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Rob Spade dances with style during Ogden Community Public School’s powwow April 14 in Thunder Bay. Spade is a youth outreach worker for the Neighbourhood Capacity Building Project, providing in-school and after-school program for Aboriginal students. For more about NCBP see pages 18 and 19. For more photos from the powwow see page 23.

Water plant breakdown in Pik forces state of emergency

ᑭᐱᑯᓭ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ, ᑭᒋ ᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐃᓇᐣᑭᒋᑲᑌ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭ ᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᒉᒥᐢ ᑕᐧᑦ

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After being offline for more than a week for repairs, Pikangikum’s water treatment resumed operation April 22.

The community had been under a state of emergency since April 15 when the plant broke down, leaving 2,400 community members without clean water to drink.

“Following repairs made to the water system, the water treatment plant at Pikangikum has resumed supplying clean drinking water to meet the community’s needs,” said Susan Bertrand, manager of Communications North at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

While the treatment plant was down, community leaders had arranged to have bottled water flown to Pikangikum after members had resorted to drinking unfiltered water from a local lake.

INAC allocated up to $126,000 for the supply and transportation of

69,000 litres of bottled water to the community. More than 40,000 litres were delivered by air to the community April 16.

In declaring the state of emergency, Chief Jonah Strang said there had been no supply of potable water or running water in any form in the community.

He said the lake water is “unsafe to drink,” and placed residents at a “significant risk of sickness or worse.”

Strang said chief and council had been anticipating issues with the water treatment plant for some time.

Strang said two years ago, a government study indicated the Pikangikum water system was likely to break down completely, sooner rather than later.

“This has now come to pass,” Strang said in a release. “The water system in Pikangikum requires an immediate and comprehensive overhaul.”

Bertrand said INAC has requested a meeting with the Pikangikum chief and council for the week of April 25 to discuss issues regarding the community’s drinking water supply to ensure

there are no future disruptions.

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo said the situation in Pikangikum is not an isolated one.

“I fully understand the concern and frustration of Chief Strang and his community on this matter, which has been an issue for many years,” Atleo said.

“I have seen these problems first hand in my travels to First Nation communities. Literally thousands of our people are in homes that do not have clean drinking water. Our people are getting sick and at risk of disease.

These types of problems should not be happening in a country like Canada.

We need action now.”

Atleo said about 116 First Nations in Canada are living under boil-water advisories.

“We want to see action for the people of Pikangikum and all First Nation communities that are struggling to ensure their citizens have access to clean drinking water,” Atleo said.

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ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒧᑯᓇᑲ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᐅᐣᑕᒥ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᑭᐁᐧ ᒪᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ 22 ᑲᐃᓇᐣᑭᓯᐨ. ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᒋ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐃᓇᐣᑭᒋᑲᑌ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ 15 ᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒋ ᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᐦᐱ ᑲᑭ ᐱᑯᓭᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ, ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 2,400 ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐯᔭᑲᑲᒥᐠ ᓂᐦᐱ ᑫᒥᓂᑲᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᐃᒪ ᓂᐦᐱ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓄᑭᓭᐠ ᑲᑭ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᑭ ᐊᓂᔭᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐯᔭᑲᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᓂᐦᐱ ᑫᒥᓂᑲᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐣᐠ ᑫᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᓱᓴᐣ ᐱᕑᑎᕑᐊᐣᐟ, ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐢᑲᐣᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑭᒋ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐨ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᒪᒋᐦᓭᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ, ᐅᓂᑲᓃ ᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐣᐠ ᐅᑭ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᓂᐲ ᐣ ᒋᐱᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᐊᐦᐱ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭ ᐊᓃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒥᓂᑲᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒪᒐᑲᒥᓂᐣᐠ ᓂᐱᓂ ᐃᒪ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐣᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ.

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Bill 151 ‘fails First Nations’: Beardy Province says Aboriginal people were consulted James Thom Wawatay News

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ABOVE: Children and Youth Services Minister Laurel Broten addresses the delegates assembled for Together for a Better Tomorrow: A Summit for Aboriginal Child Welfare April 18 at Fort William First Nation.

BELOW: Ministry of Children and Youth Services Aboriginal advisor John Beaucage introduces a video of Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chris Bentley who couldn’t attend the gathering.

Customary care could improve child welfare: Beaucage James Thom Wawatay News

After two days of talking, a dialogue was created to bring changes to Aboriginal child welfare.

More than 100 stakeholders on child welfare – including Children and Youth Services Minister Laurel Broten and her Aboriginal advisor John Beaucage – attended Together for a Better Tomorrow: A Summit for Aboriginal Child Welfare at Fort William First Nation April 18-19.

“What I’m hoping is this door will open further in the next little while to allow us to start working on some things that are really meaningful like customary care,” Beaucage said.

Customary care includes keeping the child’s extended family and relatives in the First Nation involved in care rather than moving the child to a nonAboriginal foster home.

But Beaucage said parenting, addictions and housing issues all play a role in the child welfare system.

Housing in particular is a barrier to customary care on First Nations, Beaucage said, along with the standards of Children’s Aid and the fact that customary care payments rates don’t always match the values paid to non-Aboriginal foster home.

“If you have a home with three bedrooms and 10-people living in it, how can you put another child in there?” Beaucage said.

But he said sometimes what is best for the child could be to stay with his or her grandparents or aunts or uncles even if it would mean not having a bedroom for each child.

“The regulations need to be flexible to the organization’s needs,” Beaucage said, adding the conference allowed those who work with the youth every

day to share their stories of how they have overcome the challenges of the system. “In sharing their stories, others found out how they can expand … and think outside the box and there is flexibility there.”

Fort William First Nation Chief Peter Collins said the system needs to take better care of the youth.

“When young men and women struggle for whatever reason … we need to produce and protect a stable environment for their children,” Collins said.

But that can be difficult.

Collins, a former foster parent, said funding for programs within the community, including allotments for child welfare going to Dilico Child and Family Services have not kept up with the rising birthrates of the First Nation population.

He said the Fort William First Nation population has risen from 1,200 people in 1998 to

1,800 presently.

Since late 2009, when staff at Tikinagan Children and Family Services and Payukotayno James and Hudson Bay Family Services were facing layoffs because of funding challenges, Broten said her ministry has increased funding for Aboriginal child welfare agencies.

She said additional resources were provided to those agencies and others to make up for their remoteness and other complications which make the work they do more difficult.

“We want to ensure they are able to do the work they need to do,” Broten said.

Beaucage wants to see a similar conference held again next year.

“What we’ve done is set the yardsticks a little further,” he said. “We can see where we’ve gone and if we’ve made any progress. If we haven’t made any progress, I’d be very disappointed.”

The introduction of Bill 151 is another example of the Ontario government failing to make good on commitments to First Nations says Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy.

The bill – Ontario’s Forest Tenure Modernization Act – aims to change how Crown land is licensed for use by forestry mills. The cost of wood could rise or drop with supply and demand.

The proposed legislation would keep the government’s authority to manage forests, while allowing more companies to get involved in the forestry sector.

But Beardy said First Nations issues about the bill were not taken seriously.

“It is very clear that Ontario does not take the concerns of First Nations seriously with regards to the forestry tenure reform process as, yet again, Ontario solicits input, then unilaterally makes decisions without consideration of those who are directly impacted,” Beardy said.

In November, a meeting was held involving NAN, other First Nations leaders, and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry (MNDMF) to discuss concerns regarding Ontario’s forestry tenure review process, Beardy said.

MNDMF committed to recognizing and addressing three key areas of concern for First Nations: • To actively seek input from First Nations; • To consider other forestry tenure models including community managed forests; and

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ᓇᑭᔥᑲᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ 25 ᐃᓇᐣᑭᓱᐨ ᒋᑭ ᐊᓂᒧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭ ᒪᒋᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ . ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᑎᐯᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᔕᐧᐣ ᐊ ᐃᐣᒐᐟ ᐊᐟᓫᐃᔪ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑕ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒋᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ. ᒥᑐᓂ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᔑ ᒥᔕᒣᐣᑕᒧᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑎᕑᐊᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐊᔕ ᒥᔑᓄᔭᑭ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ, ᐊᐟᓫᐃᔪ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᓂᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᓇᐣ ᐊᐦᑯ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐢᑎᕑᐊᐣᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓄᒪᑫ ᐊᔕ ᐅᐱᒥ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐃᐧ ᑫᑯᐣ. ᐢᑎᕑᐊᐣᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ ᓂᔑᐊᐦᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐣᐠ, ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒥᐦᐃ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑ ᒥᑭᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᐠ ᐁᓇᓂᒋᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᐱᑯᐸᓂᐦᐅᒪᑲᐠ, ᐁᐧᐸᐨ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ. ᐊᒥ ᑕᔥ ᐊᔕ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᐠ, ᐢᑎᕑᐊᐣᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐣᐠ. ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᔐᒪᐠ ᒋᑭ ᑭᒋ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ. ᐱᕑᑎᕑᐊᐣᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑭᐊᐣᑐᑕᒪᐸᐣ ᒋᑭ

ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᒋᐯᔭᑲᑲᒥᑭᐣ ᓂᐣ ᑲᔭᐃᔕᔭᐣ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓂᐣᐠ. ᒥᔑᓇᐧ ᑭᒋ ᒥᑕᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᓇᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐯᔭᑲᑲᒥᓂᐣᐠ ᓂᐱᓂ ᒋᑭ ᒥᓄᑲᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᔭᔭᑯᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᓇᓂᒋᓇᑲᐧᓂ ᑭᒋ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᑌᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᓯᓄᐣ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑭ ᐊᔭᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᒪ ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐣᐟ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐣᐠ ᑲᔭᔭᐠ. ᒥᐊᔕ ᐁᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᑭ ᐊᓄᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ. ᐊᐟᓫᐃᔪ ᐃᑭᑐ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ 116 ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᒥᐦᐃ ᐁᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᒧᒋ ᐅᓴᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓂᐱᒥᐊᐧ. ᓂᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᑭ

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ᐊᓂᑲᓂᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᑲᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇᓴᐱᑯ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᔭᑭᐣ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐊᓂᒥᐃᐧᐦᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑫᑯᓂ, ᐊᐟᓫᐃᔪ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᐊᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐧ ᑭᒋ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᒪᐣᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᒋ ᐱᐣᒋᐁᐧᐱᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᓂᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᐯᑌᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᑭᒪᐊᐧᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᒪᐢᑲᐊᐧᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑲᐯᓭᐠ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑕᑯ ᑲᔦ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐁᐧᐱᓇᑲᓇᐳᐃᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ.

“It is very clear that Ontario does not take the concerns of First Nations seriously.”

– Stan Beardy

Beardy said the MNDMF reneged on commitments made to NAN in the introduction of Bill 151 as it does not contain information on working with First Nations, nor’ does it give any recognition to Aboriginal and treaty rights.

Gravelle said that while Aboriginal and treaty rights are not specifically listed in the legislation, he recognizes the importance of them and they will be honoured.

Beardy said First Nations should be in charge of the forests on their land.

“The best approach is to implement a community forestry tenure system putting First Nations in charge of managing forests on their homelands,” said Beardy. “With the introduction of Bill 151, it is blatantly obvious that Ontario has no intentions of making good on its commitments therefore, it is nearly impossible to work towards a meaningful relationship.”

Kasabonika Northern Store destroyed by fire James Thom

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• Recognizing Aboriginal and treaty rights and the duty of the Crown to consult.

“We have worked very hard to consult with northerners … and Aboriginals,” Gravelle said, adding dozens of meetings were held across the province about the legislation. “We want to make sure there is very significant involvement with the forestry tenure opportunities within the province.”

An afternoon fire destroyed the Northern Store in Kasabonika Lake April 22.

No one was injured in the fire which began around 2:40 p.m., said Northern Store Ontario general manager Pat Jacob.

However, the residence, where the operators of the store lived, was also destroyed.

“They lost everything in the fire,” Jacob said.

He said the company has arranged to lease one of the homes designated for teachers in the community until a new home can be built for the family.

The fire remains under investigation, said NishnawbeAski Police Service Sgt. Jackie George, adding officers believe the cause to be accidental.

The Ontario Fire Marshal is expected to be in the community later this week to add its expertise to the investigation.

George said while the fire was still burning, power to the building had to be shut off because of live wires. Hydro was restored by 7 p.m.

Jacob was in Kasabonika over the weekend along with other company officials to view the scene.

During that trip, the group had its plane fly to Wunnumin Lake where it picked up basic food essentials, which were donated to Kasabonika Lake community members.

Included were bread, baby formula, milk and other items to allow a transition until a temporary Northern Store can be set up in the community.

That is expected to happen

by April 28.

“We’re trying to get a temporary store set up as soon as possible,” Jacob said. “We have already begun converting the community centre into a temporary store. We are flying in fixtures and a computer system.”

Refrigeration units are in transit to the community as well.

Jacob said the company was renting the space to operate its store from the First Nation.

The fire has also knocked out bank and postal services in the community as both additional services were housed in the same building as the store.

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NEWS DIRECTOR Brent Wesley EDITOR James Thom

Commentary

Shape up or ship out The impacts of global warming Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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verywhere I travel these days, I feel the effects of global warming. Weather patterns are changing, ice caps are melting, glaciers are receding and it is all becoming very obvious.

I first started hearing about a change in climate from some of the Elders from up the James Bay coast about 20 years ago.

More recently, I have learned through news from the worldwide scientific community that a phenomenon such as global warming is upon us.

Although there is a debate happening with opposition to this concept being fuelled by big corporations, most reasonable people have accepted that global warming is the result of human-caused pollution.

There are so many ramifications of global warming.

With the change in climate the winter road is going in later and thawing sooner every year.

Changes in weather and temperatures, even though they don't seem critical, can have great effect on wildlife. This means that my people the Cree and the Aboriginal people of northern Canada will be facing changes in our traditions and culture as it relates to our relationship to the land and animals.

Already, we see the polar bear populations being affected as well as changes in the annual goose migration. The shorter winter freeze is also affecting my people's ability to travel in the North.

In colder months, we make great use of the frozen landscape to move about and a winter road connects communities up the James Bay coast.

With the change in climate the winter road is going in later and thawing sooner every year.

Many in the corporate world and some in government are doing their best to discredit the scientists, writers and educators who are trying to alert us to this crisis of global warming. That

sounds like a nasty thing to do but it is not the first time this form of denial has been encouraged.

The cigarette lobby tried to convince the public for many years that there was little or no danger in smoking. They paid big money to hire lobbying firms to intimidate government and discredit medical experts and scientists.

You would think that at this point in our civilization that we would be thinking in the longterm and in the best interest of future generations. However we are still putting profit before anything else. As long as the average person does not educate themselves about global warming and the effect it will have on future generations then we will simply continue living in denial.

My people up the James Bay coast and the Aboriginal people of the coastal regions of the Far North should be getting ready for some very big changes.

Right now many of these communities right across Canada's Far North are isolated and remote. You can only get to them mainly by aircraft.

With global warming hotly unfolding, we are getting reports that the sea ice of the famous northwest passage is receding more and more each year. It won't be happening tomorrow but in the foreseeable future we will see for the first time ever major ship traffic on the Northwest Passage.

This will become a very popular route and will have a great effect on remote Aboriginal Far North coastal communities.

Of course some of this will be beneficial, as goods and services will flow more easily to these communities. However, it will also provide easier access for corporations wanting to develop the harvesting of natural resources in these areas. The way of life for many remote Aboriginal communities will change rapidly.

It is easy to feel helpless with such enormous issues like global warming but we can have a voice. One thing we can do is to make sure that the environment and conservation once again becomes a top priority for the public.

If we think it is important, than we should make it an election issue at federal and provincial levels. Our future depends on it. www.underthenorthernsky.com

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Elders attend a youth rally in Weagamow Lake. Date unknown.

Believe in your future Philip Paul-Martin GUEST COLUMNIST

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hat if you were to think that this was the greatest time in history to be alive?

Some would say yes while others would say no.

It’s a choice really.

Think about it.

Information is literally at our fingertips and distance has less meaning than it did just a few years ago.

We can talk with our families via Skype, Messenger or Facebook.

The education system has gotten better as well.

Universities and colleges now offer better course selection than they did just ten years ago, which are relevant to what we need and others can learn about us in ways they never could.

And while the information is now flowing we can have access to the best thinking available from across the planet at our fingertips.

The numbers too are in our favour.

We are the fastest growing population across the country in both urban and rural centres.

Most of the country feels that is a problem. But I don’t.

Our youth have unbridled zest for life and bundles of energy, more so than others possess.

The elements for the change that we want are among us right now.

The energy, the thought of how are we going to do this?

The answer isn’t elusive; we just haven’t considered it fully.

Our success in changing the things we want to is quite literally in our own minds.

If we can see it happen in our minds then it will happen in our worlds.

You ever see Elders who have lived a good life? They smile for a reason.

They see us learning. They know we have to discover for ourselves the keys to change.

We have an advantage that we haven’t harnessed yet or perhaps more correctly, have forgotten how to use.

Our ability to dream and have visions is a gift we have put away in the closet beside rubber boots and old school clothes.

Our ability to dream and have visions is a gift we have put away in the closet.

It is our biggest ally in our quest to change our lives in our communities. A simple thought is all that’s required.

Psychology has taught us much about the human brain.

Our sub-conscious mind is a really powerful thing.

When we go to sleep it never stops processing what we’ve encountered and most importantly, what we think of most.

You see, it doesn’t differentiate between our reality and our thoughts.

This is a good thing. Because we don’t need to re-program our minds as much as shift our thinking to achieve what we desire.

If we see barriers, they will be there.

If we see hope, it will live here.

If we see a future, we will have one.

Awake or dreaming, it doesn’t matter.

The brain never stops processing.

Man will become what he thinks about most.

And with our numbers growing I like our chances at moulding our future.

The combined power of youthful energy with a simple belief that we can will effect change.

Think about it.

Philip Paul-Martin is a motivational speaker, small-business owner and believes in Aboriginal youth.

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OPINION NAN First Nations world leaders in effective use of broadband Your views from wawatayews.ca To the Editor: RE: Preparing for broadband opportunities - April 14, Wawatay News As Nishanwbe Aski Nation First Nations wait for the new fibre backbone to reach their communities, it is important to celebrate the fact they are operating world-class broadband applications today.

For more than 15 years, NAN First Nations have been developing innovative programs – such as telemedicine and e-learning – that are now the envy of other rural and remote communities around the world. Their effective use of these communication technologies continues to be studied and written about by Canadian and international researchers.

NAN First Nations began developing and delivering these applications before Bell Canada received public finding to upgrade its microwave network to support broadband back in 1999 and 2000.

The satellite-served First Nations built their own satellite network and partnered with like-minded Indigenous communities in northern Quebec and Manitoba to establish the Northern Indigenous Community Satellite Network (NICSN).

The core vision behind these developments by First Nations was community ownership and control of broadband infrastructure and applications.

The jobs that these broadband applications (community telehealth coordinators, e-learning teachers and education, IT community technicians and others)

created are important economic and social parts of every NAN First Nation.

The chiefs of Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) established the Kuhkenah Network (KNET) in 1994 to support the development and operation of a communications network that addressed their needs. The growth and operation of KO’s KNET is well understood by the First Nations across the region.

The First Nation leaders and community members use the network daily as they conduct their business.

Everyone has experienced what it is like when the Bell network fails even for a short time and you are cut off from the Internet and even your phones.

Today, the First Nations are using all the Bell Aliant bandwidth capacity available to support their community-owned broadband applications. Bell’s microwave network is oversubscribed. First Nations are no longer able to purchase the bandwidth required to expand their broadband applications.

The existing Bell Aliant infrastructure that serves NAN First Nations is end-of-life requiring it to be upgraded or abandoned.

That is one of the main reasons why KO-KNET staff partnered with Bell Aliant to ensure the fibre optic cable network project was funded by the federal and provincial governments.

The chiefs of Keewaytinook Okimakanak directed their staff to work with their partners to upgrade and improve the infrastructure that is so essential to the further development of their broadband applications.

When NAN staff were invited

to work with the KO-Bell Aliant partnership in the submission of the Northwestern Ontario Broadband Expansion Initiative, it gave NAN the opportunity to use its political expertise to help move the project through the funding systems.

Many people became critical partners in ensuring this project was successfully funded.

After having worked with many First Nations over the years on the development of their broadband infrastructure and applications, KO-KNET sees that there are many risks along with many potential benefits involved in the development of this project.

The risks to the First Nations involve protecting the jobs and community-owned infrastructure already in place and the benefits include being able to further develop their existing local infrastructure to best use the fibre network, if and when it arrives.

The traditional lands and resources that are required to lay the fibre optic cable must be carefully considered and respected. Communities can ensure the effective use of existing heavy equipment, gravel and sand pits, winter road right-of-ways widening and waterways to contribute to a more permanent all-weather road system.

There are many other things First Nations can do to maintain control of their existing broadband resources and ensure ownership and control of the new broadband resources that may soon be available.

Bell Aliant arrangements to use hydro poles in the First

Nations make it a lot easier for them to install fibre cable. Communities can negotiate with Bell Aliant as part of the development to install communityowned fibre cable that can support the growth of community services delivery and residential and business Internet connectivity.

Transferring the ownership of the Bell Aliant tower to the First Nation is another opportunity that can be pursued by the communities.

In the resolution used to secure the funding for the fibre optic network construction project as well as in follow up resolutions, NAN chiefs directed that the work that needs to be done involves protecting what NAN First Nations already have in place.

The key consideration for the development of this project should be the OCAP principles (Ownership, Control, Access, Possess) that First Nations are applying successfully in other areas of operation, such as health and education.

How can OCAP be applied to telecommunications? This should be the guiding question as communities move forward with this project.

KO-KNET shares with many other First Nations across Canada a vision of building community ownership and control of broadband infrastructure and applications. We remain willing to offer our expertise and support to First Nations who share our vision.

Re: Canadian Federal Election 2011 I’m shocked and disappointed when I see the Wawatay Poll showing the Conservatives getting the second most amount of votes. The Conservatives when they came to government scrapped the “Kelowna Accord” – $5 billion for First Nations for improving education, employment, and living conditions.

Now, the Conservatives are trying to pass one of the most controversial bills in First Nations history: Bill S-11. This bill in short is the Harper’s government taking away of our rights and connection to water.

The Conservatives mandate is for free enterprise and privatization and they want to privatize and commodify water, and put water on the open markets of the world. This is why Canada shamefully abstained from voting water a right for all humans at the United Nations last summer. Only problem for Canada getting sole rights to the water is First Nations.

So in comes Bill S-11, sponsored by Harper’s appointed 15th First Nation senator, Patrick Brazeau, May 26, 2010.

This bill was sold as a great law allowing for regulating safe drinking water in First Nations. Big problem is that it was made going against our constitutional rights: by not consulting with First Nations and because of that, it is seriously flawed.

What’s in this Bill S-11 for First Nations? Federal laws to be put on First Nations water, not the First Nations governance of our water as our people overwhelming declared with First Nation’s Water Expert Panels Report (2006). The government makes no commitment for any more funding and in fact tries to shed their responsibilities making First Nations sole owners, so they (INAC) have no more liabilities, yet they still have the powers to control what happens; like appointing a third party (private or government company) to operate and manage our water systems (privatization). They have already started to do so with programs like SWOP. Also, these new laws would also abrogate and derogate our constitutional rights with any matters of this new law and so on.

There are many more flaws and I would encourage everyone to research all Bill S-11 correspondence.

Many of my First Nations colleagues sees this Bill S-11 just as dangerous as the residential school systems trying to steal and disconnect our people to this precious and vital resource. Our people need to understand this incredible threat and encourage everyone to vote and defeat this government that wants to steal our rights to the water.

Geordi Kakepetum, chairman Keewaytinook Okimakanak

Paul Wesley Otis

KO Telemedicine will improve health for all First Nations KO Telemedicine (KOTM) delivers clinical, educational and administrative services via videoconferencing and advanced information communication technologies to First Nation communities in Ontario.

Helping bridge the gap in First Nation healthcare.

Please contact your local Community Telemedicine Coordinator if you want to learn how you can use telemedicine.

KO Telemedicine 12 Dexter Road, P.O Box 340 Balmertown, ON P0V 1C0 Phone: (807) 735-1381 Toll Free: (800) 387-3740 KOTM Emergency Helpline: ext. 1000 Fax: (807) 735-1123

Keewaytinook Okimakanak Tele-Mushkiki

www.telemedicine.knet.ca

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Diversify your investments on a global scale YOUR MONEY MATTERS

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n the last article (Feb. 3), we discussed diversification by asset class. This week, we will discuss another element of diversification, diversification of your investments on a global scale. Many investors have a large portion of their investments in Canada and why not?

The Canadian markets have performed better than many international markets over the past few years.

However, there are some good reasons for investing outside of Canada – and while it may come as a surprise, the

recent strong performance of Canadian markets is one of them. Canadian stocks have enjoyed such strong performance that many investment analysts believe they are no longer a “good value” compared to stocks in other major global markets, such as the U.S. In other words, you may be able to buy stocks at a better price relative to their value elsewhere in the world.

Canada’s strong performance also means that your account may now hold a greater percentage of Canadian investments than it did a few years ago. For example, say you had diversified your account a few years ago with 70 per cent Canadian investments and 30 per cent global investments. But now, due to its relatively strong performance, the Canadian

component of your investments might account for 80 per cent of your account’s market value, while the global component has dropped to only 20 per cent.

Why is this important?

Because setting – and maintaining – the right balance of global and Canadian investments helps reduce risk. Diversifying globally helps reduce risk because stocks in different parts of the world don’t always go up or down at the same time. When you have globally diversified investments, weaker performance in any single part of the world – including Canada – can be offset by stronger performance in another.

Canada’s markets are also concentrated in just a few industrial sectors – namely, the financial, materials and energy sectors. Just as you can diver-

sify by geographic area, you can also diversify by industry sector to reduce risk. So when you forgo global stocks in your investment account, you not only forgo the risk-reduction benefits offered by global diversification – you also forgo the risk-reduction benefits offered by sector diversification.

In addition to reducing risk, there are many other reasons to diversify your investment account globally, including: • Greater opportunity – Canada only represents three per cent of the investment opportunities available worldwide.

That means the vast majority of investment opportunities are beyond Canada’s borders, in places like the U.S., Europe and Japan.

Additionally, many of the world’s fastest growing

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Your views from wawataynews.ca Re: Police seek missing Aboriginal girl Okay, how many young people have been missing in Thunder Bay or found deceased?

How do we prevent this becoming an epidemic?

Katherine Kakegamic Re: Reclaiming life I have a son who has been addicted to that (pills) and it has been a long walk. I attend a church in Sault Ste. Marie and we are praying for you and your community.

God is hearing the prayers of your people and the prayers for healing and help is on the way. I know it.

Anonymous Re: Celebrating the life of a spiritual leader Not to detract in any way from the legacy of this great man, but didn’t William continue along the path established by his own father and, more than a century ago,

by William Dick (and, in the east, by Thomas Vincent)?

My sincere condolences to friends at Kingfisher Lake First Nation.

John Long Re: Canadian Federal Election 2011 Watching the news the other day on CBC. There was a lady on there and she made mention that Aboriginal people voters are at a low. Nearly 13 per cent of eligible Aboriginal voters voted in the last election. Thinking about this I thought, “Why aren’t more of our people voting?” There should be a push from chiefs and councils to get more people voting.

Anonymous The issues that matter are education, health care and children’s needs. More educational opportunities should be developed, for example, in mining (essential skills), hospitality (cooking and accommodations), health care and other programs for the Elders of the community, I think all of these issues fit into the mindset of an NDP government.

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Crowe aiming to represent NDP in provincial election Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Lake Helen’s Cindy Crowe wants to represent the people of the Thunder Bay-Superior North riding as their next member of provincial parliament.

“I am very new to the political race, but I have a lot of very experienced people guiding me within the NDP and our First Nations leadership,” Crowe said. “I have people giving me suggestions and some direction.

What we have been concentrating on in the last three or four weeks is trying to encourage people to become NDP members of the (Thunder Bay-Superior North) riding.”

One of two people running to represent the NDP as the Thunder Bay-Superior North candidate in the Oct. 6 provincial election, Crowe said some people find it intimidating to sign up for membership because the application form states they are now committing to vote for the NDP. “You really need to be working with people and illustrating to them your commitment and dedication to what you are doing,” Crowe said.

Members of the NDP riding association, who signed up at least a month in advance of the nomination meeting, will choose the riding candidate.”

The NDP nomination meeting was originally scheduled for early April, but it has been changed to June 5 due to the May 2 federal election.

“Our NDP membership is busy out there putting up signs, making phone calls, collecting donations,” Crowe said. “They

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Lake Helen’s Cindy Crowe, right, will hold 10 information sessions to provide NDP party members with an opportunity to air their concerns, provide input and learn more about her during her nomination campaign to be the next NDP candidate for the Thunder Bay-Superior North provincial riding. are really busy.”

Although the 51-year-old owner of Cindy Crowe Consulting has run previously as a 2010 candidate for Thunder Bay municipal council, she said running for office is new to her.

“Even two years ago, if you would have said this is where I would have been right now, I would have just laughed you out of the room,” Crowe said. “I honestly didn’t see myself taking these steps that I am, but I’ve been receiving the teach-

Sport council continues work on mandate Aboriginal Sport and Wellness Council of Ontario (ASWCO) has been busy consulting with First Nations about its mandate.

“We’ve been conducting consultations with the communities to determine the needs of the Aboriginal population,” said board chairman Marc Laliberte.

The council is Ontario’s provincial-territorial Aboriginal sport body. It looks after the province’s submissions to the North American Indigenous Games, National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) and other events.

In the past few months, representatives from the organization have been in the Treaty 3

area in northwestern Ontario.

This has led to plans for workshops, community outreach and Aboriginal coaching courses, Laliberte said.

The council is also gearing up for year two of its mandate.

In coming months, Laliberte expects the council to be incorporated as not-for-profit, making it easier to accept donations and seek funding, a priority for the organization.

Other priorities include a youth summit in Toronto later this year and finding more funding sources.

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ings and receiving the guidance I need and it seems to be a good direction for me.”

“And now that I’m here, now that I’m in this, now that I’m kind of engulfed with it, I really see that I have been in training for this for my entire life.”

After first focusing on signing up members, Crowe is now aiming to concentrate on speaking to the existing membership.

“We want to hold some information sessions and we’ve got

about 10 of them lined up,” Crowe said in early April. “We’d like to have a speaker come in and talk to people about, let’s say, poverty or women’s issues, or union concerns.”

Crowe said the information sessions provide party members with an opportunity to air their concerns, provide input and learn more about her.

In addition to meeting with NDP members in the local area, including First Nation leaders, Crowe has travelled to Sudbury,

Toronto and Ottawa to learn more about the goals and objectives of NDP members across the province.

“I am on the highest learning curve I have ever been on,” Crowe said. “It’s really exciting; it’s really interesting. I like to say I’m on the longest job interview I have ever been on.”

Crowe said the NDP has an affirmative action program, which encourages Aboriginal people, women, physicallychallenged people and others

to run.

“They are a very inclusive party, so that certainly encouraged me,” Crowe said.

For those interested in running provincially, Crowe said the first step is to contact the local riding association.

“I chose to run in the Thunder Bay-Superior North riding because Lake Helen is in that riding,” Crowe said. “I would encourage anyone who is not content with the current system to get involved.”

PUBLIC NOTICE Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project Comments Invited on the Proposed Environmental Assessment Process Deadline Extended for Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines

On March 25, 2011 the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency released for public comment two documents related to the environmental assessment of the proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project in Ontario.

The documents are the draft Agreement to establish a joint review panel with Ontario and the draft Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has also released for public comment the draft Ontario Harmonization Order. These documents set-out the parameters of the environmental assessment, including details on the process, public participation opportunities, timeframes, and guidance to the proponent on the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement.

These documents, as well as a backgrounder, are available at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca (Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry number 07-05-54755), at www.ebr.gov.on.ca (Environmental Bill of Rights Registry number 011-2773) or from the contact information below.

The deadline to submit written comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines is being extended until May 24, 2011.

Written comments on the draft Agreement to Establish a Joint Review Panel must still be received no later than May 9, 2011.

Written comments on the draft documents, in either English or French, must be sent to: Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency 160 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3 Tel.: 1-866-582-1884 / Fax: 613-954-0941 MarathonMine.Review@ceaa-acee.gc.ca To be kept informed of activities relating to the proposed panel process, provide a mailing address, an e-mail address or a fax number to the above-mentioned contact information.

Stillwater Canada Inc. proposes to develop and operate the Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project approximately 10 kilometres north of the Town of Marathon. This Project involves the establishment and operation of an open pit mine and mill for the purpose of extracting and processing ore containing copper and platinum group metals and including, but not limited to, any ancillary activities and the activities outlined below: the construction and/or use of equipment, buildings and structures; the establishment, construction and operation of tailing impoundment areas, explosives factory and magazine facilities, waste rock storage areas, water management facilities, transmission lines, temporary and emergency generation facilities, and activities to mitigate environmental impacts; the decommissioning, closure and abandonment of the mine and mine-related infrastructure; the establishment, construction and/or modification and use of transportation infrastructure including access roads, highways and/or rail lines to support the above-mentioned activities and the transport of final mine concentrate(s).

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Elder Josephine Mandamin is continuing with the Mother Earth Water Walk originally started in 2003. This time walkers are walking from four directions in North America starting from four bodies of water and ending at a central point, Bad River, Wisc. The walkers are now on the second leg of the tour.

Josephine Mandamin begins new Water Walk Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Josephine Mandamin has started off two legs of Water Walk 2011 and is currently walking north with a pail of water from the Gulf of Mexico.

The Wikwemikong Elder who lives in Thunder Bay started off the western water walk April 10 in Aberdeen, Wash. She then flew to Mississippi to start off the southern water walk April 20 in Gulfport, Miss.

“It’s going really well,” said Joanne Robertson, central communications post coordinator for Water Walk 2011. “They went through the mountains and she (Mandamin) said it wasn’t cold. They sent photos which are on the website. It was snowing and there was an inch of snow on the eagle staff, on the eagle’s head.”

Mandamin and the other walkers were cheered on by a group of skiers at the top of White Pass in the Cascade Range in Washington.

“Just a bit further than that the Yakima Nation greeted them into their territory, pulled

up in a limousine and took them off to a youth dinner,” Robertson said.

Mandamin took a break from walking April 16 to write an online exam for a university course before continuing on with the water walk.

“It is a wonderful feeling to see healing take place,” Mandamin said in an April 19 e-mail message. “Once the pail and staff is carried, it leaves something: an incredible impression on people.”

Mandamin said one of the western walkers had joint problems and didn’t think she could continue walking but ended up walking every day until she had to leave April 17.

Mandamin plans to walk the southern water walk for nine days before flying to Maine to start off the eastern water walk May 7 in Machias, Maine.

“In the South they are going to need help,” Robertson said.

“Through the west we are depending a lot on First Nation communities, but through the South there aren’t any reservations.

“They have all their camping equipment with them and they

are prepared to sleep where they can but it’s going to be a little tougher in the South.”

The northern water walk begins May 21 in Churchill, Man. and includes a train trip to Winnipeg.

“One of the grandmothers up there told me they had to dig through five feet of ice to get the water out,” Robertson said.

“They would have liked to have started from the Arctic Ocean, but Josephine didn’t want to fly the water. It had to stay on the land and it was too dangerous for dog sleds. One of the Elders told her the water in Hudson Bay is water from the Arctic Ocean.”

All four water walks are scheduled to end June 10-12 in Bad River, Wisc., where Mandamin originally started off her first water walk around Lake Superior in 2003.

“That’s where the idea was born,” Robertson said.

Mandamin plans to finish up the eastern water walk from Sudbury to Bad River after walking for a few days on the northern water walk.

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Lawsuit gathers plaintiffs James Thom Wawatay News

It could take years before the 60s Scoop class-action lawsuit proceeds beyond the appeals stage, according to a lawyer representing the plaintiffs.

Jeffery Wilson, partner in the firm Wilson Christen, anticipates such a timeframe because there are several levels of courts of appeal the Attorney General of Canada can seek before the case can move forward.

Robert Commanda and Marcia Brown-Martel originally launched the suit Feb. 9, 2009.

Commanda, of Dokis First Nation, and Brown-Martel, of Beaverhouse First Nation, were part of an era when Aboriginal youth were apprehended by the Children’s Aid Society in what has now become known as the 60s scoop.

“The case is about that event, which we know happened to a great number of Aboriginal people between 1965 and 1984, is an actionable wrong in law,” Wilson said, adding it is up to the courts, through this case, to determine if what happened was legally wrong.

Wilson said the lawsuit hopes to give meaning to the experience of those who were affected

by being placed in non-Aboriginal foster homes where their cultural identity was lost.

The lawsuit seeks damages for cultural genocide and identity genocide in the range of $85,000 for each of the prospective 16,000 or more claimants, though only a fraction of them have come forward. It also seeks damages totalling more than $1.3 billion.

In May 2010, the case was certified, pending the resubmission of a statement of claim.

However, the Attorney General of Canada appealed Justice Paul Perell’s decision. The appeal is set to be heard by a divisional court Oct. 28 in Toronto.

The case was only certified to include children from Ontario who were apprehended or placed in care within the province from Dec. 1, 1965 to January 1985.

The Attorney General’s office declined comment about the case, deferring to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. INAC would only confirm the potential appeal date.

While Wilson and plaintiffs await the appeal date, they are continuing to spread word about the case and bring more plaintiffs into the class action,

he said.

“We get calls and we want to get more calls. Nothing prevents us from building the class,” Wilson said. “We’re trying to make the best of (waiting for the appeals). Letting people know about it is essential because numbers speak quite a bit. We’re trying to spread the word and say sign on.”

The Attorney General, in its original statement of defence, denies allegations made by the claimants.

“The plaintiffs and the proposed class were all, by definition, children whose personal and family circumstances required the intervention of Ontario child welfare authorities to address their needs of protection, support and care,” reads the statement of defence.

It goes on to state: “The claim alleges Canada has variously breached a fiduciary duty owed to the plaintiffs … infringed their Aboriginal rights, breached a duty of care … and violated international human rights conventions.

The Attorney General denies the allegations and defends Canada on all of the claims.”

For more information on the case, see www.sixtiesscoopclaim.ca.

Marten Falls skate drive a success Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Marten Falls’ recently-completed arena was busy this winter thanks to a skate drive by Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Const. Marc Beauparlant.

“I knew this arena construction was coming so I wanted to make sure everyone could participate and be active,” said the NAPS Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) officer in Marten Falls. “There were a few Elders as well that skated or who were provided with skates.”

Beauparlant came up with the skate drive idea last year while he was helping clean up Marten Falls’ outdoor skating rink. The arena shell had been constructed about 10 years ago but the interior was never completed.

“As the equipment was coming in, kids were coming to the police detachment to try their

skates and equipment ahead of time,” Beauparlant said. “It was a great way to interact with kids and adults as well.”

Once the arena opened in early February, all the interested people in the community were fitted with hockey equipment.

Skating is now part of the curriculum for students in the Henry Coaster Memorial School and a mixed hockey tournament was held in early March for men and women.

Beauparlant started the skate drive last October in the nearby community of Hearst with a collection of about 60 pairs of skates and some hockey equipment.

As word of his skate drive spread, other people and groups brought in additional hockey equipment donations, such as OPP Const. Paul Harrison, former NHL player Peter Ing, KidzCanHelp.ca, Northern Shield Resources Inc., Jus-

tice Joyce Pelletier and Sgt. Marty Singleton and Sgt. Gilles Lachance of the OPP Provincial Liaison Team.

Beauparlant was surprised with the generosity of those who donated hockey equipment, not just in quantity, but also in quality.

“Amazing almost brand-new $300 pairs of skates,” Beauparlant said. “I had almost a couple of dozen of those.”

Forty-two children and 33 adults were outfitted with hockey equipment through the skate drive. The donations included about 90 helmets, 39 hockey sticks, 306 skates, 26 hockey bags, three pairs of goalie skates, 23 goalie equipment pieces, 325 hockey jerseys, 632 hockey player equipment pieces and 17 roller blades and protective gear.

“The list of those who donated or took part in one form or another is just amazing,” Beauparlant said.

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Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre directors, tribal council representatives and grassroots people met in late March to discuss the organization’s future goals and to finalize a vision, mission statement and mandate.

Kwayaciiwin developing five-year plan Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre is looking to raise awareness of its language and culture programs among parents in the communities it serves.

“We need to educate and promote the organization on the grass roots level,” said Matthew Angees, Kwayaciiwin’s acting chairman.

“Right now a lot of parents don’t know what Kwayaciiwin stands for and the purpose of it.”

Kwayaciiwin has been providing support services to 24 First Nations in the Sioux Lookout district since 2002 under the direction of the District Education Planning Committee, which was established to implement and manage the Academic Readiness Project.

The Academic Readiness Project was developed by district chiefs to address concerns about the academic readiness of students when they leave their communities to attend high school.

Angees and a group of directors, tribal council representatives and grassroots

people met March 30-31 at the Travelodge Hotel Airlane in Thunder Bat to begin formalizing a vision, mission statement and mandate.

“Once we do our five-year strategic plan, we will use that to begin to develop a business plan to lobby and try to get core funding from INAC (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada),” Angees said.

“I’m hoping that out of this we are getting a clear direction

from the directors, from the tribal councils and also from the grassroots level because it is their organization.”

Angees said Kwayaciiwin’s First Nations Curriculum Guidelines and Standards will only work if it is implemented in every classroom.

“Everybody has to implement it and everybody has to make sure the teachers are implementing it and the principals are doing what they are

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supposed to do to evaluate the teachers,” Angees said.

The goal is to eventually provide services that are currently missing in the schools, such as support, training and resources for the teachers.

“Ultimately, what is going to happen is we are going to be housing specialists … that will not stay in that building, but travel to the communities, spend time in the communities to support and train and

also provide resources to the teachers, support staff, LEAs (local education authorities) and education directors,” Angees.

While Kwayaciiwin’s role is to supplement what the communities already have and not take over their services, Angees said the organization will likely become involved in the supervisory area in the future to make sure schools are following the curriculum and assessments are completed.

“It’s going to take time,” Angees said. “Everybody has been working independently, so it’s hard to sell the idea but I think it is coming now. They’re beginning to realize this is what we need. I think we can do a lot of wonderful things by working together.”

Angees also called for an increase in education funding for First Nation students.

“The last time I saw how much the elementary child gets funded in the provincial school was close to $10,000,” Angees said. “In my community, an elementary student is funded about $7,800, so you do the math. There’s a difference of about two grand.”

Bringing students back to school is the focus of a new program being developed by Thunder Bay’s Neighbourhood Capacity Building Project.

“We’re trying to develop a program where the kids actually do stuff hands-on,” said Ryan Gustafson, youth outreach worker at Ecole Gron Morgan. “One of the projects we are looking at right now is making hand drums right from scratch.”

Gustafson said the students will actually make the drums, sand them down and attach the hide.

“There is a little teaching that goes with the strapping of the hide,” Gustafson said. “It’s to bond them to their hand drums.”

Gustafson spoke about the new program during a break in a March 30 Anishnawbe Mushkiki information session for the youth outreach workers on Healthy Eating Active Living at the Travelodge Inn. Gustafson and some of the other youth outreach workers recently switched to different schools; Gustafson switched from Sherbrooke Public School to Ecole Gron Morgan while Nathaniel Moses switched from Ecole Gron Morgan to Our Lady of Charity School.

“It’s been about a month now,” Moses said. “It’s fun. It’s no different, we’re all human beings. We’re all trying to create the good things for all kids.”

Moses said Our Lady of Charity School has a program he had never seen before.

“We have a program called Cooking with Kokum,” Moses said. “An Elder comes in to teach our younger ones how to make mixed bits, bannock and stuff like that.”

Sarah Wright, youth outreach worker at Ogden Street Public School, provides cultural teachings twice a week to students.

“We have a recreation program on Mondays, cooking with kids program on Wednesdays and field trip days on Fridays,” Wright said.

While the youth outreach workers are in school all day, five days a week, Wright said the Neighbourhood Capacity Building Program after-school program runs for about two-and-a-half hours after school each day of the school week.

“At Ogden, we probably get about 15-20 (students) a day,” Wright said.

“Some schools get up to 25 kids a day, but every school is different and every day is different.”

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Howard Kakegamic and a group of 18 other Rev. Tommy Beardy Memorial Weechehewayogamik Family Treatment Centre staff members attended the second phase of the Chemical Addiction Worker Certificate Program. The course was offered at the Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute in Thunder Bay April 10-14.

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Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute recently conducted two weeklong courses for the staff of two Nishnawbe Aski Nation organizations.

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cate Training Program is aimed at group leaders who work in social services, career counselling, education, mental health, human resources and rehabilitation or as consultants and trainers.

A group of 10 Tikinagan Child and Family Services employees and nine other students from across the North took the Life Skills Coach Certificate Training Program through YWCA Toronto April 11-15.

Following that a group of 19 Rev. Tommy Beardy Memorial Weechehewayogamik Family Treatment Centre employees took the second phase of the Chemical Addiction Worker Certificate Program through Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in B.C., April 10-14.

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this (Chemical Addiction Worker Certificate Program) because it is actually the only kind in Canada,” said Oshki executive director Rosie Mosquito. “It’s so sorely needed and I am happy we are able to help in a small way.”

The Chemical Addiction Worker Certificate Program is a fully accredited program that provides treatment staff with an opportunity to be certified in their respected fields.

“Health Canada wants to improve the services that are being delivered in the northern communities,” said Estelle Howard, program director with Oshki.

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Howard said the program is

being delivered to communitybased staff who are currently working in the field.

The first orientation phase of the program in Muskrat Dam was successful, said Roy Thunder.

Thunder is the training and accreditation coordinator and a family counsellor with the Reverend Tommy Beardy Memorial Weechehewayogamik Family Treatment Centre.

“This second orientation phase is now taking place here in Thunder Bay in the Oshki campus and it is going very well,” Thunder said.

“Our target date for graduation is June 2012.”

The next eight phases of the program will take place in Muskrat Dam and the final phase will be held at Oshki in June 2012.

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School teacher Ken Liddicoat and student Darlene Barkman, of Sachigo Lake, look over items for sale during a fundraising indoor yard sale April 16. Studentmade baked goods and barbecue items were also sold, raising $320 for student activities and graduation-related expenses.

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Thunder Bay Cinema Politica organizer Elysia Petrone-Reitberger, second from right, and her mother Celina Reitberger, right, finish up their discussions with others who attended the April 15 screening of award-winning Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer’s documentary film Club Native.

Film discusses Aboriginal identity Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer’s film Club Native brought up issues of inclusion and treaty status during an April 15 screening at Lakehead University.

Deer’s film examines the history and present-day reality of Aboriginal identity in Kahnawake, where the award-winning filmmaker grew up with two firm but unspoken rules: do not marry a white person and do not have a child with a white person.

The consequences of ignoring these rules were: lose all status as a Native person and deny your unborn child their status as a Native person.

Deer follows the stories of four women to reveal the roots

of the problem in the Indian Act and the present day situation where a council of Mohawk Elders determine reserve membership.

“I really enjoyed the film – I was able to relate to a lot of the things that were discussed,” said Elysia Petrone-Reitberger, one of the Cinema Politica organizers who brought Club Native to Thunder Bay. “I struggle with the same issues of having parentage of Aboriginal heritage and European heritage.”

Petrone-Reitberger said she grew up being teased for being Native while at the same time not being fully accepted by the Native community.

Cinema Politica screens a different film on social justice and environmental issues in Thunder Bay every second Friday.

“It’s a good opportunity for

people to come and discuss and talk about issues that are important,” Petrone-Reitberger said.

“You get to hear different perspectives ... in a safe space.”

“I wasn’t raised on the reserve, but I have always felt such a feeling of inclusion,” said Celina Reitberger, one of about 25 people who attended the film screening. “There’s never been any ‘You didn’t grow up on the reserve, you’re not one of us.’ I’ve had people coming out of the woodwork saying ‘Oh, you’re my cousin.’ ” Reitberger traced her lineage back to 1782, noting that her great-great grandmother was a country wife from Fort William First Nation.

“I got my status back through Bill C-31 and hopefully with the new legislation (Bill C-3, Gender Equity in Indian Regis-

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tration Act), I can change that from Bill C-31 to straight status and then my daughter will be entitled to status,” Reitberger said. “My grandfather married a French woman and he then decided to become enfranchised.”

Reitberger said her grandfather gave up his treaty status when he became enfranchised, but gained the vote as well as a payment from the government and some land.

“He moved into town and he became a tugboat captain,” Reitberger said. “We didn’t even know. It was totally kept from us that we were Aboriginal.”

Cinema Politica’s next film is Please Vote For Me, a 52-minute documentary by Chinese filmmaker Weijun Chen that discusses power, corruption and democracy.

ick the bottle if you wish to heal the heart.

That is the message from Ojibwe professor Herb Nabigon who wrestled bottles and people in his drinking days.

Nabigon, who is now an associate professor of Native human services at Laurentian University, brings laughter in all-too-real descriptions of his drinking behaviour.

You know he’s lived the alcohol trap when you hear of its hold, its ability to make him feel big and powerful, untouchable, meeting the pain of being unable to let go of it.

Ironically it was chance, a flip of a coin that took Nabigon to Alberta where he met four Elders and began a journey in which his teachers persisted; they did not give up on him.

Four Cree Elders were Nabigon’s guides as he walked a winding path from denial to tenuous sobriety using the Creator’s gifts he found inside himself with the help of the Elders’ traditional teachings.

Although these Elders have since taken the spirit trail, their teachings live on in Nabigon who has faced the pain, which took him into the alcohol cage and found the way to unlock that door and gain freedom.

His book, The Hollow Tree: Fighting Addictions with Traditional Native Healing, is not

a how-to book; its methods are not detailed in the chronicle of his journey but high points are outlined and the overall message offers success.

Nabigon is a one-armed man today because of alcohol but the story of how he came to have one arm is one you should read for yourself; his words have impact. I could not do justice in the retelling. His honesty and respect for his journey are evident in his laughter over the battles and his humility of success.

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Raising awareness of missing and murdered Aboriginal women Rick Garrick Wawatay News

A group of Lakehead University students is raising awareness of murdered and missing Aboriginal women in northwestern Ontario.

The university students partnered with Full Moon Memory Walk organizers Sharon Johnson and Ann McGuire to hold film nights and discussion forums at the university to raise awareness of the issue.

“A handful of us were able to attend the Full Moon Memory Walk in September to try to learn more about this local issue,” said Marnie Lidstone, an LU masters student in history and one of the organizers of the film fundraiser/discussion forum.

“If we partner with the university, then there is a greater chance to raise awareness even more within the (non-Aboriginal) community,” she said.

The Full Moon Memory Walk has been held in September for the past six years to honour the memories of Aboriginal women who have been murdered or gone missing and to raise awareness of the issue of violence against women.

The students held their third event, the Full Moon Memory Walk Film Fundraiser/Discussion Forum, April 5.

Two films were screened during the event: the pilot of Blackstone, a new APTN series, and footage of Morningstar Mercredi’s Honoring the Warrior Within.

A penny auction and bake sale were also held during the event and free pizza was provided for participants.

“We’ve been able to raise several thousand dollars to go towards the families of the Full Moon Memory Walk in the hope they won’t have to pay for police escorts in the walk this upcoming year,” Lidstone said.

“It’s still within the beginning stages, but we are optimistic we can really build on this work with a student group next year.”

About 40 people attended the April 5 event, while the first two events attracted about 20-40 people.

“A lot of the people who come out to these events so far are already aware of a lot of the issues, so we are really trying to figure out ways to draw in community members that perhaps aren’t aware,” Lidstone said.

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The Full Moon Memory Walk is held every September to honour the memories of missing and murdered Aboriginal women. A fundraiser and discussion forum was held April 5 at Lakehead Univiersity to raise awareness about the issue among the non-Aboriginal population.

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’ve heard it said that morning is the universe shrugging itself into wakefulness.

I like that thought. I like it because it suggests that it’s possible to be part of that event every day. I like it because it promises a fresh start, with a new approach and a new spirit to every day.

Just like waking up from a good, sound sleep, you become aware and then you rise and move into the day with hope, acceptance and open mindedness.

Or at least, you may. I remember days when mornings were a painful haze. Some days were totally lacking in direction, motivation or inspiration.

There were times in my life when a morning represented yet another in a line of bleak, despairing days devoid of anything resembling energy. But that was then. These days in our mountain home, morning is a reconnection experience like none I’ve ever known.

See, in our home we start every day with meditation, prayer and a smudge with ceremonial medicines. Before we do anything we do this. We use sweet grass, sage, cedar and tobacco.

It’s held in an abalone bowl, lit with a wooden match and fanned with a traditional eaglewing fan. It represents the creative, nurturing, healing energy of the universe. Creation. Creator. Harmony. It represents our earnest desire to be a part of that vital affirming energy.

I bless my wife with it and then myself and then, in slow,

measured, solemn steps, I carry that sacred medicine around the rooms of our home. I say a prayer as I have been taught. I offer thanks for everything that is present in my world and ask for nothing more. As I make that solemn walk through our home I connect to everything. I recognize it. I reclaim it.

I comprehend that it is all a gift and I am grateful and I am filled with the knowledge that I walk in a particular grace.

That part of our mornings is special. Not only because we are approaching life in a spiritual manner but because we do it together.

The presence of medicine always returns us to our natural state – harmony.

Another thing I’ve heard said is that spirituality expresses itself most strongly in community. It doesn’t matter whether that community is two or 20.

What matters is a gathering of spirits, a meeting of hearts and minds in a purposeful approach to the energy of Creation. We are joined. We are made more.

We are strengthened.

Then when life gets a hold of us, when the busyness and the issues of our life lays hold of us and tugs it in wholly different directions, we’ll walk through a waft of that sacred smoke and remember. We remember how we started the day. We reconnect to the idea of prayer, meditation and peace – and we’re calmed.

That’s the particular gift of medicine – its lingering scent reminds us that we went into ceremony, we went into prayer, we went into peace

and it allows us to bring those moments into the ongoing moments of our days and our lives. Or, at least to try our best to. We’re human. We have failings. We are prone to choosing a different sort of energy at any moment and we forget.

But the gift of medicine is in our home to return us to that morning place.

The smoke and scent inhabits a room. It lingers on your clothes. It clings to your hair.

When the travels of the day get you weary or irritated or anxious, there’s always that frail scent of medicine to bring you to ceremony one more time.

I’m grateful for that. It’s easy to be spiritual in a quiet room. It’s out in the world where the real tests are.

The presence of medicine always returns us to our natural state – harmony. That’s not just a natural state for Native people. It’s true for all of us.

Medicine burns when touched by fire. The smoke climbs higher, curling into the corners of the room where you sit watching it, following it with your eyes and there’s a feeling like desire at your belly and a cry ready at your throat.

There’s a point where smoke will disappear and the Elders say this is where the old ones wait to hear you, your petitions and your prayers, the spirit world where all things return to balance and time is reduced to dream.

It vanishes. There’s a silence more profound than any words you’ve ever heard or read and when you close your eyes you feel the weight of ancient hands upon your shoulders and your brow and the sacred smoke comes to inhabit you and in its burn and smolder, a returning to the energy you were born in – and the room and the world is filled with you.

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community After-school program scores big points Story by Adrienne Fox Photos by Brent Wesley and Adrienne Fox Tucked into a small room adjacent to the school’s gymnasium, sit a small group of students. All are busy eating while some intermittently tease whoever is seated next to them. It’s a fun, relaxed atmosphere created in large part by its facilitator: Nathaniel Moses.

In another part of the city, Sarah Wright is busy helping a larger group of students craft homemade farewell cards. Wolfe, a little boy with red hair and countless freckles is busy making himself some lion whiskers, a mane and a pair of ears out of construction paper. The chatter is incessant in the school’s library and the laughter is loud.

Both scenes are carried out at seven different elementary schools, each day, throughout the city of Thunder Bay. The Neighbourhood Capacity Building Project (NCBP) began its afterschool programs and in-school supports in 2004 at two schools.

The project has a simple goal: eradicate child poverty. And how will it accomplish its objective? By increasing life skills of children and their families through cultural awareness, academic improvement, structured activities and healthy eating programs.

It was able to do so for a time under the umbrella of Urban Aboriginal Strategy, which launched the program. Since that time Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon – which oversees the Thunder Bay Aboriginal Head

Start Program – has taken over the project. And it needs funding to continue.

The provincial government knows programs like NCBP are beneficial for addressing the root causes of poverty. They’ve funded think tanks that birthed reports like Roots of Youth Violence and Ontario Campaign 2000 – where both reports agree almost one-third of Aboriginal children live in poverty. And both reports also state more funding is needed to address urban Aboriginal poverty.

So why is NCBP not getting any funding to sustain its after- and inschool programs?

That’s the question being asked by the project’s development officer Paul Francis and it’s a question Wawatay News will try and find answers to in its next edition.

You’ll also hear from parents like Clarissa Fox and Richard Jourdain.

Both rely on the after-school programs to supplement their childcare needs.

Fox is a full-time engineering student whose daughter is beyond the age of traditional daycare criteria. She says the after-school program at Ogden Public School gives her peace of mind because she knows her child is safe.

You’ll also hear from students, NCBP youth workers and school principals who all laud the programs being run in elementary schools like Ecolé Gron Morgan Public School and McKellar Park Central Public School.

TOP: Brandel Mack, a McKellar Park Public School student, bowls during the Neighbourhood Capacity Building Project’s after-school program.

LEFT: Caitlin Jourdain Spence drums at Our Lady of Charity School in Thunder Bay. MIDDLE: Daralynn Fox shows one of her art creations, which she made at Ogden School.

RIGHT: Wolfe Hill, an Ogden Community Public School student, sports whiskers and ears he made during the after-school program.

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He said complaints have come forward about the price increase, but he said many of those complaints are comparing the Sioux Lookout airport to Red Lake or Dryden. Tripp said Sioux Lookout has a larger volume than those locations.

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Parking fees at the Sioux Lookout airport were increased April 1 to fund repairs to the parking lot.

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means upgrades to the parking lot. But he wants to see a more moderate increase.

“We do need those things,” Morris said of the upgrades.

He also wants more parking as there is not enough space.

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“The fee structure we had previously was far too low,” he said, adding it didn’t meet the expenses of maintaining parking at the airport.

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School had three students enter the co-operative learning (co-op) program during second-semester studies. The program offers students a chance to test-drive a career and find out if they will enjoy it or not. The students learned hands-on in their fields of choice and were treated as any other employee during the co-op.

TOP: Kasabonika Lake’s Duane Matthews removes nails from boards at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Thunder Bay. The Grade 11 student has enjoyed his time at the ReStore where he has helped salvage merchandise, helped with pick-ups and deliveries and learned more about the construction industry. “It’s very physical work. But that’s what I wanted. I didn’t want a co-op with a lot of writing.”

TOP RIGHT: Mayveline Quill, of Deer Lake, learned a lot about the business world at her co-op with Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund.

She helped with loans, filing, paperwork and reception. Impressed with Quill, she was offered a summer job at NADF. BOTTOM RIGHT: A large part of Matthews’ afternoons at the ReStore involved sorting and arranging merchandise. On the day Wawatay visited Matthews, he was busy sorting lumber and donations from a local hotel.

BOTTOM LEFT: Sandy Lake’s St. John Kakekagumick recently completed his co-op with Seven Youth Media Network. He completed this mixed-media piece while on co-op. He also learned more about art, graphic design and being creative. “Before I came here, I had never used PhotoShop before ... but I have gained a great understanding of the program now.” In the fall, Kakekagumick will attend Humber College in Toronto and study graphic design.

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Nodin Child & Family Intervention Services (NCFI)

SPECIAL NEEDS CASE MANAGER Internal/External Posting Permanent Full Time Location: Sioux Lookout, ON This full time position reports to the Specialized Services Supervisor. The Special Needs Case Manager will be responsible for providing case management to children and families experiencing specific, severe mental health, behavioral or complex special needs. The Case Manager should be willing to receive on-going training in specific areas (autism, developmental issues, behavioral issues etc.) in order to provide specialized case management services. The work requires good communication skills and the ability to work as a team member. The Special Needs Case Manager will need to promote interdisciplinary, interagency and inter-ministerial cooperation and coordination locally, regionally, and provincially for the benefit of the case management of a child.

QUALIFICATIONS • University Degree in human service field, with two years experience in the health services environment is preferred; • Specialized courses in specific areas of mental health, autism, behavioral or developmental challenge; • Experience working with First Nations people and northern communities • Experience in case management is preferred; • Experience in delivery of therapy is an asset.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • Knowledge of Case Management principles and Service System Principles; • Case management report writing; • Knowledge of community resources; • Ability to work as lead for multi-disciplinary teams and with community agencies; • Excellent organizational and time management skills, as well as the ability to work independently; • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007.

Experience with a client Database (e.g. CIMS); • Knowledge of the people, culture and mental health priorities of the First Nations communities in the Sioux Lookout Zone; • Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone will be an asset; • A good understanding of the Mental Health Act, Child & Family Services Act and awareness of current issues • within Northern and remote Native communities.

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 Resource Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: May 4, 2011 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 Web-site at www.slfnha.com

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Partners in justice Chris Kornacki/Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services (NALSC) executive director Celina Reitberger gives a speech after Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) chief Claude Chum and NALSC signed a restorative justice agreement April 21 in Thunder Bay. The agreement will allow new protocol for NAPS officers to refer suitable cases involving victims or witnesses, child welfare matters and minor pre-charge diversions to NALSC’s Restorative Justice, Talking Together, Youth and Victim Witness programs.

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Cultural sharing

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TOP LEFT: Sharlee Achneepineskum, 18 months, dressed up for Ogden Community Public School’s powwow April 14 in Thunder Bay.

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TOP RIGHT: Nathaniel Moses, right, and other dancers showcase their style to students and teachers gathered to watch.

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BOTTOM LEFT: Nathan Meshake and the Little Bear Singers provided the drumming during the powwow.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Ryan Gustafson, right, and Kevin Porter, left, were among the dancers who attended the powwow.

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The Detour Gold Corporation has initiated an environmental assessment under the Environmental Assessment Act for the Detour Lake Contingency Power Project (DLCPP). The DLCPP is an electricity proposal to install diesel-fired generators capable of supplying an additional 10 megawatts (MW) of power to the Detour Lake Mine site. Power for the Detour Lake site will eventually be provided by a 230 kilovolt transmission line which will connect the Detour Lake site to the Ontario electrical grid at the Pinard transformer station approximately 140 km away; however, because of uncertainties with constructing and energizing the transmission line, a reliable, short term source of power may be required for construction of the Detour Lake Project.

The Detour Lake Project is a proposed open pit gold mine with related processing facilities and infrastructure, to be developed northeast of Cochrane, Ontario at the location of a previously operating mine. The early construction phase of the Detour Lake Project is currently supported by diesel-fired generation of between 1 MW and 5 MW, subject to a separate environmental approval process.

This environmental assessment is part of the environmental approvals process for the DLCPP. Additional environmental permits will be required to construct and operate the DLCPP. The Process On March 2, 2011, the Minister of the Environment approved the terms of reference for the DLCPP. A copy of the approved terms of reference is available at: http://www.detourgold.com/ENVIRONMENT/Environmental-Assessments-Approvals/ Individual-EA-Contingency-Power-Supply/default.aspx The approved terms of reference is also available at the Detour Gold Corporation office located at: 200 Bay St, Suite 2200, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Toronto, ON M5J 2J1.

The study will be carried out according to the approved terms of reference and the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. Results from this study will be documented in an environmental assessment, which will be submitted to the ministry for a review. At that time, the public and other interested persons will be informed when and where the environmental assessment can be reviewed.

Consultation Members of the public, agencies and other interested persons are encouraged to actively participate in the planning of this undertaking by attending consultation opportunities or contacting staff directly with information, comments or questions. Consultation opportunities have occurred and will continue to occur throughout the planning process and will be advertised on the project website, through direct mail outs to the project mailing list and in local newspapers.

If you would like to be added to our project mailing list or have project-related questions, please contact: Derek Teevan, Vice President Aboriginal and Government Affairs Detour Gold Corporation Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower 200 Bay St, Suite 2200 Box 23 Toronto, ON M5J 2J1

Tel: (416) 304-0800 Fax: (416) 304-0184 E-mail: dteevan@detourgold.com Website: www.detourgold.com

Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in a submission will become part of the public record files for this matter and will be released, if requested, to any person.

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Walkers raise remaining funds for CT scanner Brent Wesley Wawatay News

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TOP: Walkers Riley Barkman, Andrew Kaminawash, Stanley Barkman, Lawrence Morris and Matt O’Conell are congratulated by a large crowd at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre April 13 where the group completed their trek from Sachigo Lake.

LEFT: The walkers raised $205,000 to help purchase a CT scanner for the hospital. The money was presented to Tom Kamenawatawin, president and CEO of Wasaya Group, and Stanley Sainnawap, First Nations relations with Wasaya Group.

Despite walking about 700 kilometres over 17 days, averaging about 41 kilometres a day, Riley Barkman never felt like giving up.

“I’m not that kind of guy, I don’t quit,” he said.

Barkman and four companions had just completed the trek from Sachigo Lake to Sioux Lookout April 13. Their goal was to raise the remaining funds needed to buy a CT scanner for the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre. About $100,000 was needed to reach the $1.5-million target.

When Barkman, along with fellow walkers Andrew Kaminawash, Stanley Barkman, Lawrence Morris and Matt O’Conell, arrived in Sioux Lookout the group had raised more than $205,000. A large crowd gathered in the lobby of Meno Ya Win to celebrate arrival of the walkers and their accomplished mission.

Barkman, 20, was overwhelmed at the final tally and with all the support the walkers received.

“It’s crazy,” the Sachigo Lake band member said. “I wasn’t expecting that amount at all.”

With the fundraising target met, the CT scanner is now a reality for Meno Ya Win, as all funds will be used for the project.

Using x-ray images, the scanner makes detailed computerized 3D images of the body to help diagnose various diseases such as cancer.

The Wasaya Group led the fundraising effort to get the

scanner for Meno Ya Win at the request of Grace Teskey, a Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug band member.

Teskey died of cancer in 2006. Before she died, she asked Tom Kamenawatawin, president and CEO of Wasaya Group, and Stanley Sainnawap, First Nations relations with Wasaya Group, to lead the effort.

Plans to build a new hospital in Sioux Lookout did not include a CT scanner.

Teskey wanted to make sure the new hospital would have one to help provide early detection of cancer for patients from remote communities in the area.

The Meno Ya Win Foundation expects about 2,500 exams will take place in the first year of operating the scanner. That number may increase to 4,000 exams per year over a five-year period.

Barkman said his dad, Tim Barkman, and the need find a way to help other Aboriginal people inspired him to do the walk.

“I’m feeling better about myself, now that I’ve helped other people, and hopefully save a few lives,” he said of helping to get the scanner in Sioux Lookout.

His dad was at a loss of words to describe the emotions of the day after the walkers finished the trek. He said his son had a goal and nothing was stopping him from reaching that goal. He encourages other youth to do the same.

“Just do it,” Tim said. “You’ll get the support you need once people see that you’re doing it.