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Community garden brings families together PAGE 16 Vol. 40 No. 29

NAN wants resource royalty tax regime PAGE 6

Attawapiskat honours Stan Louttit PAGE 9 9,300 copies distributed $1.50

July 25, 2013

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Summer fun in Wapekeka: The community’s three-day summer festival brought everyone together for lots of laughter and good times. One of the highlightswas the chocolate pudding feeding contest, above. There were also three-legged races and dodgeball for the kids, orange passing games and a popular roulette wheel. See more photos on page 12.

ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐱᒥᑲᐊᐧᐢᑲᑌᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓫᐁᓂ ᑲᕑᐱᐣᑐᕑ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᐅᐣᒋᑕ ᐅᑭᑲᐊᐧᐢᑲᑌᐦᐊᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ - ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑎ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ - ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ 1940 ᐱᓂᐡ 1950 ᑲᐱᒥᓭᐠ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᐸᐊᐧᓂᐃᐧᐣ, ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐡᑭ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐃᔭᐣ ᒧᐢᐱ, ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫ ᑲᑕᓇᓄᑭᐨ ᑯᐁᓫᐢ ᔪᓂᐯᕑᓯᑎ, ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᑭᑕᔑ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᑲᐊᐧᐢᑲᑌᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ ᐯᑭᐡ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐁᑭᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑕᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐅᑲᐊᐧᐢᑲᑌᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᑕᔑᑐᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᐃᒪ ᓭᐣᐟ ᒣᕑᐃᐢ ᒥᓇ ᓯᓯᓫᐃᔭ ᒉᑊᕑᐃ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᔭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ.

ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᔕᐧᐣ ᐊᐟᓫᐃᐅ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐊᐱ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂ ᐅᑭᑯᐡᑫᐧᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒪ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. “ᑲᑭᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ, ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒥᑕᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᑭᑐᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᔕᒥᐣᑕᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᑕ ᑭᑲᐊᐧᐢᑲᑌᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᓇᑭᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᐱ 2000 ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓄᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐟᓫᐃᐅ. ᐊᐟᓫᐃᐅ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᐅᑐᐣᒋᑐᑭᐡᑲᑯᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᒧᓇᓂᐧᐊᓂᐠ ᑕᐱᓇᑲ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᑕᔑ ᐃᔑᐁᐧᐸᓂᐠ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. “ᓂᑭᒋᐦᐊᒪᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑭᑲᑲᐧᑕᑭᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐊᐃᐣᑐᑕᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐊᐧᐱᑯᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᐸᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 1942 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᒥ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐸᒪᐊᐧᑯᐸᓀᐣ ᐅᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐊᐧᐢᑲᑌᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ

ᐁᐸᑭᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᓇᑕᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᑭᓇᐣᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᐸᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᑭᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂ, ᒥᐡᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑐᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐠ ᒋᒧᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᐣᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᓂᔑᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᑫᑯᐣ

ᑲᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᓂᔑᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᑭᑕᔑ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑭᐃᓇᒋᒧ ᒧᐢᐱ. ᑭᐊᓂ ᓂᓯᓇᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᒍᒍᔕᐳᓂ ᑲᑭᒥᓇᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ

ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᒥᒋᒥᐠ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑭᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐃᐧᔭᐃᐧᐊᐧᐠ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ ᐃᐧᐱᑎ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑕᐱᓇᑲ ᑲᐱᑲᐧᐱᑌᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᔭᓴᐱᑕᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᑯᓯᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᒋᔑᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᐣᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᐧᐱᑎᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᑕᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᐧᓇᐱᒋᑫᒪᑲᓂᐸᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐃᔑ ᓇᓇᑕᐧᐃᑭᑫᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᓄᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑌᐯᐧ ᐁᑭᐃᔑᐁᐧᐸᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐃᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᐁᒥᒋᓇᐁᐧᓯᑲᑕᐠ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᑲᐱᒥ ᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᐱᕑᓇᕑᐟ ᐸᓫᑲᐧᕑᐟ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑯᐡᑯᑕᐣ ᑲᑭᓄᐣᑕᐣᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂ. ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 3

Wawatay News JULY 25, 2013

INSIDE WAWATAY NEWS Royalty tax regime called for NAN Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit is calling for a First Nations royalty tax regime for all developments within Treaty 9 and 5 territories. Louttit wants the royalty tax to cover all developments in mining, forestry, hydro or tourism Page 6

THIS WEEK

ᑎᐸᐊᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑫᐧᓇᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐠᐢ ᓇᑐᑕᒪᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᐅᒋᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᓫᐁᐢ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐅᑲᓄᑕᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑫᐧᓇᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐠᐢ ᒋᑭᑕᑲᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐦᐃᐣ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑐᕑᐃᑎ 9 ᐁᑲᐧ 5 ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ᙮ ᓫᐅᑎᐠ ᐅᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑫᐧᓇᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐠᐢ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᒪᓇᑎᑫᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐧᐡᑫᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᓂᐠ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐊᐦᐃ ᑲᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒪᐣ ᐁᐦᐊ

INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Wabigoon Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the MNRapproved aerial herbicide spray projects. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Wabigoon Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 1, 2013. The herbicide VisionMAX, registration #27736 will be used.

ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᓇᑕᒪᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᑭᒋᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐅᔕ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᒪᒪᐤ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ᙮

ᑭᐃᔑᑲᑭᐅᑌ᙮ ᐃᔭᑲᐳᒋ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᒥᓄᓭᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᐅᑌᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᑭᑫᐣᓂᒪᐨ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓇᑯᑕᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ᙮

Attawapiskat honours Mushkegowuk Grand Chief

Junior Rangers embrace leadership

Grand Chief Stan Louttit was honoured during a visit to Attawapiskat First Nation last week. Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence said the council wanted to recognize Louttit for his past and present work with Attawapiskat before its term ended in August. A community feast was held on July 16 followed by gift-giving and gospel music. Page 9

A select group of Junior Canadian Rangers not only developed leadership skills at Camp Loon, but they also built a log cabin during the camp. Fourteen staff Junior Canadian Rangers spent five days before Camp Loon started going through an advanced leadership course. Page 13

ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᑯᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᒪᐡᑫᑯᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᐢᑕᐣ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᑭᓇᓇᑯᒪᑲᓄᐃᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᐃᐧᑌᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᑐᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᐠ᙮ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᑐᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑌᕑᐃᓴ ᐃᐢᐯᐣᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᑲᐨ ᑫᑯᓂᓂ ᐁᑭᐃᐧᐃᐦᔑᑲᑕᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐦᐊᐣ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᓇᑯᑦ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᑲᑕᐠ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᑐᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒋᑭᔑᐱᓭᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᐸᐅᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ ᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐊᑭᓯᓂᐨ᙮ ᑭᒪᑯᔕᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑭᔑᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 16 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔭ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑭᒥᑲᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᓂᑲᒧᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᐊᔕ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ ᐅᒋᐊᑯᓯ ᐊᐦᐃ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᒪᐠ ᑭᒋᐊᑯᓱᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᐱᓀᐨ᙮

The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Domtar Inc., Dryden office and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 1, 2013 until March 31, 2014 when the annual work schedule expires and throughout the one-year duration of the annual work schedule. The Ontario Government Information Centre at 479 Government Street, Dryden, Ontario, provides access to the Internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNR staff at the MNR District or Area Office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information, please contact: Erin Woodland 1 Duke Street P.O. Box 4004 Dryden, ON P8N 3J7 tel: 807-223-9790

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

Derek Johnston, RPF 479 Government Street P.O. Box 730 Dryden, ON P8N 2Z4 tel: 807-223-7556

Or call toll-free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above. Renseignements en français : Sylvie Gilbart, 807 934-2262

Iacobucci starts visits to Matawa First Nations Ontario’s negotiator on the Ring of Fire started initial visits to Matawa First Nations last week. Justice Frank Iacobucci’s trip to Neskantaga on July 18 followed trips to Eabametoong and Marten Falls. Iacobucci said the visits are a chance for him to see the communities and meet the people before starting formal negotiations. Page 8

ᐃᔭᑲᐳᒋ ᒪᒋ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᑌ ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᐊᓄᑭᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᑭᒋᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐦᐃᐣ ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᒪᒋᑭᐃᐧᑌ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᐠ᙮ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᓂ ᐯᕑᐊᐣᐠ ᐃᔭᑲᐳᒋ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᓀᐡᑲᑕᑲ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑭᐃᔑᑭᐃᐧᑌ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑭᔑᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 18 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔭ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒪᑎᐣ ᐸᐧᓫᐢ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᔑᔕᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᔑᔕᐠ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑭᐅᓂᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐁᑕ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒋ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑦᑊ ᓫᐅᐣ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐅᔕ ᑲᔭ ᒥᑎᑯᐊᐧᑲᐃᐦᑲᓂᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᔑᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᑐᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ᙮ ᓂᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐦᐃ ᓂᔭᓄᑭᔑᑲ ᑭᒪᐊᐧᑐᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᒪᐧᔦ ᑭᒋᒪᐊᐧᑐᐡᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑦᑊ ᓫᐅᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐃᐦᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐊᐦᐃ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᑎᑯᐊᐧᑲᐃᐦᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᑭᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫ ᑲᑊᑎᐣ ᐯᓫᐁᒉᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒥᑎᑯᐊᐧᑲᐃᐦᑲᐣ ᒥᔑᓂᔭᑭ ᑕᐸᑕᑭᑌ᙮

Community garden brings families together A new garden established in Thunder Bay by Ontario Native Women’s Association is bringing families together to teach about growing fresh food. The garden was launched on July 5. Page 15

ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐡᑎᑲᐣ ᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᑭᑫᐣᓂᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᐡᑭ ᑭᐡᑎᑲᐣ ᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᑫᐧᑐᐣᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᑐᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᐁᐅᒋ ᑭᑫᐣᓂᒥᑎᓂᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐡᑎᑫᐊᐧᐨ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᐡᑎᑲᐣ ᑭᔑᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 5 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ᙮ ᓇᓇᑲ ᒪᐡᑯᔑᐣ ᑕᑭᓂᑕᐃᐧᑭᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᓄᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐃᐢᑲᐧᐡ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑲᑕᑲᐧᐠ᙮ ᓇᓇᑲ ᐱᑯ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᔑᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᐡᑎᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔭ ᑭᔑᑌᐳᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓂᑕ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᑕᐦᐃᓇᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᒋᒪᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐊᐧᓄᐣ᙮

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

Government conducted malnutrition studies on First Nations children Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The Canadian government deliberately starved First Nations people – mostly children – in the 1940’s and 1950’s in order to study malnutrition, according to a new study. Ian Mosby, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Guelph, recently released a report that examined experiments conducted by the federal government in various communities and residential schools where First Nations people were subjected to malnutrition “without informed consent or knowledge.” The malnutrition studies were conducted in six residential schools across Canada, including the St. Mary’s and Cecilia Jeffrey schools in Kenora. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo said the report has sent a “shockwave” through First Nations across Canada. “The reports of these studies, in which more than a thousand Indigenous children

were denied essential nutrition and in some cases deliberately starved, were reported as far back as 2000 but did not gain national attention,” Atleo said in a statement. Atleo said he has a “deeply personal connection” to the report since his community was one that had been subjected to the study. “My Elders and family members were exposed to this cruel and inhumane treatment where our children were treated like lab rats,” he said. In 1942, researchers discovered First Nations people in northern Manitoba were starving and malnourished. But instead of recommending increased funding and support, the researchers viewed the people as “experimental materials” and residential schools and Aboriginal communities “as kinds of ‘laboratories,’” according to Mosby’s report. Milk rations in certain residential schools were halved, and communities were deprived of essential vitamins. The subjects were denied dental care “because dental

Body of Weenusk youth found in Porcupine Lake Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The body of a young Weenusk First Nation man was found in a lake located near Timmins in the early hours of July 20. At about 5:45 a.m., Timmins Police responded to a report of a male body discovered in Porcupine Lake. Witnesses said the body could be seen in the water a few metres from the shoreline. On July 22, 2, police identified the deceased eased as 25-year25-ye yearold Luke Gull Weenusk ull of W e enu u sk

First Nation, a community also known as Peawanuck. Gull was living in Timmins to pursue studies at Northern College. Residents had commented that the spot where Gull was found had become a popular hangout spot for adolescents. Police say there is no evidence of foul play in the death and they are continuing an investigation. A post-mortem is scheduled for July 23 in Sudbury to determine the d eter t mine i th h e cause c au ause se of death. deat de ath h.

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St. Mary’s and Cecillia Jeffrey Schools in Kenora were two of six schools across Canada where malnutrition studies were carried out on First Nations children in the 1940s. caries and gingivitis were both ‘important factors in assessing nutritional status,’” and “any significant dental interventions would interfere with the results of the study.” The new revelations have led First Nations leaders and community members to call on the federal government to acknowledge and apologize for the studies. A spokesperson for Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt said the current federal government is shocked by

the findings. “If this story is true, this is abhorrent and completely unacceptable,” the spokesperson stated in an e-mail last week. “When Prime Minister [Stephen] Harper made a historic apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools in 2008 on behalf of all Canadians, he recognized that this period had caused great harm and had no place in Canada.” The spokesperson added that the federal government

“remains committed to a fair and lasting resolution to the legacy of the Indian Residential Schools.” In light of the study, a National Day of Prayer is being organized for July 25 in various cities and communities across the country. This day calls on the federal government to release all documents pertaining to the residential schools in Canada and to “honour the apology,” referring to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s apology about Canada’s role in the legacy of the residential school system. Mosby’s findings came about when he was researching the development of health policy following the Second World War. The report, called “Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, 19421952,” is available online at: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ histoire_sociale_social_history/ v046/46.91.mosby.html

Eabametoong man offended by store’s receipt labeling Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

On July 18, father of four Simon Slipperjack was at home after doing some shopping at a local Dollarama location in Thunder Bay when his common-law wife noticed something strange on the receipt. Below the business name and address, in capital letters were the words “NATIVE SALE.” “I looked at a it, and said ‘holy smokes,” Slip Slipperjack said. He is a member of Eabametoong First Nation of Thunder Nati Na t on and a resident r Bay. will take it as “A typical typ y ical native n a joke, jo oke, but b t after bu aft a while the more I looked l oked lo d it, it i started to offend me,” hee ssaid of the words on the mee,” h aid o receipt. receeip re pt. “II felt like I got labeled.” Slipperjack Sl lip pperj rjack questioned what a receipt from reeceiptt fro om tthe store would say if a Chinese or a CaucaChineese person p sian siaan person peerso on were w to make a purchase. ch hasse. “II got go ot mad,” mad, he said. “I see a lot of of native nattivee people peop who shop there. I wonder won ndeer was wa it a joke on the other otther side?” sid de?” Slipperjack S lipp perjack took a photo of the receipt posted it to his Facereeceip pt and p

book account. The image has been shared almost one hundred times since he posted it, and the comments range from confusion to amusement. One commenter speculated that the receipt reads “Native sale” because Slipperjack used his status card. “Why didn’t they just put taxexempt or status card purchase like other places?” Slipperjack questioned. He plans on returning to the

store to ask the manager about the label on his receipt. “I hope it wasn’t intentional,” Slipperjack said. “Maybe their machines are just set up that way.” A call was made by Wawatay News to a different Dollarama location in Thunder Bay. When questioned as to what their receipts said when a customer used a status card in a purchase, the employee who did not give a name said “we are already working on it.” The employee suggested it was possibly the new cash registers that had been set up to label status card purchases that way. As to why Slipperjack felt the need to share the photo with his friends and other people via social media, he said that he just wanted to keep his fellow Anishinaabe people informed as to what is going on. “I know there’s a lot of racism out there. I myself like to be informed of it and be notified of things to watch out for,” he said. No one could be reached for comment at Dollarama’s head office in Montreal.

ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐱᒥᑲᐊᐧᐢᑲᑌᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ From page 1 “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑌᐯᐊᐧᓄᑫᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᒧᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᒥᑐᓂ ᑲᑲᐧᓂᓴᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᑭᐃᓯᓭᐸᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒋᑭᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ,” ᐅᑭᐃᔑᓇᑫᐧᑕᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᓂᐠ ᒪᒪᑕᐃᐧᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫᐨ. “ᐊᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ (ᐢᑎᐱᐣ ᐦᐊᕑᐳᕑ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐸᐣ ᐅᒥᐣᒋᓇᐁᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᓯᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2008 ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ, ᐅᑭᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᓇᐸᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᑭᒋᐱᑯᓂᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒋᑭᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐊᓂᑭᑐ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ “ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐅᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᐣ ᐁᐧᐃᔭᓂ ᒪᒥᓇᐧᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᔑ ᒪᒋᑐᒋᑫᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ.”

“ᓂ ᑭ ᒋ ᐦ ᐊ ᒪ ᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑭᑲᑲᐧᑕᑭᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐊᐃᐣᑐᑕᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᐁ ᑭ ᑐ ᑕ ᐃ ᐧ ᐣ ᑕ ᐧ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐊᐧᐱᑯᔑᔕᐠ ᑲ ᐃ ᓇ ᐸ ᒋ ᐦ ᐃ ᑕ ᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ, ᑭᐅᓇᒋᑌ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᔭᒥᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑭᔑᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 25 ᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ ᐊᐣᑎ ᐱᑯᑕᓱ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ. ᑭᑲᓄᓇᑲᓄ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᑲᑭᓇ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᑲᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑭᐣ ᒋᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ “ᒋᑭᑌᐣᑕᑯᑐᐨ ᐅᒥᐣᒋᓇᐁᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ,” ᐁᐅᒋ ᑲᓄᑕᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᐢᑎᐱᐣ ᐦᐊᕑᐳᕑᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᒥᓂᐸᐣ ᐅᒥᒋᓇᐁᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᒧᐢᐱ ᐅᑭᒥᑲᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐁᓇᓇᑐᓇᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᑭᒋᓄᑎᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ, ᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌ “ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑕᑲᓀᓯᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ: ᑲ ᐅ ᐣ ᒋ ᑭ ᔑ ᔕ ᐃ ᐧ ᓯ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᐁᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ, 1942-1952,” ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᒪᒪᑕᐃᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᐅᒪ: http://muse.jhu.edu/ journals/histoire_sociale_social_ history/v046/46.91.mosby.html

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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

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Empathy Stephanie Wesley WAWATAY NEWS

I went to another event involving missing and murdered Aboriginal women. A group of ten people are currently walking across Canada in hopes to bring awareness and justice to the missing and murdered women and children in this nation, and I went to listen to their stories. It’s been my third time as a reporter attending an event in relation to the treatment of Aboriginal women in this country. Prior to last summer, I had not attended anything like a memory walk for murdered and missing Aboriginal women in Canada; I hadn’t been to any discussions or listened to any stories. I’ve been well aware of the fact that there is a lot of violence inflicted upon our Aboriginal women – I knew a lot of our Aboriginal women have disappeared or have gone missing. But why hadn’t I taken any further interest in the matter? Apathy probably played a big part in it. Apathy; a lack of interest, enthusiasm, concern. A lack of interest in women who have gone missing, no enthusiasm in women who have been murdered, no concern in the outcomes of the many disappearances and remains of women across this nation. But why? Sure it was horrible to hear about the murders and disappearances, it upset me. But I went on with my life. I did not attend vigils. I did not look any further into various blurbs/news stories (not even headlines, really) announcing another dead Aboriginal woman in the stories. Not even when Robert Picton was arrested for murdering all of those women a few years ago on his pig farm did I really take an interest. Not even when I was driving on the Highway of Tears in BC to visit my mother, who told me about the stories behind the highway’s name, did I really think any more about it. I was apathetic, oblivious really. It wasn’t until someone who was once very close to me, and who has now drifted so far away I wouldn’t know where to begin to try to reach out to her, had been swallowed up in “the lifestyle,” did I start to pay attention. She was one of my only

real friends as a child, and now she is on the streets somewhere. She is on the streets like she has been for a very long time, since she was released by Children’s Aid. Her story, like that of many missing and murdered Aboriginal women, is all too common. Broken home, abuse, no real education past the eighth grade, neglect, a need to belong, a need for some sense of stability and security. She found all of that on the streets. When I started to research more about First Nations women living in the world of prostitution, the more I realized why she went down the road that she did. I had a mild feeling of how it must feel to lose someone you love to that lifestyle. I imagined how frustrating it must be to not be taken seriously when it came to mourning the loss of a person who lived that life and was murdered, to not be taken seriously by the justice system when it came to wanting to solve those murders. And not all of the women and children who went missing or were murdered were involved in the life style. I started to feel empathy towards these families. Empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. I asked one of the women involved in the walk across Canada if it was harder to get people to really understand what it is like to lose a loved one in a violent way, or to have a loved one disappear without a trace, if they had never experienced something like it before. I asked if it was harder to empathize with those involved in the awareness walks and memory walks if one had never experienced the same kind of loss. She told me “yeah, I think that it is.” But she would continue on, anyway. Like the two previous events I had been to regarding the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and children in Canada, the turnout of local supporters was low. But some locals did show up, and they listened. One of the local speakers, whose sister was murdered, said that when she comes to these kinds of events to talk, she always imagines a room full of people. And even though recently a young woman had been murdered here in the city, she said this to rows of empty seats. What will it take for you to show some more support for this issue?

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The Riverton Rifle, Hall of Fame NHL hockey player Reggie Leach, signs a fan’s cast during an event in 2007.

Educate yourself on healthy living Dr. Shannon Wesley GUEST COLUMNIST

Greetings Wawatay readers. My name is Shannon Wesley and I’m a doctor. I have recently accepted a new part-time position with Regional Cancer Care Northwest as a Regional Aboriginal Cancer Lead. Cancer Care Ontario (CCO – the agency that looks after cancer for the whole province of Ontario) has identified that First Nation, Inuit and Métis people need more support to access and make their way through the cancer system. CCO outlines their plan to do this in a document called the Aboriginal Cancer Strategy II. As part of my new role, I will reach out to a wide range of healthcare providers, communities, and organizations to help improve cancer care in First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario. This includes building knowledge and awareness of the services and supports that cancer patients can and should access through their cancer journey including prevention, survivorship, and endof-life (palliative) care. I will help other doctors and healthcare providers by educating them about evidence-based

clinical guidelines and standards and policies, as well as support them to improve their screening practices with First Nation people. Many of you are aware that there are some system issues and barriers related to First Nation healthcare and cancer needs. I will try to influence and support changes that address some of these issues and improve services and access for Northwestern Ontario’s First Nations and Métis people. I’m writing this column as part of my work to help educate people in Northwestern Ontario about healthcare options and services related to cancer. But I’m also a firm believer that people should take an active role in their own wellbeing and I hope to motivate and inspire you to make decisions that will help you improve your own health. For instance, you can make sure you get screened for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer. You can find out when it’s the right time for you to screen by visiting Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and Time to Screen tool at www.health.gov.on.ca/ en/public/programs/cancer/ screening. Since this column is the start of a monthly relationship, I wanted to tell you a bit about myself. For a good portion of my life, I have lived in Northwestern Ontario including time

in Eagle Lake First Nation in the Treaty 3 area. I attended high school at St. Patrick’s in Thunder Bay before heading off for a science degree at Queen’s University in Kingston. After that, I was interested in pursuing further research, so I headed south to the University of Minnesota Duluth. I graduated with a Masters degree in Biochemistry, but realized that life in a lab just wasn’t for me. Instead, I looked to an important mentor in my life for guidance and ended up in medical school. Since graduating from medical school and completing my residency, I have practiced medicine in both the United States and Canada for over a decade, including a number of Northwestern Ontario communities such as Moose Factory, Nipigon, and Dryden. Most recently, I spent time working in the fly-in community of Fort Hope where I dealt with complex medical issues and supported their new community based suboxone program. I am married. I am a mother. And I have a deep commitment to improving cancer care for First Nation people. Through my on-theground experience with cancer patients in the remote north, I know that delivering timely access to many aspects of care is challenging. We know that the health out-

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comes of Aboriginal people are disproportionately lower than those of non-Aboriginal Ontarians. As Regional Aboriginal Cancer Lead, I hope to help First Nations people better understand cancer and the need to adhere to their treatment plans. I want to work collaboratively with other organizations and providers to find new ways to reach under and neverscreened populations. This month is my first column. From now on, I will prepare a monthly column for Wawatay News to help answer questions that readers may have about cancer, cancer services, healthy lifestyles, and other topics. If you are interested in learning about a particular issue, you can send your questions and thoughts to cancercareinfo@tbh.net. It’s July now and we are experiencing the fullness of summer. The weather is warm and it’s easier to get outside and walk or run or paddle. Just being outside is good for the mind and body. Plus, gardens are producing healthy things for us to eat. Try to choose fresh vegetables more often. They’re nutritious and delicious. Until August, remember to respect your body. Your choices matter. Ambe-mino-bimaadizi-daa. Come, let us lead a good life.

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JULY 25, 2013

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My journey with cancer Submitted by a Wawatay reader The word “cancer” invokes fear in a lot of people. I am no different. I wondered for awhile how I would tell my loved ones. “Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by out-of-control cell growth.” (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/canceroncology/) Since I have told my family, I now face this part of my life journey with learning. There is no cure for cancer but it is treatable. How do I get more informed about breast cancer? Cancer rates are increasing for Aboriginal people. But this may be due to inaccessibility of resources; and unavailability of healthy foods for those living in the north. I also understand that during the past hundred years, we have gone through massive changes that have affected our lifestyle: we now eat more processed foods and we lead increased sedentary lifestyles. I view this part of my journey with challenge. I need to learn more about cancer and how I can stop and eliminate cancer cells from my body spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally. It is yet another journey around the wheel of life. Will cutting out these cancer cells or shrinking these cells ensure my survival? I know cutting out the cancerous portions of my body will affect my spirit:

that is my life force energy. At this point in my life because I am getting older I cannot contemplate the removal of my whole breast. I know my chances of survival are excellent if my cancer is in the early stage; and if I agree to surgery that will not suck up too much of my energy. When it comes to treatment options, it means taking into consideration the wishes of my loved ones. I had cancer about 35 years ago that required removal of my uterus: it meant I could no longer have children. Removal of that organ has worked well for me at that time in my life because I have been cancer free for over 35 years. At the time I had young children that depended on me. Desperation required desperate measures. There is a wealth of information on the internet. It is up to me to decide what the right fit is for me. Sometimes I have to go by instinct. What do I now do to combat cancer physically? Physically I have to change the way I eat and the way I live my life. There may be certain breast cancer-fighting foods and I have no idea how compatible these foods will be to my body. Because I am unable to access traditional foods of my ancestors like fish and moose meat, I rely on store-bought food. A Reader’s Digest article lists the following foods to eat: broccoli, foods rich in vitamin B and D, grain foods, foods rich in omega 3 like fatty fish, low

fat dairy products, extra virgin olive oil and flaxseed. I have to eliminate dairy products from this list because I cannot eat dairy products. I

my healing process. Because my body knows what is compatible to my own healing, it means offering tobacco for healing from traditional help-

“I have to face this part of my life with embracing the healing ways of my ancestors. It means having the ability to work with our traditional people. It may mean going to ceremonies and offering my tobacco for healing.” will take baby steps in changing the way I eat. Breast cancer is also known as “vitamin D deficiency syndrome.” It affects people living in the north that do not get enough sunlight. It means ensuring I have enough vitamin D in my body that come from fatty fish, sunlight or vitamin supplements. Foods laden with sugar affect cancer growth. Eating too many sugar-laden foods calories lead to obesity and high insulin levels, which would lead to increased cancer risk. I have diabetes. Cutting back on foods such as soda pop and cookies lead towards a better chance of recovery. It has been a lifelong struggle for me to get more active. I enjoy my couch potato status. It means taking baby steps by starting to walk. If I follow my father’s teachings and his love of walking, I could do it, and need his spiritual guidance. Herbal medicines and teas are also good for helping with

ers. They work with the spiritual essence of all life. Drinking traditional plant medicines helps in my healing. In addition, I will drink green tea that contains polyphenols that researchers believe help kill cancerous cells and stop them from growing. What do I do now to heal spiritually? I have to face this part of my life with embracing the healing ways of my ancestors. It means having the ability to work with our traditional people. It may mean going to ceremonies and offering my tobacco for healing. I have attended Sundance ceremony because these are places of healing. I have gone to sweat lodge and will continue because these ceremonies help in the cleansing. Whatever it takes, I will surrender to this spiritual journey. With discipline I pray and give thanks for mino-bimadizenwin. Going to these ceremonies help in balancing my body to remove any energy blocks so my body

is synchronized for healing. My father believed in the power of the mind. He believed that the mind had the ability to heal. He had the conviction that if we truly learned to harness the powers of our mind, people could heal themselves from ailments. I practice with discipline, visualization and affirmation exercises to evoke healing potential of my body from this cancer. I must learn to face this journey with optimism and hope: exercises will aid in bringing forward this hope. Emotional healing requires going back to my past. I am like most Anishinabeg. I have faced trauma starting with the induction into the Indian residential school system at a young age and facing numerous losses over the years. The most recent loss has been the death of my grandson when he was 18 years old. It means going back to my people and continuing to use the ceremonies as well as getting help from the trauma helpers. Crying and laughing are ways of healing. I watch shows that make me laugh. I have learned to laugh at myself as I seek ways that could eradicate cancer cells. Whenever I read up on success of what works, I try it out. One such article is the use of curcumin. Curcumin is found in the spice turmeric. But turmeric is also in tablet form. ”Specifically, curcumin appears to be able to prevent the uncontrolled growth of

breast tumor cells, to restore the normal mechanism by which cells die and to prevent cancer spread (metastasis) through the blood stream and lymphatic system (Clin Cancer Res 2005; 11: 74907498).” For a while, I tried to find innovative ways to lace my food with turmeric. Yellow powder covered my kitchen counters and my face, but I have laid off it because it does eventually come out my skin pores. Healing is a lifelong journey. No one has the cure from this type of cancer. A bigger part of my journey has forced me to go back to my roots and work with traditional people. I do not know the outcome. Life is about uncertainty. It may mean more spiritual work to understand myself better. It may mean finding new ways of handling my emotions: excessive worry and sadness. Each new challenge we face is always about spiritual growth. I embrace my loved ones. I embrace my clan. I embrace my spirit helpers. For now while my energy is still up, I face my journey with hope, optimism and courage because I know my ancestors are with me every step of the way. Only the Creator knows my future. Eh-ko-say! Have your own story to share with readers in other communities? Email it to editor@ wawatay.on.ca.

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The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Resolute FP Canada Inc. office and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 5, 2013 until March 31, 2014 when the annual work schedule expires. The Ontario Government Information Centre at 777 Bay Street in Toronto and the appropriate communities of the MNR Region and/or Area Offices provide Internet access. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNR staff at the MNR District or Area Office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information, please contact: Bill Wiltshire, RPF Agent of Resolute Canada FP Inc. RW Forestry Inc. 61 Mona Street Thunder Bay, ON P7A 6Y2 tel: 807-629-0993 fax: 807-939-2251 office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. e-mail: wiltshir@tbaytel.net

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Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit is calling for a “First Nations royalty tax regime” for all developments within Treaty 9 and 5 territories. “We don’t want to be at the local First Nation negotiating or tribal council-level negotiating table,” Louttit said. “(Nishnawbe Aski Nation is looking for) a resource revenue and benefits sharing agreement with Ontario, which would include mining, forestry, hydro or tourism — that’s where NAN’s role is.” Louttit said NAN is not interested in being involved with the Ring of Fire negotiations that are scheduled to involve Matawa’s chief negotiator Bob Rae and Ontario’s lead negotiator Frank Iacobucci. Iacobucci was appointed on July 2 and Rae was appointed on May 10. “We were not involved in Musselwhite; we were not involved in the Moose Cree OPG or Detour Lake project or any of the Wabun Tribal Council projects dealing with mining and hydro,” Louttit said. “The only time NAN has recommended professional advice is back in 2000 when the Victor Mine was being negotiated. I think the NAN executive at that time provided some or recommended some legal and professional advice to the First Nations.” Louttit said NAN does not get involved in local negotiations, such as exploration agreements, MOUs, memorandums of cooperation or impact benefits agreements (IBSa). “Our interest is in negotiating a nation-wide resource revenue and benefits sharing agreement for NAN First Nations, based on the treaty areas, Treaty 5 and 9, where all First Nations are impacted by any development,” Louttit said. “Since the signing of the treaty, NAN First Nations as a whole have never received a penny from the natural resources extraction, (from) which the province of Ontario has benefitted.” Louttit said the only resource benefits First Nations have received are those from developments directly impacting their communities, such as the Musselwhite, Victor, Detour Lake and Wabun area mine sites and through individual IBAs. “Where NAN is coming from is as a political entity that has a responsibility to protect and promote the integrity of the inherent and treaty rights of not only those First Nations impacted by developments but all other First Nations who are indirectly impacted, meaning all of the 49 NAN First Nations,” Louttit said. “We have resolution man-

Les Louttit dates from NAN chiefs to set up a negotiations framework and a negotiating committee to begin the discussions and negotiations for a NAN-wide resource revenue and benefits sharing agreement with Ontario.” Louttit said NAN First Nations should benefit the most from resource developments in their treaty areas. “If we negotiate a resource revenue sharing and benefits agreement with Ontario for wealth extraction that is located within the NAN Treaty 5 and 9

“Only the First Nations within the Treaty 5 and 9 areas should benefit from the Ring of Fire or any other kind of development, whether it be hydro dams, whether it be forestry, whether it be tourism.” – Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit

boundaries, of course NAN First Nations have to benefit from those agreements,” Louttit said. “Only the First Nations within the Treaty 5 and 9 areas should benefit from the Ring of Fire or any other kind of development, whether it be hydro dams, whether it be forestry, whether it be tourism.” Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is looking for long-term sustainable benefits for First Nations from the Ring of Fire. “The Ring of Fire is a wonderful opportunity for Ontario to create jobs and grow its regional economies, but it is vital that we work with First Nations communities to make sure this development brings long-term, sustainable benefits.” Wynne said. “I am very pleased that the honourable Frank Iacobucci has agreed to lead negotiations for Ontario. His expertise as a negotiator and experience with First Nations communities in northern Ontario is a tremendous asset to this important process.”

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Survivors of St. Anne’s still traumatized Feds accused of withholding inquest documents that would help survivors heal Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

For more than 70 years, hundreds of First Nations children from the James Bay area and other regions were sent to St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany as part of the Canadian government’s assimilation policy to “kill the Indian in the child.” Survivors of the school still recall being beaten with strops and rudimentary whips, being forced to ingest their own vomit, and experiencing child rape and other forms of sexual abuse. Among the brutal claims was being strapped to a homemade electric chair and being electrocuted. Edmund Metatawabin of Fort Albany was about sevenyears-old when he first was forced to attend the school, and he remembers the procedure in which the children were brought into the boys’ room and systematically lined up by age. “The little ones first,” he recalled. “And I was I think about number seven or eight, meaning I was one of the smaller ones.” One by one, the children sat on a wooden seat and had their arms strapped to the metal chair. A Brother stood by a wooden box with a crank, ready to send the electric charge to the chair and the child strapped to it. Being so young, often the children’s legs dangled over the edge of the seat, and when the charge was sent, it created what would be an amusing sight for the Catholic school administrators. “Your feet is flying around in front of you, and that was funny for the missionaries,” Metatawabin said. “So all you hear is that jolt of electricity and your reaction, and laughter at the same time. We all took turns sitting on it.” “Afterwards the chair went to the girls’ area,” he recalled.

Metatawabin said the chair was used for punishment, though the offence could be “anything.” “Just laughing when you’re not supposed to, or smiling. Making noise or a mistake. Walking too slow. Anything.” Survivors of St. Anne’s are still trying to reconcile with their experience of attending the Catholic-run school. Some are trying to seek compensation through the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), an out of court process for the resolution of claims of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse and long-term psychological consequences. Others are part of a new class action lawsuit. But in trying help support their claims, survivors are not able to access files from an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigation in the 1990’s. In 1994, the OPP began a major investigation into claims made by survivors of St. Anne’s. By 1997, the investigation resulted in hundreds of testimonies and 7,000 pages worth of documents, which led to the convictions of seven men and women who administered the school. The federal government is being accused of withholding the documents, but Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt said the survivors need to go through the Ontario courts. NDP MP Charlie Angus wrote a letter to Valcourt, calling on the federal government to release the documents to lawyers representing the survivors. “If police evidence exists that corroborates claims that supervisors tortured children in a homemade electric chair, this evidence should be known to adjudicators and survivors,” wrote Angus, who represents the Timmins-James Bay area, to Valcourt on July 11. But since the OPP conducted

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Alter boys pose with a Catholic missionary at St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany in this undated photo. Students forced to attend recall being physically and sexually abused, including some accounts of being strapped to an electric chair and electrocuted. Attempts by survivors to heal are being hindered by governmental bureaucracy and litigation as they try to gain access to documents. the investigation, Valcourt said that the documents belong to Ontario and the survivors need to go through the provincial court system to access those files. “To bring clarity to these issues, I have instructed departmental officials to work with the Department of Justice to make a request for direction to the Ontario Superior Court,” Valcourt wrote to Angus. He added that the files contain confidential statements from those questioned by police and are subject to privacy legislation. Although Metatawabin found Valcourt’s decision to be a positive step, he remains cautious about any action. “It sounds good, but we’ve heard that before,” he said. “They will break down everything in typical lawyer fashion and they will cause further delays. Litigation is all they know. They have no heart,” Metatawabin said.

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Regarding Valcourt’s privacy concerns, Metatawabin said: “They’re ignoring whatever is convenient for them to ignore.” Metatawabin said survivors are frustrated with the litigation and bureaucratic process, and time is running out for the Elders trying to reconcile. It is difficult for survivors to recall their experiences, Metatawabin said, because to do so they must relive the atmosphere

and trauma they suffered. “Once people start crying, that’s what they were experiencing at that time,” he said. “They were crying all the time. They were in fear all the time.” Although they are encouraged to share their stories to begin the healing, some survivors still struggle to talk about their experiences. “We’re still undergoing that phase of trying to get enough

strength, enough courage, to tell other people what happened,” he said. And there are those who died that never shared their story. “Many people went away that never told their story and just suffered quietly,” Metatawabin said. “That’s the sad part about it: they went away without telling anyone.” Metatawabin, Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Leo Friday, and other supporters will be holding a press conference in Ottawa on July 29 to talk about St. Anne’s and the challenges of coming to terms with its legacy. “(We want to) highlight the needs of the survivors and let know them know that people are waiting, waiting and waiting,” Metatawabin said. Since 2007, as part of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, residential school survivors have been able to seek compensation against the government through a Common Experience Payment and the IAP. The deadline for each process was in September 2012. So far, about $2 billion has been paid to more than 21,300 victims across Canada, with more than 16,400 claims still in process. Funded by the federal government and administered by Christian churches, the first residential schools were set up in the 1840’s with the last one closing in 1996.

INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying for Lake Nipigon Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the MNR-approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Lake Nipigon Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 1, 2013. The herbicide VisionMax, registration #27736 will be used. The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc. office and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 2, 2013 until March 31, 2014 when the annual work schedule expires. Ontario Government Information Centres at Thunder Bay, Nipigon, Geraldton, Terrace Bay and Marathon provide access to the Internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNR staff at the MNR District Office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information, please contact: Chris Leale, RPF, Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources P.O. Box 970 5 Wadsworth Drive Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0 tel: 807-887-5042 fax: 807-887-2993 e-mail: chris.leale@ontario.ca

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A crowd gathered at the AZA reserve on Lake Nipigon for the grand opening of AZAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picnic shelter, the first building on the reserve. The crowd included community members, AZA Chief Theresa Nelson, Minister of Northern Development and Mines Michael Gravelle, the Animki Wadjiw Equaywuq Drum Group and the AZA planning committee.

Lake Nipigon reserve gets first building Shawn Bell Wawatay News

Animbiigoo Zaagiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;igan Anishinaabek (AZA) took its

first step towards the creation of its community on its new Lake Nipigon reserve when it celebrated the construction of the first building

to appear on the reserve. AZA opened a new picnic shelter on the reserve with a celebration on July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a monumental step

forward for my First Nation,â&#x20AC;? said AZA Chief Theresa Nelson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our first building will be the heart of our community; we will gather here for generations to come.â&#x20AC;? The picnic shelter was built thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

In a press release, the First Nation said that the building will instill a great sense of pride in community members as they begin to establish a presence on their land. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is the first of many buildings to come and will serve as a focal point for members to gather together

to revive their culture and traditions,â&#x20AC;? the press release stated. AZA celebrated the creation of their new reserve in May 2008. Since then the community has been working on a strategic plan to develop the reserve.

Iacobucci visits Matawa communities Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ring of Fire point man preparing for negotiations Shawn Bell Wawatay News

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Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ring of Fire negotiator, Justice Frank Iacobucci, made his first visits to Matawa communities last week in what he said was a chance to see the communities, meet community members and leaders and get a better sense of what the issues facing Matawa communities are. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to show respect to the First Nations, by visiting and explaining what my mandate is, and also so they know who I am,â&#x20AC;? Iacobucci said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to ensure we have good lines of communication.â&#x20AC;? Iacobucci, who most recently completed a report on the underrepresentation of First Nations people on provincial jury rolls, was named Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ring of Fire negotiator in June. The Matawa First Nations have contracted former Liberal leader Bob Rae to negotiate with Iacobucci on their behalf.

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Frank Iacobucci, left, and Minister Micheal Gravelle get set to board a plane to Neskantaga on July 18. On July 18 Iacobucci and Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle travelled to Neskantaga. They had previously visited Marten Falls and Eabametoong. Iacobucci said he hopes to be

invited to visit all Matawa communities before formal negotiations start. He also said that he expects negotiations to begin soon, and that he has already had â&#x20AC;&#x153;many contactsâ&#x20AC;? with Rae to this point.

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Attawapiskat honours Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

After working tirelessly to advocate for Attawapiskat during its 2011 housing crisis and this past springâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partial evacuations due to sewage backups and potential flooding, Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit was honoured by the community on July 16. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The council decided that prior to our term coming to an end that we wanted to honour and recognize Grand Chief Louttit for his assistance and advocacy efforts during our term in officeâ&#x20AC;? Chief Theresa Spence said in a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was always

there for us and we thought that the least we could do is to show our appreciation and to have a night in honor of Grand Chief Louttit.â&#x20AC;? Louttit said he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;taken abackâ&#x20AC;? when he found out the news. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to think,â&#x20AC;? he told Wawatay News. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was truly, truly honoured by what Attawapiskat did for me.â&#x20AC;? Louttit was flown into the community and took part in a church service with the Elders, where they sang hymns in honour of him. Then a community feast followed by gift giving and gospel music. Louttit said being honoured

in such a way is uncommon and when it does happen, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really special.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The community has gone through a lot, especially with the housing crisis,â&#x20AC;? Loutitt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking to myself, if I helped in anyway or one shape or form, great. And they recognize that and see that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a great help.â&#x20AC;? Louttit said he did not get into office to be recognized in such a way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you go into politics, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it for these kinds of things, and in this case, it meant a lot,â&#x20AC;? Louttit said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Especially since I grew up in Attawapiskat, so I have a lot of friends and family there.â&#x20AC;?

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Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit (centre), Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence (third from right) and local Elders take part in a prayer. Louttit was recently honoured by the community for advocating on their behalf during the 2011 winter housing crisis and this springâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evacuations.

Mushkegowuk to host Treaty 9 conference Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Mushkegowuk Council is hosting a conference aimed at discussing and educating its members and delegates on the signing of Treaty 9. The conference is set to take place in Moose Factory from July 30 to Aug. 1. Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit said the James Bay Treaty â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Treaty No. 9 Conference will cover a variety of topics on the treaty which was first signed in 1905-06 followed by 1929-30 adhesions by a total of 38 communities in northern Ontario (and one in Quebec). â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is the treaty?â&#x20AC;? Loutitt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How did it come about?

What was the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intent and how does it understand it? How did we understand it, and how do we look at it today?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The goal is) to answer all those kinds of questions and have a good discussion,â&#x20AC;? Louttit said. The conference will include perspectives from Elders, women, and youth, along with discussions about treaty rights, education, housing, child welfare, health, sovereignty, lands and jurisdiction, The actual Treaty 9 document will be on site throughout the conference for the public to view. Another document that will be on hand is the diaries of Ontario commissioner Daniel

MacMartin, who was tasked by the Ontario government to have the treaty signed in 1905. He had accompanied two other commissioners who represented the federal government. The diary is the basis of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;new and improvedâ&#x20AC;? lawsuit Mushkegowuk has filed against the federal and provincial governments as it suggests the commissioners made oral promises not contained in the actual document. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel the provincial and federal government, in the signing of Treaty 9, fooled us and tricked us into signing a treaty we did not understand,â&#x20AC;? Louttit said. In the diaries, MacMartin wrote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;it was explained to

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them that they could hunt and fish as of oldâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;they were not restricted as of territoryâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;they could hunt wherever they pleased.â&#x20AC;? Louttit said the diary is new evidence that indicates that there were oral promises made which were not written in the treaty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The diaries) support what our Elders have been saying all along. It was a really sneaky way of getting a treaty signed and they did, they succeeded. They pulled the wool over our eyes,â&#x20AC;? Louttit said. The conference will include a briefing on the new court case by Mushkegowukâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal counsel. While the conference will focus on the Mushkegowuk

perspective, Louttit said he has extended invitations to tribal councils across northern Ontario that represent other signatories to the treaty. Mushkegowuk has also invited Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Assembly of First Nations to attend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they wish to attend, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more than welcomeâ&#x20AC;? Louttit said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully we get some representatives because this is Treaty 9, this is not just Mushkegowuk. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the biggest treaties in Canada.â&#x20AC;? Mushkegowuk is hoping to have Wawatay Radio Network broadcast the conference across northern Ontario. Aboriginal filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin will be filming the conference. Best known for

her documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance,â&#x20AC;? Obomsawin released a new documentary last year called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The People of the Kattawapiskak River,â&#x20AC;? which focuses on Attawapiskat First Nation while it was in the national spotlight during its 2011 winter housing crisis. The fourth such conference over the last five years, Louttit said the tribal council is excited to update the communities on its workplans and strategies, along with a treaty table it established with the Ontario government. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing some great stuff and we want to share that with our members and whoever wants to join us,â&#x20AC;? Louttit said.

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Thunder Bay (YQT) Mi. 229 3 $1,293.85 6 $1,811.39 9 $2,328.93 Mi. 329 3 $1,858.85 6 $2,602.39 9 $3,345.93 Mi. 302 3 $1,706.30 6 $2,388.82 9 $3,071.34 Mi. 313 3 $1,768.45 6 $2,475.83 9 $3,183.21 Mi. 322 3 $1,819.30 6 $2,547.02 9 $3,274.74 Mi. 357 3 $2,017.05 6 $2,823.87 9 $3,630.69 Mi. 379 3 $2,141.35 6 $2,997.89 9 $3,854.43 Mi. 377 3 $2,130.05 6 $2,982.07 9 $3,834.09 Mi. 328 3 $1,853.20 6 $2,594.48 9 $3,335.76 Mi. 366 3 $2,067.90 6 $2,895.06 9 $3,722.22 Mi. 257 3 $1,452.05 6 $2,032.87 9 $2,613.69 Mi. 271 3 $1,531.15 6 $2,143.61 9 $2,756.07 Mi. 329 3 $1,858.85 6 $2,602.39 9 $3,345.93 Mi. 362 3 $2,045.30 6 $2,863.42 9 $3,681.54 Mi. 355 3 $2,005.75 6 $2,808.05 9 $3,610.35 Mi. 369 3 $2,084.85 6 $2,918.79 9 $3,752.73 Mi. 394 3 $2,226.10 6 $3,116.54 9 $4,006.98 Mi. 401 3 $2,265.65 6 $3,171.91 9 $4,078.17 Mi. 216 3 $1,220.40 6 $1,708.56 9 $2,196.72 Mi. 168 3 $949.20 6 $1,328.88 9 $1,708.56 Thunder Bay (YQT)

Sioux Lookout (YXL) Mi. 202 3 $1,141.30 6 $1,597.82 9 $2,054.34 Mi. 277 3 $1,565.05 6 $2,191.07 9 $2,817.09 Mi. 231 3 $1,305.15 6 $1,827.21 9 $2,349.27 Mi. 223 3 $1,259.95 6 $1,763.93 9 $2,267.91 Mi. 219 3 $1,237.35 6 $1,732.29 9 $2,227.23 Mi. 274 3 $1,548.10 6 $2,167.34 9 $2,786.58 Mi. 277 3 $1,565.05 6 $2,191.07 9 $2,817.09 Mi. 270 3 $1,525.50 6 $2,135.70 9 $2,745.90 Mi. 197 3 $1,113.05 6 $1,558.27 9 $2,003.49 Mi. 230 3 $1,299.50 6 $1,819.30 9 $2,339.10 Mi. 112 3 $632.80 6 $885.92 9 $1,139.04 Mi. 225 3 $1,271.25 6 $1,779.75 9 $2,288.25 Mi. 172 3 $971.80 6 $1,360.52 9 $1,749.24 Mi. 199 3 $1,124.35 6 $1,574.09 9 $2,023.83 Mi. 203 3 $1,146.95 6 $1,605.73 9 $2,064.51 Mi. 213 3 $1,203.45 6 $1,684.83 9 $2,166.21 Mi. 269 3 $1,519.85 6 $2,127.79 9 $2,735.73 Mi. 261 3 $1,474.65 6 $2,064.51 9 $2,654.37 Mi. 118 3 $666.70 6 $933.38 9 $1,200.06 Sioux Lookout (YXL)

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Pickle Lake (YPL) Mi. 101 3 $913.04 6 $1,369.56 9 $1,826.08 Mi. 160 3 $1,446.40 6 $2,169.60 9 $2,892.80 Mi. 113 3 $1,021.52 6 $1,532.28 9 $2,043.04 Mi. 108 3 $976.32 6 $1,464.48 9 $1,952.64 Mi. 110 3 $994.40 6 $1,491.60 9 $1,988.80 Mi. 158 3 $1,428.32 6 $2,142.48 9 $2,856.64 Mi. 168 3 $1,518.72 6 $2,278.08 9 $3,037.44 Mi. 165 3 $1,491.60 6 $2,237.40 9 $2,983.20 Mi. 114 3 $1,030.56 6 $1,545.84 9 $2,061.12 Mi. 153 3 $1,383.12 6 $2,074.68 9 $2,766.24 Mi. 72 3 $650.88 6 $976.32 9 $1,301.76 Mi. 111 3 $1,003.44 6 $1,505.16 9 $2,006.88 Mi. 141 3 $1,274.64 6 $1,911.96 9 $2,549.28 Mi. 184 3 $1,663.36 6 $2,495.04 9 $3,326.72 Mi. 154 3 $1,392.16 6 $2,088.24 9 $2,784.32 Mi. 174 3 $1,572.96 6 $2,359.44 9 $3,145.92 Mi. 178 3 $1,609.12 6 $2,413.68 9 $3,218.24 Mi. 188 3 $1,699.52 6 $2,549.28 9 $3,399.04 Pickle Lake (YPL)

Sachigo Lake (ZPB) Mi. 242 3 $2,187.68 6 $3,281.52 9 $4,375.36 Mi. 209 3 $1,889.36 6 $2,834.04 9 $3,778.72 Mi. 173 3 $1,563.92 6 $2,345.88 9 $3,127.84 Mi. 139 3 $1,256.56 6 $1,884.84 9 $2,513.12 Mi. 114 3 $1,030.56 6 $1,545.84 9 $2,061.12 Mi. 148 3 $1,337.92 6 $2,006.88 9 $2,675.84 Mi. 107 3 $967.28 6 $1,450.92 9 $1,934.56 Mi. 94 3 $849.76 6 $1,274.64 9 $1,699.52 Mi. 75 3 $678.00 6 $1,017.00 9 $1,356.00 Mi. 36 3 $325.44 6 $488.16 9 $650.88 Mi. 150 3 $1,356.00 6 $2,034.00 9 $2,712.00 Mi. 213 3 $1,925.52 6 $2,888.28 9 $3,851.04 Mi. 102 3 $922.08 6 $1,383.12 9 $1,844.16 Mi. 115 3 $1,039.60 6 $1,559.40 9 $2,079.20 Mi. 64 3 $578.56 6 $867.84 9 $1,157.12 Mi. 74 3 $668.96 6 $1,003.44 9 $1,337.92 Mi. 48 3 $433.92 6 $650.88 9 $867.84 Sachigo Lake (ZPB)

Bearskin Lake (NE3) Mi. 212 3 $1,916.48 6 $2,874.72 9 $3,832.96 Mi. 166 3 $1,500.64 6 $2,250.96 9 $3,001.28 Mi. 135 3 $1,220.40 6 $1,830.60 9 $2,440.80 Mi. 103 3 $931.12 6 $1,396.68 9 $1,862.24 Mi. 82 3 $741.28 6 $1,111.92 9 $1,482.56 Mi. 102 3 $922.08 6 $1,383.12 9 $1,844.16 Mi. 60 3 $542.40 6 $813.60 9 $1,084.80 Mi. 47 3 $424.88 6 $637.32 9 $849.76 Mi. 72 3 $650.88 6 $976.32 9 $1,301.76 Mi. 47 3 $424.88 6 $637.32 9 $849.76 Mi. 158 3 $1,428.32 6 $2,142.48 9 $2,856.64 Mi. 178 3 $1,609.12 6 $2,413.68 9 $3,218.24 Mi. 130 3 $1,175.20 6 $1,762.80 9 $2,350.40 Mi. 155 3 $1,401.20 6 $2,101.80 9 $2,802.40 Mi. 101 3 $913.04 6 $1,369.56 9 $1,826.08 Mi. 114 3 $1,030.56 6 $1,545.84 9 $2,061.12 Bearskin Lake (NE3)

Sandy Lake (ZSJ) Mi. 253 3 $2,287.12 6 $3,430.68 9 $4,574.24 Mi. 249 3 $2,250.96 6 $3,376.44 9 $4,501.92 Mi. 203 3 $1,835.12 6 $2,752.68 9 $3,670.24 Mi. 170 3 $1,536.80 6 $2,305.20 9 $3,073.60 Mi. 146 3 $1,319.84 6 $1,979.76 9 $2,639.68 Mi. 197 3 $1,780.88 6 $2,671.32 9 $3,561.76 Mi. 165 3 $1,491.60 6 $2,237.40 9 $2,983.20 Mi. 152 3 $1,374.08 6 $2,061.12 9 $2,748.16 Mi. 85 3 $768.40 6 $1,152.60 9 $1,536.80 Mi. 71 3 $641.84 6 $962.76 9 $1,283.68 Mi. 113 3 $1,021.52 6 $1,532.28 9 $2,043.04 Mi. 236 3 $2,133.44 6 $3,200.16 9 $4,266.88 Mi. 41 3 $370.64 6 $555.96 9 $741.28 Mi. 41 3 $370.64 6 $555.96 9 $741.28 Mi. 22 3 $198.88 6 $298.32 9 $397.76 Sandy Lake (ZSJ)

Keewaywin (PV8) Mi. 231 3 $2,088.24 6 $3,132.36 9 $4,176.48 Mi. 228 3 $2,061.12 6 $3,091.68 9 $4,122.24 Mi. 182 3 $1,645.28 6 $2,467.92 9 $3,290.56 Mi. 148 3 $1,337.92 6 $2,006.88 9 $2,675.84 Mi. 125 3 $1,130.00 6 $1,695.00 9 $2,260.00 Mi. 178 3 $1,609.12 6 $2,413.68 9 $3,218.24 Mi. 147 3 $1,328.88 6 $1,993.32 9 $2,657.76 Mi. 134 3 $1,211.36 6 $1,817.04 9 $2,422.72 Mi. 64 3 $578.56 6 $867.84 9 $1,157.12 Mi. 54 3 $488.16 6 $732.24 9 $976.32 Mi. 98 3 $885.92 6 $1,328.88 9 $1,771.84 Mi. 214 3 $1,934.56 6 $2,901.84 9 $3,869.12 Mi. 34 3 $307.36 6 $461.04 9 $614.72 Mi. 56 3 $506.24 6 $759.36 9 $1,012.48 Keewaywin (PV8)

Deer Lake (YVZ) Mi. 273 3 $2,467.92 6 $3,701.88 9 $4,935.84 Mi. 281 3 $2,540.24 6 $3,810.36 9 $5,080.48 Mi. 233 3 $2,106.32 6 $3,159.48 9 $4,212.64 Mi. 201 3 $1,817.04 6 $2,725.56 9 $3,634.08 Mi. 178 3 $1,609.12 6 $2,413.68 9 $3,218.24 Mi. 233 3 $2,106.32 6 $3,159.48 9 $4,212.64 Mi. 204 3 $1,844.16 6 $2,766.24 9 $3,688.32 Mi. 191 3 $1,726.64 6 $2,589.96 9 $3,453.28 Mi. 117 3 $1,057.68 6 $1,586.52 9 $2,115.36 Mi. 110 3 $994.40 6 $1,491.60 9 $1,988.80 Mi. 115 3 $1,039.60 6 $1,559.40 9 $2,079.20 Mi. 261 3 $2,359.44 6 $3,539.16 9 $4,718.88 Mi. 45 3 $406.80 6 $610.20 9 $813.60 Deer Lake (YVZ)

North Spirit Lake (KQ3) Mi. 228 3 $2,061.12 6 $3,091.68 9 $4,122.24 Mi. 239 3 $2,160.56 6 $3,240.84 9 $4,321.12 Mi. 190 3 $1,717.60 6 $2,576.40 9 $3,435.20 Mi. 159 3 $1,437.36 6 $2,156.04 9 $2,874.72 Mi. 138 3 $1,247.52 6 $1,871.28 9 $2,495.04 Mi. 195 3 $1,762.80 6 $2,644.20 9 $3,525.60 Mi. 171 3 $1,545.84 6 $2,318.76 9 $3,091.68 Mi. 158 3 $1,428.32 6 $2,142.48 9 $2,856.64 Mi. 78 3 $705.12 6 $1,057.68 9 $1,410.24 Mi. 83 3 $750.32 6 $1,125.48 9 $1,500.64 Mi. 74 3 $668.96 6 $1,003.44 9 $1,337.92 Mi. 217 3 $1,961.68 6 $2,942.52 9 $3,923.36 North Spirit Lake (KQ3)

Lansdowne House (YLH) Mi. 44 3 $397.76 6 $596.64 9 $795.52 Mi. 58 3 $524.32 6 $786.48 9 $1,048.64 Mi. 43 3 $388.72 6 $583.08 9 $777.44 Mi. 75 3 $678.00 6 $1,017.00 9 $1,356.00 Mi. 99 3 $894.96 6 $1,342.44 9 $1,789.92 Mi. 96 3 $867.84 6 $1,301.76 9 $1,735.68 Mi. 133 3 $1,202.32 6 $1,803.48 9 $2,404.64 Mi. 139 3 $1,256.56 6 $1,884.84 9 $2,513.12 Mi. 152 3 $1,374.08 6 $2,061.12 9 $2,748.16 Mi. 182 3 $1,645.28 6 $2,467.92 9 $3,290.56 Mi. 169 3 $1,527.76 6 $2,291.64 9 $3,055.52 Lansdowne House (YLH)

Cat Lake (YAC) Mi. 169 3 $1,527.76 6 $2,291.64 9 $3,055.52 Mi. 207 3 $1,871.28 6 $2,806.92 9 $3,742.56 Mi. 156 3 $1,410.24 6 $2,115.36 9 $2,820.48 Mi. 134 3 $1,211.36 6 $1,817.04 9 $2,422.72 Mi. 122 3 $1,102.88 6 $1,654.32 9 $2,205.76 Mi. 182 3 $1,645.28 6 $2,467.92 9 $3,290.56 Mi. 174 3 $1,572.96 6 $2,359.44 9 $3,145.92 Mi. 166 3 $1,500.64 6 $2,250.96 9 $3,001.28 Mi. 87 3 $786.48 6 $1,179.72 9 $1,572.96 Mi. 118 3 $1,066.72 6 $1,600.08 9 $2,133.44 Cat Lake (YAC)

Muskrat Dam (ZMD) Mi. 208 3 $1,880.32 6 $2,820.48 9 $3,760.64 Mi. 186 3 $1,681.44 6 $2,522.16 9 $3,362.88 Mi. 144 3 $1,301.76 6 $1,952.64 9 $2,603.52 Mi. 110 3 $994.40 6 $1,491.60 9 $1,988.80 Mi. 85 3 $768.40 6 $1,152.60 9 $1,536.80 Mi. 129 3 $1,166.16 6 $1,749.24 9 $2,332.32 Mi. 94 3 $849.76 6 $1,274.64 9 $1,699.52 Mi. 81 3 $732.24 6 $1,098.36 9 $1,464.48 Mi. 39 3 $352.56 6 $528.84 9 $705.12 Muskrat Dam (ZMD)

Round Lake (ZRJ) Mi. 173 3 $1,563.92 6 $2,345.88 9 $3,127.84 Mi. 165 3 $1,491.60 6 $2,237.40 9 $2,983.20 Mi. 118 3 $1,066.72 6 $1,600.08 9 $2,133.44 Mi. 85 3 $768.40 6 $1,152.60 9 $1,536.80 Mi. 61 3 $551.44 6 $827.16 9 $1,102.88 Mi. 118 3 $1,066.72 6 $1,600.08 9 $2,133.44 Mi. 95 3 $858.80 6 $1,288.20 9 $1,717.60 Mi. 84 3 $759.36 6 $1,139.04 9 $1,518.72 Round Lake (ZRJ)

Big Trout (YTL) Mi. 177 3 $1,600.08 6 $2,400.12 9 $3,200.16 Mi. 120 3 $1,084.80 6 $1,627.20 9 $2,169.60 Mi. 96 3 $867.84 6 $1,301.76 9 $1,735.68 Mi. 69 3 $623.76 6 $935.64 9 $1,247.52 Mi. 56 3 $506.24 6 $759.36 9 $1,012.48 Mi. 55 3 $497.20 6 $745.80 9 $994.40 Mi. 13 3 $117.52 6 $176.28 9 $235.04 Big Trout (YTL)

Angling Lake (KB6) Mi. 173 3 $1,563.92 6 $2,345.88 9 $3,127.84 Mi. 110 3 $994.40 6 $1,491.60 9 $1,988.80 Mi. 90 3 $813.60 6 $1,220.40 9 $1,627.20 Mi. 67 3 $605.68 6 $908.52 9 $1,211.36 Mi. 59 3 $533.36 6 $800.04 9 $1,066.72 Mi. 44 3 $397.76 6 $596.64 9 $795.52 Angling Lake (KB6)

Kasabonika (YAQ) Mi. 139 3 $1,256.56 6 $1,884.84 9 $2,513.12 Mi. 66 3 $596.64 6 $894.96 9 $1,193.28 Mi. 57 3 $515.28 6 $772.92 9 $1,030.56 Mi. 51 3 $461.04 6 $691.56 9 $922.08 Mi. 61 3 $551.44 6 $827.16 9 $1,102.88 Kasabonika (YAQ)

Kingfisher Lake (NM5) Mi. 130 3 $1,175.20 6 $1,762.80 9 $2,350.40 Mi. 104 3 $940.16 6 $1,410.24 9 $1,880.32 Mi. 59 3 $533.36 6 $800.04 9 $1,066.72 Mi. 25 3 $226.00 6 $339.00 9 $452.00 Kingfisher Lake (NM5)

Wunnimmun Lake (KL3) Mi. 109 3 $985.36 6 $1,478.04 9 $1,970.72 Mi. 80 3 $723.20 6 $1,084.80 9 $1,446.40 Mi. 35 3 $316.40 6 $474.60 9 $632.80 Wunnimmun Lake (KL3)

Summer Beaver (JV7) Mi. 84 3 $759.36 6 $1,139.04 9 $1,518.72 Mi. 52 3 $470.08 6 $705.12 9 $940.16 Summer Beaver (JV7)

Webequie (YWP) Mi. 99 3 $894.96 6 $1,342.44 9 $1,789.92 Webequie (YWP)

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Wawatay News JULY 25, 2013

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Junior Canadian Rangers build more than just confidence at Camp Loon Robert Munroe Canadian Rangers

A select group of 14 staff Junior Canadian Rangers made a major impression at Camp Loon which is held every July in the bush between Geraldton and Nakina. The Junior Rangers receive nine days of enhanced training at Camp Loon but the Junior Rangers selected into staff positions receive an additional five days of advanced leadership training just prior to the start of Camp Loon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three years ago we started looking at giving the most promising older Junior Rangers some added responsibilities,â&#x20AC;? said Captain Fletcher, Camp Loon commandant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year the fourteen Junior Rangers selected for the leadership course were phenomenal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am so impressed with what they accomplished. This log cabin is so well constructed that it should be here for years to come and be an inspiration to the younger Junior Rangers.â&#x20AC;? Warrant Officer Mark Kendall, Junior Canadian Instructor noticed that an important structure that was built by Rangers nearly seven years ago had collapsed and thought that building a cabin would be the perfect way to build confidence and team work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew we needed something to replace this structure so I gave the staff Junior Rangers some rope, a bag of nails and a chain saw,â&#x20AC;? said Warrant Officer Kendall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They presented me with a plan and within three nights they built a six foot by six foot log cabin. We even found the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;WELCOMEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sign from the old structure and placed it over the door of our log cabin.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It felt great to finish the cabin,â&#x20AC;? said Sharmaine Suganaqueb, 15, of Webequie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We learned how to work as a team. I look forward to the day I can be a Ranger and someday pass on what I learned to new Junior Rangers.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kendall and I developed staff leadership course three years ago and we have noticed a remarkable change in our candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abilities and confidence,â&#x20AC;? said Master Corporal Amanda McLean from Bearskin Lake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyday they were given a leadership lesson which they put to use in a practical setting such as effective communication and

photo by Capt Bob Munroe, 3 CRPG Public Affairs Officer

Warrant Officer Mark Kendall (in doorway) and his Junior Canadian Rangers from the leadership course proudly display a log cabin they built over three evenings. resume writing.â&#x20AC;? This year, 154 Junior Rangers between the ages of 12 to 18 attended Camp Loon. They were supported by 45 Rangers and 53 regular force and primary reservists who did everything from preparing meals, organizing sports, medical and social issues, fixing vehicles and equipment, arranging travel, issuing pay and ensuring all the training sites were both safe and fun. The staff Junior Rangers played a significant role in assisting those responsible for most of the camp activities. The Junior Rangers who participated on the leadership course were Elton Anderson, 17, of Kasabonika Lake, Justin Anderson, 16, of Kasabonika Lake, Stewart Boulette, 17, of Sachigo Lake, who is missing from the photo, Sinclair Childforever, 18, of Fort Severn, Stanley Edwards, 17, of Attawapiskat, Sydney Esquega, 17, of Constance Lake, Hilda Hudson, 17, of Kitchenuhmaykoosib, Sage Mawakeesic, 17, of Sandy Lake, Brandon Nakogee, 18, of Kashechewan, Daniel Nanokeesic, 17, of Kitchenuhmaykoosib, Brett OKeese, 17, of Eabametoong, Sharmaine Suganaqueb, 15, of Webequie Terri-Jo Weistche, 16, of Moose Factory, Raven Williams, 16, of North Caribou Lake.

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INSPECTION Reissuance of Notice of Completionâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Opportunity to Inspect the Final Environmental Study Report Disposition of Rights to Crown Resources in the Springpole Lake Area under the Class Environmental Assessment for MNR Resource Stewardship and Facility Development Projects The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites public inspection of the Final Environmental Study Report (ESR) in respect of its proposed dispositions of rights to Crown resources to Gold Canyon Resources Inc. Gold Canyon Resources Inc. has requested that the MNR grant it certain rights to Crown lands and other resources in the Springpole Lake Area to enable it to construct, install and use: t B O BDDFTT SPBE PG BQQSPYJNBUFMZ LJMPNFUSFT JO MFOHUI TJUVBUFE PO $SPXO MBOE BOE XJUIJO IBCJUBU PG 8PPEMBOE Caribou (forest-dwelling population); t BO BDDFTT HBUF BOE t B GSFFTQBO CSJEHF PWFS #JSDI 3JWFS CVJMU UP GPSFTUSZ TUBOEBSET The Crown lands on which the road would be situated would not be available for other uses during the proposed five-year UFSN PG UIF MBOE EJTQPTJUJPO XJUI UIF QPTTJCJMJUZ PG FYUFOTJPO (PME $BOZPO 3FTPVSDFT *OD IBT JOEJDBUFE UIBU JU XJTIFT UP commence road construction activities in the autumn of 2013. The disposition of certain or all rights to Crown resources by MNR is subject to the Class Environmental Assessment for MNR Resource Stewardship and Facility Development Projects. The Final ESR for the proposed dispositions in respect of the access road, gate and bridge has now been completed in accordance with the requirements for Category C projects under the Class EA. The Final ESR describes the process for the selection of a preferred road location, the development of a site plan, the evaluation of environmental effects and the identification of mitigation measures. To obtain a copy of the Final ESR, to discuss the requested dispositions, to provide comments or to inspect the Final ESR during normal office hours (or by appointment), please contact: Dave New 3FE -BLF 4PVUI "SFB 4VQFSWJTPS Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 1 0 #PY 3FE -BLF 0/ 1 7 . UFM GBY e-mail: dave.new@ontario.ca

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(a satellite program of Providence Theological Seminary)

If at the end of this notice period the MNR considers that there are no significant outstanding concerns, the MNR may proceed to approve the disposition request without further public notice.

Offered at Beaver Lake Camp Dryden Ontario First two courses Theory 1 and Practicum 1 offered January 6 - 24, 2014 Average Cost: $150.00 per course plus textbooks and room and board. For more information contact: Dorcas Layman (807) 937-4421 amos@northernyouthprograms.org Site 306, Box 1, RR3 Dryden, ON P8N 3G2

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Finance & Human Resources Manager

Summary The Finance & HR Manager reports to the CEO and is responsible for preparing financial statements, maintaining cash controls, and human resources administration, purchasing, maintaining accounts payable, accounts receivable and assist in managing office operations. The Finance Manager must work within Wawatay Native Communications Society Finance policies and procedures. Responsibilities Financial Management • Oversee and lead annual budgeting and planning process in conjunction with the CEO and department managers; administer and review all financial plans and budgets; monitor progress and changes and keep management team abreast of the organization’s financial status. • Manage organizational cash flow and forecasting. • Assist the CEO and department managers by reviewing proposals to ensure soundness, with particular emphasis on the review of budgets and cash flow forecasts. • Preparation and presentation of all financial reports, notes, recommendations and resolutions required by the CEO • Complete all reconciliations and general journal entries required in the preparation of an accurate set of monthly financial statements • Distribute monthly financial statements including receivables, payables and cheque listing to the CEO and department managers. • Prepare and ensure all reports and remittances for HST, payroll remittances, WSIB, HRDC hiring reports and other reports that may be required are submitted on time. • Coordinate and lead the annual audit process, liaise with external auditors and the finance committee of the board of directors; assess any changes necessary. • Evaluate and approve or reject credit applications for in-house credit accounts Human Resources • Further develop Wawatay’s human resources and administration, enhancing professional development, compensation and benefits, performance evaluation, training and recruiting. • Ensure that recruiting processes are consistent and streamlined. • Establish and manage a comprehensive training program to educate employees regarding staff tools, policies and procedures. • Assist in human resource planning with department managers and the CEO. • Ensure that all employee evaluations are completed within the proper timeframes. • Assist department managers and CEO in securing training grants and internships. • Oversee the preparation of the bi-weekly payroll in order to ensure that employees are paid in an accurate and timely manner General • Supervise staff in the finance and IT departments. • Establish and oversee the maintenance of a financial and human resource filing system for the organization. • Ensure the safe keeping of all financial, legal, insurance and maintenance contracts and documents. • Establish and maintain the organization’s financial and personnel policies. • Perform other related duties as required by the CEO. Qualifications: • Designation or diploma in an accounting, business administration and/or human resources field. • Minimum of three years experience in a financial management, and/or human resource management position. • Knowledge and experience of for-profit and not-for-profit business practices. • Knowledge and experience with a computerized and networked accounting system. • Must have a high degree of initiative, motivation and the ability to observe strict confidentiality is essential, and must be willing to work overtime when required. • Must provide current criminal reference check. • Excellent communication and relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. The ability to communicate in Cree, Ojibway or Oji-Cree is an asset. Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario Apply by: Friday, August 9, 2013 @ 4:00 CST

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

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority Cancer Care Project Wachay, WAHA and the Ontario Breast Screening Program are looking to increase the number of women from Moosonee, Moose Factory, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, Kashechewan and Peawanuck to get screened for breast cancer. If you are a woman aged 50 – 74 and have never been screened or it has been more than two years since your last one, please see your doctor or nurse to arrange for a mammogram. Please, help us to put the squeeze on breast cancer. For more information, please visit www.weeneebaykohealth.ca and click on the Cancer Care Project page. You can also visit us on Facebook on our Weeneebayko Cancer Project page. Meegwetch

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INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Big Pic, Negagami, Pic River & White River Forests The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the MNRapproved aerial herbicide spray project(s). As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Big Pic, Nagagami, Pic River and White River Forests (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 2, 2013. The herbicide Glyphosate registration # PCP19899, PCP26884 or PCP27736 will be used. The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the GreenForest Management Inc. and Jackfish River Forest Management Ltd. and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 3, 2013 until March 31, 2014 when the annual work schedule expires. Ontario Government Information Centres at Wawa, Manitouwadge, Marathon and Terrace Bay provide access to the Internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNR staff at the MNR District or Area Office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information, please contact: MNR contacts: BIG PIC AND PIC RIVER FORESTS Tim Reece, RPF Management Forester Wawa District Office 48 Mission Road, P.O. Box 1160 Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 tel: 705-856-4717

NAGAGAMI AND WHITE RIVER FORESTS Zachary White, RPF Management Forester Wawa District Office 48 Mission Road, P.O. Box 1160 Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 tel: 705-856-4715

Forest Company contacts: BIG PIC AND PIC RIVER FORESTS Jeff Cameron, RPF Planning Forester GreenForest Management Inc. P.O. Box 22004 470 Hodder Avenue Thunder Bay, ON P7A 8A8 tel: 807-343-6418 cell: 807-620-0039

NAGAGAMI AND WHITE RIVER FORESTS Jerry Smith Senior Operations Supervisor Jackfish River Forest Management Ltd. P.O. Box 780 Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0 tel: 807-868-2370 ext. 223

Or call toll-free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above. Renseignements en français : Jennifer Lamontagne au 705 856-4747.

Please send resume to: James Brohm, Acting CEO Wawatay Native Communications Society Box 1130, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Fax: (807) 737-3224 Email: jamesb@wawatay.on.ca WNCS thanks those who apply. However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Exposing youth to medical fields Georgia Wilkins Wawatay News

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) at Lakehead University has successfully wrapped up

another year of the annual NOSM Science Camp. Twenty-five youth between the ages of 14 and 16 attended the camp, which was held in Thunder Bay. Tina Armstrong, the

NOTICE Opportunities exist for jack pine cone picking on both the Trout Lake Forest (Ear Falls) and the Wabigoon Forest (Dryden). Jack pine cones can be collected and dropped off at PRT Nursery in Dryden at 75 Pollard Road located off Anton Road south of Highway 17. PRT pays directly for the quantity of cones picked with competitive rates ($/hectalitre). PRT has specific drop off hours, so please contact Scott Carpenter at 807-937-8360 for more information.

Director of Aboriginal Affairs for NOSM, says that the camp aims to inspire youth to explore their options within the medical field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do is tell our young people that anything is possible,â&#x20AC;? Armstrong said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As kids, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize all the areas we can get into.â&#x20AC;? The camp aims to motivate youth to realize their potential. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had some of our own young people from the North,â&#x20AC;? Armstrong said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope to inspire them. We want them to become inspired. They can do anything they want.â&#x20AC;? One student was Seequan Fiddler, 16, of Kasabonika Lake First Nation. The camp has inspired Fiddler to aim for a career in the medical field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was so cool, really interesting,â&#x20AC;? Fiddler said of the camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always wanted to be a doctorâ&#x20AC;Ś Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure which kind yet.â&#x20AC;? Fiddler spoke of â&#x20AC;&#x153;stitchingâ&#x20AC;?

Reporter/Photographer

Wawatay Native Communications Society is a self-governing, independent community-driven entrepreneurial native organization dedicated to using appropriate technologies to meet the communication needs of people of Aboriginal ancestry in Northern Ontario, wherever they live. In doing so, its founders intended that Wawatay would serve their communities by preserving, maintaining and enhancing indigenous languages and culture. Wawatay Native Communications Society is seeking an energetic, motivated and reliable individual to fill the position of Reporter Photographer. The Reporter/Photographer is supervised by and is directly accountable to the Publisher/Newspaper Editor in Thunder Bay. Responsibilities: The following are some of the key tasks of the Reporter/Photographer. The Publisher/Newspaper Editor will add, remove or change functions to meet the changing needs of Wawatay Native Communications Society media services. â&#x20AC;˘ Generate original story ideas and submit a story list to the Newspaper Editor for weekly story meetings. â&#x20AC;˘ Write news and feature stories based on information gathered through personal or telephone interviews, meetings and events, and research. â&#x20AC;˘ Write news briefs as assigned for Wawatay News and Wawatay News Online.(Stories and briefs should total about 2,500 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3,000 publishable words for each week period. Approximately half those words should represent stories that require in-depth research and/ or interviews with multiple sources.) â&#x20AC;˘ Take photos, select and download them from a Wawatay News digital camera. Tag cutlines for photos at the bottom of related stories as stories are filed with Newspaper Editor. Edit photos using Adobe Photoshop software. â&#x20AC;˘ Write stories and take photos for special sections, magazines and projects as assigned. â&#x20AC;˘ Proofread copy on production days as assigned. Help with newspaper layout using InDesign and Photoshop, as assigned by newspaper editor. â&#x20AC;˘ Meet production deadlines. Some travel and evening and weekend work will be required. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have: â&#x20AC;˘ Education and experience in print journalism, including education and experience in photography; â&#x20AC;˘ Experience writing for publication in newspaper and online; â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent time-management skills and ability to work with minimal direct supervision; â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge of Ojibway, Oji-Cree and Cree culture and communities in the Wawatay service area; â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to work in PC and Mac computer environment; knowledge of Microsoft Office, InDesign and Photoshop; â&#x20AC;˘ A valid Ontario driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license; â&#x20AC;˘ The ability to speak and write in Ojibway, Oji-Cree or Cree is an asset. Location: Timmins Apply by: Friday, August 9, 2013 @ 4:30 CST Please send resume to: Adelaide Anderson, A/Finance Manager Wawatay Native Communications Society Box 1180, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Email: reception@wawatay.on.ca Fax: (807) 737-3224 Please note: References and samples of writing/photography may be required Wawatay Native Communications Society thanks all those who submit applications. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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From left: Krysten Flett, Catherine Golding, Rhiannon Magiskan, Joni Rae, Seequan Fiddler some herbal remedies are. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were really amazed by the plants available for traditional medicines,â&#x20AC;? Mekanak said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The plants are available right on the path.â&#x20AC;? In addition to walking the paths of Lakehead University to learn about traditional medicines, students were also able to tour the facilities to learn more about the

university. NOSM is grateful for the support from Wasaya Airlines which allows them to run the camp. Recruitment for the 2014 NOSM Summer Camp will begin in September. NOSM is interested in increasing the number of First Nations youth in attendance at the camp.

Community garden brings families together Georgia Wilkins

To help identify suitable areas for jack pine cone picking, please contact Erin Woodland at 807-223-9790 or email erin.woodland@domtar.com.

with great enthusiasm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We learnt how to stitch up,â&#x20AC;? Fiddler shared. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was my favorite part; the stitching part. They (NOSM) have fake bodies that you use. It talks to you. It breathes.â&#x20AC;? Other lessons included X Ray rounds, DNA analysis, herbal remedies, healing ceremonies and physiology. Students were also able to explore a range of diverse health careers. Archie Mekanak, NOSMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Regional Aboriginal Community Coordinator, saw great value in helping students explore different areas of the medical field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of them said they want to go into the medical field as a career,â&#x20AC;? Mekanak said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in kinesiology, paramedicsâ&#x20AC;Ś many fields.â&#x20AC;? Mekanak noted lessons on herbal remedies as a camp highlight. He said youth were shocked by how accessible

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On July 5, The Ontario Native Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association launched a community garden for use by clients and their families. The launch, which unveiled both a vegetable and a flower garden, welcomed over 60 guests. The vegetable garden, which has squash, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables growing, is primarily available to ONWA clients on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons throughout the summer. Maryanne Matthews, ONWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Media and Communications Officer, was impressed by the diverse

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The vegetable garden provides fresh, healthy vegetables to ONWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clients and aims to teach them about sustainability...â&#x20AC;? turnout at the unveiling event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was great to see families out,â&#x20AC;? said Matthews. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We saw participants of all ages, from little toddlers to Elders.â&#x20AC;? Annie Sutherland, who has moved to Thunder Bay from Attawapiskat, attended the unveiling. She explained how gardening helps teach people to work together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a community thing,â&#x20AC;?

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garden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I learnt about how we depend on each other. It was a beautiful day.â&#x20AC;? Despite challenges due to this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extended winter, the garden is thriving and those who have been working on it have learned to be more adaptable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on a shorter season due to the decreased spring,â&#x20AC;? Matthews said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working with the weather.â&#x20AC;? The flower garden, Matthews explained, is available anytime as a place to reflect and enjoy the outdoors. The circular shaped garden is divided into four coloured sections, red, yellow, white and purple (representing black), to signify the medicine wheel. The vegetable garden provides fresh, healthy vegetables to ONWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clients and aims to teach them about sustainability while sharing best practices. On Tuesday afternoons, between 12 and 2 p.m., ONWA clients may participate in the weekly Community Kitchen. The Community Kitchen incorporates vegetables from the garden into a healthy meal that women can learn to cook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We encourage participation,â&#x20AC;? Matthews said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want them to be involved in making healthy, affordably meals. Women can take home recipes and food thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made.â&#x20AC;? Women plant the seeds and tend to them until they grow into vegetables that they later incorporate into a meal. ONWA aims to work as a voice for Aboriginal women and families across Ontario.

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Muddy Waters back again Georgia Wilkins Wawatay News

From July 31st â&#x20AC;&#x201C; August 3rd, 2013 locals and visitors to Sandy Lake First Nation will have the opportunity to experience a diverse range of live musical talent at the 31st annual Muddy Water Music Festival. Though the line-up hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t officially been announced, attendees can expect to see a mix of both local and international artists performing mostly hip-hop, rock and metal music. Past performers include Bruthers of Different Muthers, Fred Mitchell, Sandman and the rap group Reserved. Festival organizers have set the admission prices at a rate that they believe is manageable for all. Admission prices are $5 for children aged 5-15, $10 for adults 16-64 and free for Elders, 65+.

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Hiphop will be on display as well as many different kinds of music at the 31st annual Muddy Waters music festival in Sandy Lake. Additional information can be found on the Muddy Water Music Festival, Sandy Lake, Ontario page on Facebook.

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Maternal Addictions Continuum of Care Project Assistant The Project Assistant supports the work of the Project Coordinator of the three-year Maternal Addictions Continuum of Care project, which will bring about an integrated framework for maternal addictions care for the First Nations communities in the Shibogama First Nations Council. The Project builds coordination of the services provided by Shibogama Health Authority (the project lead), the 6LRX[ /RRNRXW 0HQR <D :LQ +HDOWK &HQWUH DQG WKH FRPPXQLWLHV RI .DVDERQLND .LQJÂżVKHU /DNH :DSHNHND Wawakapewin and Wunnumin Lake, to ensure pregnant women, their partners and children are able to access appropriate care, intervention and follow-up from any of the organizations involved in the project. The pathway framework will be inclusive of all maternal addictions with a focus on prescription drugs. The expected outcome of the Project is a clinical pathway for seamless care for addicted prenatal women and their families. Job Duties The Project Assistant supports the work of the Project Coordinator in all aspects of the project. This includes communication with project partners, research on maternal addictions, consultation, needs assessments, data collection, and writing and circulating reports. The Project Assistant is also responsible for key administrative functions within the project. This includes but is not limited to liaising with the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two advisory groups (Maternal Addictions Advisory Working Group and the First Nations Advisory Group), scheduling and coordinating face to face and videoconference meetings, developing and distributing information packages to stakeholders, liaising with and assisting the project evaluator, circulating project reports and collecting feedback, scheduling and coordinating community worker face to face and videoconference training including travel arrangements, and scheduling and coordinating regular nurse training. 4XDOLĂ&#x20AC;FDWLRQV DQG ([SHULHQFH % Grade 12 or equivalent experience in administration % Research experience % Experience conducting consultations in First Nations communities an asset % 3URÂżFLHQW FRPSXWHU VNLOOV 0LFURVRIW 2IÂżFH (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and data processing software.

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Confederation College has been serving the citizens of northwestern Ontario since 1967 meeting the educational needs of students in a catchment area of some 550,000 square kilometres. Along with its main campus in Thunder Bay, Confederation College has eight regional sites located in Dryden, Fort Frances, Geraldton, Kenora, Marathon, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake and Wawa. Confederation College delivers exceptional education and training to an average of 8,800 combined full and part-time students per year and currently has a total of 805 full and part-time employees.

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Confederation College is seeking applications for a vacancy on the Board of Governors. The term of ofďŹ ce for this vacancy will be September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2017 with eligibility of reconsideration for a second threeyear term. The Board is responsible for strategic leadership and good governance. The Board enhances the Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public image and provides a link between the organization and the communities served. For more information on the Board of Governors and how to apply for this vacancy, visit www.confederationc.on.ca/ governors. Applications must be received on or before August 31, 2013.

Aboriginal Transitions Advisor Aboriginal Cultural and Support Services (ACSS), Thunder Bay Campus s ONE YEAR CONTRACT Lakehead University has an opportunity for an Aboriginal Transitions Advisor. Under the direction of and reporting to the ACSS Coordinator, the incumbent will be responsible for providing current and incoming Aboriginal students with the professional, confidential, and personal transitions support necessary for successful academic pursuits. Specific responsibilities will include working collaboratively to develop programs and support activities, assisting with the planning and delivery of orientation days, and connecting students with internal and external resources. Additionally, the successful candidate will link individual and group support networks, make referrals, and respond to student needs and emergencies. Participation in cultural and relevant Lakehead University events and the ability to maintain connections with community stakeholders are required. The successful candidate has a bachelor of arts degree coupled with three to five years of relevant experience. With a demonstrated understanding of Aboriginal student barriers, provincial and national transition models, and contemporary events affecting young Aboriginal adults, the Aboriginal Transitions Advisor will also have experience dealing with crisis intervention, response, and referrals. Additional qualifications include the ability to work collaboratively, excellent interpersonal, communication, and time management skills, and strong presentation skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Gmail applications is a must.

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Wawatay News

JULY 25, 2013

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Student filmmaker credits family for success Georgia Wilkins Wawatay News

Joshua Yesno credits his family for his sucess with education, which now includes having completed two years at the Weengusk Film Institute. “What helped me keep going is my family’s support,” Yesno shared. “Some of my family supports me by telling me how proud they are of me.” Yesno, who is from Eabematoong First Nation, has overcome many struggles to receive an education. He is currently studying at Weengushk Film Institute. Weengushk is a unique film and television training centre located in M’Chigeeng, ON. The school allows Yesno to explore his creativity and see his ideas come to life. What fuels and inspires Yesno is “how whatever you write down… you see it come to life during production,” Yesno said. “The script is like a dream and production is reality.” In high school, Yesno said that he and his cousins would envision movie scenes, unable to create them due to lack of knowledge and resources. Yesno’s cousins and other members of his family were able to support him through difficult times while he attended St. Patrick’s High School in Thunder Bay. They continue to support him today. Yesno, who considered himself “distracted” in school, struggled with hearing issues, diabetes, and the passing of his father, John Rae Yesno.

“It was difficult focusing, paying attention to the teachers, or anyone at all,” Yesno said of his hearing issues. “Often on, I’ll still struggle with focus.” Yesno’s hearing was successfully corrected by surgery, his diabetes is controlled by a healthy diet, and he continues to heal by exploring the arts. Yesno entered Weengushk Film Institute in 2010 after a visit to the home of the school’s director, Shirley Cheechoo. “My mother met Shirley Cheechoo and was talking about her during a summer vacation,” Yesno explained. “We saw a sign with her name and we did a big U-turn. At her house, I was looking around and I saw some editing equipment. She told me she has a school.” From there, Yesno registered at the school and moved out to Manitoulin Island in the fall. “The first year I wasn’t always myself,” Yesno said. “I had to make a few sacrifices to attend the school, to get this education. But I met great friends who had similar interests.” In addition to his family, Yesno is grateful for the support of Cheechoo and other teachers at the school. “You get to know the instructors,” Yesno explained. “They’ve been doing this for 10 years and up. They offer support and references. They’re professional and talented and they’re very nice people.” The Film Institute also brings in guest teachers who have

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Joshua Yesno has found success at Weengushk Film Institute, despite having to overcome many challenges to get an education. found success working in the industry. “We meet pretty amazing people,” Yesno said. “They make us better before we go to do our own thing.” Yesno draws inspiration for his work from cartoons and movies. Experiences that him and his family have had are also reflected in his work. “Usually it just pops into my head or a certain scene or movie will give me an idea,” said Yesno. “I think, that’s a cool shot, I want to make a similar one. I find a place to use it.” For his first film, titled “Trapped”, Yesno reflected on a

brutal beating which his cousin suffered several years ago. “I wrote a story about a guy named John, which is based on him,” said Yesno. “I wrote the script, directed it and I shot it. We began editing after March Break.” The concrete and hands on experience that Yesno is receiving ensures that he will be able to write, direct, shoot and produce several other films. “When I’m done school, I’ll look for a full time job in the industry to continue my studies in the real world,” Yesno said. “My dream job would be as a director of photography.”

It is likely that Yesno will be able to secure a job in the industry – 80 per cent of Weengushk graduates are currently working in the film industry. Shirley Cheechoo, who is Cree from James Bay, is the director of the Weengushk Film Institute. The school opened in 2002 after Cheechoo saw that youth were interested in film studies. “I did a film called Bearwalker with 27 youth and they kept asking when I’d make the next film,” Cheechoo explained. “I know there are no resources here for filmmakers. Youth don’t have a lot to do here on the reserve. But (at Weengusk)

they learn everything about production, cinematography, writing, and more.” The school currently has 10 students, but Cheechoo says that she anticipates growth. “I’m sure it’s going to grow,” she said. “Right now, our facility can only handle 10-15 students. From our experience, that number is great.” The small student population allows for one-on-one attention and an increased amount of hands-on work. “Many of them that came here are dropouts,” Cheechoo said of the students. “They can’t really learn in the academic setting. We do a lot of hands-on training, life skills training, business training. Many of the skills that they would’ve learned they learn through the art of film.” Cheechoo, a successful filmmaker, writer and painter, knows each student personally – including Yesno. “Joshua came to us… he’s going into his third year,” Cheechoo said. “We’ve seen a lot of development. He’s a very good writer, very creative. He takes care of himself.” Yesno encourages youth to pursue their passions, and to keep film in mind as a potential career path. “Whatever makes you feel comfortable, just do it!” said Yesno. “It’s your lifestyle, your choice. Be yourself and concentrate on what you really want.” To learn more about Weengushk Film Institute, visit www.weengushk.com

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Permanent, Full Time - Location: Sioux Lookout Deadline: Aug 2, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

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Wawatay News JULY 25, 2013

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Raising money to battle drug and alcohol addiction Christian Quequish Wawatay News

July 19 marked the fourth annual golf tournament fundraiser for the First Nation Restoration Center, an addictions clinic located in Lac Seul First Nation. “This tournament has been in operation for the past four or five years, so the center doesn’t get any funding from any organizations or the government,” said Glen Whiskeychan, the golf tournament organizer. Whiskeychan said he helps the organization through hosting these tournaments and all funds raised go to the center.

“Sadly we had ten teams show up this year,” said Whiskeychan, marking the typical catch of teams being somewhere around 16 or 18. “People have not really been interested in participating in golf tournaments, and I’ve noticed that in different places where other golf courses were affected by the late winter we had.” The 10 teams that enrolled in the tournament this year brought a total of 40 players. As a result of a low turn out, the tournament received less donations from different companies and organizations. “As a result, because it does cost money to pay the greens for the day, for each player,

plus the meal, I think we’re just going to be making less than $5,000 because of lack of support or donations,” said Whiskeychan. In previous years, the tournament would raise upwards of $14,000 for the restoration center in Kejick Bay. Whiskeychan said he was happy they went ahead and did the tournament. “We’re helping people who are struggling with drug and alcohol addictions get back on their feet,” he said. “And that’s the whole reason for this golf tournament.” Morris Chisel, a member of Lac Seul First Nation and one of the directors for the First

Nations Restoration Center, said the center focuses on helping men and women deal with addiction. “We started out working with men, but then we found out we could not work with just men without working with their wives, their girlfriends, their common laws,” said Chisel. “So we have a facility that accommodates six couples.” Chisel said he would like to see more Aboriginal people come and take part in the tournaments in the future. Frank Head, one of the major sponsors for the tournament and owner of Oshtugon Computers in Sioux Lookout, said the tournament

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The Expendables took home the trophy at last weeks tournament. was for a good cause. “They’re focusing on addictions and recovering addicts from whatever those addictions may be, and offering support to young

men and young families that need to turn things around,” said Head. “It’s a good cause, it does a world of good for the people involved.”

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Wawatay News JULY 25, 2013

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WORKING TODAY TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT TOMORROW At Cliffs Natural Resources, environmental stewardship is a core value. Cliffs strives to go beyond compliance at its operating sites through a socially responsible approach to preserving the environment for future generations.

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