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Making Ontario sports history

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Fort Albany First Nation’s senior girls’ basketball made Ontario sports history by being the first high school team from a fly-in community to advance to the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association’s championship tournament last month. From left: Megan Solomon, Winter Kataquapit, Kanisha Stephen, Amber Nakogee, Karen Etherington, Daanis Mcdonald, and Rochelle Nakogee. See story on pages 10-11.

ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐊᐸᒪᑐᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐊᓂᓯᐸᐟ ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᑲᓄᑕᓇᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᐦᐃᑎᓱᒪᑲᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᒋ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱᓯᑦ 19-21 ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᑲᑭᐱᐦᐅᓯᒥᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ. “ᐅᓇᑯ ᑭᑭᓄᑕᐊᐧᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐊᔭᒥᐨ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᐠ ᔭᑲᐳᒋ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐠ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ (ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᑕᒪᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧᓂᐠ) ᒥᑐᓂ ᐁᐱᑯᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐊᓂᐣ ᑕᐡ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑫᐸᐱᐦᐅᔭᐠ ᑫᑯᐣ ᒋᐊᓂᑲᑫᐧᑐᑕᒪᐠ, ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᒋᐊᓂᐊᓄᑲᑕᒪᐠ, ᒋᔭᓂ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑭᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᓇᐣ.” ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᐊᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑ ᑲᑫᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᑭᒋᒪᒋᓭᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ

ᒪᐡᑭᑭᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2010 ᑲᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ. “ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐃᑯ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᔭᐠ ᓂᑭᓇᓇᑐᓇᒥᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᓂᔑ ᐊᓄᑲᑕᒪᐠ ᓂᑎᓯᓭᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ, ᐁᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐅᓀᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐅᓇᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂ ᑫᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑕᔑᐱᒥ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ ᑲᑲᐧᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᑫᐊᐧᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᔑᒥᑯᐡᑲᒋᓭᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐠ. “ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐅᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᒥᑲᒪᐣᐠ ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᑎᓇᒪᐣᐠ ᒋᔭᓂᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᒪᑲᐠ ᓂᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ. ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐃᑯ ᓂᐣᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒥᐣ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᑭᐊᓄᒋ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᔭᐠ.” ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᑕᒪᓱᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ. “ᒪᑎ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐃᐧᔑᓇᑦ ᐊᓂᐡ ᐸᔦᐡ ᑫᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᓂᑕᓂᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒥᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ. “ᓂᐣᑭᑫᑕᐣ ᑲᔦ ᓇᓇᑲᐤ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᒧᑭᓭᑭᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑫᐅᐣᒋᒪᒥᓄᓭᐠ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂᐅᓇᐸᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᑫᐃᔑᐅᓇᒋᑫᔭᐠ.”

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ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᑎᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᓂᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᑲᐧᔾᐢ ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒋᑭᐅᓇᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. “ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑫᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑭᑎᔑᓂᓯᑐᑕᒥᐣ ᑭᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᒥᑎᑯᔑᐃᐧ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑌᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ. “ᐁᐧᒥᑎᑯᔑᐃᐧ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᓇᑌ ᐁᑲᑫᐧᑭᐱᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᒪᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓀᒋᑌᐠ

ᒋᐅᒋ ᒪᒋᑐᑕᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ, ᑲᐃᔑᐯᔑᑯᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐁᐧ ᐅᒪᒪᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐅᓇᑭᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄ ᑫᑐᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑲᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄ ᐁᐊᑭᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᒪᒪᓂᐃᐧᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ.” ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓇᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᒋᑎᐸᑯᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᒪᒪᓂ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐱᒋᑐᑕᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᔭᐠ, ᑭᑎᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒥᐣ ᑭᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒋᑭᐁᐧᒪᒥᓄᓯᑐᔭᐠ ᑭᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᒥᔑᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᒋᒪᒥᓇᐧᑐᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒪᒪᓂᑲᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ,” ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᒋᐸᑲᓂᓭᐠ, ᑭᒋᐸᑲᓂᓭ ᐃᒪ ᐁᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓂᒥᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᒥᓄᑐᑕᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑕᐧ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑲᒪᒥᔑᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ

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ᑲᑭᒪᒋᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐱᒥᓭ ᐁᑲ ᐁᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᐸᐣᑭᓯᐠ ᒣᒣᑫᐧᔑᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ

ᐊᐧᐱᑯᐣ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐦᓴᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᒥᓄᐳᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᓂᐱᒥᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ

ᐯᔑᑯᐊᐦᑭ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐱᑕ ᐅᑭᐱᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐸᐣᑭᓯᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᐁ ᐅᐱᒥᓭ ᐁᑲ ᐁᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐸᐣᑭᓯᐠ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᒣᒣᑫᐧᔑᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ.

ᐊᐧᐱᑯᐣ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᐣ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐦᓴ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᒥᓄᐳᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᓂᐱᒥᐊᐧ ᐅᐁᐧᑎ ᐃᓀᑫ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ. ᐊᐧᐱᑯᐣ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᐣ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫ 2013 ᑲᑭᑲᐧᑫᒋᐱᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᓂᐱᒥᐊᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 25 ᐅᐁᐧᑎ ᐃᓀᑫ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᓀᐣᑲᐱᐦᐊᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᓂᐱ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᐱᓂᑲᓇᐳ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐯᐢᑊᓫᐊᐟ ᓂᐧᔕ ᑭᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐠ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᓂ. ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑲᑭᐯᔕᐧᐸᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᒥᓇ ᑎᕑᐊᔾᑎᐣ.

ᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 21, ᑭᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᐣᑭᓯᐠ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐁᑭᒥᑯᒥᐃᐧᓭᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐯᑭᐡ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐅᐱᒥᓭ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᓭᐊᐧᑫᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐊᐃᔕᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐱᒥᓭᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐱᐳᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᑲᐧᒋᓭᐠ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ ᐱᓯᑦ 10, 2012, ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᓀᐢ ᑲᑎᐯᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐢᑐᐣ ᐅᐱᒥᓭᐠ ᐃᐧᓂᐯᐠ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᒪᒐᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᔓᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧᒪᒋᑯᑌᐠ ᑭᐸᐣᑭᓯᐣ ᐊᐱ ᑫᑲᐟ ᐁᐧᑎ ᒣᒣᑫᐧᔑᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᔭᓂᑕᑲᐧᑯᑌᐠ. ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᐊᐱᒋᔑᓄᐠ - ᐊᔑᐨ ᐯᔑᐠ ᒣᒣᑫᐧᔑᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐸᐣ - ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐱᒥᓭ. ᑯᑕᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐳᓯᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᐊᐱᒋᔑᐠ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᑭᒋᐃᐧᓴᑭᔑᐣ.

Page 3 Weather, pilot inexperience cause of North Spirit Lake crash After a year-and-a-half long investigation, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says poor weather conditions and pilot inexperience caused the fatal plane crash near North Spirit Lake First Nation.

The investigation report, which was released on Nov. 21, says the crash was caused by weather that led to ice buildups, and the pilot’s relative inexperience with flying the type of aircraft, flying commercial flights to remote airports, and flying in winter operations with icing conditions.

On Jan. 10, 2012, a small aircraft operated by Keystone Air Service departed Winnipeg and crashed about two hours later more than a kilometre from the North Spirit Lake airport.

The crash killed three passengers – including a North Spirit Lake member – and the lone pilot. A fourth passenger survived with injuries.

ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᑐᐦᐁᐊᐧᐨ

Ice buildups and pilot inexperience were the cause of a North Spirit Lake plane crash that killed four people and injured another (above); Wabigoon Lake won the 2013 Water Taste Challenge on Oct. 25 (left); and four nursing grads in Moosonee passed their exams to become Registered Practicing Nurses (below).

ᐱᑕᐯᐠ ᓂᐢᑲ ᐃᓂᔑᑲᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐯᑐᕑᐁᔑᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧᐠ ᐅᑐᐦᐁᐠ ᑲᑭᑯᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 21-23 ᐁᐧᑎ ᓱᓭᐣᐟ ᒪᕑᐃ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑐᐦᐁᐠ ᑲᑭᓇ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐱᒥ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐨ ᒐᐢᑎᐣ ᓴᑲᓂ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐅᑭᐅᐣᒋᑲᑭᑫᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᑭᐊᓂᒧᑕᐣ ᐁᔭᓂᒪᐠ ᐱᑲᐧᑕᑭᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐱᐨ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐁᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ, ᒥᑐᓂ ᐅᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᓂᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᑲᐡᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑯᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᓂᐠ.

“ᓂᐣᑭᐃᓀᑕᒥᓇᐸᐣ ᐊᐱ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧᐸᑭᓇᑫᔭᐠ, ᐁᑲ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐸᑭᓇᑫᔭᐣᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᔕᐸᑲᐧ.

Page 13 Wabigoon Lake wins third water taste award in past year Wabigoon Lake recently won its third award for the best tasting water in northwestern Ontario.

Wabigoon Lake won the 2013 Water Taste Challenge on Oct. 25 at the North Western Ontario Water and Wastewater Conference while Pays Plat finished second. Other communities in the running included Thunder Bay and Dryden.

The water was judged on chlorine, clarity and taste.

Wabigoon’s water planet operater Marcel Shabaquay said the community was surprised to learn they had won again.

“We figured after winning the one, we probably wouldn’t win again this year,” Shabaquay said.

ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᒧᓱᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂ

ᐊᓂᐱᒋᓂᐡᑲᐊᐧᐠ

ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧᐠ ᐅᑐᐦᐁᐠ ᑭᐊᓂᐱᒋᓂᐡᑲᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᔭᓂᒪᐃᐧᓀᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᑲᑫᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑐᐦᐁᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐱᓯᑦ, ᒥᑕᐡ ᐁᑫᐧᓇᐠ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑐᐦᐁᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ.

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ᐃᐁᐧ ᓂᐱ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᒋᐱᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᐃᐸᐧᑲᐠ ᑲᐊᔑᑕᑲᒥᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐸᔭᑲᑲᒥᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ, ᒋᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᑲᒥᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐸᑲᐧᐠ. ᐊᐧᐱᑯᐣ ᐊᑐᐸᐣ ᓂᐱ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᒪᕑᓭᓫ ᔕᐸᑲᐧ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒪᒪᑲᑌᐣᑕᒧᐠ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐨ.

Fort Albany girls’ senior basketball team make the provincials The Fort Albany senior girls’ basketball team advanced to the provincials last month, making it the first First Nations high school sports team in northeastern Ontario in history to do so.

The Peetabeck Niska’s played in the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ (OFSAA) ‘A’ Girls basketball tournament from Nov. 21-23 in Sault Ste. Marie.

The team lost all its games, but coach Justin Sackaney said the girls learned a lot from the experience.

He added considering the challenges of being in a remote community and having little resources, he was proud of the girls for even making it to the tournament.

ᐁᐧᑎ ᒉᒥᐢ ᐯ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐡᑭ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑫᐧᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᑌᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑲᑫᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᒧᓱᓂ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ. ᑯᕑᐃᐢᑎᐣ ᐯᐠ, ᑭᑦ ᑲᐣᔭᐣ, ᒣᓫᐃᓴ ᕑᐃᑲᕑᐟ ᒥᓇ ᓓᐊᕑᓫᐃ ᐃᐧᐡᒋ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑕᒪᑕᓄᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ. ᑲᑭᓇ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᔑᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᓂᔓᐊᐦᑭ ᑲᑭᐱᒥ ᐊᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐊᒪ ᒧᓱᓂ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᒧᐣ. ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᐅᐡᑭ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑫᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᒪᔭᑦ ᒧᐢ ᑯᕑᐃ ᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᒧᐢ ᐸᐠᑐᕑᐃ ᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑯᑕᐠ ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᐅᐣᒋ ᒧᓱᓂᐠ ᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑ. ᐯᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐯᔓᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐨ.

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Weather, pilot inexperience cause of North Spirit Lake crash Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says poor weather conditions and pilot inexperience caused the fatal plane crash near North Spirit Lake First Nation last year.

In its investigation report released on Nov. 21, TSB says the crash was caused by weather that led to ice buildups, and the pilot’s relative inexperience with flying the type of aircraft, flying commercial flights to remote airports, and flying in winter operations with icing conditions.

On Jan. 10, 2012, a Piper PA31 Navajo aircraft operated by Keystone Air Service departed Winnipeg and crashed about two hours later more than a kilometre from the North Spirit Lake airport.

The plane struck the frozen lake before being engulfed in flames.

The crash killed three passengers – including a North Spirit Lake member – and the lone pilot. A fourth passenger survived with injuries.

According to the report, the plane had been flying above the clouds until it reached the community. However, it could not land until the runway was cleared of snow.

The plane circled the community for about 25 minutes while waiting for ground crews to plow the runway. As it circled, the exposure to light snow and drizzle conditions led to ice buildups on the windshield and wings.

Once the ground confirmed snow removal was complete, the aircraft began to make its approach. “During the approach, the aircraft banked to the left and then steeply to the right, and then struck the ice at about (9:57 a.m.),� the report states.

The TSB said it reached three findings on the cause of the

Wawatay file photo

The remains of the small aircraft that crashed near North Spirit Lake last year. crash.

It said the decision to approach to an airport not serviced by an instrument approach in adverse weather conditions was “likely the result of inexperience, and a desire to successfully complete the flight.�

The decision to descend into

cloud and continuing into ice conditions was “likely the result of inadequate awareness of the aircraft’s performance in icing conditions and de-icing capabilities.�

The third factor was the ice buildup on the wings, which would have led it to stall during final approach “at an altitude

from which recovery was not possible.�

The aircraft did not have a flight recorder, and the community did not have a flight control station.

Recently, the TSB issued a recommendation calling for the installation of lightweight flight recording systems on board small commercial aircraft.

The pilot of the fatal flight had 2,400 hours of flight experience, about 150 of which were with the type of aircraft that crashed.

The investigation also stated wordings in the flight manuals related to “known icing conditions� and similar terms were inconsistent, and may have led to confusion of the aircraft’s capability in icing conditions.

Since the crash, Keystone Air Service revised its operations manual to better reflect operational requirements in icing conditions. It also implemented a multi-crew policy, which applies to all instrument flights,

and it amended its flight training record-keeping procedures to make it easier and more efficient to prove that all required training has been completed.

It also revised its operational flight plan form to include the calculated landing weight and centre of gravity.

Three months after the accident, NAV Canada – a private company that owns and operates Canada’s civil air navigation service – published an approved instrument approach procedure for the North Spirit Lake airport.

The chartered plane was carrying three employees of a Winnipeg-based company that provides financial management services to First Nations communities. The plane was scheduled to proceed onto Deer Lake First Nation after dropping off a passenger in North Spirit Lake.

One of the deceased, Martha Campbell, grew up in North Spirit Lake and was living in Winnipeg at the time.

Some Attawapiskat evacuees return home after fire ruins trailer complex Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

About half of the Attawapiskat residents who were evacued are expected to be able to return home early December.

On Nov.22, a fire destroyed the homes of some residents of the community, forcing about 67 members to be evacuated.

Housing trailers that had been donated by the mining company DeBeers were serving as temporary homes for victims whose homes were affected by a sewage backup

in 2009. The fire, which spread quickly through the housing trailer neighbourhood, came shortly after the Nov.18 winter snowstorm that knocked out the power to the community for almost 24 hours.

After the fire, the residents of the housing trailers were evacuated to the nearby community of Kapuskasing, where they stayed in a hotel. The Red Cross and the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development provided onsite support to the evacuees at the hotel.

“They did some more studies today, and they’re optimistic that by next week, some of the people can return,� Kapuskasing mayor Al Spacek told Timmins Press. “But the other homes, damage is significant and substantial, and that may be longer term.�

Spacek said he believed the return evacuees would be able to go back to the same homes they were living in, “pending air quality testing.�

Nobody was injured during the fires, but many of the evacuees lost all of their possessions in the blaze.

Wawatay file photo

Residents who were living in this trailer complex in Attawapiskat were evacuated last month after parts of the trailer caught fire. About half of the 67 evacuees are expected to return home in early December.

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Wawatay News DECEMBER 5, 2013

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

From the Wawatay archives 16-5th Avenue North P.O. Box 1180 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Serving the First Nations in Northern Ontario since 1974.

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

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER James Brohm

Commentary Ending the cycle of bullying Stephanie Wesley SEVEN MEDIA DIRECTOR

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s great as 2013 was, I am looking forward to what 2014 will bring.

This year, I have spoken to so many insightful, intelligent, and all-round wonderful people Just recently, I spoke with a group of females who left a huge impression on me.

I interviewed a group of five girls (four members of Constance Lake First Nation, one a member of Lac Seul) for SEVEN Nishnawbe Youth Magazine. The girls are working together to create and release anti-bullying videos, and they are building quite a following doing it.

I was impressed with their creativity and how they were able to utilize each group member’s individual talents for their videos, but what left the biggest impression on me were the motives behind the majority of the group’s anti-bullying agenda.

In one way or another, bullying had affected the life of each group member either directly or through the loss of a loved one.

Because of this, these girls banded together and decided to tackle the issue of bullying and are on a mission to end bullying so nobody else has to go through what they went through.

“We want to make people happy,” one of the members said.

These girls aren’t even old enough to get their driver’s licenses yet, and they want to make a difference for the world by spreading awareness of bullying and ultimately ending it.

I am very impressed with their choice to move forward from their personal pains and struggles, and try to help others instead of letting those pains and struggles bring them down.

In reality, bullying is not just limited to elementary schools, it is found in high schools, postsecondary schools, even in the workplace as adults.

Lateral violence, sometimes referred to as workplace bullying, is something that affects a lot of communities and businesses, and it is present in First Nations communities.

Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) has an information package on lateral violence on their website, and it details how it can affect First Nations communities.

Some of the behavioural signs of lateral violence NWAC has listed are sarcasm, bickering, belittling a person’s opinions, gossiping,

and exclusion, blaming, backstabbing, mobbing or ganging up on others.

NWAC’s package states that the effects of lateral violence on a person depend on the severity of it. The victim can experience things like sleep disorders, weight loss or gain, moodiness, self-doubt, decreased selfconfidence, feelings of worthlessness, forgetfulness, chronic anxiety, depression, and higher absenteeism (not wanting to be at work).

The signs and symptoms of lateral violence remind me of what went on now and then back in elementary school and high school, the same grade levels the anti-bullying group that I interviewed are in.

It saddens me to think of what some young people go through, and it is not surprising that they are at risk of turning to alcoholism or drugs, or wind up dropping out of school in order to deal with or avoid the bullying they face.

When I think of times when I felt bullied in the workplace, I remember one job I had where a coworker did not like me.

She made my shifts miserable, so miserable that I eventually stopped going to work. At the time, it wasn’t a big loss since I was still in high school, but imagine being in that same spot when you are an adult and depending on that job to feed yourself and/or your family and keep a roof over your head?

If bullying is something that reaches from the schoolyard as children all the way on up to the workplace as adults, then maybe the Constance Lake group has the right idea in working on eradicating the act of bullying amongst their peers.

Though it is a huge feat to take on, they are not the only youth group fighting the issue.

There are many groups out there fighting the same fight. I am so glad that there are youth out there like the Constance Lake girls who want to make the world a better place, but they can’t do it alone.

If we as adults can recognize lateral violence in the workplace and in our communities, and try to stop it and even remind ourselves not to fall into the role of bully, too, then maybe we can join the youth groups like the Constance Lake girls in ending bullying altogether.

“Someone somewhere in time loved me enough to hope that I could have a good life, so now I must at least try to do the same in a way that benefits others and not just myself,” reads a quote used in Equaywuk’s lateral violence information.

I think the quote makes perfect sense when thinking of ending all forms of bullying in general for each new generation to come.

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Snow machines in Ogoki, 1985.

The Winter Blues And The Gossip Game Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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can’t seem to get comfortable with the change of season this year from fall to winter.

There is a good reason for this as the weather is up and down like a yo-yo. I have seen snow come and go several times now and in huge storms with very high winds. Then I have seen torrential downpours of rain with the rapid departure of snow on the ground, roofs and lake. In general people I am meeting during these intense weather days seem to be a little upset and that makes sense because we are more or less as northerners accustomed to the fading of autumn and the coming of winter in familiar ways.

Even the animals and birds near my place in the remote wilderness seem confused and a bit perturbed as they dart about doing their best to figure out what they should be doing to ready for winter.

I think the coming of winter can be difficult for northerners

and in particular those living in remote and semi remote First Nations and towns. For many of us it means more freedom on remote First Nations because we can turn unstable muskeg into frozen highways, ice roads and snowmobile trails that allows us to travel far and wide. However, for many, it also means a more severe weather period where we are forced inside our homes for months.

In the winter, coffee shops, social meeting places like clubs and such are more popular as people look for a way to get out and interact.

The problem is that with the coming of this hard weather season it has always seemed to me that people get a little bit nasty with each other.

The dynamics in small First Nations and towns change as people become more inward thinking and in many cases they just might not be all that happy with their lives. With lots of time on their hands and months of reflection possible, people sometimes decide that the best way to deal with their unhappiness or dysfunction is to lash out at others. So, I have always seen winter as the time when the most terrible gossip is spread.

I think that people in leadership positions in politics,

organizations and agencies are very often the brunt of the winter blues gossip.

As a writer, I have learned that anyone in the media is a target and in particular if they are writing an article that is controversial. I am sometimes amazed at the really hard and often racist or bigoted comments I have had thrown my way merely because I was expressing a point of view. It really is necessary to develop a thick skin when working in areas that are open to public opinion.

Sometimes people get negative with me merely because I don’t do what they want me to do or I don’t keep in touch with them. I don’t go here or go there or do this or do that. In my experience I have seen that when I don’t make some people happy then they try to hurt me in some way and that makes me very sad but also angry.

I live my life following the motto of ‘live and let live’ and that has a lot to do with why I am continuing to have a clean and sober life. I don’t hate or dislike anyone and I try my best to be good and encouraging to those I meet but I understand very well that there will always be those that don’t agree with my way of seeing and understanding the

world and I am fine with that.

I just really wish people would be good and busy with their own lives and trying to improve themselves rather than lash out at others because it seems like an easy thing to do.

These days the coffee shops and local meeting places are being replaced by those who constantly check their status on social media like Facebook or Twitter.

There are a lot of positive things about this type of social media but also there are so many negative issues.

For those with limited lives who are unhappy something like Facebook becomes a weapon where they can strike out at others just because they can. The one important thing they forget is that they can be caught in any comments that are slanderous or lies as their words are documented.

The courts are full of cases these days where people are getting sued for slanderous gossip they documented through their input on social media like Facebook.

So the next time you feel the urge to knock someone’s reputation just for the fun of it, you should think twice because it could cost you much more than just an apology. www.underthenorthernsky.com

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ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 1 ᑲᒪᒥᔑᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓄᑲᐸᐃᐧᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᒥᓄᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᐠ.” ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᑯ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᑭᔭᓂ ᑲᑫᐧᑭᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᓇᑐᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑫᑭᐱᒥᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ. “ᒥᑕᐡ ᐃᑯ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᒋᑭᒪᐁᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕᒪᓱᔭᐠ, ᒋᐱᒥᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᑐᔭᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑫᓂᔑᒥᓄᐡᑲᒪᑲᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᓂᔑᒪᒋᓂᐡᑲᑐᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᑭᔑᓇᑲᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᔭᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ. ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑐᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑫᐃᔑᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐁᐟᒪᐣᑎᐣ ᐁᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᓴᑦ ᑕᓂᔪ ᓇᑕᐃᐧᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᓭᐢᑲᒋᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᐯᐠ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᓴᑦ ᑕᓂᔪ ᓇ ᑕ ᐃ ᐧ ᐦ ᐃ ᐁ ᐧ ᐃ ᐧ ᑲ ᒥ ᐠ ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑐᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐊᐧᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑕᐡ ᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐱᒥ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐱᐣᑎᑲᓂᑕᐧ, ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᓯᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ. “ᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᓄᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐱ ᐱᐣᑎᑲᓂᑕᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᑎᔑᓂᑲᓇᓯᒥᐣ ᑭᐸᐦᐊᐧᑲᓇᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐅᒪᒪᓂᐠ, ᑲᐯᔑᐦᐊᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑎᓇᐊᐧᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐅᑕᒐᑯᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓄᒋᐱᒥᐊᓄᑲᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ.” ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᐊᓫᐱᐣ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᔕ ᐳᓂᓭ ᑲᑭᐱᒧᒋᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ. “ᐊᔕ ᐅᒋᒋᓭ ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒪᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. “ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᑕᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁ ᐃ ᐧ ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᐣ ᑕ ᒧ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᒋ ᐃ ᐧ ᔭ ᓂ ᐸ ᑲ ᓂ ᓭ ᓂ ᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᒋᐅᓇᑕᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᓂᔑᐱᒧᒋᑫᒪᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ, ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᑎ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ.” ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᓇᐱᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐸᐸᔐᐣᑕᑲᐧᓄᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᓄᐣ.”

“ᒋᓇᓇᑐᓇᒪᐠ ᐃᑕᐡ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᑭᔭᓄᒋᒪᒋᓂᐡᑲᑐᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇᐦᐃᐡᑲᑯᔦᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᒣᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭᐊᓂᒧᑕᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐡᐸᐠ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐱᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᑯᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑎᐸᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐱᓯᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᒥᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᑎᐸᑯᓂᑎᐸᐣ ᑯᑯᐱᓀᐢ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᓇᐦᐃᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐁᐦᐊ, ᑲᒪᐃᐧᓀᐡᑲᐊᐧᒥᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᔑᐃᐧᑐᔭᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᐣᑕᒣᐠ ᐃᓯᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐁᐸᐸᔐᐣᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᒋᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᒪᑭᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. “ᐃᓯᓭ ᑕᐡ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐃᑯ ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒪᐠ.” ᓀᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐸᕑᐟ ᒥᑭᐢ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᑭᐃᓇᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐱᑕ ᒋᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᐣᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. “ᐊᔕ ᐃᓯᓭᓂᐸᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᑐᓂ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᓯᓴᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ ᐊᔕ ᑲᔦ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑭ ᑭ ᐸ ᐦ ᐅ ᑐ ᐃ ᐧ ᑲ ᒥ ᑯ ᓇ ᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑐ ᐁᑭᐡᐳᓀᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐧᓇ ᓇᐣ ᒥᑭᐢ. “ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓯᒥ ᒥᐣ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑭᑎᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᓯᒥᐣ. ᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᔕ ᑕᐡ ᐃᓯᓭᐸᐣ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐧᐸ ᐸᐣ ᒋᓇᐱᔭᐠ ᑫᑭᒥᓄᓴᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᓂᐠ.” ᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᑭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᑯ ᑯᐣ. ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᐠ ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑐᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ. ᓯᓭ ᓭᓂᐠ “ᓂᑭᑫᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᑎᐟ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐸᑲᐣ ᒋᑭᐸᐦᐅᐣᑕᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐸᑲᐣ ᒋᑭ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᐱᐨ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭ ᑭᐸᐦᐅᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᑭᐢ. ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑫᐃ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑕᑫ ᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᓂᑐᑕᑫᐃᐧ ᓄᐊ ᐊ ᐧᐨᐨ ᒪᒥᓇᐧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᑲᐅᓴᒥᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᐣ ᑕ ᐧ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᐦᐅᐣᑕᐧ, ᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᑲᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᐨ, ᒪᒥᓄᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᑐᑕᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᐃ ᐧᐣᐣ , ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᑲ ᐊ ᐧ ᓂ ᐊ ᐸ ᒋ ᒋ ᑲ ᑌ ᐠ ᐃᐧᐣᑕ ᑕᐧ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐅ ᐃ ᐧ ᒋ ᐦ ᐃ ᑯ ᐃ ᐧ ᓂ ᐊ ᐧ , ᑲᑌᐠ,, ᓴᑭᒋᑎᐸᐦᐅᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐃᐧᓇ ᓇᐣ, ᑲᐃᓇᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐃᐧᓇ ᓇᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐧᒪ ᒪᑲᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐸᓂᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ Bill C-10.

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Photos by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Left: Eabametoong Chief Elizabeth Atlookan (far right) calls for communities to empower themselves over justice issues during the Nov. 19-21 NAN-Wide Justice Summit.

Above: NAN Deputy Grand Chief ALvin Fiddler said the time for talk for over, now is the time for action regarding justice issues.

Justice issues raised during NAN-Wide Justice Summit Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Eabametoong Chief Elizabeth Atlookan called for communities to empower themselves over justice issues during the Nov. 19-21 NAN-Wide Justice Summit.

“We need to understand that we cannot wait,” Atlookan said. “You heard Frank Iacobucci yesterday and he said in his (First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries) report that the justice system was in a crisis. So how long are we going to wait to do something, to own it, to empower our communities.”

Atlookan said her commu-

nity had to put together their own answers after declaring a crisis over prescription drug abuse in 2010.

“It was left upon us as a First Nation to grab a hold of our situation,” Atlookan said, noting the community decided to develop their own community-based Suboxone program due to the prescription drug abuse effects on family members. “What was the answer — it was to empower the community. We took it upon ourselves to empower ourselves.”

Atlookan also asked communities who have developed justice systems to share their knowledge with other communities.

“Share with us because we are just embarking on this,” Atlookan said. “I know that there’s going to be all sorts of problems once we begin identifying what it is supposed to look like.”

The NAN-Wide Justice Summit was hosted by NishnawbeAski Legal Services Corporation in response to a Nishnawbe Aski Nation Chiefs-inAssembly resolution to bring together First Nations and justice personnel to look at ways to improve the administration of justice in NAN territory.

Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic called for more emphasis on traditional justice systems for First Nations

people.

“We as First Nations people understand the basic purpose of justice differently than the dominant society,” Kakegamic said. “The dominant society tries to control acts it considers potentially harmful to society, to individuals or to the wrong-doers themselves by outlining enforcement and apprehension in order to prevent or to punish and harm the deviant behavior.”

Kakegamic said the justice system’s emphasis is on the punishment of the lawbreaker as a means of protecting other members of society.

“For us as First Nations people, we believe that the purpose of justice systems in our society is to restore peace and balance within the community and to reconcile the accused with his or her conscience with the individual or family who has been wronged,” Kakegamic said. “This is a primary difference, it is a difference that significantly challenges the appropriateness of the present legal and justice system for Aboriginal people in the resolution of conflict and the reconciliation and maintenance of community harmony and good order.”

Kakegamic said First Nations need to take steps to reestablish their own jurisdiction and justice systems.

“We need to continue to advocate, to promote how can we improve the current justice system and at the same time

move forward with our own path to address justice and the jurisdiction realm,” Kakegamic said.

Kakegamic asked why a correctional centre for Aboriginal people has not been built in Ontario, noting that the Sam Daniels Healing Centre is operating in Edmonton and similar centres are also in operation in Saskatchewan and Quebec.

“This Sam Daniels Healing Centre is partially a correction facility and its focus is on healing, not punishment, and it works,” Kakegamic said. “It offers programs for the residents and they don’t call them convicts or inmates, they call them residents and when they go there they address their spirituality, their culture and employment.”

Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said the time for talk on justice is over.

“The need to take action is now,” Fiddler said. “There is a high expectation from our communities that they want to see change in terms of how the justice system is delivered to them or how it is administered, especially in the north.”

Fiddler said the issues raised during the NAN-Wide Justice Summit are “very urgent” and “very important.”

“We need to find a way to move forward to address those issues that you raised,” Fiddler said.

Fiddler also spoke about the Supreme Court of Canada’s

recent announcement that it would hear an appeal on the underrepresentation of First Nation People on jury rolls in R. v. Kokopenace, which NAN is seeking intervener status to raise issues brought up in the First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries report.

“Yes, we will go fight Ontario in the Supreme Court, but at the same time the issues you raised here this week are too urgent for us to put aside,” Fiddler said. “We need to start that work now.”

Sandy Lake Chief Bart Meekis is looking for the justice system to be more fair to First Nations people.

“It’s about time the justice systems of Ontario takes a good look at our conditions because our jails are filling with our Native people,” Meekis said. “The laws of the land are failing us. It’s about time that they look at an alternative that is best for our people.”

Meekis said he is against jails.

“I know some people need to go to jail but there are alternatives for jail,” Meekis said.

The NAN-Wide Justice Summit focused on restorative justice, over-incarceration of Aboriginal peoples, traditional alternative dispute resolution, child welfare, the drug epidemic, victim system services, bail issues, the circle process in school systems, band bylaw enforcement and the impact of Bill C-10.

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ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᑕᐃᐧᓇᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᒋᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒋᑕᔑᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᓂᒋ ᒪ ᓯ ᓂ ᐱ ᐦ ᐃ ᑫ ᐃ ᐧ ᑲ ᒥ ᑯ ᐠ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐃᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 27 ᐁᐧᑎ ᓴᐱᕑᐃᔭᕑ ᐊᕑᐟ ᑲᓫᐅᕑᐃ (DefSup) ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ. “ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᓇᐣᑲᐠ ᓂᒪᒥᑐᓀᒋᑲᐣ ᑲᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᔭᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᓭᔦᕑᐊ ᓇᐁᐧᑭᓯᐠ, ᒥᐦᐊᐁᐧ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᐠ ᒪᒪᐤ 60 ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂ. “ᑭᑐᐣᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᐸᑲᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᐃᓀᑕᒪᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒋᐅᐣᑕᒥᑲᒪᐣ.” ᓇᐁᐧᑭᓯᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐸᑲᑭᒪᒥᑐᓀᑕᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᒥᑲᐠ ᐅᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑲᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑯᑕᐠ ᓂᒪᒥᑐᓀᑕᓯᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓇᐁᐧᑭᓯᐠ. “ᒥᐱᑯ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐁᒪᒥᑐᓀᑕᒪᐣ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᒪᐣ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᐊᐧᓂᐡᑫᐧᐦᐃᑯᓯᐣ. ᐊᑎᑲ ᐊᑯ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᐊᓄᑲᑕᒪᐣ ᐣᑎᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᑐᔭᐣ ᐣᑎᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᑯ ᐣᑐᒋᐊᐧᓂᐡᑫᐧᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐢᑕᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒪ ᑲᐊᔭᔭᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᓂᐊᐧᓂᐡᑫᐧᐦᐃᑯᓯᐣ. ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᒥᔑᓄᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓱᐣᑭᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᒥᐱᑯ ᐁᔑᑲᐡᑭᑐᔭᐣ ᐁᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᔭᐣ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐁᐃᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣ.” ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐁᐧᑭᓯᐠ ᐅᑭᐊᔭᓇᐸᐣ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᓇᑯᔑᓂᐠ, ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐃᓀᑕᐠ ᒋᔑᔕᐨ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐨ. “ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᒪᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐅᒪ ᑲᐱᔕᔭᐣ ᐁᑫᐧᓇᐠ ᑲᔦ ᐅᒪ ᐁᐊᔭᔭᐣ ᐊᐱᐨ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᐃᔕᔭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓇᐁᐧᑭᓯᐠ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ. ᓂᐊᐧᐸᒪᓯᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᒋᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ.” ᓫᐅᓯ ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ, 24 ᑕᓱᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧᓀ ᐁᓂᑕᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᐸᒪᑐᐠ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐨ, ᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒋᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ 14-30 ᑲᑕᓱᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ. “ᑫᓂᐣ ᓂᓂᑕᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᑎᓇᐸᒋᑐᐣ ᓂᒪᓯᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᑫᔭᐣ ᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ - ᓂᑐᒋᓴᑲᑫᓂᑦ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑎᓇᐸᒋᑐᐣ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᔭᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑐᑕᒪᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ. “ᐊᒥ ᑲᐃᓀᐣᑕᒪᐸᐣ, ᑲᓂᑲ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᐊᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐯᐦᐃ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒥᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑭᔭᓂ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᑯ ᓇᓇᑲ ᑲᐊᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᔭᔑ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᐠ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᓂᒪᒋ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐃᔑᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑭᑫᔭᐣᐠ ᐸᕑᐠ ᐊᐯᐣᔪ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᕑᐟ ᐢᑐᕑᐃᐟ. ᑲᒥᓀᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᑌᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᒥᑭᐢ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᑯᔐᑭᔑᑲᓂᐱᓯᑦ 18 ᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᓂᑲᒧᐃᐧᐃᑭᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᒥᑭᓯᑲᐧᓱᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᔑᒋᐡᑭᐊᐧᑭᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᓂᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᔭᓇᐧ ᑕᓂᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᔑᐅᓇᑌ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ ᐱᓯᑦ 22, ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ 19, ᒥᓇ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 12 ᒥᓇ 13. ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑭ ᔭ ᓂ ᐊ ᐧ ᐃ ᐧ ᒋ ᐦ ᐃ ᐁ ᐧ ᐸ ᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᑐᐸᐣ ᐅᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᒋᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ. “ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐊᒪᐣ, ᓂᒧᔑᐦᐅᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᐣᒋᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑐᑕᒪᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ. “ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᓂᑲᐣ ᓂᑐᓀᑕᓯᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑫᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐊᒪᐣ, ᒥᐱᑯ ᐁᓂᔑᒪᒋ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᔭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᒪᑲᑌᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᐡ ᓂᑎᓇᐸᒋᑐᐣ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐅᒋᑎᐸᒋᒥᑎᓱᔭᐣ. ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᓂᑭᐱᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᐠ ᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᒥᔑᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᓂᑭᐱᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᓇᐣ, ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᐃᑯ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᐯᑫᐧ ᑲᐱᐊᐃᓯᓭᐨ. ᓂᑭᐱᑯᑕᐨ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᔭᐣ ᓂᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑲᓇ, ᐁᑭᓭᑭᓯᔭᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᓀᓂᒥᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᓂᑭᐊᓂᑲᐡᑭᑐᐣ ᑭᔭᑦ ᐃᑯ ᒋᔑᐃᐧᑐᔭᐣ ᒋᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐊᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ.” ᓄᑯᑦ ᑕᐡ ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᐁᔑᑕᑭᐧᐨ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐊᓂᒪᐊᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧ, ᐁᑭᐃᓇᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᑲᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᓂ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐃᓀᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ

ᑫᑯᓇᐣ, ᐅᒪ ᒋᐱᔑ ᐸᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᒋᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᑫᐣᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ. ᐅᒪ ᓂᒋ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐱᒧᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᐅᐡᑭ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐠ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᐊᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᐊᐃᔑᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐸᐯᔑᐠ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᐃᔑᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒥᓄᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᑲᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑫᓄᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑫᓄᒋ ᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᒥᓄᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᔭᐣ, ᒥᔑᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᓂᑭᐱᐊᓂᒥᐦᐃᑯᓇᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐟᓫᐅᑲᐣ. “ᓂᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓇᓇᑲᐃᐧᐱᐦᐃᑫᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᔑᒋᐡᑭᐊᐧᑭᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᑐᑕᒪᐣ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐊᐧᓴ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅ ᑕ ᑭ ᐃ ᔑ ᓂ ᔕ ᐦ ᐊ ᓇ ᐊ ᐧ ᐅ ᒪ ᓯ ᓇ ᐱ ᐦ ᐃ ᑲ ᓂ ᐊ ᐧ ᒋᒪᓯᓇᑭᓴᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒋᓇᓯᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᒪᑕᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᐅᒪ Instagram #neecheestudio ᓇᐣᑕ ᓂᒋ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐃᒣᓫ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᑐᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᓂᐠ neecheestudio@gmail.com. ᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒋᓇᑐᒥᐣᑕᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅ ᒪ ᓯ ᓂ ᐱ ᐦ ᐃ ᑫ ᐃ ᐧ ᓂ ᐊ ᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᒋᔑᐊᒋᑲᑌᓂᑭᐣ. ᓂᒋ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᐃᒪ ᑲᒥᐢᑲᐧᐱᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑲᑫᐧᑭᐱᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᔓᓂᔭ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᓇᓇᑲ ᐃᓇᑲᓀᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐃᐧ ᒪᒪᐃᐧᓄᐃᐧᐣ, ᑌᓇᐢ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᑭᓫᐃᐣ ᑲᕑᐊᒧᕑᑎ ᑭᒋᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᐠ, ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ, ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ.

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An operator monitors plant processes at Cliffs’ Bloom Lake Mine in Fermont, Quebec.

TOGETHER WE CAN. At Cliffs Natural Resources, creating economic value is one of our core values. We believe in eliminating waste and inefficiency and utilizing breakthroughs in productivity and technology.

We use innovative mining technologies to manage mineral processing and the performance of our operating systems and equipment.

By utilizing specialized technology, we enable our highly-trained operators to access realtime information and quickly make adjustments to sustain efficiencies, control quality, and monitor environmental impact.

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TOGETHER, WE’RE STRONGER.

John Lawson Forest Renewal Manager, Ontario Resolute Forest Products

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN BUSINESS. Our employees are an integral part of the communities where we live, work and play. And those communities provide the talented workforce we need to ensure a sustainable operation.

We’re proud of the many inspiring ways our employees make a difference in their communities—after all, they’re our communities, too.

At Resolute, we’re committed to protecting the natural resources in our care and supporting our other valuable resources—our people and the places we call home.

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Peetabeck basketball team make provincials Fort Albany girls gain from experience despite losing record Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The Fort Albany senior girls’ basketball team advanced to the provincials last month, making it the first First Nations high school sports team in northeastern Ontario in history to do so.

The Peetabeck Academy “Niska’s” played in the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ (OFSAA) ‘A’ Girls basketball tournament from Nov. 21-23 in Sault Ste. Marie.

The tournament is the highest level of competition for high schools across the province.

Amber Nakogee, 17, said it was exciting just to compete in the tournament.

“It was good feeling to be there,” the Grade 12 student said. “Those teams are really good. It made us want to try harder.”

The Peetabeck Academy senior girls’ basketball is one of the few First Nations sports teams to ever qualify for an OFSAA tournament. Coach Justin Sackaney said he is only aware of a boys’ team from northwestern Ontario to play in an OFSAA tournament but in a different sport. That was sometime in the 1990s.

What makes Peetabeck’s advance to the tournament impressive is how new Fort Albany’s school sports program is to the community and how it operates on little resources.

Starting the program Sackaney began developing the program back in 2007. It was then that he recruited Nakogee and her teammate and friend, Karen Etherington.

“I didn’t really know how to play,” said Etherington, who was in Grade 6 at the time. “I got better at it so I kept playing.”

“I didn’t really know how to dribble (at the time),” said Nakogee, who was in the same grade.

Being in an isolated community, it was difficult for the team to compete against other teams. Often, they played against the boys’ team for practice in a game setting.

When the team did travel to play, the growing pains were obvious at times. In one game, they got beat by 100 points.

“We got creamed, but

they’re playing Grades 8, 9, 10,” Sackaney said. “They were getting their butts kicked, but for the most part, they did keep their heads up.”

But the girls persevered.

Etherington said playing basketball gave her something to do in a small community of about 800 people. Being on the team also gave the girls incentive to do well in their academic studies.

“Justin has this thing where if you do well in school, you can go on trips,” Etherington said. “He’s always pushing us. It’s getting easier and becoming a habit of going to practice everyday.”

“The (Kirkland Lake) student council was talking to our girls for 20 minutes. It was a really good cross cultural moment.”

-Coach Justin Sackaney

After years of growing together as a team, the Peetabeck girls advanced to the regionals last year for the first time. The girls lost in the final game, falling 14 points short of making OFSAA. Sackaney said he was impressed that the team made it that far, especially given that the team only two players who were seniors.

But that tournament gave the girls a taste of competitive play with high school teams based south of Highway 11.

Team challenges The team that competed last year had a roster of nine players.

When Sackaney assembled the squad for this year, he found he only had six players. Some of the girls from last year moved onto post-secondary school or other pursuits.

Needing at least another player, Sackaney turned to 14-year-old Megan Solomon.

“We had a rookie in who never played basketball, but she took a risk and tried it out,” Sackaney said. “She just turned 14, and was playing against 16-17 year olds.”

Though Solomon only scored a few baskets, “she played really good defensively,” Sackaney said. “She wasn’t out of place at

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Rochelle Nakogee leaps in an attempt to intercept a pass from a White Pines Wolverines player during tournament play in Sault Ste. Marie.

Despite sporting a seven-player roster and having no competitive games back home, Fort Albany’s senior girls’ basketball team advanced to the provincials last month. all.”

The Peetabeck Academy team had a great start to the season, going undefeated in league play.

The record allowed the team to host the regional qualifier.

However, no team was willing to venture north to Fort Albany.

Sackaney said the league has a rule regarding travel “north of Highway 11.”

“I was emotional behind all that,” Sackaney said. “It’s discrimination to a degree. It’s not racism – I wouldn’t say that – but it’s discriminating to the north.”

Sackaney said he will look into appealing that rule.

But the team was able to select a school to host the tournament on its behalf. The team chose the Kirkland Lake District Composite Secondary School, who graciously accepted.

The school welcomed Peetabeck Academy on its bulletin board, displayed facts about Fort Albany on TV screens across the school, and adopted the team’s colours.

And while family members were able to attend the games, students of the Kirkland

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“It was amazing,” Nakogee said. “We never had that kind of support. We don’t have games in our community, so we don’t have fans at our games.”

Sackaney recalled one moment where the school’s student council hosted a dinner with the Peetabeck girls.

“We were scared, we didn’t know how to feel. Lots of teams have already been there.”

-Amber Nakogee on playing at OFSAA

“The student council was talking to our girls for 20 minutes,” he said. “It was a really good cross cultural moment.”

Etherington said the students asked about life in Fort Albany, and some did not even know where it was located.

In the regionals, Peetabeck defeated École Secondaire Catholique Sainte-Marie in the final game by six points to qualify for OFSAA. Sackaney said it was a “weird” feeling following the win.

“When we won, it was quiet.

I was sitting there when the buzzer sounded, and we just shook hands. It was a quiet moment. We did it, but we were just so tired I guess. Just nods all around, that’s it. Just, ‘cool.’”

Etherington agrees that they may have just been tired.

“We were in shock, we didn’t feel it until later actually,” she said. “We didn’t care if we were going win or lose, we were just happy to be there.”

Making it to OFSAA After a short break, the team set out for Sault Ste. Marie to compete against the best in the province.

The Peetabeck girls had never competed in such a competitive tournament.

“We were scared, we didn’t know how to feel,” Nakogee said. “Lots of teams have already been there.”

But Nakogee added they were warmly received at the tournament.

“We felt like outsiders, but it was very welcoming,” she said.

“We didn’t feel any negativity.”

The first game was against Port Colbourne, a team from southern Ontario near Niagara Falls.

The girls’ inexperience at competing at a high level

became obvious from the first game when they lost 47-21.

Later in the day, they lost 48-21.

The next day, they lost the consolation quarter-finals 41-12.

“It was more tough and more intense,” Etherington said of the games. “I got really tired.”

“We got tired or nervous, stuff like that takes over,” Nakogee said.

Etherington said often, Peetabeck was competitive in the first half of the game before the team began to get tired.

It’s understandable when a team only has one substitute player on the bench.

Etherington said she played entire games.

Sackaney said the girls were not in shape to compete at such a high level, a factor he attributes to himself in how he ran practices.

“I held back in terms of practices, because I was so worried about a player getting hurt,” he said. “I had to hold back. I usually practice an hourand-a-half. But this year it’s just an hour.”

It was also difficult for the girls to get in a “groove,” because they did not get to play many competitive games.

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‘We can make it farther next time’: Karen Etherington Cont’d from page 10

“It just seemed fun, win or lose, and we tried hard. I like that feeling when you try hard.”

-Karen Etherington

Sackaney brought the girls to play against teams in Moosonee and Moose Factory in early November so they may gain some kind of groove.

Having competed at OFSAA as a high school player himself, Sackaney said he forgot what it was like to play in intense atmospheres. But he remembered, and the girls learned from it too.

“At OFSAA, they realized don’t take breaks during a game,” he said. “They forget what to do on the offensive side and made, mental lapses. You can’t do that at OFSAA.” In spite of the losing record in the tournament, the players looked on the positive side of the experience.

“I think just going there, we had lessons about our commitment when a sevenman team makes it to OFSAA,” Nakogee said. “Overall we had good defense. We learned that anyone can make it if they put their mind to it.”

“It just seemed fun, win or lose, and we tried hard,” Etherington said. “I like that feeling when you try hard.”

Sackaney is proud of the players and the development they’ve had over the years.

“For them to being beat by 100 points, to going to the provincials, that’s pretty cool,” he said. “A lot of kids have

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Right: The girls and coach Justin Sackaney pose with their medals after winning the regional qualifier in Kirkland Lake, Ont. in early November, sending them off to the provincials.

Above: Fort Albany’s Mike Metatawabin and Ken Sackaney provided play-by-play commentary over the Wawatay Radio Network during the regionals. opportunities to move away and join other basketball programs.

But these ones stuck around to play for their town, to show how hard work can be done.”

The ‘Magnificant Seven’ During their run to the provincials, communities along the James Bay coast followed the progress of the team through live streams and a Facebook page.

Some called the team the “Magificant Seven.”

The team also received praise their accomplishment of making the provincials.

Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit praised Peetabeck for overcoming the odds.

“To achieve such excellence in a relatively short period of time, especially in a remote location where resources are scarce, is a testament to the

spirit and determination of the members of the team,” he said in a statement. “Couple this with the excellent leadership of the coach, this team is a team to be recognized with for years to come.”

He wished the girls luck in future tournaments.

“We are all so proud of you,” he said.

NDP MP Charlie Angus, who represents Timmins-James Bay, also praised the team.

“There is an incredible sports culture on the coast but up until now high school teams have been hampered by lack of facilities, isolation and the high cost of competing in other communities,” he said in a media release. “Fort Albany girls have broken through the barrier and it a sign of what is possible when young people have the support they need.”

Building on success The Peetabeck Academy have a couple of tournaments coming in the New Year, including the Cree Hoops tournament hosted by Moose Factory in February.

“It’s gonna be sad to leave that, but it feels good to know I’ve been a part of that (making OFSAA).”

-Amber Nakogee on leaving for university

Having made it to OFSAA, the bar is now even higher for the girls.

“We can try harder,” Etherington said. “We know that we just need to become a better team and we can make it farther next time.”

But next year’s squad may be without its two co-captains.

Etherington is debating whether to pursue studying sports psychology in Sudbury next school year.

“I wanna have a chance to go OFSAA (again),” she said. “At the same time, I wanna try out for university.”

Nakogee wants to study civil engineering in either Ottawa or Sudbury. She will still play basketball but it will be without her Peetabeck teammates alongside her.

“It’s gonna be sad to leave that,” she said, “but it feels good to know I’ve been a part of that (making OFSAA).”

The team will be in good hands however, as Sackaney plans on continuing to run the basketball teams in Fort Albany.

The girls’ successes have given the school and its program credibility, he said.

More sponsors have stepped and he thinks the program will continue to grow.

“It was cool to come back into community,” he said.

“I felt vindicated for all the stuff I’ve been doing in Fort Albany. There were times where I wanted to leave and do something else. Just because it’s so hard to get these kids to games.”

But now, he said, “we got credibility and now we have more opportunities to make it.”

Sackaney will also be involved in coaching a girls basketball team at the North American Indigenous Games next summer.

Asked if any of the Peetabeck girls will be on the squad, he laughed.

“I can’t say that. They have to go through the tryout process like anyone else,” he said. “But you never know.”

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Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council (OFNYPC) members stood in unity with Ontario chiefs to reject the First Nations Education Act at the Nov. 26-28 Chiefs of Ontario Special Chiefs Assembly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our young people are opposed to this legislation for the First Nations Education Act,â&#x20AC;? said Quinn Meawasige, a OFNYPC member from Serpent River. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just at a national youth summit where there were youth from all across Canada, from coast to coast, and we made a firm stance that we do not in any way support the First Nations Education Act.â&#x20AC;?

Meawasige said the First Nations Education Act is a step backwards in terms of First Nations education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to take control of our education,â&#x20AC;? Meawasige said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is our responsibility for our young people and our future generations that we provide that proper education to our people.â&#x20AC;?

Mishkeegogamangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Erin Bottle called for Canadians to encourage the federal government to honour its treaties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twenty-four nations signed an agreement with the crown of England that founded this country,â&#x20AC;? Bottle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As treaty allies and descendants, we call upon all of our relatives to hold this successor government responsible in honouring that treaty with our nations. Enough is enough.â&#x20AC;?

The Ontario chiefs moved their discussion on education from the last day of the assembly to the first day due to its current significance. The federal government announced the Proposal for a Bill on First Nation Education

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First Nations youth march through Fort William First Nation during the Chiefs of Ontario Special Chiefs Assembly on Nov. 26. The youth stood with the chiefs in denouncing the First Nations Education Act proposed by the federal government. on Oct. 22. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We discussed education at length over the last two days and along with maintaining our rejection of the federal legislation on education we also collectively affirm our inherent right to establish and control our own educational systems and institutions,â&#x20AC;? said Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Additionally, we are developing a plan of action to assert our jurisdiction over education.â&#x20AC;?

Beardy said First Nations across Ontario have vowed to stop the federal First Nation Education Act and will refuse to abide by or implement the act if is unilaterally pushed through parliament.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Action is currently underway garnering public and political support for our position,â&#x20AC;? Beardy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We continue developing strategies based on all available options including challenging resource extraction, direct action and litigation.â&#x20AC;?

Beardy said the leaders want to make â&#x20AC;&#x153;it very clearâ&#x20AC;? that they and their community members oppose the proposed First Nations Education Act. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will take the measures to continue to assert our rights to govern ourselves and our inherent rights to develop and manage our own education system,â&#x20AC;?

Beardy said.

The Chiefs of Ontario stated in a press release that prior to the

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Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians Grand Chief Gordon Peters said First Nation leaders from different regions across Canada also do not agree with the First Nations Education Act. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A major portion of the indigenous population right now have said we do not want this particular act,â&#x20AC;? Peters said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So (Valcourt) needs to be able to set aside this legislation and he needs to come back and sit down and start to talk to us about how he is going to recognize, how he is going to affirm our inherent jurisdiction over our own children.â&#x20AC;?

Peters said his people want to develop their own education standards, articulation agreements and processes without federal government oversight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our people have agreed that we must continue to assert our inherent jurisdiction over education by developing and implementing our own education laws and regulations which will lead to the establishment of our own education standards and systems,â&#x20AC;? Peters said.

Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee said his nation has already rejected the First Nations Education Act.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our communities know what they want to do in terms of curriculum development.

We want our own systems, our culture and traditions and language incorporated.â&#x20AC;?

-Grand Chief Warren White â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have also taken a process that we have been working on for the past 18-19 years on developing an Anishinabek education system to the final stage of going to our communities for ratification,â&#x20AC;? Madahbee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have developed an education authority, we have developed our local representation on how that will work in terms of regional councils and we have had our educated front-line people, the experts in education, develop this system. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need some bureaucrat in Ottawa who has never been to our communities to come and try to tell us how to operate education services for our community.â&#x20AC;?

Madahbee said the biggest problem his communities face is the lack of adequate education resources. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a disparity in the per capita rate between on-reserve and off-reserve schools,â&#x20AC;? Madahbee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a cap on postsecondary funding and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saying we need ample resources to operate our own systems.â&#x20AC;?

Grand Council Treaty #3 Grand Chief Warren White said the federal government has time and time again broken the treaty right to education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our communities know what they want to do in terms of curriculum development,â&#x20AC;? White said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want our own systems, our culture and traditions and language incorporated.â&#x20AC;?

White said the Treaty #3 area had the most residential schools per capita across the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that is not what we wanted when we signed treaty,â&#x20AC;?

White said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do strongly oppose from Treaty 3 the (Proposal for a Bill on First Nation Education) process the federal government has made.â&#x20AC;?

Recent high school data, from 2004-2009, indicates First Nation students have a graduation rate of about 36 per cent compared to the Canadian graduation rate of 72 per cent, according to an Assembly of First Nations document from the October 2012 Chiefs Assembly on Education.

The federal government said it consulted 600-plus First Nations across the country and other stakeholders through eight face-to-face regional consultation sessions, more than 54 technical briefings and information sessions via video or teleconference sessions and an online survey that received 631 responses since December 2012 over the Proposal for a Bill on First Nation Education.

MP Carolyn Bennett, the Liberal Party of Canada critic for Aboriginal Affairs, said the Proposal for a Bill on First Nations Education has received a failing grade from coast to coast to coast during an Oct. 24 House of Commons session. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Conservatives should push pause on this flawed, topdown strategy, sit down with First Nations communities and build a workable, fully funded plan that respects, supports and empowers First Nations to control their own education systems,â&#x20AC;? Bennett said.

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Wabigoon Lake wins third water taste award in past year Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Wabigoon Lake recently won its third award for the best tasting water in northwestern Ontario.

“That was definitely something,” said Marcel Shabaquay, Wabigoon Lake’s water plant operator. “Phil Tangie and a couple of other tribal council (representatives) were sitting around with me just kind of waiting for them to (choose the winners) — they went from third, then second, and we were still there, Wabigoon Lake, and sure enough they said: ‘The first place winner is Wabigoon Lake First Nation.’”

Wabigoon Lake won the 2013 Water Taste Challenge on Oct. 25 at the North Western Ontario Water and Wastewater Conference while Pays Plat finished second. Other communities in the running included Thunder Bay and Dryden.

The Grand Council Treaty #3 community also won the Water Taste Challenge last year and the Mandamin Cup for best water in the north at the Aboriginal Water and Wastewater Association of Ontario’s 18th Annual Conference and AGM this past March.

After winning two years in a row, Shabaquay said the Water Taste Challenge officials asked him questions about his treatment plant and the winning water.

“They were asking questions about what type of water treatment plant we have and did we do anything special to the water before the conference,” said Shabaquay, who holds a Class 1 water treatment certificate from Bimose’s NTPF water training program.

“There’s nothing that we do differently for the water when I take it in (for the Water Taste Challenge). I just grab it right out of the tap like how it says to do on the form. It says just grab four litres of water and

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Wabigoon Lake’s water plant operator Marcel Shabequay shows off the prizes he received after the community won its third award in three years for the best tasting water in northwestern Ontario. keep it chilled until you enter it in.”

Shabaquay said the community was surprised to learn they had won the Water Taste Challenge again.

“We figured after winning the one, we probably wouldn’t win again this year,” Shabaquay said. “This is the fourth year that we were invited to the conference.”

Shabaquay said the community’s Facebook page “was lighting up” after the award was announced and the community’s school has since asked for another tour of the water treatment plant.

“The students are starting

to hear that we have real good tasting water and that we have won these awards, so they are interested in the water treatment plant now,” Shabaquay said.

Shabaquay credits the water treatment process for the award-winning water.

“It has something to do with the temperature too,” Shabaquay said. “It’s a lot colder water that we’re getting here than in other places.”

Shabaquay said the water intake is “quite a bit out there” in Wabigoon Lake, which is the same lake that Dryden draws its water from.

“We’ve got lots of colour (in

the lake water),” Shabaquay said. “If you ever came swimming and put your goggles on, you wouldn’t be able to see nothing. There is definitely lots of organics in the water to make it that weak tea colour.”

Shabaquay said the water is judged on chlorine, clarity and taste.

“The chlorine residual was 1.20 so it wasn’t as high as it was four years ago when I handed in a sample for the taste test,” Shabaquay said.

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Four nursing grads from Northern Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Moosonee campus recently passed the exam that qualifies them as registered nurses.

From left: Melissa Rickard, Kristin Beck, Harley Weistche and Kim Gagnon.

Four of James Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own become registered nurses Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The James Bay coast has four new registered nurses after they passed the required examination out of Northern Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Moosonee campus.

Kristin Beck, Kim Gagnon, Melissa Rickard and Harley Weistche all recently passed the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination (CPNRE), allowing them to work as registered practical nurses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Achieving my license means so much,â&#x20AC;? said Weistche, one of the four graduates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can finally call myself a nurse. It means security for me and my little girl. Education promises me stability in life, success, knowledge and it is going to give me many opportunities.â&#x20AC;?

All four had graduated from the Northern Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-year Practical Nursing program out of its Moosonee campus in May. Three of the four new nurses are Moose Cree members living in Moose Factory, while the fourth is a Fort Albany member living in Moosonee.

This is the second consecutive class of Practical Nursing graduates from the Moosonee campus to have all passed CPNRE. The valedictorian of the class said it was nice to be able to complete the program without having to leave her community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our home, it is our comfort zone and where our consistent support systems are located,â&#x20AC;? said Beck as she addressed her peers during the graduation ceremony. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are so fortunate to have a college campus in our community. We, standing up here in our gowns and caps

with diplomas and certificates, are able to encourage each other and others in our community that they can do it as well.â&#x20AC;?

Northern College is working to expand the educational options available in Moosonee.

It has established PreTechnology and Business Management certificate programs at the Moosonee Campus starting in January of 2014.

The collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president said it is committed to developing the campus and its program options in response to the needs and directions of the communities it serves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are providing the people of Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Far North access to the same high quality education we offer at all of our campus, allowing the communities we serve and the people who live there to thrive,â&#x20AC;? said Fred Gibbons in a media release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that all of our Practical Nursing graduates at the Moosonee Campus have passed the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination is a testament to the quality of education that we provide.â&#x20AC;?

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Helicopter High School: The hazards of seasonal travel Moose Factory teen reflects on daily commutes across Moose River Ryan Frank Special to Wawatay News

I have been a student at Northern Lights Secondary School in Moosonee Ont. for nearly four years.

High school life confronts many challenges and in my case getting there is sometimes the biggest adventure. I live across the Moose River in Moose Factory and have been on countless boat trips, helicopter flights and travelled the winter ice road in a van on my way to class.

The worst of them all is helicopter season. At first I thought it was exciting, flying to school in a helicopter, but it quickly became bitter and almost discouraging for me.

Since I am now in my 12th Grade year, pursuing my high school diploma in June 2014, with a co-op placement at 107.1 FM The Island, and also having to make time for my part-time job at the Northern Store, and playing for the high school hockey team, it’s hard enough having to deal with the problems that arise with school transportation – and transportation itself is unreliable. Having to juggle my life with education and work is a struggle and having to do it five times a week is stressful.

I am not alone in this struggle.

It’s a strange thing when helicopter rides are no longer exciting. People outside of school may think that seasonal transportation is adventurous, but in reality, it’s not as fun as

you might think. Many of my classmates have to wait for scheduled trips to get to and from school each day. Seasonal weather delays, teenage snooze button appeal along with many other obstacles, can lead to late start to the morning. But during helicopter season, a late start means a lost day. This is frustrating.

My day starts with an alarm clock buzzing me out of slumber. Not always an easy task when balancing work, school and sporting obligations.

Scheduled runs are early in the morning mean it’s my responsibility to get myself there early.

Every morning I walk the Nature Trail from my front door to the heliport, a trip taking several minutes. I arrive as early as possible and line-up with dozens of other students waiting in the queue to for a five-minute flight. Unpredictable weather, like heavy rain, fog, snow or wind can result in runs being delayed for hours to even being cancelled for the day.

At least once per winter, harsh weather cancels flights and classes for several days.

On a good day, I’ll be able to travel to school. The flight itself is relaxing. I overlook the landscape while considering my day. After we land, I board a van and I’m dropped off at school before 9 a.m.

Towards the end of the day, I think of the best way to get to the helicopters and back over the river to home. Students compete for spots on the earli-

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A chopper’s eye view of the ice forming on Moose RIver, which separates Moosonee (background) and Moose Factory. One Moose Factory youth reflects on having to commute day-to-day via helicopter to Moosonee just so he can attend high school and play sports. est flights students who have jobs sometimes end up late for shift because they can’t get one of these coveted spots.

I struggle with transportation on the days I have work because I have to go with the same process of getting to school, but backwards. I worry about time constantly, wondering if I’ll make the first or second run going back to Moose Factory.

I have a decision: walk to the heliport or take the school vans.

Most days, I run to the heliport because I believe it’s faster,

and it prevents me wasting precious time and scrambling for a seat with the other students in the van. The waiting game occurs once again, and then walking to Northern is hard.

Problems always happen when getting myself to work, but it’s worth the cash.

Getting to hockey on time is less of a concern because my teammates and I have gotten in the habit of pre-planning our route to the arena. But this year, Northern Lights Secondary School administration has

decided students who live in Moose Factory are responsible for their return trip after extracurricular activities. After hockey practices I have to consider where I can sleep for the night.

It’s stressful, but I have friends who help me out. I’m lucky to have teammates to give me a place to stay the night but not everyone has this option.

I dread this procedure every week: the waiting in line, flying over, being late and the hassles of getting home. I hear students

who say they dislike the whole procedure entirely and I know students who rarely attend school and drop out because of these issues. Although I will continue to struggle across the water each day, I sympathize with their discouragement.

Perhaps the times has come to build a bridge.

This story produced with guidance from Danny Kresnyak of Journalists for Human Rights as part of JHR’s Northern Ontario Initiative.

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December 5, 2013 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

Inspring Through Fabric Art

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Mostly known for her translation work and books on the Ojibwe language, Lac Seul’s Patricia Ningewance is also an artist. Her work is currently on display in the Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s Patricia Ningewance: Coming Home exhibition, which runs from Nov. 1-Jan. 5. See story on page B2.

Chief Theresa Nelson passing on trapping skills to daughter Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek Chief Theresa Nelson is passing on her family’s trapping traditions, including her own 34 years of trapping knowledge, to her daughter.

“I really feel it is important that my daughter knows where she came from,” Nelson said during the Nov. 5-7 Robinson Superior Regional Economic Development Summit.

“It makes me very grounded to take part in something that special and I hope she carries that on as well.”

Nelson first learned about trapping when her parents took her out on the trapline at age six.

“My parents took me out every year for five weeks to do some spring trapping and fall trapping,” Nelson said at the Nov. 6 First Nation Fisheries and Hunting/ Trapping session. “They had to go through the school board to argue the point of what kind of teachings I would get. My father said the traditional teachings — she will be getting a lot about life, our culture, our history — and they permitted me all the way up to Grade 6 to go trapping every year.”

Nelson caught four muskrats during her first year on the trapline.

“That was about $20 back then,” Nelson said.

And her parents taught her how to

skin and stretch furs when she was older, which provided her with an income during high school.

“It makes me very grounded to take part in something that special and I hope she carries that on as well.”

-Chief Theresa Nelson

“It made me a lot of money,” Nelson said. “I bought my own clothes, I bought my own vehicles.”

Nelson said trapping was a good fit for her because she enjoyed the solitude of the trapline.

“It’s something I look forward to every year,” Nelson said. “Those were the best memories I have of my childhood. It just brings all those back and I get to share them with my daughter, which is really special.”

Nelson said her community still has “a lot of” trappers, hunters and people who live on the land.

“They feel the same way that I do — very passionate, very proud of their land — and it’s ours,” Nelson said. “When we see people that don’t belong up there, it bothers you. Even though it’s crown land, it is still ours and we’ve always felt that way.”

Nelson usually begins trapping

beaver in early October.

“We utilize the whole animal,” Nelson said, noting she uses beaver meat for her marten traps and the rest of the beaver for her wolf snares. “I only have a small quota of 10 (beavers), so we make sure we get our 10 before the marten season opens on (Oct. 25). Then we go hard on the marten and the wolf.”

Nelson was pleasantly surprised with her trapping income last spring after years of low fur prices and high costs.

“We got about $159 for an average for the marten,” Nelson said.

“For the past few years we haven’t been trapping for the money. So it was nice to actually make money.”

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Fish, birds, animals featured in fabric artwork Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Patricia Ningewance’s fabric art has inspired others to begin creating their own forms of art.

“How can you not help become inspired by such beauty by such a wonderful woman,” said Louise Thomas, owner of Ahnisnabae Art Gallery. “It just inspires me to get started on something I’ve been putting off for a long time. This art makes you feel like you want to get inside and experience it.”

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Patricia Ningewance (right) of Lac Seul at the opening of her Coming Home exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, which runs Nov. 1.-Jan. 5.

“I always wanted to do this, but I just didn’t have the time because I was working on language programs.”

-Patricia Ningewance

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Although Ningewance is well-known for her Anishinabemowin books such as Talking Gookom’s Language and Pocket Ojibwe, she began creating fabric art after moving to Winnipeg in 1985. Her work is currently on display in the Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s Patricia Ningewance: Coming Home exhibition, which runs from Nov. 1-Jan. 5.

“I always wanted to do this, but I just didn’t have the time because I was working on language programs,” Ningewance said. “I saw Mola art, which is done by Panama-area women, so I kind of began there. But then I added beads and buttons and ribbons and I went for my imagination.”

While her fabric art features a variety of landscapes, portraits, animals, Anishinabe spiritual themes and abstracts, Ningewance said her goal is to honour the animals that exist along with human beings.

“I worry about if we’re overfishing our lakes,” Ningewance said, pointing out the Headless Pickerel fabric art piece during her Nov. 22 artist talk at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.

“And I guess that was on my mind when I was doing that — it has no head.”

Ningewance first became interested in fabric during extended family trips across the lakes and rivers around northwestern Ontario, when she noticed the different fabrics used in her family’s garments and quilts.

“On cold rainy days we had to stay in the tent and being stuck in the tent, those miner’s tents, there’s nothing to do there except to look at people’s clothing, look at

the quilts and look at the patterns on the mould on the tent,” Ningewance said. “So that’s where my art career began. That’s where my relationship with cloth began.”

Ningewance usually begins her fabric artwork by sewing together pieces of quilt and fabric, then adding ribbons and buttons and finishing with embroidery and beadwork. “(In) Lac Seul in the 1950s and 1960s, the women used to wear colourful skirts and colourful blouses, all handmade,” Ningewance said.

“The blouses were kind of textured in front, sewn to have some kind of texture in the front. (They were) dark blue, dark red, dark green and those are the colours I use now; I like using rich colours.”

Ningewance even used part of her husband’s suit in one of the fabric art pieces on display at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.

“With permission, of course,” Ningewance said.

“He wasn’t wearing it at the time. I use a lot of dark fabric as background.”

Ningewance usually finds her buttons at garage sales.

“I like getting them in a bunch and then sorting them out on a rainy day,” Ningewance said, noting that she prefers to use white buttons made from natural shell materials. “It’s very important for me that they be shell. The black buttons are just plastic. I use the buttons to indicate energy.”

“On cold rainy days we had to stay in the tent and being stuck in the tent, those miner’s tents, there’s nothing to do there except to look at people’s clothing, look at the quilts and look at the patterns on the mould on the tent.

So that’s where my art career began. That’s where my relationship with cloth began.”

-Patricia

Ningewance

Ningewance also uses cowrie shell beads in her fabric art.

“They are very sacred,” Ningewance said.

Ningewance is currently working on a new version of Lac Seul writer George Kenny’s book Indians Don’t Cry, which will have Anishinabemowin text as well as English text.

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Youth create art as a healing tool Neechee Studios workshops open to First Nations youth in Thunder Bay Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Aboriginal youth took full advantage of the opportunity to create art at the first Neechee Studio art workshop, held Nov. 27 at Definitely Superior Art Gallery (DefSup) in Thunder Bay. “Doing art programming is a stress reliever,” said Sierra Nowegejick, one of about 60 Aboriginal youth who attended the first workshop. “It takes your mind off things and you just get in the zone.”

Nowegejick said her mind feels clear when she is in the “zone.”

“I’m not thinking of anything,” Nowegejick said. “I’m just thinking of the art and everything else is like, it’s not distracting. Usually when you’re trying to study and do homework, it is distracting when you hear noises. But nobody here is distracting me at all. There’s so much going on but at the same time I can still do my art and not get distracted.”

Although Nowegejick had a school assignment to work on that evening, she decided to head down to DefSup and create some art.

“Having it here at this gallery is more fun because it’s just a new environment compared to the friendship centre,” Nowegejick said. “And it’s a really good turnout. I haven’t seen so many people at a workshop.”

Lucille Atlookan, a 24-yearold artist originally from Eaba-

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Left: Four youth take part in the first Neechee Studio art workshop on Nov. 27 at the Definitely Superior Art Gallery in Thunder Bay. Above: Lucille Atlookan (left) and another youth hold up a poster advertising the Neechee Studio workshops.

“I’m an artist too, and I use art to express myself — it calms me down and I use art as a healing tool.”

-Lucille Atlookan Eabametoong First Nation metoong, helped form the idea behind Neechee Studio as a means to provide Aboriginal youth aged 14-30 with an opportunity to express themselves in free art workshops scheduled throughout the school year.

“I’m an artist too, and I use art to express myself — it calms

me down and I use art as a healing tool,” Atlookan said.

“I thought, why can’t we have (art) workshops throughout the school year.”

The youth learned about traditional drawing styles and street art during the first workshop at DefSup, which is located on the north side of Thunder Bay near the corner of Park Ave. and Court St. Found object painting will be taught by Derek Khani and Jordan Meekis at the next workshop on Dec. 18. Silkscreening, Hip Hop spoken word, beadwork and sculpture will also be taught during the remaining five workshops, which are scheduled for Jan. 22, Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and March 12 and 13.

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Atlookan first got involved with DefSup when she submitted some of her artwork to the gallery’s Die Active Art Collective.

“When I paint, I paint my emotions and it makes me feel good,” Atlookan said. “I don’t plan when I paint, I just put the paint down and it comes out very dark because I use my art to tell my story. I’ve lost a lot of people in my life. I’ve been through a lot, just like any other Aboriginal young woman. I was very shy about showing my work, scared about what people would think, but I just sent my work to Die Active and it was a part of their show.”

Now she is a longstanding member of Die Active Art Col-

lective, which aims to mentor and support future young artists while creating unique and contemporary publications, performances and public art.

The Neechee Studio workshops are being led by local emerging and Aboriginal artists with a focus on artistic expression and learning various art mediums and skills.

Each workshop is designed to address the issues of family violence and healthy relationships with young Aboriginal people in a way that is both restorative and skill building.

“When I was a teenager, I had a lot of problems,” Atlookan said. “I got through my struggles by painting and drawing and poetry, especially.”

Youth who live far away or who are not able to attend the workshops can share their art online by posting it on Instagram #neecheestudio or the Neechee Studio Facebook group or by e-mailing it to neecheestudio@gmail.com.

Plans call for the youth’s art to be presented in an online exhibition, a live exhibition and a publication.

Neechee Studio was developed through a grant from the RCMP’s Family Violence Initiative Fund and support from the Regional Multicultural Youth Council, Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School, Matawa First Nations, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Aboriginal youth.

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A Letter from the Executive Director of Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre

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Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre (KERC) is initiating

An Exploratory Process to Consult Grassroots People to Determine Kwayaciiwin’s Future Role in Your Child’s Education Experience

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year On behalf of the Kwayaciiwin Board of Directors and staff, I want to extend our sincere appreciation to all the people, LEAs and Chiefs & Council for their continued hospitality and generosity when our staff visited your communities. One of our goals is to improve the communication gap between Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre and the communities. It is necessary to keep updating the communities of Kwayaciiwin’s mandate and the on-going education issues that affect your education system. With this in mind, enjoy our articles and hope that it provides you some insights on the issues affecting Kwayaciiwin: imposition of the legislation (FNEA) and Kwayaciiwin’s exploratory consultation process.

As I noted many times, Kwayaciiwin is your education organization, our current mandate is to provide the second level education services to your schools. We as partners must continue to work, share and make decisions together as we mobilize towards the district vision. As we move forward together, there is a federal legislation being imposed that will drastically affect your schools and programs that you must take time to understand. The government plans to introduce and pass the First Nations Education Act (FNEA) Bill in September 2014. Once it passes, the FNEA will become “LAW” that means all band-operated schools must adhere to this proposed First Nations Education Act. The FNEA is similar to the Ontario Education Act, it will direct you how to operate and administer your schools. Within the FNEA, it even outlines how the government will work and force you to address the school’s deficiencies as defined by the governments’ consultants (inspectors). It is more urgent for us to be unified and proactive to protect and develop our education structures and systems.

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre needs your guidance and direction on how we as partners will react and be proactive to the proposed drastic changes prior to 2014 and 2015.

I anticipate drastic educational changes in 2014 and these changes will affect your local education authorities as well as Kwayaciiwin. Local Education Authorities will need to make changes to be compliance to the proposed First Nation Education Act (FNEA). FNEA will outline the policies and regulations that all band operated schools must adhere. Majority of how you operate your school and the current governance structure will change. Federal government wants to control and decide how your child should be educated in your community.

How do we react to these changes to protect the interest of the childrens’ education and their Treaty rights to education? As you are aware, the NAN Chiefs have rejected and opposed the legislation from day one. NAN Chiefs prefer to continue its NAN Self-governance & Education jurisdiction negotiation processes instead of the imposed FNEA. That is the political position

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of our leadership, meanwhile; we as one of the educational organizations in Sioux Lookout must continue to sit aside and wait and we continue to lose opportunities to secure extra funds to be proactive to the upcoming changes in our district. That is our frustration as the government is very tricky and nasty on how to manipulate the First Nations when it comes to funding.

We ask for your patience and understanding.

I want to provide information on the recent mandate that Kwayaciiwin Board of Directors received from the Chiefs. It is our responsibility to implement the directive.

In October 24, 2013, Sioux Lookout District Chiefs passed a resolution #06/10-2013 “Proposed Exploratory Action Plan to Consult Grass-roots People that directed Kwayaciiwin Board of Directors to consult the grass-roots people to provide input and direction on the future role of Kwayaciiwin on these two proposed exploratory concepts: (not limited) KERC to become a regional education organization (REO) to increase / expand second level services; KERC to become a District School Board in the future.

(This was not part of the resolution but it is important to remind all First Nations that if you want to propose another concept to be added in this process, please let us know immediately) The exploratory action work-plan has commenced as we are developing the information and communication packages and formalizing the survey instruments (Nov to Dec 2013), and KERC team will start travelling after New Years to May 2014. Grassroots input and expectation will be gathered and compiled in June & July 2014 and the final report to be done by September 2014 and presented to the Chiefs at their AGM on October 2014.

This exploratory process is financed by the Sioux Lookout First Nations and Kwayaciiwin. It is a joint action plan as it is important and necessary to get clear direction and guidance from the grassroots peoples. Kwayaciiwin Board of Directors wants a clear mandate from the grassroots people on how to move forward that will continue to support and serve the 24 band operated schools in Sioux Lookout district.

In closing, I want to thank all the Chiefs for their contribution to the critical exploratory process and I want to remind all people that Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre exists for your children and future children. On behalf of the KERC Board, staff and myself, I want to wish you and your families the very best wishes and have a safe holiday.

Matthew Angees

To start addressing the gaps, all band operated schools must have consistency and standardization.

Sioux Lookout Chiefs mandate KERC to conduct the exploratory process to include the kindergarten to grade 12 band-operated schools.

KERC is prepared to become a Regional Education Organization or District School Board in the future if that is the direction.

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Our Vision

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre fosters excellence and comprehensive support services in partnership with our communities.

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre is a respected, First Nation, community driven, sustainable centre of excellence. We provide comprehensive support and systems to ensure learner success, while providing a bilingual and bicultural program.

• Communication & Promotion • Development of instruments • Develop Teams

What do you expect from your school system?

Jan – May

• Community visits to consult and initiate surveys and questions.

June 2014

• Surveys and questionnaires to be returned to KERC

July & Aug

• Compile and analyze input

Sept 2014

• Consultant to draft final report

Oct 2014

• Present final report to Chiefs

Communication Plan • An introductory pamphlet will be in the Wawatay Newspaper.

• Flyers (home delivered, at Band Offices, the Northern Store, etc) • Radio shows

Exploratory Work-plan Goal: To consult the grassroots people to provide input and direction on the future role of KERC by exploring these two concepts: • Regional Education Organization to expand second level services; • District School Board in near future.

KERC Background KERC was established in 2002 by the Sioux Lookout Chiefs.

KERC is mandated by the Chiefs to: • Develop bilingual & bi-cultural curriculum guidelines & standards based on culture & values • Develop instructional resources & materials • Capacity building for education leadership and professional development services to staff and LEA members.

• Establish a “Centre” that become the Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre • Provide second level education services to 24 schools KERC Products: • In 2010, Chiefs directed all schools to implement the KERC curriculum guidelines • Developed immersion and non-immersion thematic units & resources.

Our Mission

• Introductory Information

• Implement district wide assessments, literacy & numeracy and student retention.

The following is a brief summary of the two proposed concepts in terms of the benefits for your information.

• Community visits start in January to conduct local meetings • Final report will be communicated to the Chiefs in fall 2014 at AGM. • Future action affirmed by the Chiefs will be communicated to communities in the fall 2014.

• A DVD for community presentation and access from the website • Wawatay newspaper ads • Interviews of specific people • Surveys: brought home by students, picked up at the Band Office, or completed online at www.kwayaciiwin.com

KERC as a Regional Education Organization KERC as a REO will expand upon the existing second level services. This could include: • Develop standardized policies • Second level Special Education Services, • Developing a centralized hiring system, • Creating a supervisory services • and other potential aggregated services.

The benefits will occur by: • Providing assessment and support for identified student needs within the region through Special Education services.

• Developing a centralized special education program to maximize costs and services.

• Developing standard hiring policies and procedures.

• Improving professional development for staff by responding to identified needs.

• Improving teacher and principal satisfaction, to improve staff retention • Starting a dialogue to establish a need for supervisory role to improve accountability and student learning.

KERC as a Regional Education Organization will create more standardization and consistency for the provision of educational opportunities.

Matthew Angees Executive Director at KERC 43 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1J8 t. 807.737.7373 etx. 30 e. mangees@kerc.ca www.kwayayciiwn.com

About KERC KERC as a District School Board Becoming a District School Board would provide KERC with more administrative authority. The benefits for student success could include: • Establishing standardization and consistency with policies and procedures for all aspects of governance and operations (school operations, finance, human resources, facilities, transportation, technology) • Centralizing communications for consistent and regular messaging to communities and schools.

• Attracting more qualified and experienced educators to impact upon student success.

• Being able to transfer teachers who request change, thus building greater satisfaction and teacher retention.

• Providing improved partnerships with other education organizations • Ensuring performance of staff is appropriately evaluated.

These are some of the benefits but there will be many impacts to your local education systems that we will outline in the second pamphlet.

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Gull Bay Chief Wilfred King said the consultation process has not worked for his community during the Nov. 5-7 Robinson Superior Regional Economic Development Summit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We produced a consultation document that was well researched and took into consideration various case law across Canada, Supreme Court of Canada decisions and also various different consultation protocols that have been developed by the provinces,â&#x20AC;? King said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was submitted to both the federal and provincial governments and we feel the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has not lived up to their obligations to enforce that consultation protocol.â&#x20AC;?

King said First Nations communities need to have comprehensive agreements with industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The time of a few meaningless jobs are over,â&#x20AC;? King said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some companies are very proactive and have really engaged First Nation communities, and I think that is the next step. We have to make the quantum leap forward and look at very comprehensive agreements that look at not only employment but also resource revenue sharing and so forth.â&#x20AC;?

King said there are currently some resource exploration companies working in his communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional territory.

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Left: Gull Bay Chief Wilfred King says that despite producing a document that outlines a consultation process to Canada and the province, they have not lived up to â&#x20AC;&#x153;their obligations to enforce that consultation protocol.â&#x20AC;?

Above: Kim Alexander Fullerton, Gull Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consultation lawyer, says it is mainly industry that tries to consult. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also let them know that the First Nation is not adverse to development, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to be consulted, accommodated and our consent is necessary,â&#x20AC;? King said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have been willing to engage us; they have been willing to look at how can we develop the relationship as we move forward.â&#x20AC;?

Kim Alexander Fullerton, owner of Kim Alexander Fullerton Barrister and Solicitor Professional Corporation, said the â&#x20AC;&#x153;duty to consult is triggered very easilyâ&#x20AC;? during his Nov. 7 presentation on Capacity Development â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Shotgun Wedding: Aboriginal consultation and accommodation in the age of forced partnerships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Essentially, whenever the

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government is doing something that might affect your treaty rights, you have a duty to be consulted about that,â&#x20AC;? Fullerton said, noting the 2005 Mikisew Cree decision by the Supreme Court of Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever the crown is taking up lands, doing something that is going to possibly impact on your rights to hunt, trap and fish and other treaty rights that you have, you have a duty to be consulted.â&#x20AC;?

Fullerton said the Supreme Court has said that the crown can delegate some matters of consultation to private parties such as industry stakeholders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But they have also said, very clearly, the ultimate legal responsibility for consultation

and accommodation rests with the crown,â&#x20AC;? Fullerton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The honour of the crown cannot be delegated. So the party that has the duty to consult with the First Nations in this area is the crown.â&#x20AC;?

Fullerton said some aspects of the consultation can be passed down to proponents such as the mining and forest companies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But, in reality, who really does the consultation,â&#x20AC;? Fullerton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see Canada coming up and doing a lot of consultation and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the province coming up and doing a lot of consultation.

What you do see is a lot of companies coming up and doing consultation.â&#x20AC;?

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Fullerton said the courts have said the issue of appropriate funding is essential to a fair and balanced consultation process to ensure a level playing field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The courts have said if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a multi-billion dollar corporation coming into your territory to consult with you and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any funding and you have to negotiate with them and talk to them, that is not right,â&#x20AC;? Fullerton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There has to be appropriate funding available for the First Nation in order to participate in the consultation.â&#x20AC;?

Fullerton expressed concerns about the province of Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Relationship Fund, which was developed in 2009 to help with consultation and capacity building.

The fund provides core consultation capacity funding, to help First Nations and MĂŠtis communities consult and engage with governments and the private sector on land and resource issues; and enhanced capacity building funding, to fund projects that build the capacity of First Nations, MĂŠtis communities and Aboriginal organizations to work with government and participate in economic development activities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small amount of money distributed throughout all the First Nations in Ontario,â&#x20AC;?

Fullerton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It basically doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin to cover the true cost of consultation but does allow First Nations to perhaps at least contribute towards the

salary of one person to work on consultation.â&#x20AC;?

The core consultation capacity funding provides up to $100,000 per represented community for the first year and up to $80,000 for the second year.

Fullerton said most private corporations wishing to do business on a communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional territory will provide some funding to consult and may provide funding to negotiate an impact benefit agreement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will find that often the most difficult part of the negotiations to be around the budget for the First Nation to negotiate the IBA with the company,â&#x20AC;? Fullerton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They understand that they are (funding) the other side, so they are giving you the weapons to fight them with, so they are not overly anxious to give you too many weapons because you might be too successful.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you are negotiating with a company, make sure you get good money up front to negotiate the protocol and the agreements with them because otherwise you are not having that level playing field.â&#x20AC;?

Fullerton stressed that he only works for First Nation clients, noting he has worked for some Robinson Superior and Wabun communities. He has been legal counsel on 15 settled land claims, including both the largest and second largest Specific Claim settlements for a single First Nation in the history of claims in Canada.

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