering boaters on Big Trout Lake, shifting winter weather has made travelling on ice dangerous, and trusted environmental signs such as the movement of the northern lights no longer mean what they have always meant. In response, KI is adding the voices and knowledge of its Elders and leaders to the global fight on climate change with a new video called Breathing Lands. “The Elders have been noticing the changes in the weather and weather patterns,” said KI spokesperson John Cutfeet. “For those of us living off the land, or living close to the land, it has become a dangerous situation.” Cutfeet said that KI Elders have been advising that KI must do more than protect its own watershed and land from development. “The Elders point out that as part of protecting the land, it is not only the risks of development but also the dangers brought on by climate change that we must work on,” Cutfeet said. “We have to take climate change seriously. It is important that people are made aware of how climate change is impacting those living on the land directly.” Breathing Lands was released in two parts on Youtube, a platform Cutfeet said will help get the community’s message out to the world. The film’s title comes from

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The Breathing Lands is a new video being released by KI to show the world how climate change is affecting the people who live close to the land. the name that KI Elders have given to the muskeg – symbolizing the muskeg’s role as the lungs of the Earth and the importance of protecting the vital northern ecosystem. Part one of the film examines the changes in the environment that Elders, community leaders and youth in KI are dealing with. “It used to be that you could tell what the weather was going to be the next day when the sun would go down and the sky was orange,” says Elder Josie McKay in the introduction to the film. “But that does not work any-

more. Today I look at the sky and say it is going to be a good day tomorrow and then the next day it’s raining. “Everything that we see is different now,” McKay says in the film. “The summer is getting hotter and hotter. It never used to be like that. And when the season changes to fall, it gets cold right away. I never noticed anything like this, when I was a young person.” The video moves on from the challenges posed by the changing climate to an examination of KI’s efforts to protect its watershed from development.

“Water is very important,” says Elder Sarah Jane McKay in part two of the video. “We were given the water to live with and to live off for survival. My mother told me many times the water is sacred and to never put anything in the water to make it go bad.” The film explores the case of the KI 6, when Chief Donny Morris and five other community leaders were jailed for opposing a mining company’s exploration on KI lands. It also looks at the experience the community has had trying to protect its watershed from min-

ing and other development, including attempts at working with the federal government on a land claim and going to the Supreme Court to assert control over the land. But the primary message of Breathing Lands is that climate change is affecting the people of KI, and that the community’s efforts to protect its own watershed must be part of a global fight to address climate change. “We’re trying to help other people understand that KI is serious about addressing climate change, not just on a KI level but on a bigger scale too,” Cutfeet said. Cutfeet said a recent meeting between members of KI with people from Alaska and northern Finland showed how important it is to share the stories and knowledge of climate change with others around the world. He noted that the changing climate in both of those places are also affecting people who live off the land, in ways that are worrisome for people of KI. For example, in Finland, the Sami people have noticed that warmer water is causing fish eggs to turn green, rather than orange, and might be affecting the survival of cold water fish such as trout. “With social media, people can share information with each others,” Cutfeet said. “It can go worldwide. It is important to share our experiences and connect with other people in other parts of the world, it is critical at this stage, so that others who are familiar can touch base and the movement can grow from there.” The video can be found by searching for Breathing Lands on Youtube.

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“ᑲᑴ ᐎᒋᐦᐊᒥᐣ ᔭᐎᔭᐠ ᒋᓂᓯᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ, ᑲᐎᐣ ᐃᑴᑕ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓯᐌ ᐱᑯ ᔭᐎᔭ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᒧᑕᑭᐸᐣ,” ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑲᑭᒪᐗᒋᐦᐃᑎᐗᐨ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᑭᐅᒋᐗᐨ ᑭᒋᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᓬᐊᐢᑲ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ ᐱᐣᓬᐊᐣᐟ ᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᐎᑕᒪᑎᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒥᓯᐌ ᒋᑭᑎᐸᒋᒧᓇᓂᐗᐠ᙮ ᐅᑭᐎᑕᐣ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑫᐎᓇᐗ ᐁᐊᓂᒥᓭᐗᐨ ᑲᐅᑕᑎᓯᐗᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ, ᐁᐅᒋ ᒥᑯᐡᑲᑌᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ᙮ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑎᓄᑲᐣ, ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐣᓬᐊᐣᐟ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ, ᓵᒥ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᑭᑫᑕᓋ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓂᓯᑕᐎᓇᒧᐗᐨ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᑲᒥᐠ ᓂᐱ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᑭᓄᔐ ᐗᐦᑯᓇᐣ ᐁᐅᔕᐗᐡᑾᑭᐣ, ᐁᑲ ᐁᒥᐡᑾᑭᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭᐱᒪᑎᓯᐗᐨ ᑲᑕᑲᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᓄᔐᐠ ᑎᓄᑲᐣ ᓇᒣᑯᐢ᙮ “ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐗᐱᑯᐠ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑕᑭᐎᑕᒪᑎᐗᐠ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᐎᓇᐣ,” ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ ᑕᑭᐃᓯᓭ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᓇᐣ᙮ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ ᒋᐎᑕᒪᑎᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᓂᔑᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᓇᑭᐡᑲᐗᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ, ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ ᓄᑯᒼ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᓂᓯᓭᐠ, ᑲᑭᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᑭᐎᒋᐦᐃᑎᐗᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᒥᔕᐠ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐎᒋᐦᐃᐌᐎᓇᐣ᙮” ᐃᐃᐌ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᑲᑭᒥᑲᐣ ᓇᓇᑕᐗᐸᑕᒪᐣ ᑲᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐗᐱᑯᐠ᙮

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