May 9, 2013 Volume 40 Number 18

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Team Ontario wins hockey silver PAGE 15 Vol. 40 No. 18

James Bay flooding causes evacuations PAGE 3

Sewage problems leave Gull Bay Elder homeless PAGE 7 9,300 copies distributed $1.50

May 9, 2013 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

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Elders’ home opens in Mish

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Mishkeegogamang celebrated the grand opening of the Elders’ Complex on May 4 with a gospel jambouree by Lott Thunder (pictured, left). Above, Elder Eva Skunk cuts the ribbon while Elder George Keesickquayash, Mishkeegogamang Chief Connie Gray-McKay, Regional Chief Stan Beardy, Nishnawbe Aski Grand Chief Harvey Yesno and community members look on.

ᓂᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑫᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐣᒋᓫᐃᐣ ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒥᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᐦᐃᔑᒪᑕᓄᑭᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᓇᐦᐃᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐱᒪᒋᐅᐁᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ᙮ “ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᓂᑭᐦᐃᑭᐟ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᔭᐣ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋ ᑕ ᔑ ᑭ ᑫ ᐣ ᑕ ᓯ ᔭ ᐣ ,” ᐃ ᑭ ᑐ ᔑ ᐁ ᐧ ᐱ ᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᒪᑕᐃᐧᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐢ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᓇᐧᒋᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓂᔑᐣ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ᙮ ᐱᓂᒪᑲᔭ ᓂᐃᐧᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄ “ᔕ ᑯ ᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᓇᑕᐊᐧᓄᑭᔭᐣ᙮ ᐊᒥᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓇᓄᑭᔭᐣ — ᐁᐅᒋ ᐱᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᔭ ᓂᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ᙮” ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑕ ᑭᐯᔑᑯ ᐃᑫᐧᐃᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᔓᔕᑊ ᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐸᑯᓭᓂᒪᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᐦ ᑕᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐸᐣ᙮

“ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓂ ᑭ ᐅ ᒋ ᐃ ᐧ ᒋ ᐦ ᐃ ᑯ ᐣ ,” ᔑ ᐁ ᐧ ᐱ ᐠ ᐃ ᑭ ᑐ ᙮ “ᑫ ᑭ ᓇ ᐊ ᐧ ᐅ ᑕ ᐱ ᓇ ᒧ ᐠ ᐁ ᑕ ᓂ ᑲ ᑭ ᑭ ᐟ — ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᑫᑯᐣ ᓂᑭᐅᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑕᑲᐨ ᑲᓇᐯᐃᐧᓯᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐅᑕᐱᓇᒪᐣ᙮” ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒧᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ

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ᐅᓂᒋᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓇᑲ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᐱᒧᑌᐠ ᑲᑦᐯᕑᐃᔭᐣ ᑲᐧᓫᐊᐨ ᑭᒋᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᑭᑕᐃᐧᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᐁᐢᑫᕑ ᑕᓇᐳᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐅᑕ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮ “ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᓂᐦᓂᒋᓂᓇᐣ

ᓂᑭᐊᐸᒋᑐᒥᐣ ᓇᓇᑲ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᒥᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒧᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣ,” ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᐊᓫᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ, ᐁᒪᐢ ᒉᑲᑊ, ᐯᕑᐊᐣᑕᐣ ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ, ᑯᑎ ᒥᑭᓇᐠ, ᑲᐧᕑᐃ ᓂᔑᓇᐯᐢ, ᑕᓫᐊᐣ ᒉᑲᑊ, ᑌᐟᑲᐦᐊᕑ ᒉᑲᑊ, ᓫᐅᐃᐧᐢ ᓱᐱᔭ, ᓫᐃᐊᐤ ᑕᕑᐊᐟᓫᐁᐠ, ᓫᐃᐅᐠ ᒥᑭᐢ, ᓫᐊᐸᐟ ᒉᑲᑊ, ᓫᐅᑎ ᒥᑭᓇᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᓴᐃᒪᐣ ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐊᒥᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ᙮ “ᓂ ᐦ ᓂ ᒋ ᓇ ᐣ ᑲ ᐊ ᐸ ᒋ ᑐ ᔭ ᐠ ᓇ ᓇ ᑐ ᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᒥᓄᓴᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᑕᐱᓀᑲ ᐅᐅᒪ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᐁᐧᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑯ ᑎ ᒥ ᑭ ᓇ ᐠ ᙮ “ᓂ ᑭ ᐃ ᐡ ᑯ ᓄ ᐦ ᐃ ᑯ ᑲ ᔭ ᒋᓂᑕᐊᑯᑲᓯᑫᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᑲᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐊᑯᑲᓯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᓂᐸᑯᓭᓄᑦ ᑲᔭ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐊᓂᑕᓇᓄᑭᔭᐣ ᑲᔦᐱᑯ ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᑫᐨ ᓯᔭᑫᐣ ᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐯᓱᐨ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᒋᐊᓄᐁᐧᐱᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒍᒋᐁᐧᑎᓭᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᐁᐧᐱᔭᐣ᙮” ᑭᒋᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᑦᕑᐃᔭᐣ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᐅᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᓯᐊᐧ ᑕᑭᑕᑯᑕᐸᑌᓂᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ ᑲᑭᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐅᑕ ᐁᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑲᑫᓇᓂᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ

ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ ᒍᒋᒥᓄᓭᐠ ᐊᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᐧᐣᑕᐣᐢ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐊᒋᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ 498 ᑕᓱᑎᐸᐦᐊᑲᐣ ᐊᐱᓯᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᐸᓄᐠ ᐃᐧᑫᐧᑐᐣᐠ ᑭᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᓄᓭᓂ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐡᑯᓄᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ᙮ “ᓂᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᒥᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ ᓂᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ,” ᒥᑭᓇᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔭ ᓂᑭᐅᒋ ᐸᐯᔑᒋᐦᐃᑎᒥᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐸᐯᔓᐨ ᓂᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᔭᒥᑎᒥᐣ᙮” ᒥᑭᓇᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᑭᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᐣ ᓂᔓᔕᑊ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐊᑯᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᓂᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᔑᑐᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑭᐊᑭᐊᐧᓂᓂᐠ᙮ “ᐅ ᐅ ᐁ ᐧ ᑲ ᑭ ᐃ ᐡ ᑯ ᓄ ᓂ ᑕ ᒪ ᐣ ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᓂᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᓂᐱᒪᑎᓱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐁᑭᐱᐊᐧᓇᓭᔭᐣ ᐱᔪᑕᓇᐠ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐊᔕ ᓂᑲᐧᔭᑯᓇᐣ ᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ᙮” ᐅᒉᒥᑲᓂᐱᓯᑦ ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᓂᐅᔕᑊ ᓀᐃᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᐊᐧᑭᓯᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᒪᐤ 240 ᑕᓴᐊᐧᑲᓭ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓀᓯᐠ ᑕᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᑲᑦᕑᐃᔭᐣ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓀᓯᐠ 120 ᑕᓴᐊᐧᑲᓭ ᑭᑕᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ᙮ See page 11

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Protecting boreal forest ᑲ á?ƒ á?§ á’Ş ᓇ á’‹ á’‹ ᑲ á‘Œ á? á?ąá‘˛á?§á‘•á‘˛á’Ľá? á‘­á? á‘Žá?§á“„á? á?ƒá“€á‘Ť ᑲᑭá?…á“€á’‹á‘˛á‘Œá‘­á?¸á?Ł á’‹á‘­á’Şá“‡á’‹á’‹á‘˛á‘Œá‘­á?¸á?Ł

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Extremely high water levels on the Moose River threatened Moose Factory’s Ecolodge on May 4, while causing the evacuation of community members all up the coast. The Moose River has since receeded. See more photos of the flooding on page 5.

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Flooding causes evacuations on James Bay Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Communities along the James Bay coast and northeastern Ontario have been impacted by spring flooding, with states of emergency declared for four First Nations and a James Bay municipality and evacuations ongoing.

Sewage plant failures and basement and bathroom flooding in Kashechewan and Attawapiskat resulted in those communities being partially evacuated. A water treatment plant breakdown in Fort Albany has left residents without access to clean water, and forced some evacuations. And high water levels on the Moose River due to break up has resulted in preparations for the evacuation of vulnerable residents from Moose Factory and Moosonee.

Both Attawapiskat and Kashechewan First Nations declared state of emergencies on April 30 after sewer backups flooded basements in those communities.

Kashechewan Chief Derek Stephen said that at least 44 homes had been flooded, including four teacher residences, leaving 200 people without shelter. As of May 3, about 240 Kashechewan residents were evacuated to Kapuskasing.

As the breakup of the Albany River and the threat of flood approached, Kashechewan evoked a stage one evacuation of its community members on May 4, which Stephen called a “precaution.” Two days later, about 350 residents had been evacuated to Cornwall and about 150 were flown to Thunder Bay. On May 6, Stephen said more residents would be evacuated to Greenstone, bringing the total number of residents evacuated to about 1,000 of its 1,700 members.

Stephen said once most of the ice has flowed out to James Bay, the threat of flooding would be gone and residents could return.

However, it could take longer

for the 200 residents impacted by the sewage backups.

“We are looking for pumps, and they’re not easily as accessible as we thought because to order a brand new one it’s 6-10 weeks. And to repair one it’s about two weeks,” Stephen said.

In Attawapiskat, the hospital and school have been closed due to the sewage backup.

Andrew Morrison, spokesperson with Ontario’s department of Justice and Community Safety, said about 140 people have had their homes contaminated, and although no large scale evacuation is planned “it could still happen.”

In Fort Albany, an equipment failure in the community’s water treatment plant has left many residents without drinking water. Morrison said alternative services are being put in place. The community has declared an emergency as a result of the drinking water shortage.

Morrison said no evacuations are expected in Fort Albany as

repairs should be completed shortly.

Meanwhile, flood coordinators in Moose Factory and Moosonee continue to monitor the water levels in the Moose River system.

“We are looking for pumps, and they’re not easily as accessible as we thought.”

-Kashechewan Chief Derek Stephen

On May 2, the water had reached critical levels, with water beginning to flood isolated low lying portions of Moose Factory Island, including areas near the Weeneebayko General Hospital and the Cree Village Ecolodge.

As water levels continued to rise on May 3, the Town of Moosonee declared a precautionary state of emergency and airlifted about 100 vulnerable residents to Sudbury that night followed by another 100 to

Timiskaming the following day.

The town also restricted access to the bridge leading to its airport as the water levels rose dangerously high along the creek.

On May 4, the Weeneebayko General Hospital in Moose Factory transferred some of its patients to southern facilities as a precaution.

On May 6, Moose Factory Fire Chief Chris Alisappi said there is no state of emergency and no one has been evacuated.

He said there has been a decrease in water levels due to some channels that have opened up on the Moose River, allowing the water and some of the ice to flow out to the bay.

“Right now, I don’t see any possible threat,” Alisappi said.

“The best scenario is that the warm weather will help the ice to melt and hopefully move along and help the water move out to the bay, which is what we want to see.”

South of James Bay, Mattagami First Nation has also declared a state of emergency

as flood waters eroded the only road into the community.

On May 1, 67 residents of Mattagami were evacuated to Timmins. According to a community member, no wash out has yet to occur as of May 6.

Morrison said the flooding events are being caused by snow pack run-off combined with the first impacts of spring thaw of the rivers and lakes.

“Our thoughts are with the residents of the communities that have been impacted by flooding events,” Morrison said.

“Our number one priority is to ensure everyone’s safety. Emergency Management Ontario (EMO) remains in contact with community leadership in affected areas as well as the federal government to coordinate support and resources.”

Morrison said emergency declarations are also in effect further south, including in the Town of Bancroft, City of Kawartha Lakes, Minden Hills and Sagamok First Nation as a result of flooding.

Flooding, sewage backups threaten Kashechewan Rick Garrick Wawatay News

About 800 Elders, vulnerable people, pregnant women, youth and their escorts have been evacuated from Kashechewan due to a high risk of flooding on the Albany River.

“They’re not taking any risks this year — they just called for a full-scale evacuation,” said Sheperd Wynne, Kashechewan’s youth coordinator for health services and community liaison in Thunder Bay for the evacuees. “We flew in yesterday in four flights. It was already planned; no rushing.”

Wynne said about 150 com-

munity members were evacuated to Thunder Bay and about 350 to Cornwall on May 5.

About 240 community members had previously been evacuated to Kapuskasing on May 1 after Kashechewan declared a state of emergency on April 30 over flooded basements in 40 homes from sewer backups.

“And the planes are probably in the air going to Cornwall (today with more evacuees),” Wynne said on May 6.

Emergency Management Ontario announced that about 350 people would be evacuated to Cornwall on May 6 and plans were being drafted to evacuate most of the about 760 remain-

ing community members.

“It was tiring because you had to wait long and the flights were delayed,” said Jennifer Wynne, an IV coordinator, about the May 5 evacuation to Thunder Bay. Although Jennifer’s children were enjoying the swimming pool at the Victoria Inn, she was waiting for her parents to arrive from Kingston.

“I just want to thank Thunder Bay for taking us in in a time of crisis,” Jennifer said. “And thank you to everybody who is helping out in our situation.”

William Nakogee, a former Canadian Ranger, questioned why the community was not

moved to higher terrain upriver on the Albany or out to the Timmins area.

“We could have been sitting peacefully now, no worries about the evacuation,” Nakogee said. “Me and my family, we wanted to move either down south or upriver where the higher ground is.”

Nakogee said the upriver location is about 20-30 kilometres up the Albany River, and still on reserve land.

“It’s higher there, safer,” Nakogee said.

Nakogee said this year’s risk of flooding is higher due to higher snowfalls over the winter.

“Last year was OK because the river wasn’t that bad,” Nakogee said. “But this year the water went up all of a sudden.

There was a lot of snow this year and lots of water coming down, but there was hardly no ice on the river.”

Nakogee said the 2006

evacuation lasted from April to August.

“That was the major breakup in Kash,” Nakogee said. “I hope it’s not going to be that long — I’m going to miss my food.”

Meanwhile, the federal government committed on April 8 to provide funding to Kashechewan, to be finalized after a competitive tendering process, to support a study of flood mitigating options on the Albany River.

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fter the recent bombing attacks at the Boston marathon that injured many and killed three people, I noticed a lot of commentary via social media focusing on a particular topic regarding the tragedy.

While the incident itself was very terrifying and unbelievable, there were commentators out there who asked the questions “what about all of the bombings that occur on a daily basis in wartorn countries? Why aren’t you as shocked and appalled by those?”

This ignited debate between many social-media users on what was considered more shocking and harrowing: a bombing happening in a place like the United States of America where they hardly ever occur, or one of many bombings in a place like Syria for example where civil war has left thousands upon thousands dead.

Some commentators went as far as to say “bombings in third world countries are more common, so they’re not that surprising.”

When you read something like 63 dead after a bombing in Afghanistan, is it less deplorable than hearing of three Americans killed by homemade explosives in Boston?

The people who die in countries across the sea are still people – they are children, wives, sons, cousins, lovers, and friends whose deaths still have the same affect on their loved ones as any death here in North America would.

But why is there still desensitization towards their deaths?

Canada’s remote and isolated First Nations communities are often referred to as third-world countries with less than stellar living conditions and overwhelming poverty. You have to wonder what labels like that do to the psyche of the community members.

Recently, Neskantaga First Nation declared a state of emergency after experiencing seven suicides in ten months, two of which occurred within days of each other. The community is said to average about ten suicide attempts per month.

A story like this is not uncommon in First Nations communities across Canada. Yes, First Nations people have a higher rate of suicide in comparison to other ethnicities here. Things like hopelessness, depression, anguish, poverty, and substance abuse are all contributing factors to completed suicides, and there is a huge lack of resources available to the people in these communities.

The communities ask for help, but does help ever really come?

After generations of high suicide rates across First Nations people, it is starting to seem like noth-

ing is really being done to tackle and prevent the attempts or the deaths. Communities just do not have enough resources or funding to pay for suicide prevention methods.

Around the same time Neskantaga declared its state of emergency, a young Caucasian teenager from Nova Scotia took her life over a year after she was sexually assaulted and exploited by a number of her classmates at a party. She had experienced depression from bullying after the assault, and moved around a lot trying to find peace again but to no avail. Her father said he and his family did everything they could to save her but could only stand back to watch her die; even with the access to anti-suicide programs and mental health treatment programs some communities only dream of having available to them, this young girl wasn’t able to keep on living.

It was not long after her death that the Prime Minister of Canada had a “heartfelt meeting” with the young girl’s parents to discuss possible changes in legislation regarding bullying.

The young girl’s death caught the eye of the Prime Minister of Canada and he immediately swung into action and arranged a meeting with her family to address the issue of bullying and suicide. Now the federal government wants to expedite a review of “gaps” in the Criminal Code and introduce legislative reforms to address cyber-bullying,” according to news reports.

It makes me wonder how long it would take the PM to meet with the parents and families of every single First Nations person who committed suicide to discuss the issue and preventative measures to stop another loss of life.

It makes me wonder how much he values the lives of our Anishinabe people here in Canada in comparison to other citizens.

The lives of our youth, our people, are not worth less than anyone else. Our people’s lives matter. The loss of our people’s lives is not just another number to contribute to a high rate of suicide; suicide is not to be expected of us like the deaths from bombings in far away countries are sometimes referred to as “expected.” The suicides that have happened on reservations are just as shocking and dreadful and have devastating effects.

The loss of life to suicide in First Nations communities needs just as much attention as a nonFirst Nations suicide does, and even more assistance because of the lack of resources available to the people.

I hope one day our people will get the help they need, that a suitable and culturally appropriate way to deal with depression and suicide will arise and we will see the suicide rate of First Nations people decline.

Our lives are just as valuable as anyone else’s, and some people (namely the ones in power) need to be more aware of that.

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Ogoki, March 1981.

Time passing Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

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’ve come to love predictability. There’s comfort in days that roll easy on their own energy and an accompanying satisfaction in knowing that all the hard work getting to here has been worth it. Sure, there could always be more money, a tad less anxiety over details, maybe other folks being more predictable, but for the most part I have no complaint. At 55, you kind of get to want that.

It hasn’t always been that way. No, for years there were waves of titanic change; some good, some not so good. But I emerged intact from all of them. Now, it can get to feel as though I’m settled, feet firmly planted on the ground of my living. Around me is a house that’s a home, a half acre of land in the mountains overlooking a lake, a wife, a passable dog, good friends, community and work that engages and delights me. Lucky? Maybe.

Grateful? Definitely.

I remember 25 years ago,

talking with an Elder who’d seen his fair share of change.

He lived in a small, shabby apartment in Winnipeg. It was far from where he’d been born and the noise and scurry of the city was a far different rhythm than he’d grown up with in the far north.

He talked of home. He missed it. He told me how 50 years ago there was not anything in his territory like there is now. Truth was, he probably wouldn’t even recognize it if he could make it back there.

There wasn’t much chance of that. They said he was retired and he didn’t much care for the word. His life had always been spent working on the land and he said an Ojibway could never retire from the land. Retirement meant just being put away somewhere.

Arthritis had got him, finally.

His hands didn’t work so well anymore and it was hard for him to walk because of his hip.

But his mind was clear and he could remember everything about the life he’d lived in the bush.

He recalled the times that his friend old Stan Jack and he would stand on the dock of the marina they guided fishermen for. They’d watch the sun go down every night. They’d stand

together and watch that sight, both of them nodding and not speaking, because as he said, “We see things like that us Ojibway and there’s no words big enough to say.”

They were just happy watching the land and feeling all easy with each other like you do when you come to know a man a long time. He was gone old Stan but he talked about how they used to walk together out of the town site on the reserve, into the bush and out onto the land.

Places never had names back then. They never needed names. As boys they had learned to hold a place in their memory for what it gave to them, just like his people had done forever. When you call it something, you change it, he said, and they never wanted to change anything out there.

That’s what he said.

They were so familiar with things it was though they knew their way around by feel. Like how the wind feels coming through a gap, how rapids sound, how the voice of each of them is different depending on the direction you’re approaching them from, and the sudden cool you feel on your face stepping into the shadow a ridge throws all on you.

“Yes, that land - it’s a feeling, my boy.” That’s what he told me. Or least it was at one time. But eventually they came and put in roads, houses, big cut lines for hydro through the trees, marinas, lodges, clusters of cabins on even remote lakes and rivers and there were different kind of memories for the people then.

He spoke of driving into town back in 1959 and seeing a girl looking for a ride into town. Her climbing up into the cab and grinning at him with a face like sunshine. He stayed in town four days that time. It was the first time he ever forgot the bush. The first time he ever knew he could. Funny, he said, how fast something like a truck and a girl can change you.

Change everything.

He married her, and they settled down. But five kids bring a heap or responsibility and it wasn’t long before he was doing more work at the mill in town than he was out on the land.

The kids grew, his wife died and he came to dwindle away, alone in a city far removed from everything.

Changes. They take all of us away. But sharing the story of them brings us together. He taught me that.

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Mishkeegogamang Elder Eva Skunk, left, cut the ribbon during the community’s May 4 grand opening ceremony for the new Elders’ Complex. The facility allows Elders in the community to stay at home rather than move south for care. Lott Thunder helped open the building with a gospel jamboree.

Mishkeegogamang celebrates Elders’ Complex Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Mishkeegogamang Elder George Keesickquayash is enjoying his new home in the community’s recently opened Elders’ Complex. “It’s nice and peaceful — nice and quiet,� said Keesickquayash, who had previously been living in a home in the Osnaburgh area of Mishkeegogamang. “I moved in on Feb. 14.�

Mishkeegogamang celebrated the grand opening of the Elders’ Complex on May 4 with a gospel jambouree

by Lott Thunder and visits by Grand Chief Harvey Yesno and Regional Chief Stan Beardy. The Elders’ Complex opened in January with

Charles Bottle, Sr. as the first resident. “We feel it is really important and a priority for us to look after our Elders,� said Mishkeegogamang Chief Connie Gray-McKay. “It’s within our customs and beliefs that Elders (are) given the importance because they laid the foundations of our challenges and they are the ones that transmit culture and knowledge to us.�

Gray-McKay said many community members were brought up with the assistance of their Elders, noting that she was raised by her grandparents. “I really value what they instilled in my spirit as an Anishinabe-kwe,�

GrayMcKay said. “I remember their teachings. We need to

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While some Elders may need to leave the community due to medical reasons, GrayMcKay said the band council decided to keep the Elders who can stay in the community there as long as possible. “They should be able to stay home and have a peaceful quiet environment that nurtures them until their last days,� Gray-McKay said. “Today I’m really proud that we can say Mishkeegogamang has supported and funded its own Elders home.�

Gray-McKay said the Elders’ Complex is for assisted Elders, who can still move around and do not require intensive medical help. “This was funded through

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office here so they can take care of the Elders’ medical needs. But the running of the facility and the workers after office hours are (provided) through band support.�

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Yesno said it is important to keep the Elders in the community as long as possible. “This is a good thing for families to be able to have their Elders in the community, at least (while) they’re healthy and they’re not at a point where they need medi-

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Yesno said. “Usually an Elder is a great grandfather or a great grandmother, so that connection with the community is also good.�

Yesno said today’s Elders are probably the last link First Nations people have with another way of life — when First Nations people still lived off the land. “Our young people today need to hear the stories about how the land, the wildlife and fish really helped with survival in those days, which was really tough,� Yesno said. “That is something Elders can provide to our young peoples to preserve, at least in memory, the way of life that existed then.�

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Sewage problem forces Gull Bay Elder from home Shawn Bell Wawatay News

A Gull Bay Elder has been forced out of his home for the past two months due to a sewage backup that has made the house unlivable.

Norman Bouchard Sr., 87, has been living with his son Roderick Bouchard in Thunder Bay for the past eight weeks, as efforts to have his Gull Bay house cleaned up and repaired continue to get passed between federal departments and the Gull Bay band council.

Complicating the situation, Bouchard Sr. suffers from diabetes that limits his mobility, and his son’s house in Thunder Bay has a steep flight of stairs he is unable to navigate.

“My dad’s an Elder, and he wants to go home,” Roderick Bouchard told Wawatay. “He’s lived in Gull Bay his whole life, for 87 years. And now that he’s sick too, he just wants to be at home.”

Roderick Bouchard was a Gull Bay councilor for the past two years, before losing his seat in an election earlier this year.

The sewage problems were noticed in Bouchard Sr.’s home on March 4. An electrician came to Gull Bay soon after and determined that the sewage pump under the house was not working properly. Despite requests for assistance from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), Health Canada and Gull Bay chief and council, Roderick Bouchard said he had no choice but to bring his father to Thunder Bay once the sewage began to pool in a crawlspace in the house.

“It was starting to smell, and when I went to go to the crawlspace everything was backfilling on the ground,” Bouchard said.

This is not the first time a sewage backup has occurred in Bouchard Sr.’s house, which was built in 2008. In 2009 the sewage pump also broke, and had to repaired.

Gull Bay councilor Louis Bizard, Bouchard Sr.’s nephew,

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“The way it looks now, chief and council are not going to do anything about it,” Bizard said.

Gull Bay Chief Wilfred King confirmed that the chief and council were not planning to repair the house.

King said that the family was informed in 2008 that the location it wanted to build the house on was not suitable, as it would not connect to the sewage lines in the community. Yet, King said, they went ahead and built the house anyways, and the problems with the sewage have been a result.

“The house shouldn’t have been built where it was built,” King said. “If I build a house on my own in Thunder Bay, I shouldn’t expect the band come and fix any problems I have with it.”

King added that Roderick Bouchard has a house in Gull Bay sitting empty, and that one possible solution could be to move Bouchard Sr. into that home.

Meanwhile, Bouchard said he is getting no help from the federal government on getting his dad a proper place to stay during his time in the city.

When Bouchard requested to Health Canada for funding to put Bouchard Sr. in a hotel room during this ordeal, he says he was told it was a housing situation and to talk to AANDC. Then, he said, he was told by AANDC that the sewage backup is a health issue by AANDC’s regional office in Thunder Bay. And both departments told him to go to Gull Bay council with the problem, Bouchard said.

“It’s like they are all passing the buck,” he says.

Bouchard said his house in Thunder Bay is unfit for his father’s needs, as a steep staircase leads to the bedrooms and washrooms on the second floor.

Bouchard Sr. is not comfortable climbing those stairs without

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Bouchard would like for his dad to at least have a hotel room of his own, where he can relax rather than feeling like a guest in someone else’s home while the sewage problem gets dealt with.

But most importantly, Bouchard wants the sewage problem cleaned up so that his dad can return to the community where he has lived his entire life.

“If he wasn’t sick, he would never ask for help,” Bouchard said. “But he’s an Elder, and in our culture Elders are supposed to treated with respect. And all that he wants is to go home.”

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Norman Bouchard Sr. of Gull Bay has been living in Thunder Bay for eight weeks as his house has a serious sewage backup problem.

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NOTICE OF SUBMISSION OF TERMS OF REFERENCE New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake Environmental Assessment Wataynikaneyap Power As part of the planning process for the New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake Project (the Project), a Terms of Reference has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for review, as required under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. If approved, the Terms of Reference will serve as a framework for the environmental assessment (EA) of the Project. This Notice is to inform of the submission of the Terms of Reference and the start of a 30-day public comment period on the Terms of Reference. Wataynikaneyap Power has completed an engagement program on the Draft Terms of Reference, including collecting feedback on corridor options.

Feedback from this engagement program was incorporated into the Terms of Reference that has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment.

The New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake Project Wataynikaneyap Power is proposing the Project, which consists of a 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line in Northern Ontario, in support of Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Long Term Energy Plan. The Project will improve existing power supply in the Pickle Lake region and potentially enable the connection of remote First Nation communities currently serviced by diesel generation. Wataynikaneyap Power is a new transmission company that has been formed between the Central Corridor Energy Group (CCEG), representing 13 First Nations, and Goldcorp Canada Ltd. The main Project components include a 2-km-wide transmission corridor, 230 kV transmission line to be located within the corridor, a transformer station at Pickle Lake and a connection facility at Dinorwic. The transmission line will extend approximately NLORPHWUHV IURP 'LQRUZLF QHDU 'U\GHQ WR 3LFNOH /DNH 7KH ÂżJXUH EHORZ VKRZV WKH SUHIHUUHG FRUULGRU ZLWKLQ ZKLFK WKH N9 transmission line will be located.

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Webequie celebrates Mining Essentials graduates Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Webequie’s Angeline Shewaybick is looking forward to a career in mining after graduating with the highest marks in Oshki-Pimache-O-Win’s Mining Essentials program.

“I tried really hard to study because I really wanted to do well,” said Shewaybick, who was awarded a laptop computer for her high marks during the May 2 graduation ceremony in Webequie. “My goal after this is finishing my education and hopefully getting into the mining industry. That’s where I want to work — it’s so close to home.”

Although Shewaybick was the only woman in the 12-week pre-employment training program, she encouraged other women to consider mining as a career.

“It was a great experience for me,” Shewaybick said. “All I can say is take it — it was a great experience and I’ve learned a lot and you don’t have to be a guy to do it.”

Shewaybick enjoyed the hands-on pre-trades training activities in the Cambrian College mobile trades training trailer and the week-long job shadowing placement at the Cliffs Esker Camp in the Ring of Fire.

“It was more hands on and I really enjoyed that part,” Shewaybick said.

Alec Wabasse, Amos Jacob, Brandon Shewaybick, Cody Mekanak, Corey Neshinapaise, Dylan Jacob, Edgar Jacob, Lewis Sofea, Leroy Troutlake, Luke Meekis, Robert Jacob, Rudy Mekanak and Simon Shewaybick, all from Webequie, also graduated from the program. ”The hands-on training was very perfect for me because that is how I like to learn,” said Cody Mekanak. “I learned how to weld — arc weld and braising.

I’m hoping to work in the mining industry with Cliffs (Natural Resources), hopefully nearby so I can have some downtime here when I am on break.”

Although the Cambrian College trailer was originally scheduled to travel over the

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Webequie held a graduation ceremony for the 14 graduates of Oshki’s mining essentials program on May 2. The grads took pre-trades training and employment and life skills workshops. winter road to Webequie for training in the community, poor winter road conditions forced a change of location to Constance Lake’s Eagles Earth facility, located about 489 kilometres east of Thunder Bay on Hwy. 11, where the students had a unique opportunity to learn together as a group.

“We moved as one unit, the whole students,” Mekanak said.

“We were more closer to each other because we were living near each other.”

Mekanak plans to work on finishing his last year of high school over the next year.

“This whole course was life changing for me because I was on a different path before; now I’m setting everything straight.”

Held from Jan. 24 to midApril, the program included 240 hours of classroom training in a portable classroom and 120

hours in the Cambrian College trailer.

“It was a challenge,” said Alec Wabasse, noting he had previously worked as a plumber and electrician. “I learned a lot (about) mechanics, plumbing and electrical.”

Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse said the graduates now have skills they can use in the future.

“I think it will be a good benefit for them in the future,” Wabasse said. “We need to bring training to our communities, even a ceremony like this to the community instead of going to urban centres where the community is not involved.”

Wabasse said the community-based graduation ceremony encourages other community members to pursue further education.

“I think it’s going to send a message to our young gen-

eration that we are moving forward,” Wabasse said. “It will encourage our young people to take a serious look at the future. Training initiatives are very important and we should continue to support those programs for the benefit of our communities.”

Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy also applauded Oshki for holding the graduation ceremony in Webequie.

“What we saw here is a step forward for all of us, not just those people here, not just the graduates, not only the community, but all of us First Nations people,” Beardy said. “I think we’re making a big step forward.”

Beardy said First Nations people need to have greater influence and control over how education services are delivered.

“Cultural identity is impor-

tant so it has to happen in their own environment,” Beardy said. “I think that is where we are headed provincially, nationally. That is called Indian control of education: people decide what they want to learn, how it should be delivered and what they expect to get out of it.”

Co-owned by the Mining Industry Human Resources Council and the Assembly of First Nations, the program was funded in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs.

“This is a great example of partnerships in action,” said David Zimmer, minister of Aboriginal Affairs. “The mining industry is changing. With an aging workforce, it’s critical we continue to attract qualified individuals.”

Cliffs’ objective in hosting the students at the Esker Camp was to provide them with an oppor-

tunity to learn about Cliffs’ potential operation in the Ring of Fire and to experience the operations of a remote mining camp.

“Cliffs Natural Resources is committed to working with First Nations communities to enhance current training programs, and develop new training options for these communities,” said Dana Byrne, vice president of Public Affairs at Cliffs. “With the development of the Cliffs Chromite Project, the Mining Essentials program is a wonderful opportunity for our company to work directly with First Nations students from surrounding communities.”

Cliffs plans to provide the 14 graduates with due consideration for open positions as its Ring of Fire mining project progresses to construction and operating phases.

ᓂᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ From page 1 “ᐁᑲᐧᓂᑯᐠ ᑭᔭᓂᒪᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓫᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐱᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᔭᐱᓂ ᐅᑭᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᑐᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᔭᐱᓂ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᐸᐱᑫᓇᐣ᙮ “ᒥ ᐡ ᑕ ᐦ ᐃ ᓂᑭᑭᑫᐣᑕᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᔭᑊ ᑲᐊᔭᓂᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᓇᓇᐸᐱᑫᓂᑲᑌᐠ᙮” ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᐧᕑᓀᓫᐃᔭᐢ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔕ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᑫᑯᓂ ᐅᑭᑫᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ ᒋᐊᓂᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ᙮ “ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᑲᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᐦ ᓂᑲᐣ,” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐅᔕ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓂᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᐱᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᔕᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᑕᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓴᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᑫᑯᓂᓂ ᐁᐸᐸᒥᓯᐨ᙮” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑕᔑᑭᑭᓇᐧᒋᐊᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ

“ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᒥ ᐡ ᑕ ᐦ ᐃ ᓂ ᑭ ᐦ ᐃ ᑭ ᐟ ᑲ ᑭ ᐃ ᐡ ᑯ ᓄ ᔭ ᐣ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑕᔑᑭᑫᐣᑕᓯᔭᐣ.” ᐅᑐᒋᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑭᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ᙮ “ᐅ ᐅ ᐁ ᐧ ᓂᑎᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒋ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔕ ᐱᑯ ᐊ ᐊ ᐧ ᔑ ᒣ ᐁ ᐃ ᐧ ᐊ ᓂ ᒪ ᒐ ᓂ ᐊ ᐧ ᐠ ,” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᔭ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐅᑎᒋᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒋᐊᓂᐦ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᐦ ᓂᑲᐣ᙮ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔭ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᓄᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐱᑯ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᒪᑭᐣ᙮” ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᐡᑕᐣ ᐯᔭᑎ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᑯᒪᐣ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᑕᔑᑭᑭᓇᐧᒋᐊᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ᙮ “ᐅ ᐅ ᒪ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ

ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑐᒋᑭᑭᓄᔑᓂᒥᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᐊᓂᐦ ᒪᒐᔭᐠ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐁᑕ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᔕᐱᑯ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑕᓯᔭᐠ ᒥᓯᐃᐧ ᑲᐊᔭᔭᐠ᙮” ᐯᔭᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᓂ ᑎ ᓀ ᐣ ᑕ ᐣ ᑲ ᔭ ᐊ ᔕ ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᐁᑭᒋᒪᒐᔭᐠ᙮” ᐯᔭᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᓂᐦ ᑎᐯᓂᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ᙮ “ᒋ ᑭ ᑫ ᐣ ᓂ ᒥ ᑎ ᓯ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑕ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑕ ᑭ ᐅ ᒋ ᐊ ᓄ ᑭ ᒪ ᑲ ᐣ ,” ᐯᔭᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᓂ ᑎ ᓀ ᐣ ᑕ ᐣ ᐊᔕ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐁᐃᔑᒪᒋᐃᐧᑐᔭᐠ” ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑕᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑫᑯᓀᓂᓂ ᑫᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᔑᐱᒧᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑯᓀᓂᓂ ᑫᐅᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ᙮ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫ

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

ᒥᓇ ᑭᐅᒋᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᐯᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑕᓇᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒧᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ᙮ “ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑌᐱᐟ

ᓯᑦᒣᕑ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐱ ᒧ ᒋ ᑫ ᐃ ᐧ ᐣ ᙮ “ᐱ ᐊ ᐧ ᐱ ᑯ ᑫ ᐃ ᐧ ᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒪᔭᑭᐡᑲᒪᑲᐣ᙮ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ ᐊᔕ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐦ ᑭᑌᐊᑎᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᒥᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᒋᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐯᐸᓂᓂ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ᙮”

ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᑲᑭᐃᔓᓇᐨ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑫᕑ ᑕᓇᐳᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐁᐃᔑᓭᐠ ᑲᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᒋᓄᐱᒥᐠ᙮ “ᑭ ᓫ ᐃ ᑊ ᐅᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒋᐊᔭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑲᑕᓯᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑕᔭᐣ ᐯᕑᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᑫᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ᙮ “ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑲᐦᐃᑭᑐᒥᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᔭᑲᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑕᓯᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ᙮” ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᐅᐃᐧᐸᑭᓇᐣ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᓂᐨ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐃᐧᐊᓂᐦ ᒪᒋ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᑲ ᐱᑯ ᐊᓂᐦ ᒪᒋ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᑕᐦᐃᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᔑ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮

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Wawatay News MAY 9, 2013

Obituary In loving memory of Cal Kakegamic. July 12, 1955 – February 20, 2013. Cal Kakegamic was born in Sandy Lake, Ontario and passed away at Sioux Lookout MenoYa-win Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Rhoda (nee: Fiddler) of 36 years, two sons: Samuel (Gwen Boyce), Jonathan (Randi Roundhead); one daughter: Kalyn; grandson Chance; father Hector Kakegamic; two brothers: Douglas, Eddie; three sisters: Ida, Charleen, Elizabeth (Lid); grandmother Janisse Kakekapetum; in-laws, numerous aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins. He was predeceased by his mother Samelia Kakegamic and grandfather John Kakekapetum. Cal committed his life to the Lord Jesus Christ in July 1976. He loved his Lord right to the end. Cal was a pastor, counselor, workshop presenter and teacher. He worked for Tikinagan Child and Family Services for many years. His work took him to many northern communities where he made lots of friends. His duties as a pastor included performing marriages and funerals. One of Cal’s greatest gifts from God was his ability to be an interpreter of God’s Word.

Cal also co-taught family life and fathering workshops with Amos Esh at Beaver Lake Camp (Dryden) and in northern communities. He also presented workshop material at S.O.S. conference in Wapekeka. His passion in his work as a counselor and his love for God allowed him to become friends with many. Cal was a great father, husband and desired this for others. He worked at Scott Mission, Toronto, for 5 years and graduated from Providence College, Otterbourne MB, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993. He worked with Gary Quequish as leaders of Min Web Bon First Nations Church in Sioux Lookout. We will surely miss Cal! Meeg-Wetch (Thank You) From Cal Kakegamic’s Family. Thank you for the comfort of your presence in our time of sorrow: Gary Quequish and Joe (Rosemary) Kakegamic for the Sioux Lookout viewing service.

Friend Sanadius Fiddler, Sharon Mckay, Amos Esh, Evelyn Meekis and Jackie Rae for the Sandy Lake funeral service. Family and friends for visits and phone calls at home and while Cal was in hospital. Especially Amos & Verna, Georgina Harper, Bob & Mary Linklater & Families.

Tikinagin Child & Family Services: Thelma Morris & Rachel Meekis Bridge and staff at Sioux Lookout; Martha Rae & Annie Anishinabie & staff at Sandy Lake; Fred Sky & staff at Red Lake; staff at Keewaywin, K.I., Deer Lake and Thunder Bay. Georgina Neshinapaise of Summer Beaver and Elsie Fox of K.I. Thanks for the ways you’ve helped me and my children. Dr. Kelly, Denise for patiently accepting my many phone calls! Dr. O’Driscoll, Dr. Morgan and staff especially Amy at Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre for the compassionate care you gave my husband Cal. Sandy Lake First Nations Band that I was able to bring Cal home. My sisters and their families: Martha Rae, John Rae, Mary Jane FiddlerYoung, Evelyn Meekis, Kalena Quill, Ruth Rae and Ida Fiddler. Ida for letting us bring Cal to your home.

Bello Kakegamic & crew and Sandy Lake home care staff for getting room ready. Cal’s dad Hector Kakegamic, brothers Doug & Eddie, sisters Ida, Charleen & Liz and their families.

Ida – My friend & sis-in-law for supporting my heart! Gitchi meeg wetch for your prayers & songs, friendship and many kindnesses you’ve shown us because of our loved one, Cal Kakegamic. God bless each one of you. Sincerely; Rhoda (Mrs. Cal), Samuel, Jonathan & Kalyn Kakegamic.

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

First Nations protecting boreal forest Christian Quequish Special to Wawatay News

A project to protect the boreal forest for future generations, known as the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project, began in 2006. Seven years later that project may result in northern Ontario’s first UNESCO world heritage site, if an expected decision falls the right way.

The project aims to “achieve international recognition for 33,400 square kilometres of land in Manitoba and Ontario as a UNESCO world heritage site,” and a decision from UNESCO is expected any day now.

Alex Peters, a member of Pikangikum First Nation and co-chair of the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage project said the project was initiated by the community Elders.

“They wanted to designate a site for the whole world to see that our land is beautiful,” said Peters. “Our Elders went down river to see if there was any other interested communities that would join hands with us and we found our relatives down river from us at Little

Grand Rapids, Pauingassi, Poplar River and a couple years back Bloodvein River.”

Together, the five communities approached the Manitoba and Ontario provincial governments to secure “world heritage status for the largest protected-area network in the North American boreal shield,” according to the press release.

Peters said that despite the provincial backing, they have had no support from Aboriginal Affairs.

“The department that is supposed to help us, INAC, hasn’t put a cent towards this project.

A couple of years back we met with them and we asked them if they would support this project,” said Peters. “They said no.

No, and no. They gave us three no’s. We’ve managed to come this far without their support, we’ve been at this since 2006, so almost 10 years.”

Peters said they should expect an answer from UNESCO any day now.

The press release reads that the UNESCO nomination process includes community consultations, research, mapping and land management planning.

The nomination for this project was sent in January of 2012, and “the decision-making process generally takes 18 months.”

Gord Jones is the project manager for the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage project. He said the First Nations people came together among the thousands to cooperate with the provincial government towards protecting their land and supporting their culture.

“With their leadership, a formal partnership was formed in 2006 and these groups have been working together through a non-profit corporation to complete a UNESCO world heritage site nomination package,” said Jones. “There’s been a process of evaluation going on and there is a meeting with the world heritage committee in June this year where there will be a final determination.”

He said this is an opportunity to conserve the area for the future and that is part of the communities’ motivation,

to take care of the land and protect it. He added that by doing this, they are able to maintain their cultural traditions and use of their land for hunting, fishing, gathering and for spiritual purposes.

“I am pleased that Ontario and Manitoba are working together to protect and manage the proposed Pimachiowin Aki site in conjunction with our First Nation partners in both provinces,” said David Orazietti of the Ministry of Natural Resources Ontario. “This area of boreal forest provides an important habitat to a number of species and holds great significance to the traditional Aboriginal way of life. Ontario is proud to support Pimachiowin Aki as a UNESCO World Heritage site.”

Manitoba’s minister of conservation and stewardship, Gord Mackintosh said the agreement between the two provincial governments and the five First Nation communities is “an important step toward ensuring the heart of the last intact forest of its kind left in the world is protected and managed for generations.”

Shoal Lake water sales rejected by IJC Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Shoal Lake #40 received a boost in its struggle to prevent the City of Winnipeg from selling Shoal Lake water last week, as the International Joint Commission (IJC) ruled that Winnipeg does not have legal authority to sell the water.

Shoal Lake #40 Chief Erwin Redsky told Wawatay that the decision supports what the First Nation has been saying for years.“We’ve been saying this all

along. This confirms that Winnipeg does not have the legal authority,” Redsky said.

In the April 18 letter to Winnipeg from the IJC, a joint USCanada body that regulates water resources, it was stated that “Winnipeg would be in noncompliance with the IJC order should it transfer Shoal Lake water beyond the City of Winnipeg’s municipal limits.”

The IJC order was issued in 1914, allowing Winnipeg to build an aqueduct to provide water to the city from Shoal

Lake.

After Winnipeg’s plans to sell Shoal Lake water to neighbouring municipalities was released in late 2011, Iskatewizaagegan #39 First Nation filed a judicial review against the city. Shoal Lake #40 later joined the judicial review.

While Redsky acknowledged that the IJC ruling was described as ‘preliminary’, he said any change to the ruling will be quite complicated.

“It will only get more complicated for Winnipeg,” Redsky

warned. “After meeting with us, the Kenora City Council also wrote to the IJC requesting hearings before Winnipeg is allowed any change in water usage.”

Redsky also warned that going to the IJC was only the first of many options that the First Nation has to block the sale of Shoal Lake water.

Yet he reiterated his position that Shoal Lake #40 is willing to sit down with Winnipeg and the federal and provincial governments to reach an agreement on the city’s plans.

“We want to be at the table, to get that balance for our rights,” Redsky said. “The federal government has its economic action plan, well we want to part of it too.”

Redsky said that although he has not heard from Winnipeg regarding the water sale since the IJC decision, his “door is always open” to the city.

The city of Winnipeg has not commented on the decision.

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QUALIFICATIONS % Child and Youth Worker diploma and/or related discipline; % Experience working with youth in a residential treatment setting; % Must have experience and understanding of Native culture, and of the geographic realities and social conditions within remote First Nation Communities; % Work experience in Residential Services with children, adolescents, and families.

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Tabatha Jourdain is operating the new Tim Horton’s in Sioux Lookout, which is owned by Lac Seul First Nation.

Sweet aroma of success Geoff Shields Special to Wawatay News

On April 5, the doors of the new Tim Horton’s in Sioux Lookout opened to the public. The business is owned and operated by Lac Seul First Nation and the proprietors are Tabatha Jourdain and Les Carpenter. Geoff Shields caught up with Jourdain during a lull in an otherwise very hectic pace of the business and asked her about how things have been progressing since they opened.

ing. When we arrived at the training centre we studied and watched many training videos, and we had an actual “in restaurant experience” while doing production of the baking and on the floor at Tim Horton’s busiest restaurants in Oakville Ontario.

WWT: A lot of the staff seem to be still going through the learning process - are you satisfied with their progress?

Tabatha Jourdain (TJ): I believe it was Lac Seul First Nation who looked into the possibility of getting a Tim Horton’s and pursued it. They actually wanted to create employment opportunities for the area.

TJ: Lot of them, yes but majority of them have progressed quite well and there are some that are still coming on that are new and a thirst for learning. We also had a challenge with baking production.

The first few days after the trainers left, they needed to pick up the pace, learn to maximize ovens to prepare products faster and to have a complete showcase by 6:00 a.m.

WWT: What prompted you both to take up the managerial position?

WWT: Since opening how has the reception been from the local community?

TJ: We were interested in working with Lac Seul First Nation they wanted a couple to partner with them. It was posted in the Band office and we applied for it.

TJ: We’ve had some good days and bad days, most of all it’s been good. We’ve had a few angry customers and we’ve been dealing with that in trying to make them happy.

WWT: I understand you went for training; what qualifications did you need to manage the business?

WWT: The official opening is May 14th, are you planning anything special for the event?

Wawatay (WWT): Whose idea was it initially to open a Tim Horton’s in Sioux Lookout?

TJ: We had to learn the inhouse training; the production; management of running a restaurant. We had some courses in human resources, maximizing the profitability training.

Les and I both went through seven weeks of training and had to have First Aid/CPR Course before we left for the train-

TJ: Yes, we are ordering a special cake and we’re going to have a ribbon cutting ceremony and some dignitaries are going to be here; the Mayor of Sioux Lookout; Chief and Council of Lac Seul First Nations, economic development officer Chris Angeconeb and not sure who else.

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Aboriginal paintings introduced at Thunder Bay hospital Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Aboriginal paintings and an Aboriginal Advisory Committee were recently introduced at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, but ongoing efforts are needed to improve Aboriginal health care. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Visually, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something very nice to see for the northern patients coming down to Thunder Bay, just to see that their culture is being recognized and being shown to them that they are welcome to the hospital â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good first step,â&#x20AC;? said

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Team Ontario female, left, finished fourth after a one-goal loss in the bronze medal game. Team Ontario male, right, suprised the field by upsetting two of the favourites to get to the gold medal game.

Team Ontario male earns silver at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Team Ontario male started the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship with three straight losses. The team was discouraged and disappointed.

But their coaches knew that they were a talented group of players – they just needed to put it all together.

In the playoff round, that is exactly what happened.

Team Ontario first played Quebec’s Eastern Door and the North in the qualifying game, the same team that had beaten them in game two of the round robin. But this time the result was dif-

ferent, as Ontario got its first win of the tournament with a big upset.

But Team Ontario’s biggest upset was yet to come. In the semifinals the team took on perennial powerhouse Alberta, the top seeded team, a monumental task. Ontario got off to an early lead, only to watch Alberta storm back and tie the game to send it to overtime.

Overtime solved nothing, but in the shootout Lac Seul’s Jonathon Carpenter scored to send Ontario to the gold medal game.

Although the male team lost in the gold medal game 5-3 to Team British Columbia, the silver medal was a great finish

for the team made up of First Nations, Metis and Inuit players from across northern and southern Ontario.

“We thought the boys weren’t going to make the medal round,” said Marc Laliberte, chair of the Aboriginal Sports and Wellness Council of Ontario (AWSCO). “But by the fourth game, when they started playing together and started buying into the system, they performed very well and shocked everybody.”

On the female side, Team Ontario had a successful week but ended up losing to Quebec’s Eastern Door and the North by one goal in the bronze medal game.

Laliberte said the team was disappointed with the finish out of the medals, since it was a very talented group of players with high expectations. He said the coaches and supporters were proud of the way the girls played all week.

“We knew the girls were good, and it was nice to see them make it to the medal round,” Laliberte said.

He noted that Roberta Mamakwa of Wunnumin Lake was one of the best players at the tournament, and that she impressed the entire staff with her leadership on and off the ice.

On the male side, Laliberte highlighted the play of Daniel

$2 million per year from the provincial government to build its Aboriginal hockey program, over ten times what the Ontario teams receive, Laliberte said.

“It really shows what additional funding can do,” he said.

“We need the chiefs to go to bat for us.”

In the meantime the ASWCO continues to recruit volunteer coaches and managers for the 2014 tournament, which will once again be held in Kahanawake.

Laliberte said the organization wants to return to having a north and south Ontario team at next year’s tournament. That decision will be made over the coming months.

McKittrik of Coral Harbour, Nunavut, who played forward for Team Ontario and earned a spot on the tournament’s allstar team. He noted the play of Fort William First Nation’s Dalton Demerah, Team Ontario’s goalie.

He also pointed out how well behaved the Ontario teams were, once again.

“We have the best behaved athletes, and we’re very proud of that,” Laliberte said.

In the end however, Laliberte said the results prove once again that more support is needed for Ontario’s Aboriginal athletes.

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Art show celebrates Woodland artists Christian Quequish Special to Wawatay News

Queen Elizabeth District High School students and Pelican Falls First Nation High School students came together to present Northern Expressions, an art exhibition featuring Northern Nishnawbe Education Council’s expansive art collection May 1.

“This is an art exhibition that incorporates the artists and their style of painting, which is woodland art,” said Micah Williams, a Pelican Falls student.

“We gathered them together to show the people.”

Lance Hildebrand, an art teacher at Queen Elizabeth said the idea came to him in the fall of 2012 – he recalled, during his time as an employee of Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC) that the organization had a huge collection of art that no one had seen. He said he learned that QE had been given funding from the arts council of Ontario and decided an art show would be a

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From left to right: Shana Southwind, Delaney Necan, Meagan Machimity and Lance Hildebrand. Students at Pelican Falls and Queen Elizabeth collaborated on hosting an art show at the Centennial Centre in Sioux Lookout May 1. good way to teach the students real world skills.

They used the funding to hire Laurel Wood, a local artist from Sioux Lookout who acted as

curator artist for the exhibition.

She acted as a guide, coming to both high schools, he said.

“Other than sports teams getting together, I don’t think

there has been a collaboration between Pelican and Queen Elizabeth,” said Hildebrand.

“We went out to Pelican Falls with my students and brain-

stormed an idea for the show.”

The results were Pelican Fall’s students looking into the research, documentation and writing as it fit into their native

English writing course, run by Sylvia Davis, a teacher at Pelican Falls who helped collaborate on the art show.

“I’m the native studies teacher, so this was passed onto me,” said Davis.

Shanah Southwind is a Grade 10 student at QE who took on a Grade 11 art course.

“We took on the part of designing posters and hanging them and advertising for the show in Sioux Lookout and the surrounding area,” said Southwind. “I feel honoured to have brought them here.”

Aaron Kakepetum, a Grade 11 Pelican Falls student from Keewaywin was part of the research team.

“It felt good to be a part of something Pelican helped to make happen—I feel proud of the work we put into this project,” said Kakepetum.

Queen Elizabeth students helped collaborate in many ways, providing food and music for the community.

The art show will be running until May 15.