June 12, 2014 Volume 41 Number 12 by Wawatay News

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June 12, 2014 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

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Making a showcase

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More than 20 youth from First Nations communities such as Sandy Lake, Pikangikum, Lac La Croix and Wikwemikong performed at a dance showcase in Toronto last month as part of the Outside Looking In dance program. The event was the culmination of several months of practice on the youth’s part as well as attending classes each day and getting good grades in order to make it to the show. See story on page 7.

ᐸᐧᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐅᐱᒥ ᓇᑲᐡᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓄᑎᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐸᐧᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑭᔕᑯᒋᒋᑫᐸᓂᐠ ᐊᐱ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐅᓀᑕᑲᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐃᒪ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋᐅᓀᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᓇᑲᓇᐡᑲᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᐦᐊᕑᐊᔾᓯᐣ ᐃᐧᐣᐟ ᑲᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᐸᐣ ᒋᐅᓇᑭᑐᒋᐣ ᓄᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ. ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐱᓯᑦ, ᐦᐊᕑᐊᔾᓯᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐃᔑᒧᐡᑭᓀᐱᐦᐃᑫᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᐁᐧ ᐧᐊᐸᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᐠ ᔐᒪᐠ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᒋᒪᒋᑐᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᑌᑫᐊᐧᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒋᐅᓇᑭᑐᒋᐣ 16 ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᓯᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐸᐧᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᔕᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᓀᑲᐱᐦᐊᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐊᐧᒋᐠ. “ᓂ ᑭ ᐃ ᔑ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒥᓇᐸᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᓇᑲᐡᑲᐊᐧᑭᑕᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧᑭᒪᐠ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᔕᐳᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᔑᐅᐡᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐸᐧᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐧᒐᕑᒐᐣ ᒪ ᐧ ᕑ ᓱ . “ᓂ ᑭ ᑌ ᐱ ᓇ ᒥ ᐣ ᑕ ᐡ ᐅ ᐁ ᐧ

ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒪᑭᐸᐣ, ᐁᑭᐃᑭᑐᐸᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᔕᐳᓂᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒋᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᐠ ᒋᑭᔭᓂ ᒪᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᔑᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ.” ᐱᐠ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐃᐧᐣᐟᐸᕑᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐦᐊᕑᐊᔾᓯᐣ ᐃᐧᐣᐟ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐱᐠ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐃᐧᐣᐟᐸᐧᕑᐠ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ ᐅᒧᐡᑭᓀᐱᐦᐃᑫᐠ, ᑭᐃᔑᑲᑫᐧᑌᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒋᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐣᒋᓂᔕᐦᐅᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᑭᐣ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᔕᐳᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑭᔕᐳᓇᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐱᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.19 ᒋᑭᒪᑕᓄᑭᐸᐣ ᐱᐠ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᒋᑐᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᑲᐣᒋᓂᔕᐦᐅᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᐸᑕᐣ ᑲᑫᐧᓇᐃᐧᐃᓯᓭᐠ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐧᐣᑕ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᓯᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐁᑕ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᔑᑲᐸᐃᐧᒪᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐨ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 16 ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᔑᐅᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᑲᑎᕑᐃᐣ

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ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᐅᑭᐃᔑ ᐅᓀᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑲ ᐃᒪ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐅᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᑲᑫᐧᑌᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᑫᐧ ᔕᑯᓯᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐁᔭᓇᑭᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐸᑫᐱᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ 17 ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ, O.Reg. 359/09. “ᐁ ᑲ ᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑭᔑᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐁᐧᓴ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᑲᑭᐅᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑲᑎᐱᑐᒋᑲᑌᑫᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᓀᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ. “ᒥ ᑕ ᐡ ᐅ ᒪ ᑲ ᑭ ᐅ ᐣ ᒋ ᓭ ᐠ ᐅ ᓀ ᑕ ᒧ ᐃ ᐧ ᐣ , ᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐁᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᐸᑯᓂᑲᑌ.” ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᐧᐟ ᐅᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐸᐣ $100,000 ᒋᐊᐣᑭᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᑲᑭᒧᐡᑭᓀᐱᐦᐃᑫᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ, ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒥᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐸᐧᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ $7,500 ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᒧᐡᑭᓀᐱᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᒋᒥᓂᐨ. “ᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐸᑫᐧᔑᑲᓂᑭᔑᑲᐠ (ᓴᑭᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 6 ) , ” ᐃ ᑭ ᑐ ᒪ ᐧ ᕑ ᓱ . “ᒥ ᑕ ᐡ ᐅ ᒪ

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ᐊᐸᒪᑐᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫ ᐅᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧ ᒪᐡᑭᑯᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯ ᒪᐡᑭᑯᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ, ᒉᒥᐢ ᐯ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᓂᐦᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑭᐱᒥ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᐁᓂᑭᔐᐸᔭᓂᐠ ᓴᑭᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᒧᐣ 10 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ. ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᐅᑭ ᑭᑭᐡᑲᑯᐣ ᑲᐊᓂᒪᓂᐠ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᐣᓱᕑ ᑲᐊᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭᓂᐠ 2012 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ. 64 ᑭᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓂ. ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᑭᑕᔑᓂᑕᐃᐧᑭ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋᓂᐨ, ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ ᒥᑕᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᑕᓱᑎᐸᐦᐊᑲᐣ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᔑ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ. ᐱᑕᐯᑯᐠ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᑎᐯᐣᑕᑯᓯ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᒧᐢ ᐸᐠᑐᕑᐃ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 50 ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑭᑲᐯᔑ ᐃᒪ. ᑭ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᑌᑕᑯᐦᐊᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒧᐢ ᑯᕑᐃ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐊᐱ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧᒥᑲᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᑲᐣᓱᕑ ᐁᐃᓇᐱᓀᐨ, ᒥᐱᑯ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥᔭᓄᑭᐨ ᐊᔕ ᐃᐁᐧ ᓂᐦᓴᐧ ᐁᑭᐊᓂᑫ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᒪᐡᑭᑯ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐱᒥᓇᑕᐃᐧᐦᐊᑲᓄᐨ. ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐸᐣ 2004 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᔭᓄᑭᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᔦ ᑭᐱᐃᓇᓄᑭᐸᐣ ᓂᔭᓄᔭᑭ ᐁᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᔑᔑᐃᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐅᓇᐣ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᐁᑲ ᑲᔕᑫᐧᓂᒧᐨ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐃᐧᓂᐢᐠ ᑲᑭᒧᐡᑭᐳᑌᑭᐸᐣ 1986 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ.

Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit passes on Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit, a James Bay leader who has been involved in First Nations politics for more than 30 years, died in the early hours of June 10. Louttit was battling cancer since the fall of 2012. He was 64. Louttit was born on his family’s traditional homelands at Lake River, located about 100 miles north of Attawapiskat. A Fort Albany First Nation member, Louttit moved to Moose Factory during his teen years and lived there for the past 50 years. He was made an honourary member of the Moose Cree First Nation in acknowledgement of his many contributions to the local community. After he was diagnosed with cancer, Louttit continued to serve in his third consecutive term as Mushkegowuk grand chief while he received chemotherapy treatment. He was first elected as grand chief in 2004. During the course of his career he also served a five-year term as deputy grand chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. Louttit was presented with a Ministerial Award and the Governor General’s Medal of Bravery in recognition of his efforts during the Winisk flood of 1986.

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ᐊᐸᒪᑐᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫ ᐅᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧ ᑫᕑᐅᓫᐊᔾᐣ ᔦᐢᓄ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᓱᐸᐣ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᑌᐱᓇᐠ ᑭᒋᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᒥ ᑌᐯᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᐁᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᓭᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᒥᓂᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧ ᑲᒪᒪᐃᐧᓄᐊᐧᐨ (ONECA) ᑲᑭᒥᓂᐨ ᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ. ᔦᐢᓄ ᐅᑭᔭᓂ ᒪᒋᑐᓇᐸᐣ ᐅᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ 1982 ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔕ ᐅᑭᐱᑭᔑᑐᐣ ᐅᑭᒋᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐸᐣ ᓫᐁᐠᐦᐁᐟ ᔪᓂᐯᕑᓯᑎ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2003. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᓂ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2009. ᑭᐱᒥᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᓇᑯᔑᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᑭᔑᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᓄᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫ ᐅᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧ. ᔦᐢᓄ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᓂᔕ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᑲᐡᑭᑐᐣ ᐁᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᔭᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑭᑲᐡᑭᑐᐣ ᐁᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᑲᐧ ᐅᓂᑭᐦᐃᑯᒪᐠ ᓂᑎᔑᑭᔐᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᔦᐢᓄ, ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐣ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐣ ᒋᓂᑕᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᑭᐡ ᐁᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂ, ᒥᑭᓯᑲᐧᓱᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑲᐡᑲᐧᓱᓇᐣ. ᔦᐢᓄ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᔭᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐦᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑕᓱᓯᑲᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 26 ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 28 ᐁᐧᑎ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ.

Eabametoong counsellor named ONECA’s counsellor of the year Eabametoong education counsellor Caroline Yesno’s commitment to the pursuit of higher education goals recently paid off with the Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA) President’s Counsellor of the Year Award. Yesno began her counselling career in 1982 and has since graduated with a bachelor of arts from Lakehead University in 2003. Yesno also completed Lakehead University’s Native Language Instructors Program in 2009. She pursued her education goals during evening sessions at night school and on the weekends through the Independent Learning Centre in Toronto while working as an education counsellor. Yesno credited her knowledge of Anishinabemowin as being an advantage in her work. “I speak my language fluently, so I was able to talk to the parents in my native language,” Yesno said, noting she also helped students improve their Anishinabemowin language skills while teaching them how to paint, bead and do other traditional crafts. Yesno received the President’s Counsellor of the Year Award at the 30th Annual ONECA Conference, held May 26-28 in Toronto.

ᑭᓄᑲᒥᐣᐠ #58 ᓂᔑᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᓂᑕᐃᐧᑭᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ 2014 ᑭᓄᑲᒥᐣᐠ #58 ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᓂᑕᐃᐧᑭᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᑕᔕ ᒥᓇ ᐦᐊᓇ ᐱᔓᕑ ᑕᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᐧᕑᐠ ᐊᒣᕑᐃᑲᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᓂᐱᓂᐠ ᐅᐸᐡᑯᐃᐧᐱᓯᒧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᕑᐃᒐᔾᓇ. ᓇᑕᔕ, 18 ᐁᑲᐧ ᐦᐊᓇ 24 ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑐᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐱᐃᔑᒋᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᓂᐅᐊᐦᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᒪᐤ ᐅᑭᐱᑭᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᑐᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᓇᑕᔕ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒋᑫᐣᑕᐣ ᒋᑭᑐᒋᑫᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᓂᒋᑫᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᔦ ᒋᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᐊᐧᑭᑕᐧ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑐᒋᑫᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ, ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᓂᒥᓀᐧᑕᒥᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓇᑕᔕ. “ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐁᑭᑕᑯᓂᑯᔭᐣᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐡ ᓂᒪᒪᑲᑌᐣᑕᒥᐣ.” ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᓂᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᒋᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑐᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓇᑕᔕ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᑌᐱᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᒪᐨ ᒋᑭᐱᑐᒋᑫᓂᐨ.

Long Lake #58 sisters to perform at NAIG 2014 Long Lake #58 First Nation sisters Natasha and Hannah Fisher will be performing at the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) this July in Regina. Natasha, 18, and Hannah, 24, have been involved in music their whole lives but have been “taking it seriously” together for the past four years. Natasha said that they are excited to perform at the Indigenous Games. “We are excited to go and meet different artists and different people, it’s really exciting,” Natasha said. “It’s an international event that we got booked for and that’s amazing.” The sisters are performing next at this year’s Aboriginal Day Gala in Thunder Bay, and Natasha can be contacted for performances on her Facebook artist’s page.

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JUNE 12, 2014

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

Fort William continues court battle against wind project Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Fort William First Nation recently achieved success after an Ontario court decided it would not intervene in Horizon Wind’s application to construct a wind farm near the community. Last month, Horizon Wind filed an application for a judicial review in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the hopes of gaining the immediate approval of its Big Thunder Wind Project. The project calls for the construction of 16 wind turbines on Fort William’s traditional lands south-west of Mt. McKay. “What we were looking for was to essentially prohibit MOE (Ministry of the Environment) and the Crown from making any further approvals on phase one of the project, which is the development piece,” said Fort William Chief Georjann Morriseau. “So we were successful in that bid, that this court basically said that there will be no decisions rendered or made on the terms of an approval to grant Horizon the ability to move ahead and begin the development of phase one.” Big Thunder Windpark Inc., Horizon Wind Inc. and Big Thunder Windpark LP, the applicants, launched the court process to seek an order of mandamus to compel the director of the MOE’s Assessments and Approvals Branch to issue a renewable energy approval under section 47.5 of the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.19 in respect of the Big Thunder wind energy project in Thun-

der Bay. Mandamus is a discretionary remedy. It is not issued unless there is a public legal duty to act and the duty is owed to the applicant. The May 16 decision by Superior Court of Justice judges Katherine E. Swinton, Edward F. Then and Thomas R. Lederer stated that the applicants had failed to show that the director refused to perform a public legal duty owed to them, and they were not entitled to an order of mandamus. The decision is available online at: http://canlii.ca/t/ g6xvd. The judges also decided that the court had no jurisdiction to grant the declaration sought respecting the applicants consultation. The applicants had requested a declaration in their factum that they had complied with their consultation requirement in Section 17 of the Renewable Energy Regulation, O.Reg. 359/09. “With respect to a declaration concerning the Crown’s duty to consult, it is premature for this court to rule on whether the duty has been met,” the decision said. “For these reasons, the application for judicial review is dismissed.” Although counsel for Fort William had been seeking costs of $100,000 against the applicants and the Crown, the judges awarded costs in the amount of $7,500 to Fort William from the applicants. The Crown did not seek costs and none were awarded. “We are scheduled for another hearing this Friday (June 6),” Morriseau said.

“This is now our response with our critical facts and our concerns with relation to our watershed and some of the natural resources in and around that area, along with hunting and fishing and some of our traditional concerns that we had brought forward from the very onset.” Morriseau added that community members have been tapping maple trees for the past couple of years in the area of the proposed development. “This year they had a pretty good production of maple syrup,” Morriseau said. “I know there are discussions about expanding and continuing along that maple tree line, which has been there for many generations. My own grandmother and my great grandparents used that and they tapped those trees back in the day, so it is a traditional place. It’s definitely somewhere where we have harvested for many years.” Morriseau said her community raised its objections to the proposed development after the project’s location was moved from a location further to the west. “Once that (location) changed to the watershed, that’s when Fort William has maintained its consistent opposition to it,” Morriseau said. “The community is directly opposed to where they want to locate the wind turbines. We are not against wind energy, it’s just we are against the location that has been proposed and essentially imposed on the First Nation and the area.” Morriseau said her community had not been consulted

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Fort William Chief Georjann Morriseau speaks at a May 2011 meeting held by Big Thunder Wind Park representatives at the Fort William First Nation Community Centre. on the proposed development. “You don’t walk into a community and say this is what we are doing,” Morriseau said. “That is not consultation; that is coming in and telling us what you are going to do to us or for us, not with us.” A Horizon Wind Inc. official said the court process was one of many steps towards approval of the proposed development. “The court made it clear that it wasn’t going to interfere with the Ministry of Environment’s authority to manage the case,” said Kathleen MacKenzie, director of

community and public affairs at Horizon Wind Inc. “This was one of many steps in the process to approval of the Big Thunder Wind Park.” Horizon Wind Inc. initially entered into an agreement with the City of Thunder Bay for the potential development of the Big Thunder Wind Park in 2007. The company held a community meeting in May 2011 at the Fort William First Nation Community Centre to discuss the wind power development plans, where community members aired concerns about potential effects on the Loch Lomond watershed and

plants and animals near the proposed project. The company announced changes to the proposed project in 2012, including a reduction in turbines to 16 and a relocation of the turbines to reduce visibility. “Experts have found that we are not located in the migratory paths of birds and that we have stayed away from important sugar maple stands,” McKenzie said in a 2012 press release. “We have made sure that we are at least 1.1 kilometres from any home (double the provincially-mandated distance).”

Equay-wuk (Women’s Group)

FWFN/ANNUAL TRADITIONAL POW WOW

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Heavens Above Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

am dazzled by the starry night sky. I have always taken a great comfort in looking up at the stars. When I look up to the heavens and the greater universe I find a perspective of the world that has kept me grounded and aware of my place in life. I discovered this reality as a child living on the James Bay coast in my home community of Attawapiskat. Now as an adult I continue to look upward and I always feel humbled when I spot a point of light that is 500 light years away and totally out of my reach.

“...my small Native reserve in northern Ontario is so removed from the outside world.” When I was young and living on the James Bay coast, my life felt like it was disconnected from a greater world. My friends and I saw all of the images of great cities, towns and endless highways in movies, television shows, newspapers and magazines. It was all very alien to us. We knew there was an exciting world out there that we could not be part of because it was just so far away. The realization that we could not participate in such an interesting, exciting and faraway world gave us all a great sense of isolation. I yearned for some way to escape the dusty roads and confusing life on my landlocked First Nation. I found this escape in the school library where I devoured book after book. My favourite reading had to do with space, the planets and the stars. The deep void of space was an awesome concept that enchanted my imagination as a child. My newfound knowledge was made even more exciting because I lived in a remote part of the world that had little light pollution and that meant I could view the heavens easily. On cold clear winter nights, I can remember looking up at the stars and being able to see faint points of light all the way down to the horizon. I literally felt like I was standing on the edge of the planet. The more I read about our place in the greater universe, the more I felt that in a way,

our tiny planet is just as isolated from everything in the cosmos in a similar way that my small Native reserve in northern Ontario is so removed from the outside world. I found some comfort in discovering that our planet is merely a small speck orbiting the sun, which is actually a star that is roughly 1.3 million times bigger than Earth. As I read more about the accumulated knowledge of our universe, I found it fascinating to know that as we orbit our sun, all of us are travelling on earth at an astonishing accumulated speed of 390 kilometers per second towards the constellation of Leo. I was amazed at the ideas of space, time and distance in my reading. Things in space are so far apart that one way of measuring the distance of celestial objects is by the use of the light year, the distance light can travel in a year which is equivalent to 10 trillion kilometres. That boggled my mind. The reading I did certainly expanded my appreciation of just how vast the universe is. It amazed me to discover that our sun and its solar system occupied a place in a small corner of our Milky Way galaxy. We sit about three quarters away from the centre, in a galaxy that measures about 100,000 light years across and is made up of possibly 400 billion stars, many of which are actually stars with planets. Our home galaxy is only one of possibly 100 billion other galaxies that are millions of light years away in all directions of our observable universe. What lies beyond is currently unknown. Now that’s big. So these days I make sure to get out at least a couple of times a week to light a campfire and sit back to stare up into the starry sky. The knowledge I have gained from my reading of science and astronomy over the years really helps me to appreciate the majestic sight of the universe. As technology improves I am thrilled to discover new ways to connect to the cosmos. I have downloaded apps on my iPad called Sky Guide or the Canadian made GoSkyWatch Planetarium to help me enjoy my stargazing. They provide detailed information about the stars, constellations, deep sky objects and even satellites that orbit our planet. I have even started using Flightradar24, an app that requires a steady Internet connection in order to provide detailed up to date information on aircraft flying overhead. The night sky is more amazing to me than ever. www.underthenorthernsky.com

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Resisidential School survivors at the National Day of Reconciliation, which was held at Mt. McKay in Fort Williams First Nation. June 11 marks the sixth year since Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a historic apology for the Canadian government’s role in residential schools.

Residential Schools: The Pain that Keeps on Giving. Beverly Anne Sabourin & Peter Andre Globensky Special to Wawatay News

he Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission recently completed four years of public hearings recording story after story of appalling physical and sexual abuse, neglect and selective cultural genocide. But there are some narratives coming out of this colonialist and racist residential school period that will never be heard. Stories from those who escaped the clutches of Indian agents and religious orders hell bent on saving their charges from it, but who were, nevertheless sideswiped by this terribly misguided policy. Margaret Alice Agnes (not her real name) an 84 year-old Anishinabequay (Aboriginal Woman) from the north shore of Lake Superior is one of these stories. Born in 1930 in a north-of-Superior reserve community, Margaret, her parents and many siblings lived the hardscrabble but satisfactory life of the early

20th century Anishinabe – blending the best of Aboriginal culture with some of the material accoutrements of white society. In addition to reaping the resources of the land he so much honoured, Margaret’s father worked as a woodcutter and prospector. Margaret’s mother often worked alongside her father while working in the home tending to the growing family. “We didn’t have a lot of things, but we were rich and happy in many other ways” Margaret Alice recalls of her childhood. “We had what we needed and what we didn’t have, we didn’t miss!” Margaret Alice was able to attend the local community elementary school and was about to complete Grade 3 when her life changed dramatically. Her father Edward had witnessed Indian agents relocating community children to a residential school in Thunder Bay “for their own good and for a long time,” as Margaret Alice tells it. Knowing of the anguish this would cause both the children and he and his wife Alice, he knew instinctively this was wrong.

“I remember him coming home and telling my mom to pack up the kids and whatever we could carry. We were going into the bush and we would leave the very next day. I didn’t know what was going on and I was afraid,” Margaret Alice recollects. She was to spend the next eight years of her life in the bush in a one room trapper’s cabin with her parents, siblings and nature as her only teachers, away from the clutches of the priests and ministers and government agents who would wish to civilize her by destroying her cultural identify and the language she used to express it. “I remember my dad telling my mom that if anybody came around when he was not there that she should not sign any papers for anything and that the kids were not going anywhere.” We may be too quick to conclude that Margaret Alice escaped the worst of the residential school debacle. Perhaps she did, but when she came out of the bush at 17 and went directly to work in the lumber bush camps, she

did so with but a 3rd grade education. “I taught myself how to read, to write and to count – I was to old to go back to school” she says. Who would argue that she too is not a victim of the residential school policy? As a single parent, she struggled all her life with low paying jobs and often had to rely, reluctantly, on social assistance to raise her children. Even though she “survived” the residential school period, she was still denied a birthright enjoyed by every other Canadian – the right to a basic education in her own community. Beverly Sabourin, who recently retired as the Vice-Provost of Aboriginal Initiatives at Lakehead University, is a member of the Pic Mobert Ojibwe. Peter Globensky is a former senior policy advisor on Aboriginal Affairs in the Office of the Prime Minister and recently retired as CEO of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. They invite your comments at basa1@ shaw.ca

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Crime as a Spiritual Crisis Simon Owen SENTENCES: JUSTICE ISSUES IN NAN

ard, honest discussions between First Nation leaders and members of the legal profession are not common, in my experience, but they do happen. Such opportunities to hear each other’s perspectives on justice issues can be very valuable, as long as we commit to ongoing learning, mutual understanding, and, where necessary, real change. I have been invited to circles where every participant, no matter what their role or title, was clearly speaking and listening with complete sincerity. But, as well-intentioned as we may be about doing justice ‘better’, sometimes it seems like we are speaking separate languages. I have noticed this happening at the most fundamental levels. A chief stood up and told a gathering I was at that people who end up in court facing criminal charges “are in a crisis. And it is a spiritual crisis”. That chief was right, and I think all of us gathered that day knew it. But although many heads nodded in agreement, they just as well might have been shaking in confusion and refusal. Spiritual crises are not a subject that Canadian lawyers are trained to think about, and so we have very little knowledge or inclination to encounter such a daunting concept. To call something spiritual, for me, is just another name for wholeness. To understand a whole person, or the whole problems that we encounter in the criminal justice system, requires much more than the simple addition or analysis of all the ‘parts’ we can think of. All of us are more than meets

the eye, the intellect, the human judgment of facts or consequences. In confronting the crisis of crime, we can either embrace or avoid this truth. What the justice system offers, at best, to Anishinabe, and to the nations that have upheld Anishinabe life and vitality since the world began, is fairness in fact-finding, equal treatment under Canadian laws, and sensitivity to the circumstances that contribute to the grossly unbalanced reality that is evident to anyone who walks through a courtroom door. We can apply our values, our safeguards and so-called remedies, and our experience to every ‘part’ of the people and problems that our courtrooms accommodate. But we cannot treat the needs of the spirit; we

“... we cannot treat the needs of the spirit; we cannot embrace the whole.”

cannot embrace the whole. I think, as we walk on and hopefully away from the worst injustices of history, that Anishinabe nations will have to decide whether this is good enough, whether Anishinabe who are caught in the spiritual crisis of crime can be justly served by the Canadian system, or whether a true alternative will be nurtured. It will be important to make these decisions with minds and hearts wide open to how the spirit – how the whole person – is either healed or hurt by the powers that touch it. In Canada, we have chosen to separate these powers, meaning that our laws, lawyers, and judges, for better or worse, are not meant – perhaps not even allowed – to respond to the whole nature of people and problems.

I understand that this was never so in how Anishinabe laws and leaders responded to the crises that we have come to call crime. I think, as I witness the dissatisfaction and despair among the Anishinabe who are forced to follow our processes, that there is still a deep yearning for this older, ‘wholer’ way of doing justice. Of course, Anishinabe and Canadian problems, and approaches, are not entirely distinct; wholeness, as it were, encompasses this shared land, this history, these worldviews and values that can seem at times to be so hopelessly at odds. I still expect that Anishinabe wisdom, as it regains strength after long years of abuse and disregard, can teach Canadian systems much about how to accept and embrace life’s spiritual dimension. Our country would certainly be better off for this awareness. But we will never, in the boxes we’ve built up to now, truly engage with the spiritual crisis – or its spiritual solutions – that the chief, in that meeting, so wisely described. I just hope we will somehow grow humble enough to return, as wholly as possible, this heart of crimefighting to the nations who can do it best. Have a question for our columnist related to law issues in northern Ontario? E-mail him at: smowen@tbaytel.net Simon Owen is a lawyer at Beamish and Associates in Sioux Lookout, and practices primarily in the areas of criminal defence law and community justice initiatives. These columns represent the personal views of the author alone, and not of any organization that he may be associated with. Nothing in these columns should be taken as legal advice; please consult a properly instructed lawyer for any legal issues you may have.

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Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit passes Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit, a James Bay leader who has been involved in First Nations politics for more than 30 years, died in the early hours of June 10. Louttit was battling cancer since the fall of 2012. He was 64. Louttit was born on his family’s traditional homelands at Lake River, located about 100 miles north of Attawapiskat. A Fort Albany First Nation member, Louttit moved to Moose Factory during his teen years and lived there for the past 50 years. He was made an honourary member of the Moose Cree First Nation in acknowledgement of his many contributions to the local community. During the course of his career he also served a fiveyear term as deputy grand chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. Louttit was presented with a Ministerial Award and the Governor General’s Medal of Bravery in recognition of his efforts during the Winisk flood of 1986. In 2011, the grand chief was awarded an Honourary Doctorate of Education by Nipissing University in recognition of his leadership and service to the Mushkegowuk Peoples and all First Nation citizens throughout Canada. After he was diagnosed with cancer, Louttit continued to serve in his third consecutive

term as Mushkegowuk grand chief while he received chemotherapy treatment. He was first elected as grand chief in 2004. Since he became the leader of Mushkegowuk, Louttit fought and advocated for the rights and issues of his people whether it was related to housing, healthcare, policing, suicide and drug abuse. He helped bring the Attawapiskat housing crisis to the limelight. Louttit was a strong proponent of educating First Nations and non-First Nations alike on the treaty relationship between all Treaty 9 signatories, including the governments of Ontario and Canada. He regularly gave a presentation he developed called, “The Real Agreement as Orally Agreed to,” which chronicles and explains the signing of the treaty. The presentation is based on oral history, extensive research by himself and Nipissing University professor John Long (who wrote the book,

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Sandy Lake, Pik youth showcase dance moves Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

More than 20 youth from four different First Nation communities took part in Outside Looking In (OLI)’s 7th Annual Show in Toronto this past May at the Winter Garden Theater. The show was the culmination of several months of practice on the youth’s part as well as attending classes each day and getting good grades in order to make it to the show. “It was awesome,” said OLI founder Tracee Smith. “We had 23 kids between four

“I wanted to be in the program because I got interested in it, and my brother Alex inspired me when he performed in Toronto in 2009.”

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Left: Sandy Lake youth Matthew Meekis performs during one of the two shows on May 14 at the Winter Garden Theater. Above: Mya Anishinabie and Matthew Morriseau of Sandy Lake on stage.

-Kurri Quill Pikangikum

communities. Every year it gets better and every year it’s different.” Participants from this year’s OLI show were from Pikangikum, Sandy Lake, Lac La Croix and Wikwemikong. Pikangikum member Kurri Quill, 20, who has been involved with OLI since 2010, was at this year’s performance in Toronto. “I wanted to be in the program because I got interested in it, and my brother Alex inspired me when he performed in Toronto in 2009,” Quill said. Quill said that he had a lot

of fun dancing and rehearsing in the program. He and the other youth involved went to Toronto for two weeks to practice as a group before the big performance. “This year I practiced with the dancers from Sandy Lake and Lac La Croix and Wikwemikong,” Quill said. “We rehearsed in a barn at Tim Horton’s Onondaga Farms.” Smith said that the youth have been preparing for the Toronto event during the school year, but OLI also required the youth to attend classes and get good grades.

“The kids are easy to get involved,” Smith said. “But the hard part the kids have is that there are requirements. If they want to make it to Toronto, they have to do well in and be in school.” Smith explained that the youth have to know the dance choreography, and they also have to have good behaviour. “They have to be a good person,” Smith said. “So they have all these requirements they have to meet.” Smith said that most of the youth do not make it all the

way to Toronto. “It depends on what challenges they face,” Smith said. She said that the ones who do qualify for Toronto at the end of the school year are the minority of the youth. Smith said that OLI was in each community working with the youth every other week for about three days a week. “When we’re not there on those off weeks, that’s when the teachers and youth workers step in to work with the kids,” said Smith, who is a member of Missanabie Cree. This year, OLI did two performances in Toronto in front of around 2,000 people in total. “We do two shows. A matinee show for the kids from all other Toronto and different reservations,” Smith said. “In the evening, we do a show for the parents, sponsors, donors, families. Two shows in one day, it’s a whirlwind.” Quill said that being in Toronto was scary for him. “Being in Toronto was scary for me because it’s a big place and I’m not used to being in a big city and all,” he said. “Still, I had fun there.” Quill said that he and the other youth went to see a Blue Jays baseball game while in the city. He said the OLI performance left him with a great feeling. “I didn’t feel nervous at all because I’ve been in the program three times now,” Quill

said. “I felt pumped up while I was dancing on stage. It was amazing.” Smith said the show was “really good.” “It was awesome, it was a great show,” Smith said. She explained that she received some positive feedback as well from people who attended the show. The performance is a multimedia show and has a lot of video content - including interviews with the youth as they prepared for the per-

“It’s not just a program that impacts the kids, it’s expanding to bring a community together and make it, I think, stronger.” -Tracee Smith OLI founder

formance and experience different challenges in their communities, like staying in school. “A lot of people felt emotionally attached (to the youth). They get to see them up close in interviews. And then they see them live, dancing in front of them. “ “A lot of people tell me they cry,” Smith said. Smith said that the youth tell her they feel proud after the show, and that their parents are proud of them too. She feels it is important

to have a program like OLI to help encourage education and the arts. “There aren’t enough arts in school,” Smith said. “Aboriginal people are creative and artistic naturally. This really allows the kids to come to school and hear the music pumping and move their bodies to activate their natural talent. These kids are so talented. They get to see what they’re good at.” Quill said he felt that everyone did a great job in Toronto. “The show, the whole experience will change who you are and will make a big difference in your life,” Quill said. Smith said that the program is not just for the youth but for their communities as well. She said that with each year, more parents come out to support their children in the program and help with fundraising. “It’s not just a program that impacts the kids, it’s expanding to bring a community together and make it, I think, stronger,” Smith said. Outside Looking In offers a high school accredited program providing the opportunity to youth and their communities to engage in long-term intensive education through dance. In order to attend the main show at the end of the school year in Toronto, youth must fulfill the academic and attendance requirements of the program.

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Kurri Quill, bottom row, second from the right, said that performing in Toronto with OLI left him with a great feeling.

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ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᐁᑲᐯᔑᐨ ᓇᐯ ᐅᑭᐅᔑᑐᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᐁᑲᐯᔑᐨ ᒪᐃᑯ ᑐᐯ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂ, ᐁᔑᓂᑲᑕᐠ, ᐣᑕᑕ, ᑲᑕᐊᐧᑯᓀᐦᐃᑫᐨ. “ᐊᔕ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᓂᑭᐱᐅᒋ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐁᐧᑕᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᔕ ᐁᓂᑭᒋᐦᐊᐃᐧ ᐣᑕᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐊᔭᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᑯᓯᐢ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᐃᓀᑕᒪᐣ ᐊᔕ ᐁᑎᐱᓭᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᔑᑐᔭᐸᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒪᒥᑐᓀᑕᒪᐸᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑐᐯ. ᐃᒪ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒪᑲᓄ ᓇᐯᐢ ᐁᐸᐸᒥᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᐁᑕᐊᐧᑯᓀᐦᐃᑫᓂᐨ. ᐣᑕᑕ, ᑲᑕᐊᐧᑯᓀᐦᐃᑫᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᑭᐊᐸᒋᑐᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑐᐯ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᒋᐅᑕᐸᓂᒥᑲᓇᐠ 105 ᐯᔓᐨ ᐅᑕᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᐸᐃᐧᑎᑯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒧᐊᐧᓂᓯᐱᐠ. ᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᐅᐱᑭᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᑕᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᐸᐃᐧᑎᑯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒥᐊᐧᓂᓯᐱᐠ. ᑐᐯ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐅᑕᓂᐅᓇᓯᓇᐦᐊᓇᐣ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᐅᑲᐃᔑᓇᑯᑐᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᑐᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂ.

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ᓀᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ, ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑭᓂᒥᐊᐧᐠ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 20 ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᒥᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᑐᒋᑐᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᐃᔑᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐱᓯᑦ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᔑᓄᐱᓯᑦ ᑭᐱᒥ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᐯᑭᐡ ᑲᔦ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᔑᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᐱᒥᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐅᑕᐱᓂᑕᐧ ᐃᒪ ᓂᒥᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐠ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐨ ᑯᕑᐃ ᑫᐧᓫ 20 ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐅᑭᒪᒥᓀᐧᑕᐣ ᑲᑭᓂᒥᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᑲᑫᐧᒋᐨ ᐃᒪ ᓂᒥᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᑭᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧᐊᔭᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐁᑭᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᑭ ᑭᒋᒪᒪᐃᐧᔑᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᑐᐨ ᓂᒥᐃᐧᓂ ᑐᕑᐁᓯ ᓯᒥᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᑐᒋᑫᐃᑕᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑯ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᑕᑭᐧᐊᐧᐸᐣ. ᐃᑭᑐ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐊᓂᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᓂᑭᐃᑯᒪᐠ ᐁᐱᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐊᓱᐡᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑐᑕᒥᓂᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔓᓂᔭᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᒋᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑭᓀᐧᐡ ᒋᐱᒥᓭᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐧᐃᐧᑕ ᒋᑕᑯᐊᐸᑕᐠ ᓂᒥᐃᐧᐣ.

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INDEPENDENT FIRST NATIONS ALLIANCE

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Expression of Interest to LEASE Property from the Ontario Native Women’s Association

APPRECIATION

The purpose of this Expression of Interest is to seek information from interested parties to rent/lease recreational waterfront property located in Clement Township, ON, legally described as Parcel Block 9-1 SEC 36M591; Block 9 Plan 36M591 Clement Township; District Of Nipissing, PIN 49023-0010 - as is.

IFNA would like to thank our current Boarding Parents who opened up their homes. Thank you for your support and all the extras you do for our students. We look forward to your continued support to insure the success of our students.

The property is located in Clement Township, approximately 40 kilometers north of the Town of River Valley. Manitou Lake is a good quality water body, offering fishing, boating and recreational opportunities. The property is 2.47 acres of land and includes multiple housekeeping cottages of varying sizes. There are currently no zoning restrictions; therefore it could be used for either commercial or private use. The Expression of Interest is for information purposes only and in no way obligates you to an agreement, nor is it binding upon the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA). Please submit your written letter of interest including the intended use of the property and lease price. Please note that the leaser would be responsible for all improvement, utilities and any other maintenance costs associated with the property. All interested parties requiring additional information on this process or wishing to inspect the property are required to contact the following person: Erin Corston, Executive Director Ontario Native Women’s Association Fort William First Nation, ON P7J 1K3 Email: onwa@onwa.ca Fax: 807-623-1104 Closing Date: July 16, 2014 Following the closing date, ONWA will review all Expression of Interests and will contact those chosen to confirm whether or not ONWA will negotiate an agreement. ONWA reserves the right to negotiate with only those parties that ONWA determines in its sole discretion. For more information, please visit www.onwa.ca/manitoulake

SEEKING BOARDING HOMES The Independent First Nations Alliance Education Service (IFNA ES) is advertising for Boarding Homes to accommodate our High School students for August/ September 2014 – June 2015. The Boarding Home Parents provide the students home support in a family care environment. The parents are required to be responsible for the well-being of the students in their care and to support the students’ success in high school. The prospective Boarding Home Parents should be culturally sensitive and be willing to maintain a co-operative relationship with the student, school personnel, parents/guardians and IFNA Education Counsellor. All Boarding Home Parents must complete a Criminal Reference Check and Child Abuse Registry Checks. The cost for the cheques will be reimbursed by the IFNA ES.

For more information and/or applications, please contact Natalie Kamenawatamin, IFNA ES at 807-737-1902 ext. 261, or nkamenawatamin@ifna.ca.

Wawatay News

JUNE 12, 2014

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

REVIEW Trout Lake Forest 2009–2019 Forest Management Plan Review of Draft Road Use Management Strategies for Phase II 2014–2019 Additional Information Centre The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Domtar Inc. and the Red Lake Local Citizens Committee (LCC) invite you to review and comment on the road use management strategies and how they are assigned to each road for Phase II 2014–2019 Draft Planned Operations of the 2009–2019 Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the Trout Lake Forest. You will have the opportunity to review and comment on: • MNR’s Management Intent and Road Use Management Strategies • View maps illustrating road use management strategies and retention schedules

ᐸᐧᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᐅᐱᒥ ᓇᑲᐡᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓄᑎᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 1 ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᓇᓇᑫᐧᐁᐧᔑᑐᔭᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᑕᓀᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᔭᑭᐣ ᓂᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᐅᒋ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑎᐟ ᐱᑲᐧᑕᑭᐠ ᑲᐊᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑕᔑ ᓇᓇᑕᐁᐧᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑕᔑᐸᑭᑕᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᓂᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑕᓀᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ ᐊᔕ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑭᐸᐣ.” ᒪᐧᕑᓱ ᑲᔦ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᐱᑐᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐅᓯᑲᐧᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᔑᑯᐱᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᐸᑕᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᓯᒋᑲᓇᐣ. “ᓄ ᑯ ᑦ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᑭᐅᐣᑎᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᓯᑲᐧᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ,” ᒪᐧᕑᓱ ᐃ ᑭ ᑐ . “ᐁ ᑲ ᐧ ᒥ ᓇ ᓂ ᑭ ᑫ ᐣ ᑕ ᐣ ᐁᑭᐱᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᓇᑭᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐱᒥᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᓯᑲᐅᑕᐧ ᔑᑯᐱᐠ, ᐊᔕ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᑲᐱᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᔭᓂᑫ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑐᒋᑐᑕᓇᐊᐧ. ᓄᑯᑦ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑕᓂᑯᐱᑕᑲᓇᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᐱᐊᐸᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐣ ᔑᑯᐱᐣ ᐁᑭᐅᓯᑲᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᓂᑐᒋᐊᔭᒥᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐦᑭ. ᑌᐯᐧ ᐱᑯ ᓂᑭᐱᐊᐸᒋᑐᒥᐣ ᒥᔑᓄᐊᐦᑭ.” ᒪᐧᕑᓱ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᓇᑲᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐱᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧᐊᓄᑭᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐅᓇᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᓂᑕᑦ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᓀᑲᐱᐦᐊᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᑲᐃᐧᔑᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ. “ᐊ ᐱ ᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᒪᒋᒋᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐯᔓᐨ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ, ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐠ.” ᒪᐧᕑᓱ

ᐃᑭᑐ. “ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑎᓀᑕᓯᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐊᐧᓄᑭᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᐸᑕᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᓯᒋᑲᓇᐣ. ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᓂᑎᑭᑐᓯᒥᐣ ᐁᓇᑲᐡᑲᒪᐠ ᓄᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ, ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᑯ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇᐦᐁᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᐸᐸᑕᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᓯᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒥᓄᑐᑕᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃ.” ᒪᐧᕑᓱ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᔭᓂᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᑲᐣ ᒋᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐧᐊᐠ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᑲᑫᐧᒪᑕᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ. “ᑲ ᐃ ᐧ ᓂ ᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᓯᓄᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᔑᐱᐣᑎᑫᔭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒋᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᐃᑭᑐᔭᐣ ᒥᔕᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᐱᑐᑕᒪᐣᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐧᕑᓱ. “ᑲ ᐃ ᐧ ᓂ ᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ; ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐃᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᑲᑫᐧᑐᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᐱᐃᓂᑯᔭᐣᐠ ᒥᔕᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᐱᑐᑕᑯᔦᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑫᐱᑐᒋᑫᑕᒪᑯᔦᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᒋᐱᐊᔑᑎᓂᑯᔭᐠ.” ᐦᐊᕑᐊᔾᓯᐣ ᐃᐧᐣᐟ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᔑᐃᐧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐅᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᔕᐳᓭᓂᐠ. “ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫ ᐅᑭᐸᔭᑌᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᐧᓇᐱᑐᐨ ᑭᒋᐊᑭᐃᐧᑭᒪᐣ ᑲ ᐃ ᔑ ᐸ ᐸ ᒥ ᓯ ᑲ ᑕ ᒥ ᓂ ᐨ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐱᒧᑐᓂᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑎᓫᐃᐣ ᒪᑫᐣᓯ, ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃ ᒪ ᐦ ᐊ ᕑ ᐊ ᔾ ᓯ ᐣ . “ᐊ ᒥ ᐦ ᐅ ᐁ ᐧ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᔦᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᒥᔑᓄᓭᐠ ᑲᐱᒥ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᔕᐳᓂᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐠ.”

The draft planned harvest, renewal and tending operations and access roads for the second five-year term and the MNR’s preliminary list of required alterations will also be available for review. Comments from the public will be considered in revisions to the draft planned operations. How to Get Involved MNR’s management intent, road use strategies and how they are assigned to each road will be available for review and comment at an additional Information Centre scheduled for July 9, 2014 at the Ear Falls Legion. The draft planned operations and the draft planned operations summary as well as the preliminary list of required alterations will also be available on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans and at the Domtar Dryden office and at the MNR Red Lake office during normal office hours by appointment for a period of 30 days from July 2, 2014 to August 1, 2014. Additional Information Centre: Date: July 9, 2014 – Ear Falls Legion Time: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Meetings with representatives of the planning team and the LCC can be requested at any time during the planning process. Reasonable opportunities to meet planning team members during non-business hours will be provided upon request. If you require more information or wish to discuss your interests with a planning team member, please contact one of the individuals listed below: Trevor Park, R.P.F. Planning Supervisor Ministry of Natural Resources Red Lake District Office P.O. Box 5003, 227 Howey Street Red Lake, ON P0V 2M0 tel: 807-727-1344 fax: 807-727-2861

Janet Lane, R.P.F. Forester Domtar Inc. Postal Bag 4004, 1 Duke Street Dryden, ON P8N 3J7 tel: 807-223-9156 fax: 807-223-9401

Lori Lamond Local Citizens Committee Representative Red Lake LCC P.O. Box 864 Ear Falls, ON P0V 1T0 tel: 807-222-1116

During the planning process, there is an opportunity to make a written request to seek resolution of issues with the MNR District Manager or the Regional Director using a process described in the Forest Management Planning Manual (2009). The last possible date to seek issue resolution with the MNR Regional Director is November 15, 2014. Stay Involved The preparation of the draft detailed operations for the second five-year term (Phase II) has been completed. Following receipt of comments, the draft planned operations will be revised and the final planned operations will be available for inspection. There is a final opportunity to inspect the planned operations before they are implemented during the inspection of the MNR-approved planned operations (Stage 3) which is tentatively scheduled for November 15, 2014. The approval date of the planned operations for the second five-year term is tentatively scheduled for November 1, 2014. The Ministry of Natural Resources is collecting your personal information and comments under the authority of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. Any personal information you provide (address, name, telephone, etc.) will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; however, your comments will become part of the public consultation process and may be shared with the general public. Your personal information may be used by the Ministry of Natural Resources to send you further information related to this forest management planning exercise. If you have questions about the use of your personal information, please contact Trevor Park at 807-727-1344. Renseignements en français : Linda Gilbert 807 727-2811

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Lac Seul and Hudson planning homecoming for late June Rick Garrick Wawatay News

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Three Lakehead University alumni honoured with awards Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Lac Seul artist Ahmoo Angeconeb and two other First Nation Lakehead University alumni were among the five honoured at the 2014 Lakehead University Alumni Awards Dinner. “I was quite surprised at first but I’m really honoured,” said Angeconeb, who picked up an Alumni Honour Award at the May 28 symposium in Thunder Bay. “It’s really overwhelming getting this award. I didn’t suspect I would get such an award.” Angeconeb graduated with an honours bachelor of fine arts in 1993 and his work — drawings, serigraphs, linocut prints, paintings and etchings — has been featured in solo exhibitions throughout North America and Europe and gathered in public and private collections around the world. “It was a good experience studying here,” Angeconeb said. “I had a good time here at the university — the visual arts department was so small

that I got a lot of attention. The facilities were good, especially when it came to print making.” Angeconeb was inspired by Norval Morrisseau and his unique style and depictions of animals, people and spirits has attracted the attention of international curators and collectors, including Prince Albert of Monaco. “He deserves this award; he’s worked hard for it,” said Ahnisnabae Art Gallery owner Louise Thomas. “He’s known as a print maker and they’re pretty amazing.” Temagami’s Mae Katt also picked up an Alumni Honour Award at the annual symposium. She has been honoured many times for her achievements as a clinician, health administrator, educator and researcher over her fourdecade health care career. “It’s a real honour to be recognized for a career that has been many years in northern health care,” Katt said. “I’ve really enjoyed the work, the challenges, the colleagues.” One of Lakehead Univer-

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Lac Seul artist Ahmoo Angeconeb, right, was honoured with an Alumni Honour Award during the 2014 Lakehead University Alumni Awards Dinner. sity’s first Aboriginal nursing graduates, Katt graduated with an honours bachelor of science in nursing in 1986 and a masters in education in 1995. “It certainly puts you into a profession where you can make a lot of impact directly on clients (and) also on community health,” Katt said.

“I’ve worked a lot on policy as well working for the federal government, so I think it just opened a lot of doors.” She was named one of Lakehead University’s 40 Northern Lights in 2005, a Fellow of Lakehead University in 1996 and she received the President’s Award in 1986.

“I was actually a coordinator of (Lakehead University’s) Native Nurses Entry Program,” Katt said. “Through that we were able to graduate 65 nursing students, who are now working out in the communities.” Pays Plat’s Christopher Mushquash, who is nationally recognized for his expertise in First Nations mental health and substance use, picked up an Outstanding Young Alumni Award. He collaborates with First Nations to create community-based solutions to issues such as substance abuse. “It’s a really nice honour,” Mushquash said. “It speaks to the importance of the work, maybe not so much perhaps the person who received the recognition, but rather the work itself and the relationships needed to carry on the meaningful work.” After graduating with a masters in experimental psychology from Lakehead University in 2004, Mushquash completed his doctorate at Dalhousie University. “The opportunity for work-

ing closely with mentors in the field of indigenous health research was really something that enabled me to find my way and find what was most important for me so I could develop the skills that I thought might be helpful,” Musquash said about his education at Lakehead University. Mushquash earned the 2013 President’s New Researcher Award from the Canadian Psychological Association and he has garnered more than $2,227,000 in research grants and contracts since 2011. Lakehead University professor Dolores Wawia was thrilled to see three First Nations alumni among the five alumni award winners. “It’s good that more Native people are being recognized for their accomplishments,” Wawia said. “To see three get an award at this time is great.” The other two alumni award winners were Ashleigh Quarrell, who picked up an Outstanding Young Alumni Award, and Mark Tilbury, who picked up the Alumni Legacy Award.

Deep Geologic Repository Joint Review Panel

Public Notice Joint Review Panel Announces Additional Public Hearing Days for Deep Geologic Repository Project June 3, 2014 - The Joint Review Panel for the Deep Geologic Repository Project for Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste (DGR) has scheduled additional public hearing days to begin on September 9, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will continue over approximately two weeks and will be held at: The Royal Canadian Legion 219 Lambton Street, Kincardine, Ontario The public hearing will give participants, Ontario Power Generation and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission the opportunity to provide their views in relation to the subjects of the information requests issued by the Panel since November 2013. Any person may attend the public hearing as an observer. How to Participate Amended Hearing Procedures that describe how to participate are being issued by the Panel today. Participants may make a written-only hearing submission or an oral presentation to the Panel at the hearing. Oral presentations must be supported by a written submission. Government departments, Aboriginal groups, members of the public and organizations that participated in the DGR public hearing in 2013 and wish to make an oral presentation on one or more of the hearing subjects are required to indicate their intention by providing a completed Hearing Participation Form to the Panel by June 23, 2014. Anyone who did not participate in the 2013 hearing must make a request to the Panel to make an oral presentation on one or more of the hearing subjects by providing a completed Hearing Participation Form to the Panel by June 23, 2014. As detailed in the Hearing Procedures, subjects that will be addressed over the course of the hearing days are the following:

Methodology used to determine the significance of adverse environmental effects Updates to the geoscientific verification plan Expansion plans for the DGR project Relative risk analysis of alternative means of carrying out the project Implications of revisions to the reference waste inventory Applicability of recent incidents at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to the safety case for the DGR project

Activities and Key dates Activities Hearing Participation Form - 2013 Participants: Intent to make an oral presentation - New Participants: Request to make an oral presentation

Deadline

June 23, 2014

Written submission - Proponent and government participants

July 7, 2014

Written submission - All other participants

July 21, 2014

Presentation materials (optional) - All participants Start of the additional hearing days

August 25, 2014 September 9, 2014

The amended Hearing Procedures, which include the Hearing Participation Form, are available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry at www.ceaa.gc.ca , reference number 17520. A preliminary schedule for the hearing will be available in August. A daily agenda, including the list of presenters, will be available each hearing day. If you have any questions about the review process or participating in the hearing, contact:

Debra Myles, Panel Co-Manager c/o Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency 160 Elgin Street, 22nd floor Ottawa ON K1A 0H3 Tel.: 613-957-0626 or 1-866-582-1884 Email: DGR.Review@ceaa-acee.gc.ca

Kelly McGee, Panel Co-Manager c/o Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission PO Box 1046, Station B – 280 Slater Street, Ottawa ON K1P 5S9 Tel.: 613-947-3710 Fax: 613-995-5086 Email: OPG-DGR@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca

Documents submitted or generated as part of the review will be considered public and posted on the online public registry. Written transcripts will be posted to the public registry as soon as they are available. The public hearing will be webcast live through the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission website at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca . About the Project The DGR is a proposal by Ontario Power Generation to prepare a site, and construct and operate a facility for the long-term management of low and intermediate level radioactive waste at the Bruce Nuclear site, within the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario. Low level radioactive waste consists of industrial items that have become contaminated during routine clean up and maintenance activities at nuclear generating stations. Intermediate level radioactive waste consists primarily of used nuclear reactor components, ion-exchange resins, and filters used to purify reactor systems. Used nuclear fuel will not be stored or managed in the DGR.

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Beadwork and paintings were among the wide variety of Aboriginal arts and crafts on display at the 5th annual Sequin Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Show and Sale, held from May 28-31 at the Victoriaville Centre in Thunder Bay. About 30 Aboriginal artists from across northwestern Ontario took part in the annual event.

Sequin arts and crafts show held in Thunder Bay one of his pen and ink drawings in about a week. “When I first started out drawing in 1968, I pretty much just drew my surroundings,” Lavand said. “I just drew trees, log cabins, trucks, loaders, graders, anything that my surroundings were when I was about six years old.” But when Lavand’s father moved the family to Saskatoon so he could attend college, Lavand began drawing images of the city landscape. “I started doing skyscrapers, buildings,” Lavand said. “It was a totally different world.” Lavand eventually began drawing images of owls, first from photographs but later by working with the owls themselves.

The inverter model has changed from SMA Sunny Central to GE 1.0 MW Brilliance Solar to increase operational efficiency. One inverter location has changed to accommodate on-site restrictions. All of the assets owned by Ontario Solar PV Fields 11 Limited Partnership (owner appearing on the original REA permit), were transferred to a new project entity called: New OSPVF 11 Limited Partnership.

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s. 16.0.1 ONTARIO REGULATION 359/09 by Fiera Axium Northern Solar L.P. Project Name: Wainwright Solar Park MOE Reference Number: 0148-92QL8R OPA Reference Number: FIT-FED7DTI Project Location: The Wainwright Solar Park (the “Project”) is located at 180 Morton Road in Oxdrift, Ontario. Dated At: Kenora District this the 21st of May 2014.

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Documents for Public Inspection: New OSPVF 11 Limited Partnership has been required to update the supporting documents that are required to form part of the application. Written copies of the modified draft supporting documents will be made available for public inspection on May 14, 2014 at the Township of Black RiverMatheson Municipal Office and http://fieraaxium.com/en/news.html. Written copies of the Draft Project Description Report and supporting documents were last made available for public inspection at the Township of Black River-Matheson Municipal O f f i c e on M a r c h 3 0 , 2 0 1 1 a n d at www.ontariosolarpvfields.com.

recently held to help the artists on their presentation, how to communicate with customers and how to price their artwork for the upcoming Northern Ontario Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale in Toronto. “People (in Toronto) are probably more willing to spend more money on Aboriginal authentic artworks,” Ferris said. “We’ll have some interpreters there as well to work with the Elders that are going to be there. I am pretty sure the customers will be asking questions about how long they have been doing this, where did you learn this from and also the area where they live.”

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important — they keep our authentic artworks alive,” Ferris said. “It’s been passed down from generation to generation and the Elders are getting older.” Ferris said a group of younger artists have begun participating in the Sequin arts and crafts sale with a variety of different art designs. “Some of them are becoming more contemporary, where some people use hockey logos on their mitts and gloves,” Ferris said. “Also, some (people use) chenille designs, but using Aboriginal colours and beads. I find that a little different and unique in its own way, and people are buying them.” Ferris said an artists marketing workshop was

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“I used to do a lot of mending wings with great horned owls and great grey owls,” Lavand said. Although Lavand has worked as a graphic designer and an apprentice with an architecture firm, he felt his art suffered while working at a job. “I felt that every time I was working at a job, my art was suffering so I just kept going back to my artwork,” Lavand said. John Ferris, the coordinator and founder of the Sequin arts and crafts sale, is looking forward to travelling down to Toronto with some of the Elders for the upcoming Northern Ontario Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale. “These Elders are very

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Wauzhusk Onigum’s John Paul Lavand is looking forward to showing his art at the upcoming Northern Ontario Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale in downtown Toronto. “The first time I did my art show in the West Edmonton Mall, it was great,” Lavand said. “And I expect the same in Toronto, seeing that the population is a lot better and traffic should be a lot better. Seeing that we’re coming from the north, we should be actually exposing new ideas which haven’t really been seen down there.” Lavand was one of about 30

Aboriginal artists from across northwestern Ontario who participated in the 5th annual Sequin Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Show and Sale, held from May 28-31 at the Victoriaville Centre in Thunder Bay. Lavand began drawing in 1968 at six years old and first showed his art in 1980 at the Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg. “That was probably one of my best shows because I got to meet Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Jackson Beardy, Clemence Wescoupe, Joshim Kakegamic,” Lavand said. “I do animals and birds in pen and ink and also have a sort of native-style done in acrylic.” Lavand usually completes

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Jesse Terry, right, takes a group of Poplar Hill students on a dog sled ride during his tour across the north this past winter. The Lac Seul band member said the youth enjoyed the sled rides and some of the Elders recalled growing up with sled dogs in the past.

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Lac Seulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jesse Terry and his sled dog team brought the past back to life for a number of First Nation communities this past winter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a little blast from the past,â&#x20AC;? said Ralph Bekintis, viceprincipal at Thomas Fiddler Memorial Elementary School in Sandy Lake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four hundred kids went and had a good time. They had to do a lot of runs.â&#x20AC;? Bekintis said a number of teachers also took the opportunity to ride on the dog sled during Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-day visit in February. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids all loved it and I think everybody had a chance to get on the sled,â&#x20AC;? Bekintis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would recommend that to any other community that wants to do dog teams.â&#x20AC;? Bekintis said some parents even brought their babies out for the dog sled rides. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If he had stayed a little longer, we could have had the whole community out,â&#x20AC;? Bekintis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was one of the last ones to get on and do a ride â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I had to experience it myself. It was nice, I enjoyed it. I had

never been on a dog team sled before.â&#x20AC;? Bekintis said many of the older community members recalled having their own dog teams in the past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It opened up memories for a lot of the community people here,â&#x20AC;? Bekintis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The older ones would say: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yeah, we had dog teams.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Terry said this past winter was his busiest for dog sled visits, noting he spent a lot of time travelling over the winter roads to bring the dog sledding experience to youth across the north. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the big things I really love about the work I do is seeing the youth get involved,â&#x20AC;? Terry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They love being around the dogs when they are working.â&#x20AC;? Poplar Hill health director Barbara Strang said this was Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second visit to her community with his dog teams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people in the community enjoyed seeing that because it reminds them of their great grandfathers,â&#x20AC;? Strang said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what they used to do before we had vehicles or (snow machines). We try to (teach) the students

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to know what it was like before, what their grandparents were doing when they were hunting and getting firewood.â&#x20AC;? Although the deep snow this winter was â&#x20AC;&#x153;goodâ&#x20AC;? for the sled rides, Terry said it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;toughâ&#x20AC;? to keep the trails open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a lot of work all winter to keep the trails usable,â&#x20AC;? Terry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The dogs can break trail, but when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m giving rides and working with people, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much nicer if they have a trail that is packed to run on versus breaking trail at a slower speed.â&#x20AC;? Terry encouraged community members to break trails for his dog team before he arrived in their community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m running my dogs around home, I have set trails that I use where I run them on,â&#x20AC;? Terry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those trails are open and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect my dogs to break trail through metres of snow while giving rides. It would be pretty near impossible to do that.â&#x20AC;? Martin McKay Memorial School principal Vibha Badhwah said there was â&#x20AC;&#x153;lots of snowâ&#x20AC;? in Sachigo when Terry arrived with his dog team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as he arrived he

set up the dogs and set up the track and immediately the rides started,â&#x20AC;? Badhwah said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids were so happy seeing the dogs. They went near the dogs and they were asking their names. It was new for all the kids.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;A long time ago the transportation system was through the dog sled...â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Vibha Badhwah

Badhwah said the dog sled ride was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;very traditional cultural experienceâ&#x20AC;? for the students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A long time ago the transportation system was through the dog sled,â&#x20AC;? Badhwah said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a very practical learning for some of our students.â&#x20AC;? Terry said some of the Elders in the communities also recalled growing up with dogs and witnessing the use of dog teams for work in the past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see that

in First Nation communities anymore,â&#x20AC;? Terry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The big part of the reasoning behind my work is to encourage the use of dogs for work and for recreation. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just part of a healthy lifestyle for First Nations people. Much like canoeing, an activity like dog sledding is part of Anishinabe culture and it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too long ago, a couple of generations back where you saw much more wide use of using dogs for work, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for checking your trap line or for getting firewood or to go hunting.â&#x20AC;? Terry said dog teams could be fed a variety of fish and wild game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever anyone gets a large animal, there is quite a lot of meat that gets discarded,â&#x20AC;? Terry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all perfectly edible meat, and for the dog it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make any difference, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just happy to eat meat.â&#x20AC;? Terry began running dogs when he was about 10 or 11 years old while growing up on Abram Lake south of Sioux Lookout. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m living back at home in the Sioux Lookout area, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really starting to grow the kennel and the number of

dogs in the yard,â&#x20AC;? Terry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m using the dogs for more than recreation, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m using them for work now.â&#x20AC;? Terry has also entered a number of dog team races over the past few years, including the Hudson Bay Quest Dog Sled Race, a 330-kilometer race from Gillam to Churchill, Manitoba along the coast of Hudson Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two winters ago I came in sixth,â&#x20AC;? Terry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But more than that for me, I won the veterinary award, which is given by the vet who looks over the dogs at the beginning and the end of the race. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given to the musher who they feel has the best dog care during the course of the race.â&#x20AC;? Terry plans to provide wilderness first aid training this summer with his father, Tom Terry, through Sirius Wilderness Medicine, a Quebec-based agency. The course provides instruction on how to properly care for an injured person in the outof-doors and how to safely get them out to medical care.

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Wagamese receives honourary degree from Lakehead University Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Côté Gold Mine Project – Public Comments Invited June 2, 2014 — As part of the strengthened and modernized Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) put in place to support the government's Responsible Resource Development Initiative, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is conducting a federal environmental assessment of the proposed Côté Gold Mine Project, located in Ontario. The Agency invites the public to comment on the potential environmental effects of the project and the proposed measures to prevent or mitigate those effects as described in a summary of the proponent's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). All comments received will be considered public.

Acclaimed First Nations author Richard Wagamese received an honourary Doctor of Letters from Lakehead University on May 31. A member of Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, Wagamese has published 13 books in his writing career. He is known for his many books including Indian Horse, which describes the life of an Ojibwe man who, as a child, was taken from his family and his northern Ontario home and put in the residential school system. His most recent book is

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degree during Lakehead’s convocation ceremony on May 31, and addressed graduates and undergraduates from the school’s Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Business Administration. “He did a wonderful speech,” Wesley said. “He told a story about being taken away from family during 60s scoop, how he had gone through being homeless and read every book he could get his hands on. He was really self-educated.” “I think it’s really important that we as indigenous people recognize each other for the work that we do,” Wesley said. Wagamese currently resides in Kamloops, B.C.

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Written comments must be submitted by July 2, 2014 to: Côté Gold Mine Project Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency 907-55 St. Clair Avenue East Toronto, ON M4T 1M2 Telephone: 416-952-1576 Fax: 416-952-1573 MineCoteMine@ceaa-acee.gc.ca

Medicine Walk, a novel about the struggle between a father and son set in British Columbia. Wagamese also worked as newspaper columnist and reporter and has also done work in radio and television. Cynthia Wesley, vice provost of Aboriginal Initiatives at Lakehead University, said Wagamese is an author easily deserving of an honourary doctorate. “He dropped out of school so for him, he’s done the work certainly of people who have gone through an educative process and earned a Phd,” she said. “He’s one of ours so it felt like the right thing to do.” Wagamese received the

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New OSPVF 10 Limited Partnership, by its General Partner Fiera Axium Northern Solar L.P., by its General Partner Fiera Axium Northern Solar GP Inc., is planning to engage in this renewable energy project in respect of which the issuance of a Renewable Energy Approval is required. The project is subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). This notice must be distributed in accordance with section 16.0.1 of the Regulation. This notice is being distributed to make the public aware of a proposed change to the project. Project Description and Proposed Change: Pursuant to the Act and Regulation, the facility, in respect of which this project was originally proposed to be engaged in, consisted of a Class 3 Solar Facility. A change is being proposed to the project. The change consists of: 1. 2.

Consistent with the transparency and public engagement elements of CEAA 2012, this is the third of four opportunities for Canadians to comment on this project. Following this comment period, the Agency will prepare a draft Environmental Assessment Report, setting out its conclusions and recommendations regarding the potential environmental effects of the project, the proposed mitigation measures, and the significance of any remaining adverse environmental effects. A public comment period on the draft Environmental Assessment Report will be announced at a later date. Projects subject to CEAA 2012 are assessed using a science-based approach. If the project is permitted to proceed to the next phase, it will continue to be subject to Canada's strong environmental laws, rigorous enforcement and follow-up, and increased fines for non-compliance. The Proposed Project IAMGOLD is proposing the construction, operation, and decommissioning of an open-pit gold mine and on-site metal mill with a mine and mill life of approximately 15 years. The proposed mine, located 20 kilometers southwest of the community of Gogama in northeastern Ontario, would have an ore production capacity of 60,000 tonnes per day. The on-site metal mill would have an ore input capacity of 60,000 tonnes per day.

The inverter model has changed from SMA Sunny Central to GE 1.25 MW Brilliance Solar to increase operational efficiency. All of the assets owned by Ontario Solar PV Fields 10 Limited Partnership (owner appearing on the original REA permit), were transferred to a new project entity called: New OSPVF 10 Limited Partnership.

If approved with this change, this facility would have a total maximum name plate capacity of 10 MW, as planned for in the original proposal. The project location is described in the map to the right. Documents for Public Inspection: New OSPVF 10 Limited Partnership has been required to update the supporting documents that are required to form part of the application. Written copies of the revised draft supporting documents will be made available for public inspection on May 14, 2014 at the Hearst Municipal Office and http://fieraaxium.com/en/news.html. Written copies of the all draft reports and studies were last made available for public inspection at the Hearst Municipal Office on May 11, 2011 and at www.ontariosolarpvfields.com.

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NOSM researchers feasted for work on vaccine Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Two Northern Ontario School of Medicine researchers were recently feasted by Lac Seul for their research into a vaccine for a bacterial pathogen that affects First Nations people. “Northwestern Ontario has the second largest number of cases of Haemophilus influenzae type A, after the Canadian Arctic,” said Marina Ulanova, an associate professor at NOSM. “In addition, we have discovered that Haemophilus influenzae type A occurs at a much higher rate among First Nations peoples compared to the rest of the population in northwestern Ontario.” Ulanova and Eli Nix, a postdoctoral fellow at NOSM, were feasted during NOSM’s ninth annual Northern Health Research Conference, held June 6-7 in Sioux Lookout. The two researchers presented their research into the Haemophilus influenzae type A bacteria on the first day of the conference and were later feasted in the Lac Seul community of Frenchman’s Head. “People were impressed that we have made so much progress in the short amount of time that we have been working on the project,” Nix said. “The other researchers were also impressed with our community engagement because it is challenging to do research with First Nations people.” Nix said there have historically been many examples of unethical scientific research conducted on First Nations people. “As a result many are hesitant to become involved in research today,” Nix said. “We have been working with communities, council members in health portfolios, tribal health authorities, and regional health centers to ensure that our research is inclusive and collaborative, with the goal of building long-term relationships. We’re very invested in making sure that our research is done in a culturally competent and appropriate way.” Nix said the Haemophi-

lus influenzae type A bacteria should not be confused with the influenza virus. The bacteria is capable of causing serious infections that can lead to permanent disability, brain damage and deafness. “There are vaccines for influenza type A (the virus), but there isn’t a vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type A (the bacteria),” Nix said. “Originally, before we knew about viruses, the scientist who discovered the bacteria isolated it from someone who had influenza, so they thought that the bacteria caused it, so they called the bacteria Haemophilus influenzae. But when they realized in the 1930s that there was such a thing as viruses, and they discovered the influenza virus, they never changed the name of the bacteria, so it just makes it very confusing.” Nix and Ulanova have found that First Nations people have more potent antibodies than non-First Nations. “Our working hypothesis now is that there is a higher circulation of the bacteria among First Nations,” Nix said. “This has the effect of boosting your immune system if you’re healthy, but may also result in higher rates of infection among people with weakened immune systems.” While the two researchers have also been working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States due to the high rates of Haemophilus influenzae type A in Alaska, they are now planning to expand their research into the other parts of the province to better understand why the Haemophilus influenzae type A infections are largely confined to the northwest. “Our next big research question is: What is the epidemiology of this infection in other regions of northern Ontario,” Ulanova said. “We know that in Canada, the infection is much more prevalent in northern areas than in southern areas. We plan to extend our research to gain more specific data about how and why the bacteria are in higher circulation in the north.”

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Martin Aboriginal youth program expands Bryan Phelan

Aroland rejects proposed open pit mine near Geraldton

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Community members gathered to learn about the Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneurship Program (AYEP) coming to Sioux Lookout’s high school were given an assignment. They included First Nation entrepreneurs and student counsellors; representatives of government youth programs and the Town of Sioux Lookout; staff from Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence and Confederation College; and business and bank managers. Steve Poling, principal of Queen Elizabeth (QE) District High School, gave them their task and the materials they could work with – plastic cup and fork, stir sticks, paper plate, napkin, newspaper and to put it all together, duct tape. They needed to create a product to hypothetically sell, along with plans for marketing, pricing, profit and philanthropy. Working in pairs, the 16 participants at the Centennial Centre would have five minutes to get the job done. “I want you to take a quick peek of what the experience is going to be like for the kids,” Poling said of the entrepreneurship program QE will offer students this fall. Former prime minister Paul Martin and the Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative, with the support of Nishnawbe Aski Nation, started AYEP in 2007 for students attending Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School in Thunder Bay, where the program continues. The Ontario Government announced in April this year it would be a funding partner with the Martin Initiative to extend AYEP as a pilot program to stu-

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Candace LaFrance, Sioux Lookout branch manager for the Bank of Montreal, and Natalie Kamenawatamin, education counsellor with the Independent First Nations Alliance, with the Pehneshiish Bird Bath model they created during a five-minute exercise. dents in grades 11 and 12 in 10 more high schools in the province. In addition to QE in Sioux Lookout, schools piloting the program in northern Ontario are located in Fort Frances, Kenora, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay. Across Canada, there are now 44 schools offering AYEP. Sixteen students have already registered to take the program at QE starting in September, for two credits over two semesters, said Beth Dasno, lead teacher for AYEP at the school. For the Grade 11 course in first semester, she said, students will think about products and services that could improve the quality of life in their communities; draw on their on their experiences and interests to come up with a business idea; and develop business plans over

several months that in the end will be presented to a panel of judges. In the Grade 12 course, students will transform their original business plans to e-commerce ventures, complete with websites and logos, for presentation at a trade show. These hands-on activities will foster creativity and confidence, Dasno said, as students learn essential business skills such as oral and written communication, problem solving, math, financial management and record keeping. If at the end of the coursework a student has a plan that qualifies, the Martin Initiative offers $500 to help with the summer startup of a “microbusiness.” For the classroom, the Martin Initiative engaged Aboriginal teachers who taught AYEP

in its early years to develop the program’s current textbook and workbook. Other resources will be business mentors and guest speakers – potentially some of those gathered at the Centennial Centre in Sioux Lookout. For now, Poling had given them the product development work to do. Results of the exercise surprisingly impressed, given the tight timeframe. Product prototypes ranged from an Escape from Technology Kit to a bird-shaped napkin dispenser to a birdbath with a solar-powered water pump. “This is kind of the vision (of AYEP) – people working together and creating,” Poling said after the product presentations. “Some of the ideas actually turn out to be great products and strong components of businesses.”

Aroland has rejected the open pit mine proposed by Premier Gold Mines Limited near Geraldton over environmental concerns, including destruction of a 16-acre lake. “My First Nation is generally supportive of sustainable mining development,” said Aroland Chief Sonny Gagnon. “Premier Gold wants to destroy Begooch Zaagaigan, a lake that supports our Aboriginal fishery. They just put a number on this lake – A-322 – and tell us they’re going to fill it in with mine waste. This is one of the worst project proposals I’ve ever seen. They’re going to seriously impact our lands and resources. Such a large and destructive project should receive the maximum examination possible – but instead, very little is being done under provincial or federal environment assessment laws. And virtually nothing has been done to consult with and accommodate the many serious concerns of Aroland First Nation.” Aroland called on the federal government to hold a Panel Study Environmental Assessment on the project and the provincial government to hold a full Individual Environmental Assessment. “It is shocking to me how much damage Premier Gold intends to cause and what it seems to want to get away with by avoiding scrutiny from environmental laws

and Aboriginal consultation,” Gagnon said. “It is unclear whether Ontario will require more. We urge the Ontario government to use its laws to protect the environment, the water and our rights.” The Matawa First Nations community also expressed concerns that “only three of the many First Nations in the watershed” are being consulted. “Aroland will not let this mine get approved based on the poor consultation and assessment record to date,” Gagnon said. “We have the right to meaningful consultation and accommodation – and we will stand up for it.” Premier Gold did not reply to a request for comments before Wawatay went to press, but the North American-focused exploration and development company did announce the commencement of the formal Environmental Assessment and permitting process for the open pit mine in a May 15 press release. Premier Gold had earlier reported the discovery of a potential higher grade core at the open pit mine site on March 26. “Drilling at Hardrock continues to demonstrate strong continuity within the open pit resource and suggests the existence of potential highergrade mineralization within several lenses including the recently identified North Wall Zone,” said Stephen McGibbon, executive vicepresident of Premier Gold.

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Long Lake #58 First Nation sisters Natasha and Hannah Fisher will be performing at the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) this July in Regina. “It’s pretty exciting,” Natasha said. “We feel really privileged just to go there and represent our community and this territory.” Natasha, 18, and Hannah, 24, have been involved in music their whole lives but have been “taking it seriously” together for the past four years. Natasha is a vocalist. As a child, she sang in a choir and later began taking vocal lessons at the age of 14. “I feel that really helped me grow musically,” Natasha said of the lessons. Hannah is a guitarist. She originally took piano lessons before moving onto the guitar at the age of 13. “I learned (how to play guitar) online,” Hannah said. She can now tab out songs by ear. When the sisters perform together, the music they play is a mix of pop and alternative rock. Natasha said that she and her sister grew up listening to The Beatles, The Bee Gees, and The Rolling Stones. “We’ve had a lot of influence from our dad’s taste in music,” Natasha said. Natasha explained though that when she writes her original music, it is usually in the style of R&B. For her singing, Natasha is influenced by pop artist Rihanna. “I’ve grown up listening to her since I was like eight

years old,” Natasha said. “She directly influences me.” Hannah finds her musical influences in alternative rock artists like Jack White and The Black Keys. “And I just love John Lennon to this day,” Hannah said. Although Natasha and Hannah spend time writing their own music, they usually play song covers when they perform together. “It gets the crowd involved,” Natasha said. “Especially when it’s a kids show, I feel super comfortable. I know the kids will rock out with me if I bring it out of them. I like doing that.” Hannah said that she also enjoys performing live, but finds it nerve-racking. “Natasha is very comfortable, she’s in her own environment,” Hannah said of her sister’s stage presence. “She can interact well with the crowd.” Hannah is currently pursuing a degree in law, with Natasha looking to pursue a career in music through a school in Toronto. Hannah said that performing music is an “escape” for her. “I just love to play music,” Hannah said. “I love to do it on my free time. Whenever Natasha wants to go forward with her career I will be there to support her or go with her to do live performances.” Natasha has been working on her solo career, most recently with Aboriginal media company They.Media. “They’ve been giving me beats and I’ve been writing a 4-5 song EP,” Natasha said. She said that they are excited to perform at the Indigenous Games.

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Hannah and Natasha Fisher have been performing live music together for four years. “We are excited to go and meet different artists and different people, it’s really exciting,” Natasha said. “It’s an international event that we got booked for and that’s amazing.” The sisters are performing next at this year’s Aboriginal Day Gala in Thunder Bay, and Natasha can be contacted for performances on her Facebook artist’s page.

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Sagkeeng First Nation member and Thunder Bay resident Melinda Henderson was selected as one of four Miss Universe Canada Finalists during the Miss North Ontario 2014 (MNO) pageant held in Sudbury in early May. “I was the very first name they called to be selected for Miss Universe Canada,” Henderson said. “They called me and I was just shocked.” It was Henderson’s second time competing in MNO, and being selected as a Miss Universe Canada finalist was one of three goals she had set out for herself this time. “My goals were to win a fast track award, to make top 15, and to be selected for Miss Universe Canada,” Henderson said. Even though she didn’t reach all of her goals, Henderson is still proud of her accomplishments at this year’s MNO pageant. “I felt like I broke through barriers this time,” Henderson said. “Barriers that have been holding me back. There was a portion of the workshops where we just let go of things that were bothering us.” There were 44 girls in this year’s pageant. Henderson said she was aware of what to expect this time. “I knew what to expect this time around, that’s what made it fun for me,” Henderson said. “I improved a lot with self-confidence, and I didn’t care so much if I won or lost because it’s about your

personal best.” Henderson said that she was no longer comparing herself to other girls in the pageant this time, which was something she had done during her previous experience in the pageant. “You can’t compare yourself to other people because that’s what’s going to tear you down and ruin your confidence. We are all different and unique,” Henderson said.

“...the pageant included self-esteem, self-acceptance, public speaking, modeling, and personal safety workshops.” She said that the pageant included self-esteem, selfacceptance, public speaking, modeling, and personal safety workshops. For the talent portion, Henderson performed the song “Good Morning Baltimore” from the musical Hairspray. “It was my first debut where I showed my full vocal range,” she said. Henderson explained she received many compliments after her performance, and that it helped her with her confidence in singing higher range and vocally-challenging songs on stage. While Henderson enjoyed her time at MNO, there were a couple of incidents that almost ruined her time in Sudbury. “Someone said something that wasn’t nice about me

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when I was down there but I think I handled it well,” Henderson said. “I wasn’t offended, I didn’t really care what they said about me. I wasn’t going to say anything originally but I thought about other girls who could have been offended. Had one of them heard it, it could have ruined their whole pageant experience.” Henderson told a trusted pageant official and asked her to speak with the person who had said the rude comment about her. “I asked them if they could tell her not to say those things because she could have really ruined someone’s day,” Henderson said. “It wasn’t what Miss North Ontario was about.” Henderson was able to move on from the incident, but felt there was another aspect to this year’s MNO pageant that affected her negatively. “It would be really nice if Aboriginal girls, when they meet each other in this world, if they were able to come together and unite,” Henderson said. “There was someone there who didn’t want anything to do with me. I mean, we are supposed to be role models for younger girls and I don’t want to send that message out there that you have to be so competitive that you won’t even talk to your own kind. It really upset me.” Henderson found her own role models in the pageant world in other Aboriginals like Ashley Callingbull and Carissa Lowhorn. Callingbull was the 2nd runner-up in Miss Universe WEDNESDAY June 18 7am CST Cree Morning Show 8am CST Ojicree Morning Show 9 am North Wind Talkers 10 am Ojicree Morning Show 11 am Cree News at Noon 12 pm Ojicree News at Noon 4 pm Cree Evening Show 5 pm Ojicree Evening News 6 pm Legends Program

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Canada in 2010 and also stars on the APTN TV series Blackstone. Lowhorn was a contestant in this year’s Miss Universe Canada. “I hope to inf luence other girls the way those two girls inf luenced me in pageants,” Henderson said of Callingbull and Lowhorn. “I want other girls to see that they can be successful in things.” Henderson has lived in two reserves, one in Alberta, and more recently in North Spirit Lake, and has experienced first-hand what it feels like to have limited resources available. “The reserves I’ve been at, there aren’t very many opportunities. I don’t want that to ever hold anyone back,” she said. “I went through a lot of stuff because I am Native. But we’re beautiful and we’re smart and we’re talented.” Henderson hopes to show Canada what she is made of in Toronto at Miss Universe Canada 2015. “It meant the world to me to be a finalist, I’ll probably be happy about that for the rest of my life,” Henderson said. Henderson is performing next at the Aboriginal Day Gala in Thunder Bay. The winner of Miss Universe Canada regularly attends, and is featured as a VIP guest at, premier entertainment and sporting events throughout Canada. The winner of Miss Universe Canada is also sent to compete in Miss Universe. There are around 80 to 100 candidates from other countries who are sent to compete in Miss Universe.

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Melinda Henderson and her Miss Universe Canada finalist medal. Henderson hopes to show Canada what she is made of in Toronto at Miss Universe Canada 2015.

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Eabametoong education counsellor Caroline Yesnoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to the pursuit of higher education goals, not only for students but for herself, recently paid off with the Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA) Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Counsellor of the Year Award. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still going to school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; next month Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m taking guidance training,â&#x20AC;? said Yesno, who began her counselling career in 1982 and has since graduated with a bachelor of arts from Lakehead University in 2003. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love being a student because I never was a student when I was young. I had to quit school and look

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June 21st is National Aboriginal Day The Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre extends warm wishes for your personal health, wellness and wellbeing in celebration of National Aboriginal Day. Photos by Blue Earth Photography/Special to Wawatay News

My Dad, the Snow Plow Man is a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book self-published by Sioux Lookoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michael Dube. It is available at Anchor Art in Sioux Lookout and online at Amazon.com

Sioux Lookout local launches first childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

Sioux Lookoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michael Dube recently launched his first illustrated childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, titled My Dad, The Snow Plow Man. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a story in my head for years, and with my dad getting older and now my son in my life, I thought it was about time to make this vision a reality,â&#x20AC;? Dube said. The book tells the story of a young boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adventures with his dad while plowing the roads. My Dad, The Snow Plow Man features some illustrated landmarks from Dubes youth such as Highway 105 near Ear Falls. The new author was raised in Ear Falls and Rainy River. Dube based the story off of one of his favourite childhood memories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My dad worked for the highways department for over 20 years,â&#x20AC;? Dube said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On days when he was bored, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d often take either me or my brother along to keep him company.â&#x20AC;? Dube explained that the story

Michael Dube was written several years ago but he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get around to doing anything with it until earlier this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted my dad to be able to have a copy for himself. I thought it would be something pretty great to be able to read with his grandson,â&#x20AC;? Dube said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a story I think a lot of children can relate to,â&#x20AC;? Dube said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about being proud about your fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work and the simple joys and magic of every day life.â&#x20AC;? Dube was not sure how to get an illustrator for the book, so he went online to find a freelance

illustrator to create the illustrations that are so integral to the story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I ended up finding a freelance illustrator from Turkey,â&#x20AC;? Dube said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We communicated online with her sketches and my direction, and within a few weeks I received the images I needed to proceed with self-publishing.â&#x20AC;? Dube has a couple of more books that are in the early stages, which he says will be the same type of illustrated childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books. He explains that the cost of self-publishing will be a major factor, though. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unless a publisher comes along, I have to come up with more money to publish the next book,â&#x20AC;? he said. My Dad, The Snow Plow Man is available at Anchor Art in Sioux Lookout for $8.99 (plus applicable taxes), and is also available for purchase online at Amazon.com. Dube hopes to have some copies of the book distributed to libraries across northern Ontario in the near future.

As Canadian Aboriginal people celebrate their unique culture and languages, SLMHC encourages all Canadians to take the opportunity to gain an understanding and appreciation of the First Nations people. We acknowledge all First Nations people on this National Aboriginal Day for the cultural richness they have contributed to our community, and that we all continue to enjoy.

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Eabametoong youth self-records ‘electronic, industrial’ album Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Pearce Wastaken said the title of his self-released album, Voices Without Words, is the feeling of living in Eabametoong or any other northern community. “It was just the way I felt about being in a reservation. You’re enclosed and very isolated,” the 22-year-old said. “The struggles and stuff you face, you have to live with it for a while. So (on a reserve) there are people who have voices, but people can’t hear him.” Voices Without Words, which was released earlier this year, is an instrumental album which Wastaken said is “a whole lot of ambient sounds.” “It’s very dark but very peaceful at the same time,” he said. “I like to combine both chaotic and peaceful elements to the music I do.” While there are guitars and orchestral type of instruments, Wastaken said most would consider his music to be “electronic” or “industrial.” Going towards that sound was an evolution for Wastaken, who said he first started playing guitar when he was 14. “My grandmother gave choice between video game set or guitar,” he said. “I already had a video game set so I chose guitar. It wasn’t the best guitar.” Around that time, Wastaken went through a “gangster rap phase.” “I couldn’t much feeling from it so I switched to rock,” he said. As time progressed, Wastaken started listening to

Cover artwork for Voices Without Words, a self-recorded album by Pearce Wastaken. Nine Inch Nails, Black Light For instance, the first song he Burns, “more of electronic hard recorded, “Methadone Memrock stuff.” ory,” is “a very simplistic song Wastaken said he usually with synths and a cello.” made up his own melodies and On other tracks, “you’ll hear riffs, as he found it difficult to sound samples of screams or learn other musicians’ songs. you’ll hear peaceful sounds Three years ago, Wastaken from a synth or harp or piano.” bought MIDI keyboard, which Since releasing the album allows him to record onto a online, Wastaken said it’s computer. received positive feedback. Using software such as Logic “It’s getting good feedPro, Wastaken was able to rec- back from Asia, surprisingly,” reate orchestral instruments he said, adding that he has a such as pianos and cellos, and friend with connections in that employ various effects to his region. music. He often used drum Wastaken hopes to record software to create beats. another album in the near He recorded the album on future. his own through the computer. Voices Without Words is Voices Without Words fea- available on iTunes, CD Baby, tures nine songs. Soundcloud, Amazon. All can The sound of the album “var- be accessed through his webies through each song,” he said. site: www.pearcewastaken.com

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