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November 13, 2014 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

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‘You are a superhero’

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Moose Cree’s Stan Wesley engages Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nation High School students during his visit to the school on Oct. 30. Wesley is known for portraying Bunnuck, a comedic TV character he created while he interned for Wawatay TV when he was a youth. Now the owner and operator of a facilitiating, training and motivational speaking business, Wesley told the students they’re superheroes, and there is “something really incredible that is flowing through your veins right now. There is something really amazing about you.” See story on page 13.

ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᑲᓄᑕᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᓀᓂᔭᐢ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐅᑭᑲᓄᑕᐣ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐃᐧᔭᑭ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂ ᐅᐱᒪᐦᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 28 ᒥᓇ 29 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ. “ᒥ ᐁ ᑕ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᑭᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᒋᒪᒋᓂᐡᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᒪᒋᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧᑎ ᐃᓀᑫᑲᒥᐠ ᓂᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ. “ᓇ ᑕ ᐁ ᐧ ᑕ ᑲ ᐧ ᐣ ᒋ ᐃ ᐧ ᒋ ᐃ ᓀ ᑕ ᒧ ᒥ ᑎ ᓇ ᓄ ᐊ ᐧ ᐠ ᑫᑭᔭᓄᒋᐅᓇᑐᔭᐠ ᑭᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑌᐯᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐱᑯ ᐃᑯ ᒋᐃᔑᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᑕᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ.” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐧᐣᑕ ᒋᐃᐧᐃᔑᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᑲ ᒥᓴᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᐣ ᒋᑭᐃᓇᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ.” “ᓂᑭᑫᑕᒥᐣ ᒥᐁᑕ ᑫᑭᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑲᑫᐧᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑫᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐃᒪ ᐃᔑ ᐊᔑᒋᐸᐸᒥᓯᔭᑭᐸᐣ

ᑲᑲᑫᐧᑌᐱᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ. “ᑫᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒥᑐᓂ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ, ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᔦ ᑫᑭᑐᑕᒪᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᑭᔭᓄᒋ ᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ.” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᑫᐧᓇᑲᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂ. “ᓂ ᓇ ᑕ ᐁ ᐧ ᐣ ᑕ ᒥ ᐣ ᑫ ᓂ ᓇ ᐃ ᐧ ᐟ ᒋ ᐅ ᒋ ᒥᓄᓭᐊᐧᑫᔭᐠ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᒪᓂᔓᓂᔭᐊᐧᑌᑭᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᐢ . “ᒋ ᒥ ᓄ ᓭ ᐊ ᐧ ᑫ ᔭ ᐠ ᐱ ᑯ ᑫ ᑯ ᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐣᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᓇᓂᐠ. ᐣᑭᑫᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᔦ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐁᓂᐸᐸᑲᓂᓭᑭᐣ, ᐁᑲ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒋᑭᔭᓂᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐸᑭᑕᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᐠ, ᐃᓯᓭ ᑕᐡ ᐸᑲᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᔑ ᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᔭᐠ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᒥᓄᓭᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᑫᔭᐠ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᒪᑲᑭᐣ.” ᔕᑯᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᑯᐱᐨ ᐅᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑐᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ, ᓇᓇᑕᐁᐧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᒥᒋᒥᓂ ᑐᑲᐣ ᒧᓱᐣ, ᐊᑎᑲᐧᐣ, ᐊᐧᐳᓱᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᓀᐊᐧᐠ. “ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᑭ ᐁ ᐧ ᓄ ᒋ ᓭ ᓇ ᑕ ᐁ ᐧ ᒋ ᑫ ᐃ ᐧ ᐣ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᑕᑲᐧᑭᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ.

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“ᒥ ᓯ ᐁ ᐧ ᐃ ᒪ ᑕ ᓇ ᐱ ᐃ ᐧ ᓂ ᐠ ᑭ ᒪ ᒪ ᐃ ᐧ ᑕᑲᐧᑭ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᒋᑫᐊᐧᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᓀᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐁᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᐧ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐠ ᐁᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᒥᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᑐᒥᒋᒪᐣ.” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᓇᑭᐡᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᑐᑲᐣ ᑲᒪᐡᑭᑭᑫᐊᐧᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ, ᑲᒥᔑᓄᐡᑭᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐊᑲᐧᑭᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐊᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᐁᑲ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᓄᑌᓭᑭᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᓂᐱ ᐃᐧᑲᐧᐦᐅᐸᓂᑲᒥᐠ, ᒪᒐᐳ ᐊᑐᐸᓂᑲᒥᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᐸᓂᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ. “ᔕ ᑯ ᐨ ᐊᔕ ᐣᑕᓂᐊᔭᒥᐣ ᐅᐡᑭᒪᒪᑕᐊᐧᐱᑯ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐃᐣᑐᓀᐟ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐸᐸᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ. ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᐦᐊᐠ ᐱᔑᔑᐠ ᐅᑭᐱᔭᓂᒧᑕᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᑕᑲᐧᐠ. “ᓂᐊᐧᐸᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᒪᑲᒥᑯᔭᐠ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᑕᒪᐊᐧᑭᑕᐧ ᑭᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑫᓂᐊᓂᑫᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ,”

ᐃ ᑭ ᑐ ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᐢ . “ᐣ ᐱ ᒥ ᐊ ᔭ ᒥ ᐦ ᐊ ᒥ ᓇ ᐠ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐣᑐᐡᑲᑎᓯᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᔭᓂᔑᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᓂᐃᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᑎᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᔭᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᒋᐊᔑᑎᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᒥᓄᓭᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᒋᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ.” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᓄᐣ ᒋᔑᑭᑭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐅᒋᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᐸᑲᐃᐧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᑌᐣᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐅᑎᓀᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐃᑯᑎᐯᐣᑕᒪᓱᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᐊᑭᒥᐣᐠ. “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑭᑭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᑭᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᓯᐣ ᒋᑭᒪᒐᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ,” ᐃ ᑭ ᑐ ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᐢ . “ᔕ ᑯ ᐨ ᐣ ᐸ ᑯ ᓭ ᐣ ᑕ ᒥ ᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᒋᒪᑲᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᔭᓂᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑕᐧ ᐅᑭᒋᐅᑕᓄᑭᐱᒧᒋᑫᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ.” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐊᓂᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᐱᔑᐊᐧᐸᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᔕ ᒥᔑᓄᔭᑭ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ

ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᑐᑕᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᑲ ᑲᑭᐱᓯᐢᑫᐣᑕᒪᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. “ᐊ ᔕ ᒥᔑᓇᐧ ᐣᑭᐱᐊᐧᐸᒪᒥᐣ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᐁᑭᓇᓇᐱ ᐱᑯᓇᑭᐣ ᑲ ᑭ ᐱ ᔑ ᐊ ᔭ ᔓ ᑕ ᒪ ᑯ ᔭ ᑭ ᐸ ᐣ ,” ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᐢ ᐃ ᑭ ᑐ . “ᐅ ᑭ ᐱ ᐸ ᐸ ᑭ ᑕ ᔓ ᐊ ᐧ ᑕ ᓇ ᐣ ᒥ ᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᒥᓇᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐱᒧᒋᑫᐠ ᒋᐱᒪᑕᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑕᐡ ᑲᓇᑫ ᐱᓇᒪ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐁᐱᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑯᔭᐠ ᒥᑕᐡ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐠ ᐁᑕᔑᑯᐸᒋᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐣᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᓂᐠ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᐸᐱᑯᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐅᒪ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᐣᒋᑯ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐸᐧᓇᐃᐧᓭᐠ ᒋᑭᒪᒋᓂᐡᑲᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ. ᓂᑕᔭᒥᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑌᐸᑫᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᑌᐸᑫᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒋᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓂᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᒪᒥᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐠ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᐁᑕ ᑫᑭᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑭᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ.”

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ᐊᒋᑯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᒐᐡᑯᓂᒥᐠ ᐅᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᑯᐣ ᓇᐧᕑᐟ ᐢᑕᕑ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑫᐧᓇᒪᑫ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᔑᓄᐱᓯᑦ ᐊᐱ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧ ᐯᐸᓂ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᓀᓯᓂ ᑲᑎᐯᐣᑕᒥᓂᐨ, ᐊᒋᑯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᒐᐡᑯᓂᒥᐠ ᐊᒥ ᐊᔕ ᐁᑭᒪᐦᒋᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᑫᐧᓇᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱᓯᑦ 7 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ. ᓇᐧᕑᐟ ᐢᑕᕑ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑎᐯᐣᑕᐠ ᐅᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᐸᑫᐧᓇᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᒋᑯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᓫᐱᐣ ᐯᕑᑎ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᒐᐡᑯᓂᒥᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐯᕑᑎ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ. ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᑭᓇᑯᒪᐊᐧᐸᓂᐣ ᓇᐧᕑᐟ ᐢᑕᕑ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑎᐯᑕᒥᓂᐨ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᒍᐣ ᐱᓯᒧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᓇᒋᑫᐸᓂᐠ ᒋᔭᓂᓇᓇᑭ ᐊᐃᔕᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᔑᓇᑯᒥᑎᐸᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋᐸᑫᐧᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑎᐯᐣᑕᐠ ᑫᐱᒥᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑫᐨ ᑲᐊᐃᔕᐨ ᐃᒪ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᓇᐧᕑᐟ ᐢᑕᕑ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᓂᐊᔭᔓᑯᒋᐣ ᐅᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᒍᐣ ᐱᓯᑦ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᒋᑯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ, ᐊᐧᒐᐡᑯᓂᒥᐠ, ᐊᐧᐃᐧᔦᑲᒪᐠ, ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱ ᐊᐧᑌᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ, ᓇᐧᕑᐟ ᐢᑕᕑ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᑕᐣ ᒋᓇᐣᑭᑐᐨ ᐅᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᔭᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓴᐣᑲᓱ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᔑᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐅᐡᑭ ᓇᑭᒪᒪᒐᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᔓᑯᒋᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐊᐃᓇᑯᒋᐠ ᐱᔓᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓀᐡᑲᐣᑕᑲᐠ.

Sachigo Lake and Muskrat Dam receive revenue payments from North Star Air Months after the two First Nations signed partnerships with a small airline, Sachigo Lake and Muskrat Dam received their first revenue sharing payments on Nov. 7.

North Star Air presented the revenue sharing payments to Sachigo Lake Chief Alvin Beardy and Muskrat Dam Chief Gordon Beardy in a ceremony in Thunder Bay. The two communities signed a strategic business partnership with North Star Air in June with the aim of increasing air transportation services to their communities. Also included in the agreement was a revenue sharing program where a percentage of the North Star Air revenues generated from the partnerships would be paid back to the community.

North Star Air began offering its flex flight services this past June with a flight connecting Sachigo Lake, Muskrat Dam, Weagamow, Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay. In September, North Star Air announced it expanded its passenger services to nine additional communities via two new routes.

The company also announced it added Cat Lake and Neskantaga as partners.

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ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐅᑭ ᑭᑕᑭᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑫᑌᓄᑎᓂᑫᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑫᑌᓄᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᔑᑲ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 8 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐦᐊᕑᐱ ᔦᐢᓄ ᑭᐃᔕ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᑭᑕᔑ ᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᐠ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐊᕑᒥᐢᐟᕑᐊᐣᐠ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 8 ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᐊᑕᐃᐧ ᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᑫ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 11 ᒪᒥᑯᐣᑕᑫᐃᐧᑭᔑᑲ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐸᐧᕑᐟ ᐃᐧᓫᐃᔭᑦ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᒥᑎᑯᔑᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ

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WAWATAY NEWS ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ. ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 7,000 ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓄᑎᓂᑫᐠ ᑭᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᐸᐧᕑᓯᐢ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᓄᑎᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᓂᔕᐧ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᓄᑎᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᕑᐃᐊᐣ ᓄᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑎ ᑲᑭᑌᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᔑᒪᑲᔑᓂᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒥᔑᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᓄᑎᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᓄᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᐃᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ 4,000 ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓄᑎᓂᑫᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ 35 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᑭᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᑎᐱᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᓄᑎᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐱᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑕᐣᑲᐣ ᑲᐨᐳ ᐢᑲᐧᐟ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 1919. ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ 50 ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓄᑎᓂᑫᐠ ᑭᒥᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐅᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᔕᐳᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓄᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᓄᑎᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ.

Aboriginal veterans honoured on Aboriginal Veterans Day Aboriginal veterans were honoured by First Nations leaders across Canada on Aboriginal Veterans Day — Nov. 8.

NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno attended a ceremony with the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at the Rinker Lake Forward Attack Base near Armstrong on Nov. 8 during their annual search and rescue exercise. NAN also supported Nov. 11 Remembrance Day ceremonies in NAN communities, Fort William First Nation and urban centres across northwesten Ontario.

More than 7,000 First Nation soldiers served with the Canadian Forces in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, with several earning commissions as officers and many serving as battlehardened platoon leaders and combat instructors.

About 4,000 First Nations soldiers, or about 35 per cent of all status Indian males of military age, served during World War I, according to a Department of Indian Affairs annual report by Duncan Campbell Scott in 1919. At least 50 First Nation soldiers were decorated for bravery on the battlefield during World War I.

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ᑫᑌ ᒪᓯᓇᐱᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑭᒥᑭᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐊᐧᐸᓴᑎᑲᐠ ᐳᓂᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᓴᑎᑲᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᒪᓇᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑌ ᒪᓯᓇᐱᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᒥᑭᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ ᓂᔓᔭᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐳᓂᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ. ᐦᐊᐅᐟ ᒧᐢ, ᐊᔕᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᑭᐸᑭᓯᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᐣᑎᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᓯᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓯᓂᐊᐧᐱᑯ ᒪᓯᓇᐱᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ. ᐊᐧᐸᓴᑎᑲᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐊᓫᐃᐢ ᓴᑲᔑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᓇᐱᐨ ᐅᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭ ᒥᑭᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᐱᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᓇᑐᑌᑫᐧᐣ. ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᒪᓯᓇᐱᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᓇᑲᐧᓄᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᑲᒥᑲᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋᒧᑯᒪᐣᐊᑭᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᑎᑯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᐸᓴᑎᑲᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᐊᑎᑯ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ, ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᔑᒥᔑᓇᑭᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒪᓯᓇᐱᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐅᒪ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᑲᒥᑲᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋᒧᑯᒪᐣᐊᑭᐠ.

Pictograph site discovered near Poplar Hill airport Poplar Hill community members are looking to protect a pictograph site that was discovered about a year or two ago near the Keewaytinook Okimakanak community’s airport.

Howard Moose, an Ontario Works employment worker in Poplar Hill, said the area had been blasted to get rocks and a rock painting

was found.

Poplar Hill Chief Alice Suggashie said the pictograph discovery has been really interesting for community members and wondered about the story behind them.

Although pictographs can be found throughout Canada and the United States, the area around Deer Lake and Poplar Hill, in combination with Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, contains the largest concentration of pictograph images in North America.

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ᐊᔕ 24 ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐱᒥᒪᒥᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᓴᐣᑲᓱ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᒥᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇᐧᑭᒥᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᒥᓇᐧᑭᒥᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᔕ 24 ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐣ. ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᐢᑕᐣᓫᐃ ᐱᓫᐅᑯᐟ ᑭᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᑕᔑ ᒪᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐱᒪᐦᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 30 ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ. ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᒍᓴᑊ ᒥᓇ ᓫᐃᐣᑕ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ, ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᑕᐊᕑᓫᐃᐣ ᐊᐣᒋᑯᓀᑊ, ᓫᐊᐠᑎᒥᓫ ᓫᐊᐠᐢ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᒍᓯ ᕑᐊᓯᑯᐟ, ᐃᑫᐧ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ, ᒥᐢᑲᐧᐱᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᒉᓴᐣ ᑕᐧᑦᓴᐣ, ᓇᐯ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ, ᓴᐣᐟ ᐸᐧᔾᐣᐟ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᒪᑎᔪ ᐠᓫᐊᑐ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ, ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑌᓫᐁᑲᐧᑦ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᐣ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒧᐢ ᑯᕑᐃ ᑲᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑲᐅᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᐃᓇᓄᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᐅᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᐁᐊᐃᐧᐊᓱᒥᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ, ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᐊᓱᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᓇᓇᑲ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᒋᑕᐨ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐃᒪ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 9, 5, 3 ᒥᓇ ᕑᐊᐱᐣᓴᐣ ᓴᐱᕑᐃᔭᕑ 1850 ᒋᕑᐃᑎ ᐃᓀᑫ.

Entrepreneurs recognized at 24th Annual NADF Business Awards Seven people and two corporations were the award recipients at the 24th Annual Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund Business Awards.

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s Stanley Bluecoat received the New Business award during NADF’s Oct. 30 award ceremony in Thunder Bay. Other recipients were Sandy Lake’s Joseph and Linda Fiddler for Partnership of the Year, Equay-wuk’s Darlene Angeconeb for Executive of the Year, Lac Des Mille Lacs’ Josee Racicot for Business Woman of the Year, Red Rock’s Jason Thompson for Business Man of the Year, Sand Point’s Matthew Gladu for Youth Entrepreneur of the Year, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Telecom Centre Inc. for Corporation of the Year and Moose Cree Group of Companies for Building Communities.

NADF provides financial assistance, including commercial loans, equipment leasing and grants, resource sector support and business counselling services to Aboriginal businesses on and off-reserve across northern Ontario in Treaty 9, Treaty 5, Treaty 3 and Robinson-Superior 1850 Treaty areas.

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

Sachigo Lake, Muskrat Dam receive revenue payments from North Star Air Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Months after the two First Nations signed partnerships with a small airline, Sachigo Lake and Muskrat Dam received their first revenue sharing payments on Nov. 7.

North Star Air presented the revenue sharing payments to Sachigo Lake Chief Alvin Beardy and Muskrat Dam Chief Gordon Beardy in a ceremony in Thunder Bay. The two communities signed a strategic business partnership with North Star Air in June with the aim of increasing air transportation services to their communities.

Also included in the agreement was a revenue sharing program where a percentage of the North Star Air revenues generated from the partnerships would be paid back to the community.

“Collectively as a community, we needed to find new investment models to sustain our social and economic development goals and create more opportunities and benefits to give back to our community and this is what we were able to accomplish when we partnered with North Star Air and Cargo North,” Gordon Beardy said. “As of today, we are a group of five First Nations communities who partnered with North Star Air and Cargo North and we are anticipating additional communities to join us.”

Alvin Beardy said the revenue sharing payment was an example of how doing business and establishing collaborative partnerships works.

“Working together to advance our communities is a model for success,” he said.

“We will continue to find ways

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Sachigo Lake Chief Alvin Beardy, Muskrat Dam Chief Gordon Beardy, and North Star Air CEO Frank Kelner. to create more local economic wealth and explore other meaningful investment and partnerships that works for the north.”

North Star Air CEO Frank Kelner said the airline received “remarkable support” from Muskrat Dam and Sachigo Lake.

“Today we are here to celebrate this milestone, as it is a testament to the success of our strong and growing business relationships and how our partners’ communities can truly benefit both economically and socially from this relationship,” he said.

North Star Air, which began services in 1997 as a floatplane service based in Pickle Lake, currently provides charter, passenger and freight/ cargo services in northern Ontario.

It began offering its flex flight services this past June with a flight connecting Sachigo Lake, Muskrat Dam, Weagamow, Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay. In September, North Star

Air announced it expanded its passenger services to nine additional communities via two new routes. The company also announced it added Cat Lake and Neskantaga as partners.

One of the new routes connects Cat Lake, Bearskin Lake, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Wapekeka and Kasabonika with Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay while the other connects Neskantaga, Nibinamik, Wunnumin Lake and Kingfisher Lake with Thunder Bay. Along with the revenue payment announcement, North Star Air said it would increase its flex flights services to seven days a week from Sioux Lookout, to Muskrat Dam, Sachigo Lake and Weagamow (Round Lake). Flex flight services from Thunder Bay to these destinations are now four days a week. The new schedule goes into effect on Nov. 15.

North Star Air also provides cargo services through its oneyear-old alliance company, Cargo North.

Fort Albany holds re-election with same result Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Fort Albany First Nations held its re-election for its chief and band council and it had the same results as the first one.

The community first held the election in August but it was marked by controversy after many ballots were considered invalid due to a technicality in rules on how the ballot should be marked.

After community members called for a recount or a whole new election, the First Nation held the re-election on Nov. 4.

As in the August election, Andrew Solomon was elected as chief with Robert Nakogee elected as his deputy chief.

The community elected Agatha Nakogee, Mary L. Sutherland, Randy Knapaysweet, Marie Knapaysweet, Micheline Loone, Micheal Ashamock and Lorna Sutherland as the band councillors.

Ashamock was the only newly candidate to be elected in this round of elections.

The chief electoral officer said the August election was mired in controversy because a large number of votes were considered spoiled because the voter did not mark their

ballot according to the election rules.

Per the election code, voters must write an ‘X’ in the box beside the candidate they are voting for. Checkmarks do not count, and the ‘X’ must not touch the perimeter of the box.

Metatawabin said this rule was determined through community meetings before the election, where community members “discussed and argued over what constitutes a spoiled ballot.”

The rules were changed in the recent election and as a result many more votes counted to the overall count.

PATIENT/FAMILY COUNCIL The Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre is establishing a Patient/Family Council and is looking for people who would be Interested in being a member of the Council.

Meetings would be held quarterly and people could attend in person,via teleconference or video conference.

If you are interested in sitting on this council and are 16 or older, and live in the SLMHC catchment area, please contact: Carole Slater at 807-737-6540 or cslater@slmhc.on.ca We look forward to your participation on this important council.

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Thank You Vezina Secondary School of Attawapiskat would like to thank the DreamCatcher Fund for their generous donation to the 2014 Vezina grad trip.

The trip was an excellent experience for our graduates that participated. DreamCatcher Fund greatly assisted in this success.

A special thanks to them from Vezina Secondary School.

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Commentary The Thing That Flies Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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recall my early infatuation with “kah-mee-nah-meekok,” literary translated from Cree as “the thing that flies” or in modern English as “airplanes.”

Every day after school in the autumn my friends and I ran from our dusty gravel playground to the airport at the north end of the community. We cut across muddy overgrown yards, low bushes and snaked our way across a swampy path that led to a small white airport terminal building. Usually, we would be in time to catch a departing Austin Airways flight as its turboprop engines slowly roared to life.

Back then, there was no fence to separate the public from the gravel runway or ramp area so we were free to venture as close as possible to an airplane. I remember so many Hawker Siddeley aircraft with great broad wings, two large turbo prop engines and a plain cylindrical body. These aircraft were eye catching even from far away with their distinctive pale yellow colour, streaked by a stylized black line and red highlight that ran the length of the aircraft.

The roar of those engines always drew us to the airport.

There is nothing like the thunderous sound of two Rolls Royce engines as they powered an aircraft forward. We were caught up in the moment and part of the excitement was the game of sneaking past the adults to get closer to the airplane.

We ran as fast as we could into the dust cloud raised by the black and white coloured propellers. We knew the adults wouldn’t follow us into the noisy cloud. We stood with hands covering our faces in the temporary storm and we felt the sand blasting our skin and pebbles pelting our clothes. When we opened our eyes, the cloud dissipated in the afternoon light and we stood like dusty sand people under the blue sky. There was a moment’s silence when the aircraft turned around at the far end of the runway and then the powerful engines came to life again and we watched the grand finale of the afternoon show. The engines roared to full speed with a high-pitched whine as the aircraft raced forward. We watched it speed by and then we stood in awe as it soared over the northern wilderness, almost touching the treetops.

In a way it was very familiar for us to see this huge bird fly

off into the sky. It was a very familiar scene for all of us because a Hawker Siddeley aircraft was very much like Niska, the Cree word for goose. The aircraft’s strong broad wings stretched out on both sides and its long body resembled to us a goose’s outstretched neck and head in flight.

After the takeoff everyone disappeared but for us. My friends and I would stand on the runway for a short time watching the plane as it drifted higher and turned into a tiny speck heading south to the greater outside world. We wondered to ourselves for a very brief moment if we would ever have the chance to leave on a flight away from our remote community. We knew this was a far off dream and we quickly put the thought out of our minds. After the excitement of the afternoon flight, we headed back to our lives in the community.

In a few years time, after we had graduated from elementary school, our dreams finally came true as we all boarded a flight together as a class for the annual school trip to Toronto.

Suddenly we realized that the ups and downs of aircraft travel could actually make you sick. However soon we were veterans of small aircraft travel because we had to endure so many takeoffs and landings on our way to secondary school to Timmins and North Bay. As an adult, I continued to dream of flying further and farther away. I was fortunate to be able to fulfill that dream on my first overseas trip over 16 years ago. I travelled to Asia and I was amazed looking out the window and seeing Alaska under me as I flew from Chicago to Tokyo on a 12-hour flight. It felt surreal to head into the sky and cross the Pacific Ocean at 32,000 feet with a speed of several hundred miles an hour.

There was also a sense of freedom in seeing so many people moving about the world over such great distances.

Flights are only getting bigger and better these days. Just a short time ago, a group of friends of mine told me about their flight to Dubai on board the world’s largest aircraft, an Airbus A380. This doubledecker behemoth carried 500 passengers and flew them from New York to Dubai in 12 hours.

I wonder at times if the young boys back home are still awed by the aircraft that land and take off at our little airport. I imagine they gaze at the departing airplanes wondering if ever they might be flying south. I hope that they will have the opportunity to find wings and see other parts of this world to discover other cultures and ways of thinking.

The Niska have been doing it for generations.

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Nine Junior Canadian Rangers from northern Ontario marched with veterans in Ottawa during the National Remembrance Day ceremonies in 2012.

Everyone loves a party.

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he food, the music, the dancing, the chance that you will be charged for a crime committed by someone else… yes, Canada’s criminal law has its own definition of what (or who) counts as a party, which may or may not be your idea of a good time.

Section 21(1) of the Criminal Code states that “everyone is a party to an offence who actually commits it; does or omits to do anything for the purpose of aiding any person to commit it; or abets any person in committing it.” Section 21(2) also makes it a crime to “form an intention in common” with another person to commit an offence, even if you aren’t around when the crime is actually committed.

Translated, these laws mean that if there is evidence that you help, support, or even encourage someone else to do something illegal, you are personally at risk of being found guilty for that person’s actions, just as if they were

your own. This is true even if you don’t benefit in any way from the crime. But most judges, most of the time, won’t find you guilty for just ‘standing around’ while someone commits an offence, unless you knew it was going to happen and did nothing to stop it or at least ‘turn away’ from the scene. Clear as mud? It’s time to play one of my favourite ‘party’ games: ‘Guilty or Not’! (this may be why I don’t get invited to very many).

Consider the following situation (slightly altered to protect reality): You meet Bloggs at the ‘Noise for Boys’ music concert.

Both of you are bopping away, when suddenly she whispers to you that she is planning to go steal the band’s tour bus while they play their final encore – so could you please keep cheering as long as possible? Bloggs disappears while you and the rest of the crowd scream yourselves silly for your musical heroes – and the best part is, you think, without a bus they’ll have to spend the night in your hometown!

The next morning (or is it afternoon?), you wake up to see a massive Winnebago parked across the street. Bloggs saunters down

the steps wearing mirrored sunglasses and a chauffeur’s hat – wanna ride? she grins…

And sit in THE SAME SEAT as ukulele god Cory Whiplash?!?

The temptation is just too much. Your excitement soon turns to panicky fear, however.

Boggs is driving and laughing like a toddler on helium.

She turns the hotel-on-wheels down a snowmobile trail, and now, predictably, it’s decaldeep in the mud. “Time for target practice!” your so-called friend whoops, and pulls out what looks like a silver-plated handgun. You would definitely rather be out of the vehicle than in, so you stand watching in horror as she takes aim at Cory’s oversized smile plastered on the side of the bus. “Noooo! Not Cory!” you scream just as Bloggs squeezes the trigger and the sound of sirens surrounds you…

The rap sheet: you and Bloggs are both charged with Breaking and Entering a Dwelling (the tour bus), Theft Over $5,000, Possession of Stolen Property Over $5,000; Possession of an Imitation Firearm (it was actually a plastic pellet gun) and Mischief (Cory ended up with an extra dimple in his cheek).

Guilty or Not? As your law-

yer, I have to examine each charge separately. Were you a ‘party’ to the break and enter and theft? Most likely not; even though you did nothing to stop these offences, and may even have wanted them to happen, there is no real evidence that you actually helped Bloggs carry out her plan.

As for the gun and mischief charges, you would probably have to testify at trial on these, since the ‘best’ evidence that you didn’t help (or even want) Bloggs to commit these crimes will come from your testimony about what actually happened.

Of course, it would also help if the police heard you screaming!

On the possession of stolen property charge, however, the evidence against you as a ‘party’ to this crime is quite strong. Despite knowing that the bus was stolen, you willingly (at least at the start) went for a ride. In a situation like this, I’d probably see if the prosecution would let you plead guilty to ‘joyriding’, which is a much less serious offence.

Moral of the story? Don’t go to every party you’re invited to. Canada’s justice system might be waiting to include you on its guest list.

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Land of Giant Animals Andy Fyon ONTARIO BENEATH OUR FEET

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t is remarkable how the geological understanding of the Earth and the First Nation history of our earth so often intersect and tell similar stories of the Earth’s past.

One First Nation story that is complementary with geological views of the Earth is called mi-she-shek-kak (The Giant Skunk).

Throughout history First Nation stories have been traditionally shared orally.

Today, through the written word and digital technologies, First Nation history and legends are being shared more broadly. One well-known Omushkego storyteller from northern Ontario, Elder Louis Bird of Peawanuck, has shared many of the traditional Cree stories he has collected for decades in both books and digital recordings on the web.

With respect, I offer a discussion about mi-she-shekkak story that Elder Bird shared in his book Telling Our Stories (2005) to show the connections between the story of the Giant Skunk and the understanding held by geologists about the recent history of the Earth when large animals walked across the land now called Ontario.

The original story is said to have been brought to the Omushkego area by “someone who came from a western place where mountains touched the sky.” I leave the telling of the whole story to the charismatic Elder Bird, but in his book he speaks of huge bones which were the remains of large animals that walked on the land, and shares some explanations for those giant bones. Some people say the giant bones are a myth. Others say the evidence for large animals comes from the discovery of remains that still had flesh on it and that were protected by being frozen in the snow.

In his story Elder Bird writes “there were some giant animals that roamed the Earth a long time ago and somehow they went into hiberna-

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The giant animals of Canada included muskoxen, bison, wild horses and woolly mammoths. The woolly mammoth is shown in this photo, taken at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon. tion…”

So, what are the similarities between the First Nation and the geological understandings?

There is a period of the Earth’s history call the Pleistocene, about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago. During this time, all of Ontario and almost all of Canada was covered by an ice sheet that was more than one kilometre thick – Earth’s last ice age.

However, a place in western Canada, now called the Yukon Territories, was not entirely covered by ice.

In Yukon giant animals lived at, and near, the edges of the ice sheets. Farther south, away from the edge of the ice in what’s now the United States, many more giant animals lived on the land during this time. These animals included: Woolly Mammoth; American Cheetah; American Lion; Sabretoothed Tigers; Giant Bison; Stag-moose; a type of camel; Short-faced Bear; and the Giant Beaver.

As the last great ice age melted away, these giant ani-

mals moved onto the newly exposed ice-free land, including northern Ontario. Some of the giant animals came from that part of Yukon, others from the ice-free south into the north. The evidence for the giant animals comes from bones that are uncovered in the melting permafrost. Other giant animal remains, some covered with flesh and with the last meal in their stomach, are discovered where modern-day glaciers melt and release the giant animal remains that had been held prisoner in ice for a very long time.

The discoveries of remains of giant animal and the geological recreation of the last days of the ice age leads to a geological story of giant animal history that is remarkably similar to parts of the mi-she-shek-kak story. This reinforces to me the importance and value of listening to the many clues and insight that come from the First Nation traditional stories and that give different but important insight about the “Ontario beneath our feet.”

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Webequie chief calls for true partnerships at mining summit Rick Garrick Wawatay News

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Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse called for true partnerships during the 4th Annual Mining Ready Summit, held Oct. 28-29 in Thunder Bay.

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Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse called for “true partnerships” at the 4th Annual Mining Ready Summit, held Oct. 28-29 in Thunder Bay. “That’s the way going forward for us to have a step in the processes and also be part of the processes that are potentially going to happen in our area,” Wabasse said. “We have to have these agreements and they have to be real and they have to be honoured.”

Wabasse said his community does not want to sign agreements where “nothing is happening on our side.”

“We know that we have to work our part as well too to make that agreement become reality,” Wabasse said. “We need to understand as First Nations about that agreement, what we need to do to make that happen as well too.”

Wabasse said his community is not opposed to development.

“We want to be able to benefit from our lands and resources,” Wabasse said. “We want to be able to benefit from any development that is happening in our area. We know that things are changing — we are not going to be trapping and fishing all our lives — we have to look at other ways of benefitting from our lands and resources.”

But the community still does practice its traditional ways of life on the land, including harvesting traditional foods such as moose, caribou, rabbits and partridge.

“We had a good fall harvest this season,” Wabasse said. “The community engaged in a fall hunting festival, so it was good to see our people still very into the traditional ways of life and also eating traditional foods.”

Wabasse said his community suffers from social problems, including addictions to drugs, overcrowding and a high cost of living, and a lack of proper infrastructure, including a shortage of houses and inadequate water, sewer and power generation systems.

“But we do have the new

technology, like Internet and mobile cell phones,” Wabasse said.

Wabasse said the community’s Elders in the past have always talked about potential mining developments at some point in the future.

“We see the potential for respectful and sustainable development on our lands and to protect our Aboriginal treaty rights for our children and future generations,” Wabasse said. “We talk to our members and our youngsters about future development in that area, that we need to stick together and work together and work with government and industry to benefit from the potential developments in our area.”

Wabasse said future partnerships and agreements must be based on a foundation of recognition and respect for the community’s Aboriginal and treaty rights and jurisdiction over their traditional lands.

“Without these partnerships, resource development in our territory cannot proceed,” Wabasse said. “But we would like to see success in working with industry and also with government.”

Wabasse said his community has watched for generations as the Crown has disregarded their treaty rights.

“We have seen the Crown repeatedly fail to honour its promises to us,” Wabasse said. “Authorizations have been granted to companies to develop our lands without our consent while leaving our families to lack our basic needs in the communities. These violations on our Aboriginal treaty relations have made resource development in our territory very difficult to move forward.

We have Aboriginal and treaty rights and we need those rights to be recognized and we need to work with government and industry on those Aboriginal treaty rights so that we can move forward in development in our area.”

Wabasse said other First Nations are also affected by the proposed mineral resource development in the Ring of Fire.

“Webequie First Nation along

On October 15, 2014 over 200 community members in Webequie participated in the 2nd annual Run for Health! Congratulations to all who participated by walking or running in the 2.5 km and 5 km distances. A big thank you to Chief Cornelius Wabasse and the Band Council, Health Director Jeffrey Jacob, Health Activities Coordinator Selena Wabasse, staff and students at the Simon Jacob Memorial Education Centre and all of the community members who made the event such an amazing success. Finally, a special thank you to the organizations and businesses who recognize the importance of this event and whose generous donations and support make it possible.

“Webequie First Nation along with other First Nations in Ontario have made progress in developing a framework agreement for a process to ensure that development on our lands is respectful on our Aboriginal treaty rights... we are hopeful that the regional process and direct negotiations with Ontario will be the important first steps for revising our treaty relationship.”

– Chief Cornelius Wabasse

with other First Nations in Ontario have made progress in developing a framework agreement for a process to ensure that development on our lands is respectful on our Aboriginal treaty rights,” Wabasse said. “We are hopeful that the regional process and direct negotiations with Ontario will be the important first steps for revising our treaty relationship. The process is only just the beginning but already there have been mishaps and delays because of misunderstandings — we don’t fully understand each other. If this process is to succeed, we will need to remain committed to doing the important work of sitting down and reaching agreements.”

Wabasse said any developments in the Ring of Fire mineral exploration area would “boost up the economy” throughout Ontario and Canada.

The Mining Ready Summit featured a wide variety of speakers, including Wabasse, Randall Bartlett from the TD Bank, Jerry Asp from Tahltan Nation, Kimberly Bird and Colleen Martin from NADF, Nancy Wood from Kimesskanemenow Corporation, George Darling from SNC Lavalin, Vern Cheechoo from Mushkegowuk Tribal Council, NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno, Glenn Nolan from Noront, Tracy Wright and Anjala Puvananathan from the Ontario government, Kim Toskovich from Grant Thornton, Juan Carlos Reyes from Efficiency.ca, Derek Fox from Erickson and Partners, Denyse Sutherland from Beard Vision Inc., Chris Angeconeb from Lac Seul, John Hatton from Confederation College and John Mason from CEDC.

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Lebanese business man calls for mutually beneficial deals Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Lebanese businessman Samer F. Salameh recently described how his comments on recognizing First Nations as an order of government raised eyebrows at an energy roundtable in Calgary.

“About two weeks ago I had the pleasure of being the keynote speaker at the energy roundtable in Calgary,” said Salameh, who is involved in an $11 billion refinery project in Prince Rupert, B.C. “I said that we recognize First Nations as an order of government and this is how we engage with First Nations. You can imagine some of the raised eyebrows.

But what was even better is that most people actually finally started shaking their heads and realizing that this is the only you can actually move forward, that this is the process by which you can actually build such a project as this on traditional lands.”

Salameh said he had no idea what the situation was in this country when he first came to Canada.

“It’s really shocking in many ways,” Salameh said.

Salameh recently discussed the situation with former national chief Shawn Atleo, who had given him a book written by his father Richard Atleo called Tsawalk: A Nuuchah-nulth Worldview.

“He (Atleo) was telling me how surprised he was that I’m a big executive in a big company, and yet I care about such things as the environment, about treating people well,” Salameh said. “He was telling me that in Canada all the big companies say you can’t do that, you can’t make money and do those things. And I said bullshit.”

Salameh said business schools teach students that their primary responsibility is to shareholders and their secondary responsibility is to themselves.

“So when you do that, you forget a simple thing,” Salameh said. “When you do your numbers, your revenues, your expenses, you look at your cash flow and you value an investment based on the value of the investment.”

Salameh said business spreadsheets do not have a formula for the value of the human beings that are being displaced by the project or the value of the environmental impacts from the project.

“How do you value those things,” Salameh said. “Well guess what, they are not valued. They are not in the excel sheet. They have no value to the business leaders who are making those decisions every day. This is why you end up with situations that you of all people know far better than most other people because decisions are being made without taking any considerations for the impacts and what could happen if they are done the wrong way.”

Salameh said there is an opportunity to do the Ring of Fire mineral development project in the right way.

“You are incredibly lucky in a sense — you are sitting on one of the largest natural reserves in the world and it is mostly untapped,” Salameh said.

“There is a way to do it in the right way that creates a win-win situation where you can finally get the economic independence and the power to change the value scale. If you wait for the government to do it, good luck, it is not going to happen. They have no incentive to do so. It has to come from you, it has to come from the leaders, it has to come from the individual people on the ground who come back and say we are open for business.”

Salameh said First Nations people are interested in projects on their traditional territories if they are engaged properly.

“When you engage them as an order of government, when you engage them not saying hey, here is my project, sign here and here is your commission, when you come in and say here is my project, you tell me what do you think, does it make sense for you,” Salameh said. “If it does make sense to you, where do you want to build it. Let’s find a mutually beneficial way to build this project together.

Here is a plan that in 10 years you will have not just the small jobs in the refinery, all the jobs in the refinery including the management of the company will be done by your people. We will train you and train the next generation for the next 30-40 years. That is how you build business.”

Salameh was invited to speak at the 24th Annual NADF (Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund) Business Awards by former national chief Ovide Mercredi, who was keynote speaker for the Oct. 30 award ceremony.

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NAN-wide child welfare agency under discussion Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is looking to develop a NAN-wide child welfare agency through collaborations with Tikinagan, Payukotayno and Kunuwanimano child and family service agencies.

“But they would have their own autonomy, they would have their own board but it would be one NAN-wide authority to enhance better jurisdiction and better multi-services that we can have as a NAN child welfare agency,” said Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic Kakegamic said NAN is prepared to hold negotiations with the provincial government on the proposed NAN-wide child welfare agency.

“I think we could do a lot more multi-services and mobilize more into our issues, even to other jurisdictions that are not in our present territory,” Kakegamic said. “For example, we have about 250-plus children who are apprehended by other agencies than ours. We need to begin to address them, to mobilize our services into other jurisdictions for the safeguard of our young people, their identity, their language and their heritage.”

Kakegamic announced the NAN-wide child welfare agency after completing discussions with chiefs and Ontario government officials during the NAN Child and Youth Strategy Chiefs Special Assembly, held Nov. 4-6 at the DaVinci Centre in Thunder Bay. “In January 2013, the Ontario government announced that it wanted to engage the First Nations on developing what they called a new approach to

the Aboriginal child and youth strategy,” Kakegamic said. “We as Nishnawbe Aski Nation passed a resolution ... that we should have a separate bilateral table to discuss these unique challenges that we have within our territory.”

Kakegamic said NAN communities face significantly higher costs due to higher costs for travel and freight.

“So we pushed for what we call the remoteness factor,” Kakegamic said. “For the first time in history the government has come up with a program, what they call the remoteness factor, so they have offered already before negotiations started that they are going to give $50 for each household, $25 for each additional wife and child on top of what they are getting now. So it is a start, but we are going to negotiate the importance of the remoteness factor. We are very unique geographically — it requires a very unique solution.”

Kakegamic said the NAN-wide child welfare agency would provide increased First Nation jurisdiction over children’s services, noting that the jurisdiction issue for child welfare agencies was brought up during the assembly.

“There are many children who are getting caught in a jurisdiction vacuum where no one assumes responsibility for them,” Kakegamic said.

Kakegamic also noted a call for more prevention measures to keep children at home with their families.

“Somehow we need to achieve more proactive measures, which is better parenting, more programs to enhance the children’s self esteem, to seek healthy living instead of getting apprehended,” Kakegamic said.

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Pikangikum awards construction contract The construction of a new school for Pikangikum First Nation is underway after it recently award the contract to design and build the school.

The new school that will be available for students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Kenora MP Greg Rickford was on hand for the announcement. He said the project is

part of the federal government’s $175 million investment for new schools and major renovations included in Economic Action Plan 2012.

The community also recently completed the construction of a seven unit multi-housing project. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) provided $800,000

towards the project.

Support came from AANDC’s Northern Communities Opportunities Fund (NCOF) initiative.

AANDC also provided about $9 million through the NCOF for six northern remote communities to build multi-unit housing complexes.

In another announcement, FedNor is investing $278,320,

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Accidents Happen. Know Your Rights. Fort William rejects CN proposal to create one-lane route Rick Garrick Wawatay News

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Fort William First Nation has declined a recent CN proposal to create a one-lane vehicle traffic route over the James Street Bridge.

“There were some issues around congestion but I think the biggest issue was that Fort William will not be liable for any of CN’s decision making because the only way they were going to open that option up was if there was a $2 million underwrite,” said Fort William Chief Georjann Morriseau. “Fort William has declined and will not underwrite $2 million to insure it. So that kind of puts us back a square one.”

Reports indicate the proposed one-lane route would have travelled over the railway portion of

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Thunder Bay Mayor Keith Hobbs and Fort William Chief Georjann Morrieau during a meeting about the CN Rail bridge earlier this year. the bridge with two sets of traffic signals set up to control traffic flow and prevent traffic when a train is approaching.

The City of Thunder Bay said it would consider CN’s proposal

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once it was put in writing, noting they have requested that CN submit their full proposal in writing.

“The reality is the proposal raises new issues, including liability and access limitations such as one-lane traffic only with two sets of signals, that would have to be addressed in a new agreement,” said Tim Commisso, Thunder Bay’s city manager, in an Oct. 10 press release. “We totally recognize and appreciate the importance of this matter and it is extremely important we do our due diligence considering they are asking to get out of the original 1906 agreement.

The city has met with Fort William First Nation and made them aware of what is happening from our end.”

Vehicle traffic over the bridge has been halted since a fire broke out on the northern end of the bridge in October 2013. Since then, Fort William students have been taking buses along Hwy. 61 to attend school and Fort William businesses have seen a decline in business.

“We always go back to safety and that has always been the main key issue,” Morriseau said.

“All of our children have to be transported on a daily basis. Multiple times a day we have Elders, we have citizens, we have visitors coming in and they are going to be at risk every time they go on to that highway. With such high speed levels and everybody using that highway to get somewhere quickly, it increases the chances of head-on collisions or something even worse.”

Morriseau said the community has expressed their concerns about having to use the highway to travel between Fort William and Thunder Bay with CN and Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation.

“CN, if you don’t want to fix your bridge, then something has to give,” Morriseau said. “And with MTO, I think they really need to reassess and analyze that highway. They need to significantly reduce the speeds and even consider looking at lighting.”

The MTO recently completed additional line painting on Nov. 10-11 for a northbound acceleration lane at the Hwy. 61 and Chippewa Road intersection to improve traffic movement.

Morriseau said her community has attempted to get the bridge open to no avail.

“Fort William, in partnership with AANDC (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada) have brought a million dollars forward to put towards the repairs on that bridge,” Morriseau said. “So at the end of the day, it doesn’t really look like it is as much a money issue as it is CN wanting to relinquish all responsibilities under the 1906 agreement.”

The 1906 agreement was made between the former Town of Fort William and the Grand Trunk Railway (CN’s predecessor company) that stipulated the railway would be maintained in perpetuity.

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Wawatay Wawatay News News NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 13, 13, 2014 2014

Veterans honoured on Aboriginal Veterans Day Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Aboriginal veterans were honoured by First Nations leaders across Canada on Aboriginal Veterans Day — Nov. 8.

“I am proud to honour the many contributions of Aboriginal people who have served with distinction in the Canadian Forces at home and abroad,” said Grand Chief Harvey Yesno.

“I encourage communities across our Nation to fly the NAN Veterans Flag and take time to give thanks for the dedication and sacrifices made by all veterans and current members of the armed forces on battlefields and peacekeeping missions the world over.”

Yesno attended a ceremony with the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at the Rinker Lake Forward Attack Base near Armstrong on Nov. 8 during their annual search and rescue exercise. NAN also supported Nov. 11 Remembrance Day ceremonies in NAN communities, Fort William First Nation and urban centres across northwestern Ontario.

“Many of our people have stepped forward in defence of

More than 7,000 First Nation soldiers served with the Canadian Forces in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, with several earning commissions as officers and many serving as battlehardened platoon leaders and combat instructors.

Canada and its interests during global conflicts and peacekeeping operations,” Yesno said. “That tradition is carried on today as many of our members serving with the Canadian Rangers are part-time reserve members of the Canadian Forces, providing vital lifesaving services across our territory.”

Although the Nov. 8 ceremonies began in Manitoba in the 1990s to honour the contributions of Aboriginal people in the Canadian Forces, ceremonies are now held across Canada.

More than 7,000 First Nation

soldiers served with the Canadian Forces in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, with several earning commissions as officers and many serving as battle-hardened platoon leaders and combat instructors.

About 4,000 First Nations soldiers, or about 35 per cent of all status Indian males of military age, served during World War I, according to a Department of Indian Affairs annual report by Duncan Campbell Scott in 1919. At least 50 First Nation soldiers were decorated for bravery on the battlefield during World War I. Northwest Territories Regional Chief Bill Erasmus called on Canadians to reflect on the contributions of First Nation soldiers and military personnel.

“This year has a special resonance as the anniversary of the start of World War I and we acknowledge the strength, skill and bravery of First Nation veterans who fought for the freedom of all of us despite facing many barriers,” Erasmus said. “Some of our people who enlisted travelled for days from remote communities in order

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to join the effort to protect this land that we have always called home. We acknowledge all the First Nations men and women and all citizens contributing to the armed forces in the past and today.”

More than 1,200 Aboriginal members currently serve in the Canadian Forces at home and overseas, representing more than 640 bands and 55 languages and dialects belonging to 11 linguistic families.

Erasmus also acknowledged the two soldiers — Corporal Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent — killed on duty in Canada in October.

“We remember those who lost their lives for our freedom, and continue to pay respect to all members of the armed forces,” Eraasmus said. “We also remind everyone that Canadian parliamentary democracy is founded on the strong relationship between First Nations treaties, including pre-Confederation treaties and other constructive arrangements, that exist with legal force in Canada.

The legal rights of First Nations must be remembered and understood at this important time, lest we forget.”

Remembrance in Albany

Submitted by Jessie Sutherland

Fort Albany’s Maggie Sutherland (left), her father Joseph, and sister Jessie kneel by the grave of George Spence on Remembrance Day this year. The great-grandfather of Jessie and Maggie, Pvt. George Spence served in the First World War along with at least 75 other James Bay community members.

ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᑲᓄᑕᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 1 ᐊᐸᐧᐢ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᑐᒋᐸᑭᑌᐡᑲᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ. “ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᑲᐡᑭᑐᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᑭᐅᓇᓯᓇᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧ ᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᓂᔑᓇᐦᐃᓭᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐯᑭᐡ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑌᐸᑫᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ. “ᓂᐸᑯᓭᑕᒥᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐅᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᐸᒋᑫᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᐊᐧᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑭᐁᐧᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑭᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ. ᐸᔦᐡ ᐃᑯ ᑭᔭᓂᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐊᔕ ᑭᐅᒋᐊᐧᓇᓭ ᒥᓇ ᐸᐧᑕᐃᐧᓭ ᐁᐧᓴ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓂᓯᑐᑕᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐧᐃᐧᑕᒪᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᐡ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ, ᑲᑲᑫᐧᑐᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᓱᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᒋᓀᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᐊᐱᑕᑎᔭᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒋᒥᑲᒪᐠ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐃᓀᑕᒧᒥᑎᔭᑭᐸᐣ.” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᑯ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑕᑭᐅᒋᒪᑲᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᐅᐣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ. ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᐱᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᔭᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ, ᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᐸᕑᐠᓫᐁᐟ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐊᓄᑭᐨ ᑎᑎ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᒉᕑᐃ ᐊᐢᑊ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᓫᑕᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᑭᑦᐸᓫᐃ ᐳᕑᐟ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐣ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᓇᓂᓯ ᐅᐟ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᒥᑲᓂᒥᓇᐤ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ, ᒐᐧᐨ ᑕᕑᓫᐃᐣᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐁᐢᐁᐣᓯ ᓫᐊᐸᓫᐃᐣ, ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐦᐊᕑᐱ ᔦᐢᓄ, ᑭᓫᐁᐣ ᓄᓫᐊᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓇᐧᕑᐊᐧᐣᐟ, ᒍᕑᐁᓯ ᕑᐊᔾᐟ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓀᓫᐊ ᐳᐸᓇᓀᑕᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑭᑦ ᑐᐢᑯᐱᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑯᕑᐊᐣᐟ ᑕᐧᕑᐣᑎᐣ, ᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᕑᓫᐅᐢ ᕑᐁᐢ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐃᐱᔑᐣᓯ, ᑌᕑᐃᐠ ᐸᐧᐠᐢ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐁᕑᐃᐠᓴᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᓇᐣ, ᑎᓂᐢ ᓴᑕᓫᐊᐣᐟ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐱᕑᐟ ᐱᔑᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ, ᑯᕑᐃᐢ ᐊᐣᒋᑯᓀᑊ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᐱᔑᑯᑲᐠ, ᒐᐧᐣ ᐦᐊᑎᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᐧᐣᐯᑐᕑᐁᔑᐣ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒐᐧᐣ ᒣᓴᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓯᐃᑎᓯ.

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Wawatay News NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Royalty hosted by 2014 NADF business awards recipient Rick Garrick Wawatay News

One of the 24th Annual NADF (Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund) Business Awards recipients recently hosted royalty in his bed and breakfast.

“I had a royal visit last month,” said Stanley Bluecoat, who won the New Business of the Year award for his Sunset Lodges Bed and Breakfast business in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug. “It felt very great. And I had the premier of Ontario, who came to visit in our community for the very first time.”

The Countess of Wessex, Sophie Rhys-Jones, wife of the Queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, stayed in the bed and breakfast during her mid-September visit with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Lieutenant Governor-designate Elizabeth Dowdeswell and a delegation of women business and community leaders.

Bluecoat started up the bed and breakfast three years ago with support from his band, creditors and lenders as well as a personal investment.

“It’s been running steady,” Bluecoat said. “People are coming in and out and it’s been busy.”

Bluecoat received the award during NADF’s Oct. 30 award ceremony in Thunder Bay. Other recipients were Sandy Lake’s Joseph and Linda Fiddler for Partnership of the Year, Equay-wuk’s Darlene Angeconeb for Executive of the Year, Lac Des Mille Lacs’ Josee Racicot for Business Woman of the Year, Red Rock’s Jason Thompson for

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Kitchenuhmaykoosob Inninuwug’s Stanley Bluecoat won the New Business of the Year award at the 24th Annual NADF Business Awards for his Sunset Lodge Bed and Breakfast.

Business Man of the Year, Sand Point’s Matthew Gladu for Youth Entrepreneur of the Year, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Telecom Centre Inc. for Corporation of the Year and Moose Cree Group of Companies for Building Communities.

“This evening’s award recipients are a testament of the contributions that Aboriginal business makes to the economy of northern Ontario,” said Brian Davey, NADF’s executive director. “There are many opportunities out there, and it is our hope that by celebrating their achievements it will encourage Aboriginal entrepreneurs, especially those aspiring entrepreneurs, to look around their community and the region for business opportunities. We have seen an improvement in northern Ontario’s economy and are seeing more partici-

pation by our Aboriginal communities and members in the business world, as we have seen here tonight.”

Joseph and Linda Fiddler, co-owners of the Sandy Lake Motel, said their customers enjoy staying at the motel.

“We’ve never had a negative comment,” Joseph said. “The rooms are clean, the price is reasonable. They love it as a matter of fact.”

The husband-and-wife team opened up the motel in 1995 and have since expanded twice by acquiring a former band-owned bunkhouse in 2010 and building a brandnew eight-room motel in 2012.

“I looked at it as a family business for our children in the future — that’s what I thought we started the business as,” Linda said. “It’s working out — we’re in the process of giving it to our children to run because we are getting

(up) in our years. Our two daughters are taking over the business.”

Racicot opened up Kokom’s Bannock Shack in Dryden along with her husband Bruce Dowzwell in 2012.

“We had to be unique so I said let’s serve bannock,” Racicot said. “(It’s gone) very well. We now have a full fledged restaurant opened last year in October in Dryden. It’s been very successful.”

Racicot said her customers rave over her bannock.

“It’s the best bannock they’ve ever had,” Racicot said.

Gladu opened up M² Carpentry Services about five years ago after moving back to Thunder Bay from out west.

“I saw the market and I knew I had the skills to do it on my own,” Gladu said. “I’ve worked for a lot of other people for many years to get my

ticket and now that I have it, I feel that I can be a leader in my field.”

Gladu started up the business with his own money, tools and truck.

“It was the experience that was worth more than the money,” Gladu said. “Of course you need the tools to do the job.”

Thompson opened up Superior Strategies about five years ago to do health and safety and employment readiness training.

“Our business is a little different than your normal management consulting business,” Thompson said. “Our focus and our plan is to build capacity within the communities.

We’re not in there to go in and make a quick buck; we go in there to help the community build capacity.”

Bruce Sakakeep, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s economic development manager, said Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Telecom Centre Inc. is in a good financial position with three full-time staff and one part-time worker.

“It provides critical services to the community in terms of communications with the Internet,” Sakakeep said.

“We’re linked into the fibre optic cable (and) we bought new equipment so we have more or less state-of-the-art equipment.”

Derek Chum, chair of the board for the Moose Cree Group of Companies, said the company has come a long way over the last few years.

“We went in and restructured the company (and) basically have turned it around to the point where this past fiscal

year we made the most money the company has ever made,” Chum said. “We’re involved in the forestry industry as one part of our business — we’ve cut more wood than ever before. We are also involved in tourism — we have outpost fishing camps. We are now the largest outfitter in North America. We also have a fly-in fishing camp, Kesagami Lake Lodge, and for both companies they’ve had the most visitors we ever had.”

Darlene Angeconeb, from Lac Seul, said Equay-wuk has been having success with a number of projects over the past year, including Building Aboriginal Women’s Leadership, Community Wellness, Employment Readiness Training Program and Connecting Communities Legal Education.

“Most of our programs are geared to empowering women to live a better life, to have healthy communities and healthy families and healthy nations,” Angeconeb said.

“We hope to continue providing services to women in their remote First Nations.”

Former national chief Ovide Mercredi delivered the keynote speech at the awards ceremony along with Samer F. Salameh, CEO, Azteca Telecom and TotalMovies. Stan Wesley was the emcee.

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First Nation students are superheroes: Bunnuck Rick Garrick Wawatay News

First Nation students are superheroes, according to Moose Creeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stan Wesley, who is also known for his Bunnuck character. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wachiye, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a superhero,â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said during an Oct. 30 visit to Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School in Thunder Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are a superhero too, but you just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know it yet. Maybe you just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appreciate it yet. But there is something really incredible that is flowing through your veins right now.

There is something really amazing about you.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley, who owns and operates his own facilitating, training and motivational speaking business, said First Nation students have connections that nobody else in the history of the world has. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have a language that

nobody else in history does,â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have connections to the land and to the water and to the animals that no other people in the history of the world does. There is something incredible about you.

There is something amazing about you and there is something that makes you absolute superheroes.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said he was recently asked if he was born ready. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was conceived ready,â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to go.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited, I love what I do, but I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always good at what I did. And I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always know how to speak in public like I do now. And I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always know stories like I do now.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said he loves telling stories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love standing up in front of people and finding words for people to connect with,â&#x20AC;? Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is nothing more satisfying to me and so honourable, and I am so humbled

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Moose Creeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stan Wesley strikes a pose for a group of DFC students. when people like you connect with something I say.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said he is only doing something that others have been doing for thousands of years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tell stories,â&#x20AC;? Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t given total permission in a contract to tell stories. But you see, when somebody tells you a story â&#x20AC;&#x201D; your parents, your

guardian, your uncle, your auntie, your Elder â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they are giving you permission to tell that story to the world. They are giving you permission to continue on the legacy of that story.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said there are many people in First Nation communities who know â&#x20AC;&#x153;so muchâ&#x20AC;? but are not sharing their knowledge with others.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is so much power in our communities,â&#x20AC;? Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are so powerful, but yet they are not.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley called for those with knowledge to share with others so they too can learn that knowledge. â&#x20AC;?Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you share what you know so I can become a better person,â&#x20AC;? Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you share what you know so I can retell those stories. And sometimes they do and sometimes they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said a true sense of leadership and power is being able to take everything you have and give it away. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give it back,â&#x20AC;? Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Find the opportunity to give it back. Whatever you are using to feel good about yourself, give it away to people that are struggling to feel good.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said he wants to know peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recipes for thriving and feeling good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than just a smile,â&#x20AC;?

Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you share it. Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you take the opportunity to give it away.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley shared his recipe for feeling good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap,â&#x20AC;? Wesley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want happiness for a day, you go thinking. If you want happiness for a lifetime, you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find it on your phone.

You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find it on Facebook.

You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find it on Twitter. But you will find it right in front of you. If you want happiness for a lifetime, make a positive difference in someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.â&#x20AC;?

Wesley is the owner and operator of his own facilitating, training and motivational speaking business and can be contacted through stanwesley. ca. For more than 20 years, he has hosted, emceeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d or was the keynote speaker at a number of conferences and events across the country, including three Truth and Reconciliation Commission national events.

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Long Lake #58â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wyatt Waboose is proud of the work he put into his winning Noront t-shirt design. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It had to be traditional so I used the eagle feather and the four colours,â&#x20AC;? said the Grade 11 Migizi Miigwanan Secondary School student. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was going to put the feathers underneath, but then I made a rough draft (with the feathers) over (top) and I chose between the two of them, with the feather underneath and the feather over top.

I asked my mom about it, what I should use and what shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I use, and she said the top one.â&#x20AC;?

Waboose said his mother was â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty proudâ&#x20AC;? about his winning design. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was pretty awesome because it was my first ever time I won,â&#x20AC;? Waboose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was my first contest I entered for a long time.â&#x20AC;?

Wabooseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school was also proud of his winning design. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re incredibly proud of Wyatt,â&#x20AC;? said Aaron Hobbs, principal of Migizi Miigwanan Secondary School. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is definitely an artist. He has done some interesting stuff and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a sharp mind, for sure, (heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) definitely a hard worker.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very proud of him and proud of his accomplishment, hoping he takes it a lot further.â&#x20AC;?

Waboose usually creates his art from images in his mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I picture what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to draw and I keep that picture in my head,â&#x20AC;? Waboose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I usually draw it lightly and if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look so good, then I will

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Long Lake #58â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wyatt Wabooseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winning design features an eagle feather and the four medicine wheel colours. erase a little bit and after Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll fix that area right up. I never draw with my eyes closed.â&#x20AC;?

Wabooseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winning design was one of a number selected by staff at his school for the Noront contest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We gave every student an opportunity to draw and it came down to a judging process,â&#x20AC;? Hobbs said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to submit a few different designs to Noront, and then they would pick from those. Wyattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was definitely one of the frontrunners.â&#x20AC;?

Hobbs said the school focuses on â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lot of cultural art.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a native language course and a native studies course,â&#x20AC;? Hobbs said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through both of those, the students do different cultural arts, such as beadwork and a little bit of wood burning, some painting,

some drawing.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to his drawing and painting, Waboose has also created digital art during his communications technology course at school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wyatt did a lot of work with that in designing objects in 3D and 2D,â&#x20AC;? Hobbs said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He did exceptionally well with that.â&#x20AC;?

Waboose was first encouraged to pursue art by his Grade 3 teacher, who taught him â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lot of things about native art.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We studied a lot,â&#x20AC;? Waboose said, about the work of famous artists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d stay after school and draw a bunch of portraits like that. I used to paint them too in water paint and pastels once in a while.â&#x20AC;?

Although Waboose stopped creating art â&#x20AC;&#x153;for a while,â&#x20AC;? he took it up again in Grade 9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was better when I got back to it,â&#x20AC;? Waboose said.

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Lac Seul students win Lego contest at Indspire gathering Rick Garrick Wawatay News

A group of Lac Seul elementary school students won the Lego Robotics Mindstorm lesson at Indspireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soaring: Indigenous Youth Career Conference, held Oct. 21 in Thunder Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is kind of exciting for the students,â&#x20AC;? said Mark Kendall, school retention coordinator and school administrator at the Waninitawingaang Memorial School in Kejick Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They did a morning workshop today with Lego and with IBM. They got to play with the robots, they got to build them, they had a fantastic time.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to winning the lesson, students from all three of Lac Seulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elementary schools will also benefit from an upcoming Lego Robotics Mindstorm camp in Lac Seul. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All three schools get to benefit from the award,â&#x20AC;? Kendall said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are going to bring a big (Lego) camp to our community, so we are very excited.â&#x20AC;?

Kendall said the students are â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty proudâ&#x20AC;? of themselves after winning the award.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is such a high energy here and the trade show was a really excellent opportunity to learn about different companies, businesses, trades.â&#x20AC;?

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Lac Seul students Ernestine Tait, Ambrose Maud, Billy Ningewance-Quedent, Deshawn Littledeer, back row, Hannah Sofea, Drew Vincent and Carlos Trout, front, attended the Soaring: Indigenous Youth Career Conference in Thunder Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pretty lucky,â&#x20AC;? Kendall said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of hard to grasp when you win such a big thing like that for your community.â&#x20AC;?

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Ozhibiiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;igewigamig was developed to focus on providing services that are culturally appropriate for clients to meet their employment goals, working with employers to create a diverse workforce reflective of the Kenora area and increasing opportunities for Aboriginal people within the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mainstream economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Besides the basic self services such as job search and resume and cover letters assistance, we are also (able) to do wage subsidies or we are able to meet with employers to develop jobs,â&#x20AC;? Kenny said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a career developer here, so we are able to offer a lot of different services.â&#x20AC;?

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ABORIGINAL GEOSCIENCE LIAISON The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines is looking for a person to work with Aboriginal communities to advocate the use and application of geoscience, develop education and training programs and provide them with information about geoscience and the mineral sector.

Do you possess a strong knowledge of Aboriginal communities and their culture as well as have the ability to build strong relationships? Do you have experience in geoscience or the mineral exploration field? Do you have a knack for working with people and enjoy traveling and working in Northern Ontario? If this sounds like you, then consider this challenging opportunity.

Working for the Ontario Geological Survey's Resident Geologist Program, you will be involved in the delivery of various training, information and education programs in First Nation and Métis communities.

Mandatory You have a valid driver's licence and the ability to travel to remote Aboriginal communities and work irregular hours.

Location: 435 James Street South, Thunder Bay, Ontario Salary range: $1,190.58 – $1,406.47 per week For full details of this job or to apply, please visit www.ontario.ca/careers and enter Job ID 70434 in the Job ID search field by November 26, 2014. Please follow the instructions to submit your application online. Faxes are not being accepted at this time. If you need employment accommodation, please contact us at www.gojobs.gov.on.ca/ContactUs.aspx to provide your contact information. Recruitment Services staff will contact you within 48 hours. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

The Ontario Public Service is an equal opportunity employer. Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code.

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Pictograph site discovered near Poplar Hill airport Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Poplar Hill community members are looking to protect a pictograph site that was discovered about a year or two ago near the Keewaytinook Okimakanak community’s airport.

“I had the opportunity to check that site out and we found a rock painting there,” said Howard Moose, Ontario Works employment worker in Poplar Hill. “And we had a great discussion about the site. They blasted that area (years ago) to get the rocks (for the airport) but we never knew then that there was a rock painting there.”

Moose said he had an “amazing feeling” when he first saw the pictographs.

“It was kind of historic,” Moose said. “It was made in the past by our ancestors.”

Moose said the pictographs remind him of how First Nations people used to live before contact.

“In today’s world, some of our youth don’t want to go out (on the land), it’s too much work,” Moose said. “When there is lots of work, I always think about our ancestors, how they used to travel without all these motors. They used to have to work really hard just to survive, that’s how I remember them every time I go out moose hunting.”

The two pictographs have been identified as a moose and a turtle.

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“I even asked around in the community if they knew about those rock paintings but they didn’t,” Moose said. “So what they were suggesting was to make that area a heritage site for the future generations to have a learning for the school, for the students to check it out for themselves.”

Moose envisions the future construction of a road to the site, which is located about one or two kilometres from the community.

“There is a huge big cliff there, and at the bottom is where the rock painting is,” Moose said. “You have to go by boat or canoe because it’s on the edge of the water.”

Poplar Hill Chief Alice Suggashie recalls going on a rock ledge near the pictographs when she was younger.

“I guess we never really noticed it, but it had been there all that time,” Suggashie said about the pictographs. “That is a site that should be protected because there is always a story FRIDAY November 21

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behind these pictographs.”

Suggashie said the pictograph discovery has been “really interesting” for community members.

“What is the story behind it,” Suggashie asked.

Windigo and Thunderbird pictographs from the Deer Lake area were recently featured at the 5th Annual Aboriginal Science Fair, held this past April at Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Although pictographs can be found throughout Canada and the United States, the area around Deer Lake and Poplar Hill — Ecoregion S3 — in combination with Woodland Caribou Provincial Park contains the largest concentration of pictograph images in North America according to a Wildlands League report: Within the Lac Seul Upland: a geographical portrait of Ecoregion 3S. Pictographs were made by applying red ochre to rock walls.

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