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Former Attawapiskat co-manager charged with theft, fraud Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

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Students of Queen Elizabeth District High School spray confetti to celebrate their announcement that a new high school will be built in Sioux Lookout. The new 100,000 square foot facility will feature space allocated for several major partners in the project, including a new campus for Confederation College. About 60 per cent of the 480 students currently attending Queen Elizabeth belong to a First Nation. See story on page 16.

The former co-manager of Attawapiskat First Nation’s finances has been formally charged with theft and fraud.

Clayton Kennedy, 62, was charged on March 26 with one count of fraud over $5,000 and one count of theft over $5,000, according to Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS).

The charges were laid as a result of an investigation launched by NAPS after a complaint was filed by the First Nation about fraud being committed.

Attawapiskat band manager Wayne Turner said the charges stem from an incident in August 2012. He said there are no other allegations prior to then.

The First Nation made a formal presentation to NAPS in April 2013 about the incident, which led to the investigation.

Turner would not offer details of the incident.

Kennedy was co-manager of Attawapiskat’s finances from July 2010 until the end of the summer of 2012.

He also served in other “high priority” positions with First Nation prior to that, according to Turner.

He came under scrutiny following the community’s housing crisis during the winter of 2011-2012 after questions were raised about the First Nation’s finances.

He returned to the spotlight again in January 2013 after a federal audit of Attawapiskat finances was released to media. The audit revealed that an aver-

age of 81 per cent of transaction files did not have adequate supporting documents and more than 60 per cent had no documentation of the reason for payment. The audit covered the period from April 1, 2005 to November 30, 2011.

Kennedy’s role as co-manager drew more controversy as he was the romantic partner of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence. Spence has publicly denied any conflict of interest, saying she had withdrawn herself from the process of selecting the co-manager.

Co-management is the middle level of intervention by the federal government in order to improve a First Nation’s financial situation. The co-manager is agreed upon by both the federal government and the First Nation.

In a release, Attawapiskat First Nation said it will not issue any more details about the charges.

When contacted by Wawatay News, Spence declined to comment. In the release, Attawapiskat said Spence “has recused herself from any involvement or discussion of this issue whatsoever, as she has done since Mr. Kennedy’s employment was first considered in 2010.”

At the time Kennedy was charged, he was the co-manager of Taykwa Tagamou First Nation, located near Cochrane, Ont. Since the charges came to light, Taykwa Tagamou has relieved Kennedy of his duties.

Kennedy was released on conditions and will appear in court in Attawapiskat on May 28.

ᑭᐡᑭᓇᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᔓᓂᔭ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᑭᓯ ᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᒥᔑᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᑭᓯ ᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑕᑭᐡᑭᓇᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 64 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ. ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᐯᕑᑎ ᐅᑎᔑᐊᐧᐸᑕᐣ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐠ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐡᑭᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑲᓄᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᓯᓭᐃᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. “ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᓂ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᐡᑭᓇᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᒋ ᑭᐸᑯᐡᑲᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐃᒪ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᔕᑯᒋᐡᑭᑫᔭᐠ ᑫᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐃᓀᑕᑯᓯᔭᐠ ᒋᔑᐱᒥᔭᓄᑕᒪᐠ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᒪᓱᔭᐠ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᑫᑭᔑ ᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐱᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᑕᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐱᒪᓂᔓᓂᔭᐊᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᒥᑌ, ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᒥᓇ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑎᐯᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᕑᑎ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ

(COO) ᐊᔕ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐊᐧᐣ 10 ᐅᑕᓄᑭᓇᑲᓂᒥᐊᐧᐣ 80 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᑭᐡᑭᓇᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐱᒋᐱᒥ ᒪᒥᓂᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᐱᒥᔭᓄᑭᐊᐧᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑲᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑌᐡᑲᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥᔭᐯᓂᒧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ COO ᑲᑭᒋᓀᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥ ᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᐅᒋ ᒥᓄᓭᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐅᐣᒋᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐯᕑᑎ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᐃᔑᐊᓂᒥᓭᓂᐠ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑲᑭᐡᑭᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒥᔭᓄᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᒪᑲᒥᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᐁᐧᒥᓂᑕᐧ. “ᒥᑐᓂ ᓂᐊᐧᐊᐧᓀᑕᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᐦᐊᕑᐳᕑ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᓀᑕᐠ ᐁᑲ ᒪᔑ ᑲᑭᒪᒥᓇᐧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᑲᒥᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ (ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑫᐅᒋᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᐡᑭᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑲᐃᐧᔑᐊᐸᑎᓯᐸᐣ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᓴᑲᑲᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ) ᐊᓂᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑫᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᐧᐱᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ

100% First Nations Owned

ᐯᕑᑎ. “ᑌᐯᐧᓴ ᑕᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒋᐱᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐸᐱᑭᓯ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᑭᐡᑭᓇᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥᔭᓄᑭᐊᐧᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ 64 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑊᐃᐧᑎᑯᓯᐣᐠ ᓀᔭᔑᐣᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᐡᑭᓇᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ 61 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ, ᔑᐸᐧᑲᒪ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑭᑭᐡᑭᓇᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ 54 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ, ᒪᐡᑭᑯᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ 53 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᑭᑭᐡᑭᓇᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ, ᑲᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᐱᒧᓂᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ 51 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ, ᐃᐧᐣᑎᑯ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ 45 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ 41 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ. “ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᐱᒥᔭᓄᑕᒥᐣ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᐃᔑᒪᒥᓇᐧᒋᑫᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐃᐧᑲᑫᐧ ᑐᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᔑᐱᒥᔭᓄᑭᔭᐠ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒥᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᒋᐱᒥᔭᓄᑭᐊᐧᑫᔭᐠ ᔓᓂᔭ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᑲᓇᐟ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ, ᔑᐸᐧᑲᒪ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ. “ᓂᐦᓱᐊᑫᐧᑕᐊᐧᑌᓂ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐃᒪ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᑫᐧᑕᐃᐧᓭᐠ ᓂᑎᔑᔭᒥᐣ ($350,00 ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐸᑭᑎᓇ ᔓᓂᔭ), ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ ᑕᓴᓯᐣᒋᓭ ᑫᔭᓂᐸᐱᒥᓭᐠ ᓂᑲᐣ. ᓂᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᒥᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐊᑎᐟ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑭ ᑭᐡᑭᓇᒥᐣ ᐊᑎᐟ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ.” ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ ᐃᑭᑐ ᔑᐸᐧᑲᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒥᑐᓂ ᓇᓄᑌᓭᐊᐧᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ

ᑲᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᐅᐣᒋᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ. “ᒥᑐᓂ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᒋᐊᓂᒥᐦᐃᑯᒥᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑭᐡᑲᒪᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ. “ᒥᑲᓇᐱᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐁᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᐡᑭᑐᔭᐠ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐳᓂᓭᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᔭᓄᑭᔭᐠ.” ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᑲᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐃᑭᑐᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᑫᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐡᑭᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ. “ᐁᑲ ᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑯ ᒪᔑ ᐁᒥᑫᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓂᑎᓀᑕᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒪᔑ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ. “ᐸᓂᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ ᑭᔭᓂᓯᓭᐠ ᑕᓂᒥᑫᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐡᑭᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ.” ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ ᐃᑭᑐ ᔑᐸᐧᑲᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐅᑲᓇᓇᑐᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᐡᑭᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑲᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ. “ᑭᑭᐱᑲᐡᑭᑐᒥᐣ ᑭᒋᒥᔑᓇᐧ ᒥᑕᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑭᐱ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᔭᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᐡ. “ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᔭᐠ, ᑲᑲᐡᑭᑐᒥᐣ ᒋᑭᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᔭᐠ.” ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐅᓇᒋᑫᐨ ᐅᑐᐡᑭ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᐸᐸᑫᐧᓇᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐅᑭᐃᓇᑐᐣ ᑲᐯᔓᑯᐊᑫᐧᑕᐃᐧᓯᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᑭᓯᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ 2,000 ᑲᑕᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒪᒪᐤ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᑲᓇᐧᐊᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᓭᓂᑭᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑕᒥᓇᐊᐧᐠ $200,000 ᑕᓱᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓂᔓᐊᑫᐧᑕᐃᐧᓯᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᑭᓯᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ 2,000 ᒥᓇ 5,500 ᑲᑕᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒪᒪᐤ ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᐊᐃᓇᓀᐤ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᑲᓇᐧᐊᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᐊᐃᓇᓀᐤ ᑲᐱᒥᓭᓂᑭᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑕᒥᓇᐊᐧᐠ $200,000 ᑕᓱᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ $150,000. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓂᐦᓱᐊᑫᐧᑕᐃᐧᓯᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᑭᓯᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 5,500 ᑲᑕᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᓴᐣᑲᓱ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᑲᓇᐧᐊᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑲᐱᒥᓭᓂᑭᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑕᒥᓇᐊᐧᐠ $200,000 ᑕᓱᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ $300,000.

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Wawatay News APRIL 17, 2014

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

THIS WEEK IN WAWATAY NEWS... ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᑲᑭ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐸᐣ ᑭᐊᑭᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧ ᐁᑭᑭᒧᑎᐨ

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑕᓀᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᐅᓇᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂ

ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭ ᐊᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᐃᐧᐸᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑭᐊᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧ ᐁᑭᑭᒧᑎᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᐊᐧᐊᐧᓂᒥᐁᐧᐨ. ᑭᓫᐁᑎᐣ ᑫᓀᑎ, 62 ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ, ᑭᐊᑭᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧᐱᓯᒧᐣ 26 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐃᓇᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᑭ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᓂᒥᐁᐧᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ $5,000 ᐁᑲᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐃᓇᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒧᑎᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ $5,00, ᑭᐃᓇᒋᒧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐊᑭᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭ ᒪᒥᔑᑫᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐃᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᐊᐧᐊᐧᓂᒥᑕᐧ. ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᐸᐣᐟ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᐣ ᑐᕑᓄᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᒧᑭᓭᓂ ᐅᑕᑭᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᒥᔑᒥᐨ ᐊᑲᐢᐟ ᐱᓯᒧᐣ 2012. ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᒪᒥᔑᒪᑲᓄᐨ. ᑫᓀᑎ ᐅᑕᓂᑫ ᓂᑲᓂᐱᒧᑐᓇᐸᐣ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒍᓫᐊᔾ 2010 ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᑲᓂᐡᑲᓂᐱᓂᐠ 2012. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᑭᐱᔑᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐸᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐃᐡᐯᐣᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᓂᒪᐧᔦ ᒪᒥᔑᒪᑲᓄᐨ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑐᕑᓄᕑ. ᑫᓀᑎ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᒧᐣ 28 ᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᑲᐅᑕᑯᓇᑲᓄ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐊᓀᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᑲᑫᐧᐅᓇᑐᓂᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂ ᐊᐱ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑲᑭ ᐱᑎᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ Bill C-33, ᐊᒥ ᑲᔦ ᐁᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑲᑎᐯᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᑭᐊᓀᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᓂᐠ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᒋ: ᐃᐧᓀᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑲᐊᔭᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂ; ᐅᑲᐃᓯᓭᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᓂᒋᑫᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᒪᑫᐨ; ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᒋᓀᑕᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓂᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑐᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ; ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᒋᓀᑕᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐱᒧᑕᒪᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂ; ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᔑᑕᑐᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᑲᓂᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᑭᒋᐦᐊᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᑲᒪᑭᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ; ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᐅᐃᐧᐯᔑᑯ ᐅᓀᑕᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᓇᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑲᑭᐊᓀᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 2013 ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐅᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑲᐟ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓇᑯᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᑭᑲᓄᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑎᓀᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑐᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒋᐊᔭᔭᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ. ᒥᔑᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐅᑭᐊᓀᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᓂᐨ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐣ. ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᐅᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᑐᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᓯᓇᐦᐊᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒋᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᑯᐱᓯᑦ 10 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ.

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ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ

Page 3 ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᑕᐅᑌᒋᑲᑌ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᐠ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᑕᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᐠ ᒋᒥᐡᑲᐧᒋᒋᑌᐠ 61 ᐊᔕ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᐱᒥᑕᔑ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑫᐧ ᐊᓂᓯᐸᐟ ᑭᒋ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ $30 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑕᐃᓇᑭᑌ ᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐅᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇ $24 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ. ᐊᔕ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 17 ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑭᐱᒥᐊᔭᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑭᐅᒋ ᓇᓇᐣᑭᒋᑲᑌ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐊᐸᑕᐠ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ. ᑭᐁᐧᑎᐠ ᐸᒋᔕ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑎᓀᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ ᓂᐦᓱᐊᐦᑭ ᒋᐱᒥ ᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐊᓂ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᓂ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᑲᑌᐠ 100,000 ᑕᓱᒥᓯᐟ ᒋᐊᐱᒐᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᐠ. ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ 480 ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑫᐧ ᐊᓂᓯᐸᐟ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 60 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᐊᐧᐠ. ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᐡ 133 ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᑭᓯ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᐠ ᑕᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐊᐊᐧᐠ 533 ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐅᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑲᐅᒋ ᑭᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒪ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ: ᑲᐧᐣᐯᑐᕑᐁᔑᐣ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ, ᓫᐁᐠᐦᐁᐟ ᔪᓂᐯᕑᓯᑎ, ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᒥᓄᔭᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ, ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ. ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᓂᑲᓀᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒋᔑᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ, ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 7,000 ᑕᓱᒥᓯᐟ ᐅᑲᐊᐸᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ.

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ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒋᑫᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ 46 ᑭᒋᐦᐊᐠ ᑲᑭ ᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ

Top: About 46 KKETS adult learners graduated from from Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services’ (KKETS) Aboriginal Skills Advancement Pilot Program on April 4.

Middle: Nishnawbe Aski Nation has reiterated its rejection of the federal government’s legislation on First Nation education after it recently tabled Bill C-33, also know as the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act. Above: Queen Elizabeth District High School students celebrated the announcement that Sioux Lookout will be getting a new school to replace the 61-year-old school. Sixty per cent of the students are First Nations.

ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ 46 KKETS ᑲᑭᒋᐦᐊᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐅᑭ ᑭᔑᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫ ᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ (KKETS) ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᐡᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭ ᑯᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ 4 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ. ᒥᑕᓱᐱᓯᑦ ᐃᑲᐧᑌ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᑯ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥ ᓇᐣᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᐧᐊᐸᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᓂ ᑌᐱᓇᒧᐧᐊᐨ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑫᑭᐊᓄᒋ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᓂᑲᐣ. ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᑲᑭ ᑭᔑᑐᐨ ᐁᕑᐅᓫᐊᐣᐟ ᐅᐣᒋ ᓫᐃᐊᐣ ᑲᐣᔭᐣ, ᐅᐃᐧᔭᓂ ᑯᒋᑐᐣ ᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑫᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ. ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐣᔭᐣ ᐅᑕᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᓂᐦᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᓂᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᓭᓴᐣ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐅᑭᑲᐡᑭᑐᐣ ᒋᑭᔑᑐᐨ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ ᐅᓇᐯᒪᐣ. “ᐊᓂᒪᐣ ᔕ ᑌᐯᐧ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑭᑐᐣᒋᐱᒥ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐣᔭᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ KKETS. “ᑫᑲᐟ ᐃᑯ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑭᑎᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐠ, ᑐᑲᐣ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒪᐊᐧᓱ ᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ, ᑭᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᐅᒋᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐣ. ᑭᐅᐣᒋᐁᐧᐣᒋᓭ ᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᔭᐣ; ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᑭᑭᒋᒥᓀᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ.”

KKETS ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐅᒋ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᐊᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᑭᔭᓄᒋ ᑌᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᑎ ᒋᑭᔭᓂᔑ ᑲᐧᔭᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

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Chiefs reject federal legislation on First Nation education Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation has reiterated its rejection of the federal government’s legislation on First Nation education after it recently tabled Bill C-33, also know as the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act. “We are opposed to any legislation regarding First Nation education that does not reflect the unique circumstance of our communities, address the needs of our people according to our treaty rights, or honour our nation-to-nation relationship with the Crown as represented by the government of Canada,” said Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic. “Education is a sacred responsibility that our chiefs have accepted, and NAN First Nations will not accept unilateral encroachment of this sacred responsibility.”

The NAN Chiefs-in-Assembly also rejected the legislation because it: gives the minister unilateral control over First Nations education; will force First Nations to assume ultimate liability over education while the government retains authority; does not respect First Nations inherent and treaty rights; does not respect or recognize First Nations jurisdiction over education; does not

include early learning, adult education, or alternative education; and unilaterally defines the terms upon which First Nations will be educated.

“We strongly agree that there need to be standards in education, but this legislation does not support our vision for the future of education in Nishnawbe Aski Nation,” Kakegamic said. “We have negotiated in good faith on self-governance and education jurisdiction since 1999 and we look to this government to honour this process as the way forward. This legislation does not address the many challenges our communities face in the delivery of education and is a blatant attempt to redefine and limit our jurisdiction to whatever the federal government dictates as appropriate.”

The NAN Chiefs-in-Assembly had previously rejected the October 2013 draft legislative proposal for similar legislation through the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Declaration on Our Inherent and Treaty Right to Education.

“We categorically reject any legislation imposed on us by the federal or provincial government as it is a direct violation of the treaties,” the declaration stated. “We will take action if the federal or provincial governments should proceed with

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NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic after NAN released its Declaration on Our Inherent and Treaty Right to Education last November. any such legislation.”

Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee also questioned the legislation.

“The minister of Indian Affairs has all the power and authority over First Nations education while taking on no legal responsibility whatsoever,” Madahbee said. “That’s the reality of the kind of control this government is talking about.”

Madahbee said First Nations had asked for an integration of language and culture, but the

legislation makes French and English mandatory with an option of First Nation language, if the minister approves it.

“We asked for fair and equitable funding, so they announce vague promises of increased funding after the next federal election with no specifics on how it will be allocated,” Madahbee said. “Their idea of First Nation control of First Nation education is to allow First Nations to be administrators of legislation that’s forced onto them. If a First Nation school fails to meet provincial

Chiefs of Ontario, tribal councils face cuts Rick Garrick Wawatay News

A number of First Nations tribal and regional councils in Ontario are facing budget cuts of up to 64 per cent to their core funding.

Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy is concerned that recent federal and provincial government cuts to the core funding of First Nations organizations will muzzle their voices.

“We know all too well that cutbacks are an attempt to minimize our capacity to speak out about our rightful role in the protection of the environment and our authority to provide free, prior and informed consent on projects in the natural gas, energy, and mining industries,” Beardy said.

The Chiefs of Ontario (COO) has already laid off 10 staff due to an 80 per cent cut to core funding from the federal and provincial governments. The reduction in staff will affect First Nations who rely on COO for critical policy advice, regional coordination and advocacy in the areas of youth, social services, and economic develop-

ment.

Beardy also raised concerns about major federal funding cuts for specific claims research and development.

“I am perplexed as to how the Harper Conservative government can think that unresolved land claims (that will be the result of cuts to specific claims funding) will be helpful for third parties wanting to do business on or near First Nations’ territories in Ontario,” Beardy said. “It will, in fact, have the opposite effect.”

Tribal councils across Ontario and the country have also been hit with cuts to funding, including Keewaytinook Okimakanak with a 64 per cent cut in funding, Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing-Ne-YaaZhing Advisory Services with 61 per cent, Shibogama with 54 per cent, Mushkegowuk with 53 per cent, Independent First Nations Alliance with 51 per cent, Windigo with 46 per cent and Matawa First Nations with 41 per cent.

“We’re implementing changes as we speak and we are going to have to try to operate within the base rate that we’ve been approved,” said Marga-

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ret Kenequanash, Shibogama’s executive director. “They have a (three) tier system. We fall under tier two ($350,000 of funding), so it’s going to have a huge impact I think over time.

We’ve had to cut back staff and we’ve had to cut back certain services.”

Kenequanash said the Shibogama communities are already strapped for funding for any new services they are trying to deliver.

“So it will be a huge challenge, I think, for all of us,” Kenequanash said. “We’ve just got to work together to see how we can continue to mobilize.”

Kenequanash said the chiefs have been quiet on the cutbacks to date.

“I don’t know if it’s because the impacts haven’t been felt yet,” Kenequanash said. “The impacts of losing these services, the communities won’t feel that probably until a year from now.”

Kenequanash said the communities will find a way to survive with the cuts to funding.

“We’ve survived for hundreds of years,” Kenequanash said. “As First Nations people, we’ll continue to survive.”

The federal government’s new funding formula calls for tier 1 tribal councils, which serve an on-reserve population of less than 2,000 in two-tofive communities and delivers fewer than three ongoing major AANDC programs, to receive $200,000 per year.

Tier 2 tribal councils, which serve an on-reserve population of between 2,000 and 5,500 or serve six-to-eight communities or deliver three-to-eight ongoing major AANDC programs, are eligible to receive $200,000 plus an incentive of $150,000.

Tier 3 tribal councils, which serve an on-reserve population over 5,500 or serve nine or more communities or deliver six or more ongoing major AANDC programs, are eligible to receive $200,000 plus an incentive of $300,000.

standards, regardless of being vastly underfunded, the minister has the legal right to put the school under third party management — that’s real control of First Nation education.”

Regional Chief Stan Beardy said the federal legislation doesn’t address the conditions raised by the Assembly of First Nations Chiefs-in-Assembly.

“The AFN had five conditions set out in a chiefs’ resolution and this announcement does not address them,” Beardy said.

“Bill C-33 continues to take a disciplinary approach rather than a collaborative approach to improving First Nations education. First Nations have much more innovative ideas on how a collaborative approach would serve our students better but once again, we weren’t involved in the direction of a bill that affects our future.”

Beardy also called for a new round of consultation and collaboration for the new legislation.

“We soundly rejected this proposal at the Chiefs of Ontario November Assembly and at the AFN Assembly in December,” Beardy said. “But now we have a new bill with no input on its content.”

The federal government introduced the legislation on April 10.

“Our government knows that

a good education can change a life,” said Bernard Valcourt, minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

“That’s why I am so pleased that we have made reforming First Nations education a priority and introduced the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act. This will help First Nations access the skills they need to live healthy and successful lives — this is good for First Nations, for Canadians and for our country’s future.”

The federal government said the proposed legislation will provide First Nations students with the education standards, supports and opportunities that most Canadians take for granted. It will require that First Nation schools teach a core curriculum that ensures students can transfer seamlessly between schools on and off reserve, that students meet minimum attendance requirements, that teachers are properly certified, and that First Nation schools award widely recognized diplomas or certificates.

The federal government also committed in a Feb. 7 announcement to provide for stable, more predictable statutory funding that increases annually at a rate of 4.5 per cent. The announcement was met with caution by several chiefs in Ontario.

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Commentary Finding happiness amid sadness Stephanie Wesley SEVEN MEDIA DIRECTOR

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here have been some disturbing moments in my life as of late.

It’s the kind of stuff that just gets to you, the stuff that ruins your day and makes it hard to get out of bed in the morning. I felt as though I was constantly looking over my shoulder, that something was out to get me.

I usually handle my issues better, but things were beginning to get super stressful.

I encountered forces that seemed intent on destroying my relationships and thus affecting my life.

It’s something that was previously hard for me to talk about because it felt like this destructive force, this person to be exact, would be winning if I spoke about it, if I let it get me down enough to discuss it with anyone.

What would people say anyway, if I let them know what was bothering me? Would they think it trivial and a waste of time? I wasn’t sure. I kept it to myself for the most part.

I am not sure why this person wanted to hurt the people in my life. When I think about it from this person’s point of view, it’s not hard for me to empathize with their situation.

But I can also see when lines are being crossed and when things have gone too far.

For some reason, this person couldn’t see things the same way, and they went to extreme lengths to cross those lines. They made up lies and stories. This well-documented behaviour continued on for almost a year. Numbers had to be changed, e-mail accounts were disabled, and profiles were blocked on social media.

This negative behaviour hit its peak in a public display of lies and deception. It was so outrageous that I had to get the police involved.

Suffice it to say, things have since died down a little after the truth came out.

I really do hope this person gets the help and support they need because nobody should have to live like that. Nobody should have to live his or her life with so much focus on a past hurt. They should be able to heal.

When something happens, like for instance a break up, and people are wounded, they need

to know that it isn’t the end of the world. They need to know that their heartache needs time to heal, and they need to realize that maybe things don’t work out for a reason.

There is so much more to life out there to be lived.

How can you see that when you are too focused on the one thing that you couldn’t acquire?

I know how easy it is to feel bitter, to resent things, to wish everything was different. I know what it’s like to not be fond of your place in life, but feeling those ways never made me any happier. And feeling those ways didn’t get me to where I am today, which is happy.

I am happy today.

And I am glad to read about stories of others who found their own happiness through all their sadness.

I am glad to talk to people who found their own happiness after everything they’ve been through.

Some of those stories are so heartbreaking and tragic, and there is a feeling of hopelessness to the experiences but yet they overcame it all.

And they’re kind enough to share their stories of healing.

I think it is an admirable feat to be able to endure any kind of tremendous heartache or hurt and eventually come out of it still a kind person, free from bitterness and resentment.

But it’s not the easiest thing in the world to do, especially if you are suffering alone.

When things got tough for me a few years ago, I had support systems; I had help from friends and loved ones.

They’re the ones who really helped see me through the events in my life where my heart and spirit were totally crushed and my world was falling apart. They’re the ones who helped me remember to laugh, and to remember all of the good things I still had in my life.

I think it is very important to have those support systems in your life, trusted people to be open and honest with so you aren’t repressing anything, because repressing something that is painful to you is never good.

Repressing can cause you to feel even more alone, to do things you wouldn’t normally do. So ask for help if you need it.

Remember that there’s a whole world out there full of life and opportunities you have yet to experience. Nobody should be denied a happy life.

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Morris Carpenter Jr. (front left), Johnny Carpenter (right) look out for geese while Morris Sr. calls them in during the 2007 spring hunt near Moosonee. Photo originally appeared in the 2007 summer issue of Sagatay, the in-flight magazine for Wasaya Airways.

An Old Warrior Goes Home Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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f the comings and goings of people can be compared to a pebble tossed into a lake and the resulting ripples that radiate infinitely, then I would say that the passing of John R. Bradley, a member of Six Nations, will bless many with a spirit of good nature and humour for generations.

His life was all about sacrifice, dedication and doing his very best for family and friends. He passed away on April 1, 2014 at the age of 94.

When I first met him many years ago through my friends John Jr. and Patty Bradley, I was impressed with his fast wit, kindness and I found myself laughing most of the time in his presence. He had a special knack for making people feel good about themselves. As a matter of fact, all of his children share that trait of a special type of humour.

John Bradley Sr. lost his father early in his life but thankfully his mother Emma (Montour) Bradley raised

him and his four sisters Edith (King), Helen (Tobicoe), Voila (Bradt) and Lorraine, along with brother Bill on the family farm in Six Nations.

Although life was hard for everybody, back in the 1930s and 40s, John Sr. had the comfort of his large family, the produce and production of a 90-acre farm and a tight knit community revolving around Six Nations and Hagersville.

He knew education was a big deal and he persevered with the many kilometre daily walk in all kinds of weather to elementary and then high school in Hagersville, Ont., near Hamilton.

At 19 years of age, the Second World War called on he and his brother Bill for their service. Amazingly, he endured, survived and excelled in carrying out his duties as a sergeant on a 25-pound gun with service over five years and three months in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

As his son, John Jr., confided in me, he left a boy and came back a man with a lifetime of experiences. John Sr.’s brother Bill, although wounded also returned. As a life long member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Hagersville Branch 164, John Sr. was one

of the few remaining Native veterans of the Second World War. On their return to Six Nations, John Sr. and his brother Bill joined the family to work the farm. He also had a job as a fireman at the army camp outside of Hagersville.

Due to his respect and friendship with Natives and non-Natives alike, he secured a position with the Canadian Gypsum Company limited in their local mine. He had much success and worked with the company for 38 years.

Through his childhood and his quest for education, his dedication and service to Canada in the most terrorizing conditions you can imagine for almost six years in Europe and his return to start a long term career and family, John Sr. always saw himself as a person who could survive and succeed.

He didn’t see the colour of people in any detrimental way and like the words of Martin Luther King, he valued ‘the content of their character’. John Sr. passed on a great work ethic, the importance of honesty and a kind sense of humour to his own children. There was nothing complicated about John Sr. and what you saw

was what you got. His children carry on that that sense of character and they include: John Jr. (Patty) Bradley, Russell (Debbie) Bradley, Laurie (Fred) Lambert, Ronald Bradley (Elsie) and Luanne (Chris) Martin. He has also blazed a trail for many grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and a greatgreat-grandchild.

Lucky for John Sr., when he was a young man, he found a secret weapon that turned a very good man into a spectacular human being.

That secret weapon was his wife Norma (Russell) Bradley, who stood by him for 65 years, on the long and steady walk which was his life trail. Their love of life, family, friends and community has endeared them both to so many. Thankfully, Norma will continue to be a part of so many lives she and John Sr. have touched.

When his greatgranddaughter Brynn Vokes raised her voice in song during the memorial there was not a dry eye in the building. These were not tears of sadness but of joy for a life well lived and hope for the future. An old warrior has gone home. www.underthenorthernsky. com

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Moose Cree dictionary launch stirs hope and inspiration Jocelyn Cheechoo Special to Wawatay News

The Moose Cree dictionary launched on March 31, a Monday.

My aunt Geraldine Govender set a goal to make this happen and I remember her talking about the dictionary often. I am very happy for her and it is bittersweet to see the dictionary with a dedication to my granny Janiskwew.

In the last few years of Granny Janiskwew’s life, I remember sitting at her feet and listening to her speak in Moose Cree. It was difficult for me to understand and this disconnection still saddens me. The release of this text does give me hope, that my own children and the next generation will have a chance to connect with the voices of their Elders.

I was impressed with the community members that have turned out for the launch and the workshops that happened on Tuesday (April 1) and Wednesday (April 2).

My aunt Geraldine had this to say after the dictionary launch: “It was with heartfelt gratitude and enormous excitement that I saw the people gather in the foyer of the Moose Cree complex during the book launch of the Moose Cree dictionary and again afterwards with the influx of requests for copies of the dictionary. Never had I imagined that this would spark such interest and hope.”

In many ways, this dictionary is a remedy to reports about the languages of First Nations communities dying. When our Elders die, I think about what they are taking with them, what we won’t learn from them and what Cree words, expressions

and stories they knew.

“Moose Cree is an archaic dialect and as such is unique and worthy of strengthening and celebrating,” Geraldine said on the day of the release.

I now feel I have a chance to learn the language my Granny spoke gracefully, eloquently and candidly with her family. I think of the stories and history of the community she shared with us and hope this will allow others to connect with our roots. I remember how I loved listening to her tone change as she told stories, especially when she got to the funny, exciting parts. My Aunties have recorded her stories in the last few years, and with this book I will hear them and understand them a little more.

What’s the first little step I can take? Read and get to know the Ililîmôwasinahikan, perhaps a page or two a day.

I attended the Tuesday workshop on how to use and read the dictionary. Kevin Brousseau, the Cree linguist from Waswanipi who compiled and edited the dictionary, led the workshop. Brousseau took the time to explain both writing systems found in the dictionary, the syllabic and alphabetic, and also spoke about the importance of keeping our particular dialect of Cree alive.

As he put it, the loss of a dialect is not only a tragedy for the community where it was once spoken, but also a tragedy for the culture in general.

I found the workshop fascinating, especially when Kevin spoke of word formation. I was amazed at how innumerable words can be created simply by adding parts onto a lexical root. Dictionary entries such as sâkihtâw, sâkihew, sâkihâkan, sâkihiwew, sâkihiwewin, sâki-

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A snapshot of entries related to love in the Moose Cree dictionary that was launched on March 31 in Moose Factory. hitowak, sâkihitowin, sâkihikosîw, and sâkihikosîwin, all words that refer to love with various shades of meaning, nicely illustrate the beauty and richness of our language.

Some young people were in attendance at these workshops, but most of the crowd was older community members and Elders. During the discussion, I saw the interest in Moose Cree language grow in our com-

munity as people of all ages were beginning to share words they learned from the dictionary. Having posted pictures of the dictionary online, people started contacting me from all over the country to ask me how they could get their hands on a copy of this dictionary!

I look forward to seeing this publication evolve in future editions. Having studied French

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“I studied various languages in high school and university and began to appreciate how Cree is such a fascinating and rich language. With one word, we can describe what it would take several words in English. The dictionary and future edition(s) will give us the lexical terms that we can use to express ourselves as our ancestors did.”

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An open forum on the TransCanada Energy East Pipeline proposal in Thunder Bay was met with debate and protests by First Nations members and other organizations on April 9 and 10.

The proposed 4,600-kilometre pipeline is expected to carry 1.1 million barrels of crude oil daily across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario to reach refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick.

Hundreds of people attended the open forum held at the Lakehead Labour Centre, and many raised concerns about potential spills and the impact on the environment.

Among them was Keywehnini, a member of Mishkeegogamang First Nation who is advocating the protection of northern Ontario from the Energy East Pipeline project.

When he had the floor, Keywehnini talked about a painting he created that represents the prophecy, where a serpent with a war club fights the four feathers representing all races and a man representing all people.

The prophecy said when the serpent comes to make its way across Turtle Island, the people, the human family including the red, white, yellow and black nations, are to rise and wake up and fight the serpent.

This serpent will poison water, destroy our lands and our ‘human’ way of life, he said.

The pipeline will cross 90 watersheds. A lot of muskeg, water systems and traditional food sources along the pipeline cannot afford to be affected by a potential oil spill, said Keywehnini.

“The pipeline will affect our water,” said Keywehnini. “It is the main source that gives us life.”

The pipeline routes will pass through a number of First Nation territories across the provinces.

In northern Ontario, the pipeline passes through Nipigon River that flows into Lake Superior, affecting signatories of the 1850 Robinson Superior Treaty.

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action organization with 60 chapters across the country, were also at the open forum.

COC chairwoman Maude Barlow was also worried about the impacts the pipeline could have to the Great Lakes and other fresh water sources in northern Ontario.

“We are a world running out of clean water,” said Barlow.

“Canadians are blessed with clean water. In my opinion, we have to be extra vigilante to be stewards and take care of it.”

The Pembina Institute, a nonprofit research organization that focuses on sustainable energy, released a preliminary assessment on the pipeline project in February. The study showed that the pipeline project would lead to 32 million tonnes of additional greenhouse gas emissions each year and 650,000 to 750,000 barrels per day of additional production from expanded oil sands.

Despite the environmental concerns, TransCanada says the project will create thousands of direct full-time jobs and billions of dollars will contribute to Canada’s economy.

TransCanada commissioned Deloitte & Touche LLP to complete an economic benefit study. The report forecasted $10 to $25 billion dollar in GDP and 91,000 jobs in the construction phase of the energy pipeline expansion.

But Barlow said the project job and economic benefit to Canadians won’t be anywhere near what TransCanada Energy East Pipeline project promises.

COC released a report stating 90 per cent of the Energy East Pipeline project will be exported to places like Asia and Europe and only major oil companies will profit.

“We say our risk and their reward,” said Barlow. “The risk is on the side of Canadians, particularly many First Nation communities.”

Barlow also noted that the federal government gutted environment acts like the Fisheries Acts, Navigable Waters Act and the Environmental Assessment Act through Bill C-45 in December 2012 – the very bill that helped ignite Idle No More protests that winter.

Protesters at the time allege the changes to those legislation was to allow the acceleration of the development of projects such as the TransCanada Energy East Pipeline.

“The very laws to protect our water are gone and the only

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Keywehnini of Mishkeegogamang and Dr. Paul Berger of Lakehead University were among those who held a protest against the TransCanada Energy East Pipeline project on April 10. laws left really are the treaties,” said Barlow. “Treaties protect us between absolute lawlessness.”

A Dene activist from Athabasca Fort Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) in Alberta was also on hand for the open forum.

Eriel Deranger, who is also the communications coordinator for ACFN, said the Alberta tar sands and its expansion directly impacts risks to the drinking water, fishing, hunting, trapping and traditional food gathering and increases of cancer to the selfgoverning community of ACFN. “We are not directly impacted by the Energy East Pipeline,“ she said. “But we are indirectly impacted by the expansion of the oil tar sands.”

Environment pollutions are directly affecting the ecosystem and signs of it are showing up as tumours, lesions, discolour and meat tastes in species, said Deranger.

“There have been confirmed studies of traditional foods showing arsenic and hydro carbons,” said Deranger.

“Basically a slew of cocktails are being found in foods we should

not be consuming.”

The community doesn’t know how surrounding water is being distressed, said Deranger. What they do know is community members can’t travel far to hunt and fish because they have to carry drinking water with them to be safe.

“Despite growing health concerns in the tar sands area, Alberta Health Services does not have any plans to do any health studies in the region,” said Deranger.

ACFN is looking to have independent health studies conducted to investigate increased cancer rates and other community health concerns.

Deranger said she doesn’t want to see First Nations communities across Canada continue to be effected by industry like her community has been.

The day after the forum, a protest took place with members of COC and First Nation and community allies at the corner of Gore Street and Brown Street near the CN rail oil trains shipping yard.

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NOSM students to undergo safeTALK training for suicide Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Suicide awareness training has been added to the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s curriculum in response to the high rates of suicide in northern Ontario.

“It’s something that is being welcomed by the medical school, from the students to the faculty,” said Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler Fiddler said.

“It’s something that is needed and we also commend them for recognizing that this is a real issue for our communities and that they are doing something about it.”

Fiddler said it is important that students be made aware of the situation in Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities, noting there is a high risk of suicide.

“I think it is important that training like that is made available to other professionals as well, especially those that are travelling and working in our communities,” Fiddler said.

Fiddler said safeTALK training is currently being delivered to professionals working in Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities, including teachers. Community support workers, including youth, are also receiving and facilitating safeTALK workshops in about half of NAN’s 49 communities.

“SafeTALK training is a vital resource to help identify and prevent potential suicide in NAN First Nations, the majority of which are remote and lack adequate professional health care resources, and

goes hand-in-hand with ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) training to provide direct aid to individuals who may have thoughts of selfharm,” Fiddler said. “We need to change mindsets from coping with suicide to advancing life promotion through programming and training in order to build resilient, healthy communities.”

“...there are tangible changes that we can all make - including talking about suicide - that go a long way in reducing stigma and breaking myths.”

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NOSM’s first-year students are now undergoing safeTALK training through a threehour program created by LivingWorks, a suicide intervention training company that trains participants to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and to connect them with suicide first aid resources.

NOSM is also developing and piloting other tools designed to help medical students deal with suicide in their future practice as physicians.

“The Northern Ontario School of Medicine was the first medical school in Canada established with an explicit mandate to improve

the health of the people and communities that it serves,” said David Marsh, interim associate dean, Undergraduate Medical Education. “Integrating safeTALK training into our MD curriculum supports students and future health professionals of northern Ontario in responding to the increased prevalence of suicide and selfinflicted injuries in the north.”

Scott Chisholm, founder of the Collateral Damage Project, congratulated NOSM on adding the safeTALK training component to their first-year curriculum.

“People hear about an issue such as suicide and think, ‘this is bigger than me,’” Chisholm said. “But, there are tangible changes that we can all make - including talking about suicide - that go a long way in reducing stigma and breaking myths. I am so excited about the partnership between NOSM and Collateral Damage, and the potential we have for inciting positive change in northern Ontario.”

The Collateral Damage Project is a Thunder Bay-based group of suicide prevention advocates that work to prevent suicide by stomping stigma, creating proactive dialogue and pushing for gatekeeper training.

“As a medical school committed to improving the health of northern Ontarians, we need to play our part in reducing the shockingly high number of deaths that occur from suicide in our region,” said Brian Ross, NOSM professor and phase 1 coordinator.

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NAN track and field event featured more than 50 youth Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

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A young athlete makes his landing in the standing long jump during NAN’s track and field skills development camp held on April 5 and 6. More than 55 youth took part on the first while 40 participated on the second day. It was the first event of its kind and 11 First Nations were represented.

Sandy Lake’s Jeffrey Kakegamic said it was a thrill to try out the shot put for the first time during NAN’s track and field skills development camp in Thunder Bay. “Pretty fun,” the 15-yearold said with a smile as he ref lected on the new sport.

“It would be nice to play those things again.”

The Grade 9 student was among 40 youth who took part in the skills development camp on April 6, the second day of the event. The first day featured about 54 aspiring athletes from 11 NAN communities in northern Ontario.

In addition to the shot put, the youth also took part in 200 and 800-metre dashes, the standing long jump, the

javelin throw, and the relay.

Gloria Hendrick-Laliberte, the event coordinator, said the first day of the meet was about teaching the youth the technical aspects of each sport and honing those skills.

“You can see a definite change in their form and even in the way they felt about running,” she said.

“They had their heads up, arms pumping and they were looking ahead rather than looking around.”

With the shot put, “it was amazing to see the difference to see what good form can do,” Hendrick-Laliberte said.

Although Kakegamic has had success in running competitions, he said he learned more techniques during the development camp.

“Learned how to breathe and run properly, how to do long jump and everything,” he said. “Learned some new stuff from new people, and it’s good for learning from other people.”

“Learned some new stuff from new people, and it’s good for learning from other people.”

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Camille Vernier is another young runner than learned a lot during the camp. The 13-year-old from Nakina joined Aroland First Nations youth to be at the camp.

“I learned a lot about short-distance running,” she said. “I’m used to long-distance (where) you have to pace yourself. Short-distance is just sprinting.”

Vernier said she feels “very lucky” and “I’m very happy to be here.”

Other First Nations represented at the meet were Lac Seul, Sachigo, Moose Cree, Neskantaga, North Caribou Lake, Bearskin, Eabometoong, Fort Severn, and Keewaywin.

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic called the skills development camp a success, as it is the first such

“This is one of the means how to bring our young people hope, through recreation.

So they can do something they enjoy and that they’re good at.

Because if you have a healthy individual, you’re going to have a healthy community.”

-NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic

event held by NAN and most of the youth came at their own expense.

“I’m so thrilled this is happening,” he said. “Next year will be bigger and better.”

The deputy grand chief, who holds the recreation portfolio, said it was challenge to put the event together, especially since there was no funding allocated for it.

However, given the issues facing First Nations communities, he felt it was necessary since he wanted to give youth a sense of hope and pride.

“This is one of the means how to bring our young people hope, through recreation,” he said. “So they can do something they enjoy and that they’re good at. Because if you have a healthy individual, you’re going to have a healthy community.”

Kakegamic hopes the camp will evolve into an annual event.

Results were recorded on the second day of the camp, which Hendrick-Laliberte was a rehearsal for the youth should they enter a formal track and field meet.

Hendrick-Laliberte said the results could be sent to the youth’s schools for their own events or personal records.

She added that she is involved with Team Ontario and could possibly recruit athletes for the upcoming North American Indigenous Games in June.

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Matawa First Nations celebrate 46 adult learner graduates Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Eabametoong’s Danielle Baxter is aiming for a nursing career after graduating from Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services’ Aboriginal Skills Advancement Pilot Program.

“It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was a little girl,” said Baxter, who is a single parent of a three-year-old son.

“It’s never too late, keep going, follow your dream, never quit, keep moving. You can be anything you want to be.”

Aroland’s Leanne Gagnon is also considering a career in nursing after graduating from the program.

“I want to go to college, but I’m not sure which program I want to take,” Gagnon said. “I was thinking of nursing but I’m not positive on that yet.”

Gagnon and Baxter were two of about 46 KKETS adult learners who graduated on April 4 from the 10-month program, which offers academic upgrading, a high school diploma program and links to future career and employment goals.

“I hope more people take advantage of it,” Gagnon said.

“There’s lots out there for everyone to do. You just have to take the next step and find it.”

Although Gagnon has a three-year-old daughter, she managed to complete the program with the help of her partner.

“It’s hard, yes, but they offer a lot of help,” Gagnon said about KKETS. “They pretty much covered everything, like child care, financial assistance, your rent. So it was really easy;

it was awesome.”

Gagnon is proud that she is providing her daughter with a role model to follow on her future education path.

“She has so much to look up to now,” Gagnon said. “I want to be someone she can be proud of.”

KKETS’ goals for the program were to develop an educated and highly skilled workforce in the north and to structure attainable learning achievements geared to the learner for entry into the labour market or further postsecondary, apprenticeship trades or specialized training that is synchronized with the growth of the mining sector and other supportive industries.

“When an opportunity to improve the quality of our lives presents itself, our people take that opportunity,” said David Paul Achneepineskum, CEO of Matawa First Nation Management. “It is great to see 46 of our community members graduate and move on to more training. I believe the KKETS approach is going to help hundreds, possibly thousands, of First Nation members achieve a better life for themselves, their families and their communities.”

Neskantaga’s Tracey Wapoose enjoyed the learning environment in KKETS program.

“It made it feel like home,” said Wapoose, who is a single parent of four children. “I knew a lot of people and the teachers were awesome.”

Wapoose said her family’s schedule was “tough,” noting her youngest child was under two years old.

“My schedule was really

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Graduates from the Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services’ Aboriginal Skills Advancement Pilot Program toss their graduation caps following ceremonies. About 46 adult learners completed the program and graduated on April 4. squeezed in between my kids going to school and me going to school,” Wapoose said. “My baby is 20 months old and it was very hard sometimes having to look for a (baby) sitter, but nothing stopped me.”

Wapoose is aiming for a nursing career after she graduated from the program.

“I’m going to college first and then transferring to university afterwards,” Wapoose said. “My mom wanted to be a nurse and I like to help people.”

Nibinamik’s Elijah Sugarhead plans to get into the restaurant business after graduat-

ing from the program.

“I’m applying for college — my future goal is (to study) culinary,” Sugarhead said. “I want to start up a restaurant back on my reserve.”

KKETS was established by the Matawa First Nations to ensure its members receive the training and education they need to secure jobs and to capitalize on opportunities from the Ring of Fire developments.

“Ensuring our Matawa First Nation members have the education, training and skills to fully participate in today’s economy and labour market is integral to KKETS mission — to

provide culturally appropriate opportunities for education, training and employment by providing professional advisory support services, relevant systems and programs to empower individuals to take initiative for change in their own lives,” said Elsie MacDonald, KKETS’ board member president. “The graduating students will now be ready for whatever comes their way whether it’s post-secondary, training or employment.

Acquiring a high school diploma is the start of a promising life for the student and also brings hope and inspira-

tion to current and future generations to nurture and excel at their hopes and dreams.”

Sixty-three adult learners out of 101 participating students graduated with high school diplomas through the KKETS program.

“These great results prove that ASAPP is working and meets the needs of the individual learner in a culturally appropriate manner,” said Morris Wapoose, KKETS’ program manager. “It is KKETS anticipation to only see the number of adult high school graduates continue to increase for Matawa First Nations.”

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Moose Cree’s Stan Wesley said his experience of hosting his third and final role as the master of ceremonies for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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This year’s National Event took place in Edmonton and saw roughly 30,000 people pass through its doors from March 27-30.

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commissioner saying there were around 3,000 registered survivors,” Wesley said. Wesley said that the amount of people who attended the event over the course of four days “exceeded expectations.”

He has acted as emcee at the Vancouver and Saskatoon National Events as well.

Wesley – who owns and operates his own facilitating, training and motivational speaking business – believes he was asked by the TRC to emcee his first event after they got wind of him through word of mouth.

He said for the last number of years he has worked at fairly high-profile events across the country.

Along with being an emcee, Wesley is also a facilitator and keynote speaker.

He is known for bringing lighthearted humour to events that he attends, and doesn’t feel that he had to change his approach at the Alberta National Event.

“Every event that I do, there’s always delicate subject matter,” Wesley said. “So in this particular event, there is a little more delicate subject matter. You have to find a way to process it, you need to find a way to build the trust in the room.”

Wesley believes it is like that with every event.

“If you have someone leading the conference who is just really serious and really heavy, then the conference takes on that tone,” Wesley explained. “One thing that I’m really known for is being able to make something fun and engaging – when the time is right. That way we are able to laugh and celebrate to poke a little bit of fun.”

Wesley said that as the emcee of the National Event, he had to know when to keep things serious and when to make something fun.

“With something like this, you really need to be careful,” Wesley said. “And I seemed to nail it.”

CBC journalist Shelagh Rogers felt that Wesley added a lot to the National Events with his presence.

“Stan is one of a kind,” Rogers said. “He’s a beautiful spirit and I have to say it’s no contest.”

Rogers has been to all but one of the seven National Events, and felt that Wesley was the right choice for emcee – especially because of the subject matter at hand.

“It is painful, the testimony we were hearing was horrific,” Rogers said. “I must say, even when the survivors were up there it wasn’t without humour on their part either.”

Rogers explained that Robbie Waisman, a Holocaust survivor, had done a presentation at a previous National Event as a honourary witness, and he felt humour is what allows us to be human.

“It’s a relief for us,” Rogers

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After giving a birthday cake to his mother, Moose Cree’s Stan Wesley was caked in icing as he emcee’d the TRC national event in Edmonton from March 27-30.

The incident brought a lot of “good laughs,” Wesley said. said of humour. “There’s a line in a Joni Mitchell song that goes, ‘laughing and crying – you know it’s the same release.’ I think that’s true for Stan.”

Rogers said that Wesley “walks a thin line” and has the ability to get people laughing.

“When everybody’s laughing, just that great collective joy, we remember we have that capacity for joy as well as sorrow,” Rogers said. “I think that that was very helpful at these events.”

Wesley felt that the event was extremely emotional.

“One thing I really liked about the experience was that it allowed you to cry and get mad, and allows you to feel good and celebrate life because there’s still so much to celebrate after everything our people have been through...”

– Stan Wesley

“There was lots of laughing, also lots of crying because it’s very heavy. People are talking about stuff they’ve never talked about before,” Wesley said.

“It gets you angry, makes you want to cry. But yet it’s really inspiring at the same time. Inspiring because our people get up there and tell our story.”

Wesley felt that it was great that after the survivors told their stories, they were met with a lot of support. He doesn’t feel that there were highs and lows at the event because “there’s no low when it comes to crying and feeling.”

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‘I’ll stay here till it’s time to go’ Con’d from Page 10 “One thing I really liked about the experience was that it allowed you to cry and get mad, and allows you to feel good and celebrate life because there’s still so much to celebrate after everything our people have been through,” Wesley said.

One highlight of the event for Wesley was being able to stand beside his mother, who is a residential school survivor, during the opening ceremony.

An honour song was played for the survivors and Stan said it was one of the most heartfelt moments for him.

“For the first time I was able to stand beside my mom and hug her, not only as a mother but also as a survivor. That was the first time I was able to do that,” Wesley said. “I just cried.

She cried. It was very emotional for the both of us.”

A highlight for Rogers happened on the last day of the National Event.

“Stan sang Buffy SainteMarie’s ‘Until It’s Time For You To Go’ in the way Elvis Presley would have sang it,” Rogers said. “I thought this is going to be campy, but you know what?

It was the last day. Everyone was feeling sad; some close friendships had been established. He practically broke my heart the way it sang.”

Rogers said that at first people in the audience were laughing.

“But I think everyone realized this song was really summing up that we now have to say good-

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bye,” Rogers said. “We’ll stay until its time for you to go. We’ll always have each other in our hearts. It was right, and it was so beautiful.”

Wesley said the reason he wanted to sing that song was because it felt so good to be there at the event.

“There’s something incredible when you’re in an environment where you’re able to spend time with people and look not only at the past, but at what we are going to do to move forward towards healing,” Wesley said.

“The line of ‘Here I’ll stay until it’s time for me to go’ is I know I’m gonna go. There’s gonna be a moment when the event is done,” Wesley said. “But I’m gonna stay here until it’s time to go, and I’m gonna do everything in my power to make things right.”

Wesley continues to look forward to helping people, and feels that his role at the National Event is a career defining moment.

“It’s so wonderful to be a part of people’s healing,” Wesley said. “All I ever wanted to do was be a part of change. I want to leave my mark, and leave something behind.”

Wesley attributes a new resolve to do things better in his life to the birth of his daughter.

“While I’m doing right by her, I believe in my heart I am doing right by everyone else,” Wesley said. “I need to make sure whatever I do, whatever’s on the horizon, that I know in my heart that I have to treat people like gold.”

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Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s Stanley Bluecoat has expanded his bed and breakfast accommodations by building the sixbedroom Sunset Lodging Bed and Breakfast in the West Bay area.

“It’s been good since I opened the new (lodge),” Bluecoat said. “It’s been steady — people have been coming in and out.”

Bluecoat began providing bed and breakfast accommodations after he built a new home in 2009. His first guest was the contractor who was building the community’s new airport terminal.

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“They left after three weeks and I guess the word got out,” Bluecoat said. “The phone started ringing and (people) were asking me if I had any rooms: ‘I heard you have a nice room, can we stay there.’”

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“I built the new one because I couldn’t keep up,” Bluecoat said, noting he often stayed in a cabin when his home was being used for guests. “There’s people who wanted to stay at my bed and breakfast so I filled out my application to NADF (Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund).”

Bluecoat said the NADF application was approved at the end of last August, so he ordered building materials to be shipped in by air so he

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KI Chief Donny Morris helped Bluecoat with the grand opening of the bed and breakfast in mid-January.

“After I opened it — it’s been three months now — it’s been used steadily,” Bluecoat said, noting the guests in the new accommodations included a Journalists For Human Rights member who worked in the community for three months and an ice road truckers filming crew from Winnipeg who were filming north of Pickle Lake commu-

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Bluecoat has received a good response from his guests to date, noting he has a guestbook where they can write down comments.

“There’s all kinds of people staying here,” Bluecoat said, noting that he hosted the Governor General’s wife and Lieutenant Governor’s wife during last summer’s visit by people from across the country. “I’m meeting people every day, I get to know people from all over Canada. There’s a lady staying here for over a month now who is from Vancouver.”

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Bluecoat charges $160 per night for his accommodations and breakfast, noting that expenses are higher in KI due to transportation costs.

“I give them a special rate if somebody wants to stay a month or so,” Bluecoat said.

Bluecoat received a $99,000 grant from the Aboriginal Business Contribution Program to help pay for the about $350,000 cost to build the new lodge. He also had to invest about $30,00035,000 for furniture and other fixtures in the building.

“I have to pay for fuel oil, hydro and Internet,” Bluecoat said about the day-to-day costs of operating the lodge.

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Audio Production Engineer Wawatay Native Communications Society serves the communications needs of the First Nations peoples and communities of northern Ontario. The Society does this through the provision of a biweekly newspaper, daily radio, website and other services that help to preserve and enhance the languages and cultures of the Aboriginal people in northern Ontario.

DESCRIPTION: The Audio Production Engineer provides support services to the Radio Department. The responsibilities lie mainly in the Audio Production Engineering and Technical needs of the Radio Department. The Audio Production Engineer is responsible for the technical maintenance of all equipment within the production studio. The Audio Production Engineer is responsible for all production of all materials in the production studio. And from time to time, the Audio Production Engineer will man remote mixes/transmission equipment and simultaneous Translation Equipment.

ACCOUNTABILITY: The Audio Production Engineer is accountable to the Radio Station Manager and to the Technical Services Coordinator for maintenance, training and replacement of radio engineering equipment.

FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES: The Audio Production Engineer will: % Co-ordinate and ensure the studios production and main controls run smoothly at all times. % Plan and establish a routine for equipment maintenance. % Supervise and/or assist in audio facilities set-up for remote technical productions. % Ensure audio production needs of WRN broadcasters are met on deadline, including but not limited to: theme music, voice-overs, translations, editing documentaries and news stories, intros, extros, station ids and commercial breaks. % Coordinate and complete studio audio productions from prepared scripts using talent, sound effects, voice clips, b-roll sound and music. % Plan, edit and ensure production of commercials and/or voice-overs are completed and entered into the automated audio system. % Engineer studio recordings of musicians, narrators, dramatic talent and interview guests. % Compile and maintain technical inventory including repair records, manuals and audio supplies. % Identify training needs and present opportunities to the Director of Radio for follow-up and approval.

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School Elder Eva Kakepetum has written a book featuring her healing journey to help others with their own healing processes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By telling a bit of my own story of abuse and also the struggles my husband and I had with him going to residential school as well, I thought that would encourage and give hope to people,â&#x20AC;? said the retired addiction and mental health counsellor, whose family is originally from the Bad River reserve in Wisconsin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a really good place now and we went through our healing from our abuse issues.â&#x20AC;?

Kakepetum said she went through a period in her life where she used alcohol and drugs to try to numb the pain she had from abuse as a child. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought of suicide from five years old to 24 years old,â&#x20AC;?

Kakepetum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I share that just to show people, here I am â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an author now fulfilling my dreams.â&#x20AC;?

Kakepetumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 93-page book, Alive Again - A Journey From the Storms of Life, is available on Amazon.com as a print or e-book. The book features the artwork of Kakepetumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner Abe Kakepetum on the cover as well as inside the book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For a short period of time it was free on Kindle,â&#x20AC;? Kakepetum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had five days

where people could access the book for free and I believe in June of this year that it will be available again, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the dates yet.â&#x20AC;?

Kakepetum began her healing journey when she was 24 years old. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a few years for me because I started and then I stopped,â&#x20AC;? Kakepetum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then I went forward again and completed it.â&#x20AC;?

Kakepetum and Abe usually take the opportunity to share their healing stories with others whenever possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically, sharing your story just continues the healing as well,â&#x20AC;? Kakepetum said.

Kakepetum focused on keeping her book short, simple and encouraging to give people

hope. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are exercises in (the book) for individuals to work on themselves,â&#x20AC;? Kakepetum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it talks about self love at the end as well â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we need to know who we are as an individual rather than what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been told. Sometimes as children weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been told nasty things about ourselves and we carry that with us for a long time.â&#x20AC;?

Kakepetum has received good reactions to her book so far, including comments that the book will open doors for people to begin their healing process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had really good reviews,â&#x20AC;? Kakepetum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you publish a book, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really exciting but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also scary

because you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what people are going to think about it.â&#x20AC;?

While Kakepetum wrote the book to help all peoples, she said it is aimed mainly at First Nations people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I work with the (DFC) students as an Elder right now and I want to reach the students so badly,â&#x20AC;? Kakepetum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If this book can save at least one life, one person from suicide, then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been worthwhile.â&#x20AC;?

Kakepetum encourages people to begin their healing journey as soon as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is so much of life to live,â&#x20AC;? Kakepetum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The earlier you get your healing and get comfortable with who you are, the more of life you are going to have to live.â&#x20AC;?

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NEWS BRIEFS Fort Severn house fire under investigation One woman has died after an early morning fire burned down a home in Fort Severn First Nation on March 31.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) began an investigation at the Fort Severn Detachment following the report of a residential fire. Police confirmed that several occupants escaped the fire and that one individual was unaccounted for.

Police confirmed that one body was recovered from the residence and a post-mortem examination was conducted on April 3 in Kenora.

The investigation is continuing with the NAPS North West Region Crime Unit, the OPP Identification Unit, and the Ontario Fire Marshall.

It is the fifth fire-related fatality in a First Nations community in northern Ontario in recent weeks after a house fire in Mishkeegogamang killed four people.

The fires have prompted Nishnawbe Aski Nation to pursue a new approach to fire safety and prevention for its 49 communities.

A federal study on fire safety on reserves in 2010 found that people living on First Nation reserves are 10 times more likely to die in a house fire than the rest of Canada.

New police station to be built in Eabametoong Eabametoong First Nation will be getting a new police station to replace its aging modular trailer facility.

The federal government announced on April 14 that it has committed $1.82 million for the project, while the province will commit $1.68 million for a total investment of $3.5 million for the new police facility.

The federal government said its portion of the funding comes through its First Nations Policing Program (FNPP).

Kenora MP Greg Rickford was in the community to make the announcement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a wonderful initiative for northern Ontario and one that will help improve the safety and security for all of the people in the surrounding area,â&#x20AC;? said Rickford, who is also the Minister of Natural Resources.

North-South Alliance reaffirmed by Marten Falls and Aroland First Nations Marten Falls First Nation Chief Eli Moonias and Aroland First Nation Chief Sonny Gagnon have reaffirmed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;North-South Allianceâ&#x20AC;? between their two communities.

Moonias stated that the development of the Ring of Fire requires infrastructure, and the first priority is to build a road that will allow people and goods to move. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building a North-South road to access the Ring of Fire makes the most sense, and since any road built on that alignment will pass through the traditional territory of both our First Nations communities, we are re-affirming our alliance,â&#x20AC;?

Moonias said.

Gagnon stated that both communities could benefit from the economic opportunities that come with a road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are willing to work with mining companies, governments, and other partners to ensure our rights are respected and our communities are partners in the development of the Ring of Fire,â&#x20AC;? said Gagnon.

The North-South Alliance was first announced in March 2012.

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Ontera provides services such as cell phone and Internet to the northeastern Ontario region, including the James Bay coast.

NDP Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof questioned the decision to sell Ontera telecommunications to a private company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sale to Bell Aliant is for $6 million, but the fiber optic ring alone that Ontario owns is worth $23 million,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On top of that, it will cost the government an estimated $60 million to transfer Ontera to Bell Aliant, and 100 jobs will be lost.â&#x20AC;?

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New high school approved for Sioux Lookout Partners in future $30-million facility include Confederation College, Lakehead University Bryan Phelan Wawatay News

The Keewatin Patricia District School Board said it would make a major announcement during a student assembly at the Queen Elizabeth (QE) District High School. Then another snowstorm hit, delaying the long-awaited news.

Finally, on April 2, in a carnival-like atmosphere in the school gymnasium, five QE students took the stage and shared the microphone to tell their peers in dramatic fashion, one word at a time: “We … are … getting … a … new … school!”

To help give those six simple words full impact, they sprayed colourful confetti into the air from handheld cannons, while the song Celebration blared.

Students screamed and howled their approval. QE teachers and administrators clapped and cheered almost as loudly, joined by board principals, managers and staff from across the district.

When the fluttering confetti had settled on the floor, a series of speakers provided details about the future school.

Most notably, the Ontario Ministry of Education had agreed to fund its construction, said Bob O’Donahue, a Sioux Lookout trustee on the Keewatin Patricia board.

“The board of trustees has for years had a new school or renovations for this school as a number one priority (for capital projects),” O’Donahue said.

“Obviously, the thing that was holding things back was funding, and it has come through.”

The new high school is expected cost more than $30 million, with the Ministry of Education covering $24 million.

QE school was built 61 years ago. Upgrading or replacing it has been considered a board

priority for the past 17 years.

After all that time, a spring storm that dropped 55 centimetres of snow on Sioux Lookout from the last Monday of March to April Fool’s Tuesday forced closure of all of the board’s schools in the region and postponement of the new school announcement at QE until Wednesday. It proved a final test of patience for O’Donahue.

“Monday I was hoping to climb to the top of Blueberry Hill and shout this out but it would have been impossible to get up that hill (because of the heavy snowfall),” he joked.

“I’m truly excited about today,” O’Donahue said of finally being able to share news of the ministry funding approval he and other senior board officials had known about for three weeks. “It’s been very, very tough keeping this quiet. It’s going to be a stateof-the-art high school … (and) there are going to be tremendous programs offered.”

The school board has already looked at several possible locations for the future school, in consultation with the Town of Sioux Lookout, but hasn’t yet acquired a property.

It won’t be built at the current QE site, said Sean Monteith, the board’s director of education. “We can’t build the building we want on the existing site, with land the that’s available there, and still operate the high school beside it for three years.” That’s how long Monteith predicts it will take for planning and construction of the new 100,000 square foot facility, which would mean students in Grade 9 now could finish high school there.

“Exciting,” Dakota Harper, a Grade 9 QE student from Keewaywin First Nation, said of that prospect.

Harper is one of 480-490 stu-

Bryan Phelan/Wawatay News

Discussing Sioux Lookout’s future high school outside the current one are QE students, from left, Charlene McDonald (Deer Lake First Nation), Evan Suggashie (Deer Lake), Nigel Morris (Muskrat Dam), and Kerri Fiddler (Bearskin Lake). “I enjoyed it,” Morris said of a festive assembly in the QE gym, where students learned a new school will be built. “The environment felt really good.” dents attending QE. More than 60 per cent of them belong to a First Nation. Of those, 133 students attend QE under tuition agreements with First Nations or their tribal councils.

The new school is being built and funded for 533 students, Monteith said in an interview after the QE assembly. “We’re building a school that is bigger than what we have right now for enrolment because we are anticipating some growth, specifically growth … with more and more students coming from the North,” he explained.

More than a high school There will also be space allocated in the school for several major partners in the project: Confederation College, Lakehead University, Sioux Lookout

Bryan Phelan/Wawatay News

With an energetic dance performance, QE student Brandon Quoquat set the tone for an assembly to celebrate the announcement of a new high school for Sioux Lookout.

Meno Ya Win Health Centre, FIREFLY, and Toronto Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids).

Of those partners Confederation College will have the biggest presence, using 7,000 square feet as its Sioux Lookout campus.

“We currently work together in a number of different ways around dual credits, which allow you to start college before you’ve even finished high school,” Jim Madder, president of Confederation College told QE students. “(This) allows us to expand that programming.”

With its new campus, the college will be able to broaden other program offerings in Sioux Lookout as well, he said.

Lakehead University, meanwhile, “is working with us to bring a ‘tele-presence’ … to Sioux Lookout in the new building,” Monteith said, “so that professors at LU can deliver their videoconferencing courses into classrooms.”

Meno Ya Win and FIREFLY will provide students with a range of counselling services, while Sick Kids will offer fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnostic services and supports.

“I am struck by the … opportunity for Sioux Lookout and northern youth who will be privileged to take part in this fresh start,” Rhonda MacRae, who works in the QE guidance office, said of the future school.

“Working together with community partners … equates basically to better services for

all students – more academic offerings, potential for enormous career exploration and a more cohesive network of academic, social, emotional, cultural and physical care.”

Monteith suggested the partnerships put Keewatin Patricia’s funding application “over the top” with the Ministry of Education. Long-term leases with the partners, 10 to 20 years in duration, will also help fund the new school.

Over several years, the board set aside $4.2 million of its own for the project, further strengthening its proposal to the ministry, Monteith added.

The next 60 years During the QE assembly to celebrate news of the future school, students Alyssa Wiseman and Drew Dumonski poked fun at the old one. They referred to the outdated “hunk of bricks” sinking into the ground, the hallway having to serve as a cafeteria, an art room and kitchen sharing the same space, and a music room with no soundproofing.

Still, “We can all agree that the imperfections have brought us together,” Wiseman said, for “the best high school experience – academically, athletically and socially.”

The students challenged others in the packed gym to keep that tradition alive.

Nigel Morris of Muskrat Dam First Nation, a Grade 11 student at QE, said he wants his

younger brother, still working toward his Grade 8 graduation up north, to someday be part of that tradition as a student of the new school in Sioux Lookout.

“I hope it gives him the benefit of a better education, and for him to have fun with sports or extracurricular activities, or just within the school in general,” he said while standing outside QE with friends after the assembly.

Earlier, strobe lights danced on the walls to music and cheerleaders greeted Morris, other students and community members as they filed into the gym for the big announcement. Students volleyed inflatable balls in the bleachers while they waited.

“It was fun … awesome,” Morris said of the festive atmosphere.

QE principal Steven Poling spoke about the opportunity to plan through the new school project the next 60 years of an “education community” that extends from Sioux Lookout to Lac Seul and north to Fort Severn.

“We are an inclusive school,” he said. “This building will help advance the work of creating an educational experience with caring and unconditional support, creating a sense of belonging for all people and ensuring students see themselves in the school, as graduates and lifelong learners.

“We have a lot of work to do together to make this project a reality,” he added. “Let’s get it started.”