July 24, 2014 Volume 41 Number 15 by Wawatay News

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Grassy Narrows loses Supreme Court decision

Fun at Camp Loon

Shawn Bell Special to Wawatay News

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against Grassy Narrows First Nation, in a decision that means Ontario can continue to grant leases on First Nations territory in the province. The unanimous decision of Canada’s top court, released on July 11, ruled that Ontario has the ability to take up lands under Treaty 3 without the federal government’s approval. Grassy Narrows had asserted that Treaty 3’s “taking up clause” only applied to the federal government and that the province had no power to grant forestry or mining leases on traditional land. “Although Treaty #3 was negotiated by the federal government, it is an agreement between the Ojibway and the Crown,” wrote Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLaughlin. “Both levels of government are responsible for fulfilling the treaty promises when acting within the division of powers under the Constitution.” The clause in question from Treaty 3, signed in 1873, states that only the “Dominion of Canada” can take up land under the treaty. “They, the said Indians, shall have the right to pursue their avocations of hunting and fishing throughout the said tract surrendered as hereinbefore described … saving and excepting such tracts as may, from time to time, be required or taken up for settlement, mining, lumbering or other purposes by Her said Government of the Dominion of Canada,” reads Treaty 3. The Supreme Court ruled that the reference to the government of Canada in the treaty does not necessarily mean the federal government, but rather whatever level of government has jurisdiction under the Constitution. “Nothing in the text or history of the negotiation of Treaty #3 suggests that a two step process requiring federal supervision or approval was intended,” wrote McLaughlin. “The reference in the treaty to Canada merely reflects the fact that the lands at the time were in Canada, not Ontario.”

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Members of the Junior Rangers brace themselves during a boat safety exercise. About 160 Junior Rangers from 20 First Nations took part in the Canadian Rangers’ Camp Loon event from July 10-18. See stories and photos on pages 7-9.

ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᔕᑯᑕᑯᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᔕᐧᐣ ᐯᓫ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᐊ ᓴ ᐸ ᐱ ᑯ ᐡ ᑭ ᓯ ᐊ ᐧ ᑲ ᐣ ᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᔕᑯᑕᑯᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᑭᑭᔕᑯᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐸᑭᑕᔓᐊᐧᓱᐨ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐅᓀᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᒍᓫᐊᔾ ᐱᓯᑦ 11 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ, ᑭᐃᓇᔓᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᑕᐃᐧᓇᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑎᐯᐣᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᐁᑲ ᑭᔭᑦ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓂᑲᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᐸᑭᑕᔓᐊᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ. ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑎᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᐅᓀᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑕ ᒋᐅᒋᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐨ ᒋᐸᑭᑕᔓᐊᐧᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᒪᓇᑎᑫᐧᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. “ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ #3 ᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑭᐅᐣᒋᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐸᓂᐠ ᐅᒋᐯᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣ,” ᑭᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫ ᑭᒋᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᐯᐳᕑᓫᐃ ᒥᐠᓫᐊᑭᓫᐃᐣ. “ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ

See GRASSY NARROWS on page 6

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ᐸᐸᒥᓯᒪᑲᓄᐣ ᒋᑎᐸᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᐱ ᑲᔭᓂ ᐅᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᑯᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᑲ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᑲᐧᔭᑫᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᔑᐅᓇᑌᐠ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3, ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓯᐊᐧᐸᐣ 1873 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᐣ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐁᑕ “ᑕᒥᓂᔭᐣ ᐊᑊ ᑲᓇᑕ” ᒋᐅᒋ ᑎᐯᐣᑕᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᓂ ᐃᒪ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᔭᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᔑᓇᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐸᑭᑕᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ … ᒋᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑕᑭᐅᐣᒋᐊᐣᒋᓭ, ᐊᐁᐡᑲᐨ, ᐃᔑᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐃᐧᑕᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᐠ, ᐃᐧᑕᔑᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᒪᑲᑎᑲᐧᑌᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑫᐧ ᑲᑎᐯᐣᑕᐠ ᑕᒥᓂᔭᐣ ᐊᑊ ᑲᓇᑕ,” ᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3. ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑭᐅᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐁᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐃᐧᓯᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᐃᑯᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᓯᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᔭᐡ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᐅᓇᑕᒪᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ #3 ᒋᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᐠ ᓂᔕᐧᔦᐠ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᒋᐃᓇᐧᑌᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓂᑲᓂᓯᒪᑲᐠ

ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᐅᒋ ᔕᐳᓂᑲᑌᐠ,” ᑭᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫ ᒥᐠᓫᐊᑭᓫᐃᐣ. “ᐃᔑᔭᓂᒧᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ ᐁᑭᓇᑯᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐦᑭᓂ ᐅᐣᒋ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐁᑕ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ.” ᒥᓴᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐳᓂᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ, “ᐣᑲᒪᒥᑲᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᓂᐠ” ᒥᓇ “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᑲᐳᓂᑐᓯᒥᐣ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᐡᑲᒪᐠ ᑲᐱᓇᐣᑭ ᐸᐡᑲᐧᑕᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ.” ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᕑᐊᒍᕑ ᐳᐱᐢᑐᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒪᐡᑲᐁᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᒋᒪᓇᑌᐣᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ. “ᓂᐸᑯᓭᓂᒪᒥᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐠ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᓂᒥᑯᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐃᔑᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐱᐃᐧᑕᐱᒥᑯᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᐊᔕ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᒪᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᐱᐃᐧᑕᐱᒥᑯᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐁᔑᓇᓄᑌᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᓇᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᓄᒋᒥᓄᓭᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᓂᐠ,” ᑭᐃᓇᒋᒧ. ᒉᐱ ᐳᐱᐢᑐᕑ, ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐅᓇᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧ ᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᔑᐃᐧᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᒥᐣᒋᓇᐁᐧᓯᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐃᔑᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ “ᑕᒪᒥᑲᓱᑕᒪᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒥᓄᔭᐊᐧᐨ, ᒋᒥᓄᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ

ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓇᑲ ᐊᐸᒋᑕᑲᓇᐣ ᑫᐅᐣᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ. “ᐣᑌᐯᐧᑕᒥᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐱᓇᒪ ᓂᑲᐣ ᒋᐱᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑯᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐱᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᒋᐃᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣᐠ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᐱᒪᓂᑲᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ. “ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐠ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᐅᑲᓂᐱᒥ ᒪᒥᑲᐊᐧᓱᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐱᑯ ᐊᐁᐧᓀᓇᐠ, ᑭᒋᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᑲ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐊᐧᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᐱᒋ ᑭᒋᐊᐧᓂᑐᑕᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐠ ᒪᓇᑎᑫᐧᐃᐧᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ.” ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑲᓇᓇᑐᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑫᑭᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᓇᑭᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᐸᐢᑲᐣᐠ, ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐯᔓᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᑎᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᑭᐣᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒥᔑᑫᒧᐃᐧᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋᐸᔭᑌᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ ᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᑐᐃᐧᓂ.

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Wawatay News JULY 24, 2014

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ᐸᐧᑕᐃᐧᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᓂᓴᐧᓱ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᐅᑭᐸᐧᑕᐃᐧᓭᓭᑐᐣ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᒥᔭᐊᐧᐣ. ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᒥᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂ ᑐᕑᐠ ᐦᐊᔭᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑕᐸᐧᑕᐃᐧᓭ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᑭᐡ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐁᑲ ᒪᔑ ᐁᑲᐧᔭᐣᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐱᒥᓇᐦᐃᓭᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᑭᑎᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ ᒋᔑᑕᑲᐧᐱᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᑯᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ. ᐁᑲ ᑲᑌᐱᓭᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐱᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᔕ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᐅᐣᒋᐱᒥᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌ ᐅᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 2007. ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᒪᒪᐃᐧᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᔭᓂ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑭᔐᒋᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᓇᐯᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᒐᑭᓱᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᐸᐦᐅᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᑕᑭᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᒋᐅᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᒥᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᐱ ᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᓇᐦᐊᐸᒪᐨ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒪᔑ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᐧᔭᐣᒋᒋᑫᓂᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᐅᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᓂᐨ ᒪᒪᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᒋᐱᒥᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ, ᑭᔭᑦ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇᐦᐃᓭᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔑᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐊᔕ ᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭᐠ, ᒋᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᓴᐧᓱ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᐳᔭᑭ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 2000 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᔭᓄᒋ ᐊᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ.

Inquiry into deaths of NAN youth delayed The joint inquiry scheduled to examine the deaths of seven First Nations youth in Thunder Bay has been delayed by the Office of the Chief Coroner. Ontario chief coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer said that the inquiry is delayed partly because information and evidence briefs for the many parties with standing in the proceedings are not ready, and because of ongoing judicial concerns with the jury roll representation in the district. The lack of Aboriginal representation on jury rolls in the Kenora district has been an ongoing issue for Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) since 2007. The regional tribal council discovered the problem during the inquiry into the deaths of two Kashechewan men who died in a fire while in police custody. NAN says the joint inquest could get underway this fall if the Ontario Attorney General and the Office of the Chief Coroner are committed to the process. NAN has criticized the Office of the Chief Coroner for its unpreparedness, and the Attorney General for stating that criminal jury trials will continue in the North, despite the invalid jury roll. The joint inquiry, originally scheduled for this fall, was set to look into the deaths of the seven youth, who died while attending high school in Thunder Bay over an 11-year period since 2000.

Page 3 ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐠ ᑫᑌ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐦᐊᐟᓴᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐣ ᐱᑲᐧᑯᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᑌ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐦᐊᐟᓴᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᒥᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐢᑲᐧᑎ ᐊᐣᒋᑯᓀᑊ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑊᕑᐊᐟ ᐦᐊᔾᐢᓫᐊᑊ.

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WAWATAY NEWS... ᐊᐣᒋᑯᓀᑊ ᐅᑭᔭᓂᒪᒋ ᓇᓇᑐᓇᓇᐣ ᑫᑌ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᒥᑲᐣᑭᐸᐣ ᐱᑲᐧᑯᓂ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᓄ ᕑᐃᐳᕑ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᓯᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᓇᓇᑐᓇᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐢᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᑎᑫᐧᔭᓂᐠ ᐁᐧᒥᑎᑯᔑᐃᐧᑎᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐱᓂᐡ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᓴᑭᑕᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᓄ ᕑᐱᐳᕑ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐊᔕ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐅᑐᐣᒋᒥᑲᓇᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑲᔦ ᐊᓯᓂᐣ, ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐱᑯᐣ, ᒋᐸᑫᐧᐊᑭᑯᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐸᐧᑲᓇᐣ. ᐦᐊᔾᐢᓫᐊᑊ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐠ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐁᑭᑕᔑ ᒪᒥᐡᑲᐧᑕᑕᒥᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓇᓇᑭᐡᑯᑕᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᐁᐧᒥᑎᑯᔑ ᐱᑕᑯᔑᐠ. ᐦᐊᔾᐢᓫᐊᑊ ᑲᔦ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᑎᐟ ᐸᔑᐸᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᒥᑲᑭᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ 7,000 – 8,000 ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᐊᐧᓄᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑎᐸᐸᐣᑕᑭᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᑌ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ.

Lac Seul area artifacts displayed at Hudson homecoming An exhibition of arrowheads and other artifacts from the Lac Seul area was featured during the Hudson Homecoming by local artifact hunters Scotty Angeconeb and Brad Hyslop. Angeconeb began his search for artifacts about 10 years ago after finding an arrowhead at Canoe River. He usually searches each spring while water levels are low along along the main channel from Frenchman’s Head to Canoe River, and has since found a variety of artifacts, including bullets, coins, pottery and pipes. Hyslop believes that Lac Seul was a centre for trade and interaction before contact. Hyslop said a couple of the spear points he found are about 7,000-8,000 years old based on similar dated artifacts from other areas.

Page 21 ᒧᐢ ᑯᕑᐃ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᔑᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑯᑕᑭᓂ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᓂ ᐊᒥ ᐊᔕ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐁᑭ ᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᑕᑲᒥ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᐸᓂᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᓂ ᓯᐱᑲᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒧᐢ ᑯᕑᐃ ᒪᐡᑭᑯ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ 78 ᒣᑲᐊᐧᐟ ᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᑭᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᒥᓇ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑭᐃᓯᓭ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑲᑭ ᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑯᑕᐠ, ᐅᑭᐃᔑᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᐱᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ 145 ᒣᑲᐊᐧᐟ ᒋᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᒧᐢ ᑯᕑᐃ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ 25 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᑕᐅᐣᒋᐱᒥ ᓇᐣᑭᓭᓂᐠ ᒋᐱᒥᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐅᒪ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᐧᑎ ᐃᔑᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᐣ 80 ᑭᓫᐊᒥᑐᕑᐢ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᔑ ᑲᐸᐢᑫᓯᐣᐠ. ᐊᐱ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ 2015 ᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ, ᐁᐧᑎ ᒪᑕᑲᒥ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑕᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᐱᑌᐊᐧᐣ 486 ᒣᑲᐊᐧᐟ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ 924 ᒣᑲᐊᐧᐟ ᑕᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ 78 ᒣᑲᐊᐧᐟ ᓇᐣᑭᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ ᑭᑊᓫᐃᐣᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ 267 ᒣᑲᐊᐧᐟ ᑕᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐢᒧᑭ ᐸᐧᓫᐢ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑕᑲᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᐸᑕᐠ 52 ᒣᑲᐊᐧᐟ ᑲᐊᐱᒋᑲᒪᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ. ᒧᐢ ᑯᕑᐃ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᓇᐧᕑᑦ ᐦᐊᕑᑎᐢᑎ ᒍᓂᔪᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᓇᑭᐣᑌ $2.6 ᐱᓫᐃᔭᐣ.

Moose Cree-OPG partnership completes second hydro station A second Lower Mattagami generating station has gone on stream for the Moose Cree First Nation-Ontario Power Generation hydro-power development partnership. The new 78 MW unit at the Harmon Generating Station was completed ahead of schedule and on budget. Along with the recently completed Little Long station, the partnership has added

145 MW of hydropower to Ontario’s supply. Moose Cree First Nation has a 25 per cent equity interest in the project, which is located about 80 kilometres north of Kapuskasing. When the project is completed in 2015, the capacity of the Lower Mattagami power plants will have increased from 486 MW to 924 MW. A 78 MW unit is being added at the Kipling hydroelectric station and a new 267 MW station is being built at Smoky Falls to replace the existing 52 MW station that will be retired once the new station is operating. Moose Cree Chief Norman Hardisty Jr. said the project is about worth about $2.6 billion.

Page 17 ᒪᐣᐠ ᐅᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᐣ 2014 ᑭᒥᓄᓭ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 160 ᒍᓂᔪᕑ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᓴᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ 20 ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᒪᐣᐠ ᐅᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑲᑭᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᓴᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᐃᓇᓀᐃᐧᑭᔑᑲ ᑭᑕᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐣ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᓂᒪᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐊᔭᑲᐧᒥᓯᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᑲᐧᑕᑭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᑎᓱᐃᐧᐣ. ᑭ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐃᔑᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᐁ ᒪᑲᐧ ᐁᑭᐱᓇᓯᑲᑫᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑭᐸᐢᑭᓴᐧᑲᓄ ᐊᐣᒋᑯ ᐁᑭᐱᑭᐁᐧ ᓇᓇᓯᑲᑫᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐯᔓᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᓇᓇᑐᐃᐧᓯᓂᐨ. ᑲᓂᒪᐧᔦ ᐸᑯᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᔑᐠ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᐡ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᐢ, ᑭᐊᔭᒥᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓂᓴᑲᓄᐨ ᒪᑲᐧ. ᑲᓇᑎᔭᐣ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᐢ ᑭᐸᐡᑭᓀᓯᑫ ᐃᒪ ᒪᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐱᒥᔑᓂᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑎᐟ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᑲᓇᐊᐧᐱᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓭᒪᐣ. ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑭᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᑯᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᒪᑲᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ, ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒍᓂᔪᕑ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᓴᐠ ᒣᐡᑭᑲᐧᑲᒪᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓴᓇᑭᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒍᓂᔪᕑ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᓴᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ, ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᓴᓇᑭᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᒪᐤ 20 ᑲᑕᓴᐧᓀᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒍᓂᔪᕑ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᓴᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ. ᒪᐣᐠ ᐅᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᒍᓂᔪᕑ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᓴᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓂᑕᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᐢᑭᓯᑲᓇᐣ, ᒋᓂᑕᐱᒥᐱᓱᐊᐧᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᐅᓯᑌᐨ ᐅᑕᐸᐣ ᑲᐊᐧᑭᑕᐱᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᒋᓂᑕᐊᐧᑕᑫᐧᐊᐧᐨ, ᐊᐧᑭᑕᑎᓇᐠ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐅᑎᓱᐃᐧᐣ, ᑐᐦᐁᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᓇᓇᑲ ᐃᔑᒪᒋᐃᐧᓇᐣ.

Camp Loon 2014 a success More than 160 Junior Rangers from 20 First Nations took part in the annual training event at Camp Loon, hosted by the Canadian Rangers. The camp provided eight days of advanced training with an emphasis on safety on the land and water and in personal lifestyles. A ceremony was held for a dangerous bear that had to be shot when it kept returning to the camp for food. Before it was skinned by a soldier and a Canadian Ranger, a prayer was said over the animal. A Canadian Ranger smudged it and several Rangers and Junior Rangers offered the bear tobacco. Several Junior Rangers then assisted a Ranger and a soldier in skinning the animal. Meanwhile, the Junior Canadian Ranger patrol in Mishkeegogamang won the annual award for the best Junior Ranger patrol in Ontario, making it the best out of 20 Junior Ranger patrols in First Nations across northern Ontario. Camp Loon provided a range of training activities that are not normally available to Junior Rangers in their home communities, including specialized instruction in shooting (both rifle and paintball), boating (power boats and canoes), driving all-terrain vehicles, learning how to swim-to-survive, mountain biking, archery, lacrosse, and traditional arts and crafts.

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Inquiry into deaths of NAN youth delayed Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The joint inquiry scheduled to examine the deaths of seven First Nations youth in Thunder Bay has been delayed by the Office of the Chief Coroner. Ontario chief coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer said that the inquiry is delayed partly because information and evidence briefs for the many parties with standing in the proceedings are not ready, and because of ongoing judicial concerns with the jury roll representation in the district. The lack of Aboriginal representation on jury rolls in the Kenora district has been an ongoing issue for Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) since 2007. The regional tribal council discovered the problem during the inquiry into the deaths of two Kashechewan men who died in a fire while in police custody. A juries review implementation committee was established by the province last year to address the matter. But NAN says the joint inquest could get underway this fall if the Ontario Attorney General and the Office of the Chief Coroner are committed to the process. “We had expectations that the Government of Ontario would get this inquest together as expeditiously as possible and they are not delivering,” said Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, who also is a member of the review committee. The joint inquiry, originally scheduled for this fall, was set to look into the deaths of the

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Election for national chief set for December in Winnipeg Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

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A Dennis Franklin Cromarty student tosses a flower into the McIntyre River during a ceremony to honour the seven First Nations youth who died since 2000 while attending school in Thunder Bay. seven youth, who died while attending high school in Thunder Bay over an 11-year period since 2000. This includes: Jethro Anderson, 15, of Kasabonika Lake; Reggie Bushie, 15, of Poplar Hill; Robyn Harper, 19, of Keewaywin; Kyle Morrisseau, 17, of Keewaywin; Paul Panacheese, 21, of Mishkeegogamang; Curran Strang, 18, of Pikangikum; and Jordan Wabasse, 15, of Webequie. Two of the youth died due to overdose while the others drowned. An inquest into the death of Bushie was halted in 2011 due to jury roll issues in Thunder Bay, at which point calls for a broader inquiry into the deaths of all seven youth came from NAN.

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And while the Office of the Chief Coroner indicated that no inquests will be held using the Thunder Bay jury roll, the Attorney General has publicly stated that criminal jury trials will continue in the North, despite the invalid jury roll. “This makes us question why the families of the youth are less deserving of access to jury proceedings than the criminal accused in the North,” Fiddler said. “We are at a loss as to how the Attorney General is proposing to run jury trials on criminal matters in the North while at the same time our families cannot have access to a jury for a coroner’s inquest. This is becoming absurd.” NAN is also critical of the preparedness on the part of the Office of the Chief Coro-

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ner, as basic steps such as distributing a coroner’s brief years after this investigation started have not been done. “The loss of these seven youth has caused fear and apprehension in NAN First Nations and the continued delays to get this inquest underway are unacceptable and very distressing for the families of these youth and their communities,” said Grand Chief Harvey Yesno. “I am surprised and disappointed on behalf of the families of these lost youth and our communities that even the most basic court documents haven’t even been prepared.” A request for comment to the Office of the Chief Coroner was not returned as of press time.

The election of a national chief is slated to take place this December in Winnipeg. The decision was reached after some debate during the 35th Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly (AGA), which took place in Halifax from July 15-17. The election of the national chief will take place at a Special Chiefs Assembly Dec. 9-11. Until then, the chiefs-inassembly decided that AFN Quebec/Labrador Regional Chief Ghislain Picard will act as the interim national chief. “I am honoured to take on the responsibility of interim national chief and look forward to working together with the Executive Committee based on the clear direction of First Nations to ensure we take every opportunity to advance Aboriginal title, rights and treaties in ways that will rebuild our nations and achieve safe and secure communities for all our peoples,” Picard said in a media release. “This has been an important Assembly for open and honest dialogue on our common priorities, our objectives and our organization. We must now move forward and take action based on this direc-

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tion.” More than 1,100 First Nation leaders, Elders and youth were in attendance for the assembly, including 302 chiefs. The chiefs passed 33 resolutions in priority areas, including a commitment to fully review the way the AFN is structured and operates to ensure it evolves and adapts as First Nations rebuild their nations and assert their sovereignty and jurisdiction. Delegates also stood united in support of action on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls including a National Public Inquiry and immediate action to address this urgent issue. There was a special tribute to the families and to Marlene Bird who was recently a victim of violence in Saskatchewan. A blanket dance was held that raised $4,508 for Marlene Bird’s care and treatment. This Circle of Hope ceremony brought together women’s groups and associations, the Mi’kmaq Friendship Centre and Assembly delegates in ceremony and in resolve to demand action to prevent and end violence against Indigenous women and girls. The AFN AGA was preceded by a National Youth Summit that on July 13 and a Confederacy of Nations meeting on July 14.

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A Matter Of Survival Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

y experience with religion has been interesting to say the

least. I was raised up on the James Bay coast in Attawapiskat where the Roman Catholics had established through the Jesuits a church as part of the French wave of colonists during the early days of the fur trade. The English also dispatched the Anglican missionaries to First Nation territories on the Hudson and James Bay with the most notable being Moose Factory. Many of us Cree up the coast accepted the new religions forced upon us. We had no choice so over the years we became swept up in the European religious beliefs. However, we also brought to it our own traditional beliefs so that we ended up with a strange if not schizophrenic blend of religion. Thankfully we have survived a systematic and strategic assault on our beliefs and traditional ways through the signing of treaties that corralled us onto reservations right across this vast country. We also survived the strategy of assimilation through the development of the residential school system in which thousands of First Nation children were rounded up and taken from their parents to learn the ways of the European. Today we have a more open society where we as First Nation people can return to our traditional and cultural ways. All over the country Native people are rediscovering the traditions and beliefs that our ancestors lived by. There are many traditional leaders as chiefs and council members today and our people are returning to drumming, dancing and cultural activities. Many times, I am asked by non-Native people how to explain our First Nation beliefs when it comes to religion. This question is complicated for me because like in the non-Native world there are so many different interpretations depending on your point of view or perspective. After many years of interviewing and learning from traditional teachers, leaders and Elders I think I have found a comfortable way to find meaning in a belief that is spiritual rather than religious. I think that Buddhism is probably the religion or belief structure that could be compared as similar to Native traditional

spiritualism. The main reason is due to the common belief in that everything is connected and every action has a consequence. I imagine that all people’s in early development held this belief in universal connectivity simply because it had to do with survival. We needed to depend on all the living things and the environment around us to survive. We needed to have respect for other human beings on the land, and to realize that sharing and harmony was imperative if we wanted to survive. We needed to remember that respect for the land, the water, trees and all life was a necessary belief if we wanted to survive. This belief in connectivity or oneness is something that is integral to how Native spiritual people think and live. At a time in the evolution of this world I am often disappointed in how we are treating each other when it comes to beliefs or religions. Many Christian fundamentalists have a very narrow view in terms of their beliefs and much of this seems to stem from a trend of politicization of religion in various countries. Often, through history, it is evident that religions have been used to further the strategies of political leaders in terms of invasion, dominance, war and generally the control over many by few. Fundamentalists in the Islamic faith that I have met also are convinced that their beliefs are set in stone and that blind faith overrules anything else. Over the years I have come to the conclusion that blind faith in terms of religion is a very sad and tragic stance. As free thinkers and individuals we all should always be able to question anything in our universe. Too often I have encountered fundamental religious people who believe that their religion or belief system is better than those of anyone else. That leads to continual conflict as we have seen through the ages and now witness today. Every fundamental religious follower believes that their particular belief system will take them to heaven while those who are non-believers will be damned to hell. Perhaps it is possible that as we evolve we will remember that it is in our best interest as a species to get along with one another and get back to realizing and feeling the connectivity that we have in this wonderful universe. As our early ancestors realized we need to do this as a matter of survival. www.underthenorthernsky. com

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Keewatin- Tsilhqot’in- My Kokum and Her Land… Derek Fox Special to Wawatay News

As a lawyer I am often asked to provide legal analysis or opinions on the law, setting it out and providing my razor sharp in-depth view of what the law is and how it applies to the issue, the issue being the question that needs answering for my client. OK Razor sharp in-depth view, that is not humble at all. Actually, humble lawyer is what you call an oxymoron. I am kidding. Humble is my foundation. Well my Kokum’s foundation, I like to think she lives within me. Recent Supreme Court decisions regarding the land have brought attention to the Anishinabe landscape and in that respect, I would like to tell you without any legal jargon, which is how I like to try and keep my articles, what the land means to me,

an Anishinabe lawyer from the North, a great hunter/ fishermen amongst his people, a great navigator and traveller, whose stories will be told and bannock making contests will be named after (just kidding about great hunter). As you may have noticed the land is an obsession to me, an obsession not developed over time as I aged, but something within me, a

passion and desire to need or want, a dream dreamt day and night, a thought that rises and sets with the sun. The land I believe is an extension of all of us, a place of being to which we came, soon to be ashes spread and once fires burning, but always a part, in our past, present and future. Recently, I have discovered that I have always missed the land, since I was a child I dreamt of the fire, I could smell and taste the campfire bannock, see the charred kettles over boiling with tea, prepared geese on sticks rolling just above the flame and my kokum slicing meat with the swift movements of an artist painting, a butcher never looked so gentle. Nighttime was my favourite, when the calm spirits entered the land, sung us lullaby’s and told us stories of the North. Kokum would

sing with them and her voice echoed throughout the land. Loons and wolves would join often and in that moment was magic, a connection between this world and that one, doors opened just for a moment, a frightening event, when the shadows started tip-toeing along the tree-line. Gentle spirits are the dancing ones my kokum said, holding me in her arms. So what is the land to me as an Anishinabe, a northern one? The land is my Kokum. Gentle, kind, caring, loving, but awesome in her power, a united front of grandmothers who never left us but fulfilled their duties in this world by providing us with their teachings to protect a home they can be found, a home we can learn life’s greatest lessons. Land, Home, Kokum, no difference, but that is what my land means to me…

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Dr. Shannon Wesley GUEST COLUMNIST

fter writing many articles about cancer screening, it’s time to talk about men’s health – and more specifically, prostate health. While there is no provincial screening program for prostate cancer like there is for colorectal cancer, it is important for men to be aware of it. The prostate is an important organ that only men have. It is located between your bladder and rectum and is shaped like a donut. Running through the centre of your prostate is your urethra – the tube that brings pee and semen down your penis when you’re going to the bathroom or having sex. The prostate helps you to control your pee and push out semen when you are having sex as well as produce the liquid in your semen to protect your sperm. Prostate cancer happens when unhealthy cells in the prostate start to grow much faster than your normal, healthy prostate cells. This can cause your prostate to grow bigger and it does not work like it should. When this happens it can cause problems. If cancer cells in your prostate start to grow, your prostate may become swollen and squeeze tighter on your urethra. Remember when you were a kid and you could pee clear across the bathroom to the toilet? As we get older, it is normal for your stream to get weaker, but there are some signs that may mean you are having prostate health troubles, such as: having a hard time starting to

pee, your flow is really slow, dribbling, uncontrolled leaking, or you have to sit down to pee. You could also have some burning or pain when you pee, or you may notice blood in your pee or semen. Most commonly, you might find yourself getting up three or more times at night to go pee.

Getting your prostate checked isn’t the most fun thing to do. It can be a little bit awkward, but it is very important to do. There are three things that you and your healthcare provider can do to make sure you don’t have prostate cancer: talk about your prostate health, prostatespecific antigen (PSA) blood test, and most importantly a rectal examination. If you are experiencing any of these issues, you should get checked. Getting your prostate checked isn’t the most fun thing to do. It can be a little bit awkward, but it is very important to do. There are three things that you and your healthcare provider can do to make sure you don’t have prostate cancer: talk about your prostate health, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, and most importantly a rectal examination. Most men want to avoid a rectal examination, but it is the best test to do because it’s the best way for your healthcare provider to tell if there’s a problem or not. During this test, they will be

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Grassy Narrows vows to continue to ‘protect our lands and our people’ Continued from page 1 Despite the result, Grassy Narrows said it will continue “our fight to protect our lands and our people” and “continue to resist the expansion of unsustainable industrial logging in our territory.” Chief Roger Fobister said his community is determined to see Treaty 3 respected. “We expect the Government of Ontario and Canada to learn from the last (10) years and come to the table ready to deal with the real needs of our people which requires ensuring a sustainable future both environmentally and economically,” he said in a media release. J.B. Fobister, a Grassy Narrows hunter who helped initiate the case, expressed disappointment in the decision but reiterated the message that Grassy Narrows will “fight to protect the health, welfare and culture of the people of Grassy Narrows using all the tools available to us. “We believe Ontario and industry are morally and politically obliged to seek our consent before logging our lands,” he said. “Our people will ensure that the government, public, corporations, and courts never forget the terrible effect that industrial logging has had on the health and welfare of our people.” Grassy Narrows said it will study the decision and determine further actions. Wabauskang, a neighbouring community to Grassy Narrows and partner in the lawsuit, said the decision is inconsistent with the First Nation’s understanding of its treaty relationship. “Our treaty is with Canada. It is Canada that is responsible for fulfilling the promises made to the people of Treaty 3,”

said Wabauskang Chief Martine Petiquan. “We have always maintained, and will continue to affirm, that the federal government needs to be involved in ensuring that our Treaty rights are respected.” In dismissing the appeal, the Supreme Court imposed onerous legal obligations on Ontario when making land-use decision that affect treaty rights, said Wabauskang councillor Jo-Anne Petiquan-Moore “We will not be dismissed, no one is taking our resources without us benefiting and no one is going to destroy our children’s future,” she said. “We will fight for our resources.” “We are putting the province and industry on notice that they cannot continue to ignore our treaty,” said Petiquan. “It is no longer business as usual. We intend to hold the province to account. If it doesn’t fulfil the responsibilities the court has said it has, we’ll be back in court to ensure that our lands are protected and our treaty is respected.” Regional chiefs also commented on the Supreme Court ruling. Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy called the decision “a breach of Canada’s obligations to uphold international laws/standards and undermines Indigenous laws that have already been in place for centuries.” “Despite the decision, First Nations will continue to challenge provincial actions that contravene their own laws and assertions,” Beardy said in a media release. “The question that is being missed today is how did Canada and Ontario come to say they have decision-making power over First Nations’ homelands in the first place? Please, let us not forget how the treaties

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Grassy Narrows First Nation says it will continue to oppose clearcutting on its traditional territory. validated First Nations’ nationhood prior to Canada becoming a country, and prior to having a Supreme Court.” The Assembly of First Nations’ Perry Bellegarde, who holds the treaty portfolio for the AFN, said he is “dismayed” by the decision but remains unconvinced that justice could be achieved through Canada’s domestic courts when interpreting “our international treaties.” “Today’s decision illustrates two important issues. First, it is essential that our treaties, which are international in nature, be guided by international standards and mechanisms,” Bellegarde said in a media release. “Second, the ruling today reinforced the requirement of the Crown to consult and accommodate.” Given the “snail’s pace at which the provinces are moving on their duty to consult and accommodate,” continued Bellegarde, “this also needs to be

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which the judge ruled that federal government involvement was necessary in the granting of any forestry leases on Treaty 3 land. That decision was overturned at the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2013. The Supreme Court agreed with the Ontario Court of Appeal. However, the Supreme Court noted that Ontario has to respect the treaty when granting leases on traditional land, and that it cannot grant leases that would breach the agreements reached in the treaty. “Ontario’s power to take up lands under Treaty# 3 is not unconditional,” McLaughlin wrote. “For Treaty #3 land to be taken up, the harvesting rights of the Ojibway over the land must be respected. If the taking up leaves the Ojibway with no meaningful right to hunt, fish or trap in relation to the territories over which they traditionally hunted, fished, and trapped,

a potential action for treaty infringement will arise.” Besides its legal actions, Grassy Narrows has waged a long-standing campaign of protest against clear-cut logging on its traditional lands. In 2002, the First Nation set up a blockade on a logging road north of its community, a blockade that was kept up off and on for more than 10 years. Grassy Narrows’ members and supporters also held a oneday blockade of the Trans-Canada Highway in 2006 as a part of its protest. Along with the blockade, the community has embarked on public relations campaigns against the forestry companies operating on its lands and the provincial government. The public relations campaign paid off in 2008, when major U.S. paper producer Boise-Cascade declared that it would not source wood from Grassy Narrows’ traditional territory without the First Nation’s consent. Soon after that announcement, Abitibi-Consolidated surrendered its license to log on Grassy Narrows’ territory. In 2012, however, the provincial government approved a 10-year Forest Management Plan (FMP) that would once again allow clear-cut logging on traditional territory. The FMP was set to take effect on April 1, 2014. While David Oraziette, thenminister of Ministry of Natural Resources, said the FMP included no “planned harvest blocks” within Grassy Narrows’ traditional land use area, Grassy Narrows rejected the plan outright. “The minister’s statement is false, and completely misrepresents Ontario’s plans for another decade of clear-cut logging on our territory against our will,” said Grassy Narrows’ Chief Simon Fobister in a media release on Nov. 7, 2013.

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Photos by Sgt. Peter Moon/Special to Wawatay News

Left: Six Junior Canadian Rangers leave Camp Loon at a nearby training centre. Above: A confidence building zip line took Junior Canadian Rangers over a river.

Emphasis on safety rated as a success at Camp Loon Peter Moon Special to Wawatay News

Camp Loon 2014 was “a very successful camp this year,” according to Capt. Caryl Fletcher, the army officer commanding the Junior Canadian Rangers in the Far North of Ontario. The annual camp, in the bush north of Geraldton, provided eight days of advanced training for 160 Junior Rangers from 20 First Nations, with an emphasis on safety on the land and water and in personal lifestyles. “We definitely succeeded in getting the message about safety across,” Captain Fletcher said. “We drove it home at all the training sites. You watched them and you could see they listened. They put on their helmet and their gloves at the ATV site without being told to. “They put on their personal flotation device at the boat and canoe site. They did it naturally and a large percentage of the Junior Rangers at the camp took back home what we

taught them about safety and they will pass it on to others.” The Junior Canadian Rangers is a national program run by the Canadian Army for boys and girls aged 12 to 18 in remote communities across the North. In Ontario there are 750 Junior Rangers in 20 First Nations. Camp Loon provided a range of training activities that are not normally available to Junior Rangers in their home communities. They included specialized instruction in shooting (both rifle and paintball), boating (power boats and canoes), driving allterrain vehicles, learning how to swim-to-survive, mountain biking, archery, lacrosse, and traditional arts and crafts. The camp has been held annually since 2000. The cost of the camp this year was about $800,000. “The army has helped to improve safety in the North, for sure,” said Sgt. Chris Kataquapit, a Canadian Ranger from Attawapiskat. “The skills and knowledge gained at Camp Loon are taken

back to their communities by the Junior Rangers and more people benefit, even adults. Most of these kids know how to hunt but they don’t know safety around guns. The firearms safety training they get here is very useful. They will pass that on to others.” “I can teach others what I learned here,” said Junior Ranger Roberta Wood, 14, of Sandy Lake. “I can tell them what I learned about safety and ATVs and power boating and shooting.” In addition to the training, she said, she enjoyed meeting Junior Rangers from other communities and making new friends. She also liked the quality and the variety of the food provided by a military field kitchen. Like other Junior Rangers she enjoyed the challenge of a confidence building zip line that launched from a 10-metre high platform and took them 130 metres over a river. “I was scared at first,” she said, “but I managed to do it. After that I did it almost 20 times. It was pretty fun.”

Northern Ontario has the highest number of Aboriginal drowning deaths in Canada, partly because it has a large Aboriginal population but also because the short summer and cold waters keep people from learning to swim. The camp provided Junior Rangers with a Canadian Lifesaving course called Swim-to-Survive, which provides basic swimming instruction. As a result most went home able to swim. Every training day a team of Junior Rangers worked in MacLeod Provincial Park, near Geraldton, cleaning and creating new trails, and painting park equipment. “That was giving back a little bit for what the community gave us,” Captain Fletcher said. “It also allowed the teams a day off the camp, doing something else, and an opportunity to visit the Interpretative Centre, and stop at a store in Geraldton. They enjoyed it.” Sergeant Peter Moon is the public affairs ranger for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden.

Paintball was one of the most popular activities at Camp Loon.

INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Sapawe Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) invites you to inspect the MNRF-approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Sapawe Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 1, 2014. The herbicide VisionMax, Pest Control Product registration # 27736 will be used. The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Atikokan MNRF office and on the MNRF public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning June 30, 2014 until March 31, 2015 when the annual work schedule expires. The Ontario Government Information Centre at 108 Saturn Avenue, Atikokan, provides access to the Internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNRF staff at the MNRF District or Area office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information, please contact: Renee Perry Management Forester Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 108 Saturn Avenue Atikokan, ON P0T 1C0 tel: 807-597-5010

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A Junior Canadian Ranger offers tobacco to the bear, which had to be killed after it repeatedly threatened the camp. The bear was also smudged and a prayer was performed during a ceremony.

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A dangerous bear that had to be shot at Camp Loon, an advanced training camp for Junior Canadian Rangers in the bush north of Geraldton, became part of the training for Junior Rangers who wanted to participate in it. The bear was one of many attracted to the camp by the smells coming from the military field kitchen that was being used to feed the Junior Rangers, Canadian Rangers, and other military personnel at the camp. It was scared of several times with noise and lights. But it returned and was discovered at night outside the field kitchen by two Canadian Rangers on bear watch. “This was a young male in

it’s prime,” said Capt. Caryl Fletcher, the army officer commanding the Junior Rangers in northern Ontario. “They tried to scare it off but it stood its ground, acted aggressively, and made it clear it was not going to go away. The bear watch did what it had to do and took it down with a shotgun when it was only 20 feet from them.” He said the army did not want to throw the bear’s body in a dumpster. “I asked the (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) if we could keep the bear for training purposes and they said yes.” Before it was skinned by a soldier and a Canadian Ranger, a prayer was said over the animal. A Canadian Ranger smudged it and several Rangers and Junior Rangers offered the

bear tobacco. Several Junior Rangers then assisted a Ranger and a soldier in skinning the animal. It was butchered by a soldier who was a butcher before joining the Canadian Army. Master Cpl. Stanley Stephens, a Canadian Ranger from Constance Lake First Nation and the camp Elder, said for many Aboriginal people the bear is a sacred animal. “So it must be respected,” he said. “I’m happy. This bear was shown respect. It was a good thing for these Junior Rangers to see the bear offered tobacco. When we take something off the land, whether it’s an animal or a fish or bird, we offer tobacco to the Creator. “The meat is going to be put to use and the hide is going to be used. That is a good lesson for the Junior Rangers.”

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Mishkeegogamang are best Junior Rangers in Ontario Peter Moon Special to Wawatay News

The Junior Canadian Ranger patrol in Mishkeegogamang has won the annual award for the best Junior Ranger patrol in Ontario. That makes it the best out of 20 Junior Ranger patrols in First Nations across the Far North of Ontario, said Capt. Caryl Fletcher, the army officer commanding Junior Rangers in Ontario. “They’ve really stepped up in the last 18 months,” he said. “It’s quite outstanding how they’ve turned around and it is a combination of new blood in the Canadian Rangers in Mish’s Canadian Ranger patrol and the Junior Rangers grabbing hold of that new blood and becoming interested in the Junior Ranger program and making it exciting for them. “They draft training programs on their own. They send them to our headquarters at Canadian Forces Base Borden but they go ahead conduct regular training quite often on their own, without a (full-time army) instructor from Borden being in their community. “They have become a very independent Junior Ranger program on their own.” Capt. Fletcher presented

the award at Camp Loon, an advanced training camp for Junior Rangers held annually in the bush north of Geraldton. The Junior Rangers are a national program run by the Canadian Armed Forces for boys and girls aged 12 to 18 in remote and isolated communities across Canada. “It came as quite a shock when I learned we had been named the top patrol in Ontario,” said Master Cpl. Brent Labine, the Canadian Ranger in charge of the Mishkeegogamang patrol. “It made me very proud of our Junior Rangers. But without our community volunteers and our Canadian Rangers there’s no way we could have accomplished what we did this year.” Brayden Fox, 13, says he is a Junior Ranger with the 43-member Mishkeegogamang patrol because it does interesting things and helps him meet new people and make friends. “I never miss one of our meetings,” he said. “We have one every week or week-and-ahalf. We learn things like GPS. We do skidooing and other kinds of training. We go to Mud Lake and set up tents and camp out. We go to Lac Seul (First Nation) and train with their

Junior Rangers. It’s fun being a Junior Ranger.” Mishkeegogamang Chief Connie Gray-MacKay, a former Canadian Ranger, said the award did not really surprise her. “I know our young people are good. I always knew they were the best.” She said it was “awesome” that the Mishkeegogamang Junior Ranger patrol is attracting non-Aboriginal members from the town of Pickle Lake and conducting joint training with members of the Junior Ranger patrol in Lac Seul. Sergeant Peter Moon is the public affairs ranger for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden.

Photos by Sgt. Peter Moon/Special to Wawatay News

Some members of the Mishkeegogamang Junior Canadian Ranger patrol with the annual award presented to the best Junior Ranger patrol in Ontario.

REVIEW Review of Major Amendment: Information Centre Nagagami 2011-2021 Forest Management Plan The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) and Nagagami Forest Management Ltd. and the Nagagami Forest Local Citizens Committee (LCC), invite you to attend an information centre. This information centre is being held as part of the detailed planning of operations for the major amendment to the 2011-2021 Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the Nagagami Forest. This amendment provides for an alternate primary road corridor to access the Oba area of the Nagagami SFL. During the preparation of the 2011-2021 FMP, the issue resolution process was initiated concerning the location of the Mosambik Road. The issue was considered by the MNRF Regional Director and a decision was rendered resulting in a feasibility assessment. Since April 1, 2011, the MNRF has examined the feasibility to access the Oba area and concluded that the original access option is not viable. The MNRF has directed Nagagami Forest Management Ltd. to prepare an FMP amendment to provide for an alternate road link between the Oba area of the SFL and Hornepayne. Nagagami Forest Management Ltd. has prepared the necessary maps, text and tables that will serve to amend the location of the Mosambik Road to an alternate route that is described as the Mosambik-Haken Road Extension. This alternate road corridor extends east from the end of the Haken Lake Road and connects with the end of the Poulin’s Road base maps 67540, 68540, 69540, 68541. How to Get Involved During preparation of a major amendment to a FMP, two formal opportunities for Aboriginal and public involvement are provided. This ‘Stage 1’ notice is: • to invite you to review and comment on proposed operations for the major amendment; and • to request additional contributions to the background information to be used in planning. To assist in your review of the proposed major amendment for the Nagagami FMP, related information and maps will be available at the information centre to be held at the following time and location: Date: August 21, 2014 Time: 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Location: Royal Canadian Legion 48 Sixth Avenue, Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0 Can’t Make It?

Capt. Caryl Fletcher, officer commanding the Junior Canadian Rangers in Ontario, presents the annual award for being judged the best Junior Ranger in Ontario to Terri-Jo Weistche, 17, of Moose Factory. Fletcher said her dedication and support for the army youth program is outstanding.

The information described in this notice will also be available for review for a 30-day period from August 21, 2014 to September 19, 2014, after the information center, at: Nagagami Forest Management Ltd. 10 Becker Road Hornepayne, ON Boris Michelussi tel: 807-868-2370

MNRF, Wawa District Office 48 Mission Road Wawa, ON Zachary White, R.P.F. tel: 705-856-4715

Comments on the proposed major amendment to the Nagagami FMP must be received by Zachary White of the planning team at the MNRF Wawa District office, by September 19, 2014. You may make a written request to initiate a formal issue resolution process, following the process described in the 2009 Forest Management Planning Manual (Part C, Section 6.1.4). Stay Involved A final opportunity to inspect the approved major amendment before it is implemented will take place during the ‘Inspection of the MNRF-approved Major Amendment’ (Stage 2), which is tentatively scheduled from October 30th to December 1, 2014. If you would like to be added to our mailing list and be notified of these consultation opportunities, please contact Zachary White at 705-856-4715. For further information, please contact any of the following individuals during normal office hours: Zachary White, R.P.F. MNRF, Wawa District Office 48 Mission Road, P.O. Box 1160 Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 tel: 705-856-4715

Boris Michelussi Jackfish River Management Ltd. 10 Becker Road, P.O. Box 780 Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0 tel: 807-868-2370

Marg Zajac Nagagami Forest LCC Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0 tel: 807-868-2426

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry 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 and Forestry 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 Zachary White at 705-856-4715. Renseignements en français : Jennifer Lamontagne, 705 856-4747

Junior Canadian Rangers paint equipment in MacLeod Provincial Park.

Wawatay News JULY 24, 2014

INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Lake Nipigon Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) invites you to inspect the MNRF-approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Lake Nipigon Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 5, 2014. The herbicide VisionMax, Pest Control Product registration # 27736 will be used.

Airport/port authority possible for Ring of Fire Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc. office and on the MNRF public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 5, 2014 until March 31, 2015 when the annual work schedule expires. Ontario Government Information Centres at Thunder Bay, Nipigon, Geraldton, Terrace Bay and Marathon provide access to the Internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNRF staff at the MNRF District office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information, please contact: Chris Leale, R.P.F. Management Forester MNRF 5 Wadsworth Drive P.O. Box 970 Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0 tel: 807-887-5042 fax: 807-887-2993 e-mail: chris.leale@ontario.ca

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Paul Poschmann, R.P.F. General Manager Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc. 78 Salls Street P.O. Box 449 Red Rock, ON P0T 2P0 tel: 807-886-3024 ext. 1 fax: 807-886-2641 e-mail: paul.poschmann@lnfmi.ca

or call toll-free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above. Renseignements en français : 1 807 887-5000

A former deputy minister of Transport Canada recently recommended an airport/port transportation authority model for the Ring of Fire mineral development area. “It would be at arms length from the government, it would have its own fiduciary financial responsibilities and management responsibilities,” said Nick Mulder, author of the Northern Policy Institute commentary: The Airport/ Port Transportation Authority Model Is It Applicable for Ontario’s Ring of Fire Mineral Development. “It would decide on the chair and the management team, it would finalize the plans for the road and railroad or whatever else is needed. It would finalize all the funding with the mining companies and transportation companies and private sector interests, pension funds, whatever.” Mulder described his recommendation during his July 8 Northern Policy Institute speaker’s breakfast at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay, where he indicated the Ring of Fire infrastructure authority would not be involved in the social and economic infrastructure needs of the First Nation communities in northern Ontario. “Those 40 or whatever number of communities there are have their own special

needs,” Mulder said. “It isn’t up to a business-driven or marketdriven kind of entity that I am recommending — they should decide on what kind of water or sewer or other kind of systems they need or local roads in the community or so on.” Mulder said some of the monies required to finance the Ring of Fire road or railroad could come from the provincial government, but the majority should be raised in the marketplace or through the mining companies. “Over the next year or so there are four essential things that ought to be done before final decisions are made (on the Ring of Fire),” Mulder said. “The mining companies have to decide what to do, and right now the prices aren’t very good. Some companies like Cliffs have withdrawn or aren’t doing much more. Other ones are still proactive.” Mulder said the needs of the First Nation communities also have to be considered. “That is very important,” Mulder said. “It always has been, especially with the Supreme Court (of Canada) decision a week or so ago (that adopted a broad approach to Aboriginal title and granted title to more than 1,750 square kilometres of land to Tsilhqot’in First Nation in British Columbia).” Mulder said the environmental plans for the Ring of Fire have to be sorted out and rules established, and

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the royalty plans have to be established as well. Mulder’s commentary on his Ring of Fire infrastructure authority model was released on June 17. It is available online at: http://northernpolicy.files. wo rd p r e s s . c o m / 2 014 / 0 2 / commentary-1-rof-authoritymodel.pdf. “This alternative model would involve creating an independent, representative and arm’s length statutory Ring of Fire infrastructure authority,” Mulder said at the time. “All parties would have formal representation on the board and the board, not government, would plan and procure facilities and services for road, rail, power and air, while sharing costs and risks with the private sector.” Mulder’s commentary stated that his Ring of Fire infrastructure authority model would place the onus and risks on all the stakeholders, not just the provincial government and taxpayers. “Because of the uniqueness of the Ring of Fire development and its many challenges, there will be an inevitable need to make changes in the transportation authority model,” Mulder said in the commentary. “Nonetheless, its main elements – independence, inclusiveness, risk sharing, market-driven, political independence, legislated legally binding powers – would all be practical and essential.”

Wawatay News

JULY 24, 2014

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ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᔕᑯᑕᑯᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 1 “ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᓭ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒥᓂᑯᔭᐠ. ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐣ ᒋᑎᐱᓭᑐᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐸᐢᑲᐣᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᐯᑎᑲᐧᐣ. “ᑲᐯᐦᐃ ᐣᑭᐱᐃᑭᑐᒥᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᓂᑲᐱᒥᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᒥᐣ, ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᓯᓭᓂᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᐸᐸᒥᓯᐸᐣ ᒋᑫᒋᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᐨ ᐣᑕᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒋᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ.” ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐁᐧᐸᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐁᐧᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑭᐅᒋᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐱ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᐅᓀᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐊᔑᒋᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐸᐢᑲᐣᐠ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᑫᐧ ᒍᐊᐣ ᐯᑎᑲᐧᐣ ᒧᕑ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐣᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᓱᒥᐣ ᒋᓂᑲᑌᔭᑯᓂᑯᔭᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᓂᑲᑭᒪᑲᒥᑯᓯᒥᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᒋᐦᐅᐊᐧᑫᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᐅᑲᐱᑲᑫᐧ ᓂᔑᐊᐧᓇᒋᑐᓯᐣ ᓂᓂᒐᓂᓯᓇᓂᐠ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᓄᒋᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᑲᐳᓂᐊᒪᑭᓯᒥᐣ ᓂᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᐅᒋ.” “ᓂᐃᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᒥᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭᐱᒥ ᐱᓯᐢᑫᐣᑕᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᑭᑕᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᑎᑲᐧᐣ. “ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᑭᑐᑕᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ. ᓂᐃᐧᐃᓇᒥᐣ ᐃᐧᓇᐧᐊ ᐁᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑲᐧᔭᑯᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐁᑲ ᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅ ᑲ ᓇ ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᒥ ᑯ ᐃ ᐧ ᓂ ᐊ ᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑌᐯᐧ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐁᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐣᑲᐃᔕᒥᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐣᑕᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒋᑎᐸᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ.” ᐁᐧᑎ 2005 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᒪᒋᑕᐸᓂᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᐃᔑᐃᐧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒥᔑᑫᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐅᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐠ ᐊᐣᑕᓄ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᐣ ᒍᓂᔪᕑ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒍᓴᑊ ᐳᐱᐢᑐᕑ, ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓀᐦᐊᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓀᓯᓂ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒥᓇᐸᐣ ᐊᐱᑎᐱ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐸᐡᑲᐧᑕᐦᐃᑫᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. ᐳᐱᐢᑐᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐸᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᔭᓂ ᐸᐡᑲᐧᑕᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᑭ ᓂ ᔑ ᐊ ᐧ ᓇ ᒋ ᒋ ᑲ ᑌ ᓂ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᔭᐡ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᐸᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2011 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐸᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᓴᐱᕑᐃᔭᕑ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᑭᑐᐸᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐸᐸᒥᓯᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᓂᒥᓂᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓀᓴᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐸᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑭᐊᐧᓀᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᑕᑦ ᑲ ᓇ ᐱ ᑲ ᓇ ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᒋ ᑲ ᑌ ᑭ ᐣ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2013. ᑭᐃᓯᓭ ᑕᐡ ᐃᒪ

ᑭ ᒋ ᐅ ᓇ ᑯ ᓂ ᑫ ᐃ ᐧ ᑲ ᒥ ᑯ ᐠ ᑭᐃᐧᒋᐃᓀᑕᒧᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᔓᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ, ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑎᐱᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᐱ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭᐃᔑ ᐸᑭᑕᔓᐊᐧᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᑯᓂᑫᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᑕᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ. “ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᓂ ᐃᒪ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ #3 ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᐅᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐅᓀᑕᓯᐣ,” ᑭᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫ ᒥᐠᓫᐊᑭᓫᐃᐣ. “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ #3 ᐊᐦᑭ ᐃᐧᔭᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᓂ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒪᓇᑌᐣᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒋᐯᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᑕᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᓇᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐃᒪ ᒋᑭᑕᔑᓇᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᐸᑭᑕᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᔭᐡ ᑲᑭᐱᑕᔑ ᓇᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ, ᐸᑭᑕᐁᐧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ, ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐁᐱᑯᓂᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ ᐅᑕᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ.” ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᔕ ᑭᒋᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᐅᑐᐣᒋᐱᒥ ᒪᒥᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᓇᓇᑲᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᓇᑎᑫᐧᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᐱᑕᓇᓄᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2002 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᑭᐸᑯᐡᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐊᐃᓇᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒪᓇᑎᑫᐧᐃᐧ ᒥᑲᓇᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐊᐁᐡᑲᑦ ᐅᑭᐱᒥ ᑲᑭᐸᐊᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒥᑲᓇᓂ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᔑᒋᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᔑᑯᑭᔑᑲ ᐅᑭᑭᐱᐡᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑭᒋᐅᑕᐸᓂ ᒥᑲᓇᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2006 ᐁᓇᑯᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓇᑲᐡᑭᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2012 ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᔕᐳᓇᓇᐸᐣ ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᒋᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᓇᑎᑫᐧᐃᐧᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᒋᐸᐡᑲᐧᑕᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᐣ ᑕᑭᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ 1, 2014. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑌᐱᐟ ᐅᕑᓯᐟ, ᑲᑭᐊᒥᑯᑭᒪᐃᐧᐸᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᔑᑕᒋᑲᑌᐠ “ᑲᑲᑫᑎᐸᐦᐊᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᓂᔑ ᒪᒪᓇᑎᑲᐧᑌᐠ” ᐃᒪ ᐱᐣᒋ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᓀᐅᐨ ᑕᐡ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᐊᓀᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ. “ᑲᐧᐣᑕ ᑭᐊᐃᓇᒋᒧ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ, ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᒋᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑐᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐅᓇᒋᑫᐨ ᐅᒪᓇᑎᑫᐧᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᑭᑐᔭᐣᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᑯᐡᑭᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᓴᔾᒪᐣ ᐳᐱᐢᑐᕑ ᑲᑭᑎᐸᒋᒧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱᓯᑦ 7, 2013.

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INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Lac Seul Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) invites you to inspect the MNRF-approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Lac Seul Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 1, 2014. The herbicide VisionMax, Pest Control Product registration # 27736 will be used. The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Obishikokaang Resources Office and on the MNRF public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 2, 2014 until March 31, 2015 when the annual work schedule expires. Ontario Government Information Centres at 62 Queen Street, Sioux Lookout and 66 Keith Avenue, Dryden provide access to the Internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNRF staff at the MNRF District office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information, please contact: Robert Auld, Forester Obishikokaang Resources Corp. 33 Third Avenue, P.O. Box 38 Hudson, ON P0V 1X0 tel: 807-738-1073

Kevin Pruys, R.P.F. MNRF District Office 49 Prince Street, P.O. Box 309 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A6 tel: 807-737-5053

or call toll-free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above.

Wawatay News JULY 24, 2014

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Rally takes aim against hate in Thunder Bay Stephanie Wesley Wawatay News

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“We are all equal, there is no reason to have hate against a certain race,” said Caitlyn Cheechoo. Cheechoo created the I Am Against Hate event after racial tensions in city of Thunder Bay became more apparent.

First Open House Wawakapewin First Nation Community Based Land Use Planning Project Invitation to Participate

Wawakapewin First Nation is pleased to invite you to participate in its Community Based Land Use Planning project. The people of Wawakapewin First Nation are preparing this Land Use Plan working together with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, in association with the Ontario Far North Land Use Planning Initiative. Taking into account planning objectives set out in the Far North Act, the Land Use Plan will inform future decision-making in land and resource management, to support a balance of protection, traditional uses and development. The community s interests are rooted in protecting traditional lands, based on a longstanding relationship with the land. The Area of Interest for Planning (AIP) includes approximately 205 thousand hectares of land and water in the Far North, integral to Wawakappewin First Nation s culture, economy and spiritual existence. The area is located south-east of Big Trout Lake, and west from Kasabonikia Lake. The Asheweig River flows through the Area of Interest. Wawakapewin First Nation respects adjacent First Nations shared uses of and interests in this area. A final Planning Area will be determined in the Draft Land Use Plan. A Terms of Reference has been completed to guide the designation of a Planning Area and direct the preparation of a Community Based Land Use Plan for that area. Planning is founded on information sharing and open, consensusbased dialogue. All interested people and organizations are invited to participate and provide input on the Land Use Plan. The anticipated schedule for Public Consultation is: 1. Invitation to Participate: View Terms of Reference and Background Information: July 31, 2014

A proactive photography event geared at combating hate in the city of Thunder Bay took place in a parking lot across from Intercity mall on July 19. “We are trying to show people that we are standing up, I guess, basically for everyone in Thunder Bay, for every civilian who feels like someone is attacking them,” Caitlyn Cheechoo said. Cheechoo, who is a member of Long Lake #58, created the event called I Am Against Hate on social media in the wake of racial tensions in the city. About 30 people attended the event and were given tees emblazoned with the words “stop the hate!” Nishnawbe Aski Nation financed the tees, which were free to attendees. “With the recent events that have been going on in Thunder Bay, and all the racism that’s been happening and the bad media for every Aboriginal who is living here, we decided that no one is as bad as everyone is portraying us to be,” Cheechoo said. Cheechoo encouraged attendees to create signs with the words “I am against hate” on them. She and other group organizers would be taking photos of the signs and their creators to be printed and distributed across the city at different places to show the city that what is happening regarding racism and hate is “not okay with us.” “This isn’t geared towards Natives, it’s all cultures. We are all equal, there is no reason to have hate against a certain race or culture,” Cheechoo said. Event attendee Rena Thompson of Pic River First Nation said that she was at the event to support her niece and also because “there is just no other way to live but in peace.” “There’s a lot of hate out there,” Thompson said. “I try not to pay too much attention to it because you know, you don’t want to dwell on it too much. It’s (hate) has always been there but I see it more.” Thompson said that she was walking along the street in the city recently and came across a woman who pointed out a brick lying on the sidewalk. “She said look at that brick, there was a brick on the sidewalk. She told me there were people in cars going around throwing bricks at Native people,” Thompson said. Thompson said she could

not fathom someone throwing a brick at another person from a moving vehicle. She said that the brick was thrown in the daytime. “Honestly, that someone can actually… That’s like attempted murder,” Thompson said. Thompson said that she feels it is not safe to go out in Thunder Bay alone. She explained that even one act of hate or assault is too much. “That’s why it’s important to show up today,” Thompson said of the event. “There is lot of support out there, for everyone. Aaron Babula and Ashley Kivari came out to the event with their daughter to show support as well. “I heard about it from my wife,” Babula said. “She told me they would be having this rally and we thought it was a good idea to show up.” Babula said that issues of racism and hate should not be happening. “It shouldn’t even be a problem. We gotta do everything we can to fix it,” he said. Kivari said that all of the happenings in the city lately regarding racism and hate have been kind of depressing. “But it’s nice to think positive and show that not all of us are like that. It’s nice to show support for the more positive things.” Kivari said. Cheechoo said she hoped that more people would show up at the event, but was pleased with the turn out. She is currently planning another event and hopes that more people will attend. “Honestly I think people should just start coming together as a whole community and try to evolve together,” Cheechoo said. “Hopefully people will start growing up and realizing that things actually need to change in Thunder Bay, especially with Thunder Bay having the most hate crimes towards Natives.” Thompson said she teaching people that they have a choice in how to treat others should be started when they are young in school. “All we can do is teach them that they have a choice, because there is a lot of hate out there. You can choose to be like them, to join them and do what they do, or you can choose not to. You still have a choice. Everyone has a choice,” Thompson said. “It’s pretty sad that you can get pushed so far that you choose hate,” she said.

2. Public Review of the Draft Land Use Plan: Winter 2015 3. Public Notice of the approved Land Use Plan: Spring 2015 The first Open Houses will be held: July 31, 2014 2:00-6:00 PM Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Centre 52 King Street Tel. (807) 737-1903 Sioux Lookout, Ontario Notices of the opportunities for consultation are posted on the Environmental Registry of the Environmental Bill of Rights website at: www.ebr.gov.on.ca. Additional Information about the Far North and the Far North Act is available at www.ontario.ca/farnorth and the Terms of Reference for the Wawakapewin First Nation Community Based Land Use Plan is available at http://apps.mnr.gov.on.ca/public/files/er/wawakapewin-terms-of-reference.pdf. The Ministry of Natural Resources is collecting your personal information and comments under the authority of the Far North 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 record of consultation and may be shared with the general public. Your personal information may be used by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to send you further information related to this planning exercise. If you have questions about use of your personal information, please contact Julie Berard at 807-737-5027. Additionally, at any time during the planning process, you may address questions or comment to the following individuals: Simon Frogg CBLUP Planning Coordinator Wawakapewin First Nation (807) 767-5189

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Sonya Kayy and Chasity Poulin hold up their signs at the July 19 event.

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Wawatay News JULY 24, 2014

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Red Road to Recovery sharing circles at Anishnawbe Mushkiki Rick Garrick Wawatay News

INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Romeo Malette Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) invites you to inspect the MNRF-approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Romeo Malette Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about July 15, 2014. The herbicide Forza, Pest Control Product registration # 26401, will be used.

Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNRF staff at the MNRF District Office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information or to arrange an appointment, please contact: Nikki Wood, R.P.F. Management Forester Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Timmins District Office 5520 Highway 101 East South Porcupine, ON P0N 1H0 tel: 705-235-1339 fax: 705-235-1377

or call toll-free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to the MNRF contact above. Renseignements en français : 705 235-1353

Teresa Trudeau, traditional coordinator for Anishnawbe Mushkiki and third step are in the east direction of the medicine wheel. That is where our circle is at right now.” Trudeau said the fourth, fifth and sixth steps are in the south direction, the seventh, eighth and ninth are in

“There are personal recovery stories in this book, so it is like inviting a guest speaker to your meeting.” -Teresa Trudeau

the west and the tenth, eleventh and twelfth are in the north. “So it goes in a circle within the medicine wheel,” Trudeau said. “Where we all want to be and always want to be is at the twelfth step. You don’t get to the top and say I’m done — you stay in that step always because that

INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Caribou Forest

The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the office of Tembec and on the MNRF public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning April 1, 2014 until March 31, 2015 when the annual work schedule expires. Ontario Government Information Centres provide access to the Internet.

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Anishnawbe Mushkiki has developed weekly Red Road to Recovery sharing circles to assist people with addictions to alcohol, drugs, gambling and other dependencies. “It is for people that are dealing with all types of addictions, not just prescription drugs — it could be alcohol, it could be gambling,” said Teresa Trudeau, traditional coordinator at Anishnawbe Mushkiki, located in Thunder Bay. “It is also for people who want to help others who have recovered themselves.” Trudeau uses the Red Road to Wellbriety book, which was developed in the United States about 40 years ago based on the medicine wheel teachings and the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program, as a resource in the sharing circles. “There are personal recovery stories in this book, so it is like inviting a guest speaker to your meeting,” Trudeau said, noting there are stories from about 20 different Elders in the book. “It’s like having that Elder present right there with us with his stories.” The Red Road to Wellbriety book also includes 12 chapters of cultural information about healing from alcoholism and addictions, including how-to information about working the 12 Steps in a Native way. “Right now, what we’re learning about is the interconnectedness of the 12 steps using the medicine wheel,” Trudeau said. “For example, the first, second

is where our helpers, our healers, our medicine people, our Elders, that is where they are.” Trudeau has been holding the sharing circles on Wednesday evenings since this past April, with attendance ranging from about eight to 12 participants. “We start with food at 6:30,” Trudeau said. “We have some refreshments and we sit down and it is informal at first. We’re just socializing and getting to know each other.” Trudeau said the group begins the sharing circle at 7 p.m. with an opening prayer and readings from the Red Road to Wellbriety book. “After a break, we go in and have our discussion,” Trudeau said. “It’s not unusual to go to 9:30.” Trudeau has received a good response from the participants. “They keep coming back,” Trudeau said. “They’re saying it really helps them. They feel more comfortable being here and an indicator of that is when people take off their shoes, you know they’re comfortable.” Trudeau’s vision and goal is to restore the health of the communities, noting the next step is to introduce a sharing circle into a remote community. “I actually have a toolkit for somebody to go to their community and establish (a Red Road to Recovery healing circle),” Trudeau said. “It’s taking ownership and responsibility, rather than relying on outside resources. Our healing is from within ourselves, and the healing is from within the community.”

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Anishnawbe Keeshigun celebrates culture Photos by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Beaver skinning by Maxine Baer, snowshoe making by Darren Lentz and powwow drumming, dancing and singing by a number of participants were among the activities at this year’s Anishnawbe Keeshigun Aboriginal Festival, held July 5-6 at Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay. Roasted corn and fried bread were also provided to visitors and participants.

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INSPECTION Inspection of Approved Aerial Herbicide Spraying Abitibi River Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) invites you to inspect the MNRF-approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Abitibi River Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 1, 2014. The herbicide VisionMax, Pest Control Product (PCP) registration # 27736 and/or Forza, PCP registration # 26401 will be used. The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the office of First Resource Management Group Inc. and on the MNRF public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning June 1, 2014 until March 31, 2015 when the annual work schedule expires. Ontario Government Information Centres at Cochrane, Timmins and Kirkland Lake provide access to the Internet.

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The Blue Sky Community Healing Centre hosted a variety of events since opening last year, including this gathering in June.

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Elders and youth have been sharing cultural values and learning from each other at the Blue Sky Community Healing Centre’s Inspire Elders to Inspire Youth project. “We try to share with the youth about the legends, storytelling, drum teachings and sweat lodge teachings,” said Leo Ishabid, Blue Sky Community Healing Centre board member and one of the facilitators for the Inspire Elders to Inspire Youth project. “(It’s been) very positive — they keep coming back. We have some youth who come in on a regular basis.” The 3,600-square-foot healing centre opened in October 2013 and has been hosting the Inspire Elders to Inspire Youth project ever since. “We’ve initiated the youthElders gathering here at the Blue Sky Community Healing Centre to provide an opportunity for the youth and the Elders to get together in a way that is very inclusive and in a way that both groups can share cultural values and discuss new directions and provide a positive environment for the youth to learn from the Elders and vice versa,” said Scott Kyle, another Blue Sky Community Healing Centre board member and program facilitator. “It’s going well — we’re getting more and more response all the time. There are a variety of activities here, anything from arts and crafts to storytelling and even teachings around the drum.” Cindy Crowe, the Blue Sky Community Healing Centre’s lodge keeper and community coordinator, was impressed

with how a recent group of students enjoyed being around the drum. “Those young people just loved sitting at the big drum,” Crowe said. “They were each able to hold the drum stick and learn how to tap on the drum.” Nathan Fortier, a youth originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who moved to Thunder Bay about five months ago, enjoys attending as many circles and other events at the healing centre as possible. “They are very educational,” Fortier said, noting he used to visit the healing centre just about every day until he recently moved to Kakabeka Falls. “The door is always open so you never know who is going to come through the door — different types of personalities, different types of cultures, people from different places, locals and not necessarily Aboriginal, but all nations.” Fortier said the healing centre has given him a different perspective on life. “I try to understand different aspects of what people are talking about because they have experienced different things that I haven’t experienced,” Fortier said. “Coming to Blue Sky has given me more stability. I never had a place I could literally call home; these are my friends here and they are concerned about me and I am concerned about them.” Ishabid would like to see more programming for youth and Elders in the future. “If you build it, the people will come,” Ishabid said. The healing centre is located on Victoria Avenue East near the Victoriaville Centre in Thunder Bay’s south-side downtown core.

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Moose Cree-OPG partnership completes second hydro station Rick Garrick Wawatay News

A second Lower Mattagami generating station has gone on stream for the Moose Cree First Nation-Ontario Power Generation hydro-power development partnership. “The completion of the new generating unit at Harmon hydroelectric station is a testimony to the power of partnership,” said Moose Cree Chief Norm Hardisty Jr. “Through this project we are building skills, creating opportunity and facilitating economic growth across northern Ontario – especially among First Nation and Métis

peoples, many of whom have participated in this project and gained significant capabilities and expertise as a result.” The new 78 MW unit at the Harmon Generating Station was completed ahead of schedule and on budget. Along with the recently completed Little Long station, the partnership has added 145 MW of hydropower to Ontario’s supply. Moose Cree First Nation has a 25 per cent equity interest in the project, which is located about 80 kilometres north of Kapuskasing. “As a public power company, OPG is committed to serving Ontario,” said Tom

Keewaywin Conference set for Mount McKay Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s XXXIII Keewaywin Conference is scheduled for Aug. 5-7 at Mount McKay in Fort William First Nation with McDowell Lake the host community. “We are not attracting a lot of chiefs when we go into, particularly, a remote community,” said Grand Chief Harvey Yesno. “It’s been a pattern a couple of times since we’ve had Keewaywin conferences where we haven’t had quorum. The last one was 2011 with Nibinamik, so we ended up spending a lot of money to have a meeting but we couldn’t conduct business.” In addition to NAN, Yesno said a number of organizations present their annual reports during the Keewaywin Conference, including Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation, Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute and Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre. “There are several organizations that have to present to NAN Chiefs in Assembly,” Yesno said. “So we need the quorum of chiefs to do that.” Yesno said McDowell Lake was provided with an opportunity to host the Keewaywin Conference by holding it at Mount McKay, noting that the community can only be reached by float plane during the summer. “Some of these communities will probably never get a chance for a long time to host the (Keewaywin Conference),” Yesno said. “Primarily the accommodations are the biggest challenge in the communities, so this year McDowell Lake First Nation, which is really a small

First Nation, they are going to be the official hosts. They are pretty happy that we are able to do that.” Yesno said a signing protocol between Cancer Care Ontario and NAN has been scheduled for the Keewaywin Conference. “It’s more of a formal ceremony because the work has already started,” Yesno said. “We want to do this to keep raising the awareness about cancer care.” Yesno said a number of recent court cases, such as the June 26 Supreme Court of Canada decision on Aboriginal title in British Columbia, will likely be on the agenda. “We may have some preliminary analysis, probably not indepth legal analysis because we might not have time, but certainly we’ll have some analysis,” Yesno said. “All the deputy grand chiefs will provide updates on key items.” As well, Yesno said invitations have been extended to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau to speak at the conference, but they have not been confirmed as of July 4. “We’re having the annual Keewaywin Awards and banquet on the second day, the 6th, to recognize people from our territory like an Elder and a youth and staff,” Yesno said. Yesno said a chiefs’ forum for community concerns will be held on the first day of the conference. The chiefs have been requested to bring their community flags for the grand entry and the NAN Elder’s Council and the NAN Women’s Council have been invited to attend. Last year’s Keewaywin Conference was held in Kasabonika in mid-August.

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Mitchell, OPG’s CEO. “This includes managing and delivering our projects at high levels of professionalism and excellence. Safely completing the Harmon Generating Station, on time and on budget demonstrates that OPG and our partners, the Moose Cree First Nation, are meeting this goal.” When the project is completed in 2015, the capacity of the Lower Mattagami power plants will have increased from 486 MW to 924 MW. A 78 MW unit is being added at the Kipling hydroelectric station and a new 267 MW station is being built at Smoky Falls to replace the existing 52

MW station that will be retired once the new station is operating. “As owners of the generating stations, we are now starting to get some revenue from the generating stations,” Hardisty said. “The revenue that we generate of course will go back to the community and it will help us with the services that we provide. It will also help us with economic opportunities.” Hardisty said the project is about worth about $2.6 billion. “It’s the biggest project ever in northeastern Ontario in 40 years or so,” Hardisty said. “It’s really exciting — it’s too bad the construction was

only five years, but definitely we will still benefit going forward.” About 1,600 people worked on the project at its peak, including 250 First Nation and Metis people. “It wasn’t just labour jobs, we got a few (First Nations) people that were in supervisory roles,” Hardisty said, noting that subcontractors in the community also earned contracts during the project through joint ventures with other companies. “We actually had about $300 million in contracts that we were able to achieve.” Hardisty is looking for two Moose Cree community mem-

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Above: Members of Team Ontario, including reps from KI and Muskrat Dam, prepare for the opening ceremonies on July 20. Right: Ladies from Fort Albany relax before their U19 girls basketball game on July 22.

More than 25 northern Ontario First Nations represented at NAIG Roxann Shapwaykeesic ART DIRECTOR

uly 20 was a beautiful day in Regina, Sask. The sun was shining, there was a modest breeze and warm temperatures, and there were thousands of Indigenous youth who had come from all over North America to compete in the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG). Team Ontario had amassed an impressive 500 strong contingency that will compete in 14 sports throughout six days of fierce competition. Even at 2 p.m. while waiting for the opening ceremonies, the basketball competitions had already started. Some youth had just arrived on the shuttle coaches sent from around Ontario to bring as many athletes as possible to the event. My journey had started in Thun-

der Bay with 11 passengers, and by the time we were in Kenora, we were nearly full. This bus was one out of four, and our drive was a mere 16-hour ride, while others were 36 hours. Among the athletes were a contigent from a remote James Bay community. In Fort Albany there are two options for sport, either hockey or basketball and these girls play both. Amber Nakogee, Drew Metatawabin, and Karen Etherington are playing for the Team Ontario U19 girls basketball at the North American indigenous games and they’ve won each of their games so far. After today’s games (July 22), if they win both, they will compete for the gold medal game tomorrow at the university of Regina. Amber stated, “I am very confident in this team, we have good chemistry.” The girls all started playing basketball seven years ago when Justin Sackaney moved to Fort Albany and brought the sport with him, coaching them ever

since. The basketball team plays on the James Bay coast for their high school, Peetabeck Academy. In order to play they fundraise to fly to Timmins, Kirkland Lake and Kapuskasing. The girls had participated in tryouts February 2014 in Fort Albany and found out they made team Ontario in April. They said they were excited, nervous and happy. Since then they played in tournaments and trained until present day. When asked what the girls would say to young athletes who would be eligible to play in the 2018 games they said, “determination is key, we were once players that didn’t know how to dribble and now we play for team Ontario.” For a shout out, all three girls wanted to say the same thing, “ we want to thank our coach Justin Sackaney for making this possible for us as athletes.” You would never be able to tell the challenges and struggles

people had overcome to attend this event, especially the staff who made it all possible. While the youth were scurrying around getting the accreditation badges, uniforms and bags, the Mission Staff were organizing, coordinating, problem solving and basically working 18-hour days. It took years to put this event together. The Mission Staff, almost 20 strong, organized the tryouts, the athlete registrations, the planning committees, the transportation etc. etc. etc. They worked endless hours, most of them as volunteers, to realize a great aspiration. The culmination of thousands of man hours coming to a sudden burst of reality as they all looked on to the team they helped create. A team that filled the grounds to create a sea of red uniforms and smiling faces. For updated sports scores visit: http://naig2014.gems.pro/ Result/Sport_List.aspx For pictures and event updates visit the Aboriginal Team Ontario (Official) Facebook page.

After a full day of competition on July 21, Team Ontario’s canoeing team gets ready for a practice after 6 p.m. on the water at the Wascana Racing Canoe Club in Regina, Sask.

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Friendship centre’s abuse program to return in the fall Jasmine Kabatay Wawatay News

While the Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre’s men’s abuse program, Kizhaay Anishinaabe Niin, has gotten attention from various places in Ontario, it’s the women’s program that are coming out from under the shadows. The Anishinabe-Kwe program is aimed towards women who have been physical towards men and want to better themselves and their future, while keeping traditional teachings in the mix. Barb Lysnes, Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Coordinator, says this is a place where women can channel their anger, and also honour it. “Mostly with the women it’s a different approach. You should honour your anger, your anger is a gift and has a purpose. What you do with that anger is a choice,” said Lysnes. The program, which has been running since 2007, is 13 weeks long and takes place once a week from Sept. 3 to Nov. 26. The program helps women promote a healthy interaction and plenty of support from each other. “They get a lot of support from each other. They really thank each other at the end, they feel not alone, not weird. They feel like they’re human beings and they’re trying to figure it out together,” said Lysnes.

Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre Not only does this benefit for the mental well being of women, it can also help once they’ve graduated from the program.

“They get a lot of support from each other. They really thank each other at the end, they feel not alone, not weird. They feel like they’re human beings and they’re trying to figure it out together.” -Barb Lysnes

“If they go through the early intervention program, their charge, if they plead guilty and admit to it, at the end of the program, they will often have their charges withdrawn. They can emerge from this program without a criminal record,” said Lysnes. They have even teamed up with Thunderstone Pictures to produce visual pieces of women dealing with abuse in a better way. They attempted

showing videos of men using violence, but it ultimately traumatized the women. Even though domestic abuse is the main reason for women joining the program, it’s not the only type of abuse they cover. “We do talk about cyber bullying, using kids. It’s all about power control. We talk about sexual violence as well as physical and all different kinds, such as economic abuse,” said Lysnes. They also focus on the healthy behaviours such as how to build trust and support, role-playing, anger management skills, and more. The program isn’t just for women that have broken the law, it’s open for anyone interested but on one condition: you have to admit you’ve done physical violence. “It doesn’t work when someone is there not willing to admit they’ve done that,” said Lysnes. If interested in attending this program, contact Barb Lysnes at the Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre.

Seven teachings workshops held at Thunder Bay friendship centre Jasmine Kabatay Wawatay News

The seven teachings are what many were taught when they were young: love, truth, bravery, honesty, humility, wisdom, and respect. While children are still being taught these today, many aboriginals have forgotten or don’t care about them as much. Stella Koostachin, coordinator of the literacy program at the Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre, says the teachings are a reminder to many people, including adults, and has started a seven teachings workshop at the friendship centre. “It helps to ground yourself. Sometimes we’re so busy in our lives that we forget about the teachings,” said Koostachin. John Walmark, constable

with the Thunder Bay Police Services aboriginal liaison, is the man behind these workshops to remind the youth of the seven teachings. “As an initiative for our youth, we created seven teachings flashcards as a way for Aboriginal youth to connect with their culture and as a doorway to learn more about their culture,” said Walmark. “It was also created as a bridging tool so other nations could learn about the aboriginal culture as well,” said Walmark. Each card has an image of the seven teachings, and explains on the back what each teaching means. The first day was slow, with a total of five people joining in. For Koostachin, that’s the least of her problems.

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“It’s not important how many people show up, but for those that are there and they take what they need from the workshops. It’s a good way to review how you apply them in your life, and remind yourself you need those seven teachings from the grandfathers,” said Koostachin. “It’s always important to have something to motivate you in your life. I find the seven teachings are practical teachings and they pretty much solidify areas that you were doubtful about,” said Koostachin. The workshop runs on Wednesdays for four weeks from 12 to 2 p.m. with lunch starting first, then moving on to discussions about the teachings, including bullying and leadership.

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An exhibition of arrowheads and other artifacts from the Lac Seul area was featured during the Hudson Homecoming by local artifact hunters Scotty Angeconeb and Brad Hyslop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arrowheads are pretty common,â&#x20AC;? said Angeconeb, from Lac Seul, during the June 28 exhibition at the Lost Lake Seniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drop-In Centre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for (a tomahawk) with a pipe on the end â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a combination â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t found that yet. Maybe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find it next year.â&#x20AC;? Angeconeb began his search for artifacts about 10 years ago after finding an arrowhead at Canoe River. He usually searches each spring while water levels are low along along the main channel from Frenchmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head to Canoe River, and has since found a variety of artifacts, including bullets, coins, pottery and pipes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look for pottery, I just stumble across it,â&#x20AC;? Angeconeb said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for arrowheads mainly.â&#x20AC;? Angeconeb is particularly proud of a copper wristband he found on the shoreline of the old Frenchmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head community site. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to see them in comic books,â&#x20AC;? Angeconeb said. Angeconeb recently found a 1916-dated penny he first thought was a loonie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The oldest are pennies from 1916 and a couple of quarters from 1919,â&#x20AC;? Angeconeb said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got Queen Victoria here, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know

when she was a queen, but (the date) is scratched off.â&#x20AC;? Hyslop believes that Lac Seul was a centre for trade and interaction before contact. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been gathering data for over 22 years that seems to be supporting that hypothesis,â&#x20AC;? said Hyslop, who has lived in Hudson since he was a child. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the raw materials for the artifacts comes from outside the area. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evidence that some of the artifacts that you see east of here, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see west of here. There just seems to be this confluence where a lot of interaction between groups was occurring.â&#x20AC;? Hyslop said the different groups were connected by the river systems throughout northwestern Ontario, Manitoba and Minnesota. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like an Internet for foragers,â&#x20AC;? Hyslop said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Utilizing all those little webs (rivers), it was interconnected, highly interconnected, and well travelled.â&#x20AC;? Hyslop said a couple of the spear points he found are about 7,000-8,000 years old based on similar dated artifacts from other areas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the other end of the spectrum is fur trade items from the 1700s,â&#x20AC;? Hyslop said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still cool, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m more interested in the pre-contact stuff.â&#x20AC;? Hyslop said the older spear points do not have the notches common on later projectile points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the notches, the edges are actually ground,â&#x20AC;? Hyslop said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they have this lance-like type

shape, whereas these ones have the notches. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking the notching came about (during) an interim stage step between the bow and the spear, which was called the atlatl â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the throwing stick.â&#x20AC;? Scientists believe the atlatl was used by early Native Americans, but it was still in widespread use at the time of contact. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They would use a little paddle with a handle and a snap of the wrist,â&#x20AC;? Hyslop said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were able to fire the projectile at quite a high velocity. You see a decrease in the projectile point size simply because they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need them that big. They were able to fire these ones with a fairly high velocity and greater accuracy.â&#x20AC;? Hyslop said the artifacts he has found are not his, he is simply the â&#x20AC;&#x153;guardian.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tell people if you find an arrowhead you can pick it up or you can leave it,â&#x20AC;? Hyslop said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if you pick it up, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re responsible â&#x20AC;&#x201D; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re now the caretaker of the artifacts. So for me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great joy to be the caretaker of this material, but in some respects itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like Lord of the Rings where as I get older, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m feeling the burden of the responsibility of caring for it and really thinking carefully about what is the next step when I am no longer around and to make sure it goes into the right location so that the story and the learning can go on.â&#x20AC;? Hyslop discovered the artifacts all over the Lac Seul Reservoir, from Ear Falls to Root River to McIntyre Bay to Route Bay to Shanty Narrows.

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Brad Hyslop, top, displays some of the pottery pieces he has found in the Lac Seul area. Scotty Angeconeb, bottom, displays some of the bullets he has found in the Lac Seul area. Both artifact hunters displayed some of their artifacts on June 28 during the Hudson Homecoming.

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he discovered â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a trihedral adze â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was manufactured in a very distinctive style, almost like in a canoe shape. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a woodworking tool they would use to maybe build canoes,â&#x20AC;? Bursey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like an axe but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put on the handle sideways compared to an axe. An adze is kind of like

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Archeologist Jeff Bursey, left photo, continues his search for artifacts at his dig near Sioux Lookout. Bursey has found a number of artifacts at the site, including a cutting tool, in his hand in the right photo, and a trihedral adze, the bottom right artifact in the right photo.

A prehistoric archeological site was discovered last fall near Sioux Lookout by archeologist Jeff Bursey during a walk along a moose trail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just had a feeling coming up and down the highway looking up and down the valley that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be prehistoric sites,â&#x20AC;? said Bursey, who has a PhD in archeology and has worked as a archeologist with the Ministry of Transportation and University of Toronto and published 30-40 articles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I finally had a chance last fall to do a more methodical survey where I would walk along and every five paces or so I would dig a little hole and clean the dirt looking for artifacts. But I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really find anything until I decided to turn around and come back and I started following this moose trail and sure enough there was an artifact laying right there on the surface. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it at first.â&#x20AC;? Bursey said the artifact was likely disturbed by a passing moose after laying in the ground for thousands of years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quite literally, a moose turned it up,â&#x20AC;? Bursey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a little gift from the moose.â&#x20AC;? Bursey said the archeological

site likely covers about 40-50 metres along the moose trail and about 1,000 square metres in area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My guess at this point is that it could be as many as four or five families were camping here,â&#x20AC;? Bursey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they were making stone tools. What I found here in this first spot is probably just literally a garbage dump where they were throwing the refuse from making stone tools.â&#x20AC;? Although Bursey has discovered some complete tools among the 2,500 or so artifacts he has found so far at the site, most were flakes and tools that were broken during the toolmaking process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once we start digging in the occupation area, then I will find finished tools and tools that they threw away that were kind of used up,â&#x20AC;? Bursey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In some ways, that is what we are really looking for because those are really the ones that nail down the date to specific styles we can look at.â&#x20AC;? Bursey expects the tools to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lot of similaritiesâ&#x20AC;? to tools found on sites in Manitoba. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen so far does date quite nicely to about 10,000 years ago,â&#x20AC;? Bursey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it would be the first people in this area.â&#x20AC;? Bursey said one of the tools

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Bursey excited to expand excavation site of first people Bursey said the artifacts are not buried very deeply at the site. “It’s very shallow — people would expect it to be more deeply buried,” Bursey said. “But in fact the vast majority of the artifacts are really only in this top five centimetres or so. And you get a little bit more coming into the subsoil, but by the time you get say 15 centimetres down, there is nothing.” Bursey said many of the deeper-buried artifacts are flakes in a vertical position. “You can imagine small flakes falling down a crack,” Bursey said. “And I think that is how they do sometimes get deeper. But you also get a little bit of movement from tree roots, perhaps animal burrows like chipmunks.” Bursey said the subsoil consists of fine particles that is commonly described as clay in the area. “It would have been put down in very still water — that is why it is such a fine particle,” Bursey said. “So this light grey soil is basically the lake bottom of glacial Lake Agassiz.” Fed by glacial meltwater at the end of the last glacial period, Lake Agassiz was larger than all of the modern Great Lakes combined and extended from Saskatchewan to northwestern Ontario to northern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota. “So they would have come here and camped on this site sometime after the glacial lake had drained below this level,” Bursey said. “How much lower the water level was when this site was occupied is tough to say. This could have been actually right on the shore; this could have even been a muddy beach. Or the lake could have been just down there a couple of metres.” Bursey said the houses or tents of the families were likely located higher up the slope from where he discovered the artifacts. “So I’ll be looking for things like fireplaces, pits that they might have been storing things in,” Bursey said. “This is a nice sheltered little area — you’ve got a high ridge back over that way which would actually protect you from some of the worst of the weather while giving a nice sun exposure.” Bursey said a prehistoric quarry was likely located in the vicinity, judging by the amount of flakes and debris he has been finding at the site. “It’s a mix of radiolarite and mud stones, and that’s mostly chert but partly metamorphal,” Bursey said. “So there’s a complex geology we’ll have to figure out. Wherever they were getting it, they were either not going too far or it was an easy to travel route. Perhaps they were just loading up their canoes.” Bursey has invited a colleague from southern Ontario who is an expert in quarries to look at the site this summer. “He used to be the archeologist for the province around here in the 1970s,” Bursey said. “He’s kind of excited about the raw material. That’s his expertise is tracking down different quarries and different kinds of raw material.” Although Bursey has excavated about seven square metres so far, he is looking to excavate about 50 square metres in total by the end of this summer. “But there’s about a thousand (square metres) to dig,” Bursey said. “It’s a great

site to get a glimpse of a first people.” Bursey said the site is “very exciting,” noting he did his PhD on the people in southern Ontario at about the same time period in history. “It’s right after the ice age, of course the ice age ended a bit earlier down there,” Bursey said. “And these people would have been right, almost hard up, to the edge of the glaciers. Certainly they would have been able to look out over the remnants of glacial Lake Agassiz and maybe even seen the glaciers off in the distance to the north.” Bursey said the people were likely caribou hunters, although there could have been a variety of now extinct animals in the

area such as mastodons, extinct types of elk/moose or giant beavers. “Unfortunately, a site of this age up around here, you’re unlikely to get any type of bone preservation,” Bursey said. “But you never know. Maybe if I go downhill, there might be bones preserved under this muck.” Bursey said there are other sites that have been discovered in the Sioux Lookout area, including the Allen site (EcJs1) near Kitcheuhmaykoosib Inninuwug where the bones of a human were discovered. “I expect lots and lots more surprises at this site,” Bursey said. “I expect this site is going to be most similar to the early sites getting into southeasternmost Manitoba.”

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Archeologist Jeff Bursey sorts through a pail load of material from his pre-historic dig near Sioux Lookout in search of artifacts, He has already found a number of artifacts, including a cutting tool and a trihedral adze.

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