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Hundreds of Grassy Narrows supporters and a 70-person marching samba band marched on the home of Premier Kathleen Wynne in Toronto this past weekend to draw attention to the mercury poisoning in the Treaty 3 community. Water around Grassy Narrows First Nation has been contaminated with mercury since a local paper mill poured an estimated 10 tonnes of neurotoxins into the system between 1962 and 1970. (See page 3 for more)

Frustrated Grassy Narrows youth erect blockade Hundreds of Grassy Narrows supporters march on the home of Ontario Premier Wynne Rick Garrick Wawatay News

An Aug. 22 a blockade to protect sacred areas at Keys Lake, south of Grassy Narrows, was one of the highlights of the Grassy Narrows Youth Gathering. Three days later hundreds of Grassy Narrows supporters marched on the home of Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne to draw attention to the community’s issues, in particular the contamination of its water. “That lake is a spring water lake — there is a little spring water stream that goes into that lake and the water is very clear there,” said Edmond Jack, a Grassy Narrows youth who has participated in many environmental protest walks and organized his first walk at age 17. “Every summer we go down there

is a lot of beer bottles and garbage everywhere. People don’t have any respect for that place — and that place is a really sacred place to our people around here because that is where they always did their spring feasting for that water. That was the place to go to get the best water.” Jack said the lake is very deep and is home to sturgeon. “Sturgeon is really meaningful to us because inside the sturgeon’s heart is a natural formation of a medicine wheel,” Jack said. “People really respect that fish because he lives on the bottom, close to the earth like we do.” Although no boaters showed up at the lake during the blockade, which included some ceremonies, Jack said a group of canoeists did stop at the protest site. “We had the road blocked off, we had people sitting up there with banners stretched across the road so nobody could get through,” Jack said. “The whole purpose of doing (the blockade) is to show people that we still occupy this land and we still use it.” Grassy Narrow’s Chrissy Swain said Keys Lake is an important area for the

Mishkeegogamang’s Erin Bottle community. “My grandfather told me people attended the gathering to show soliused to fast on the cliffs there,” Swain darity between Treaty 9 and Treaty 3 said. “And in one area there is a big citizens. “I made a stance with Grassy Narturtle and straight across the lake from rows to stand with where that turtle is pointthem as a NAN ing, there used to be a (Nishnawbe Aski Midewiwin lodge.” Nation) member Swain said her mother They are proposing with their stance of and her son also have a a lot of mining more destruction trapline on the lake. developments on a lot no of traditional ter“Our people still use ritories and lands,” that place and to me I of sacred sites, sacred Bottle said. “My feel that lake is really rivers and lakes, and stance today was in sacred because it’s pure, its clean water coming that is very destructive unity with them to from inside the earth and and a direct assault on show our people in there are cedar trees all our spirituality and our NAN territory that even though there around that whole lake,” culture. are European treaSwain said. – Erin Bottle ties that Europeans “Even just going in and had placed in front swimming and then coming out, you feel alive because it is so of us and before us and signed by our ancestors; these treaties do not divide clean.” The Grassy Narrows Youth Gather- us as a nation, as a people, as Anishiing, held from Aug. 20-22, featured a nabeg.” Bottle said the protection of water variety of traditional teachings, a fish fry feast, a mini powwow, a sweat- is not just an important issue for the lodge, environmental discussions, a Anishinabe, it is an important issue for talent show, team building exercises all humanity. “It is for all of our peoples to protect and hand drumming.

our last remaining resource of water,” Bottle said. “They’re proposing a lot of mining developments on a lot of sacred sites, sacred rivers and lakes, and that is very destructive and a direct assault on our spirituality and our culture.” Bottle said Anishinabe women were originally the titleholders of minerals before contact. “We never relinquished that right,” Bottle said. “Those minerals are what is used in the purification ceremonies.” “No more. Enough is enough in our traditional territories and lands. No more negotiations, no more ‘I got an Indian agreement to destroy our traditional territories and lands.’” Bottle warned that future generations of Anishinabe will be affected by the destruction of water resources on their traditional territories and lands. “I’m 100 per cent opposed to the Ring of Fire because it will destroy ancient, underwater systems that connect natural spring water lakes in our territories,” Bottle said. Bottle said the blockade was “very peaceful,” with a sacred fire and “a lot of networking and a lot of talking.”

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ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᓄᑭ ᑕᐧᑦ ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᑭᐅᓇᑭᒪᑲᓄ ᐱᓇᒪ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐊᐱᒋ ᓂᑲᓂᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐯᑭᐡ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐱᒪᓄᑲᑕᑭᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐊᓄᑭᐨ ᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐣᑲᔭᓂ ᑲᐧᔭᑕᒋᑫᑕᒪᐊᐧ ᑫᓂᔑᐱᒧᒋᑫᐨ ᐊᐁᐧᓀᐣ ᑫᔭᓂ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᑲᓄᑫᐧᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐅᒪ ᑫᔭᓂᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᔭᓭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᓂᑲᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔕ ᓂᔓᔕᐳᐊᐦᑭ ᐅᑐᐣᒋᐱᒥ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᐣ ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ. ᐊᒋᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐅᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᓯᑯᔭᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒪᐣ … ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ ᐣᑯᑕᐧᓱᐱᓯᑦ ᑕᐃᓯᓭ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐅᑭᐅᓇᓴᐊᐧᐣ ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢᐅᐣ ᐊᐱ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐸᐣ ᑕᐧᑦ ᑲᒥᓇᐊᐧᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᐡᑲᐧᑕᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᐱᐡᑲᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᕑᐃᐁᓫᐊᐣ ᑕᐧᒪᐢ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᐳᔭᑭ ᑭᔭᓄᑭ. ᐅᑕᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᑯᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᒥᓇᐊᐧᑕᒥᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑕᐧᒪᐢ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᐠ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᒪᑫᐨ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᑎᐯᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᐅᓇᑭᒥᑎᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᒋᓇ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐃᔑᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ ᐣᑯᑕᐧᓱᐱᓯᑦ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᒪᒥᓇᐧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐸᕑᐟ ᒥᑭᐢ, ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐨ, ᐅᑭᐃᓇᒋᒪᐣ ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢᐅᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᑫᐣᑕᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᑭᐱᐊᐧᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐣ ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔕ 12 ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᑭᒋᐃᓇᑭᒥᑯᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᑎᒥᐣᐢ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᓂᑲᓂᒪᑲᐣ ᑎᒥᐣᐢ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᒪᐤ 119 ᑕᓯᓄᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑌᑎᐸᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ, ᑎᒥᐣᐢ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᓂᑲᓂᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ. ᑭᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ ᐁᓇᐦᐁᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐁᓂᐅᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᓂᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ, ᑎᒥᐣᐢ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐅᐃᐧᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᒥᑕᓇ ᓂᐅᔕᐸᐧ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓭᐢᑲᒋᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᒍᓫᐊᔾ ᐱᓯᑦ. ᑎᒥᐣᐢ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᐯᕑᐊᓂᑲ ᓂᑯᓫᓴᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒋᒥᓄᓭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ. ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᓇᓇᑐᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᑫᐃᔑᒥᓄᓭᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓂᑯᔭᐣᐠ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᓄᑲᑕᒪᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᒥᔑᓄᐊᐦᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ. ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᓀᐧᑕᒧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᓇᓇᑯᒧᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂ. ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᓯᓫᐃᔭ ᐃᒐᑦ ᑭᐁᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᓄᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᓯᓫᐃᔭ ᐃᒐᑦ ᓂᐊᐧ ᑭᐁᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐃᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᓂᔓᐊᐦᑭ ᑕᐱᒥᓭᓂ ᒋᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᓇᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑯᒋᐸᑐᓂᐨ ᒍᐊᐣ ᑐᐁᐧᑭᔑᐠ ᐱᐣᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐣ 194 ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ 60 ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᓄᑲᒥᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐸᐅᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 21. ᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ: ᑫᐸᓂᔦ ᐃᒐᑦ, ᔐᕑᐃ ᑌᓫᐊᕑ, ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ, ᑌᐱᐢ ᒐᕑᐃᐢ, ᑫᓫᐃ ᐸᐧᕑᑎᔦ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐱᕑᐅ ᑕᐧᕑ. ᑲᒪᐧᔦ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐃᐧᐸᐣ ᓯᓫᐃᔭ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑭᐊᔭᓄᑭ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐸᐣᐟ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑫᐧᐃᐧ. ᐃᒪ ᑭᓄᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᐅᐱᒥᐊᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᑎᐟ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ. ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑕᐡ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐁᐧᐅᐡᑭᓭᓂᐠ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᒐᑦ ᐅᑲᐊᓂ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᓄᑌᓭᑭᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑫᓂᔑᑕᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᐅᐱᑭᐦᐊᐊᐧᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐯᔑᑯᐅᐱᑭᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓂᒐᓂᓯᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᓂᑭᐦᐃᑯᒪᑲᐠ ᒋᐅᐣᑎᓇᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ.

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Wawatay News

AUGUST 29, 2013

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Wasaya Group names new president Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Wasaya Airways’ Tom Morris has been assigned acting president and CEO duties at Wasaya Group in addition to his ongoing leadership role at Wasaya Airways. “My role is to get the transition ready for whoever is going to be the president/CEO of WGI in the future,� said Morris, president and CEO of Wasaya Airways for the past 12 years. “I’m only there for the interim basis... we’re looking at about six months.� Morris was appointed by the Wasaya Group board of directors after former Wasaya

Group president and CEO Tom Kamenawatamin retired and acting president/CEO MaryEllen Thomas left Wasaya Group after 11 years of service. Kamenawatamin and Thomas were both thanked by the board of directors for their years of service. In addition to the president/ CEO change, Morris said the chiefs of the Wasaya ownership communities have currently taken on the role of the board of directors for an interim basis of about six months to do some restructuring. “The plan is to have a (new) board at a later time,� Morris said. “The chiefs are only there for an interim basis as well.�

Bart Meekis, chair of the board, said Morris demonstrated a good understanding and working relationship with all of the Wasaya Group of Companies during his 12 years at the helm of Wasaya Airways. “The chiefs of the First Nations are overseeing this transition to ensure that the needs of our community members, our customers and our employees remain our priority,� Meekis said in a late August statement. “We, the Wasaya chiefs believe in the bright future of our companies, and are committed to make that happen.�

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photo courtesy of Kevin Konnyu

Indigenous women demanding action from Premier Kathleen Wynne to end ongoing mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows. Hundreds of supporters marched to the Premier’s house in Toronto.

Grassy Narrows supporters march on premier’s home Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Hundreds of Grassy Narrows supporters marched on the home of Premier Kathleen Wynne this past weekend over mercury poisoning in the Treaty #3 community’s homelands. “The government has taken away our forests and given us back disease and sickness and death,� said Judy Da Silva, a Grassy Narrows clan mother. “Wynne promised to help us, but she did not take that commitment seriously. It is time for Ontario to listen to our people when we say no to logging that brings more mercury poison into our rivers and our bodies.� Discovered in the 1970s, the mercury poisoning still affects community members, according to mercury poisoning experts from Japan, who observed symptoms such as

fatigue and numbness in the limbs, vision difficulties, hearing impairment, headaches and insomnia during a 2010 visit. “For people in Grassy Narrows there is no vacation from mercury poison,� said Chrissy Swain, a young mother of three in Grassy Narrows. “We have to live with the sickness of mercury poison in our bodies and in our families every day.� A wide range of human rights, faith, labour and environmental organizations representing over one million Ontarians have written to Wynne urging her to call an end to unwanted logging on Grassy Narrows territory. “The people of Grassy Narrows continue to suffer the effects of the mercury contamination of their rivers and streams which was first discovered more than 40 years ago,� said Maude Barlow, national

chairperson of the Council of Canadians. “Industrial clear-cut logging has not only destroyed trap lines and wiped out medicinal plant picking areas, it has almost certainly also contributed to new mercury leaching into their rivers and streams.� Although the province has been engaged in discussions with Grassy Narrows over the past five years about management of their traditional lands in the Whiskey Jack forest, the Grassy Narrows supporters are concerned about the Ministry of Natural Resources’ recent adoption of a 10-year forest management direction for Grassy Narrows territory that includes no meaningful recognition of Aboriginal and Treaty rights. “The people of Grassy Narrows are owed a debt of justice,� said Shane Moffat of Greenpeace Canada.

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

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

Commentary Lenny’s goodbye: Telling Stories

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had never really considered myself a storyteller growing up. Sure, I had my anecdotes Lenny related to hunting, sports and Carpenter mischievous shenanigans, but WAWATAY in the grand scheme of things, I NEWS wasn’t known for being a great storyteller. When I decided to give journalism a whirl, it was not because I had any idealistic goals or dreams of changing the world. It was mainly because I had a knack for writing in the technical sense – I had pretty good grammar and spelling. I had no idea how else how to apply writing as a career. After a year of college, I was hired by Wawatay as a summer student reporter. One of my first assignments was interviewing the Ontario premier at the time. My editor gave me a list of questions to ask, and I had almost no knowledge of the context of the questions. Northern Table? Mining Act? What are those? After not gaining a good quote or statement, the interview was a failure. It was a reflection of my interest in politics. But as I continued the summer internship, I realized I loved telling the stories of everyday people. I have had people cry as they recollect the emotions and feelings felt during an experience. Similarly, some laugh as they recall a story. Whether they overcame odds, suffered a loss, or accomplished It is very humbling a life goal, it was always to realize that these interesting for me to talk with them and listen. people are entrusting It is very humbling to me with details about realize that these people – themselves, their complete strangers mostly – are feelings and experiences. entrusting me with details about themselves, their feelings and experiences. I try not to take it for granted and do the story right. I hold those words in my heart as I write up the story, and keep the readers in mind. This is my fourth tenure with Wawatay News – and the longest at two years – and I have written so many stories. It is always a lot of work but is highly rewarding in the end when I see it in print. And through writing all those stories – and guidance and advice from my editors and colleagues – I became a better storyteller. There came a time when I thought I should give journalism a rest. I decided to learn a new form of storytelling. I shall become a filmmaker. And so I moved here to Thunder Bay and completed a two-year film production program. I came away with more than I expected. I suppose I have a knack for this form of storytelling too. Two of my student documentaries have screened at various film festivals. But it can be difficult to find steady work in a fluctuating industry such as film and video production. Gigs come and go. Especially in a relatively small market such as Thunder Bay. And so I found Wawatay beckoning me yet again. Perhaps it was meant to be, because I found these past two years to be the most meaningful and enlightening experience in reporting on First Nations issues. And in all, I have visited about 20 communities during my time with Wawatay, and I have always been treated and accommodated well and went home having made new friends. But now is the time for me to move on again. I will be exploring a new form of storytelling: radio. I have been accepted to begin an eight-week internship with CBC Radio here in Thunder Bay. It feels weird to be leaving and to be reporting for a new audience. I had always approached reporting with you, the First Nations people of all of northern Ontario, in mind. This new journey will take some getting used to. Whether this internship extends or not, my ultimate goal is to be a filmmaker, to share our stories on the big screen. But that will have to wait for now. You know, when I was a summer student reporter that first year, I travelled to Attawapiskat for Creefest and it was the first time I stepped on the land of where both my grandfathers hailed from. That summer, I also saw the actual Treaty 9, which to me at the time was just a historical document. It seems fitting that my last travel trip this summer was to cover Creefest in Peawanuck, where I discovered I had family roots – my great-grandmother was from there. And I saw Treaty 9 again. This time, after seeing and reporting on all the issues and problems in our communities over the years, and learning about the spirit and intent of which our ancestors signed, seeing the parchment had so much more meaning. It reminded me that we as a people have a lot of work to do. And that I have a part to do. Thanks to you all for reading and for allowing me to share your stories.

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A local shoots a shot put during Treaty Day Celebrations in Osnaburgh, June 1982.

Bullies, mud puddles and lessons learned Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

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e inflated frogs. We were eight years old. We were Ojibway kids trying to navigate the world of foster homes, a white neighborhood, white school, and the callous disregard of a 1960s mill town. The world was cold then. Empty. We spent our days longing for things we vaguely remembered, and the rivers and the bush were the only places we felt like ourselves – or, at least, who we thought we should be. So we inflated frogs. A milk shake straw or a lopped off reed worked fine. We’d puff them up into large green balloons and throw them into the water. They would kick and flail and try to dive, the panic of them drawing the pike to take them so we’d know where to fish. We caught a lot of fish that way. But we didn’t know then that all life is sacred. We didn’t know that everything deserved our

respect and honor, our stewardship and protection. We didn’t know that we are all one body moving through time together. We didn’t know that the dishonour of one thing is the dishonour of all. We didn’t know that all things are part of us. We didn’t know that every act, regardless of how seemingly small and insignificant, affects something else. All we knew was that we were doing something Indian, or at least as close to it as we could get. When I look back at those days I feel bad about my ignorance, but I had no one to teach me and I did not understand. Years later the fat kid in school - as shy and awkward and scared of being who he was as I was terrified of being me. Both of us were set apart because difference was everything, left alone because when you befriend the outcasts you become an outcast too - and no one wanted that. So I did the only thing I knew how to do. I teased the fat kid. I teased him, belittled him so they wouldn’t see how scared I was to be brown, different, shy, and so Ojibway with nothing to say about it. One day I pushed

him into a mud puddle and everyone laughed and slapped me on the back and told me how hip and slick an cool I was, how welcome. And I ate it up. I pulled it deep into me like the feast I had been starving for; the sustenance of sameness. And the fat kid walked home alone, desolate, terrified and lost. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I teased him so I could survive – never knowing the Ojibway truth of things that we are all related, that we all one Creation and we need each other. I never knew that because I had no one to teach me and I did not understand. Many years went by and I did a lot of things to not be different. I wore a lot of masks that never really fit. I became what I thought people or circumstance needed me to be – and the idea of frogs and fat kids and masks that didn’t fit, haunted me and drove me down to where the darkness lays, waiting for all of us who never bother to try to see the truth of ourselves. I lived there a long, long time. It took me a long time to learn that wounds run deepest when you inflict them on yourself. I never knew the Ojibway

truth of things that your first task is to learn to be a good human being. When you do that you learn how to be a good man in the process. And when you learn to be a good man – you become a good Ojibway all on its own accord. I never knew that. Never knew that that’s the spiritual way of things, and it can’t be done in any other order. I never understood that I am always three sacred truths – a human being, a man, Ojibway. Three sacred truths that only Creator can change – and she’s not likely to. Not yet. And it’s the same for all of us no matter who we are. I never knew that – because I had no one to teach me and I did not understand. So it seems to me that what we need to do is share. Teach each other who we are. Hear each other. Feel each other. Remember the teachings we are given to carry – because if there comes a time on this planet when there’s only one child left, the saddest thing I can imagine, is for them to look at themselves and the ruins of the earth in shame and sorrow and say – I had no one to teach me and I did not understand.

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Timmins Friendship Centre receives national award Crystallee Mouland Special to Wawatay News

The Timmins Friendship Centre in number one. Literally. From 119 Friendship Centres across the country, the Timmins Native Friendship Centre topped them all and received the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) award for excellence. In recognition of outstanding achievement in governance, leadership, administration, management, staff satisfaction, cultural relevance and strategic planning, the Timmins Native Friendship Centre (TNFC) earned the national award at the NAFC 42nd Annual General Meeting held in North Battleford, Saskatchewan in July. Timmins Friendship Centre executive director Veronica Nicholson, attributed this accomplishment to the dedicated staff of the centre. She said the staff strive to make positive strategies and build capacity and transparency to support urban Aboriginals. “This award was based on all the work we did over the years and in the last year,” Nicholson said. She said that the staff were humbled and honoured. “This award was unexpected,” she said. “First they recognized 17 Friendship Centre’s right across Canada and were given a lovely certificate. That was all that I thought we were receiving.” Nicholson said from the 17 recognized centres the association narrowed it down to eight centres eligible for the national award and then from eight they narrowed it down to four. “When they announced the

Timmins Native Friendship Centre at the general meeting it was like “Oh, My Gosh”. I just instantly thought of all the people who I work with and all the people who had a hand in bringing us forward to where we are today,” she said. “I don’t even remember walking from my chair to the stage. I think the spirits must have carried me to it. It was so humbling.” When Nicholson returned to Timmins with the trophy of excellence, she modestly notified the board of directors and the staff. The criteria guidelines required to earn the award are set by the NAFC. Nicholson believes the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC) was involved in choosing the award recipient. “The OFIFC highlighted three friendship centers that were doing exceptionally well. It was Timmins, N’Swakamok and United NFC,” she said. The Timmins Friendship Centre has come a long way since first operating out of a suitcase in the sixties. “The Timmins Native Friendship Centre has grown into the largest service provider for urban Aboriginal people,” she said. “It’s always been our continuous goal to learn more about each other. This will strengthen our socioeconomic needs here in Timmins for the people who live here.” The centre opened a new building in April 2013. Nicholson said above the social and educational benefits the TNFC want to build lasting community relationships. They are a well known pillar in the city of Timmins and the

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Ryan Vincent, the youth representative for the Timmins Friendship Centre and Executive Director Veronica Nicholson accept the award for excellence. new larger TNFC centre is an indication of the need for the services and workers. “We look at what our other community partners want and we want to work with them and share resources. You know it’s about all community partners moving forward in a good way,” she said. In keeping with the NAFC award standards, the TNFC plans on continuing to be leaders by being involved in

initiatives like the Timmins 2020 Strategic Plan. Good initiatives for affordable housing, health and wellness, health workers, economics and social planning are on the priority list. This isn’t the first time the TNFC won an award. The centre has also been the recipient of the Model Friendship Centre Award and other awards from business agencies like the Timmins

Chamber of Commerce. “When you run a non-profit organization you have all this stuff you deal with on a day to day basis and then you have the business stuff,” Nicholson said. “And then sometimes it doesn’t always jive with community members. I guess that is a challenge because you want to conduct business in a good way and it has to be open and transparent.” In working with community partners and building capacity, the TNFC has initiated partnerships between youth and organizations like Timmins Police Service and Canadian Tire. Nicholson said the new centre will continue to offer a place for the organization to grow and evolve into a dynamic centre. “The facilities are great here. The staff here goes far beyond their job descriptions. We do this work because it’s meaningful and it is what people need and it’s what we need too. We need to help our people to live that good life and then there will be lots of wins. It continues to be very meaningful work for me. I’m happy with what I do and it’s challenging and rewarding.” Receiving an award like the NAFC award, allows an organization to create networks and it recognizes the success and accomplishments of it. Awards give creditability to an organization and inspire the staff to focus even more on the organization and clients. Nicholson echoes this sentiment, “It was just such a great pat on the back to say; Wow, people really do recognize the valuable work we do and it’s such an honour.”

Chief Celia Echum re-elected in Ginoogaming Chief Celia Echum was re-elected for her fourth straight two-year term by defeating challenger Joanne Towegishig by a landslide vote of 194 to 60 during the election for Chief and Council of Ginoogaming First Nation Aug. 21. The six councillors are: Gabriel Echum, Sheri Taylor, Maurice Waboose, David Charles, Kelly Fortier and April Dore. Before becoming chief, Celia worked in a variety of disciplines as a certified health representative, band manager, and councillor. Ginoogaming has several community economic and social development projects on the go. For the next term Chief Echum is looking to plan for the future to address new infrastructure needs and housing to accommodate young families in the community and single parents living in overcrowded conditions. “I am very proud of the capacity that we are building at the community level with trades skills, environmental monitoring, economic development, band management and training delivery. I am thrilled to see our own peoples gaining experience so we don’t have to rely too much on others from outside our community,” Chief Echum said.

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Lac Seul vision of events centre becomes reality Bryan Phelan Wawatay News

In Lac Seul, the community’s vision for a healthy future can be seen in its newest and largest building. Community members celebrated the grand opening of the Lac Seul Events Centre on Aug. 23. Located in Frenchman’s Head beside the school and across the main road from the band office, it’s also where they hope future dreams of their youth will take shape. The massive building houses a 1,300 seat arena with an NHL-size ice surface, along with a conference centre, restaurant and convenience store. More than 200 people attended its grand opening ceremony, ribbon cutting and feast. Chief Clifford Bull credited band staff, councillors and community members for their vision for the $8.5 million facility. “Now we see the vision coming to fruition. It’s here and we’re all excited,” he said.

“I’m very proud today of what we achieved for our First Nation, our community, especially for the young people...” – Chief Clifford Bull

“I’m very proud today of what we achieved for our First Nation, our community, especially for the young people,” Bull told those gathered for song, prayer and remarks in the main conference

room. “It’s for them; it’s our future.” Ahmoo Angeconeb, a local artist, played a hand drum and sang before four large drawings he created on black paper were unveiled on the main wall of the room. The drawings represent the sacred medicinal plants of tobacco, sweetgrass, sage, and cedar. Angeconeb recalled his humble start as an artist – a young boy in the Lac Seul community of Whitefish Bay drawing on the walls of the family house with a lead bullet. At Pelican Lake residential school he told his teacher he wanted to be an artist. “If you really want to do that, you can do that,” she replied. Angeconeb did become an accomplished artist who exhibited his work internationally, including at an art show in Paris, fulfilling a long held dream. “As a young person, your dream too can come true,” he said. Advice for future NHLers, parents Today’s Lac Seul youth showcased their hockey, figure skating and broomball skills on the arena’s artificial ice earlier in the afternoon. Afterward, some helped cut the ceremonial ribbon in front of the main entrance. Joining them in that duty was special guest Reggie Leach, a Stanley Cup winning rightwinger with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1975. The Flyers lost the Cup final to the Montreal Canadiens the following year but Leach scored an NHL playoff record 19 goals, after sniping an amazing 61 goals during the regular season.

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Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull and former NHLer Reggie Leach at the official cake-cutting ceremony for the new events centre surrounded by proud members of the community. (See more photos on page 11) An Ojibwe from the Berens River First Nation in Manitoba, he also spoke of a modest start to his exceptional career. “I didn’t start skating until I was 10, didn’t own my first pair of skates until I was 14,” he said. Yet at 19 years old he was playing in the NHL. “I got to live my dream.” To youth in the audience, he said: “You’re the future NHLers. It takes a lot of hard work. It doesn’t matter if it’s hockey, school … if you don’t work at it, you’re not going to go too far. And if you don’t listen, you don’t learn.” These days Leach, now 63, travels to First Nations across

Canada to provide hockey instruction and talk to kids about life choices. From that experience, he advised parents in Lac Seul, “Don’t drop your kids off at the (arena) door; come inside and watch them. All kids … want is a little bit of attention. Get involved, get in there and help them out. Parents have to be proud of their kids and what they’re doing.” Later, during the feast, parent Chris Lawson announced an organizing meeting for the startup of a Lac Seul minor hockey association that will need adult volunteers. He plans to coach.

Lawson’s daughter, 11-yearold Natasha, was one of those who snipped the ribbon out front. She wore a jersey from Hockey Camp of Hope, which the arena hosted earlier in the week. With organized hockey to be played in Lac Seul this winter, she’ll return to the game after several years away from it, she said. ‘Great things can happen’ Although the grand opening took place this month, the Lac Seul Events Centre has actually hosted activities since mid April. Yellowbird Consulting and

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its president, Lac Seul band member Jonathan Gregg, served as project manager for construction that began in 2011. The general contractor, Finn Way, donated a skatesharpening machine for the arena at the grand opening. In congratulating the community on its “magnificent facility,” MP Greg Rickford noted that the First Nation paid for the building itself, without funds from the federal government. “The youth are a big concern for the community and that’s why with this facility they were willing to spend what they did on it,” explained Barry King, the centre’s manager. “They want to make sure the kids live a vibrant life. And sports is a big part of that.” Community support didn’t stop with construction of the building. “Different parents really step up and they’re making sure there are activities available for the children,” King said. “And when we have a big event like this tonight, once it’s done there will be community members stay behind to make sure this building is all cleaned up.” King wants the place to get busier. The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority will hold its upcoming annual general meeting here and a fashion show has been discussed for December. King also talked of the arena’s potential for everything from concerts to car shows to army training exercises. And at 2,600 square feet, the main conference room is suitable for gatherings such as chiefs assemblies and weddings, added Chief Bull. “All kinds of great things can happen in this facility,” he said. On this night, the main event was a hockey game involving a handful of pro hockey oldtimers and local players – teens and middle-agers, police chief Rick Angeconeb and Roy Carpenter, the First Nation’s grey-haired former chief. Leach had invited everyone to watch him score a hat trick in the game, but with two minutes left he fired a hard shot over the net and fell one goal short. No one seemed to mind. King offered souvenir “grand opening” pucks to smiling community members before they stepped outside, where fireworks decorated the sky.

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MINING NEWS CLIPS Northern mayors make collective pitch Gold mine drills new holes at Eagle The mayors of the five biggest cities in northern Ontario hope River speaking with one voice will convince the province to act on some of the longstanding issues they say has held the region back for decades. The leaders of the north’s five biggest cities made a collective pitch, calling on the province to focus on six areas they say are key to economic development. And while the priorities aren’t new – such as calls for more infrastructure funding and sharing of revenue from natural resources – Matichuk said the Ring of Fire added considerable weight to their arguments. northernlife.ca

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Aug. 22 significant new support for geo-mapping the area to promote resource exploration and development. The Geo-Mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) program will receive $100 million over seven years from the federal government. To underline the importance of this commitment, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s executive director Ross Gallinger said, “Researchers estimate that every dollar invested in basic geological mapping triggers five dollars in exploration spending by the private sector and that every dollar invested in pre-competitive geoscience leads to the discovery of in-ground resources worth between $100 and $150.” canadianminingjournal.com

Gold company issues shares to Wahgoshig First Nation Northern Gold reports that it has issued 200,000 common shares and 200,000 share purchase warrants to Wahgoshig First Nation. The company said last week the shares and warrants were issued under a previously announced agreement that “will allow Wahgoshig to directly participate in any potential successes of Northern Gold.” Earlier this month, the two parties announced that they had reached an exploration agreement concerning the company’s northeastern Ontario Golden Bear project, which is located in Wahgoshig traditional territory. The agreement outlines a framework for an ongoing relationship that would provide the First Nation with an opportunity to benefit through training, ongoing communications and business development. insupportofmining.wordpress.com

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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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FASD program helps community better understand disorder Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

For the last 10 years, the NorWest Community Health Centre has been running a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) program out of the Thunder Bay site. The Health Canada website states that FASD is an “umbrella term used to describe the range of disabilities and diagnoses that result from drinking alcohol during pregnancy.” The website also states that “it is estimated that in Canada, more than 3,000 babies a year are born with FASD, and about 300,000 people are currently living with it.” Maureen Parkes, the NorWest Community Health Centre’s FASD coordinator, has been involved in the initiative since its inception. “The reason we exist is because there was a need in the community,” Parkes said. Parkes explained that there was a request from people in the community for expanding services to address FASD. Parkes said that the NorWest Community Health Centre provides the only monthly diagnostic clinic in northwestern Ontario. The FASD program now includes an eight-week caregiver program - which was created to help the families and caregivers of those affected by

FASD. Parkes said that the eightweek program teaches participants about FASD, and “puts the disease in perspective. It’s a very challenging and misunderstood disability.” “We provide medical and clinical care for individuals who have FASD,” Parkes said. Parkes said that FASD is a “brain based disability.” “One can only end up with FASD if they’ve been prenatally exposed to alcohol in utero,” Parkes explained. “Individuals who have been exposed may not necessarily have FASD, but they may be at risk.” Parkes said that the centre sees clients across the age spectrum, from newborns to older adults. “The oldest adult we actually diagnosed is 55 yearsold,” she said. Parkes explained that FASD “looks different on everyone.” “More commonly, what we see are individuals who may have problems with thinking,” she said. “Sometimes they might not be thinking of the right thing at the right times.” Parkes explained that clients talk about poor decision making, that they are easily overwhelmed, suffer from memory deficits and trouble communicating or understanding words properly, and have struggles with the education system and the criminal justice system.

“Mental health issues are quite common with clients who have a FASD diagnoses,” Parkes said. She said depression and anxiety are issues commonly seen in people with FASD. Parkes said that the only way a person can get FASD is through being exposed to alcohol while in utero. “You can’t get it any other way,” she said. “You’ll hear it (FASD) is 100 per cent preventable,” Parkes said. “In theory, it is. Of course it is. If women didn’t drink during pregnancy it is totally preventable. The concerning thing about that is you have to take into account why women are consuming alcohol in the first place.” Parkes explained that it is not as simple as telling a woman who is using alcohol while pregnant “OK you are pregnant, you need to stop.” “We see a number of women who are dealing with, or affected by addiction. Addictions are extremely powerful,” Parkes said. She explained that often women need support to stop drinking. “If they’re not getting the support before they’re pregnant, or while they’re pregnant, then it is likely they’re not going to stop. In that respect it (FASD) is not 100 per cent preventable.” “The other thing we often

see is women who did not know they were pregnant,” Parkes added. “So its not uncommon for women to consume alcohol in the early stages of pregnancy.”

Maureen Parkes, the NorWest Community Health Centre’s FASD coordinator She explained that during the earlier stages of pregnancy, vital organs are being developed and that the baby vulnerable throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy. “The brain in particular is very vulnerable to alcohol.” Parkes said that there is no safe time to drink alcohol during pregnancy, and no safe amount to drink. “As I understand it, alcohol is the most serious substance a woman can use when pregnant

because cells (are) extremely sensitive to alcohol,” Parkes said. Though the Health Canada website states that “research suggests the occurrence of FASD is significantly greater in Aboriginal populations,” Parkes said that FASD does not belong to just one specific population or culture. “There are still no national statistics or national data that shows one population is more at risk,” she said. “Anybody can have a child with FASD.” Parkes also said that the centre has seen clients who have disclosed that they did not drink wine, beer, or liquor, but instead drank “homebrew” during their pregnancy. “Homebrew” is an alcoholic drink commonly made in places where alcohol is prohibited and often unavailable. The proof of each batch of “homebrew” is not known. Parkes explained that babies of women who drank “homebrew” while pregnant are also being diagnosed with FASD. “There are a lot of factors that go into diagnosis,” she said. “We have to figure out what the neurological issues are.” Parkes said that it is hard to determine with children under three years of age if they have FASD, unless they have the facial features of those severely affected by FASD.

“If we know kids have been exposed to alcohol in utero, we will keep them in the program and follow them,” Parkes said. Parkes said that referrals for clients in the northern communities is starting to increase. “We are getting several referrals to the diagnostic program, which is great. Initially we are doing a video conference with the families.” Parkes said. She explained that the centre then works with the families to get them to Thunder Bay “in the least disruptive way possible.” The NorWest Community Health Centre is hosting a twoday event starting Sept.12 on FASD. Brenda M. Knight, a registered psychologist who provides mental health services to individuals and families living with FASD, will be present at the events. “The Sept. 12 event is for professionals in the community who might be working with individuals who have FASD, it’s to try to keep FASD on the radar and to help teach them the most affective ways to support someone with an FASD,” Parkes said. “The last day is for caregivers to talk about their stories,” Parkes added. “It is specifically for them to sit down with Brenda and talk about their experiences.” Registration information can be found at norwestchc.org.

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Dreaming big in Lac Seul photos by Bryan Phelan/Wawatay News

Top: Hockey fan Grant Keesic holds a souvenir puck. Top right: Jenelle Manitowabi, 12, and her friend Natasha Lawson, 11, hold pieces of opening ceremony ribbon they cut outside the entrance of the Lac Seul Events Centre. Both girls plan to play minor hockey in the new arena this winter. Earlier in the day, Genevieve Knauff of gck consulting donated 20 pairs of new skates and 20 helmets to the community. Right: Roy Carpenter, a former Lac Seul chief, and Mike Polonich (right, once a Minnesota North Stars draft choice) and their Rammer Reunion teammates skated to a 9-7 come-from-behind victory over the Lac Seul Jets. Far right: Dennis Polonich, who played for the Detroit Red Wings for eight NHL seasons in the 1970s and ‘80s, gets set to unleash a shot during a game involving ex-pros and Lac Seul players.

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