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Couchiching rolls out tollbooth on Highway 11 Chris Kornacki Wawatay News

Couchiching First Nation came through with threats of placing a tollbooth on the border of the community on Highway 11 May 21. Chief Chuck McPherson said he hopes the tollbooth will get the attention of both levels of government so they will come to the negotiating table with Couchiching to work on long-term solutions to the community’s problems with the contaminated soil and the relocation of band members. “We’re asking for the governments to live up to their obligations,” McPherson said. He also said that Couchiching has never been compensated or received benefits for the highway that runs through the community. “The toll is on our property and we’re asking people to pay for the use of our property,” he said. The tollbooth was expected to be set up around noon May 21, but as a crowd of community members and supporters gathered McPherson arrived without the tollbooth. He had spent the late morning on the phone with both levels of government who were trying to negotiate a deal with the community to stop the tollbooth from going up. “They have offered us some cash but we want something that’s on an annual basis, but they don’t want to go there,” he told the crowd of community members who came out to support the action. “We said a tollbooth was going to go up, and a toll booth is going to go up. It’s the first time we have heard from the federal government.” Keeping to the promise, late that afternoon a trailer carrying the booth came down the highway with a convoy of community members walking in front of it, who all helped roll the booth off the trailer and into the middle of the road. The fee for crossing the tollbooth is set at $1 for all vehicles.

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Couchiching First Nation put up a tollbooth on Highway 11 May 21. The fee for crossing the highway through Couchiching is $1 each way. The First Nation is looking for compensation for contaminated soil in the community, which is forcing band members to relocate their housing. Daniel Morrisseau, a Couchiching band member said he spent the previous week handing out pamphlets that explained the contamination of Couchiching lands. The pamphlets also explain why the community was put-

ting up a toll so they can be compensated for contaminated lands on the reserve and to pay for the relocation of the families living on the polluted lands. “I’m here today… to protect our

lands and our children’s rights and the future generations of our people,” Morrisseau said. In early 2009, while assessing property for development on Couchiching, high levels of dioxins and furans were

found in soil samples located near residential dwellings. The area is called Harry’s Road in Couchiching. According to an assessment done on the land, the toxins were a result of improper waste management of the former J.A. Mathieu sawmill site on reserve land, which was leased by Indian Affairs on behalf of the band in the early 1900s. So far two families have been forced to leave their homes because of the contaminated land, but one has had to move back because of lacking housing opportunities in Couchiching. “This is our land and we need to make a stand today so our grandchildren don’t have to in 20 years,” Holly Cogger, a Couchiching band member said. “Our fight isn’t with the people of Fort Frances, it’s with the government.” Although most motorists understood the community’s action to erect the tollbooth, some motorists made racist remarks and refused to pay the toll. As motorists passed through the tollbooth, they were given a letter to mail to the federal government asking them to work with Couchiching on their outstanding issues. “Over the years we’ve been waiting for the government for all the payments that are supposed to be paid to the First Nation and it seems the only way we can get their attention is to take a stand,” said Couchiching band member Nikki Perreault. “We’re just saying enough is enough and no more because they just keep taking and taking. “We’re good, kind-hearted people. It’s just a tollbooth, it’s not a blockade. It’s very peaceful, we’re not hurting anybody,” Perreault said. The tollbooth initiative seems to have worked. According to Couchiching Coun. Christine Jourdain, federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Chuck Strahl, is planning to visit the community in the coming weeks to discuss ways to resolve the issues. As of May 25, the tollbooth was still in place.

ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐅᑲᑭᐱᐡᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᐸᓂᒥᑲᓇ 11 ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑫᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᐧᔕᐳᐱᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐱᐠ ᐃᓇᑭᐣᑌ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ ᐁᐊᔓᐡᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑯᕑᐃᐢ ᑲᐧᕑᓇᑭ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᑌᐯᐧ ᐅᑭᐃᓯᓭᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᐸᑯᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐱᐣᑎᑫᑕᒧᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᐅᑕᐸᓂᒥᑲᓇ 11 ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒪᒧᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 21 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ. ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒐᐠ ᒥᐠᐱᕑᓴᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᔑᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᑫᓭᑭᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓇᐣ ᐊᔕ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᑐᑕᒧᐊᐸᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒥᓇᐧᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᑲᐱᒥᔭᓂᒥᓴᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᓂᒋᑲᑌᓂᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐊᐣᒋᑯᓯᐦᐃᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐣᑲᓄᓇᒥᐣ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ,

ᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᐠᐱᕑᓴᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᐁᐧ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐃᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᐸᓂᒥᑲᓇᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐱᐣᒋ ᐣᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᓂᐠ. ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑕᐡ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐣᑎᐯᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᐊᐦᑭ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᔭᐠ ᐊᔓᑲᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᔓᐱᓱᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᐱᐅᒋᐊᔓᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐣᑕᑲᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑲᑎᐯᐣᑕᒪᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑭᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐊᐱᑕᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 21 ᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑲᔭᓂ ᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᑎᐯᐣᑕᑯᓯᐧᐊᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐱᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐠᐱᕑᓴᐣ ᑭᐱᑕᑯᔑᐣ ᐃᐧᓀᑕ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑐᒋᐱᑐᓯᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑭᐸᐦᐃᑲᑫᐸᐣ. ᐅᑭᐅᐣᑕᒥᐊᔭᒥᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓇᐣ ᐁᑭᑲᑫᐧᔕᑯᓱᒥᑯᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐱᓇᒪ ᒋᑭᐸᐦᐃᑫᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᔐᐸᔭᓂᐠ. ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒥᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᐸᐣᑭ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐣᑭᐃᓇᐠ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᒋᐃᔑᐱᒥᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᑯᔭᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ

ᐃᐁᐧ ᒋᐃᐧᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᐅᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᑯᑲᐸᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᐣᑭᐃᑭᑐᒥᐣ ᑕᐡ ᓂᐃᐧᑭᐸᐦᐃᑫᒥᓇᐸᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐊᒥᐱᑯᐦᐃ ᑫᐃᔑᑭᐸᐦᐃᑫᔭᐠ. ᐊᒥᐁᑫᐧᓇᐠ ᐁᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᐁᑭᐱᑲᓄᓂᑯᔭᐠ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᑌᐯᐧ ᑲᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔕ ᑲᔭᓂ ᐅᓇᑯᔑᐠ, ᐅᑭᐱᒋᑕᐸᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒪᑲᑯᓂ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᐱᐃᓇᑕᒧᓂᐠ ᐊᔑᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐁᑭᐱᒧᓭᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐊᑲᐧᓯᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᑲᑯᓂ ᐃᒪ ᐁᑭᐃᔑᑭᐱᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ. ᑲᑭᓇ ᑕᐡ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᐃᐧᐊᔓᐱᓱᐨ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐱᐠ ᑕᐃᓇᑭᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐃᐧ. ᑕᓂᔭᐣ ᒧᓱ, ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᓂᐠ ᑭᐊᔭᑭᓀ ᒪᒥᑫᐧᐸᐣ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑎᐸᒋᒧᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᔑ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᓂᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᐣᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᐧᑭᐸᑯᐡᑭᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᓂᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑯᓯᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᓂᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ

ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ. ᐣᑕᔭ ᐅᒪ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ, ᐁᐃᐧᒪᓇᒋᑐᔭᐣ ᐣᑕᑭᑦ ᒥᓇ ᐣᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒪᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑌᐸᑫᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᐊᓂ ᐊᓂᑫᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐧᕑᓱ. ᐅᐡᑲᐨ 2009 ᑲᐊᓂᐱᒥᓭᐠ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐱᒥᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐃᒪ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ, ᑭᒥᑭᑲᑌ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐁᐊᔭᐠ ᑲᐱᒋᐳᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᔑᐡᑭᑲᐠ ᐯᔓᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᑕᑭᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ. ᐦᐊᕑᐃ ᐅᒥᑲᓇᑦ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐣᑭᐃᔑᒥᑭᑫᒥᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ, ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᒋᐳᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑭᐅᒋᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᐅᒋ ᐁᐧᐱᓇᒧᑯᐸᓀᐣ ᐁᐧᐱᓂᑫᐊᐧᐳᐣ ᑲᑭᑎᐯᐣᑕᒧᑯᐸᓀᐣ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᑕᐡᑭᐳᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᓂ ᐃᒪ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ, ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᑕᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 1900 ᑲᔭᓂᐅᐡᑭᓭᐠ. ᐊᔕ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᑭᓴᑭᑕᒧᐦᐊᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑕᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᐧᓴ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᐃᐧᓂᔭᓂᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᓂ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᐯᔑᐠ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᐁᐧᐱᐣᑎᑫᑯᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑕᐃᐧᓭᓭᓂᐠ ᑯᑕᑭᓂ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ. ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᓯᓭ ᒋᓂᐸᐃᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᐁᑲ ᓄᓯᓯᓇᓂᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒋᐃᐧᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᔑᑕᓇᐃᐧᕑᑭ ᓂᑲᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐦᐊᓫᐃ ᑯᑲᕑ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᑫᐧ. ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐸᐧᕑᐟ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᓯᐢ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓄᑎᓇᑭᑕᐧ, ᐊᐧᐁᐧᔕ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᓄᑎᓇᔭᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ, ᑭᔭᓂᐃᑭᑐ. ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑲᑭᐱᔕᔕᐳᐱᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᓂᐟ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᔕᐳᐱᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᒪᒋᓂᑲᓇᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᒋᐃᐧᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐊᓂᐱᒥ ᔕᐳᐱᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐊᓄᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᒋᐃᔑᓂᔕᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂᐠ ᐁᐅᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᐃᐧᑕᐧ

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Debbie Kakagamic shows Grade 11 student Desirae Barrett how to assemble a moss bag used to carry babies. Kakagamic’s workshop was one of many throughout Native Awareness Week at the Queen Elizabeth District High School May 18-21. Workshops such as beading, drumming, moss bag making and various presentations and entertainment were held throughout the week.

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MAY 27, 2010

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Recognizing Treaty No. 5 Canada ready to ‘see us’: Atleo

Rick Garrick Wawatay News

National Chief Shawn A-inchut Atleo called for more recognition of treaty rights during the Treaty No. 5 Commemoration Gala. “The original vision of the treaty as the ancestors have laid out was one about shared prosperity and mutual respect,” Atleo said before the gala dinner, held May 13 at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay. “There is a need for an acknowledgement that the treaties are still important to the fabric of this country.” Atleo added that a United Nations study has demonstrated that Canada is responsible for upholding treaties. “Canada has signaled that it is willing to endorse the United Nations Declaration of Rights for Indigenous People,” Atleo said. “The sharing of the revenues from resources in the territories is still outstanding for First Nations across this country. Treaties articulate specific areas like education and yet we know it would take 65,000 post-secondary graduates in the next five years to close the achievement gap with the rest of Canada.” Atleo explained if the achievement gap were closed by 2026, it would mean a contribution to Canada’s gross domestic product of about $170 billion. “Canada as a successor state has obligations,” Atleo said, “but those obligations extend to the citizenry of this country to recognize that they have inherited the shared responsibility to make sure, for example, that all the kids have access to education, to make sure that there is clean drinking water and that we overcome the deep poverty that exists or that we address the violence against Aboriginal women and girls across this country with over 500 having gone missing.” Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy spoke about the significance of Treaty No. 5 before the gala dinner. “When we signed the treaties, it was under international law,” Beardy said. “What it means is we have a formal relationship with the Crown of England, we agreed to peaceful coexistence,

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy and National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo spoke about the significance of treaties during the Treaty No. 5 Commemoration Gala, held May 13 at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay. that we would get along with the settlers when they arrived in North America. We also agreed to share the land from time to time, and I think most importantly we agreed that we would share in the benefits derived from the development of natural resources.” Beardy noted that although First Nations people have been living in peaceful coexistence with the settlers and sharing the land, there has not been any wealth sharing with the First Nations within NAN. “As a result, my First Nations are very poor because there is no wealth sharing with the governments with my First Nations,” Beardy said. “What we’re looking for in the next 100 years is that to continue to enjoy prosperity and a high quality of life by all in Canada there has to be a redistribution of the wealth to ensure that my people benefit.” Beardy called for guaranteed jobs for his people, opportunities for economic spin-offs and discussions with government on resource revenue sharing. About 340 First Nation and non-native leaders attended Treaty No. 5 Commemoration Gala, which featured a keynote address by Atleo, speeches by

Beardy, Deer Lake Chief Roy Dale Meekis, Sandy Lake Chief Adam Fiddler, former NAN deputy grand chief Goyce Kakegamic and Sandy Lake Elder Jonas Fiddler, and music by Robin Ranger and John Fletcher and friends. Sandy Lake’s Ennis Fiddler and Oshki-Pimache-OWin’s Rosie Mosquito emceed the event. NAN Women Council’s Jackie Fletcher said it is important to make sure the treaties are at the forefront all the time. “By having this kind of event, more people are asking questions about (the treaty) and we (have to) keep them current,” Fletcher said, explaining that she shared dinner with a group of John Deere company representatives who didn’t know very much about Treaty No. 5. “The next time we have an event like this we should have write ups about whatever we are doing.” Windigo First Nation Council’s Frank McKay emphasized the importance of Treaty No. 5, noting that treaties are the basis of who First Nations people are today. “This is a very historical document,” McKay said. “It sets the deal of how we are going to live together, how we are going to share the lands and resources

and how we conduct relationships with each other.” McKay said First Nations people must be involved in any decisions involving their traditional lands. “That requires our consent,” McKay said. “We have to be involved in any decisions that involves our land. We never gave that control to anyone to make those decisions on our behalf on the rights to the lands and resources.” Shibogama First Nations Council’s Margaret Kenequanash stressed how important the land is for First Nations people and the responsibility they have to take care of it. “Land is very important to our people,” Kenequanish said. “It is part of our life. It is our livelihood.” “We have a responsibility given to us by the Creator to look after the land and we have done a good job of it in our area.” Kenequanish said it is time for First Nations people to see the fruition of the treaties that were signed generations ago. “Right now we don’t see it (fruition of the treaties),” Kenequanish said. see TREATIES page 24

Canadians are beginning to see First Nations people. That was the message National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo’s grandmother told him during Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s residential school apology. “My granny was squeezing my hand and she said ‘they are beginning to see us,’” Atleo said. Atleo also described a vision his grandmother shared with him on the day of the residential school apology during his May 13 keynote address at the Treaty No. 5 Commemoration Gala. “I was pushing up, and I didn’t understand, but it was really heavy and I couldn’t push up,” Atleo said, quoting his grandmother. “Then I came to understand what was happening – I was trying to push this heavy page on a dark chapter in our history. What I realized is that I couldn’t do it because no one person can on their own. It will take all of us to turn this heavy page on this dark chapter in our history.” Atleo emphasized that all Canadians need to learn that every person in the country is a treaty person, not just First Nations people. “It is time to remember that treaties were signed between nations, First Nations and the Crown,” Atleo said. “It makes everyone treaty people, each and every one of us in this room, each and every person in this country.” The patterns of the past must not be repeated in the future, Atleo said. “In every single institution of learning in this country, the young people need to leave those institutions knowing their responsibilities when it comes to treaties and about the relationship requirements of First Nations,” Atleo said. “This is something we can absolutely achieve at this juncture in history and it is in fact the vision that existed when the treaties were first forged.” The Elders remind us that

the treaties are about relationships, sharing, mutual respect and harmony, Atleo said. “These treaties are not relics of the past,” Atleo said. “They are as valid today as the day that they were signed. Legally, morally and every other way, they are still valid today. They are enshrined in Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution.” Atleo also spoke about how the four countries, Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada, who voted against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples are changing their position, with Australia and New Zealand having already endorsed the declaration and the United States and Canada announcing they would review or take steps to endorse the declaration. “There are several elements to that declaration that are exciting,” Atleo said. “It comes on the heels of a major treatise report that was done in the United Nations confirming that nation states like Canada not only have treaties but have responsibilities to uphold and honour treaties (and) to implement them in the spirit and intent which they were entered into.” Atleo is calling for Canada to work with First Nations to implement the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “It speaks to things like citizenship, it speaks to things like education,” Atleo said. “Education has been made by the chiefs the top priority to push forward on.” Atleo stressed the need for better education for First Nations people, noting that 50 schools currently need to be built in First Nation communities across the country. “They are communities like the ones we visited right here in northern Ontario and northern Manitoba who don’t have schools, who don’t have education supports,” Atleo said. “So this is a real need – 50 schools are needed. We want to see 55,000 students graduate in the next five years. We can do this by working together.”

Blockade in Kapuskasing comes down, talks continue Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

A blockade north of Kapuskasking, Ont. by a break away group of Moose Cree First Nation members has come down May 19. The blockade was set up by a group calling themselves the Kapuskasking Cree, who have been asserting their ancestral rights by staging a peaceful blockade to hydroelectric projects on the Mattagami River north of Kapuskasing. “We are doing a peaceful blockade just to let Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Moose Cree Nation know that what they are doing is wrong, and they are not consulting the proper people,” said Ernie Sutherland, spokesperson for the Kapuskasking Cree. OPG and Moose Cree placed an injunction against the Kapuskasking Cree to remove the blockade and a court hearing was held May 19 in Timmins. Moments prior to the hearing, lawyers representing both sides negotiated a deal. Gaius Napash, who reresents the Kap Cree, said the deal has a clause that will bring Moose

Cree and the Kapuskasing Cree together to continue talking about the idea of a separate reserve. Prior to the legal course of action, the descendents of the Napash and Sutherland families voiced their concerns about the lack of proper consultations. Sutherland is one of many Aboriginals in the Kapuskasking area who object to the ratification of the Amisk-oo-skow Comprehensive Agreement between Moose Cree First Nation and Ontario Power Generation. The agreement was approved by a vote of Moose Cree membership May 14, 2009. According to the Moose Cree Resource Protection website, there were 2474 eligible voters. Only 634 votes were cast through pre-polls, out of town polls, mail in ballots, mobile voting and local polls. Of these votes, 69 per cent, or 439 votes, were in favour of the agreement. Moose Cree Chief Norm Hardisty Jr. said it’s a comprehensive agreement in which the community hopes to benefit from during the project’s life. “We are talking about a 50 year agreement that encompasses about over $400 million

over those 50 years,” he said. The agreement between OPG and Moose Cree allows the two sides to reconcile past grievances from harm caused to resources in the area by development and to provide the basis for a new relationship. Provisions in the agreement call for an apology from OPG and that treaty rights be respected.

“We were born and raised here. Most of us have never been to Moose Factory.” – Ernie Sutherland

For the descendents of the Napash and Sutherland families who live in the Kapasukasing region, the group feels the agreement did not consider a grievance that began by their parents’ generation 40 years ago. When the grievance was first introduced, Sutherland said Moose Factory offered to go help the Elders. As the issue dragged on, many of the Elders

have since passed on. “That is just like slapping our Elders in the face saying that they lived here and died in vain, and that is something we won’t let happen,” Sutherland said. Sutherland said Moose Factory is 200 kilometers north of the disputed lands and there are about 160 Moose Cree members that are willing to join the Kapsuskasing Cree as soon as it becomes a separate reserve. “We were born and raised here. Most of us have never been to Moose Factory.” The Kapuskasking Cree corresponded with chief and council to voice their concerns. Negotiations between the two parties broke off following a meeting held with the chief and council of Moose Cree on Dec 16 to discuss the Amisk-ooskow Agreement. Shortly thereafter, the Kapuskasking Cree informed chief and council of Moose Cree of their intention to separate from the larger administrative body of Moose Cree. “We no longer want to be Moose Cree. We want to have our own reserve right here where we were born and raised, and they don’t want to let us

go. The only reason they don’t want to let us go is because they are going to be losing all the resources,” Sutherland said. The Kapuskasking Cree requested a band council resolution asserting the group’s desire to separate. A letter written by Hardisty March 1 and sent to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada states: “The Moose Cree First Nation has never agreed to support any such division request. “It is premature to say that all avenues to address political differences between the Moose Cree First Nation and some group of its membership in Kapuskasing have been tried and exhausted.” On May 4, an around the clock blockade was set up by the Kapuskasking Cree. “We did not permit OPG, Kiewit, and LUNA workers – we blockaded them and told them that nobody was permitted to go through our Indian lands,” Napash said. Ted Gruetzner, manager of media relations at OPG, said work has slowed down since workers were not allowed access to the site because of the blockade.

The workers were hired to clear land where a camp for 800 workers is to be constructed. “As a group they (Kap Cree) consider themselves to be a distinct band. We see it as an internal band issue that needs to be worked out with the band,” Gruetzner said. “Our position is that we will only consult with recognized First Nations and the recognized First Nation is the larger Moose Cree First Nation and the chief and council – that is our policy.” Hardisty said the blockade was a disruption to the progress the community is making. “We don’t encourage any type of activity – like a road blockade – that will compromise anything that we are trying to do. It affects employment, and it affects the contracts. We have a mandate. It’s very clear,” he said. In the meantime, the Kapuskasking Cree agreed to take down the blockade while negotiating with the Moose Cree. “They (Moose Cree) have to talk to us about it,” Napash said, adding that the next step is mediated discussions led by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

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MAY 27, 2010

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On track for success James Thom TO THE POINT

may never look at Hersheybrand chocolate bars again. Not because I ate too many and regretted it afterwards but simply because I laughed so hard it hurt and Hershey was the reason. It started rather innocently. I got a call at my office May 18 and the person at the other end of the line was asking if I’d been invited to a track meet that night for coverage. I had not in fact been told about the group of eight athletes and several parents and coaches from Sandy Lake who had flown to Thunder Bay for a track and field meet. So I made arrangements to attend the evening meet. When I arrived at the meet things started to pick up. I met the students and coaches and started taking pictures. As I snapped and reviewed the images, I started seeing a pattern. Anyone who wasn’t wearing a real track shirt was wearing an event T-shirt, complete with the title sponsor’s logo on the back. That sponsor? Hershey, the chocolate manufacturer. That set off my laughing attack. I was standing at the Legion Track Complex taking pictures of a track and field meet who’s title sponsor was a chocolate bar company. It was the Hershey’s Track and Field Games. I was lost in thought about the irony. Health and fitness seem to mesh with track and field. Chocolate and candy mesh more with couches and potatoes. My first thought was what’s next? Will Pizza Hut be the new sponsor and diet regime for Biggest Loser contestants. Once I recovered from the laughing fit, it was business as usual. I went about shooting the events and chatting up the friends, relatives and supporters who came out to watch the Sandy Lake students. The excitement in the student’s eyes when they set foot on the track was priceless. I didn’t know smiles that big could be sustained for so long. Win or lose, the students, from Thomas Fiddler Memorial Elementary School, battled hard and didn’t stop running until they crossed the finish line. It was a sight to see.

The students’ coach Matt Kennedy, kindergarten teacher at the school originally from outside Toronto, could hardly contain his enthusiasm. The track team in the community was his brainchild. It started as a running club about two years when he moved to the community and blossomed into a track team with a membership of more than 30. Of those, eight students came to Thunder Bay for the meet. The were Gabriel Kakepetum (bib 923), Clarissa Crowe (803), McKenzie Kakepetum (805), Rebecca Kakepetum (804), Creedance Anishinabie (920), Pierce Meekis (932), Darian Crowe (921) and Jeff Meekis (922).

Win or lose, the students, from Thomas Fiddler Memorial Elementary School, battled hard and didn’t stop running until they crossed the finish line. Despite not having the same training facilities as other competitors in Thunder Bay, the students did remarkable well. Pierce Meekis and Clarissa Crowe each placed first in midget divisions of the softball throw. In the running events, the students held their own. They competed in the 50-metre, 100metre, 200-metre, 400-metre and 800-metre races. Kennedy said it wasn’t about winning and losing but he was clearly pleased with and impressed by the team’s results. For that matter, so was I. The students were clearly well-trained. Kennedy explained the students ran in the community with distances measured out so they knew how far the races were. The 800-metre races were the highlight for me. The students seemed concerned with pacing but didn’t seem to figure out how they wanted to approach the race. Some chose to start fast and faded during the second lap while others started slowly and picked up their pace during the second 400-metre section. Either way, the expressions on the students faces – the look of sheer exhaustion after a long race in 25+ degree heat – and the thrill of pinning winning ribbons on their shirts after such an effort is something I will remember for years to come.

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Men and their old tools Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

like old garages where I am able to work in a familiar space I created, for better or for worse. I don’t have a neatly organized or functional workshop in my garage. In fact, when I start working on a project, my space quickly becomes a disorganized mess of wood, tools, sawdust and assorted equipment. That’s the way I like it. I enjoy being surrounded by the clutter of all types of tools and machinery. This is a more relaxed and laid back workspace where I can just escape to from time to time. Often I am more than happy to exchange my office and computer work space for the rickety old garage where the smell of pine lumber, oil and grease fills the air. This is a place where I use my hands to repair things, build and create solutions to material problems. It is more hands on and less brain stressful. I grew up with a garage in the backyard all my life. Back home in Attawapiskat, a remote northern community on the James Bay coast, a garage is treated more like a cache to hold anything of

value. In the isolated north, just about every usable object that ever appears is a valuable item because of the great amount of effort and expense that went into bringing it into the community. That fact was even more important in my parents generation when any metal object or tool was highly valued. I can remember dad’s garage stuffed with outdated metal equipment, parts and tools. He wasted nothing. Dad’s old garage was jam packed with motorcycle and snowmobile parts, heating equipment, engine bits and pieces, gear chains, metal cogs, cutting blades and buckets of screws, nails and bolts. It got to the point where dad was actually storing obsolete machinery that no one had any clue as to what they were originally used for. To dad it was like a treasure trove. Most garages back home were the same. Some held modest collections of old outboard engines or a snowmachine or two. Dad’s featured a little bit more than most because he was involved in contracting and he was more or less a handy man. However, there were people like my cousin Robert Kataquapit who kept an ever expanding compound of mostly old snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, cars and trucks. He was a self taught

mechanic and one of the few in town that could work on an engine. He needed a big garage. Somehow he performed small miracles in this garage even though he was constantly looking for the right tool somewhere in a pile. We visited his place many times to repair our old trucks, tractors and snow machines over the years. As disorganized and unconventional as his place was, Robert had a knack for bringing dead motors back to life. It was always a pleasure for me to watch my dad, Robert and a group of Elders and relatives around an old truck discussing the inner workings of the engine. My role was as the assistant who handed them the tools and it was exciting to be part of the serious matter of repairing a valuable machine. I was captivated by the conversations in that old garage. I remember listening for hours as the group theorized on the operation of a carburetor from an old truck. I watched for hours one afternoon as they reverse engineered the jig saw puzzle of transmission parts from an old John Deere tractor. Robert’s ingenuity, or ‘injun’-uity as we jokingly referred to it, amazed us all. He was very creative and could simply invent and produce the right part by filing things down to shape, carving

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his own plastic piece or melting plastic or metal objects to a desired form. He taught himself through trial and error. When I finished high school in Attawapiskat I was hired on as the first shop assistant for the new technical wing for Vezina Secondary School. This job represented a big change for me because it was the first time I actually had the opportunity to work inside a modern fully furnished and equipped woodworking, mechanical and welding shop. For a change, I didn’t have to work in a cramped space full of old greasy metal parts. I worked safely and comfortably inside a brightly lit and well designed shop with a concrete floor. It was a joy for me to help young students get their start in the trades with knowledge I had learned through hard work and effort in real hands on situations. I loved the new modern shop but I still found myself wandering back to Robert’s garage to check out the project of the day. Here I could fit in very easily and get wrapped up in the conversation focused around solving some mechanical problem. There was lots of fun with jokes and stories and I felt at home in that space. I feel the same way these days when I step into the soft light of my 50 year old garage and I putter around to my heart’s content.

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Education budget in Pic River about half that provided to urban schools, community short millions Dear Canada: As I write this letter my heart is breaking. I do not understand why Aboriginal children continue to be devalued in this beautiful rich country called Canada. I do not understand why all Canadians continue to let this happen. You have a responsibility. Canada is not listening to the National Chief or all of the Chiefs across Canada, if their voices were being heard, then it is obvious that the implementation of the HST would not be happening. Resolutions regarding education underfunding have been passed at many Chiefs in Assembly; with no

results. Our children need every person in Canada to tell the current Prime Minister and the Government of Canada to make the changes needed to provide equality in education, health and child welfare. Currently Pic River First Nation receives a grand total of $660,663.00 to operate our education system; this includes everything, the daily classroom instruction, salaries and benefits, special education, minor capital, operation and maintenance. If we simply divide this amount by our total number of student units which is 81 (58 elementary plus 23 secondary), this works out to $8,156.32 per student. If we were to have

our children attend school in town, Canada would provide $15,211.53 per elementary student and $17,131.88 per secondary student. If this same money was provided to Pic River, we would see a budget of $1,276,301.98, I do not understand why Canada will give the money to pay a school board, (which is not Native) to educate our children but will not provide the same rate of funding for a First Nation operated education system. Pic River First Nation has spent in excess of $1.1 million of Own Source Revenue to keep our school operating; in essence Pic River is bailing Canada out. This means there are fewer

dollars for other First Nation initiatives like roads, recreation, a new school, administration building, economic ventures, etc. Even with this investment of more than a million dollars, we continue to see an accumulated deficit and this has placed us in the position where we have had to make drastic education staff reductions and programming cuts. These cuts will have a detrimental effect on the education of our children and ultimately an effect on the future of Canada. I recall reading a report which stated an additional $71 billion dollars would be injected into Canada’s economy, if the education gap for Aboriginals is

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ven though some of our readers don’t pay income tax, many of them do. For those persons, there are two reasons why income splitting is so important in Canada to reduce the family’s tax burden: 1. Canada’s tax system is based on graduated tax rates; 2. Everyone has a tax-free basic exemption amount. A graduated tax rate system basically means that there is a higher marginal tax rate on taxable income as income increases. Furthermore, each Canadian resident can earn about $10,000 (varies by province) of taxable income every year tax-free due to the basic personal tax credit. As a result of these two factors, if income can be shifted from a highincome parent to a low-income spouse or child, then the family can realize tax savings up to $15,000 per year (varies by province). If there are four members in a family, then family tax savings of up to $45,000 per year can be realized. Due to this amount of potential annual tax savings, families earning a high income should strongly consider family income-splitting strategies. In order to prevent abusive income-splitting arrangements, the Income Tax Act has income attribution rules. These rules will attribute taxable income back to the high-income family member that actually supplied the capital for investment, thus

achieving no tax savings. For business owners, you can split income by paying reasonable salaries to lower-income family members based on the services they perform. However, if a low-income spouse or child is not actually working in the family business or their services are minimal, then paying them a salary or bonus that is in excess of the services rendered simply for income-splitting purposes is not permitted. If you own a Canadian corporation, there are a number of creative strategies to split income with family members. One such strategy, typically done in combination with an estate freeze, is called “dividend sprinkling.” Although there are some attribution rules to consider, this strategy involves paying dividends from the corporation to adult children and spouse shareholders based on the growth of the corporation after the estate freeze. A common investment income-splitting strategy with a low-income spouse is the prescribed rate loan strategy. A high-income spouse loans capital to a lowincome spouse for investment at the CRA-prescribed interest

rate. All future investment income will be taxed to the low-income spouse. However, the high-income spouse must declare the interest on the loan. Gifting funds to minor children and earning capital gains on the funds is still an effective income-splitting strategy that many high-income parents with low-income children should consider. A child with no other income can earn approximately $15,000-20,000 of capital gains every year tax-free (varies by province) due to their basic personal exemption. The capital gain income can be used for various expenses for the child’s benefit such as private school, camps and lessons. If you are concerned about gifting monies to your child, then consider loaning the funds to a family trust on an interest-free basis. This article is supplied by Gordon Keesic, an Investment Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities Inc in Thunder Bay, Ontario. 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.

Cindy Fisher education director Pic River First Nation.

Wachiye, Tanisi, Boozhoo, Ahneen, Sago, Hello… My name is Christopher Hunter; I am originally from Peawanuck, Ontario, a Weenusk First Nation band member that has moved to Toronto, Ontario. Today, I have an open business proposition for you, so read very carefully... When I rst moved to Toronto, Ontario back in August 25, 2007; I studied the demographics in the greater Toronto area and it turns out that this huge city and the surrounding areas has a population about 3-5 million people that shows a market for hand-made indigenous products on a very large cosmopolitan scale. I noticed that Canada’s largest city does have a fondness for ladies mukluk boots, deer-hide moccasins, deer-hide purses, deer-hide handbags, deer-hide mittens, deer-hide ladies beaded gloves, down-feather blankets, Russian trapper style headwear, beaded hand-made native jewellery, traditional snowshoes, traditional parkas, native arts and crafts, and the list goes on. Christopher Hunter

With that being said; I have envisioned an aboriginal business venture that will show case the beauty of our indigenous culture to Canada’s largest city. Therefore, I have a business proposition for you if you are Business Proposition skilled in manufacturing of Russian style trapper hats, ladies mukluks, deer-hide moccasins, deer-hide purses, down-feathered blankets, snowshoes, deer-hide mittens, deer-hide rie cases, deer-hide knife sheaths, traditional parkas, arts & crafts, and more. My business proposition is that I will your sell hand-made indigenous products on your behalf through consignment agreement basis to greater Toronto area customers through the ea market channels. If you have native hand-made products and you want them sold to the huge demographics of the greater Toronto area, then you are in luck. Please contact me as soon as possible at:

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The education budget for province of Ontario is in excess of $20 billion; the total budget for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada is $7 billion, for all of Canada. Only 55 per cent of this budget makes it to First Nations, the rest stays with Canada to operate the bureaucracy known as INAC. With the money that does make it to First Nations, we are to operate all programs. Please write a letter to the Prime Minister and copy it to your MP. Send a copy of this letter.

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closed by 2017. If we continue to cut our education programs, the education gap will only continue to widen and then where will we all be. If needed, Canada can view education in our young as an investment to benefit all of Canada. “Where are our SMART boards; where are our literacy and numeracy programs; where is our early years learning program; where are our libraries, where are our shop and music programs; where are our specialized teachers; where are our gymnasiums; where are our second level services.” The government of Canada provides nothing for First Nation education in these areas.

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Forest agreement lacked discussion

Participate Information Centre to Review Proposed Operations Nagagami Forest 2011 – 2021 Forest Management Plan

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation is concerned that First Nations were not included in discussions about the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement. “The problem we have is not so much the agreement or the content itself,” said NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy. “The process is where we have a difficulty. It is clear in the Canadian Constitution that the government, the crown, has a legal obligation to consult and accommodate First Nations. When they had discussions on development of this agreement, NAN was not part of those discussions. This agreement was made without our knowledge so I think that is very disrespectful of our rights.” The agreement was unveiled May 18 by 21 member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and nine leading environmental organizations to conserve significant areas of Canada’s vast boreal forest, protect threatened woodland caribou and provide a competitive market edge for participating companies. Beardy said the agreement disrespects First Nations rights. “Nobody has the right to develop an agreement that affects any of NAN’s lands and resources without consultation, accommodation and consent from us,” Beardy said. “This Agreement was made without our knowledge and treats NAN as a stakeholder – not a government.” NAN stated in a press release that the agreement involves the suspension of logging on about 29 million hectares of boreal forest across Canada to allow for caribou protection planning – a portion of NAN territory is included in that area. In 2004, the same attempt was made to make decisions over the NAN territory when environmental groups and forestry and energy companies developed a 50/50 split of the land: 50 per cent for protected land and 50 per cent for development. “The right of consent is reflected in the spirit and intent of both Treaty 9 and Treaty 5, this is our right,” said Beardy. “We must be part of the decision making, benefit from resources in our traditional territory, and be involved in how the land is managed. Environmental groups and forest product companies must have our free, prior and informed consent on these matters. These kinds of agreements have to stop and the true decision makers, First Nations, must be the ones to have the final say.” NAN chiefs-in-assembly recently passed a resolution stating among other points that free and informed consent of NAN First Nations is required before any significant steps are taken in relation to any private development projects and any Canadian government policy exercises that may affect any part of NAN territory. Beardy is now calling for Canada to sign on to the United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “Under the UN Declaration,

We Need Your Input Do you … • Have an interest in natural resource management in the Nagagami Forest? • Want to know more about the proposed operations of the Nagagami Forest? • Want to take an active role in the planning process and development of the Nagagami Forest Management Plan (FMP)? If you answered yes to any of these questions, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Jackﬁsh River Management (JRM) and the Local Citizens Committee (LCC) invite you to attend a public open house to help us to develop the 2011 – 2021 FMP for the Nagagami Forest. You will have the opportunity to review and comment on: • • • •

The proposed areas identified for harvest, renewal and tending operations; The proposed road locations and conditions for the first five-year term; The preferred areas of operations for the second five-year term; The proposed corridors for new primary and branch roads for the ten-year term.

How to Get Involved The Information Centre will be held at the following locations from 15:00 p.m. to 20:00 p.m. on the following day: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Royal Canadian Legion Br., 194 Office 48 Sixth Avenue Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0 Tel.: 807-868-2083 A summary of the long-term management direction for the forest and maps showing proposed areas for harvest, renewal and tending operations, as well as road corridors will be available at the Information Centre or upon request. Values maps, with information such as fish and wildlife habitat features (e.g., lake trout lakes, heronries), parks and protected areas, tourism facilities as well as many other features on the Nagagami Forest are available on request. Written comments on the proposed operations for the Nagagami Forest must be received by Zachary White from the planning team at the Ministry of Natural Resources Wawa District Office, or Boris Michelussi from the planning team at Jackfish River Management in Hornepayne by August 3, 2010. The plan is being prepared by the following planning team members: Marie Ditner, Chair and Project Manager, MNR Boris Michelussi, R.P.F., Jackfish River Management Limited, Plan Author Zachary White, R.P.F., MNR Area Forester Tom Newport, Columbia Forest Products Limited David Haavaldsrud, Haavaldsrud Timber Steve Lebel, MNR A/Nagagami Area Biologist Paul Gamble, MNR Resource Planner/Aboriginal Liaison Margaret Zajac, Nagagami Forest Local Citizens Committee Vacant, First Nation Representative(s) The planning team members, the Ministry of Natural Resources District Manager and the LCC are available during the planning process to meet and discuss your interests and concerns. A formal issue resolution process, as described in the Forest Management Planning Manual (2009), is available on written request. A summary of all comments collected throughout the planning process will be made available for public review during the planning process and for the duration of the approved ten-year plan. Still Can’t Make It? In addition to this invitation to participate, there are two other formal opportunities for you to be involved, tentatively scheduled as follows: Information Centre: Review of the Draft Forest Management Plan: Inspection of the Ministry of Natural Resources-approved Forest Management Plan:

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The draft FMP is tentatively scheduled to be submitted on August, 2010. If you would like to be added to a mailing list to receive notification of public consultation opportunities, please contact Zachary White at 705-856-4715. The general planning information and maps described in this notice will also be available for review and comment, for a 63-day period (June 2, 2010 – August 3, 2010) after the information centre at the Jackfish River Management office and at the Ministry of Natural Resources office during normal office hours. As well, an appointment with the ministry’s Wawa District Manager or with a planning team member during non-business hours may be made by calling 705-856-2396. For further information, please contact: Zachary White, R.P.F. MNR, Wawa District P.O. Box 1160, 48 Mission Road Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 Tel.: 705-856-4715

Boris Michelussi, R.P.F. Jackﬁsh River Management Limited P.O. Box 780, 10 Becker Road Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0 Tel.: 807-868-2370, ext. 222

Margaret Zajac Nagagami Forest LCC Tel.: 807-868-2832

The Ministry of Natural Resources is collecting your personal information and comments under the authority of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. Any personal information you provide (address, name, telephone, etc.) will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, however, your comments will become part of the public consultation process and may be shared with the general public. Your personal information may be used by the Ministry of Natural Resources to send you further information related to this forest management planning exercise. If you have questions about the use of your personal information, please contact Paul Gamble at 705-856-4701. Renseignements en français : Hélène Scott au (705) 856-4702.

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the states and the governments are required to have free, prior and informed consent with its original inhabitants,” Beardy said. “Because Canada has not signed that (UN Declaration), that is why they are able to bypass First Nations people in terms of the duty to consult.” Beardy said the agreement will have an impact on future economic opportunities for NAN’s communities and citizens. If the agreement ties in with endangered species and habitat, Beardy said it will impact the development of infrastructure to improve the quality of life in NAN communities. “If that is what they are talking about here, it will impact on us building infrastructure we need to continue to improve the quality of life for our people,” Beardy said. “It will impact all weather roads, it will impact (hydro) grid lines, it will impact other potential resource development activities which we are looking at to begin to establish an economic base for ourselves. So that is why we are concerned.” Avrim Lazar, president and CEO of FPAC, said the FPAC companies and the environmental organizations have identified a more intelligent, productive way to manage economic and environmental challenges in the boreal forest that will reassure global buyers their products’ sustainability. “It’s gratifying to see nearly a decade of industry transformation and hard work greening our operations, is culminating in a process that will set a forestry standard that will be the envy of the world,” Lazar said. Richard Brooks, spokesman for participating environmental organizations and forest campaign co-ordinator for Greenpeace Canada, said the agreement is the best chance to save woodland caribou, permanently protect vast areas of the Boreal Forest and put in place sustainable forestry practices. “Concerns from the public and the marketplace about wilderness conservation and species loss have been critical drivers in arriving at this agreement,” Brooks said. “We have a lot of work to do together to make this agreement successful and we are committed to make it happen.” The agreement identifies explicit commitments for both sides and sets out a plan, which includes: the development and implementation of world-leading forest management and harvesting practices; the completion of joint proposals for networks of protected areas and the recovery of species at risk including woodland caribou; a full life cycle approach to forest carbon management; and support for the economic future of forest communities and for the recognition of conservation achievements in the global marketplace. The signatory groups stated in a press release they have begun meetings with provincial governments, First Nations and local communities across the country to seek their leadership and full participation in advancing the goals of the agreement.

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MAY 27, 2010

Regional leader seeks Nurses spot, photograph strange creature in KI answers to battle suicide Brent Wesley

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It was time immediate action take place to deal with the suicide crisis sweeping Mushkegowuk territory said Stan Louttit, grand chief of Mushkegowuk Council. Within the Mushkegowuk territory, the population is about 10,000 people and the youth make up anywhere from 50 to 60 percent of that population. Statistics provided by Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) verify that the greatest percentage of attempted and completed suicides occur in the 15 to 24 years age bracket. In the past 16 months, there have been 13 suicides in the Mushkegowuk territory, an area representing Attawapiskat, Moose Cree, Taykwa Tagamou, Missanabie Cree, Chapleau Cree, Kashechewan and Fort Albany. Louttit worked with deputy chief Leo Friday to initiate the emergency summit on suicide held in Moose Factory May 11 and 12. “We finally came to the realization in the past few months that there needed to be some immediate action taken as leaders of the communities.” Louttit and his peers saw the need for leaders to gather on a regional level to bring together community members, Elders, youth and frontline workers to deal with the suicide crisis. From the dialogue at the summit, Louttit was able to learn the causes of why youth are not reaching out for help. “Sometimes they feel they don’t have a voice, are intimidated, are shy, or they feel they are isolated.

“We need to hear them, and they need to step forward within their own peer groups, within their own youth councils, and within their own gatherings. I think there is lots of things we can do.” Louttit stressed that sometimes there may be too much reliance on other people and funding agencies or government to help out. He notes that there are effective measures that communities can immediately implement that cost little or nothing at all. “Individual communities can having gatherings. They can have forums with Elders, forums with youth, and forums with families in their own community. They can gather to talk about this. It doesn’t cost much to do that kind of thing.” Another readily available solution is for the service agencies that are working within the region to work in collaboration with one another. “We have three or four different service agencies that work in isolation of one another. All these service organizations, they need to bring an ad hoc committee together to determine how they can work with the people in their communities. Leadership needs to be taken, and people need to step up to the plate.” Louttit also encourages the youth to speak out. “We want to hear from you. I think it is incumbent on each and every youth within the NAN territory, within the Mushkegowuk Territory, we need to hear it when they need to tell us something, otherwise we won’t know,” he said, encouraging the use of any means necessary through modern technology to tell a friend.

A creature discovered by two nurses in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug has a lot of people baffled. Pictures of a dead animal with a long hairy body, but with a bald head, feet and face, have many wondering what it could be.

The body appears to look like an otter, but the hair looks like beaver fur and the hairless head and feet leaves much to the imagination. Chief Donny Morris is as baffled as everyone else. “What it is, I don’t know,” Morris said. The creature was first spotted when two nurses walking

around the community noticed a dog sniffing something in a creek. As they got closer, the dog jumped in the water and pulled the animal out. The nurses then took some pictures of the animal but left the body alone. When community members eventually saw the pictures they went to the location but the body was gone.

With people wondering what it could be, Morris said he’s asked some people to try and find the body. “I’m just as curious,” Morris said of the mystery around the animal. Pictures of the creature have been circulating by email and through social networking sites such as Facebook.

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Helpers: Rose Buck Cathy Yoder Rebecca Dodge Sopena Meekis Reta Beardy Colin Meekis Carlton Meekis Walter Lyon

Merle & Edith Burkholder Lucy Kakegamic Frieda Hershberger Rhoda Soll Jessie McKay SR. Believers Fellowship Youth

Group Jennifer Beiler Marietta Beardy-Duncan Alus Tait Anna Fern Kakegamic Selma Poulin

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MAY 27, 2010

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After school special

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School drama club members performed After School Special April 29 before their peers. The play centred around high school students preparing for prom. The cast included Rhanda Kakekagumick, Roseanna Kakegamic, Britney Fiddler, Megan Kakekapetum, Brandon Meekis and St. John Kakekagumick.

Inspection Public Notice Approved 2010 - 2011 Annual Work Schedule Armstrong Forest

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Robert Thomas, Gary Quequish, Sally Bunting and Roy Fiddler were all involved in “Answering the cry for help – confronting prescription drug abuse in our communities.” The conference was held in Muskrat Dam in late April.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak works to address prescription drug abuse Robert Thomas GUEST COLUMNIST

Public Inspection of Annual Work Schedule The Thunder Bay District Office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has approved the Armstrong Forest 2010-2011 annual work schedule (AWS). The AWS will be available for public inspection at the Thunder Bay District Office and the Ministry of Natural Resources public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning May 28, 2010. Access to the internet is available at the Ontario Government Information Centres at 435 James Street South, Suite 114. Scheduled Forest Management Operations The AWS describes forest management activities such as road construction, maintenance and decommissioning, forestry aggregate pits, harvest, site preparation, tree planting and tending that are scheduled to occur on the Armstrong Forest between June 14, 2010 and March 31, 2011. The Ministry of Natural Resources has reviewed the AWS to ensure that activities are consistent with the approved Forest Management Plan. Fuelwood For information on the location of and license requirements for obtaining fuelwood for personal and commercial use please contact the Thunder Bay District Ministry of Natural Resources. More Information The approved AWS and any subsequent revisions will remain available for public inspection throughout the one-year duration of the AWS. For more information on the AWS or to request an AWS operations summary map, please contact: Bertha Strickland, Management Forester Ministry of Natural Resources Thunder Bay District Office 435 James Street South Tel.: 807-475-1147 Mon- Fri.: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

ollowed by a rise in prescription drug abuse a team of Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) staff from the health department were called in to deliver a two and a half day workshop on prescription drug abuse in Muskrat Dam. The theme of the workshop was “Answering the cry for help – confronting prescription drug abuse in our communities.” The presentation was on the alarming problem of prescribed drugs (medicines) that are used abusively by the addicted. The workshop was facilitated for the Wee Che He Wako-Gamik Family Treatment Centre which serves the Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities and for the community of Muskrat Dam. There were two main reasons why the workshop was delivered. The first was there is a community need. The second was to create a working relationship between KO mental health and the Wee Che He Wayo Family Treatment Centre for the KO communities. The KO Health Team consisted of myself, the KO health director, Sally Bunting, mental health therapist, Gary Quequish, capacity builder trainer and mental health therapist, Martha Kakegamic and Martha’s daughter Nadine Kakegamic. Darcy Beardy of Muskrat Dam First Nation welcomed the facilitators and the participants. “If we can reach one person

to deal with their addiction through this workshop that person will inspire others to deal with their addictions,” Beardy said. This workshop centered on Martha, a single mother who got into prescription drug abuse and how she got out of it. She presented her DVD that tells of her addiction and her recovery. Her seven year old, Nadine also did her presentation from a child’s perspective which was quite moving and powerful. “Parents listen to your kids. We know what’s going on,” the youth said. Bunting, a grandmother, presented how she contributed to her daughter’s lifestyle unknowingly. She never took drugs or alcohol at any length of time. She was never addicted to them. Rather her focus and concentration was on work. She was chief twice in her community of North Spirit Lake and worked for Nodin Services for some time in the previous years. In her sharing time, she discovered it was her personal life style and lack of time with her children that led her children into a world of mood-altering substances. Gary Quequish presented more of the clinical side of the prescription drugs (pain killers) that are abused. He reminded the workshop participants that addiction of any kind whether alcohol, drugs, gambling is not a problem, but a result and symptom of a problem. He told his personal story as to why he was the way he was before, having dealt with the root source -the real problem that was feeding his lifestyle of addiction. “I believe that working together with other service agencies the clients will ben-

efit,” said Jeannie Duncan, executive director for the Wee Che He Wayo Gamik Family Treatment Centre. “We need to come up with training opportunities that will really educate our people about the prescription drug abuse and its negative impacts. We cannot afford to think that it’s impossible to help those who are addicted to prescription drug abuse.” Susan Beardy, treatment director for the Wee Che He Wayo Gamik Family Treatment Centre, said in their referrals, they are beginning to deal with prescription drug abuse issues. “It takes more effort and energy in our human resources unit to deal with the withdraws of our referrals in their six-week placement,” she said. “The workshop was an eye opener for me. Education and awareness about the issue would really help our staff, front-line workers and the affected families.” Brenda Beardy, community health director for Muskrat Dam, attended the workshop. “We cannot hide the problem. We cannot deny the problem” she said. “It affects the whole family when one family member has addiction issues and even the community.” There were more than 20 participants to the workshop. It was held at the Wee Che He Wayo Gamik Family Treatment Centre at the time when the centre was on a break between the intake sessions. Irene Ross, Muskrat Dam council member, was present in all the sessions. Dr. Greg Ross, the dean of Northern Ontario School of Medicine also attended part of the workshop. Virginia Beardy, a social worker from the community, assisted in the workshop.

Wawatay News

MAY 27, 2010

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Once in a lifetime chance for an aspiring Northern Ontario First Nation writer! If you love writing and are hoping to be published one day, please read on for your chance to participate in a 6 day writing workshop with acclaimed Cree author/playwright/composer Tomson Highway.

Tomson Highway is the son of legendary caribou hunter and world championship dogsled racer, Joe Highway. Born in a tent pitched in a snow bank -- in December! – just south of the Manitoba/Nunavut border (near Saskatchewan), he now, for a living, writes novels, plays, and music. Of the many works he has written to date, his best known are the plays, “THE REZ SISTERS,” “DRY LIPS OUGHTA MOVE TO KAPUSKASING,” “ROSE,” “ERNESTINE SHUSWAP GETS HER TROUT,” and the best-selling novel, “KISS OF THE FUR QUEEN.” For many years, he ran Canada’s premiere Native theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts (out of Toronto), out of which has emerged an entire generation of professional Native theatre artists (actors, playwrights, etc.). He has, as well, three children’s books to his credit, all written bilingually in Cree (his mother tongue) and English. He divides his year equally between a cottage in northern Ontario (near Sudbury) and an apartment in the south of France, at both of which locales he is currently at work on his second novel.

The Opportunity:

One person will be selected to work with Tomson and 5 other writers to develop a play within 6 days. Accommodations, travel and expenses will be paid. Participants are responsible for any time required off work or school to participate. Any work time lost will not be compensated by Wawatay.

Postponed to October 2010 Still accepting applications until August 2010

List Of Published Works THE REZ SISTERS (drama)* Fifth House, Saskatoon, 1988 DRY LIPS OUGHTA MOVE TO KAPUSKASING (drama)* Fifth House, Saskatoon, 1989 KISS OF THE FUR QUEEN (novel)* Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1998 CARIBOU SONG (children’s book) HarperCollins Canada, Toronto, 2001 DRAGON FLY KITES (children’s book) HarperCollins Canada, Toronto, 2002 COMPARING MYTHOLOGIES (non-ction) (An essay comparing, in brief, Greek, Christian, and North American Aboriginal mythologies, University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa, 2002) FOX ON THE ICE (children’s book) HarperCollins Canada, Toronto, 2003 ROSE (musical drama) Talonbooks, Vancouver, 2003 ARIA (drama) (as part of an anthology of Native-Canadian plays entitled STAGING COYOTE’S DREAM) Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto, 2003 ERNESTINE SHUSWAP GETS HER TROUT (drama) Talonbooks, Vancouver, 2005 NOTE: those works marked with an asterisk (*) are those that have been published in several foreign editions, e.g. U.S.A., Japan, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, etc.

The objective of this workshop is to encourage the artistic development of northern Ontario First Nation writers in a supportive, professional artistic and cultural environment. The outcome of this workshop will be a completed written play. To be eligible you must be band member from a northern Ontario First Nation community including NAN, Treaty 3 and 5 members, and Fort William First Nation. You must be 18 years or older. Applicants must demonstrate a dedication to writing by including a minimum of two pages and maximum of ten pages of written works. Applicants must complete the application form and complete a 500 words or less essay stating why they should be selected for this opportunity. To apply and for more information, check out the Wawatay website at www.wawataynews.ca and click on the Tomson Highway Writers Workshop button ad on the right hand side or call Grant Chisel at 1-800-243- 9059 or (807) 737-2951 ext.256

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MAY 27, 2010

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Seeking solutions to northern suicide crisis Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

It was standing room only in Moose Cree First Nation, but at least 200 people left a two-day emergency summit on suicide with hope in their hearts to end the suicide crisis occurring within First Nation communities. They came seeking answers to the question: “What is causing the youth so much pain that they would choose death over life?” Mushkegowuk Council hosted the summit in Moose Cree May 11 and 12 to explore solutions to the alarming number of suicides that is plaguing First Nation communities in the James Bay region. At the end of the summit, participants declared a state of emergency around the suicide crisis. The summit also revealed how frontline workers are struggling to deal with the crisis. The chilling sound of a phone ringing in the middle of the night is faced with dread by police officers, leaders and crisis workers. There is a feeling of anxiety that it may be another telephone call to alert them to recover the body of a young

person. Frontline workers, who are often first at the scene, are experiencing stress and burnout from the trauma they encounter. They are emotionally drained and lost. “I need relief. I am burnt out. I care for my people and it deeply saddens me when I hear of another suicide attempt or completion,” said Victor Weapenicappo, a crisis counsellor for Moose Cree First Nation. Their burden is often compounded when sharing news that a life has been lost to suicide. “They have brought the black news of death to loved ones,” said Leo Friday, deputy chief of Mushkegowuk Council. “They have listened to youth and desire to make them feel viable and loved. We owe them a debt we can never repay.” Friday helped in planning and initiating the summit. “When I look at this crisis, I think about all of the lives that have been taken away from us and I really feel hopeless,” Friday said. He feels that outside help is sometimes needed, but it’s up to community members to remember the cultural teachings that

have sustained the people for thousands of years. “Those of you who know our traditions, teach it. Our young people need to know that they belong with us and our culture,” he said. There is a general lack of resources for counsellors, crisis workers and police officers to carry out their duties. Because of lacking resources, the numerous service providers in the area are being asked to review their existing programs and to collaborate with each other to maximize services to those they serve. Weapenicappo seems to think the summit was a good start. “This summit helped me in sharing my thoughts and I really hope that something positive will come out of this in the end,” he said. Chief Jonathon Solomon of Kashechewan has encountered three suicides during his term. He said he’s seen enough and will strive to make things better in his community. “I will dedicate what is left of my term to address the social issues of my community. One suicide is one too many,” Solomon said. Statistics provided by Dr. Marilyn Cook of Weeneebayko

Health Antuskaywin are appalling. Between 1986 to April 13, 2010, she reports there have been 415 completed suicides. Of those suicides, 229 occurred with youth under the age of 20. In her work at the hospital, Cook often deals with youth in crisis due to sexual abuse issues. “The majority of the youth that come in have been sexually abused. It has to stop and community members have to talk about it openly,” Cook said. “The ones we see in the hospital are in Solomon crisis and we have to be able to help the youth – traditional healers are very effective.” She cites the example of Hollow Water, Man., where they have seen a decline in suicides following the use of healing circles where abusers had to go through healing, as well as the community members. Cook’s insight into the crisis is but one point of view shared at the summit. Two open forums were held to gather input about whether a state of emergency ought to be

declared and if a public inquiry should be pursued. One forum was held for youth and the other forum was for parents and Elders. It was through these forums one weakness became obvious – the youth were not given enough time to share their thoughts and speak. On day two of the summit, there was a strong display of unity at a community walk. Similar community walks held in Cochrane, Timmins and participating James Bay coastal communities. In Moose Factory, the group numbered around 500 people including all emergency personnel, as well as students from the schools. Those unable to walk rode in a school bus. The ‘difficult journey of those in support of our plight’ took about one hour through the streets of Moose Factory. The walk was capped off with a luncheon at the community complex where a young man from Fort Albany raised a concern. The crowd listened in hushed silence as his words echoed through the speakers. “Yesterday, I was listening to the leaders talk all day. Yesterday, we had youth put together

at the open forum – they had a lot of great ideas, they spoke their mind, and we didn’t get a chance to hear them today. I think that it is very important that they be heard. I think this is one of the times that we need to walk that walk.” Similar displays of dissatisfaction over the lack of youth voice were expressed in the final afternoon of the summit. Dale Turner raised a concern about the lack of acknowledgement of the visiting youth or any activities geared to them. There was also no youth input on how suicide has affected them, or how can young people can cope when grief strikes or where to go for help. But Solomon said he wants the best for the youth of his community. “I want my young people to have hope, to have certainty, to enjoy life—that is what I want for my people, each and every one of them,” he said. “We have everything around us, the land, the culture, the language and spirituality.” The emergency summit resulted in the declaration of a state of emergency within the Mushkegowuk First Nation communities. See related story.

Dealing with suicide through a constable’s eyes Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

While the majority of us can have a good nights sleep in the slumber of our bed, there are some people whose nights are interrupted with the chilling sound of the telephone ring. The frontline workers responding to the discovery of yet another lifeless body has their work cut out for them. Eric Cheechoo, a member of Moose Cree First Nation, is a detective constable with the Cochrane office of Nishnawbe Aski Police Service. “We jump when the phone

rings. The chief said he jumps when he hears the phone ring at night. We are the same way.” Cheechoo is a 31-year veteran of the police force. For 17 years he worked out of his home community. He explained that a suicide investigation falls under the Coroners Act. “It is an in depth investigation because of policies under the Coroners Act. It is not usually called a suicide. It is referred to as sudden death.” The term ‘suicide’ is a more community driven term, he adds. When he conducts an investigation, it involves photo-

graphs, interviewing of people and going to Sudbury for the autopsy. “We are the first ones there and the last ones to leave (the scene of a suicide).” The constables are often asking the question of ‘why a person would take their life’ durCheechoo ing the course of their investigation. The reason is difficult to find. “That answer will come from

our youth. We know what they are going through. We need to pay attention to what they say. We don’t listen very well to them,” Cheechoo said. There are healing measures in place for constables to handle the difficult work they encounter. “A group of us come down and we look after each other. We talk it out. We have families we can talk too. It is extremely difficult. There are some things you get emotionally attached too. We keep our heads up. We support each other. We speak to other frontline workers.” Cheechoo came to the emer-

gency summit in Moose Factory with mixed emotions. “I am happy that we are talking about it and sad that we have to talk about it.” But he’s happy that people came together to try and work on the issue. “I think we got to where we are today just by saying we have got to do something. It will also give the youth the impression that we are trying. The youth, too, will pay attention that there are people that care about this,” he said. Lately, Cheechoo credits the use of the Internet with helping the frontline workers to find the

youth who are crying out for help. “We have been picking up stuff online, we have started to see youth cry out online, tell their friends online.” He hopes it will continue so youth can be helped in time. He also said a lot of calls have come from youth alerting a possible situation about another youth. Cheechoo encourages youth and anyone in crisis to reach out for help. “We got to let the youth and others in desperate need of help know that they can call someone. If they call the wrong person, that person is going to call someone that can help them.”

Epidemic results in state of emergency in Mushkegowuk communities Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

Residents of the Mushkegowuk territory have directed their leadership to declare a state of emergency on the suicide epidemic in the region during an Emergency Summit on the issue May 11-12. Mushkegowuk Council hosted the summit in Moose Factory to seek solutions from

the community at large. About 200 participants consisting of leadership, frontline workers, youth and the general population attended. There was a youth forum, and a parents/Elders forum to seek input if a state of emergency and public inquiry ought to be declared. The resulting key recommendation was for the declaration of a state of emergency. The two

key points of the declaration are: • To call on the First Nation leadership to treat the suicide epidemic as a top priority and that community public awareness and action strategies continue or be developed in each community. • To call for a Public Inquiry into the suicide epidemic and to seek governments’ full support for such an Inquiry.

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“Suicides continue to plague our communities,” said Kashechewan Chief Jonathon Solomon. “We cannot let this continue. Our people are precious to us, life is precious.” Along the James Bay coastal communities, there have been 12 completed suicides in the past 16 months, according to information presented during the summit. “There are many things that

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Leo Friday, deputy grand chief of Mushkegowuk was one of the first to suggest the summit. “This is just the beginning,” Friday said. “We have learned a lot from these past two days. I want to convene another summit within six months to ensure that the things we discussed are carried out and that we continue our talks on this important matter.”

Wawatay News

MAY 27, 2010

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SANDY LAKE FIRST NATION CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION 1910-2010 100 YEARS “A JOURNEY TO REMEMBER / HONOURING OUR TREATY”

JUNE 4-12 HISTORY On June 9,1910 Chief Robert Fiddler signed into an adhesion to Treaty 5. A century later, a special Centennial Commemoration will be held to honour and remember that day. For the First Nations, the Treaty represents a binding commitment that their traditional lifestyle would be protected while agreeing to share their traditional territory. Sandy Lake not only recognizes the importance of the occasion but also leaves a legacy of remembrance of the past and to focus on the present and the future.

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Highlights: Powwow, traditional teachings, cooking, feast, arts and crafts, workshops, guest speakers, games, and so much more.

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MAY 27, 2010

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Ice rescuers among those honoured by NAPS Recognition of Service Five years of dedicated service Const. Keith Nickoshie Det. Const. Brad Duce Const. Leah Menzies Const. Colin Woods Dan Duncan Gordon Wabasse Det. Const. Alex Missewace 10 years of dedicated service Insp. Pierre Guerard Const. Will Carson Const. June Quachegan Const. Gordon Eshkakogan Const. Tammy Gregoire Sgt. Nelson Racicot 15 years of dedicated service Det. Const. Jeannie Burke Diane Genier Senior Const. Lynda Jack Michelle Lamarche Danielle Stewart

Award recipients Officer of the Year

Mario Blasizzo

Civilian of the Year

Diane Genier

Investigation

Det.-Const. Trevor Martin

Bravery

Const. Jesse Einrason

Livesaving

Const. Edward Sutherland Const. Paul Auger

Community Service

Const. Marc Beauparlant

Wilfred Chum Coach Officer Award

Const. Amanda Isaac

Chief of Police Citation

Const. Clinton Patrick (lifesaving) Const. Dale Beaver (bravery) Jennifer Mills (lifesaving) Travis Jones (lifesaving) Dan Baxter (lifesaving) Pikangikum Police Sgt. Jerry Mosquito (lifesaving)

Chief of Police Commendation

Const. Stacey Gordon (community service) Const. Cory Legarde (community service) Kingfisher Lake Chief James Mamakwa (community service)

Governor General Exemplary Service Medal

Sgt. David Nakogee

St. John Ambulance

Const. Mario Blasizzo

2010 Keewaywin Conference June 8 - June 10, 2010 Sandy Lake First Nation, ON Resolution Deadline: Wednesday June 9, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Email to: lhunter@nan.on.ca and/or csimard@nan.on.ca

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Acting Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Chief Robin Jones, left, and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Mike Metatawabin present Const. Jesse Einarson with the bravery award during the fourth annual NAPS Honours and Awards banquet May 13 in Thunder Bay.

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For outstanding bravery above the call of duty, Nishnawbe Aski Police Const. Jesse Einarson was one of more than a dozen officers recognized at the fourth annual Honours and Awards Ceremony May 13 in Thunder Bay. Sgt. Jackie George, MC for the evening’s ceremony, described the Oct. 3 incident in Sandy Lake which led to Einarson, a two-year veteran of NAPS, to receive the award. At 4:37 a.m., off-duty officers received a call there was a female holding a gun to her chest. “Const. Einarson responded to this call alone and arrived to find the subject in the bedroom with a 12-gauge shotgun,” George said. “Other members of (Sandy Lake chief and) council attended and attempted to talk her into putting the gun down. The subject was sitting on a chair with the end of the gun on the floor and it was facing into her chest. She also had a broom in her hand with the end of the broom on the trigger.” Einarson spoke to the subject for 20 minutes and coached her into giving him the gun. “When I arrived at the scene, all I knew was there was a suicidal woman in the home with a gun,” Einarson said, following the ceremony. “When I arrived at the home, I met her family and they told me where to find her.” Communicating with the woman came naturally, he said. “All my training came back to me,” he said. “We’re trained to talk to people in that position. I talked about the positives in her life, all the things she had to live for. After 20-30 minutes, she broke down and gave me the gun.” The gun was later found to

have had four rounds in the chamber. It had previously been fired to see if it worked, George said. A pair of officers in Attawapiskat also risked their lives to save a resident of the community they work in. Constable Edward Sutherland and Paul Auger earned the lifesaving award at the ceremony. The incident began at 5:45 p.m. when police in Attawapiskat were advised of a suicidal male who had ventured on the Attawapiskat River during the ice break. “Police arrived on the scene and witnessed the male standing on the river which consisted of broken ice approximately 20 meters from the river bank,” George said, describing the incident. “Auger immediately advised the male to come to shore and talk but he refused.” After 30 minutes of negotiation by both officers, the man was within five feet of Auger but then decided to venture further onto the ice and fell through. Both Auger and Sutherland dashed out on the ice to rescue the male and in the process both officers fell in the freezing waters while holding on to the male. Despite the equipment he was wearing, Sutherland described it as a harrowing experience. “The ice flowing by at such speeds, it felt like 1,000 needles stabbing me in the shins,” he said. “I couldn’t touch the bottom.” Sutherland was quick to point out Canadian Rangers and former NAPS Const. Cindy Hourtevenko provided significant help in bringing the rescued man to shore. Sutherland has been an officer with NAPS since 2005. Auger joined NAPS in 2007 and became a member of bicycle patrol unit last year.

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TRC commission visits Sioux Lookout Brent Wesley Wawatay News

It’s a long road to reconciliation, but the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is optimistic it can be done. Justice Murray Sinclair said it a few times during his visit to Sioux Lookout May 12 and 13. “Keep your eye on the prize,” he said, referring to the mantra of civil rights activists of the 50s and 60s in the U.S. In this case, the prize is reconciliation. Sinclair believes this means respect. “We need to ensure we have a respectful relationship for the future,” he told a crowd gathered at the Nishnawbe Gamik Friendship Centre for a welcoming ceremony. Sinclair’s visit, hosted by Sioux Lookout’s Community Coalition for Healing and Reconciliation, also included private statement taking from residential school survivors, an objective of the TRC. It’s the stories that are most important, Sinclair said, so greater understanding of how the residential school system has impacted Aboriginal people can be understood by the larger Canadian society. Sinclair is realistic reconciliation may not be achieved by the end of the five-year mandate of the commission. But the stories need to be gathered, if only to get people to understand the history of residential schools and how it has contributed to social breakdown of Aboriginal families and communities. The stories are also important for today’s Aboriginal youth, who may not understand why their parents or grandparents were not ideal

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Garnet Angeconeb, member of the Community Coalition for Healing and Reconciliation in Sioux Lookout, speaks during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s May 12-13 visit to the community. Angeconeb invited commission chairman Justice Murray Sinclair to visit Sioux Lookout to hear from survivors in the area. caregivers. “The life they gave us was not complete,” Sinclair said of what survivors learned in residential schools. Many children went back to their communities not able to function completely. The losses were many, from loss of language and culture to basic parenting skills, as seven generations of Aboriginal people in Canada have gone through a system that sought only to assimilate. Sinclair believes survivors must share their story to help

a new generation of children understand what survivors went through and hopefully, help this new generation forgive their parents. “It’s not just about you, it’s about them too,” Sinclair said to survivors, asking them to not only to find peace with themselves, but to do it for their children. He challenged survivors to provide what they can to today’s youth, especially Aboriginal culture. “They want the gift of lan-

guage, to be Anishnawbeg. Can you give them that?” he asked. Richard Morris, a residential school survivor who took part in a sharing circle on the second day of TRC visit, believes it’s time to think of the future and move on from the social chaos sometimes inflicting Aboriginal communities. Morris, a Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug band member who now works in Sioux Lookout as an education advisor for Independent First Nation Alliance, said understanding the

full context of how colonialism has affected Aboriginal people is crucial. This understanding includes what happened in residential schools. “I think it’s very critical to understand the pain and the hurt our people went through and to empathize and be sensitive to that. But we need to move on,” he said. Morris said Aboriginal people are a strong resilient group who can overcome adversity. But understanding needs to happen and it requires a change in attitude from being victims to being strong and resilient people. “Yes, we are victims, but we can move beyond that,” he said. Morris said people need to acknowledge what they went through in the residential schools. He said too many people are stuck in a victim mindset, focused on pain and suffering. Without letting go of the terrible things that happened, the hate and bitterness is a burden that doesn’t need to be carried. “It drags us down, it drags our people down and all those people we come in contact with. It’s too negative. Forgiveness means lifting that load off your shoulders,” he said, adding that forgiveness is a key element of reconciliation. By understanding the oppression and colonialism faced by Aboriginal people, only then can they find solutions to move forward. And he said only Aboriginal people can do it for themselves, not with help from outside sources. “I call it taking back our lives, reclaiming our lives, so that we can once again be the strong proud people we were,” he said.

It’s may be a long slow process to reconciliation and Garnet Angeconeb, member of the Community Coalition for Healing and Reconciliation, said it’s a process that’s just beginning. It was Angeconeb who personally asked Sinclair to visit Sioux Lookout. The Lac Seul band member and residential school survivor has been an advocate for bringing education to the greater public about residential schools and it’s impact. He believes it takes a community to move forward together to reconcile the past. “Reconciliation is a social change progress,” he said during a public forum on the evening of May 12 in Sioux Lookout. Reconciliation was a common theme throughout the TRC visit. Sinclair may have had his own ideas about what reconciliation means, but he said it’s still a conversation that needs to happen as the TRC works to fulfill its mandate. “What are your teachings around reconciliation?” he asked. He said different First Nations could have different teachings and meanings in their own languages about what it may mean. Sinclair’s words, however, seemed to resonate with those who participated in the activities during his visit, which also included a stop in Lac Seul First Nation May 14. He said it boils down to mutual respect between survivors, Aboriginal people and the general public. “You keep your eye on the prize, you’ll have reconciliation,” he said.

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Violence has no place in the lives of Canadians. Kanawayhitowin: Taking care of each other’s spirit was recently launched to raise awareness about the signs of woman abuse in First Nations communities, so people who are close to an at-risk woman or abusive man can provide support, explained Roseanna Hudson, chairwoman of Aboriginal Domestic Violence Committee in Thunder Bay. Hudson and her daughter Raven McCarthy shared their own story about the cycle of abuse after the Kanawayhitowin program – which focuses on ending the isolation abused women feel, emphasizes the empowerment of Aboriginal men to take responsibility and make change and provides information about warning signs and safety planning – was launched. Hudson knows abuse firsthand. “I grew up in a community where domestic violence was kept silent,” she said, not wanting to disclose the community. “Everyone knew about it but no one did anything about it.” Her grandmother had to flee an abusive relationship when Hudson was young. “My mom lived in the same home and married a man who was also violent,” Hudson said. “I remember times when she had black eyes and no one even asked her what happened.” Although the last thing she wanted was to marry a man like her father, Hudson said it’s exactly what happened. “I didn’t want my kids growing up in a home where their mother was being abused by their father,” she said. Hudson and her first husband married in 1975 and she left him in 1978. “Thinking back, there were signs (he would be abusive),” she said. “He punched me when we were dating. I pretended it didn’t happen. I wanted it to work out with him.” Being physically and mentally abused left a huge impact on Hudson. “I had to change the way I responded to conflict,” she said. “I wasn’t strong enough physically so I used my mouth instead. I said some very hurtful things.” This was the case in a new relationship she formed with a non-abusive man who would eventually be her second husband of 21 years and counting. “Initially, my mouth got me into trouble,” she said. “I didn’t know what I was saying was causing so much hurt. I came

to realize I was carrying my parent’s behaviour into my relationships.” That may also be the case in McCarthy’s case. “When I was younger, I don’t recall witnessing physical violence,” she said. “What I do remember is a lot of yelling. Instead of saying it was my turn to do the dishes, she would yell at me to get up and do them. “I understand now why she was like that.” McCarthy has found herself on both sides of the abuse spectrum. She was abused by boyfriends but took them back despite the abuse which included punches, choking, cigarette burns and forced sexual acts. She was abused an average of every 1.5 weeks, generally on places on her body most people wouldn’t see. “In my mind, I was thinking it was so wrong but he begged for forgiveness (and she took him back,)” McCarthy said. In the midst of the abuse, McCarthy’s friends stopped coming around. “They told me it was because of him,” she said. “He cost me my friends and I shied away from my parents. I isolated myself to protect myself from the shame.” Eventually, she ended the relationship. Other relationships followed, with varying degrees of abuse, and she met her future husband in Edmonton when she was 25. She had been living with a friend and started to focus on herself with self-help books, counselling and learning about depression. The relationship was good, but McCarthy would lash out at her future husband with words. “I started become abusive towards him,” she said, which prompted a return to counselling. “I was just a mean person to my husband.” Abuse comes in many forms, the women said. “We need to stop being silent,” Hudson said. “Thanks to this program, I think more people will have the tools they need to help someone who is being abused. There are services available for the victims and the abusers as well.” There are several reasons people don’t leave abusive relationships, Hudson said. These include lack of money, lack of skills to start a new life and self-esteem. “People need to remember physical scars are easy to heal, emotional ones are not,” Hudson said. For more on the program see http://www.kanawayhitowin. ca. Resource materials are available online.

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Wunnumin Lake’s Pamela Angees saw plenty of opportunities during Lakehead University’s Aboriginal Discovery Day. “Next year I’m going to applied bio-molecular science,” Angees said, explaining she has already been accepted to science courses as part of her longterm goal to attend medical school. “I’d like to get into medical school here at Lakehead. I’ve always wanted to do something like that to help people.” Whitesand’s Emily Anderson is considering a variety of options in university. “I’d like to study psychology and sociology so I can really understand people,” Anderson said, explaining she also enjoys debating, politics, theatre arts and fashion design. “I’d like to be like someone who inspires and motivates Aboriginal people to become successful. I have a little sister who is 11 years younger than me and I don’t want her to witness all the struggles I have seen.” Aboriginal Discovery Day was held April 27 with about 160 high school students and about 30 mature students. The high school students and other youth-aged students toured eight different activity stops relating to different faculties and Aboriginal Cultural & Support Services. “At each stop they are getting a sense of what they can do at university, what they can learn at university,” said William Perry, Lakehead University’s Aboriginal liaison intern. “In the Aboriginal Cultural & Support Services centre they are going to learn about the different events that happen here and the recognition that Lakehead University has for Aboriginal students.” The high school students also participated in a scavenger-style hunt with prizes for each member of the winning team. “In structural engineering there was a bridge design out there,” Perry said. “In mechanical engineering there was a Formula 1 race car out there. A lot of the students were really interested because it is really hands on.” Fort William’s Austin Morriseau was impressed by the Formula 1 race cars in the mechanical engineering exhibit. “They are going to be in the speedway next year for National,” Morriseau said, explaining he has been thinking about playing university hockey and eventually study to be a lawyer. “We saw sociology, psychology, a lot of cool stuff.” Education talking circles were held for the mature students during the morning session where they spoke with Aboriginal faculty, support staff and current students. “Our current students were sharing stories about their first day at school, the worries they had,” Perry said. “The main goals were reassurance and inspiration. Reassurance is removing doubts from people but inspiration is giving people hope.” Beverly Sabourin, vice-provost Aboriginal Initiatives at Lakehead University, said it is important to demystify university life for potential university students. “We want to encourage our students to feel welcome and supported when they decide to come to Lakehead University,” Sabourin said. Nishnawbe Aski Police Service is looking for better engagement in the community after four officers completed the Police Cyclist Course. “It will make a huge difference, just being able to get into the community face-to-face with the youth,” said Cat Lake NAPS Const. Dave Catto during the April 28 training session, explaining that many youth in Cat Lake ride around the community on bikes. “I haven’t really rode a bike in a few years but now that Nishnawbe Aski Police Service has given us this opportunity, it will make a whole difference. We will be on there a lot more and it is good exercise too. “It will keep us officers in

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“We just added Moose Cree First Nation, North Spirit Lake and Cat Lake to the number of communities that have bicycle patrols by NAPS officers,” George said, explaining the officers involved in the training program have been serving their communities for some time. “The community members will see the officers riding around on their bikes with their safety equipment, so it is a good time of year to remind youngsters to wear protective headgear while on their bikes.” While last summer’s rainy weather conditions inhibited regular bicycle patrols by the six NAPS officers who were trained, NAPS is looking to provide more patrols in the five communities with trained officers this summer. “From last year’s experience,

the officers were happy to be in more of a person-to-person contact with the community while on patrol,” George said. “This year we do expect to see a lot more patrols and we are definitely going to get some feedback both from the community and the officers on how it is going. “It is a great program … and I am sure we are going to be expanding to more communities and more officers soon.” The bicycle patrol program puts the officers in the front line with community members, George said. “It puts another dimension towards policing in general and community policing, which might result in more community members becoming interested in joining Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service,” George said.

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Pelican Falls First Nation High School outside Sioux Lookout celebrated the graduation of 13 students with a ceremony May 12. Co-valedictorian Veronica Kakegamic of Sandy Lake, said it was often difficult getting through high school, but she was also thankful. “Without the challenges I had to face I wouldn’t be who I am today,” she said. The 2010 graduating class is: Robyn Anderson, Rupert Bunting, Theoren Chikane, Iris Crowe, Dion Fiddler, Desiree Gray, Veronica Kakegamic, Cherish Meekis, Tyler Meekis, Reanne Meekis, and Brendan Oombash. Santana Keeper graduated in December 2009. Co-valedictorian Randall Crowe of Deer Lake First Nation entertained the crowd with a speech from the top of his head.

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Sachigo Lake’s Sonia Tait wants to follow her lifelong dream of nursing after graduating from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School. “I always wanted to be a nurse when I was young,” said Tait, who has persevered more than most high school students by raising two sons while continuing with her high school studies. “It was kind of hard and easy. I got lots of support at the school.” As she relaxed with her two sons outside on DFC’s school grounds after the Dreams Taking Flight graduation ceremonies were over, Tait spoke about her goals and her plan to study nursing this fall at Red River College in Winnipeg. “I want my sons to have a better life,” Tait said. About 180 people gathered May 11 at DFC to celebrate the achievements of Tait and nine

other graduates: Brittany Angeconeb, from Bearskin Lake, Tanya Barkman, from Sachigo Lake, Pamela Beardy, from North Caribou Lake, Michael Mamakwa, from Kingfisher Lake, Tiffany McKay, from Kitcheuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, and Correen Kakegamic, Jonathan McKay, Kristen McKay and Jemima Meekis, all from Sandy Lake. After the ceremony, Jonathan McKay described his plans to start his own business after completing post-secondary studies in business. “I want to own my own business in Sandy Lake, a sports business,” McKay said. “In college I’d like to take business administration. Right now I have applied for business marketing.” McKay developed his interest in business after participating in a Paul Martin Aboriginal Initiative entrepreneurial mentorship program at DFC. “It’s what I want to do with

my life,” McKay said. Tiffany McKay is planning to study Native Child and Family Services at Confederation College in Thunder Bay. “I like to help people, I like to talk to people, I like to get to know people,” McKay said. Correen Kakegamic is planning to attend Confederation College this fall. “I’ll be taking general arts and sciences for a year,” Kakegamic said. “After that, I’ll probably go into teaching. I like working with youth.” Kakegamic enjoyed her five years of study at DFC. “They’re really awesome people here and everything they do for students is awesome,” Kakegamic said. “They really helped me here … through all my studies.” Northern Nishnawbe Education Council executive director William Dumas congratulated the graduating students during the graduation ceremonies. “This is a big victory for all of

us – to see them make it to this level,” Dumas said. “We know this is another beginning for our youth.” Dumas encouraged the graduates to remember their dreams and to look towards the future. “It is not going to be a bed of roses or road of roses – there will be some trying times,” Dumas said. “For the graduating class, stay focused on what you want your dream to be. If you stay focused on that dream, your spirit will guide you there.” DFC principal Jonathan Kakegamic encouraged the graduating students to follow their dreams into the future. “I remember one graduate,

one lady this last August,” Kakegamic said, describing how the student knocked on his door and told him she wanted to attend DFC and graduate with her Grade 12 diploma. “She paid her way out here on her own. That is a story of determination.” Kakegamic also spoke about another graduate who overcame her fear of speaking in public. “She was so scared to speak in front of the public,” Kakegamic said. “She was terrified, but now she is our valedictorian.” Valedictorian Kristen McKay spoke about her time at DFC and thanked the staff and teach-

ers for their encouragement. “These past couple of years have been awesome,” McKay said. “We have all made friends that we will know for a long time and we all have memories we will never forget.” McKay stressed the “great impact” the staff, teachers and principals had on the students’ lives while at DFC. “You gave us … someplace to call when we were wanting a hug,” McKay said. “You were someone to talk to when we were feeling down. You helped us get back on track when we were behind. You helped us become determined to make it to this day.”

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Sonia Tait and her son watch a presentation May 11 during the Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School graduation ceremony. About 180 people gathered to support Tait and nine other graduates during the 2010 graduation ceremonies.

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MAY 27, 2010

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Suicide is not the answer Brent Wesley Wawatay News

One foot in front of the other. It was all Reta Beardy could do when suicide suddenly descended upon her family. Five years ago Reta lost her daughter, Ruth Anne, to suicide. Since then, it’s been a slow progression to overcome the grief that gripped her family. She described the moment her life changed as a bomb exploding in her home. “The last five years have been years of picking up pieces,” Reta said of the aftermath of that day. Since then, there have been days she’s felt like not getting out of bed to face the day. For the first year, it was about doing little things, she said. “But I knew I had to walk, to put one foot in front of the other,” she said. Reta and her husband Morley work as mental health counsellors, often traveling to remote communities in northwestern Ontario. Since their daughter’s death, the couple has hosted annual gatherings to help others cope with the grief of losing a loved one to suicide. The Ruth Anne Beardy Memorial Gathering, held May 7-9 in Sioux Lookout, featured a number of workshops, presentations, singing and prayer to remember and honour the lives of those who died from suicide and to encourage and support those left behind. The gathering has also been one way of coping with the tragedy faced by the Beardy’s. Through talking, sharing, singing and prayer, the gathering has helped the Beardy’s and others learn about grief and

Brent Wesley/Wawatay News

A candle light vigil to honour the memory of those lost to suicide was held May 8 during the Ruth Anne Beardy Memorial Gathering in Sioux Lookout. Reta Beardy, right, and her grandson look on. Beardy lost her daughter to suicide five years ago. trauma. Morley said understanding how grief works can help you deal with it. Knowing and

accepting that grief is a part of life helps prevent fear. “It helps our healing in a better healthy positive way,” he

said. Another way of coping has been through what Morley calls the “3 F’s” of faith, family and

friends. The Beardy’s have a strong sense of spirituality. Reta said God has been her healer through the grief she’s been

through. She’s found comfort in Jesus when times were rough. But she also said it’s important to take time for one’s self in order to find healing. “We forget ourselves in our busy schedules,” she said “We need to take time to heal.” Her daughter and Ruth Anne’s sister, Marietta, said she never really thought about what her mother meant. She’s realizing now how important it is to take time to get away and find healing. Marietta is also thankful for the friends who have helped along the way. “I’m overwhelmed with people who have helped since my sister passed away,” she said during the gathering. Ruth Anne was only 23 when she took her life. She had just graduated from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, the first graduating class of the school, and was planning to attend college. Her whole life seemed ahead of her. So it wasn’t easy trying to figure out why she took her life. But Morley believes suicide can happen to anyone at anytime. There are many issues people deal with and if someone can’t deal with those issues they face depression. They want to end their pain. “It’s really difficult to live in this world,” he said. It’s a decision a person makes to take his or her own life and Morley said he’s struggled with that when he thinks of his daughter. But all these years later, he still believes suicide is not the answer to life’s problems. “Life is important, it’s precious, it’s a gift from God the Creator,” he said.

Wawatay Radio Network Program Guide – Weekdays Monday

Time CST

Tuesday

6:00 a.m.

Wednesday

Thursday

Time EST 7:00 a.m.

Music Mix

Booshoo Corner w/ Bill & Kenina

7:00 a.m.

The Cree Morning Show with Jules Spence

7:30 a.m.

Friday

8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

The OjiCree Morning Show with Bill Morris and Kenina Kakekayash

8:30 a.m.

People’s Power Hour with Jules and George

9:00 a.m.

North Wind Talkers – Cree Morning Show with George Nakogee

9:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

The OjiCree Morning Show with Bill Morris and Kenina Kakekayash

10:30 a.m.

Waachiye and Dedication Show

11:00 a.m.

Cree News at Noon with Jules Spence

11:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

12:00 p.m.

OjiCree Noon Show

OjiCree News at Noon with Harry Mawakeesic

12:30 p.m.

11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Music Mix

2:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

Music Mix

2:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

Fire Within Us

3:30 p.m.

Booshoo 2 You

Fire Within Us

Booshoo 2 You

4:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

North Wind Talkers – Timmins with George Nakogee

4:30 p.m.

OjiCree Dedication Show

5:00 p.m.

Evening News – Sioux Lookout with Harry Mawakeesic

5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

Us Women w/ Kenina K.

6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Fire Within Us

7:30 p.m.

Aboriginal Top 30 Countdown

Fire Within Us Part 2

5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Your Spirit is Your Voice

7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.

Music Mix

8:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

9:00 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

9:30 p.m.

Music Mix

9:00 p.m.

Gospel Singing

9:30 p.m.

Music Mix

10:00 p.m.

Music Mix

10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m.

10:30 p.m.

11:30 p.m.

11:00 p.m.

12:00 p.m.

Music Mix

11:30 p.m.

106.7 Timmins 88.9

Sioux Lookout

Online Streaming/Updated WRN Schedule www.wawataynews.ca

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MAY 27, 2010

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Feeling

The Blues

in Thunder Bay!

The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, Victoria Inn and Wasaya have partnered to bring you a special “Bluesfest” Package. Which includes: • 3 nights hotel (July 9-11) • 2 Weekend Passes to Blues Festival for $476.00 + tax

ᑯᕑᐃᐢ ᑲᐧᕑᓇᑭ/ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭ ᑭᐸᑭᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᐧᔕᐳᐱᓱᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐦᐃᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᐸᓂᒥᑲᓇᐠ 11 ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 21. ᑕᓴᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᐃᐧᔕᐳᐱᓱᐨ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐱᐠ ᐃᓇᑭᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓂᐃᐧ. ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᓂᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᓇᓇᑐᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᐃᔑᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧ.

(dbl. occupancy)

• Only 20 packages available.

Call Soon!

ᒥᐱᑯ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐱᒥᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᐧᔕᐳᐱᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᓂᒪ ᐱᑯ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑭᒥᓇᐧᑐᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ.

Call Victoria Inn directly to book the “BLUESFEST” package 1-800-387-3331 For people travelling to Thunder Bay, call Wasaya directly to be eligible to receive 15% OFF Full Fares and 5% OFF advanced purchased Best Fares by quoting TBBP10. Call Wasaya Toll Free 1-866-982-4787

ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 1

ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᐦᐃᓭᐊᐧᐨ. ᐊᔕ ᒥᔑᓄᔭᑭ ᐣᑐᒋᐱᐦᐊᒥᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᑕᐡ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐁᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᑦᐱᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐱᓯᐢᑫᓂᒥᑯᔭᐠ. ᐊᔕ ᐱᑯ ᓂᑭᓇᐃᐧᐱᐦᐅᒥᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐣᑲᐸᑭᑎᓇᒥᐣ ᒋᒧᒋᐊᐃᑐᑕᑯᔭᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᓂᐠᑭ ᐱᕑᐅ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᑫᐧ. ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᑯ ᐣᑎᓇᑎᓯᒥᐣ ᑫᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ. ᓂᒧᒋᑎᐦᐃᑫᐦᐃᐁᐧᒥᐣ,

555 West Arthur St, Thunder Bay, Ontario Due to the limited availability of rooms for Bluesfest be advised to book early

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada will host its first of seven National Events in Winnipeg. This is an opportunity for everyone to learn more about the schools, meet survivors from those schools and celebrate Aboriginal culture.

ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᓂᑭᐱᐡᑭᑫᓯᒥᐣ. ᓴᑲᒪᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐣᑐᑕᒥᐣ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐣᑐᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᐊᐧᓂᑐᑕᐊᐧᓯᒥᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᕑᐅ. ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᒋᐊᓄᑭᓭᓂ. ᐊᒥ ᐁᑭᑐᐨ ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᑫᐧ ᑯᐢᑎᐣ ᒐᐧᕑᑌᐣ, ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᒐᐠ ᐢᑕᕑᐊᓫ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᐅᑫᐨ ᐊᓂᐸᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᒥᓇᐧᑐᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᐦᐃᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 25 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ, ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐅᑭᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐦᐊᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᐸᐱᒥᐱᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ.

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MAY 27, 2010

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Pick up

‘Folk’sy dance

at these locations

You’re in bear country

Aroland First Nation Band Office Atikokan Atikokan Native Friendship Centre Attawapiskat Northern Store Balmertown Diane’s Gas Bar 41 Dickenson Balmertown Keewaytinook Okimakanak 127 Mine Road Batchewana First Nation Band Office Bearskin Lake Co-op Store Bearskin Lake Northern Store Beaverhouse First Nation Band Office Big Grassy First Nation Band Office Big Island First Nation Band Office Big Trout Lake Education Authority Big Trout Lake Sam’s Store Big Trout Lake Tasona Store Brunswick House First Nation Band Office Calstock A & J General Store Calstock Band Office Cat Lake Band Office Cat Lake Northern Store Chapleau Cree First Nation Band Office Chapleau Value Mart Cochrane Ininew Friendship Centre Collins Namaygoosisagon Band office Collins Post Office Couchiching First Nation Band Office Couchiching First Nation Gas Bar Deer Lake Northern Store Dinorwic Naumans General Store Dryden A & W Dryden Beaver Lake Camp Dryden Greyhound Bus Depot Dryden McDonalds’ Restaurant Dryden Northwest Metis 34A King St. Dryden Robin’s Donuts Dryden Tim Hortons Ear Falls The Pit Stop Emo J & D Junction Flying Post First Nation Band Office Fort Albany Band Office Fort Albany Northern Store Fort Frances Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre 1460 Idylwild Drive Fort Frances Sunset Country Metis Fort Frances United Native Friendship Centre Fort Hope Band Office Fort Hope Corny’s Variety Store Fort Hope John C. Yesno Education Centre Fort Severn Northern Store Geraldton Thunder Bird Friendship Centre Ginoogaming First Nation Band Office Grassy Narrows J.B. Store Gull Bay Band Office Hornepayne First Nation Band Office Hornepayne G & L Variety Store Hudson Grant’s Store Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation Band Office Kapuskasing Indian Friendship Centre 41 Murdock St.

Be Bear Wise.

Thunder Bay Outlets

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Traditional dancer Peter Kwandibens (right) and other members of the Northern Woodland Ojibway Drum and Dance Group danced their styles during the Folklore Festival 2010, held May 1-2 at Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay.

BEAR WISE

1. Pack all food, including dog food, with special care in sealed containers 2. Pack a couple of long ropes to hang your food pack at least 4 metres off the ground 3. Remove grease and food residue from your campfire or barbecue and properly douse the fire

An Eagles Cry Ministry 100 Simpson St. Central News 626 Waterloo St. - ON SALE Dennis F. Cromarty High School 315 N. Edward St. Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Treatment Centre 1700 Dease Street Lakehead University Aboriginal Awareness Centre / 955 Oliver Road, Room SC0019 Native People of Thunder Bay Development Corp. / 230 Van Norman St. Negahneewin College of Indigenous Studies C 106. 1450 Nakina Drive Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre

While the chance of seeing or encountering a black bear is low, it is best to be prepared –

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Sioux Lookout Airport Interpreter’s Desk Al’s Sports Excellence Best Western Chicken Chef D.J’s Gas Bar Drayton Cash & Carry Fifth Avenue Club First Step Women’s Shelter Forest Inn Fred & Dee’s IFNA 98 King St. Johnny’s Food Market L.A. Meats Linda DeRose Lamplighter Motel

Kasabonika Chief Simeon McKay Education Centre Kasabonika First Nation Band Office Kashechewan Francine J. Wesley Secondary School Kashechewan First Nation Band Office Kashechewan Northern Store Keewaywin First Nation Band Office Keewaywin Northern Store Kenora Bimose Tribal Council 598 Lakeview Dr. Kenora Chefield Gourmet, Kenora Shoppers 534 Park St. - ON SALE Kenora Chiefs Advisory Kenora Migisi Treatment Centre Kenora Ne-Chee Friendship Centre Kenora Sunset Strip Husky - ON SALE Kingfisher Lake Omahamo Hotel Complex Kingfisher Lake Omahamo Store Kocheching First Nation Band Office Lac La Croix First Nation Band Office Lac Seul, Kejick Bay Lakeside Cash & Carry Lake Nipigon Ojibway First Nation Band Office Lansdowne House Co-op Store Lansdowne House Northern Store Long Lake #58 General Store Mattagammi Confectionary Michipicoten First Nation Band Office Migisi Sahgaigan First Nation Band Office Missanabie Cree First Nation Band Office Mobert Band Office Moose Factory Echo Lodge Restaurant Moose Factory GG’s Corner & Gift Store Moose Factory Northern Stores Moose Factory Weeneebayko General Hospital Moosonee Air Creebec Moosonee Airport Moosonee Native Friendship Centre Moosonee Northern Store Moosonee Ontario Northland Railway Moosonee Polar Bear Lodge Moosonee Tasha’s Variety Moosonee Tempo Variety Moosonee Two Bay Enterprises Muskrat Dam Lisa Beardy Muskrat Dam Muskrat Dam Community Store Musselwhite Mine Naicatchewenin First Nation Band Office Naotikamegwanning First Nation Band Office Nestor Falls C & C Motel Nestor Falls Onegaming Gas & Convenience Nicikousemenecaning First Nation Band Office North Spirit Lake Band Office North Spirit Lake Cameron Store Northwest Angle #33 Band Office Northwest Angle #37 Band Office Ochiichagwe’Babigo’ Ining First Nation Band Office Ogoki Trappers Store Ojibways of Pic River Nation Band Office Osnaburgh Band Office Osnaburgh Laureen’s Grocery & Gas

Pawitik Pawitik Store Pays Plat First Nation Band Office Peawanuck General Store Pickle Lake Frontier Foods Pickle Lake Winston Motor Hotel Pikangikum Band Office Band Office Pikangikum Education Authority Pikangikum Northern Store Poplar Hill Northern Store Poplar Hill Poplar Hill Band Office Rainy River First Nation Band Office Red Lake Couchenour Airport Red Lake Indian Friendship Centre Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre Red Lake Video Plus Red Rock First Nation Band Office Rocky Bay First Nation Lar’s Place Sachigo Lake Brian Barkman Sachigo Lake Sachigo Co-op Store Sandy Lake A-Dow-Gamick Sandy Lake David B. Fiddler, Band Office Sandy Lake Northern Store Sandy Lake Education Authority Sandy Lake Special Education Class Saugeen First Nation Sault Ste. Marie Indian Friendship Centre 122 East St. Savant Lake Ennis Grocery Store Seine River First Nation Band Office Shoal Lake #40 First Nation Band Office Sioux Narrows Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawang Slate Falls Band Office Stanjikoming First Nation Band Office Stratton Kay-nah-chi-wah-nung Historica Summer Beaver Nibinamik Community Store Taykwa Tagamou Nation, New Post First Nation Band Office Timmins Air Creebec Timmins Timmins Indian Friendship Centre 316 Spruce St. S. Timmins Wawatay N.C.S 135 Pine St. S. Wabaskang First Nation Band Office Wabigoon First Nation Community Store Wabigoon Green Achers of Wabigoon 10695 Hwy 17 Wahgoshing First Nation Wapekeka Wapekeka Community Store Washaganish Band Office Wauzhusk Onigum First Nation Band Office Wawakapewin Band Office Weagamow Lake Northern Store Weagamow Lake Onatamakay Community Store Webequie Northern Store Whitedog Kent Store Whitesand First Nation Band Office Wunnimun Lake General Store Wunnimun Lake Ken-Na-Wach Radio Wunnimun Lake Northern Store

401 N. Cumberland St. Wawatay News Sub Office 216 South Algoma St. Wequedong Lodge Lodge 1. 228 S. Archibald St. Lodge 2. 189 N. Court St. Lodge 3. 750 MacDonnell St. Fort William First Nation: Bannon’s Gas Bar / R.R #4 City Rd. Fort William First Nation / Band Office K & A Variety THP Variety and Gas Bar/606 City Rd. Hulls Family Bookstore 127 Brodie Street South Quality Market 146 Cenntennial Square

Quality Market 1020 Dawson Rd. Mark Sault 409 George St. Metis Nation of Ontario 226 S. May St. John Howard Society Of Thunder Bay & District/132 N. Archibald St. The UPS Store/1020 Dawaon Rd. Redwood Park /2609 Redwood Ave. Confederation College: 510 Victoria Ave. East 778 Grand Point Rd. 1500 S James St. 111 Frederica St.

Mascotto Marine Meno-ya-win Health Centre, Activity Centre Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Centre Northern Store Pelican Falls First Nation High School Rexall Drug Stores Queen Elizabeth D.H.S. Darren Lentz Queen Elizabeth D.H.S. Native Studies Robin’s Donuts Shibogama Tribal Council 81 King St. Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre, Nursing Flr. Sioux Lookout Public Library Sioux Lotto Sioux Pharmacy

Sioux Travel Slate Falls Airways Sunset Inn Sunset Suites Travel Information Centre Wasaya Airways Wellington Inn William A. Bill George Extended Care Unit 75 - 5th Ave N Wilson’s Business Solutions Windigo Tribal Council Sacred Heart School Sioux Mountain Public School

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Tikinagans on display

Lac Seul Police Service

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CONSTABLE POSITION The Lac Seul Police Service Board is inviting applications for the position of Experienced Constable with the Lac Seul Police Service. Applicants. are requested to submit proof of high school graduation or equivalent and submit proper accreditation from the Ontario Police College or police training facility as recognized by the Province of Ontario. The Lac Seul Police Service is a 7 member self administered police service serving the residents of Lac Seul First Nation situated in Northwestern Ontario. Minimum standards and job descriptions can be made available by contacting Chief of Police, Rick Angeconeb @ 1-807-582-3802

Resumes with a covering letter should be submitted to Board Chair: Norma Kejick Lac Seul Police Service P.O. Box 39 Hudson, ON POV 1XO The salary is commensurate with police forces across the Province and a full benets package is available. Closing Date: June 1st, 2010 @ 4:30 PM CST. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Artist Jean Marshall was in Sioux Lookout for an artist reception May 19 at the A-Frame Gallery where her work is exhibited. Celebration of Life: Tikinagan Project runs from May 1 to 31 at the gallery. The project features 12 handmade Tikinagan’s made to represent the duration of a year. Marshall wanted to do the project in an attempt to learn how to construct a Tikinagan. Marhsall lives in Thunder Bay and is a band member of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug.

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Wawatay News/ Wawatay Print Services Graphic Designer Wawatay Native Communication Society requires a Graphic Designer to work in its Newspaper and Print Services divisions. The Graphic Designer will maintain client files and contact information, and perform basic design, layout and printing tasks under the direction of the Art Director. Wawatay Native Communications Society’s growing client base consists of First Nations and municipalities across Northern Ontario. We strive to create a positive and memorable experience for our clients. Location: Thunder Bay or Sioux Lookout, ON Starting date: ASAP Duties: • create ads and ad layouts for newspaper and magazine. • assist the Art Director with printing tasks, such as cutting and collating. • manage client projects from start to finish in a professional and friendly manner. • create original and creative designs. • create production quality, print ready files. Qualifications: • University degree, college diploma or equivalent. • Strong knowledge of and proficiency in design programs such as Adobe Creative Suite, QuarkXPress, and Photoshop. • Knowledge of layout programs such as InDesign a must. • Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines. • A team player. • Creative thinker, clear communicator, helpful and friendly personality. • A willingness to keep informed of changing trends in graphic design, marketing, digital and print production processes. Closing date: June 3rd, 2010 Please send a cover letter, resumé and references along with two samples of previous design oriented work to: Art Director, Wawatay Native Communications Society 2nd Floor Royal Bank Building Suite 202 Victoriaville Centre, 620 Victoria Ave. East Thunder Bay, ON P7C 1A9 Fax: (807) 344-3182 By email: roxys@wawatay.on.ca Wawatay Native Communications Society wishes to thank in advance all those who submit an application. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Internal/External Posting Permanent Full Time Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario The Accommodation Clerk is primarily responsible for the overall care of the hostel and private accommodation boarders. The incumbent will process boarder information, assist the dispatcher with daily pick up lists, and work cooperatively with other staff and agencies. QUALIFICATIONS • A Social Services Diploma or two years direct services experience with First Nations children, families and groups, preferably in a health care environment; • Must have an understanding of the client service responsibility to the First Nations people and communities; • Good communication, interpersonal and crisis intervention skills; • Certification in CPR and Emergency First Aid is an asset; • Shift work is a requirement of this position. KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional Pro 2007 and DOS based programs is a must; • Ability to communicate in one of the First Nation dialects in the Sioux Lookout Zone will be an asset. 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 Offender Registry to: Charlene Samuel, Human Resources Manager Human Resources Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority 61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: June 11, 2010 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

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

GENERAL MANAGER Western James Bay Telecom Network The Western James Bay Telecom Network (WJBTN) is seeking a General Manager for the not-for profit organization that provides telecommunications services including highspeed internet and data services via its new fibre optic network to the First Nation communities of Attawapiskat, Kashechewan and Fort Albany and to interconnect with Moosonee and Moose Factory and the world. The head office of the WJBTN is located at the Mushkegowuk Council administration centre in Moose Factory, ON Reporting to the Board of Directors, the fulltime or contract General Manager is responsible for the efficient management and operation of the WJBTN, the marketing of telecommunication services and the development and implementation of the strategic plan and operational budget. QUALIFICATIONS AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE: • University degree or related Information and Communications Technology experience • Fluent in English and working knowledge of Cree (speak, read, write) • Minimum of five years experience in the telecommunications industry • Working knowledge and use of Internet and computer software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. • Effective presenter and speaker Qualified applicants are invited to submit your application to: Ms Jean Sayers, Treasurer Western James Bay Telecom Network c/o Mushkegowuk Council P.O. Box 370, 12 Centre Road Moose Factory ON P0L 1W0 jeansayers@mushkegowuk.ca Fax: 705-658-4250 Applications must be received by 2:00 PM, June 4, 2010.

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Sandy Lake youth on track at Hershey meet

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Eight students from Thomas Fiddler Memorial Elementary School in Sandy Lake entered the Hershey’s Track and Field Games in Thunder Bay May 18. The students included Gabriel Kakepetum, Clarissa Crowe, McKenzie Kakepetum, Rebecca Kakepetum, Creedance Anishinabie, Pierce Meekis, Darian Crowe and Jeff Meekis. ABOVE: Gabriel Kakepetum, left, competes in the bantam 100-metre sprint. RIGHT: McKenzie Kakepetum competes in the peewee girls softball throw. BELOW: Clarissa Crowe receives encouragement during the final 200 metres of her 800-metre race.

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Detour Lake Gold Mine Project Availability of $50,000 to Participate in the Environmental Assessment The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is making available $50,000 under its Participant Funding Program to assist individuals and groups to participate in the federal environmental assessment of the Detour Lake Gold Mine in Northern Ontario. Detour Gold Corporation proposes to develop an open-pit gold mine on a previously mined site located approximately 185 km northeast of the Town of Cochrane, Ontario. The proposal includes an open-pit mine, ore processing plant, tailings and waste rock storage facilities, access roads, airstrip, power transmission lines, explosives factory and magazines, water management facilities, buildings, ancillary mine infrastructure, and associated activities. The proposed mine is based on a production capacity of approximately 55,000 tonnes per day with an anticipated mine life of approximately 12 to 15 years. To receive funding, successful applicants must participate in the environmental assessment of the project. A funding review committee, independent of the environmental assessment process, will consider all applications and make recommendations on the allocation of funds. Applications received by the Agency by June 23, 2010 will be considered. Information on the program, including the Participant Funding Program Guide, the application form and the contribution agreement, is available at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca . Information on the proposed project is also available on the Agency’s Web site in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry, under reference number 10-03-52262. To submit an application or to obtain additional information on the program, contact: Jean-Philippe Croteau Participant Funding Program Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency 160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor, Ottawa ON K1A 0H3 Tel.: 1-866-582-1884 or 613-948-1738 / Fax: 613-948-9172 jeanphilippe.croteau@ceaa-acee.gc.ca

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Alex Cooper (14) for Ontario North faces off against Eldon Gull-Chum of Eastern Door North during action at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship in Ottawa May 2-8. Ontario North boys placed fourth while the girls team earned a silver medal.

Ontario North girls earn silver medal at NAHC James Thom Wawatay News

Roberta Mamakwa came back to Sioux Lookout a silver medalist. Mamakwa, a Wunnumin Lake member who attends Queen Elizabeth District Secondary School, was a member of the Ontario North team which rolled through the preliminary games and into the final of the National Aboriginal Hockey

Championship in Ottawa May 2-8. Unfortunately for Mamakwa and her teammates, the goals dried up in the final and they dropped a 2-1 decision to Manitoba. Winning a medal was a highlight of the tournament, Mamakwa said. Also topping her list was making new friends and learning from her coaches and teammates.

Playing against the top girls in the country proved challenging for the 17-year-old. “It was harder (than I thought it would be,)” said Mamakwa, who scored a goal during the tournament. “I knew it was going to be hard before the tournament happened.” On the boys side, Eastern Door North defeated Ontario North 10-7 to earn the bronze medal.

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In the 2009 budget, Ontario announced it would review its forest tenure and pricing systems to arrive at a system that creates the best environment possible for Ontario forest product businesses to succeed while balancing this with sustainable practices.

Dans le budget de 2009, l’Ontario a annoncé qu’elle entreprendrait un examen du régime de tenure forestière et d’établissement des prix aﬁn d’établir un régime qui crée le meilleur environnement possible pour que les entreprises de produits forestiers de l’Ontario puissent prospérer tout en adoptant des pratiques durables.

Following public consultations last fall, the government is now seeking public input into its proposed new framework for provincial forest tenure and pricing and its implementation.

Le gouvernement a tenu des consultations publiques l’automne dernier et demande maintenant les commentaires du grand public sur son nouveau cadre de travail proposé pour le régime provincial de tenure forestière et d’établissement des prix et sur la mise en œuvre de ce cadre de travail.

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Wawatay News

MAY 27, 2010

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Wawatay’s World of Music presents: I got Dem Monday Blues A collection of classic and not so classic blues to help you face the day.

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M-Cpl. Redfern Wesley, left, sights for Junior Canadian Rangers Gregory Wesley, centre, of Kashechewan, and Ricky Peters of Bearskin Lake.

Junior Rangers compete in Yellowknife Peter Moon Special to Wawatay News

Ten Junior Canadian Rangers from Bearskin Lake and Kashechewan scored high marks representing Ontario in a national Junior Ranger marksmanship competition in Yellowknife in May. One Junior Ranger, Gideon Brown from Bearskin Lake, scored the 13th highest overall score in the Canada wide competition. “Gideon did very well and they all did a good job especially when you consider how much more shooting the other teams do compared with us,” said Lieut. Caryl Fletcher, the officer commanding Junior Canadian Rangers in northern Ontario. The shooters competed with Daisy air rifles, shooting at a distance of 10 metres, while standing and lying on the ground, at a variety of targets, including standard paper targets, falling plates and miniature animals. In one contest they had to run on the spot for 10 seconds between firing 10 times to make shooting accurately more diffi-

cult. “The shooting was fun,” said Junior Ranger Ricky Peters of Bearskin Lake. But the best part of the competition for most of the Junior Rangers was overcoming their nervousness about travelling so far from home and enjoying the entertainment and educational part of the five-day trip to the capital of the Northwest Territories. “They were all really nervous, excited, and anxious about getting here,” said Master Cpl. Redfern Wesley of Kashechewan. “But they really enjoyed themselves. “They were soon talking to Junior Rangers from other provinces and parts of Canada. They had a good time.” Apart from shooting, the Junior Rangers went on tours of Yellowknife, a shopping centre, the Northern Frontier Visitors Centre, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and the Territorial Legislature. They also bowled and went to the movies. “I think the extracurricular activities were phenomenal,”

Fletcher said. “They kept the kids busy with an assortment of fun and educational activities. This was an excellent opportunity for 10 Junior Rangers to get out of the province and see another part of Canada. They were learning new things, but they were having so much fun they didn’t even know they were learning.” All the team members wore special jackets provided by Nishnawbe Aski Nation. The jackets had both the NAN and Junior Ranger crests on them. But the best part for many was the Canadian flag on the left arm. “That flag looks really good,” said Brandon Spence of Kashechewan. “NAN did a phenomenal job by donating the jackets for our team,” Fletcher said. Junior Rangers in the team were River Beardy, Gideon Brown, Byron Fox, Joseph Meekis and Ricky Peters, all from Bearskin Lake, and Raven Friday, Stanford Koosees-Hill, Joshua Lazarus, Brandon Spence and Gregory Wesley, all from Kashechewan.

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SIU investigating shooting Missing hunter’s body recovered in Attawapiskat Brent Wesley Wawatay News

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) is investigating the police shooting of Brian Gray on Lac Seul First Nation in the early morning of May 9. After responding to a report of shots fired in the community of Whitefish Bay, Lac Seul Police Service requested help

from the OPP. After a confrontation with police, Gray was injured and later died at Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout. The OPP are still investigating a separate but related death at the same residence. George Carpenter, 54, from Lac Seul was found at the scene May 9.

There is a huge sense of relief in Attawapiskat as the body of missing hunter Ian Katalamasit has been recovered. “The body of Ian Katalamasit was recovered Friday evening (May 14) at 5:44 p.m.,” said media spokesperson Andrew Koostachin. The young hunter went missing on April 11 after failing

to return home from a spring hunting trip. Jerry Nakogee, head co-ordinator; Steve Hookimaw, and Wilbert Wesley of Moosonee Emergency Management Service comprised the search and recovery operation team. Volunteers had been out on foot and boat patrol for over a month to recover Katalamasit’s

body. Community members found the body by doing a side-byside sweep of the river in patrol boats just east of the area where it was earlier reported a foot had been caught in the homemade dragging equipment. “It was in the same area where it was sighted—just a little east of that,” Koostachin

said. “The body was there the whole time, but moving with the tide.” Koostachin describes the recovery as very satisfying. “It puts the community at peace now that the body has been recovered. The community can now rest and the body can be put to rest in the proper burial ground.” –DM

Treaties remain relevant today from page 3

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“I Am Your Children’s Aid.” “I called in Children’s Aid when I was fourteen to protect my one-year-old sister from the abuse that I’d known my whole life from violent, alcoholic parents. I was seventeen when my sister was adopted. I came to the city where Children’s Aid supported me to live on my own. Now I’m in my second year of college and I work at Children’s Aid. I want to give back—for my sister’s sake and my own.”

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“We see government telling us what to do rather than working with us on these (issues).” Jonas Fiddler stressed the words his father told him about his grandfather, Chief Robert Fiddler who signed Treaty No. 5, during his Gala speech. “Your grandfather used to tell me,” Fiddler said, “Samson, never be greedy, but get all you can get for your people. It’s hard to be a leader in your community. I try not to be greedy, but I keep in mind to be positive, remembering we were told to share with our white brothers from across the ocean. That is what the treaty is all about, and to live in harmony.” Sandy Lake artists Bart Meekis and Robert Kakegamic displayed their Treaty No. 5 Commemoration painting of Chief Robert Fiddler and two government representatives at the treaty signing during the Gala. “Bart came up with the idea of the old chief Robert Fiddler to be there,” Kakegamic said. “Thinking about the commemoration, you will see the sun as our Queen promised, the river flowing and the grass (growing). That represents our treaty rights.” Mosquito spoke about the importance of emphasizing the treaties to other Canadians. “People today, including government and mainstream, treat our treaties as insignificant, that they are not alive and well, but they are,” Mosquito said. “Occasions like this show the world and the public and government that they are important and they are alive and continue to have significance with everyone.”

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