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Beardy back

Wearing their support

NAN leader to serve fourth term Rick Garrick

Wawatay News

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Stan Beardy says it’s time to get aggressive.

“We need to be more aggressive as First Nation leaders,” Beardy said. “We need to continue to have the door open for governments to work with us in a meaningful way.”

The Muskrat Dam member wants to develop a more aggressive approach to deal with governments on land and resource issues while still maintaining an open dialogue.

Beardy was re-elected to his fourth consecutive term as grand chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Aug. 12 at the annual Keewaywin Chiefs Conference in Chapleau Cree First Nation.

“It’s very emotional for me,” Beardy said, after the second ballot, where he received 26 votes. His only opponent on the second ballot, fellow Muskrat Dam community member Alvin Fiddler, received 20 votes. “When I came here, I told my wife to come along.

I told her, whatever happens, that is what I will accept.”

Twenty-three votes were needed to be elected grand chief.

“This is the fourth time you have elected me on as your leader. We have many young leaders that are highly educated. We have many leaders with much experience. We have a lot of talent to choose from,” Beardy said.

“I will work (for) and treat everybody equal. I will work hard for all the First Nations. I will be there when you need me. I will continue to do my best and uphold the office of the grand chief.”

Beardy said his first priority will be to ensure NAN communities are prepared for a possible H1N1 outbreak later this year.

“I have to make sure every available help is available to my First Nations if there is an outbreak of H1N1,” he said.

“I have to make sure our communities are prepared.”

Another priority for Beardy is youth issues. He wants to focus on economic development to provide jobs for the young people “so they will be able to put bread on the table,” and he wants to address the education needs of the communities.

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Scott Jacob supporters donned Vote Scott Jacob T-shirts Aug. 12 during the 2009 Nishnawbe Aski Nation Keewaywin Conference voting process for the three deputy grand chief positions. While he failed to get elected, Jacob had a huge following. Les Louttit, Mike Metatawabin and incumbent Terry Waboose filled the posts.

ᐊᒥ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐊᐧ ᒋᓇᓴᐱ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐯᕑᑎ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐢᑕᐣ ᐯᕑᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᒋᒋᓭ ᐊᔕ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭ ᔕᑫᐧᓂᒧᓇᓄᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ. ᐅᒋᒋᓭ ᐊᔕ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭ ᔕᑫᐧᓂᒧᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᔭᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᔭᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᕑᑎ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᑕᐃᐧᓇᒪᐊᐧᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓇᐠ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑎᔭᐠ. ᐊᐧᒐᐡᑯᓂᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫ ᐅᐃᐧᑲᑫᐧ ᐅᓇᑐᐣ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᔑ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐱᒥᔭᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐃᐧᓇᓇᒋᑭᒪᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᒋ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧᔭᓂᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᒪᓂᔓᓂᔭᐊᐧᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᒋᐃᔑᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑕᐃᐧᐡᑲᒪᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐱᒥ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐃᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐊᐧ ᐯᕑᑎ ᐁᑭᑭᐁᐧ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᒋᑭᒋ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑎᐯᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐸᐅᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 12 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᔕᑊᓫᐅ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᒧᔑᐦᐅᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᑭᓇᑭᐡᑲᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᕑᑎ, ᐊᐱ ᓂᔕᐧ ᐁᔭᓂ ᓇᓴᐱ ᐱᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ 26

ᐱᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐣ. ᐯᔑᐠ ᐁᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓀᐦᐅᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᐅᒋᒪᐨ ᐊᐧᒐᐡᑯᓂᒥᐠ ᐊᓫᐱᐣ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ, 20 ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐣ. ᐊᐱ ᑲᐱᔕᔭᐣ ᐅᒪ, ᐣᑭᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪ ᓂᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᑲᐣ ᒋᐱᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᔑᐨ. ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐠ, ᑫᐃᓯᓭᑫᐧᐣ ᐃᑯ, ᒥᐱᑯᐦᐃ ᑫᐃᓯᓭᐠ, ᒥᑕᐡ ᐃᑯ ᑫᐃᔑᐅᑕᐱᓇᒪᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ 23 ᐱᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᒋᑌᐱᓇᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒋᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐨ. ᐊᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐊᐧ ᐁᑭᓇᓴᐱ ᐅᑕᐱᓂᔑᔦᐠ ᒋᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᐃᐧᓇᑯᐠ. ᑭᑕᐊᐧᔭᒥᐣ ᐁᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᒋ ᑭᑫᑕᓱᐊᐧᐨ. ᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐁᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐃᐧᓂ. ᒥᔑᓇᑐᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑭᑫᑕᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᑭᐅᑎᓂᑫᔭᑭᐸᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᕑᑎ. ᐣᑲᔭᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫ ᒥᓇ ᑕᐱᑕ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᐣᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒪ. ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐣᑲᔭᓄᑭᑕᒪᐊᐧᐠ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐠ. ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᑫᐊᔭᔭᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᒥᔑᔭᐣ. ᒥᐱᑯ ᑲᔦ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐁᐦᑯᑲᐡᑭᑐᔭᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒥᑐᔭᐣ ᐣᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐃᐧᔭᐣ. ᐯᕑᑎ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑫᔭᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᔭᓂ ᑲᐧᔭᒋᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᒋᐊᐦᔓᓱᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᔭᑯᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐱᑕᑯᔑᓄᒪᑲᐠ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑯᑯᔑᔭᑯᓯᐃᐧᐣ

ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ. ᓂᐃᐧᑲᑫᐃᓯᓭᑐᐣ ᑫᒋᓇ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐣ ᐣᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐱᑎᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᑭᒋᔭᑯᓯᐃᐧᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ, ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᑲᑫᐧ ᑲᐧᔭᒋᐦᐊᑲᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᐱᑭᔕᔭᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᓂ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᔭᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᐯᕑᑎ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐃᐧ ᐃᓯᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐅᐃᐧᓇᓇᑲᑕᐊᐧᐸᑕᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᓄᑭᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ, ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᔓᓂᔭᑫᑕᒪᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐃᐡᑯᓄ ᑫᑯᓂ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᓄᑌᓭᓂᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᔭᑭᐣ. ᑕᔭᓂᒪᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᐡ ᓇᐱᐨ ᐁᑭᑎᒪᑭᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᔓᓂᔭᑫᑕᒪᓱᔭᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᕑᑎ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᐧ ᐣᑐᑭᒪᑲᓂᒪᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᑌᕑᐃ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᐁᐧ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᑲᓄ ᑭᒋᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᔑᔑᐃᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐅᐡᑭ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᔑᔑᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᔾᐠ ᒥᑕᑕᐊᐧᐱᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓫᐁᐢ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ. ᑕᐸᓭᓂᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐣᑎᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑎᐢ ᐅᒪ ᑲᐅᒋᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᐃᐧᓇᑯᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ, ᐊᐱ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐱᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ 31

ᐱᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐣ. ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᓱᔭᑭ ᐊᓂᓂᑲᐣ ᑕᔭᓂ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᔑᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᔭᓂᒪᑭᐣ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᒥᔑᐣ ᑕᐃᐧᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᑫᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᑲᒋᑎᓇᒪᑭᐸᐣ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐃᔑᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᔭᐠ, ᐊᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑫᑭᔭᓄᒋ ᒥᓇᐧᔑᑐᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᐱᒧᓂᑎᓱᔭᐠ. ᒥᑕᑕᐊᐧᐱᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫ ᐊᐱ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᐱᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ 24 ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ 24 ᐱᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᒋᑌᐱᓇᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᑲᓄᐨ. ᐣᑕᔕᐊᐧᐸᑕᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᓇᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᔑᔑᐃᐧᔭᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᑕᑕᐊᐧᐱᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᐊᔕᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ ᒥᓇ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ. ᐣᑕᔕᐧᐸᑕᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐃᔑᓂᓱᔭᑭ ᓂᑲᐣ, ᐣᑭᑫᑕᓇᐣ ᐁᐱᒋᔭᓂᒥᓇᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᓂᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᓇᐣ. ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᐃᐧᐣ 23 ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐣ ᐊᐱ ᓂᐦᓴᐧ ᑲᔭᓂᐱᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᓂᐠ, ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐃᔑᑌᐱᓇᑭᐣ ᒋᐅᓇᑭᒥᐨ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᑭᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᔑᔑᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ. ᐣᑲᐃᓯᓭᑐᐣ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᒥᓴᐁᐧᑕᒣᐠ ᒋᔭᓄᑲᑕᒪᑯᔦᐠ ᒋᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐣᑐᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᒥᓀᐧᑕᒧᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᐧ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᓴᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᐧ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᐸᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐨ.

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Wawatay News

AUGUST 20, 2009

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

NAN youth rally against Far North Act Chris Kornacki Wawatay News

A small group of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) youth rallied at Queen’s Park in Toronto Aug. 6 to send a message to the McGuinty government that they are wrong to pass Bill 191-The Far North Act. The group, along with NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy, also presented the Standing Committee on General Government a petition reinforcing their opposition to Bill 191.

“Nishnawbe Aski Chiefs have condemned Bill 191 and have instructed me and my staff to take all steps necessary to stop the bill from becoming law,” Beardy said in a speech he gave before the Standing Committee.

“It is not an exaggeration to say we are the North. To this day only First Nations people live there… you don’t live in this land that you are trying to govern, neither do the civil servants of the Ontario government. Yet for some reason you feel compelled to govern us from afar. We cannot accept this. The North is our homeland,” Beardy said.

After Beardy made his speech to the Standing Committee he was joined by NAN First Nations youth who traveled to Toronto to Queen’s Park for a rally opposing Bill 191.

“I came to Toronto because I want NAN First Nations to be as it is,” said Correen Kakegamic, a young band member from Sandy Lake First Nation.

“It’s important that this bill (Bill 191) doesn’t pass because it will affect my future and the future of my children because we’ll lose touch of our culture. If this bill passes it will be like we’re living in a park.”

Shane Turtle, a band mem-

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay News

A demonstration was held at Queen’s Park in Toronto Aug. 6 to protest against the passing of Bill 191: the Far North Act. Band members from various NAN communities travelled to Toronto to rally in front of the Ontario Parliament buildings. ber from Deer Lake First Nation said: “Bill 191 needs to be taken out because it affects our future generations and our homeland.

If you really think about it and it (Bill 191) did pass, it would be disturbing for First Nations people. I came here because I would do anything for our culture and do anything to save our land.”

NAN is opposing Bill 191 – The Far North Act for a number

of reasons. NAN says it will split NAN First Nations between the North and South and will give control to the province on land use planning processes.

The legislation will also set aside a protected area of 225,000 square kilometers in the Far North, which NAN says is inconsistent with the treaties and the long-term economic development prospects of NAN. Lastly, NAN says Bill 191 will

violate the Aboriginal Treaty rights of all NAN First Nations, including the inherent right of self-government.

“We’re not against resource development. We’re not against saving the planet. It just cannot be at our expense,” said Beardy in a speech he made to the public in Queen’s Park. “We’re just asking the Premier to work with us and to develop a plan and a process that is acceptable to our

people.”

The Standing Committee on General Government held five hearings on Bill 191 in Toronto, Sioux Lookout, Timmins, Chapleau and Thunder Bay from Aug. 6-13.

Before Bill 191 passes into legislation it will go to a third reading.

At this stage debate on the bill is more restricted than in previous readings (like the

Standing Committee) and no amendments to the bill’s text is allowed. The bill is then presented to the Lieutenant Governor for royal assent and if passed the bill becomes law.

NAN says if Bill 191 is not withdrawn then NAN First Nations will not recognize the legislation and will move to exercise full and exclusive jurisdiction over their traditional territory.

Mamow Obiki-Ahwahsoowin “Help care for our children, Help care for our future.” ᒪᒪᐤ ᐅᐱᑭᐦᐊᐊᐧᓱᐃᐧᐣ

“ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᔑᓇᑦ ᑲᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒪᔭᑲᐧ ᑭᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᓇᓂᐠ, ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᔑᓇᑦ ᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᑭᓂᑲᓂᒥᓇᐣ” Tikinagan Child & Family Services has a great need for foster homes. We are looking for dedicated people who are able to provide a home and meet the needs of a child in care. There are a number of different types of Foster Homes, which can be specic to meet a child’s needs.

ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᓂᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᒪᒥᐣ ᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒪᐊᐧᓱᑕᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑎᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᓂᓇᓇᑐᓇᐊᐧᒥᐣ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑫᑲᐡᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒪᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᑎᒪᑭᓭᓂᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐣ. ᒥᔑᓇᐧᔦᐠ ᐃᔑᐸᐸᑲᓂᓭᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒪᐊᐧᓱᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᓄᑌᓭᐊᐧᐨ.

Specialized Foster Homes: For children that would require more care and attention.

ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᑕᔑᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ: ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᐁᔑᔭᓯᑕᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐊᔭᑲᐧᒥ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ.

Regular Foster Homes: Short or Long term placements for children.

ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑕᔑᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒪᐊᐧᓱᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ: ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᐁᔑᔭᓯᑕᐧ ᐊᒋᓇ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑭᓇᐧᑲᐡ ᑲᐱᒥ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ.

Emergency Foster Homes: For children on an emergency basis.

ᑲᑲᐧᔭᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐱᔑᐱᑎᑲᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ: ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᐁᔑᔭᓯᑕᐧ ᑲᑫᐧᓇᐃᐧᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐸᐸᔑᓭᐊᐧᐨ.

Tikinagan Child & Family Services is committed to keeping our Children within our Communities, but we need your help in order to make this happen.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᒪ ᑎᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᐃᔑᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᓱᒪᑲᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᓂᐠ ᐃᑯ ᒋᑕᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑭᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᓇᓂᐠ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᐃᑕᐡ ᑭᐸᑯᓭᓂᒥᑯ ᑫᑭᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᔑᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᑲᐡᑭᑐᔭᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ.

Please contact us today if you are interested or need more information regarding how you can be a part of helping a child.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐱᑲᓄᓂᔑᓇᑦ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᒪᒥᑐᓀᑕᒪᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᒪᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᑐᑕᒪᐸᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᐡ.

VALUES: Respect Trust Honesty Language Elders

ᑲᑭᒋᓀᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ: ᑭᑌᓂᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐯᓂᒧᐣᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑌᐯᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᔑᑭᔐᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐠ

Culture Customary Care Accountability Spirituality

“It is a shared responsibility of a community to raise a child”

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᑲᐠ ᐅᐱᑭᐦᐊᐊᐧᓱᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᒐᑯᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ

“ᑲᑭᓇ ᑭᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐣ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᓂᐠ ᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒪᔭᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᐡ” Tikinagan Child and Family Services ᑎᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᐡ ᒥᓇ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ Residential Services P.O. Box 627 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B1

Telephone: Toll Free: Fax:

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Elders living in shed after sewage evacuation July 11 incident in Attawapiskat has forced dozens of people to leave their homes during repairs Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Two Attawapiskat Elders have been forced out of their home after it was contaminated with sewage July 11 after a failure in the community’s primary sewage lift station.

“They are living in the shed,” said Roseline Koostachin, the daughter of Alex and Suzanne Kataquapit. “There are a couple of beds in there. They have no water. My mom does (their) laundry outside.”

Koostachin said her parents, who are both in their late 70s, do a lot of praying over the situation they find themselves in.

“When we go visit them, there is no room to sit,” Koostachin said. “We just stand around.”

Koostachin said the basement of the home was still flooded with sewage when she arrived a couple of hours after the lift station failure.

“It looked yellow,” Koostachin said. “I thought it was just regular water, but it smelled. There was this awful stink.”

Koostachin said her parents lived in the contaminated home for about two weeks but left after her mother began suffering headaches.

“My father is getting stressed out for sure,” Koostachin said.

“When he was staying there for two weeks, he was worried. He couldn’t sleep, he was worried about my mom.”

“It is shameful that our community members have no other way to have their voices heard than to stand along a highway.”

– Theresa Hall

Koostachin said contractors from outside the community have already removed the interior walls of the basement, but the work has since stopped.

To highlight the crisis in the community stemming from the contamination of eight homes, Attawapiskat held a highway protest Aug. 11 at the junction of Hwys. 101 and 129 near Chapleau Cree First Nation. The protest was attended by chiefs and delegates from the 2009 Nishnawbe Aski Nation Keewaywin Conference, including National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo and Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse.

“It is shameful that our community members have no other way to have their voices heard than to stand along a highway, but the federal and provincial governments have turned a deaf ear to us in our time of need,” said Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Hall.

The community currently does not know when the 90 homeless community members who were evacuated July 25 to Cochrane at the community’s own expense will return home.

“There is much work to be

Roseline Koostachin/Special to Wawatay News

LEFT: The basement of Alex and Suzanne Kataquapit’s home was flooded July 11 due to a failure in a primary sewage lift station. The two 70-plus-year-old Elders are now living in a shed behind their home. Community members protested Aug. 11 at the junction of Hwys. 101 and 129 near Chapleau and Aug. 14 in Timmins, and other protests are planned for Toronto and Ottawa.

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

TOP: Revenue Sharing is Justice, according to protesters at the Aug. 11 Attawapiskat highway protest at the junction of Highways 101 and 129. done in the community before the people return home,” said Attawapiskat Deputy Chief Theresa Spence.

“Our staff are working hard to ensure that the homes are safe and that appropriate temporary accommodations are available soon.”

The community issued a press release stating the Department of Indian Affairs and Emergency Measures Ontario did not consider the sewage contamina-

tion as being an emergency and have not offered any support for the evacuation of the community members.

Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit has asked both levels of government and De Beers Canada to work with the community to address its problems.

“A people can only take so much,” Louttit said. “Why is it that we have to resort to some form of civil disobedience to have our voice heard?”

Attawapiskat continued its protests Aug. 14 when it marched to the De Beers Canada office in Timmins where Hall said the community needs new homes.

“We need those houses, not just repaired, we need brand new houses and we feel De Beers is going to assist us there,” Hall said.

De Beers Canada indicated it would help the community with their needs.

“I’m pleased to say that we will be sending you a cheque for $5,000 to help with some of the day-to-day essentials for the children and the people who were evacuated to Cochrane,” said Jonathon Fowler, vice president of Aboriginal affairs and sustainable development for De Beers Canada.

“In addition, we are looking very carefully and very hard at how we will be able to assist you with addressing some of

the issues you have with your sewage and water systems and trying to see where we can positively help you in getting housing and with finding ways to try and facilitate getting your new school as soon as possible.”

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada did not comment on the Attawapiskat highway protest or the lack of an emergency call.

Attawapiskat also held a series of protests in Toronto and Ottawa Aug. 18-20.

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MEDIA DIRECTOR Brent Wesley EDITOR James Thom

Commentary

Living in Third World conditions Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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irst Nations are in the midst of a housing crisis and there are many homes on reservations all over the country that are overcrowded.

Few people have their own rooms to themselves. In extreme situations, some people even share storage spaces, living rooms or hallways.

There is no sense of privacy.

No one has a room to themselves for any length of time to have a private moment of solitude. Every day is a confusing, chaotic flurry of activity, emergencies and excitement due to the number of people confined to living in one space. Everyone has their own schedule of work, play, school and friends and that keeps the home environment turned upside down.

If privacy were the only thing that was lost due to overcrowding, then the problem would not be so bad. However, allowing far too many people to live in one space is a scenario for so many disasters. A home that is designed for six or seven people at most, suffers from major wear and tear when it is overcrowded with twice or three times as many householders.

When an emergency occurs in the family, then the entire household is affected. If a house catches fire, then a whole group of people are affected by the loss of their home. If a house becomes unhealthy with mold or deterioration, one or more families living under one roof are left to find alternatives for housing and there just aren’t any other buildings to move to.

My home community of Attawapiskat has had more than its share of crisis involving everything from a contaminated school, unsafe drinking water, a housing crisis and most recently a sewage backup that flooded many homes. Sewer mains in a newer section of the community backed up and the basements of many homes were filled with raw sewage. The situation was compounded by the fact that these large homes built 20 years ago with modern water and sewer utilities were constructed with actual basements to house lower level bedrooms.

Other homes in the community have crawl spaces and no basements. When the sewage backed up it mostly affected the homes with the basements where people were actively living. Many people had to be evacuated in this emergency situation to Cochrane due to the fact that there are no large and

long term shelters available in the community. Although the federal government dealt with the sewage problem in terms of finding a solution for the backup there were no funds appointed for taking care of the people affected in the mean time. To make matters worse the government has not moved forward with providing new housing for Attawapiskat. It is inevitable that such crisis will occur again until more decent homes are built so that people can live a normal life.

There seems to be a double standard in this country when it comes to dealing with issues of basic health and the standard of living. Most Canadians believe that it is a right to have acceptable living standards and if that is not the case, then the government hears about it and works towards correcting any deficiency. However, the same can not be said for Native people.

We want to have the same standard of living and health as the rest of the Canada and there are many individuals, organizations and First Nation political figures who are vocal about the issue of adequate housing and the need for more homes. Unfortunately, the plea never seems to be heard when it comes to the people of Attawapiskat.

At this point in time, it feels like it is normal and acceptable for the majority of Canadians to enjoy a healthy standard of living while First Nation suffer from unsuitable and unhealthy overcrowded homes.

If it occurred in any other part of the country that was not Native I am sure there would be an outcry by media, politicians and the public at large.

Thanks to Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Hall and her council, Muskegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit and his Council, Gilles Bisson MPP and Charlie Angus MP, the plight of my people has been brought to the national stage and kept in the limelight. I believe only public pressure will provide solutions for Attawapiskat and other James Bay coastal communities.

I am hopeful that Native and non-Native government can work together to find an answer to this problem. Our country is capable of sending technology and people into space, waging a war overseas and managing a nation of millions of citizens so it only makes sense that we can find a solution to the third world conditions in Attawapiskat and other First Nation communities.

I am sick and tired of hearing stories about young people committing suicide, Elders living in squalor with less than adequate access to health care and my people having to beg for those things that southern communities take for granted. It’s time to move on these issues.

Wawatay News archive photo

A group of women chat during a men’s softball tournament in Sachigo Lake in 1993.

Klimt, the kiss and ways of seeing Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

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n the distance, across the span of lake, clouds form above the water. Here in the mountains the division between rock and sky exists more as suggestion than hard delineation and clouds on the water have become as familiar as birds. Standing on the rock that anchors the boat landing you almost feel like a cloud yourself, floating over it all, free, wispy inside.

You tell yourself that you know the skin of this lake like your lover’s skin; a known territory, inhabited, rich and redolent with secrets. So you close your eyes and breathe it into you, the fecund promise of it thrust upward from the reeds and algae, life hard against your senses.

When you open them again there are birds sudden as a thought. They emerge from the reeds quietly, tiny skimming vessels, everywhere swimming.

Two pair of geese with eleven goslings between them, grebes and mallards and perched impossibly on tips that should not hold their weight, red winged blackbirds like commas punctuating the stillness with their song.

It always amazes you how hard it is to learn to see things as they are, the secrets, as your people say, hidden in every

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leaf and rock. Even things as familiar as this waterside have mysteries you need discipline to learn to see.

When I was twenty-one I craved vision. It was 1976 and in the southern city where I lived the charcoal dimness of winter trapped me. Life was a drab slog of warehouse work and a small room above an alley with yellowed peeling walls and a radio for company.

I was lonely and the slush of winter permeated me and everywhere was chill.

In the library one day I stumbled on a large oversized book left strewn open on the carrel where I often sat. My books were books of words and this one held photographic plates of paintings. At first I shoved it aside to make room for the handful of books I’d brought to study that day, Rimbaud’s poetry, a play by Eugene O’Neill, essays by Susan Sontag and the biography of Willie Mays.

But it held me. There was color there and it felt like a great wash of warmth against the grim working class tiredness I carried. It was huge and heavy and when I opened it, it felt like a great door thrown open on a new and exciting world. Color. Hues and tones of it I had never known before, combinations and textures that compelled the eye and I was snared in it.

It was a book about an artist named Gustav Klimt. He was a rebel and in the world of the late 1800s he was criticized for his work. I couldn’t see why.

Page after page presented a

vision that was startling in its genius and I found myself awed by his ability to see feeling in common things, to paint them, leave them there like messages to us all.

Then I found The Kiss. It was painted around 1907 and he’d used gold in it like he had with a number of other works around that same time.

There was a man and a woman wrapped in gold sheath with shapes and suggestions of detail that gave a two dimensional quality to it. He’d used the paint to create an ancient feel, Byzantine, hieroglyphic almost. It was stunning and even though it was just a photograph of a painting, it drew me in nonetheless.

Maybe it was the loneliness I lived in then, or maybe it was the longing I carried for the warmth of arms or even the quiet desperation born of hanging on from pay check to pay check in a small room in a gray world, but The Kiss captivated me. You couldn’t see the man’s face, only the back of his head and there was only a partial view of the woman’s but the suggestion of deep and soaring passion was powerfully rendered.

The art in the homes I’d grown up with was the functional domestic art of the late 60s and if there were paintings at all they were amateur oils of landscapes, dull in their tight representational accuracy. But this was a world I had never seen, never imagined and I sunk myself into it, luxuriated in the blunt fervor of vision poured outward onto canvas.

Finding Klimt led me to the art galleries of the city.

I’d passed them by but had always been too embarrassed by my poverty and lack of acumen to venture in. Now, armed with an elemental way of seeing and the consumption of a few dozen art books, I felt confident about visiting.

What I found was a spectacular world, a parallel dimension to my own.

I found the expressionism of Wassily Kandinsky, the impressionism of Mary Cassat, pointillism by Paul Seurat and the pop art of Roy Lichtenstein. All of them led me to seeing the world in wild, unexpected and triumphant ways. I bought art posters I couldn’t afford and changed the dull walls of my room into a pastiche of jubilation. Winter melted into spring and everything was brighter somehow.

Later, when I discovered the art of my people, those vibrant works allowed me to inhabit it more fully, to glean meaning and intent from brush stroke, form and perspective, to find the expression of myself in it, to make it my own. There was no translation necessary then.

I’d learned the lingo from the masters.

I learned how easily we come to take things for granted, how susceptible we are to the protection of the expected, the known, the predictable, the boringly normal.

I learned how seeing, this tremendous gift that brings us the world, can become limited, tired, uninventive and drained by lack of use.

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CONTRIBUTORS Lynn Harper-Cheechoo Xavier Kataquapit Gord Keesic Joseph Shebagegit Richard Wagamese

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LETTERS Far North community member questions Bill 191, whether it was designed with good intentions Dear editor, I’ve read a few news articles recently about Bill 191, The Far North Act and I just read a quote by Stan Beardy in the Timmins Daily Press where he said “We’re not against saving the planet, but it cannot be at our expense.”

Hmmm, two things.

First to Mr. Beardy: you are right. The rest of the world doesn’t turn down any opportunity to make money first over saving the planet and unfortunately most of them are so greedy they do not play by the rules and will often sacrifice human health to gain their riches.

I just hope that any organization representing constituents on traditional Native lands keeps their word in protecting the health of the people and the land first, over money and power.

Second. The rest of the world doesn’t turn down any opportunity to make money first over saving the planet, including our own government. Now if everyone has been doing even a smidgen of homework, they would see that the Harper government, who has big concerns over the Alberta Oil Sands have a major bone to pick with Obama’s office about his ‘crazy’ Climate Change Bill.

An excerpt from The Canadian Press: “Imposing tariffs on imports from countries that allow greater greenhouse gas emissions than the United States will jeopardize trade and prosperity, Canada’s environment minister warned”.

Does this sound like a government who is interested in preserving a large part of Ontario for ecological reasons when there is money to be made?

Albeit we do not have many oil/tar Sands here in the Far North, but we do have Ontario’s first and Canada’s second diamond mine within the territory along with a vast amount of untapped resources that are ripe for the picking, especially if they are designated for that purpose through legislation.

I have to seriously question the intention behind Bill 191 having read through the actual Bill. It’s been on my mind since the MNR and MNDM paid a visit to the community a few months back. On the surface the presentation and background/foreground information seems to be relatively harmless, even pro-environmental but when you dig somewhat deeper, it all seems to be a smoke and mirror act.

Now I’m not saying that all of what is being proposed and currently worked on is such a

bad thing, but as they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I believe the government has done an excellent job, up until now, by promoting this Act/Bill as pro-environmental but what they failed to realized is that this is not the era of the Treaties.

Some people will do their homework and thankfully now, NAN seems to be pulling up their socks about it.

The Bill itself seems to cover the utilization of our natural resources here in the Far North, but makes very little and sketchy mention of the people in the Far North. How many people to be exact?

Well according to the backgrounder released June 2, it is 24,000 people residing in 36 communities, where only 2 are municipalities.

In all the information that is

provided about this Act, they have saved the part about economic development last and downplayed it.

Hence the smoke and mirrors.

Realistically it takes a lot of effort on the part of First Nation communities to get to the point where they are benefiting from the use of natural resources to their advantage, and is fairly non-existent in the Far North.

Just look at the DeBeers mine and ask yourself how much of Attawapiskat or other First Nation communities surrounding it have invested in it? Nothing. So what are they getting from it?

Peanuts, complimentary peanuts. Why? Because of the way our First Nations are set up. There is little or no support in investing in natural resource development to elevate our economy, but rather to only

receive compensation from other outside investors as nothing more than a courtesy.

Then all the big money gets reinvested back in the company and the governments and we are left with a big fat hole in the ground, or contaminated food and soil and water. Sounds about right?

The reality of it is, should this Bill pass and we lose any kind of say over our traditional lands within the Far North then the government has been given the green light to use our lands for southern wealth and prosperity while we sit idly by and wait for our peanuts, and probably not enough peanuts to feed 24,000 people in 36 communities. Can you say Treaty?

Sincerely, Catherine Gull Far North Community of Peawanuck

Webequie has top Junior Canadian Rangers Peter Moon Special to Wawatay News

The 40 Junior Canadian Rangers in Webequie have been named winners of the annual competition for the best Junior Ranger patrol in northern Ontario.

“I was not expecting we would be the best Junior Canadian Ranger patrol,” said Master Corp. Stanley Jacob after the winning patrol was named at Camp Loon, the annual advanced training camp for Junior Canadian Rangers from across northern Ontario. “It was a good moment, a very good moment and a very good surprise.”

Jacob is the Canadian Ranger who runs the patrol. He was personally honoured with the award of a commendation from the general commanding the army in Ontario for his leadership role with the Junior Rangers.

“He’s an outstanding individual and that, I think, is why his patrol was named the best in the province and he received his commendation, which is a prestigious award in the Canadian Forces,” said Capt. Mark Rittwage, deputy commanding officer of the Canadian Rangers in northern Ontario.

The winning patrol is selected on the basis of its leadership, membership numbers, activities and community support. There are Junior Ranger patrols with a total of 600 members in 15 communities across northern Ontario.

“Since Charlie’s taken over they run regular meetings in the community, they go out on the land, and it’s his decision to take them hunting and trapping and to talk about the history and traditions of his people,” Rittwage said.

“A lot of Junior Rangers are involved with the Webequie drum group.”

Jacob said the Junior Rangers meet three times a week for

Sgt. Peter Moon, Canadian Rangers/Wawatay News

Master Corporal Charlie Jacob of Webequie, centre, is presented with an area commander’s commendation, a prestigious military award, by Brig.-Gen. Jean Collin, right, commander of the army in Ontario. At left is Chief Warrant Officer Gino Moretti. a range of activities.

“We have the support of the chief and council,” he said.

“Right now I’m focussing on getting more parents out to help, in

addition to the ones who have been helping us.”

Webequie has had a problem with youth suicides in the past, he said, largely due to a

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lack of self-esteem. “The Junior Canadian Rangers, I think, are helping to deal with the problem and reduce the number of deaths.

“I like to work with the kids.

We do a lot of activities. This award will help a lot.”

He said four Canadian Rangers deserve credit for their help

with the Webequie patrol’s success. They are Rangers Bill Jacob, Gilbert Jacob, Corey Neshinapaise and Deliliah Suganaqueb.

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aby boomers are redefining retirement.

Even when baby boomers reach the golden age of 65, they may not necessarily pack up their desk and enjoy a quiet retirement lifestyle like their parents did.

If you’re part of this influential group that is redefining retirement, you’ll also need to redefine how you plan for this new chapter of your life.

Characteristically, baby boomers have enjoyed higher standards of living than their parents. In addition, healthier lifestyles and medical advances are leading to longer life expectancies.

All these factors indicate that this generation will be looking to enjoy higher standards of retirement as well. Achieving this involves careful planning so that your savings are able to provide adequate income for you to enjoy the rest of your life on your terms.

Times have changed – and so has the retirement age. Unlike their parents, baby boomers may not necessarily be working towards the goal of retirement.

Many individuals have found fulfilling careers they want to continue developing past the age of 65.

Some are even planning on starting a second career after “retirement.”

Retiring later may mean you may be able to wait longer before transitioning to strategies that protect your nest egg.

On the other hand, if your dream is pursuing a new passion or to start a small business after you “retire,” you may need to save additional funds in order to avoid financial stress.

Characteristically, baby boomers have enjoyed higher standards of living than their parents.

Living longer ultimately means very little without your health. With longer life expectancies and medical advances that allow people to recover from serious illnesses, you also need to think about building health-care costs into your retirement savings plan.

By planning for these expenses, such as in-home care and specialized treatments, ahead of time by purchasing critical illness, disability and long-term care insurance, you and your family will be able to

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focus on your health, and not the impact recovery has on your savings.

For a lot of boomers, writing a cheque to save taxes just isn’t enough. Many have special causes that they are passionate about.

If charitable giving through time or funds is in your retirement plans, you and your advisor can evaluate how you can balance both your retirement lifestyle and charitable giving at the same time. With sophisticated tax strategies, you may even be able to make more significant contributions to your cause.

Instead of focusing solely on their own needs, baby boomers place a great deal of emphasis on leaving a legacy and helping family members reach their goals.

Through efficient tax and estate plan strategies, boomers are able to fulfill their own retirement objectives while making sure they can still leave a legacy to care for their families.

While you’ve been saving for your retirement, you’ve experienced the ups and downs of the markets and seen generous and all-time low interest rates.

After you stop working, the markets and interest rates will continue to change.

With the many different demands on your retirement income, planning ahead and planning with smart strategies is important in order for you to achieve your objectives and still be prepared for economic swings.

Gord Keesic is a Lac Seul Band Member and an Investment Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities Inc in Thunder Bay. Member CIPF. This article is for information purposes only.

Please consult with a professional advisor before taking any action based on information in this article.

Notification Notice of Aerial Spraying Armstrong Forest As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands in the Armstrong Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about September 1, 2009.

The herbicide Vision Max, registration number 27736 under the Pest Control Products Act will be used.

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More information about these aerial herbicide projects, including specific locations and maps, is available for viewing during normal business hours at the offices of the GreenForest Management Inc. and the Ministry of Natural Resources as shown below.

Ministry of Natural Resources Contact Bertha Strickland, R.P.F. Ministry of Natural Resources Thunder Bay District Office 435 S. James Street, Suite B001 Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6S8 Tel: 807-475-1147

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KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIGHT THE H1N1 FLU VIRUS

SAVEZ-VOUS QUOI FAIRE CONTRE LE VIRUS H1N1?

The H1N1 flu virus is a respiratory illness that causes symptoms similar to those of the seasonal flu (fever and cough, runny nose, sore throat, body aches, fatigue and lack of appetite).

Le virus H1N1 est une maladie respiratoire qui se manifeste par des symptômes semblables à ceux de la grippe saisonnière (fièvre et toux, nez qui coule, maux de gorge, douleurs musculaires, fatigue et manque d’appétit).

All strains of flu can be dangerous; however, good infection prevention measures can help protect you and others if this virus begins to spread rapidly in Canada.

Toutes les souches de la grippe peuvent être dangereuses.

Cependant, de bonnes pratiques hygiéniques appliquées quotidiennement vous permettront de vous protéger si le virus se propage rapidement au Canada.

Wash your hands often and thoroughly—

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C ough and sneeze in your sleeve, not

T oussez ou éternuez dans votre bras plutôt que dans

for at least 20 seconds—in warm, soapy water or use hand sanitizer. your hand.

au savon et à l’eau chaude — au moins 20 secondes — ou utilisez un gel antiseptique pour les mains. votre main.

K eep common surfaces and items clean

N ettoyez et désinfectez les surfaces et les articles que

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NAN college student builds homes in Mexico Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Harvey John Yesno recently built homes for the needy in Mexico.

“They are very hospitable people,” Yesno said, describing the people in Tijuana, Mexico, where he, his brother Adam and a group of 25 other church volunteers helped build about 15 homes over six days in late June and early July. “A lot of time I felt like I was on the reserve in the city of Tijuana. We were on the edge of Tijuana – the slum area.”

Yesno said the group of volunteers were from two Minnesota churches, Mt. Rose Community Church and Oak Haven Church, and they split up into three groups of nine to build the homes in different parts of Tijuana.

“These homes were 12 by 12 (about 3.66 metres by 3.66 metres), just boxes with a door and a window,” Yesno said, explaining the homes were usually built on top of a concrete pad for families of about four – two parents and two children.

“It didn’t take long, maybe three hours of work. We spent most of our time talking with the families.”

Yesno said they built homes for lower income families who recently purchased a 20 foot by 20 foot (6.1 metre by 6.1 metre) lot from the government.

“They had three months to build a home on that lot or the

submitted photo

Harvey John Yesno, second from right, was among a group of 25 church volunteers who recently returned from Mexico on an outreach program.

Yesno and the rest of the group helped build homes in Tijuana. government would take it back,” Yesno said. “Most of the families were grateful they would have a building on their property.”

The families usually fed the volunteers huge meals of chicken and vegetables.

“We had really spicy dishes

Former Sachigo Lake chief dies suddenly Steve Feeney Wawatay News

Joshua Hudson, Sachigo Lake First Nation community member, passed away suddenly in Chapleau, Ont. while attending the 27th NAN Keewaywin Conference Aug. 13. He was 60 years old.

He had a wife, two stepdaughters and four stepsons.

A memorial service for Hud-

son took place at the New Life Assembly Church in Sioux Lookout Aug.17.

The body of Hudson arrived in Sachigo Lake Aug. 17.

Funeral services were Aug. 19 at the Sachigo Lake Pentecostal Church.

Hudson is a former chief of the community and was involved in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Oski Machiitawin process.

each day,” Yesno said. “One interesting dish was soup made with chicken and popcorn. I don’t know how they made it, but the popcorn was hard.”

Yesno said the families were very interested in getting to know more about him and his

brother.

“They wanted to get to know us,” Yesno said. “They were treating us like we were part of their family. They treated us differently than the rest of our group, maybe because me and my brother spent more time try-

ing to get to know them also.”

Yesno described Tijuana, a city of about eight million people, as being “very big,” and the people as “really entrepreneurial.”

“I was kind of excited to be there,” Yesno said. “It was cool

Promising future for members of Sandy Lake youth council Chris Kornacki Wawatay News

“It’s going to be a good year,” said Connery Beardy, cultural coordinator for the Sandy Lake First Nation Youth Council.

Beardy was recently elected to the youth council June 17.

This is the second year Sandy Lake has had an official youth council and already the community is getting more involved with youth issues and activities, Beardy said.

“There’s more activities for the youth now than there have ever been in recent years in Sandy Lake,” said Beardy.

Some of these activities include socials, dances, youth radio and fundraisers that get the youth involved in the community. “We try and get the youth to do positive things instead of some of the negative things that are around and to promote a healthy lifestyle and healthy living,” Beardy said.

Cherish Kakegamic, a Brighter Futures worker who oversees the youth council, said there were 12 candidates that ran for the five positions on the youth council. The youth nominated a candidate from their area and if that person decided to run they needed someone to second their nomination. They then had a week to campaign for the youth council before elections.

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Connery Beardy, cultural co-ordinator for the Sandy Lake Youth Council, sits outside the youth council office. Beardy was one of the five candidates voted to the youth council June 17. This is the second year there has been a youth council in Sandy Lake.

Over 100 people showed up to vote.

“There would have been more but it was raining on the voting day, so most of the youth stayed at home,” said Kakegamic.

Youth from ages 14 to 24 were eligible to vote in the election.

“We now have five youth councillors, one from each area

of Sandy Lake that represent the youth in that area. They ask them for input on anything they are concerned about … like any activities that they would want to do or any concerns that they have about the community,” said Kakegamic. “They even go to meetings with the chief and council when asked to discuss any of the issues that the youth are having.”

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to see. Everywhere we went, everybody was really friendly.”

Yesno said the volunteers usually got up early each morning, around 5 or 6 a.m., for prayer, breakfast and a group meeting with guest speakers from the area.

“We tried to get to our houses by 10:30,” Yesno said. “Each night when we got back it was free time.”

During their down time, the volunteers explored the city and ate different foods.

“There were taco places everywhere,” Yesno said, explaining that the exchange rate was about 10 Pesos per Canadian dollar.

“Some places you can use American dollars, but they don’t give you change. You could barter your price with American dollars.”

Yesno, an international business student at Confederation College, had originally planned to study Spanish for a month in Mexico through a Confederation College program, but when the H1N1 flu hit the program was cancelled so he joined the volunteer program his brother had already been planning to do.

“After being there this past July, I’m thinking about going there for a semester or two if I could afford it,” Yesno said. “I wouldn’t mind seeing the core (of the country) or maybe further south. It’s a good experience seeing more of the world – this planet.”

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Right now the youth council is working on getting a youth complex built sometime in the near future. Also, they are trying to host an annual powwow.

“Sandy Lake doesn’t have an annual powwow,” Beardy said.

“But having one would build up our culture in the community and hopefully that will encourage the youth to want to learn about their culture more.”

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Project Beyshick now underway in Toronto Steve Feeney Wawatay News

The 2009 Project Beyshick participants are now in Toronto after being officially announced

by Stan Beardy, newly re-elected Nishnawbe Aski Nation grand chief, and Aditya Jha, POA Education Foundation chairman.

Project Beyshick is a unique mentoring program that pairs NAN First Nation entrepreneurs with mentors from the Toronto business community. It was developed in 2005 to focus on entrepreneurship among First Nation young adults within NAN territory.

“The skills these participants will develop by working one-onone with mentors in the Toronto business community will be invaluable when they return home to set out on their own business ventures in their home First Nations,” said Beardy.

This year’s participants were recruited from four categories:

students, entrepreneurs, professionals and community leaders.

The selected individuals are: Archie Meekis of Deer Lake First Nation; Keri Cheechoo of Long Lake 58; Linda Trudeau of Moose Cree First Nation; Patrick Cheechoo of Constance Lake First Nation; Damian Bouchard of Aroland First Nation; Roxann Shapwaykeesic of Eabametoong First Nation; Kyra Kaminawaish of North Caribou Lake First Nation; and Bernice Kakekagumick of North Caribou Lake First Nation.

Project Beyshick ends with a competition that awards $15,000 to the participant who prepares the most feasible business or career plan. submitted photo

Linda Trudeau stands in front of her peers while recounting an important business lesson learned during her job shadowing experience at Project Beyshick in Toronto, Aug. 17.

Ontario Energy Board

Commission de l’Énergie de l’Ontario

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND HEARING FOR AN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION RATE CHANGE HYDRO ONE NETWORKS INC. Hydro One Networks Inc. has filed its application with the Ontario Energy Board, received on July 13, 2009, under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 15 (Schedule B), seeking approval for changes to the rates that Hydro One Networks Inc. charges for electricity distribution, to be effective January 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011. The Board has assigned file number EB-2009-0096 to the application. The Board’s decision on this application may have an effect on all of Hydro One Networks Inc.’s distribution customers.

Hydro One Networks Inc. has also included its 2010 – 2014 Green Energy Plan as part of this application. The Board’s decision on this aspect of the application may have an effect on all electricity customers in Ontario.

Any change to Hydro One Networks Inc.’s distribution rates will cause Hydro One Networks Inc.’s delivery charges to change. Delivery charges are one of four regular items on residential and general service customers’ electricity bills and vary depending on the amount of electricity consumed.

Hydro One Networks Inc. is seeking approval of $1,181,000,000 as the 2010 revenue it requires to provide electricity distribution and $1,294,100,000 as the 2011 revenue it requires to provide electricity distribution. On an equivalent basis, this compares with a Board-approved level of $1,028,100,000 for 2008, the last year the rates were reviewed on a cost of service basis. For the 2009 rates, the Board approved adjustments to distribution rates using an Incentive Regulation Mechanism process.

Hydro One Networks Inc. indicates that if the application is approved as filed, an average customer would experience an increase on the delivery portion of their electricity bill of approximately 9.5% in 2010 and 13.3% in 2011.

Customer impacts will vary because Hydro One is in the process of implementing a 4 year rate harmonization plan. This plan, which was approved by the Board in 2008, will convert the rate classifications of the 88 acquired utilities into a single set of rate classifications for Hydro One’s entire service territory. The result will be a total of 12 rate classes at the end of four years. 2010 and 2011 will be the third and fourth years of the four year approved plan.

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EB-2009-0096

2. Become an Observer Observers do not actively participate in the proceeding but monitor the progress of the proceeding by receiving documents issued by the Board. You may request observer status in order to receive documents issued by the Board in this proceeding. If you become an observer, you need to contact the applicant and others to receive documents that they file in this proceeding and they may charge you for this. Most documents filed in this application will also be available on the Board’s website. Your request for observer status must be made in writing and be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. The Board accepts observer request letters by either post or e-mail at the addresses below; however, two paper copies are also required. You must also provide a copy of your letter to the applicant.

3. Become an Intervenor You may ask to become an intervenor if you wish to actively participate in the proceeding.

Intervenors are eligible to receive evidence and other material submitted by participants in the hearing. Likewise, intervenors will be expected to send copies of any material they file to all parties to the hearing.

Your request for intervenor status must be made by letter of intervention and be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. Your letter of intervention must include a description of how you are, or may be, affected by the outcome of this proceeding; and if you represent a group, a description of the group and its membership.

The Board may order costs in this proceeding. You must indicate in your letter of intervention whether you expect to seek costs from the applicant and the grounds for your eligibility for costs. You must provide a copy of your letter of intervention to the applicant.

The Board may choose to proceed with this application by way of written or oral hearing. The Board will not hold a written hearing if a party satisfies the Board that there is good reason for holding an oral hearing. Your letter of intervention should indicate your preference for a written or oral hearing, and the reason for that preference.

On a more specific basis, Hydro One Networks Inc. indicates that if the application is approved as filed, the 2010 bill impact on the delivery portion of the bill will range from a decrease of 1.3% or $0.86 to an increase of 24.6% or $11.20 for residential customers consuming 1,000 kWh per month. For general service energy-billed customers consuming 2,000 kWh per month the bill impact on the delivery portion of the bill may range from a decrease of 20.8% or $47.57 to an increase of 28.3% or $21.73.

If you already have a user ID, please submit your intervention request through the Board’s web portal at www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca. Additionally, two paper copies are required. If you do not have a user ID, please visit the Board’s website under e-filings and fill out a user ID password request. For instructions on how to submit and naming conventions please refer to the RESS Document Guidelines found at www.oeb.gov.on.ca, e-Filing Services. The Board also accepts interventions by e-mail, at the address below, and again, two additional paper copies are required. Those who do not have internet access are required to submit their intervention request on a CD or diskette in PDF format, along with two paper copies.

For 2011, the bill impact on the delivery portion of the bill will range from 7.7% or $4.25 to 23.2% or $13.16 increase for residential customers consuming 1,000 kWh per month. For general service energy-billed customers consuming 2,000 kWh per month, the 2011 bill impact on the delivery portion of the bill will range from a decrease of 23.5% or $42.62 to an increase of 25.9% or $25.98. Hydro One Networks Inc. has forecast that the revenue requirement increase sought will have maximum impacts of 10% on total bill in 2011 for average customers.

How to Contact Us In responding to this Notice, please include Board file number EB-2009-0096 in the subject line of your e-mail or at the top of your letter. It is also important that you provide your name, postal address and telephone number and, if available, an e-mail address and fax number. All communications should be directed to the attention of the Board Secretary at the address below, and be received no later than 4:45 p.m. on the required date.

Due to the continued implementation of the harmonization plan, some individual customers with community-specific rates may experience bill impacts in excess of those described above.

Hydro One Networks Inc.’s customers can determine if this applies to them by checking their “service type”, which appears on page 2 of their Hydro One Networks Inc. bill beside the words “Your electricity charges”. If the “service type” shown on your bill includes your specific community’s name, you can obtain further information on your bill impacts by going to www.HydroOneNetworks.com/2010RateApplication or calling Hydro One Networks Inc. at 1-888-664-9376.

Need More Information?

Further information on how to participate may be obtained by visiting the Board’s website at www.oeb.gov.on.ca or by calling our Consumer Relations Centre at 1-877-632-2727.

How to see Hydro One Networks Inc.’s Application Copies of the application are available for inspection at the Board’s office in Toronto and on its website, www.oeb.gov.on.ca, at Hydro One Networks Inc.’s website www.HydroOneNetworks.com and at the following Hydro One Networks Inc. offices:

Addresses

Head Office, 483 Bay Street, Toronto Markham Office, 185 Clegg Road, Markham Barrie Field Business Centre, 45 Sarjeant Drive, Barrie Peterborough Field Business Centre, 913 Crawford Drive, Peterborough Sudbury Field Business Centre, 957 Falconbridge Road, Sudbury Merivale Service Centre, 31 Woodfield Drive, Ottawa Dundas Field Business Centre, 40 Olympic Drive, Dundas, Beachville Field Business Centre, 56 Embro Street, Beachville, Thunder Bay Field Business Centre, 255 Burwood Road, Thunder Bay

IMPORTANT IF YOU DO NOT DO NOT REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE IN THIS PROCEEDING.

The Board: Post: Ontario Energy Board P.O. Box 2319 2300 Yonge Street, 27th Floor Toronto ON M4P 1E4 Attention: Board Secretary Filings : www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca E-mail: Boardsec@oeb.gov.on.ca Tel: 1-888-632-6273 (toll free) Fax: 416-440-7656 Ce document est disponible en français.

How to Participate You may participate in this proceeding in one of three ways: 1. Send a Letter with your Comments to the Board Your letter with comments will be provided to the Board members deciding the application, and will be part of the public record for the application. If you wish to make an oral presentation to the Board, your letter should include this request. Your letter must be received by the Board no later than 30 days from the publication or service date of this notice. The Board accepts letters of comment by either post or e-mail at the addresses below.

DATED at Toronto, August 4, 2009 ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD

Original Signed by Kirsten Walli Board Secretary

The Applicant: Hydro One Networks Inc. 8th Floor, South Tower 483 Bay Street Toronto ON M5G 2P5 Attention: Ms. Anne-Marie Reilly Regulatory Coordinator – Regulatory Affairs Email: regulatory@hydroone.com Tel: 416-345-6482 Fax: 416-345-5866 Counsel for the Applicant: Mr. D.H. Rogers, Q.C. Rogers Partners LLP 181 University Avenue Suite 1900, P.O. Box 97 Toronto ON M5H 3M7 Tel: 416-594-4500 Fax: 416-594-9100 Email: don.rogers@rogerspartners.com

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AUGUST 20, 2009

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Anishnawbe Keeshigun Festival crowds the Fort

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ABOVE: Pic River’s Diane Richmond won the fried bannock making contest at the 2009 Anishnawbe Keeshigun Aboriginal Festival at Fort William Park Aug. 15-16 in Thunder Bay. RIGHT: A young men’s traditional dancer dances his style at the 2009 Anishnawbe Keeshigun Aboriginal Festival at Fort William Park Aug. 15-16 in Thunder Bay.

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KA-NA-CHI-HIH SAAFE WALK

(Solvent Abuse Awareness For Everyone) Ka-Na-Chi-Hih is holding its 9th annual SAAFE Walk in Thunder Bay. This year it is scheduled for Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 10:00 am. The event will commence with a traditional prayer, drumming and singing at Ka-Na-Chi-Hih on 1700 Dease Street (the old Ortona Legion) at 10:00 am. The Walk will then proceed on the trail at the end of Dease Street, around Friendship Gardens, east on Victoria Street, north on Waterloo, west on Dease and back to Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Centre. We will then have a feast, which will include traditional and western foods, to be concluded with a traditional smudging ceremony.

There will be a speaker, as well as information, regarding the growing issues of solvent abuse addiction.

The purpose of this Walk is to bring public awareness of the seriousness of solvent abuse, the many forms it can take on, and the dangers it poses. Solvent abuse is a continually growing problem and is not limited to remote First Nation communities

in Canada, but is also occurring in many other countries throughout the world, such as Australia, Japan, Thailand, Sweden, just to name a few. Parents and professionals have to be vigilant in all sectors of society.

As drugs of abuse, solvents are of particular concern. These chemicals are often the first drugs used by young people, as they are readily and easily available, and are often used before tobacco and alcohol. Solvent abuse is especially dangerous for young people because of their age, therefore, makes them especially vulnerable to the damaging effects of toxic chemicals in their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.

Medical management and treatment for solvent abuse is important to reduce the seriousness of its effects.

For more information on this event, please call Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre @ (807) 623-5577.

BOARDING HOMES REQUIRED Boarding homes are required in Sioux Lookout & Thunder Bay for High School Students from remote communities for the 2009/2010 school year (September to June) Shibogama Board has increased the rate to $550/month per student.

Those interested in welcoming a student in their homes, please apply/inquire at:

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ABOVE: Sara Sabourin stitches a traditional birchbark basket together during the 2009 Anishnawbe Keeshigun Aboriginal Festival at Fort William Park Aug. 15-16 in Thunder Bay. BELOW: A jingle dress performs during Anishnawbe Keeshigun.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is pleased to announce two funding initiatives aimed at supporting the development and implementation of Health Careers promotional activities:

Health Careers Day Grant Program

Health Careers Project Grant Program

This is an opportunity for NAN communities to receive $1,000 to create and deliver a Health Careers Day event!

This is an opportunity for NAN communities and/or associated organizations to receive $5,000 to create and deliver a Health Careers Project.

The grants are competitive as only ten (10) will be awarded in the NAN territory this year.

The grants are competitive as only seven (7) will be awarded in the NAN territory this year.

Eligibility Requirements:

Eligibility Requirements:

To be eligible to apply for the $1,000 Health Careers Day grant you/your community/group must: 1. Be a member of Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

2. Plan and offer a “Health Careers Day” event/ experience to be completed by Monday, March 1, 2010.

3. Submit a final report of the event within two (2) weeks of completion.

To be eligible to apply for the $5,000 Health Careers Project grant you/your community/group/organization must: 1. Be a member of or serve residents of Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

2. Plan and deliver an “Health Careers Project” targeting NAN secondary school youth to be completed by Monday, March 1, 2010.

3. Meet specific project requirements.

4. Submit a final report of the event within two (2) weeks of completion.

Deadline for both Applications is: Thursday, October 1, 2009 How to Apply: Applications are now available on our website: http://ahhri.nan.on.ca or can be obtained by contacting Susan Bale, AHHRI Policy Analyst toll free at 1-800-465-9952, directly at (807) 625-4955 or by email at sbale@nan.on.ca. *Please specify which program you would like to apply under.

Application Submission Process: All applications received by the deadline date will be reviewed by a Selection Committee and all applicants will be notified of the results. Due to the limited amount of available funding, incomplete or late applications will not be considered. www.nan.on.ca

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Long, steep road from Moose Factory to India Lynn Harper-Cheechoo Special to Wawatay News

Minnie Sutherland, Special to Wawatay News

A group from Moose Factory recently visited with Yogiraj Swami Amar Jyoti in the Himalayas. Pictured from left are Clayton Cheechoo, Yogiraj Swami Amar Jyoti, Lynn Harper-Cheechoo, Fara Cheechoo and Marlon Cheechoo.

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When Yogiraj Swami Amar Jyoti visited our home community of Moose Factory in October 2007, he graciously extended an invitation for us to visit him at Mahavtar Babaji Meditation Center in the foothills of the Himalayas, in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.

We decide to go to India during the auspicious time of Gurupoornima, celebrated annually on the first full moon in July. Guru (spiritual guide) Poornima (moon) is an important day for spiritual seekers to honor and receive blessings of the guru.

Accompanied by my husband Clayton Cheechoo, our children Marlon, Fara and friend Minnie Sutherland, we leave by train on June 29 and arrive at Indira Gandhi airport in Delhi on July 3. Tired but elated, we disembark nine hours into the future, breathing in the sweet languid air of ancient Bharat, India. The heavy laden scent of fruits and flowers permeate the night air.

Swamiji has arranged everything. Kamal Gogia and Vijay Kumar greet us at the airport and take us to Gurgaon that evening. We stay for two days in the home of Kamal and his wife Vandana before heading north to the Ashram with our hosts.

Delicious traditional Indian meals are prepared fresh daily, and served with love and grace.

We talk as women, sharing what it is like to work, take care of our home and children, and still find time for spiritual practice.

In the morning we present gifts that reflect the culture of our homelands. Vandana smilingly adorns her mother Raj with them as we sit together drinking sweet Chai tea, remembering to leave vacant the chair that is reserved for Swamiji when he visits.

Raj reminds me of my mother in law Daisy, who carries that same strong quiet spirit; two beautiful grandmothers from the east and north. Clearly, the mother is the heart of the family in both cultures.

That evening we stop to pray in a beautiful Gurudwara (Sikh temple). Our feet are washed before entering and scarves are worn upon our heads. In Cree communities many of the old ladies still cover their heads with scarves when praying in church or traditional ceremony.

For supper Kamal takes us to Karims, a famous fine food restaurant in Delhi’s Muslim district. That night Hindu, Cree and Muslim dine side by side.

On July 5, my desire to see Vrindavan, city of Lord Krishna’s birth is fulfilled.

Before entering the oldest Krishna Mandir (house), shoes and cameras are gathered and left at the door.

Sandalwood is placed upon our foreheads and we are garlanded and given prasad (blessed food). In India all religions are respected and honored, each are recognized as petals from the same eternal flower.

A 12-hour drive from Gurgaon to Palampur, takes us through the states of Haryana, Punjab and into Himachal Pradesh. Amid the rush of cars animals and autorikshaws, throngs of people merge in a synchronized pastel of hurried colour, weaving in and out of traffic like a dance. Fara and Marlon are thrilled to see sacred cows, peacocks and camels roaming freely on the roadsides, and soon we witness a breathtaking spectacle of lush tea gardens, astonishing rock caverns and vast meadows of

sweet smelling flowers nestled in the foothills of the majestic Himalayas.

Late into the night, the narrow roads become steeper and more serpentine ascending the mountain. Ever watchful, Vijay drives with superhuman speed and accuracy. I become aware of Swamiji’s hand directing our vehicle up these precarious slopes.

With a few hours remaining of the night, we settle into the comfort of TeaBud hotel and leave early the next day for the Ashram.

Swamiji”s cottage exudes an aura of peaceful eloquence.

Meaningful photographs and spiritually significant artwork adorn his sitting room. Upon seeing Swamiji, past, present and future seem to melt into one and I experience an indescribable feeling of joy and contentment in his presence.

He hugs each of us like a loving father and Sadhana Didiji (elder sister) tells us, “He is very happy you have all come, taking from your precious time to come here and visit.”

Clayton presents Swamiji with the sacred pipe he has made sharing the gift of tobacco, sweet grass and colored cloth representing the four directions; yellow for the east, red for south, blue in the west and white for the north.

“We carry the prayers from our Cree people to you and your people,” Clayton says.

The pipe has been passed to honour both cultures.

I present Swamiji with handmade moccasins and Minnie gives a tamarack bird and miniature on behalf of us all.

Swami Amar Jyotiji lovingly places saffron upon each of our foreheads.

On the morning of July 7, Gurupoornima celebrations begin with a Havan (fire ceremony) in the Yagya-Shala. The spacious room is filled to capacity with disciples from many parts of the world who have come to honour Swami Amar Jyoti and receive his blessing.

Accompanied by his wife Sheila Dhumal and many government officials, including the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Prem Kumar Dhumal, who is in attendance to take the blessing of his guru.

Keeping the tradition of the guru-shishye (disciple) relationship, he bows at the feet of Swamiji Amar Jyoti who kisses his forehead and gives his blessings. As in Cree ceremonies, women are seated on one side and men on the other.

An ancient sanskrit mantra is chanted by the Priest (conductor) and the people chant and pray.

Four elders and their wives have been honored to sit at the four directions of the fire pit and offerings of oil and a smudge are placed into the fire accordingly.

While visiting a local Shiva temple, dedicated to the Mother Goddess Mahakal, we are uplifted and imbued with her vibration. Our tour guide Yoga teacher, Deepak Rana, explains that Swamiji meditated in this small cave overlooking the river for several years, now a dedicated shrine to an aspect of the Divine Mother, Chamunda, originally a tribal Goddess.

We travel to Tapovan, the Chinmaya mission in Sidhbari, and are given an informative tour by Narender Sharma witnessing the inspiring work that has been accomplished towards the empowerment of disadvantaged women through the creation of sustainable local economies. see TREE page 13

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First Nations communities expanding into mining industry Aroland, Webequie receive funding Steve Feeney Wawatay News

The economy is looking up for First Nations communities Aroland and Webequie.

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation is supporting Aroland and Webequie in pursuing more economic development in the mineral exploration and mining indus-

try.

According to Brad Duguid, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, economic development in natural resource-based industries is important to First Nations.

“Job creation in First Nation communities helps build up local First Nation economies and the Ontario economy as a whole,” said Duguid.

Each community will hire a mining coordinator to help their members understand the exploration and mining process.

Over the past few years, Aroland and Webequie have seen a sharp increase in mineral exploration activity in their commu-

nities according to the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry.

The Heritage Fund Corporation is investing $50,000 to each of the two communities in this initiative.

“These projects will help ensure that exploration and mining companies conduct meaningful consultation with these First Nations, on whose traditional lands they are interested in operating,” said Michal Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forest and Chair of the Heritage Fund Corporation.

Wawatay News file photo

Yogiraj Swami Amar Jyoti, left, and Lynn Harper-Cheechoo are seen during his visit to Moose Factory in October 2007. Harper-Cheechoo’s family recently visited Jyoti in India.

Tree planting ceremony evokes home memories from page 12 In the mission women are trained in carpet and shawl weaving, sewing and knitting, poultry and mushroom farming. Looms and sewing machines are donated by the wealthy and the fundraising efforts of CORD (Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development), partnering with CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency), are largely instrumental in maintaining these programs that have reached 600 villages and thousands of women and their families. I keep imagining how similar strategies could be implemented within our own communities to help create sustainable economies independent of depleted Indian Affairs funds based on rapidly eroding Treaty rights and meager multinational compensation which has done little to improve conditions on northern First Nations.

On an evening while the children are resting in the ashram, we have the opportunity to attend “satsang”(spiritual discourse) in the Yagya Shala.

In the sweetest voice imaginably, Swamiji sings one of His sacred songs in sanskrit, invoking in my heart divine love and gratitude in the presence of this christlike embodiment of Shamandoo, Shiva, (God.) “He awakens your spirit with his love, he acknowledges your

spirit in a way you have never experienced before,” Minnie muses softly.

On our last day at the Ashram, Swamiji and Didiji present us with traditional Kashmir shawls and colorful Himachal hats. He then asks both Clayton and I to sing. We offer a song of thanks the Creator has brought to us from our souls, we each have our own voice, different yet the same. Sitting as his feet the song seems to pour out effortlessly with all the love I am feeling in my heart.

He holds us together in his hands and in his heart we are one.

“We understand your pain and suffering (due to colonization,) we in India have also faced it,” he tells us.

Clayton relates what he has witnessed: “The people of India keep their love and peacefulness closer than their suffering.

Our people have kept our suffering and victimization in the forefront. We are doubting our own spirituality and it is up to us to come to terms with it. The Creator, Gitchi Manitou gave us the spark of life, it is up to us to make it brighter and nurture it so that the Creator can see his children have awoken.”

Before leaving for Gurgaon, Swamiji takes us to the IHBT (Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology) in Palampur. Director Paramvir Singh Ahuja gives us a tour of the

botanical gardens, laboratory and museum.

He explains to us one of the functions of the institute is preserving and labeling indigenous plants and herbs and extracting fragrant medicinal oils from the flowers.

Afterwards we witness a special tree planting ceremony.

Swamiji gently places a young sapling in the soil and waters it like a newborn child with infinite love and care. Gazing at this little tree I am reminded of our children back home in Moose Factory and how much suffering exists. We have lost five of our youth to suicide since January and there have been 75 attempts.

As we say our farewells and prepare to depart, Swamiji assures us he will continue to keep our community in his prayers.

A plaque is unveiled in the garden near the front gates with the words: Inaugural Planting

by His Holiness Yogiraj Swami Amar Jyoti , Friday 10th July, 2009.”

We are thankful for the hospitality and love of Swamiji and all those we have met during our stay in India.

On Gurupoornima, our son Marlon wrote this song in his notebook: Wachay Gitchimanito ki-nanaskomiten omakeishakow (Hello Great Spirit. I am thankful for this day. I am feeling good today).

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Theresa Wesley and Friends of Kashechewan were awarded the Special Recognition Award at the 2009 Keewaywin Awards for helping community members in need by providing meals and other supports, organizing community gatherings and fund raising for crisis situations.

Sandy Lake elder receives NAN leadership award Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Jonas Fiddler spoke about a photograph he has of Emile Nakogee and two other Elders when he was presented with the Emile Nakogee Award for Outstanding Leadership.

“I have a picture of the three (Jack Fiddler, Nakogee and Willie Wesley) sitting on a bench with a beautiful background,” Fiddler said as he accepted his Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Keewaywin Award from Grand Chief Stan Beardy Aug. 12.

“Each sitting with a cigarette between their fingers.”

The Keewaywin Awards recognize and honour the contributions of NAN community members.

“No smoking – that’s the message,” Fiddler said. “I often wonder if they had stopped smoking earlier, they may still be with us.

Don’t smoke so much. I used to see them chain smoking.

“They are not here with us, but their dream lives on. We must never give up – united we can accomplish things.”

The Sandy Lake Elder has been involved with community efforts for 52 years. He served as chief after his father Thomas passed away in 1987 and spent

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Donald White of Chapleau Cree was awarded a NAN Elder Award at the 2009 Keewaywin Awards for being an active member of his community. The 96-year-old Elder currently works with the Treaty Land Entitlement Committee and the Elders Committee.

25 years on band council, and in many community developments in education, housing, health, water, sewage and infrastructure.

Fiddler currently serves as a

member and chair of the Sandy Lake Board of Education, Elder with the NAN Elders Council, member of the Chiefs Committee on Health and with Oski Machiitawin.

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When presented with the NAN Woman Award, Stella Koostachin thanked her grandfather for all the information he used to teach her in the language when she was growing

up.

“That’s how my interest grew in translating everything I could look at in my own language,” Koostachin said, noting that although she originally had the goal of becoming a doctor, she eventually became a teacher.

“My children speak Cree. My grandchildren are learning their language as well.”

Koostachin has worked in elementary schools for the past 19 years, she earned a diploma in Native education in 1983 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in sciences and humanities in 2008.

She is currently working on English-to-Cree translations of several books in a variety of fields, including education, medicine, science and social services.

Emily Gregg, from Kasabonika, and Donald White, from Chapleau Cree, were awarded the NAN Elder Awards by Luke Hunter of NAN. Gregg was one of the first community health representatives in her area and she has worked in the health field for over 40 years. She learned the traditional ways and lifestyle while growing up on the land and today shares stories and teachings as an Elder in Residence at the Sioux Lookout

Menoyawin Health Centre.

White, a respected 96-yearold Elder who continues to work with the Treaty Land Entitlement Committee and the Elders Committee in his community, provides direction and advice to the younger members of the committees.

Julaine Trudeau, of Muskrat Dam, and Correen Kakegamic, from Sandy Lake, received the NAN youth Leadership/Community Involvement Award from Beardy.

Trudeau, who will attend Grade 12 at Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute this fall, has assisted with a St. Thomas Anglican Church medical supply effort and a children’s retreat program in Angola as well as volunteering as communications officer with the Thunder Bay Regional Multicultural Youth Council and peer leader with MAKWA (Making Aboriginal Kids Walk Away from Tobacco).

Kakegamic is a role model among her peers and has travelled to deliver her presentation, How the Residential School Impacts Youth Today, at a number of organizations and conferences. see next page

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Alexis Sutherland earns NAN youth academic award from page 14 She is a member of her student council and volunteers with various projects in her school and in the community.

She is currently working with the Multicultural Centre.

Alexis Sutherland, from Kashechewan, received the NAN Youth Academic Award from Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose.

Sutherland is enrolled at Algonquin Flight College, where she is concentrating on obtain-

ing her commercial pilot licence

by September.

Angela Crozier, from Sandy Lake, received the NAN Staff Award from Hunter.

Crozier exhibits dedication to her IT role at NAN, often being the first to arrive at an event

and the last to leave. She takes part in the social committee, helping to co-ordinate many staff appreciation dinners, barbeques, the winter parade and float decoration, and Christmas banquets.

Theresa Wesley and friends,

community gatherings and fund raise for crisis situations in the community, and they organize bingos and donate personal items for toonie tables.

Chapleau Cree First Nation received the Host Community Award.

including Gloria Wesley and John Wesley, from Kashechewan received the Special Recognition Award from Beardy.

Wesley and friends support families in crisis in their community by providing meals and other supports, they organize

Participate Information Centre to Review Draft Forest Management Plan Sapawe 2010-2020 Forest Management Plan We Need Your Input Do you …

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ABOVE: Correen Kakegamic of Sandy Lake was awarded a NAN Youth Leadership/Community Involvement Award at the 2009 Keewaywin Awards for being a role model among her peers. She volunteers with her student council and various projects in her school and community.

BOTTOM: Alexis Sutherland of Kashechewan was awarded the NAN Youth Academic Award at the 2009 Keewaywin Awards for her pursuit of a career as a commercial pilot. She is currently enrolled at the Algonquin Flight College.

• Have an interest in natural resource management in the Sapawe Forest?

• Want to know more about the proposed long-term management direction for the Sapawe Forest?

• Want to take an active role in the planning process and development of the Sapawe Forest Management Plan (FMP)?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, please join the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Atikokan Forest Products Ltd. (AFP) represented by GreenForest Management Inc. (GFMI) and the Atikokan Area Resource Management Advisory Committee (RMAC) at a public information centre to review the draft FMP for the Sapawe Forest.

You will have an opportunity to review and provide comments on the draft FMP which includes details on: • • • •

The long-term management direction of the forest; The planned harvest, renewal and tending operations and access roads for the first five-year term 2010-2015; The preferred areas of operations for the second five-year term 2015-2020; The planned corridors for primary and branch roads for the ten-year term. Access road locations include a crossing of Campus Lake Conservation Reserve. Access within the Conservation Reserve (CR) is planned in accordance with the Class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves, and in consideration of CR values; • Ministry of Natural Resource’s list of preliminary changes.

How to Get Involved An Information Centre will be held at the following location from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on: September 03, 2009 at the Royal Canadian Legion in Atikokan Copies of the draft FMP summary and values maps may be obtained at the Information Centre, or by contacting the Ministry of Natural Resources Atikokan Area or the Atikokan Forest Product Ltd. office.

Can’t Make It? The draft Sapawe FMP will also be available for public review and comment for 60 days (September 3 to November 2, 2009) at: • The Ministry of Natural Resources public website at ontario.ca/forestplans • Service Ontario Centre in Toronto (777 Bay St., Suite M212, Market Level, call toll-free: 1-800-268-8758) which provides computer access to the Ministry of Natural Resources website at ontario.ca/forestplans • GreenForest Management Inc. on behalf of Atikokan Forest Products Ltd. 965 Strathcona Ave., Thunder Bay, ON, Bree Andrews, 807-343-6524 • Ministry of Natural Resources Atikokan Area office, 108 Saturn Ave., Atikokan, ON, Ildiko Apavaloae, 807-597-5010 • Ministry of Natural Resources Regional office, 435 James St. S., Thunder Bay, ON, Chris Schaefer, 807-475-1248 As well, an appointment with the Ministry of Natural Resources District Manager or with a planning team member during non-business hours may be made by calling 807-597-5010.

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Comments must be received by Ildiko Apavaloae of the planning team at the ministry’s Atikokan Area Office by November 02, 2009.

The plan is being prepared by the following planning team members: Ralph Horn, R.P.F., MNR, Project Manager, Chair Bree Andrews, R.P.F., GFMI, Plan Author Ildiko Apavaloae, R.P.F., MNR, Crown Forester Brian Jackson, MNR, Fish and Wildlife Lead Rachel Hill, MNR, District Planner, First Nation Liaison Colin Bisson, AFP, Operations Forester Leigh Ann Cecchetto, GFMI, Forester Ryan Murphy, GFMI, Silviculture manager Terry Anderson, Overlapping Industry Licensee Representative Even Favelle, Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, First Nation Rep. John Kabatay, Seine River First Nation, First Nation Rep. The planning team members, the Ministry of Natural Resources District Manager and the RMAC are available at any time during the planning process to meet with you and discuss your interests, issues or concerns.

A formal issue resolution process, as described in the Forest Management Planning Manual (2004), can be initiated upon request.

Still Can’t Make It? A final opportunity for public involvement will be available during the public inspection of the Ministry of Natural Resourcesapproved FMP which is tentatively scheduled from December 12, 2009 to January 11, 2010.

The approval date of the FMP is tentatively scheduled for: December 12, 2009.

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Ildiko Apavaloae Ministry of Natural Resources Atikokan Area Office 108 Saturn Avenue Atikokan, ON P0T 1C0 Tel.: 807-597-5010 Fax: 807-597-6185 E-mail: ildiko.apavaloae@ontario.ca

Bree Andrews GreenForest Management Inc. P.O. Box 22004 470 Hodder Ave. Thunder Bay, ON P7B 8A8 Tel.: 807-343-6524 E-mail: bree@gfmiontario.ca

Marie Warren Resource Management Advisory Committee Local Citizens Committee Chair Tel.: 807-597-6366

The Ministry of Natural Resources is collecting your personal information and comments under the authority of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act and the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act. Any personal information you provide (address, name, telephone, etc.) will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, however, your comments will become part of the public consultation process and may be shared with the general public. Your personal information may be used by the Ministry of Natural Resources to send you further information related to this forest management planning exercise. If you have questions about the use of your personal information, please contact Bill Moody at 807-274-8632.

Renseignements en français : Sylvie Gilbart au ( 807) 934-2233.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

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NAN Veterans Flag unveiled Rick Garrick Wawatay News

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Grand Chief Stan Beardy and Chapleau Cree veterans Ian and Donald White unveiled the NAN Veterans Flag Aug. 11 during the opening ceremonies of the 2009 Keewaywin Conference.

Two Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) veterans unveiled the new NAN Veterans Flag along with Grand Chief Stan Beardy at the Keewaywin Chiefs Conference in Chapleau Cree First Nation.

“Today we pause to honour (the) service and sacrifice that NAN veterans have made while defending the freedom and democracy that all Canadians enjoy today,” Beardy said.

“Through the years hundreds of NAN men and women have stepped forward in defence of Canada and its interests during the First, Second and Korean Wars, and it is fitting that NAN First Nations now have an official flag with which to honour our veterans.”

Chapleau Cree veterans Ian and Donald White, who both served in World War II, helped unveil the new NAN Veterans Flag Aug. 11 during a special ceremony involving a ceremonial parade of Canadian Rangers, Junior Canadian Rangers and Canadian Forces.

Ian, who served in France, Holland and Germany, broke down while talking about his experiences in the Second World War. “That’s when you remember all those boys who didn’t make it,” Ian said.

Donald, who served in Italy, France, Holland and Germany during the Second World War, described war as hell.

“There is only one word for it – hell,” Donald said. “That’s called inhumanity to man.”

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He said the real heroes of war are those who never made it home.

“I had three chums who lost their lives,” he said. “There are a few from Chapleau who I went to school with, who I used to play with, who never came back. Our family did their duty; I have an uncle who fought in the First World War – Roderick Potts.”

Ian said his artillery regiment was designed to destroy tanks.

“Today we pause to honour (the) service and sacrifice that NAN veterans.”

– Stan Beardy

“I landed in France June 6, 1944, during the Battle of Normandy,” Ian said. “We went down along the Rhine River and crossed into Germany in Wesel. Instead of advancing, they headed us back into Holland to clean up Holland.”

Ian’s regiment was in Germany when the war ended.

“The German Army in the west surrendered to the Canadians before they surrendered to anyone else,” Ian said.

Jack Wynne, a veteran from Moose Factory, Isabelle Mercier, a veteran with family ties in Mishkeegogamang, Andre Paquette, a representative from Veteran Affairs Canada, and Canadian Ranger Sgt. Peter Moon also participated in the ceremony.

Patrick Cheechoo, financial advisor with Matawa First

Nations and a deputy grand chief candidate, designed the NAN Veterans Flag.

“We must always remember and be thankful for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation women and men who fought for our freedoms,” Cheechoo said. “We have an obligation to our veterans. It is because of these NAN women and men that we are blessed with daily sunrises in a land where we, the First Peoples, have sovereignty to protect and treasure our culture, our tradition, our birthright.”

Beardy said Aboriginal participation in Canada’s war efforts has been proportionately higher than any other group of Canadians, noting that many Aboriginal soldiers used their traditional hunting skills to serve as snipers and scouts and others used their Cree language to serve as code talkers to communicate sensitive military plans in a language the enemy could not understand.

The NAN Veterans Flag features an Elder veteran holding an eagle staff along with a goose, bear, the rising sun and seven eagle feathers representing honour for veterans, unity and sovereignty of NAN First Nations and the seven sacred teachings.

“This image is a tribute to the Cree, Ojibway and Oji-Cree war veterans from Nishnawbe Aski Nation as depicted by the goose and the bear,” Beardy said. “Additionally, the goose and bear, along with the eagle staff, signify the connection that First Nations people have with Mother Nature, all living things, our culture and our traditions.”

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The t-shirts and bags were given out to participants, including chiefs sitting at the conference tables.

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Wahsa Distance Education Centre Radio and Independent Learning (IL) Course Offerings Terms 1A and 1B 2009-2010 Wahsa Distance Education Centre Box 1118, 74 Front Street, Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B7 Phone: (807) 737-1488, (800) 667-3703 Fax: (807) 737-1732 Deadline to register for term 1A radio courses is Friday, September 4, 2009. Term 1A radio classes begin on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Radio courses are 9 weeks in length.

Deadline to register for term 1B radio courses is Friday, November 13, 2009. Term 1B radio courses begin on Monday, November 16, 2009. Radio courses are 9 weeks in length. Students can register for Independent Learning (IL) courses at any time and will have 10 months to complete each IL course. For more information or to register for Wahsa courses contact the Distance Education Coordinator (DEC) at your local Wahsa Learning Centre. Or call the Sioux Lookout based Wahsa Education Counselor for your community toll free @ 1-800-667-3703 (737-1488 local). Wahsa Distance Education Centre is a program of NNEC. Term 1A and 1B Course Offerings Areas Arts

Business Studies

Codes

English

Mathematics

Prereq

Credit

Radio

IL

MAP4C

Foundations for College Mathematics

12

Col. Prep

MBF3C MCF3 M

1

1

MCF3M

Functions

11

Col/Uni Prep.

Princ of Math Gr 10 Ac

1

1

Visual Arts

9

Open

1

1

Media Arts

10

Open

1

1

AWL2O

Visual Arts - Drawing

10

Open

0.5

1

BAT4M

Financial Accounting Principals

12

Col/UNi

1

1

MCV4U

Calculus and Vectors

12

Uni Prep.

1

1

1

MHF4U

Advanced Functions

12

Uni Prep.

1

1

MPM1D

Principles of Mathematics

9

Academi c

1

1

MPM1H

Grade 9 Math Transfer Course from Applied to Academic

9

Transfer

1

1

MPM2H

Grade 10 Transfer Course Principles of Mathematics from Applied to Academic

10

Transfer

1

1

MEL4E

Mathematics for Everyday Life

12

Work

MEL3E

1

1

MCT4C

Mathematics for College Technology

12

Col. Prep

MCR3U MCF3 M

1

1

LNLAO

Ojii-Cree

Level 1

Open

LNLBO

Ojii-Cree

Level 2

Open

1

NAC2O1

Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

10

Open

0.5

1

NAC2O2

Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

10

Open

0.5

1

NBV3E

Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations

11

Work

1

1

SNC1P

Science

9

Applied

1

1

SNC2P

Science

10

Applied

Gr. 9 Sc.

1

1

SNC2D

Science

10

Academi c

SNC2D

1

1

SNC3E

Science

11

Work Plc.

Gr. 9 Sc.

1

Gr.10 Sc.

1

1

Introduction to International Business

12

Col/Uni Prep

BAT3M any col/uni in Bus/Wo rstudies

1

1

BDP3O

The Enterprising Person

11

Open

1

BTT1O

Information and Communication Technology in Business

9

Open

1

BDI3C

Entrepreneurship: The Venture

11

College

1

1

BAF3M

Financial Accounting Fundamentals

11

Col/Uni

1

1

BTA3O

Information Technology Applications in Business

11

Open

1

1

BOH4M

Organizational Studies

12

Col/Uni

1

1

CGC1P

Geography of Canada

9

Applied

1

1

CHV2O

Civics

10

Open

0.5

1

CHC2L1

Locally Dev. Compulsory Credit Canadian History

10

LD

0.5

1

CHC2L2

Locally Dev. Compulsory Credit Canadian History

10

LD

0.5

1

CHC2P

Canadian History Since WWI

10

Applied

1

1

CHC2D

Canadian History Since WWI

10

Academic

1

1

CLU3M

Understanding Canadian Law

11

Col/Uni

CHW3M

World History to the 16th Century

11

Col/Uni

CHY4U

World History: The West and the World

12

CGG3O

Regional Geography: Travel and Tourism

11

ENG1L

Locally Developed Compulsory Credit English

9

LD

1

ENG1D

Grade 9 Academic English

9

Academi c

1

1A

1

Native Lang.

Native Studies

Science

1

1

1A/B

Gr. 10 His

1

Gr. 10 His

1

1

Uni Prep.

1

1

Open

1

1

SNC3M

Science

11

Col./Uni.

1

SPH3U

Physics

11

Uni. Prep

SNC2D

1

1

1

SBI3C

Biology

11

Col. Prep

Gr.10 Sc.

1

1

SNC1L

Locally Developed Science

9

Loc. Dev.

1

1

1B

1A

1A/B

1

ESL2O

English Literacy Skills

10

Open

1

1

ENG2H

Transfer English Course

10

Transfar

0.5

1

SNC2H

Grade 10 Science Transfer Course

10

Transfer

0.5

1

EMS3O

Media Studies

11

Open

1

1

SBI3U

Biology

11

Uni. Prep

SNC2D

1

1

ENG1P

English

9

Applied

1

1

SCH3U

Chemistry

11

Uni. Prep

SNC2D

1

1

ENG2L

Locally Developed Compulsory Credit English

10

LD

1

SBI4U

Biology

12

Uni Prep.

SBI3U

1

1

SCH4U

Chemistry

12

Uni Prep.

SCH3U

1

1

SPH4C

Physics

12

Col. Prep

SNC2D

1

1

SCH4C

Chemistry

12

Col. Prep

SCH3C

1

SES4U

Earth and Space Science

12

Uni. Prep

Gr 10 Acad Sci

1

English

10

Applied

Gr 9 Eng ENG1P

1

1B

1

1

1

ENG2D

English

10

Academi c

ENG1D

1

ENG3E

English

11

Work Plc

Gr.10 Eng

1

1A

1

ENG3C

English

11

Col. Prep

Gr.10 Eng

1

1A/B

1

ENG3U

English

11

Uni. Prep

ENG2D

1

1

EBT4O

English

12

Open

Gr.11 Eng

1

1

Social Sciences/ Humanities

1B

1 1

1A

1

HFN2O

Food and Nutrition

10

Open

1

HIP3E

Managing Personal Resources

11

Workpl

1

1

HLS3O

Living Spaces and Shelter

11

Open

1

1

ENG4E

English

12

Work Plc

ENG3E

1

1B

1

HPD4E

Parenting and Human Development

12

Workpl

1

1

ENG4C

English

12

Col. Prep

ENG3C

1

1B

1

HPW3C

Living and Working With Children

11

Col. Prep.

1

1

ENG4U

English

12

Uni. Prep

ENG3U

1

1 HPC3O

Parenting

11

Open

1

EWC4U

The Writers Craft

12

Uni. Prep

1

1 HRF3O

World religions: Beliefs and Daily Life

11

Open

1

1

GLS1O

Learning Strategies 1: Skills for Success in Secondary School

9

Open

1

1 HNC3O

Fashion and Creative Expression

11

Open

1

1

HTZ4U

Philosophy

12

Uni Prep

1

IDC3O1

Aboriginal Wilderness safety and Travel

11

Open

0.5

GLC2O GPP3O

Health/Phys Ed

Type

AVI1O

ENG2P

Guidance and Career Education

Grade

ASM2O

BBB4M

Canadian and World Studies

Course Titles

Career Studies Leadership and Peer Support

10 11

Open

1

1

1

GLW3O

Designing Your Future

11

Open

1

1

GLD2O

Discovering the Workplace

10

Open

1

1

GLN4O

Navigating the Workplace

12

Open

1

1

IDC3O2

Aboriginal Wilderness Safety and Travel

11

Open

0.5

NA

NA

PPZ3O

Health for Life

11

Open

1

1A

1

PPL4O1

Healthy Active Living Education

12

Open

0.5

1A

PPL4O2

Healthy Active Living Education

12

Open

0.5

1B

1

1B

1

1

1A

1

1

1B

1

MAT1L

Locally Developed Compulsory Credit Math

9

LD

MAT2L

Locally Developed Compulsory Credit Math

10

LD

MFM1P

Foundation of Mathematics

9

Applied

MFM2P

Foundation of Mathematics

10

Applied

MFM1P

1

1

MPM2D

Principles of Mathematics

10

Academi c

MFM1 D

1

1

MEL3E

Mathematics for Work and Everyday Life

11

Work

Gr.9/10 Math

1

MBF3C

Mathematics for Personal Finance

11

Col. Prep.

Gr. 10 Math

1

MAT1L

1

1

0.5

Open

1A/B

1A/B

1 1

Interdisciplinar y Studies

Technological Education

PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment Recognition)

NA

NA

TCJ2O1

Construction Technology

10

Open

0.5

1

TCJ2O2

Construction Technology

10

Open

0.5

1

TFS4C

Tourism

12

Col. Prep.

1

1

TFT3C

Hospitality

11

Col. Prep.

1

1

TPO4C

Child Development and Gerontology

12

Col. Prep.

1

1

PLAR ENG

PLAR English

39729

EQUIV.

Up To 4

1

PLAR MA

PLAR Math

39729

EQUIV.

Up To 4

1

PLAR SCI

PLAR Science

39700

EQUIV.

Up To 4

1

PLAR HIS PLAR GEO

PLAR History/Geography

39700

EQUIV.

Up To 4

1

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AUGUST 20, 2009

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The Oshki-Aa-yaa’aag Bimaadiziiwin Foundation held its 4th annual benefit concert Aug. 7 at Assabaska Park, an hour outside Fort Frances, Ont. The concert featured country music sensation Crystal Shawanda from Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve. Also performing were Marc Nadjiwan, Angus Jourdain, Billy Joe Green, Digging Roots, Percy Tuesday and others. The foundation was created to support the creative, professional and personal endeavours of Aboriginal youth in Treaty 3 area.

ABOVE: Performers Nylin White, Shy-Anne Hovorka and Angus Jourdain char.

RIGHT: A young fan shows off a copy of Crystal Shawanda’s CD. BOTTOM RIGHT: Crystal Shawanda signs autographs for fans.

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Under the direction of the Director of Treatment Services (DOTS), this position provides supervision to the following positions: Special Needs Case Manager, Crisis Coordinator, Education Coordinator, Agency Trainer and the Clinical Assistant. The Specialized Services Supervisor will be responsible for overseeing the provision of services of the positions identified under the area of specialized services; identifying training needs and providing opportunities for ongoing training of specialized services staff; orientation and initial training to new staff under specialized services; and participating in a multi-disciplinary supervisory team under Nodin Child and Family Intervention Services. This position will act as a resource in crisis management and activate program resources when required.

Wawia honoured by Ontario Public School Boards’ Association Rick Garrick

QUALIFICATIONS

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• Honours level in the field of Social Services or undergraduate degree with extensive clinical and mental health service experience or social work background is preferred, however a combination of relevant education and experience will be considered; • Experience and understanding of Native cultural issues, the geographic realities and social conditions within remote Northern First Nation communities; • Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills in the delivery of clinical mental health services; • Fluency in Ojibway or Oji-Cree are an asset; • Understanding of the Child and Family Services Act and Mental Health Act;

Lakehead University professor Dolores Wawia appreciates the recognition she recently received from the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association.

“I feel like I’ve been finally recognized after 34 years of (volunteer) work,” Wawia said.

“We don’t broadcast what we do – we just do it.”

Wawia said she has been volunteering with Lakehead Public Schools since 1975, when she began telling stories to students, participating in workshops on how to meet the needs of Aboriginal students and helping to develop a native parentteacher association.

“We did parent advocacy,” Wawia said, explaining that the native parent-teacher association would help by sitting in meetings with parents and school staff or interpreting for the parents.

“We did that for a number of years. I did about three meetings myself.”

Wawia remembers meeting a student who said she became interested in Aboriginal people after hearing a storyteller, Wawia, in her Grade 2 class.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up to date Criminal Reference Check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offenders Registry to: Charlene Samuel, Human Resources Manager Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: 807-737-1802 Fax: 807-737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: August 28, 2009 The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance.

However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our website at www.slfnha.com

In Loving Memory of

Arthur Beardy March 30, 1948 ~ September 1, 2008

A year has passed since you’ve left us so suddenly.

Once again, a family circle is broken.

Without a husband, a father, and a grandfather, it has been a difficult journey without you by our side.

Deep in our hearts you will always stay loved and remembered everyday.

Love your family...

Your wife, Isabel Your daughters & son-in-law, Brenda, Delores & Eugene Your grandchildren, Ginger Rose, Julian, Nicholas, and Janelle

“Seventeen years later that Grade 2 student was a teacher who wanted to teach Aboriginal students,” Wawia said.

“I’m committed to Aboriginal education. For the past 40 years, I’ve been committed, making things happen.”

Wawia has also been involved with the Lakehead Public Schools Aboriginal Education Advisory Committee since it’s inception in 2004 and is currently the co-chair.

Beverley White Kokeza, another Lakehead Public Schools Aboriginal Education Advisory Committee member, nominated Wawia for the achievement award with the following statement: “Professor Wawia’s volunteer work, her commitment to the Aboriginal Education Advisory Committee and her strong belief in the potential for Aboriginal students to succeed truly qualifies her for this type of award.”

In addition to her role as a storyteller and committee member, Wawia has participated as an Elder, guest lecturer, role model and empowered parent and grandparent with Lakehead Public Schools for the past 35 years.

She has also conducted a

monthly story circle at Thunder Bay’s Waverly Resource Library to bring all cultures together and travelled the country to share her stories and knowledge.

“It has always been a dream of mine to see improvements in education for all, but now it’s no longer a dream,” Wawia said.

“Things are happening that will improve the lives of all.”

Wawia recently took part in a segment of TVO’s Your Voice, an online discussion series for parents, which was shot Feb. 6-7 at the Fort William First Nation Community Centre to examine issues in Aboriginal education, she has been part of Lakehead University’s Native Teacher Education Program since it’s inception in 1975, she helped set up McMaster University’s Indigenous Studies Program in 1994-96, and she was the first Aboriginal woman in northwestern Ontario to earn a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Education.

“There were 269 students in teacher’s college,” Wawia said, explaining that when she went to teacher’s college in the 1970s there were not many other Aboriginal students. “Two of us were Aboriginal.”

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Employment Opportunity SALES REPRESENTATIVE

KWAYACIIWIN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE invites applications for the following position:

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT POSITION Early Childhood Education Worker (Full Time – Less Than 12 month position) Campus Services Division (Tikinagan Child Care Centre) Moosonee Campus COMPETITION # 09-42 CLOSING Aug. 26/09 (4 p.m.)

POSITION Early Childhood Education Leader (Full Time) Campus Services Division (Tikinagan Child Care Centre) Moosonee Campus COMPETITION # 09-43 CLOSING Aug. 26/09 (4 p.m.)

Northern College, Human Resource Services, P.O. Box 3211, Timmins, Ont. P4N 8R6 Courier: Hwy 101 E. South Porcupine, Ont. P0N 1H0 Fax: 705-235-7141 or by Email: ncjobapp@northern.on.ca For information about this position, please visit the Employment Opportunities page on our website at www.northernc.on.ca or call 705-235-7126

Responsibilities: 1. produce multimedia educational resources for school use (e.g. flashcards, posters, etc.)

2. photocopy, collate and compile curriculum documents, books, and resources as required 3.package materials for delivery to schools 4.design and upload materials for the Centre’s website 5. other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications: 1. Knowledge of office equipment and computer software programs 2. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 3. Experience with web design an asset 4. Fluency in Ojibway or Oji-Cree an asset Location:

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Sioux Lookout

Hours of Work: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday To apply: Please submit a resume, two references with written permission to contact, and a covering letter to: Roy Morris, Project Co-ordinator Mail: Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Box 1328 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Fax: (807) 737-2882 e-mail: royamorris@knet.ca A job description may be obtained by calling Roy Morris at (807) 7377373. Criminal Reference and Child Abuse Registry check required.

Closing date for applications:

Friday, September 4th, 2009

SUMMARY Wawatay Native Communications Society serves the communications needs of the people and communities in Northern Ontario. The Society does this through the provision of a variety of multimedia services, including but not limited to: a biweekly newspaper, daily native language radio programs, weekly television programming, audio streaming and regularly updated website. These services help to preserve and enhance the languages and culture of the Aboriginal people in Northern Ontario.

LOCATION: Thunder Bay, Ontario RESPONSIBILITIES: • Sell advertising for Wawatay Media Services and special projects.

Make regular sales calls to existing clients and actively search out new business by telephone and in person. Solicit and book ad agency sales. Handle incoming sales calls.

• Prepare ad sales contracts / insertion agreements. Proofread completed ads and obtain ad approval from clients.

• Meet sales revenue and expense targets.

• Perform sales administration duties: maintain client files and provide complete sales billing information to the Sales Coordinator.

• Maintain daily log sheets detailing activities and submit on a weekly basis • Maintain a daily telephone log of incoming and outgoing calls.

• Work with console operators and audio engineers to meet client/ customer advertising and broadcasting bookings specifications.

• Ensure commercials meet client needs and are approved for airing.

• Provide job price quotes for Wawatay media services.

• Other related duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Education in business, administration or related fields and/or previous experience in sales considered an asset.

• Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• The ability to communicate in Ojibway, Oji-Cree or Cree considered an asset.

• A high degree of initiative, motivation and the ability to observe strict confidentiality is essential.

• Excellent time management skills, including multi-tasking.

• The candidate must be willing to work overtime and travel as required.

• The candidate must provide a criminal records check.

• A valid Ontario driver’s license and access to a vehicle is required.

CLOSING DATE: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:30 CST. Applicants can send their resume and cover letter to:

Pierre Parsons Business Development Director Box 1180, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Fax: (807) 737-2951 E-mail: pierrep@wawatay.on.ca Note: Only applicants considered for an interview will be contacted.

Requires Employment Opportunity (Full-Time) RECEPTIONIST & BROADCAST/SALES ASSISTANT SUMMARY The Receptionist & Broadcast/Sales Assistant is a multi task position, ranging from standard reception duties to voiceovers and commercial production. The successful applicant will work with several departments including Admin, Sales, Production, and Technical.

LOCATION: Timmins, Ontario DUTIES: 1. Answer, Screen and Forward calls to the appropriate person in a professional courteous and timely manner.

2. Ensure the main switchboard and reception area is covered at all times.

3. Pick up, receive, register (record) and distribute all incoming/ outgoing mail, faxes and other material to the appropriate personnel.

4. Deliver and registering all incoming and outgoing correspondence, including orders for northern destinations. (Mail) 5. Photocopy and collate documents for filing, mailing, faxing.

6. Work with sales to ensure the all invoicing, run sheets and affidavits are up to date and that commercials are being played in the correct time slot.

7. Maintain an accurate record of employee arrival and departure on a daily log sheet.

8. When required produce Cree/English voice Over for Radio commercials.

9. Act as assistant broadcaster when short handed, doing news, weather, and or talk show.

10. Other tasks may be assigned from time to time.

SKILLS/JOB REQUIREMENT: • Must be fluent in Cree, • High school graduate and or equivalent experience • Motivated, well spoken with good command of the English language • Knowledge of computers, word processing and spreadsheets • Ability to operate fax machines, photocopier, and other related office equipment • Working with minimal supervision and take initiative • Skills and experience and or willing to learn media relations and public affairs • Knowledge and understanding of the First Nations people and culture of the NAN territory CLOSING DATE: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:30 CST. Applicants can send their resume and cover letter to:

George Witham at 705-360-4556 ext. 32 Fax: 705-360-1601 Mail: 135 Pine Street South Timmins On P4N 2K3 Attn: George Witham Email: georgew@wawatay.on.ca Note: Only applicants considered for an interview will be contacted.

EVENT, FUNDRAISING & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR POSITION SUMMARY:

The Event, Fundraising & Communications Coordinator manages events, develops funding and partnership opportunities, writes grant proposals and reports, coordinates community consultation with the regions’ leaders, and communicates with the media.

DURATION: This is a full-time (35 hr/wk) one-year contract position.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience or interest in working toward improved community relationships in a cross-cultural environment.

• Ability to work independently and effectively with minimal supervision • Total competence in written and spoken English.

• Comfortable speaking with the public at events or over the phone • Understanding of budget development and writing of reports • Excellent organization skills, research, written and computer skills are required.

• Understanding of historic and contemporary issues affecting First Nations People.

• Familiarity with Sioux Lookout community, Lac Seul community, and northern First Nations communities an asset.

• Fluency in Anishiniimowin an asset.

• Must: a) Have graduated from an accredited college or university in the last 2 years (Mature graduates may be considered on a caseby-case basis). b) Be 29 years of age or younger. c) Be a Northern Ontario secondary school graduate or resident of Northern Ontario

Please send your cover letter and resume with 3 references to:

SLARC Hiring Committee, Box 1194, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 fax (807) 737-2600 or email preferred kquinn@slarc.ca SLARC requires a Criminal Reference check and Vulnerable Sector Check from all employees on hiring.

For more information, please write kquinn@slarc.ca or call (807) 737-150l CLOSING DATE: September 11th, 2009

Employment Opportunity SALES REPRESENTATIVE SUMMARY Wawatay Native Communications Society serves the communications needs of the people and communities in Northern Ontario. The Society does this through the provision of a variety of multimedia services, including but not limited to: a biweekly newspaper, daily native language radio programs, weekly television programming, audio streaming and regularly updated website. These services help to preserve and enhance the languages and culture of the Aboriginal people in Northern Ontario.

LOCATION: Timmins, Ontario RESPONSIBILITIES: • Sell advertising for Wawatay Media Services and special projects.

Make regular sales calls to existing clients and actively search out new business by telephone and in person. Solicit and book ad agency sales. Handle incoming sales calls.

• Prepare ad sales contracts / insertion agreements. Proofread completed ads and obtain ad approval from clients.

• Meet sales revenue and expense targets.

• Perform sales administration duties: maintain client files and provide complete sales billing information to the Sales Coordinator.

• Maintain daily log sheets detailing activities and submit on a weekly basis • Maintain a daily telephone log of incoming and outgoing calls.

• Work with console operators and audio engineers to meet client/ customer advertising and broadcasting bookings specifications.

• Ensure commercials meet client needs and are approved for airing.

• Provide job price quotes for Wawatay media services.

• Other related duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Education in business, administration or related fields and/or previous experience in sales considered an asset.

• Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• The ability to communicate in Ojibway, Oji-Cree or Cree considered an asset.

• A high degree of initiative, motivation and the ability to observe strict confidentiality is essential.

• Excellent time management skills, including multi-tasking.

• The candidate must be willing to work overtime and travel as required.

• The candidate must provide a criminal records check.

• A valid Ontario driver’s license and access to a vehicle is required.

CLOSING DATE: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:30 CST. Applicants can send their resume and cover letter to:

Pierre Parsons Business Development Director Box 1180, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7 Fax: (807) 737-2951 E-mail: pierrep@wawatay.on.ca Note: Only applicants considered for an interview will be contacted.

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Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WORKER The Keewaytinook Centre of Excellence, which provides professional training for water and wastewater plant operators at its state of the art training facility in Dryden, requires a highly motivated and dedicated individual to fill the position of Program Assistant.

This is a one year contractual position Applications from qualified applicants must address their ability to meet the following minimum requirements: - Completed Grade 12 or equivalent.

- Working knowledge of Microsoft office suite of computer applications.

- Working knowledge of database computer applications.

- Strong interpersonal communication skills, oral and written.

- Valid driving license for the Province of Ontario and access to a personal vehicle.

Assets that may guarantee success include: - Working knowledge of the applicable Ontario Regulations relating to the certification of water/wastewater operators.

- Understanding of process for obtaining Director Approval for training programs.

This is much more than a clerical position and candidates chosen for an interview will be tested on their knowledge of the above mentioned topics as well as: - Ability to monitor expenditures and work to a budget.

- History of working with minimal supervision.

- Understanding of confidentiality.

Candidates who feel they qualify for this challenging career opportunity should submit a resume with cover letter and three professional references to: Hiring Committee Keewaytinook Centre of Excellence 100 Casimir Avenue, Suite 209 Dryden, Ontario P8N 3L4

DESCRIPTION: Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation (NALSC) provides legal, paralegal and law-related services to the members of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). The Restorative Justice Program is funded by the Department of Justice and Legal Aid Ontario. The Program uses the traditional healing circle to address impacts of criminal acts. NALSC is seeking a Restorative Justice Worker to service the communities of Deer Lake, Keewaywin, MacDowell Lake, North Spirit Lake, and Poplar Hill First Nations.

The Restorative Justice Worker is generally responsible for receiving diversion referrals, organizing and facilitating circles, submitting reports and assisting court and NALSC staff with clients.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Education and/or equivalent experience in social work, or law related field; • Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment; • Good computer skills; • Good writing skills; • Public speaking - excellent communication skills; • Must be willing and able to travel; • Ability to speak Ojibway or Oji-Cree is a definite asset; • Able to work without constant supervision SALARY RANGE: Based upon experience. NALSC provides a competitive benefits package.

LOCATION: Red Lake, Ontario CLOSING DATE: Friday August 28, 2009 5:00pm EST.

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

The Maintenance Supervisor must be self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and communications skills and must work both independently and as part of a team.

QUALIFICATIONS 1. Grade 12 Diploma 2. Minimum 3 years of Operation and Maintenance Supervisory skills in maintaining an Education building and possess a certified in steam boiler operation 3. Must be certified in First Aid and CPR 4. Must be certified in WHIMS 5. Valid Class F Ontario Drivers License 6. A cooperative attitude when working with First Nations people, the public and staff 7. Fluency in Cree, Oji-cree or Ojibway an asset LOCATION: Thunder Bay TERM: Permanent SALARY: Negotiable - commensurate with related education and experience.

CLOSING: Friday, September 4, 2009 NNEC requires a Vulnerable Persons Check to be completed for staff at time of hiring Only those persons selected for an interview will be contacted Submit your resume, covering letter and written permission for NNEC to contact three employment references to Personnel Officer at NNEC by fax : (807) 582-3865; via mail: Box 1419, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, P8T 1B9 or email humanresources@nnec.on.ca.

To support district First Nations in implementing the Kwayaciiwin district elementary curriculum. The IMPLEMENTER will be traveling extensively into northern communities and actively planning the curriculum implementation at the local level.

Responsibilities: 1. Engaging communities in actively planning and implementing the delivery of the Kwayaciiwin elementary curriculum (for Immersion schools and for schools with English as the main language of instruction) 2. Working with communities in identifying and analyzing the issues and needs which affect curriculum implementation 3. Holding community awareness sessions on the Kwayaciiwin curriculum 4. Planning, attending and coordinating meetings and events 5. Promoting the Kwayaciiwin program throughout the school, community and district.

Qualifications: 1. A demonstrated ability to work with First Nations or in a culturally diverse community setting 2. Project management experience 3. Self-motivated, organized, able to work as a team member 4. Excellent interpersonal, communications and computer skills 5. Fluency in Ojibway, Oji-Cree, or Cree an asset 6. Able to travel to district First Nations communities To apply: Please submit a resume, two references with written permission to contact, and a covering letter to: Roy Morris, Project Co-ordinator Mail: Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Box 1328 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Fax: (807) 737-2882 e-mail: royamorris@knet.ca

Please send resume including three (3) references to: Derek E. Lyons, Restorative Justice Coordinator Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation 86 South Cumberland Street Thunder Bay, ON P7B 2V3 Tel: 807-622-1413 Fax: 807-622-3024 Toll Free: 800-465-5581 E-mail applications are acceptable – send to: cjohnson@nanlegal.on.ca.

Please note:

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

For more information: www.nanlegal.on.ca

NORTHERN NISHNAWBE EDUCATION COUNCIL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Maintenance Supervisor will be directly responsible to the Principal and shall perform and be responsible for the duties and responsibilities as outlined in the job description and shall perform other duties as assigned.

It shall be the responsibility of the Maintenance Supervisor to have the physical plant prepared in a manner that will enhance an environment that is safe, clean and to promote excellence in the structural settings of the school. The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for the Maintenance and custodial operations of the property belonging to the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council.

CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTER

1 POSITION – RED LAKE

Deadline for submission: September 16, 2009 - 4:00 PM All applicants, whether chosen for an interview or not will be contacted.

NNEC is a not for profit educational organization. Under the direction of the Sioux Lookout Area Chiefs, NNEC delivers secondary and post secondary education programs and services for First Nations people. NNEC operates Pelican Falls First Nations High School and Centre, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, Wahsa Distance Education Centre and has offices in Lac Seul (head office), Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay, NNEC welcomes applications for the following position:

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre in Sioux Lookout, Ontario is seeking a

A job description may be obtained by calling Roy Morris at (807) 737-7373. Criminal Reference and Child Abuse Registry check required.

Closing date for applications: September 4, 2009

NORTHERN NISHNAWBE EDUCATION COUNCIL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

RESOURCE TEACHER Are you an innovative and pro-active educator with an interest in working in the area of Aboriginal education?

If so, then consider this terrific opportunity to apply for the position of Resource Teacher with the Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre in Sioux Lookout, Ontario.

You will be working with a small team of highly motivated people on: • implementing curriculum guidelines and providing professional development for schools • writing curriculum and unit plans for the elementary program • travelling extensively into district communities.

Responsibilities: 1. Inservice district school staff in all the Kwayaciiwin elementary curriculum guidelines.

2. Develop and revise Kwayaciiwin curriculum guidelines.

3. Develop extensive unit and lesson plans for all subjects.

4. Promote the Kwayaciiwin curriculum and program throughout the schools, communities, and district.

5. Develop action plans for the implementation of the Kwayaciiwin curriculum.

6. Provide professional development to schools in areas such as balanced literacy, numeracy, learning centres,classroom management, etc.

Qualifications: 1. Bachelor of Education degree with primary, junior or intermediate qualifications 2. Five or more years teaching experience 3. Self-motivated, organized, able to work as a team member 4. Excellent interpersonal, communications and computer skills 5. Training or experience in: ESL, Primary Methodology, Special Education, Immersion and Second Language Methodology or Information Technology an asset 6. Fluency in Ojibway or Oji-Cree an asset Location:

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Sioux Lookout To apply: Please submit a resume, two references with written permission to contact, and a covering letter to: Roy Morris, Project Co-ordinator Mail: Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Box 1328 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Fax: (807) 737-2882 e-mail: royamorris@knet.ca A job description may be obtained by calling Roy Morris at (807) 7377373. Criminal Reference and Child Abuse Registry check required.

Closing date for applications: Friday, August 28th, 2009 by 4:00 p.m.

Pelican Falls Centre is a school with residential facilities for approximately 180 students and staff on a 10 acres site. The Security/Maintenance protects the people and the property of Pelican Falls and assists in overall site operation and maintenance.

SECURITY/MAINTENANCE The Security/Maintenance must be a self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills to perform duties with due care. The Security/Maintenance is expected to act in a professional manner and to react to extraordinary events calmly and rationally.

QUALIFICATIONS • • • •

Grade 12 diploma or equivalent Proven Security/ night watch experience Excellent communications skills both oral and written Valid Ontario Driver’s License and be willing to obtain a class F license.

• A sensitivity to and understanding of First Nations culture and traditions • Fluency in Oji-Cree, Ojibway, or Cree an asset LOCATION: Pelican Falls, Sioux Lookout, Ontario HOURS OF WORK: Shift Work – 40 hours per week CLOSING: 4:00 pm, Friday, September 4th, 2009.

NNEC requires a Vulnerable Persons Check to be completed for staff at time of hiring Only those persons selected for an interview will be contacted

Send your resume with written permission for NNEC to contact two employment references and a brief cover letter to: Human Resources NNEC Head Office in Frenchman’s Head Fax: (807)582-3865; mail to: Box 1419, Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B9; or email humanresources@nnec.on.ca.

For more information about the position please contact: Operations and Maintenance Supervisor Peter Barclay, 807-737-0755.

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Walkers commended for 610 kilometre trek Rick Garrick

Wawatay News

A group of walkers from Thunder Bay were highly praised Aug. 12 after arriving at the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Keewaywin Chiefs Conference in Chapleau Cree First Nation.

“We had all kinds of weather,” said Betty Achneepineskum, the Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services Corporation restorative justice worker who organized the Aug. 6-12 Walk for Youth Healing.

“We probably preferred the rain over the heat today.”

The 11 youth and six adults received a standing ovation at the Keewaywin Conference after walking about 610 kilometres along the Trans-Canada Highway’s north shore of Superior route from Thunder Bay to Chapleau Cree.

Achneepineskum organized the walk to raise awareness of the lack of services and resources for Nishnawbe Aski Nation youth.

“We have very few resources for our youth,” said Achneepineskum, who spoke about the walk and her goals on the afternoon of Aug. 13 at the Keewaywin Conference.

“The walk is part of a dream I had about nine years ago. I have been honoured to visit most of our communities. I have also witnessed firsthand the struggles and challenges many of our

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

A group of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) youth and supporters, including Corey Spence, centre, walk to the NAN Keewaywin Conference for healing through rain and shine along the Trans-Canada Highway just west of Wawa. Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services Corporation restorative justice worker Betty Achneepineskum organized the walk, which left Thunder Bay Aug. 6 and arrived in Chapleau Cree First Nation Aug. 12.

First Nation people are facing.”

Achneepineskum feels the parents and grandparents of NAN have a responsibility to address the issues facing youth.

“Many of our young people are still choosing to die,” she said.

Achneepineskum is looking for support for three multi-pur-

pose healing centres in Nishnawbe Aski Nation territory, one in the east, one in the centre and one in the west.

Achneepineskum’s daughter,

Serene Spence, said her family did not hesitate to join her mother on the walk.

“Sometimes the weather didn’t agree with us, but we

kept going strong,” Spence said.

“We knew what our destination was and our goal was.”

Spence even brought her one-year-old daughter Lauryn along on the walk.

“She is a good traveller,” Spence said. “She enjoyed the camping we did along the walk.”

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose was impressed with the walker’s determination to their cause.

“What they are doing is very important,” Waboose said, explaining the walkers raised awareness of the problems youth face. “As First Nations, we have had a history of oppression. They are empowering themselves, they are regaining their own spirituality back.”

Achneepineskum was proud of the walker’s efforts, noting the walk was “really good.

Everybody was in good spirits – there was no discontent.”

For one walker, it’s something he would do again.

“It’s like a roller coaster,” said Michael Slipperjack, a walker from Eabametoong First Nation, of the route the walkers had taken. “The experience was good. It’s something I would like to do again in the future.”

Slipperjack, who walked with his son and daughter, said they were walking for the future.

“My daughter’s and my son’s,” he said. “We walked – I was proud of them.”

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Kwayaciiwin releases dictionaries in Native languages Steve Feeney Wawatay News

Dictionaries in the Oji-Cree, Ojibway and Cree languages have been in demand for over 20 years by the regional district educators in northern Ontario.

After taking notice, the Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre in Sioux Lookout decided to do something about it.

After many years of hard work, Kwayaciiwin has now released dictionaries for two out of those three languages.

The first dictionary completed and published over six years ago was the Wasaho Inniniwimowin (Wasaho Cree) Dictionary.

Roy Morris, Kwayaciiwin project coordinator, said the dictionary comes in two volumes. One is published in syllabics and teaches the correct pronunciation while the other is the English guide to the language, which shows the definition of the word in English.

The Anishinaabe-Ikidowinan (Ojibwe) Dictionary was just recently completed. In fact, Morris said they just received copies of the dictionary only a few months ago.

Steve Feeney/Wawatay News

The Ojibway dictionary was just recently released by the Kwayaciiwin Resource Centre.

Morris said this particular dictionary took over ten years to complete. The dictionary also comes in two volumes.

Author Patricia Ningewance did the research for the Ojibway Dictionary while Marie McKenzie worked on the Cree dictionary.

The development of an OjiCree Dictionary is in the making.

“I’d say it’s about 90 per cent complete as far as the book is concerned,” Morris said. “We hope to have the writing complete in about a month and publish it in the fall.”

Morris explained the importance of dictionaries in these languages.

“Number one, once you have a dictionary in any language, it becomes legitimate,” Morris said. “Its status is raised.

“We are within a district of developing education programs

which are bilingual, bicultural.

And these programs need dictionaries in order for the teachers to be able to share the language with the students. We need these dictionaries in the classrooms.”

Morris said these dictionaries are important to develop

academic language within the schools in the First Nations communities.

All of the First Nations communities have samples of the dictionaries but Morris noted that most of the dictionaries were given to their specific region.

“The bulk of the Ojibway dictionaries went to the Ojibway communities, as with the Cree,” said Morris.

A few hundred copies of the dictionaries have been published so far but Morris said that if more are needed, they’ll call the publishers to request for more.

Mac Print published the Ojibway dictionary while Wawatay Native Communications Society published the Cree dictionary.

Morris said feedback for the dictionaries have been excellent.

“I hope that in the very near future that all the schools have these dictionaries, that these dictionaries are as common as any other book in the school system.

“Again, it is through books like this that develop the language and they help students learn the language, which is very important.”

Stop Bill 191 Song hits airwaves Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The Stop Bill 191 Song is growing in popularity across Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN).

“It will keep us in poverty, basically,” said Lydia Big George, one of the people who distributed it to NAN communities, chiefs, the Wawatay Radio Network and other interested parties.

“You can’t cut down the trees.”

The song, You Can’t Cut a Tree, was written by Anita Fraser and recorded by the Homelanders – Fraser, Jason Smallboy, Stephan Kudaka, Corinne Fox and Cree Fox – over a couple of days in early August to raise awareness of Bill 191 – The Far North Act, which will set aside 225,000 square kilometres as a

The Looks. The Lines. All the great styles!

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Frank Beardy holds a Stop Bill 191 Song CD during the 2009 Keewaywin Conference, held Aug. 11-13 in Chapleau. protected area within NAN First Nation homelands.

Grand Chief Stan Beardy said NAN wants legislation that is respectful to its processes, and which does not unilaterally set

aside a vast tract of land without the communities’ consultation and consent at a Bill 191 Standing Committee hearing Aug. 13 at the Chapleau Recreation Centre.

“We are not opposed to the idea of protected areas via land use plans,” Beardy said. “Instead we want legislation that recognizes and protects our interests in addition to the protection of our sacred homelands.”

Big George said the group has had some very positive feedback about the song.

“They like it,” Big George said. “I heard some chiefs saying they’ve heard it across the north. It’s uplifting and fun at the same time.”

The group produced the song to raise awareness of the legislation and is encouraging people to play it over community radio stations.

“Sometimes traditional methods of communication don’t reach people until well after the fact,” one of the group members said.

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WAWATAY BIRTHDAY BASHERS take top honour as “2009 Blueberry Festival Bannock Bake-Off” Champions!

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n celebration of Wawatay’s 35th Anniversary, Wawatay entered the team of the Wawatay Birthday Bashers to compete against other organizations including the 3 times defending Bannock Bake-Off Champions the Extended Care Kookums on July 31, 2009.

The Wawatay team consisted of Rachel Garrick, Meghan Kendall, Steve Feeney, Crystal Brown, Christina Keesic, Genny Kakekaspan, Mike Dube, Lewis Wesley, Lance Moskotaywenene, and Tanya Kakekaspan.

The theme was a birthday theme to honour Wawatay’s 35th Anniversary.

Team members dressed up in costumes to profile Wawatay’s products, services and personalities from throughout the years.

Many thanks to the dedicated staff who met to decide and perfect the theme, bannock recipe, and presentation. Gitchi meegwetch to our chefs Christina and Genny. It was a combination of team spirit, preparation, presentation and delicious bannock that won Wawatay the victory!

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Unity needed on Northern Table: Moore from page 1 “It will be difficult because of the state of the economy,” Beardy said. “That is why I am asking the chiefs to be more aggressive.”

Terry Waboose was also reelected as deputy grand chief while Mike Metetawabin and Les Louttit were elected to their first terms as deputy grand chiefs.

“I feel very humbled standing here in front of you here today,” Waboose said after the first ballot, where he received 31 votes.

“The next three years will have many challenges, but we have many opportunities we need to seize.

“If we work together, we will continue to improve.”

Metatawabin was also elected on the first ballot with 24 votes.

Twenty-four votes were required to be elected.

“I look forward to working with the grand chief,” Metatawabin said, adding he also looks forward to working with Waboose and Louttit. “I look forward to the next three years, I know the challenges, I understand them.”

Louttit received 23 votes on the third ballot, the required number of votes needed to be elected as the third deputy grand chief.

“I will ensure your issues are on the top agenda,” Louttit said.

“I take this opportunity to congratulate my other colleagues that ran and put up a really good fight.”

In addition to the grand chief and deputy grand chief elections, the Keewaywin Chiefs Conference featured speeches

by National Chief Shawn A-inchut Atleo and Ontario Regional

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Stan Beardy was sworn in for his fourth consecutive term as Nishnawbe Aski Nation grand chief Aug. 12 at the 2009 Keewaywin Conference, held Aug. 11-13 in Chapleau, while the three deputy grand chiefs look on.

Chief Angus Toulouse. Also, an early suspension of the meeting on Aug. 11 was granted to allow chiefs and others in attendance to support the Attawapiskat

highway protest at the nearby junction of Highways 101 and 129.

Discussions on a number of resolutions were held the morn-

ing of Aug. 13, including support for First Nation-led land use planning, rejection of the Ontario Treaty Commission, support for the Oshki-Pimache-

O-Win Training Centre, Campus and Residence, the Far North Super Park, and de-designation of waterway parks located in the Severn, Fawn, Pipestone

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Discussions on resolution #58, a new NAN sectoral negotiation process similar to the Northern Table/Oski-Machiitawin - New Beginning process, were held for over an hour and were eventually tabled for further discussions at a future chiefs meeting. Constance Lake Chief Arthur Moore moved the resolution and Frank McKay, Windigo First Nations Council chief executive officer/council chair, seconded the resolution.

“This is an important issue,” said Sandy Lake Chief Adam Fiddler, explaining the chiefs need time to deal with the issue seriously. “We need to spend some time talking about this issue.

“It may take two days to deal with it.”

Moore said the current process is fragmented, as a number of NAN communities are currently not involved with the Northern Table/Oski-Machiitawin.

“We need to work collectively on this process,” Moore said.

The NAN Women’s Council and other women’s presentations scheduled for the morning of Aug. 13 but were postponed until the afternoon to allow the resolutions to be dealt with first.

Eventually most of the women’s presentations were cancelled as the chiefs voted to leave early.

Betty Achneepineskum, the Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation restorative justice worker who organized the Aug. 6-12 Walk for Youth Healing, spoke about her reasons for holding the walk and the NAN Women’s Council led a square dance with the newly elected grand chief and deputy grand chiefs.