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Lives going up in smoke
Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974
Reclaiming life
James Thom Wawatay News
The goal is smoke-free First Nations. The means to get there: encourage the youth, who will be the future leaders, not to start smoking and to lobby their community leaders to start smoking bans, says Pamela Burton, Tobacco Prevention and Education program coordinator for Chiefs of Ontario. “It starts with community leadership,” Burton said. “Chiefs and councils will have to make smoking bans if that is something they support.” With all the known dangers of smoking, Burton said it is disappointing to know few, if any, First Nations followed Ontario’s lead in banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces and enclosed public places. The provincial law went into effect May 31, 2006. “Why is our health less important?” Burton, who organized the Tobacco Talk youth gathering in Thunder Bay Jan. 28-30, said. “Why are policies not already in place?” It was a question no one could answer. According to statistics provided through the conference, in the 1970s, more than 70 per cent of all Canadians were smokers. That rate has dropped to 18 per cent now. But more than half of all First Nations people are smokers, with most starting when they are 13-16 years old. “That is why this conference is so important,” Burton said. “We need to keep the youth from starting.” Thunder Bay District Health Unit registered nurse Amber White agreed, saying if people can get through their post-secondary schooling without starting a smoking addiction, there is almost no chance they will start smoking later in life. “We need to talk to the youth about the dangers of commercial tobacco,” Burton said. “They need to know the risks: cancer, carcinogens, other health problems. But they also need to understand that if they participate in smudges and ceremonies with commercial tobacco, they are breathing in all these same chemicals. They need to know and understand the difference between commercial tobacco and natural tobacco you can grow or make that is clean and healthy.” During the conference, Elder Phyllis Shaugabay led a workshop to show the two-dozen participants how to make a form of tobacco powder out of willow trees to use in ceremonies. Darryl Sainnawap, a participant from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, said it’s important for people to know they can make their own tobacco. “The commercial tobacco ... isn’t good for us – in offerings.” see SMOKING page 13
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From top left: Candice Crowe and Hazel Chapman. From bottom left: Rosemary McKay, Rayanne Tait and Melanie Beardy. The Mamow Against Drugs Healing Program began operating in June 2010. The Kitchenuhmaykoosib treatment program is devoted to helping participants combat their addiction to oxycodone. Meet five women struggling to end their addiction beginning on page 9.
ᐯᒪᑎᓯᐧᐊᑦ ᐊᔕ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ ᐊᓂᐊᔭᒪᑲᓐ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᒥᔅ ᐧᑕᑦ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ
ᒋᐃᔑ ᑲᐧᑫᑌᐱᓂᑲᓂᐧᐊᑭᐸᓐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒃ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᐊᔭᒪᑲᓯᓄᑭᐸᓐ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᒥᓇ ᐳᓫᑕᓐ ᐧᐊᐧᐁᓇᒋᑫᐧᐃᐧᑫ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᓐᑌᕆᐅ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᒃ ᒥᐅᐧᐁ ᐁᓂᐧᐁᒃ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᔥᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᓐ ᑲᑲᓱᒥᐧᑕ ᐅᔥᑲᑎᓴᒃ ᐊᓂᔥ ᐊᒥ ᐅᑯᐧᐁᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᐊᓂ ᓂᑲᓐ ᑫᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐧᐊᑦ ᑕᐧᐃᑕᒪᑫᐧᐊᒃ ᐁᑲ ᒋᓴᑲᐧᓭᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᒥᓇᐧᐊ ᒋᑲᓄᓇᐧᐊᑦ ᐅᓂᐧᐁᓂᐧᐊ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᓂᑦ ᒋᑭᐱᑎᓇᒧᐧᐊᑦ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓂ ᐊᒥ ᐊᓂᔥ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑫᐅᒋ ᒪᒋᑕᓂᐧᐊᑭᐸᓐ ᐧᐃᓇᐧᐊ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᒃ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᓴᒃ ᑭᔥᐱᓐ ᐃᐃᐧᐁᓂ ᑫᑯᓐ ᐧᐃᐊᓴᓇᒪᑫᐧᐊᑦ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐊᓂ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓇᐧᐃᓐ ᐁᑭᑫᓐᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᓂᓴᓇᒃ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᒥ ᐁᔑᒥᒋᓐᓇᐧᐁᑕᐧᑲᒃ ᐊᓇᑭ ᐃᓇᑯᓂᑲᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᐃᑕᔥ ᒥᓯᐧᐁ ᑭ ᑭᐱᑎᓇᑲᑌ ᐁᑲ ᒋᓴᑲᐧᓭᓇᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᐱᑎᒃ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑕᓇᓄᑭᓇᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᑲᔦ ᐱᑎᑲᒥᒃ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐧᐃ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐸᓐ ᒣ 31 2006 ᐸᑭ ᐁᑕ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐧᐊᑦ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐱᒥᓂᔕᐊᓂᐧᐊ ᐧᐁᑯᓀᓐ ᐃᑕᔥ ᐧᐁᒋ ᓂᑲᓀᑕᐧᑲᓯᓄᒃ ᒥᓄᐊᔭᐧᐃᓐ ᑭᐃᔑᑲᐧᑫᐧᑌ ᐧᐁᑎ ᑲᑭᑕᓇᑲᒥᑲᒃ ᑕᓐ ᑐᕑᐯ ᐅᔥᑲᑎᓴᒃ ᑭᒪᐧᐊᑐᐱᐊᐧᐊᒃ ᒋᑕᔑᑕᒪᐧᐃᐧᑕ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓂ
ᐊᓂᓐ ᑲᔦ ᐁᑲ ᐧᐁᒋᑭ ᐅᓇᑌᒃ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭ ᐸᐸᐊᑌᑭᐸᓂᓐ ᐅᓇᑕᒪᑎᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᒋᐃᔑ ᑭᑫᓐᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᐊᒥ ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᑲᐧᑫᐧᑌᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᐧᐃᔭ ᑭᐅᒋᓯ ᒋᑭᓇᐧᑫᑕᒃ ᐅᑕᓇᒃ ᒪᐧᐊᒋᐃᑎᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᒣᐧᑲ 1970 ᑭᑭᓄᐧᐃᓄᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᔕ ᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᑫᑕᐧᑲᓐ ᓂᐱᐧᐊ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐯᒪᑎᓯᐧᐊᑦ ᐸᑎᓄᐧᐊᒃ ᑲᓂᑕ ᑲᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐊᑦ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᐃᑕᔥ ᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᔕ ᑲᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᐱᒋ ᑲᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐊᑦ ᐊᔭᓯᐧᐊᒃ ᐊᒥ ᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ ᐊᐱᑕ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒃ ᑲᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐊᒃ ᒪᔭ ᐱᑯ ᑲᒪᒋᑕᐧᐊᑦ ᐃᑭᐧᐁᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᒥᑕᓱᔑᓂᓯᓐ ᐱᓂᔥ ᒥᑕᓱᓂᑯᐧᑕᓱ ᑲᑕᓱᓯᐳᓀᐧᐊᑦ ᐊᒥ ᐃᑕᔥ ᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐅᒋ ᑭᒋᐊᓀᑕᐧᑲᒃ ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᒪᐧᐊᒋᐃᑎᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᑕᐧᐁᑕᐧᑲᓐ ᐅᔥᑲᑎᓴᒃ ᒋᒪᒋᑕᓯᐧᑲᐸᓐ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓐ ᐧᐁᑎ ᑕᓐ ᑐᕑᐯ ᐯᔑᒃ ᑭᒋ ᒪᔥᑭᑭᐧᐃᐧᑫ ᑭᐃᔑ ᓇᑯᒧ ᐁᑭ ᐃᑭᑐᑦ ᑭᔥᐱᓐ ᐊᓂᔥ ᒪᒋᑕᓯᐧᑲ ᒣᐧᑲ ᑲᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑯᓯᐧᐊᑦ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓂ ᑌᐧᐯ ᐃᔑᓇᐧᑲᓐ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐊᑦ ᐊᓂ ᑭᒋᔭᐊᐧᐃᐧᐊᑦ ᒥᓇᐧᐊ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᒥᓇ ᐳᓫᑕᓐ ᐅᒋᑕ ᐱᑯ ᒋᐧᐃᑕᒪᐧᐃᐧᑕ ᐅᔥᑲᑎᓴᒃ ᑲᐃᔑ ᓇᓂᓴᓀᑕᐧᑲᒃ ᑲᐊᑕᐧᐊᓱᑦ ᓇᓭᒪ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᐧᐊᑦ ᐁᔑᒋᑫᒪᑲᒃ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓐ ᐅᐧᐃᔭᐧᐃᒪᒃ ᐊᓂᔥ ᐅᔑᐅᒪᑲᓐ ᐊᑯᓯᐧᐃᓐ ᒪᔭ ᐯᔑᒃ ᑲᐊᒧᐧᐁᒪᑲᒃ
ᐊᑯᓯᐧᐃᓐ ᒥᑲᐧᐊ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᓐ ᑲᔦ ᒋᑭ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᒧᐧᐊᐸᓐ ᐃᔑ ᐧᐃᒋᐧᑕᐧᐊᑦ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐃᔑᒋᑭᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐸᑎᓯᑦ ᑲᐊᑕᐧᐊᓱᑦ ᓇᓭᒪ ᑭᐸᔥᑭᓀᒃ ᐃᑕᔥ ᒥᐃᒪ ᐧᐁᒋ ᐅᐧᑲᓇᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᐧᑲᐸᑌ ᐯᔑᐧᑲᓐ ᐃᔑᓭ ᑲᐅᔑᐅᒪᑲᒃ ᐊᑯᓯᐧᐃᓐ ᒥᓇᐧᐊ ᒋᑭ ᑭᑫᑕᒧᐧᐊᑦ ᑲᔦ ᒋᓂᓯᑐᑕᒧᐧᐊᑦ ᐅᒋ ᑲᐊᑕᐧᐊᓱᓂᑦ ᓇᓭᒪᓐ ᑲᔦ ᑲᒧᒋ ᑭᑎᑲᓱᓂᑦ ᐸᔥᑭᓀᓯᑲᓐ ᐯᔑᒃ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᑫ ᒣᐧᑲ ᑲᐱᒥ ᒪᐧᐊᒋᐃᑎᓇᓂᐧᐊᓂᓂᒃ ᑭᒋᔭᐊ ᐱᕑᓂᔅ ᔕᓐᑲᐯ ᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐃᑫ ᑫᐃᔑᒋᑲᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᓇᓭᒪᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐅᒋ ᒥᐱᑯᒃ ᒋᐃᔑ ᐊᐸᒋᐊᑲᓂᐧᐃᑦ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐃᔑᒋᑭᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᐧᐃᑫ ᐅᑭᒋᐃᓀᑕ ᐯᔑᒃ ᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐧᐃᓂᓂ ᑌᓫᐅ ᓭᓇᐧᐊᑊ ᑲᑭᐱᑕᐧᑲᐱᑦ ᐅᒥᐧᓀᑕᓐ ᑭᐧᐊᐸᑫᑦ ᐁᔑᐊᑲᓂᐧᐃᓂᑦ ᓇᓭᒪᓐ ᐅᑭ ᑭᒋᐃᓀᑕᓐ ᑲᑭᑫᑕᒃ ᑲᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᓂᒃ ᐊᒥ ᑲᐃᑭᑐᑦ ᑭᒋᐃᓀᑕᐧᑲᓐ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᒋᐃᔑᑭᑫᑕᒧᐧᐊᑦ ᐧᐃᓇᐧᐊ ᐱᑯ ᓇᓭᒪᓐ ᒋᐅᔑᐊᐧᐊᑦ ᐁᑲ ᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐊᑕᐧᐊᓱᓂᑦ ᓇᓭᒪᓐ ᒋᐊᐸᒋᐊᐧᐊᐸᓐ ᐊᓂᔥ ᑲᐧᐃᓐ ᒥᓄᔥᑲᑫᓯᓐ ᑲᔦ ᐊᒋᑫᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐸᒋᐊᓂᐧᐃᑦ ᐊᒥ ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᑫᓂᓐ ᑫᐃᔑᐧᐃᑕᒪᑫᔭᓐ ᐃᑕᔑᓭᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᓭᓇᐧᐊᑊ ᑭᐊᓂ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐧᐃᑫ ᓂᐱᐧᐊ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ ᐁᑭ ᐅᒋ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᒪᓐ ᑲᑭᐱᐧᐃᒋᐧᑕᔭᓐ ᐅᓄᐧᐁᓂᐧᐊᓐ ᐊᓂᑫ
ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐊᐸᑎᓯᑦ ᓇᓭᒪᓐ ᑲᔦ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᑲᓂᓯᑦ ᑲᐊᑕᐧᐊᓱᓂᑦ ᓇᓭᒪ ᐁᓂᐧᐁᒃ ᐊᓂᔥ ᒣᐧᐃᔕ ᐊᔕ ᐅᒋᐃᔑᒋᑲᓂᐧᐊᓐ ᐊᔭᒥᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᑭᐯᑲᒃ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐧᐁᑕᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᒥᓇ ᐊᒐᑯᐧᐃ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᔦ ᒥᓄᐊᔭᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᐁᐧᑲ ᑲᒥᐧᑫᒋᐧᐁᓂᒥᑦ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᐃᐧᐁᑦ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᔦ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᒃ ᑲᐊᑕᐧᐊᓱᑦ ᓇᓭᒪ ᐧᐃᑫ ᓂᐱᐧᐊ ᑫᑯᓐ ᐅᒋᒪᑲᓐ ᓂᐧᐃᓐ ᒥᑕᐧᓴᒃ ᒥᓂᑯᒃ ᐁᐧᑲ ᒥᑕᓱᔑᐯᔑᒃ ᑭᑫᑕᐧᑲᓄᓐ ᑲᐊᒧᐧᐁᒪᑲᒃ ᐊᑯᓯᐧᐃᓐ ᐁᐅᒋᒪᑲᑭᓐ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐧᐊᔾᐃᑦ ᑲᑭᐱ ᐧᐃᑐᑲᑫᑦ ᑲᔦ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᓐ ᑌᐧᐯ ᑲᐊᒧᐧᐁᒪᑲᒃ ᐊᑯᓯᐧᐃᓐ ᐁᐅᒋᒪᑲᑭᓐ ᓂᓱᑯᓐ ᑲᑭᑕᔑᑲᒧᐧᐊᑦ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒪᐧᐊᒋᐃᑎᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᔦ ᓂᐱᐧᐊ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ ᐅᒋᐧᐊᓐ ᑲᓂᓯᑯᐧᐊᑦ ᑕᐱᔥᑯ ᑲᐅᓐᑕᐸᑌᒃ ᐅᑕᐸᓀᓯᒃ ᑲᒥᓇᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 13
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Two Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service officers and a Canadian Ranger instructor are credited with saving the life of a young mother who said she was going to commit suicide in Sandy Lake. The two police officers negotiated unsuccessfully with the distraught woman for an hour as she walked slowly towards the centre of the fast flowing Severn River where the unstable ice would not have supported her weight. The thin ice forced the officers, who had no safety equipment, to retreat. The woman was eventually saved when the Canadian Ranger instructor, who was wearing a safety rope, managed to approach and grab her. Police, band constables and Rangers then pulled them to safety. “Constables Shannon Dyck and Jesse Einson and Warrant Officer Mark Kendall are to be commended for their actions in saving the woman’s life,” said NAPS Staff Sgt. Dan MacLeod. “All three knowingly placed their lives in danger while attempting to bring a member of the Sandy Lake community to safety.” A large crowd gathered on the riverbank witnessed the dramatic rescue. “I was very impressed with their professionalism and the
fact that the Rangers, as well as our local police and band constables, worked together to monitor the situation,” said Chief Adam Fiddler. “In the end everything worked out OK.” “Warrrant Officer Mark Kendall did great stuff,” said Maj. Guy Ingram, commanding officer of the Canadian Rangers in northern Ontario. “I was very proud that we were able to help. “The police officers tried to get out there on the river where the ice was dangerous and realized it was beyond their training and equipment level. They had no safety equipment. “They knew our Rangers have had ice rescue training and we have rescue equipment in place in the community.” The police immediately called on the Rangers for assistance when they received a call that a distraught woman was approaching dangerously thin ice in the middle of the river. The two officers talked to the woman and tried to get her to return to safety. “Const. Einarson eventually grabbed the woman’s arm but she managed to escape by struggling out of her jacket and moving onto increasingly unstable ice. “The two officers were forced to retreat and asked the Rangers who were waiting on the riverbank with ropes and other safety equipment to take over the rescue attempt.
Kendall, tethered to a safety rope held by Rangers, walked out to the woman and spoke to her. “I talked to her for five, 10 minutes about my family and her’s,” Kendall said. “I asked her if she meant to kill herself and she said yes. “She was very cold. She did not have warm clothing. She started stamping on the thin ice as if she wanted to break through. “She looked away briefly and I ran about 20 feet and I tackled her. I wrapped a rope around her and I held her for all I was worth as the Rangers pulled us to safe ice.” Only a month earlier, Kendall had taken a suicide prevention course given by MacLeod. “I said all the things to her that Dan told us to say,” Kendall said. “It was all going through my mind as I talked to her. I have to thank Dan for what he taught me.” A veteran of Afghanistan, he said saving the woman was “the best day in my military career. You do good things in the army but this was the best feeling ever.” The two police officers have been nominated for life saving awards for their actions. Sgt. Peter Moon is the public affairs ranger for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden. See www.canadianrangers.ca.
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Chiefs reject Chrome board offer Rick Garrick Wawatay News
Marten Falls Chief Eli Moonias and Aroland Chief Sonny Gagnon are currently saying no to an offer to join the Canada Chrome Corporation board of directors. “I’m not ready to discuss this kind of issue with (KWG Resources Inc. president) Frank Smeenk because right now we are starting a blockade at the Ring of Fire,” Moonias said Jan. 25. “I am not joining a railroad that he started unless we settle this issue that we have here first.” Marten Falls is protesting the recent establishment of a 40-man camp on muskeg at Koper Lake in the Ring of Fire mining exploration area. See related story … The Ring of Fire is home to some of the richest mineral deposits in the world and falls within the traditional lands of Marten Falls and Webequie First Nations. Canada Chrome is a subsidiary of KWG that conducted soil sampling along a potential railway right-of-way to the Ring of Fire last year. The company has hired Golder Associates to conduct testing of the soil samples for incorporation into a design and construction model currently being prepared. “Late last year we advised Chiefs Elijah Moonias, Cornelius Wabasse, Sonny Gagnon, Roy Moonias and Lewis Nate that there appeared to be technical and economic merit to proceeding with a feasibility study of the railroad,” Smeenk said. He said the five chiefs were invited to join the board of directors to participate in the corporate planning from the outset. “In this way those who are most affected by these hopedfor developments can become the proponents of them,” Smeenk said. Gagnon said he is not interested in joining the Canada Chrome board of directors until he has more knowledge of the mining industry. “I’ve been asking for resources for the past year now from the governments to educate me on this mining cycle and the whole process,” Gagnon said. “You might as well give me an airplane and tell me how to fly, because I wouldn’t know how.” But Smeenk said the chiefs are uniquely qualified to sit on the board. “For our purposes, having First Nations chiefs as directors of Canada Chrome Corporation could provide us with a unique group of individuals of great wisdom whose circumstances are comparable with each other, which is incomparable with the experience of people who are not First Nations chiefs,” he said. “There is, in my opinion, no one better qualified to guide and direct the management of an enterprise that will bring infrastructure to their traditional lands.” Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse said his community has no response at the current time due to the recent Jan. 28 band election. Eabametoong does not currently have a chief as Lewis Nate recently resigned and Neskantaga Chief Roy Moonias could not be reached for comments.
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Matawa creates Ring of Fire coordinator James Thom Wawatay News
With billion of dollars potentially hanging in the balance, Matawa First Nations are aiming to ensure they get a fair share of the resources in the Ring of Fire. A key step in that process, explains Matawa First Nations CEO David Paul Achneepineskum, is the creation of a Matawa Ring of Fire coordinator position and the hiring of Raymond Ferris to fill it. Ferris, who was previously the mining exploration advisor for Matawa, was introduced Jan. 25. Ferris is a man with a plan, to work with the communities – Marten Falls, Webequie and Neskantaga – most likely to be affected by possible development in the Ring of Fire, an area potentially worth billions in minerals including the world’s largest chromite deposit. “Working together as a group will ensure that necessary protocols and resources are implemented to protect our tradi-
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Raymond Ferris is Matawa First Nations new Ring of Fire coordinator. tional lands, our land-use rights and our way of life,” Ferris, a Constance Lake band member, said. Achneepineskum said having its own Ring of Fire coordinator was a must for Matawa. “This position will be vital to the future of our people and is desperately needed to help coordinate relationships between our First Nations, government and industry,” he said. “Matawa First Nations
are committed to building economic strength and sustainable development in their traditional territory for the benefit of current and future generations and Raymond will ensure our best interests are put at the forefront during the entire process.” Achneepineskum said having a Ring of Fire coordinator of their own will help the Matawa communities get caught up to what is happening on their land.
“For several years, there have been discussions with industry and government about our needs,” Achneepineskum said. “Engagement is important. But for several years, we have not been properly resourced (for engagement). “We have a mandate from the chiefs themselves. They want to participate meaningfully. If there is going to be development, our people are the ones who must be benefiting.” Matawa estimates there are close to 100 mining companies with staked claims in the Ring of Fire, but to date there are no advanced exploration or mining agreements in place between any of the First Nations and any mining companies. “One of my main goals is to get better agreements for the communities,” Ferris, a former Nishnawbe Aski Nation deputy grand chief, said. “We need to let the industry know that before they advance any activity they need to have an agreement in place with us. Issues like revenue sharing, environmental monitoring, these all need
to be included in agreements, and they need to be drafted at the very beginning. I have spent most of my life ensuring the land that my people call home is protected and used for the benefit of First Nations people. I will continue to do so.” The Matawa chiefs want exploration agreements to be negotiated with each impacted First Nation and for that process to be funded by government and industry. “(Ferris) will help our communities communicate to industry that the only way to bring developments into our territory is with proper land use planning, protecting the natural environment and wildlife, accommodating the needs of local First Nations people and benefit sharing through partnerships,” said Constance Lake Chief Arthur Moore said. “It is critical that during the initial stages industries and government agencies, both federal and provincial, respect First Nations protocols that will be identified in the exploration agreements to necessitate good relationships and benefits.”
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Chief Eli Moonias of Marten Falls First Nation said his community is planning a blockade in the Ring of Fire over concerns of a work camp set up near the First Nation. Last year, members of Marten Falls and Webequie First Nations set up a blockade over activity in the Ring of Fire, an area with a potential chromite deposit in the James Bay lowlands.
Marten Falls plans Ring of Fire blockade Rick Garrick Wawatay News
Marten Falls First Nation is getting ready to set up another blockade in the Ring of Fire over concerns of a work camp set up near the community. Chief Eli Moonias said his community is concerned about a 40-man camp built on muskeg along Koper Lake and being used by mining companies KWG Resources Inc. and Fancamp Exploration Ltd. “This is our territory,” Moonias said. “If you want to set up a camp there you have to come and see us.” Webequie Logistics, a company providing on the ground support for mining exploration companies working in the Ring of Fire area, built the camp. The company isn’t owned by Webequie First Nation, but is based
out of Thunder Bay and owned by Clayton Downton and Sam Lapagge. “Last fall they built a new camp by the lake … right on top of the water,” Moonias said. The location of the camp is more suited for a temporary two- or three-man set up, he said, adding the location is near a caribou herd. “If you’re going to have 40 guys there working, you’re going to make a lot of mess there, right in the middle of caribou country.” Moonias said the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and Ministry of the Environment have inspected the campsite. “And they came out with a report saying it is OK,” he said. “And get this – it’s a 40-man camp on top of the water – and the government says it’s OK.” A Ministry of the Environ-
ment spokesperson said greywater is being discharged from the camp. Greywater is wastewater generated from activities such as laundry, dishwashing and bathing. Operators have been asked to apply for approval to discharge greywater and to make sure it’s properly treated. “Certainly it doesn’t contain any human sewage or anything that would cause immediate harm or threat to human health or to the environment,” said Kate Jordan of the Ministry of Environment’s communications branch. “But we did want to make sure that the proper conditions were in place and oversight were in place to make sure that anything that was being discharged was being done so properly and that it was being treated.” Jordan said the camp opera-
tors are preparing the application for a certificate of approval. “Once we receive it, then we’ve committed to conducting a priority review of it,” Jordan said. “We are also sending staff up to the camp this week to do another inspection and to make sure that all of the practices and operations of the camp are protective of the environment.” Jordan added that waterless toilet incinerators are being used to dispose of human waste by burning the waste. However, the MNR had placed a stop work order on the camp in December 2010. “There were no permits issued for the Koper Lake camp in early November when we became aware of it,” said Jolanta Kowalski, communications service branch, MNR. “It was there before we even knew it was there, so we had a com-
pliance inspection of the Koper Lake and Butler Lake camps at the beginning of December.” Kowalski said the inspection showed the camp on Koper Lake was not in compliance with the Public Lands Act and the MNR’s free use policy, so the MNR ordered a stop work order under the Public Lands Act Dec. 16. “Now our enforcement people are investigating,” Kowalski said. Lappage said the stop work order only applies to work being done on the camp site, not on the use of the camp by workers from nearby mining exploration worksites. “It prohibits us from building any further structures at the camp,” Lappage said. “It doesn’t prohibit us from using the camp, which was stated in the MNR letter.”
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The magic light box Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY
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elevision was never a big part of my early childhood. In the early 1980s, TV was a new phenomenon that had just been introduced to our community merely a decade before. Even though mom and dad furnished our living room with a new television set we had nothing to watch. CBC was the clearest channel we could receive and it was fuzzy. TVO provided regional programs from Ontario. These two channels offered plenty of educational programming but we yearned for the big blockbuster movies we often heard about. Sometime in the 80s, a CTV signal appeared but it was never really that clear. We went to great lengths to try to coax a better signal from our television. Everyone in the family thought they might have the magic touch in fabricating metal coat hanger antennae extensions and aluminum foil streamers attached to the TV rabbit ears. CTV offered more variety and once in a while a low budget movie would appear so we were eager to try to catch a better signal. It was during this period in my childhood that I developed an ability to watch just about any movie or show; heck I was happy to simply be able to see a clear image on that old TV. Of course my favourites were the more recent big budget Hollywood films but I also enjoyed Kung Fu movies, action flicks, B movies, horror movies, black and white classics, low budget films, independent productions and even foreign language movies. When our local church started broadcasting so that Elders at home could watch daily mass, we gained a fourth channel. When mass wasn’t on air, we were fed a diet of religious epics and let me tell you that experience started me on a journey of accepting anything that came across the tube. My siblings and I sat through hours of Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Story Ever Told. When I think about it now, it was good to not have so much exposure to the multitude of channels available to communities in the south. I spent more time outdoors with my friends and family. We played all day in the heat of the summer sun
and trudged through blinding snowstorms in imaginary frost fantasy worlds just for the fun of it. There was no reason to stay inside under the spell of the television because most of the time the screen was just full of snow. Life outdoors offered more adventure and entertainment. As my friends and I became teenagers in the 90s, visual entertainment changed and became almost all consuming. Video rental businesses boomed and with the addition of a VCR in our home, we could watch the latest Hollywood films. It seemed like everyone wanted to run a video rental business in Attawapiskat at the time. Many thought they had found the money tree. My friends and I all had the same taste in films and by that I mean we had none. Nobody complained if we watched a boring movie. It didn’t matter what was on the screen, as long as it was new and fresh. Sitting in a friend’s bedroom in the dark watching a forgettable movie on a 15-inch screen was a chance to leave Attawapiskat for a while and forget the difficult world we lived in. Life was a constant roller coaster of dysfunction in our reality. At times, with the push of a button, we moved out of our third world reality and into the Canadian dream. These days the world is my oyster as I have high-speed Internet access to services like Netflix or iTunes. I don’t even have to leave my home to rent a movie anymore. Television networks are broadcasting more and more over the Internet. Websites like YouTube and Google Video provide plenty of independent documentaries. My parents and Elders never really understood why anyone would want to sit and watch a little box for hours on end. They preferred being able to take part in life through the necessity to fend for our family and take care of our home. Reality back then was all about survival. My generation, and more recent ones, has a difficult time adjusting to a new world where our traditions and cultural values and practices were slipping away. We have one foot in the past and one in modern day with the realities of dealing with oppression, colonization, addictions and the bright lights of the movie world. Sometimes it felt good to turn to Chee-Kan-Teh-PeeNeesh-Chi-Kan or as it translates in Cree - the magic light box. www.underthenorthernsky.com
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Returning to the living room Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE
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n our home the television is hardly ever on. There’s something about having the open land a step away that makes it irrelevant somehow. As though there’s a greater channel available, commercial free and ever changing. Sure, we watch the news, have our favorite couple programs and I catch all the baseball games I can, but our TV is the picture window that looks over the lake. We have one of those new fangled flat LCD sets now. That might seem incongruous but it takes up a lot less room and almost disappears in the far corner. It’s an instrument, a tool. There’s a ton of music though. On our shelves we have jazz, country, blues, rock, and classical. We listen to everything from John Legend to Kitty Wells to Ravel and Buddy Guy. We move about our mountain home wrapped in the flow of glorious music. At night, when our neighbours are glued to their sets, we return to the living room to read, talk and listen to music.
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In the winter of 1991, I got to sit down and talk with Johnny Cash. I wrote cultural columns for Native papers and I’d sent the record company reps a handful of them and asked to talk to John. He read them and agreed. See, Johnny Cash had always been concerned with the lives of Native people. In 1964 he’d recorded an eightsong album called Bitter Tears (The Ballad of the American Indian). That ballad was a sad one. It contained The Ballad of Ira Hayes, Drums and The Vanished Race, powerful songs aimed at directing the listener to the plight of the red man in contemporary North America. It never took off. Few people have ever heard those songs except for the Hayes tune. When he read my pieces he wanted to talk informally, off the record, to meet a Native Canadian writer, to learn more about the Native experience in this country. We met in his hotel room. He was passing through on a tour with the Carter Family and though I’d review the concert for the paper, our talk was not to be used. As it turned out, I couldn’t have done it justice. It still sits in me like a dream. I’m guided through the door and into the living room of his suite and he walks into the room, tall, angular, the hair still black and combed back,
the eyes, obsidian, filled with life, intelligent and soulful. He shook my hand warmly and said the famous words, “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” Then he sat across from me and we began to talk. I told him about my life, about the displacement I’d been born in, my family’s tragic history and about the intermittent joys and pains of reconnecting to my Native identity. I told him about land claims, treaty rights, racism, bigotry, about the ongoing work that’s required for a people to emancipate themselves. He nodded lots and asked pointed, articulate questions. Eventually, he turned the questions inward. He asked me how I felt about all of those issues. He asked me how it felt to be in my skin every day. He asked me what dreams I had for myself and how hard they might be to realize as a Native person in Canada. And he asked me what I would change about myself if I could. Then we talked about ceremony and spirituality. We talked of sweat lodges, sundances, sacred pipes and prayer songs. We talked about the land and how allowing it to seep inside you, inhabit you, become you is such a transcendent experience that the spirituality of it is nearly impossible to express. He was an Indian, Johnny Cash, if not in blood
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then in sentiment and spirit. He spoke about the early influence of gospel on his music and his life. He talked about the teachings he’d gleaned from that and how in the end, returning to those was the thing that saved his life. He spoke of love, family, loyalty, communication and forgiveness. We need to return to the living room, he said. All of us. Red man and white. There needs to be a time in every home when families gather together, to be together, to hear each other, to see each other, to be in community. There needs to be a time when harmony rules and we come together to fill a room with our collective light. It used to take a guitar to do it, he said. Then a radio became the gathering place. When television came along we learned how to look at something other than each other, how to hear something other than the voices of the people that made our lives complete. We began to separate. We began to fracture and it affected every neighborhood, every community. We need to return to the living room. We need to make it a family room again. That’s what Johnny Cash said to me that day and I will never forget it. I will never forget him. CONTRIBUTORS Xavier Kataquapit Christina Keesic Gord Keesic Peter Moon Fred Suggashie Richard Wagamese Guest editorials, columnists and letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect the views of Wawatay News.
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Diversify your portfolio by asset class Gord Keesic YOUR MONEY MATTERS
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n an earlier article, we discussed the importance of diversification as a method to reduce company specific risk and the likelihood that your portfolio will lose all value. Experienced investors know the “golden rule” of diversification: a portfolio should not be too heavily weighted in one region, sector or asset class. This article describes diversification by asset class. Up to 90 per cent of your overall returns can be attributed to how your portfolio is divided
among the three main asset classes: cash, fixed income and equities. This first measure of diversification is the most important factor when balancing risk tolerance with higher returns, relative to your goals and overall comfort level with risk. Before the financial crisis of 2008, growth-oriented investors focused on equities (e.g. stocks) that typically produce higher returns over a long-term investment timeline. Yet, when the financial crisis hit, many investors shifted to “safer” fixed-income and cash products such as bonds and GICs. That was well over a year ago. Now it’s time for investors to get back on track even though many are still shellshocked.
With new market activity and a revised economic outlook in store, now may be the time to re-diversify and add some highquality stocks to your portfolio to take advantage of long-term growth potential ahead. Finding your real comfort level with risk With equilibrium returning to the markets, re-assess your real, honest comfort level with risk. We underscore “real and honest” because often, when the markets are performing well, investors are wooed by great returns and feel a false sense of security, taking on more risk than they are truly comfortable with. During periods of poor performance, like the crisis of
2008, they realize that they were not very comfortable with risk after all, and enter “panic mode” – quickly selling assets or exiting the markets entirely. Now is the time to understand your own tolerance for risk and how to consider that along with your desired returns, income needs and investment timeframe. Putting it together: Diversify your risk tolerance Just as there is no one-sizefits-all approach to investing, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing risk. Dalbar, the research firm known for its annual report on investor behavior, recommends a strategy called Purpose-Based Asset Management in which you arrange your portfolio
based on different goals (retirement, saving for a big purchase, your child’s education or wedding) and assign a specific risk tolerance to each goal. This way, you can be more conservative with your retirement or your child’s education, but can accept greater risk when saving for a big purchase. With this approach, you can take some risk while you know that you aren’t being reckless with core retirement or future savings.
remain that way as the markets recover. You could be left in the cold as other investors begin to rebuild their wealth. Many investors re-tuned their investment portfolios in time to take advantage of the recent stock market uptick. If you think it’s too late for your portfolio to take advantage of the recovery, don’t lose hope. Retain a long-term view to investing and you can still take advantage of current opportunities.
Markets change, but successful investment strategies are timeless
Gordon Keesic is a Lac Seul band member and an Associate Portfolio Manager with RBC Global Asset Management. This article is for information purposes only. Please consult with a professional advisor before taking any action based on information in this article.
If your “crisis” portfolio model shifted dramatically – say from a long-term growth model to “money-stuffed-undera-mattress” model – don’t let it
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What’s the use? We say no and yet they ignore us! Don’t forget that the people that are going to be greatly affected by this whole “ring of fire” fiasco are the Attawapiskat First Nation... the water drainage system travels down river!! Many, many of Attawapiskat ancestors walked the land in Ogoki/Webequie territories and some of these first nations are forgetting that fact. It was and I believe a HUGE mistake that the De Beers company is mining in the area! Now all of us are going to pay the price with these companies coming into the area in question, our children’s children will have a bleak future if all these things aren’t dealt with the proper way. FORGET ABOUT MONETARY VALUES! Everything and everyone on this earth passes, by that I mean everything and everyone dies. So far, I haven’t heard anyone taking money, gold, silver, diamonds into heaven! Let us protect the lands we live on and say no more to these companies that destroy the land! Attawapiskat First Nation member
Gagnon is right about not allowing history to repeat itself but he should be thinking 100 years from now, not 20. I’m a few generations from when the treaty was signed in James Bay and that was over a hundred years ago and we are still trying to dig ourselves out of that hole. Gravelle should get his head checked and ask himself if he really believes in the words RESPECT and TRUST as verbs when it comes to development on FN lands. Throwing those words around doesn’t impress or comfort me, I’m sorry. What would impress the heck out of me is for him to use the words I RESIGN. Anonymous
I’m glad Mr. Moonias is looking out for the environment, all the chiefs should be backing him up, we always look at dollar signs first then we think of the bigger picture, right now we can make a better future and secure our lands and resources for our grandchildren and future grandchildren, change things and work together. Working together and supporting each other is also another thing we as Aboriginal people should be doing, not going it alone. How can we get people and governments to listen if we can’t work together? The creator gave us this land to protect and preserve not sell out and dismember the beauty of it. Governments are only for PROFITS, not looking out for our future. Anonymous I don’t think the argument should be around caribou. The issue is already taken out of context. The issue is “the Ring Of Fire.” Strategically a blockade is the answer but what good will it do when it’s not on reserve land. Face it, the government can do many things to ensure that any company do what they want to do, just as long as the government gets a piece of the pie. The other thing is, Ministry of Natural Resources can say, OK, it’s good the company can go there and do some exploration. The prospectors that travelled to these sites were given full support by MNR. After all the MNR were the ones that gave the permits to approve prospectors to look and scour through the land – land that is owned by the queen herself. It’s all about money. The Government wants it because of the economy. The Chiefs want it because of the lack of money they already get for their reserves. The MNR wants it because of the economic spinoffs they need to keep them running. Anonymous
Just a comment on the title of the article. I’m pretty sure Matawa is feeling left out because they are BEING left out. CatChee Re: Matawa creates own Ring of Fire coordinator I’d like to say and ask the chiefs of Matawa how they have educated or consulted the opinions of their community members on what they want? I’m a community member of one and never been asked or educated or been told this is going on in my backyard. One thing for sure no one has ever included saying to me that there is environmental risks to having mines in my area. What about the future of my grandchildren? What about the wildlife they some of depend on what effects that going to create? Anonymous Ring of Fire! I can imagine the future of being roads to and from these reservations. In my vision, it will eventually be like some of the neighbouring towns like Nakina and Geraldton. I am sure it has economical potential. I am hoping also it will provide education, unity in a sense of well being for our future generations. I trust the chiefs of these reserves will do the right thing in these matters. I really admire the courage of Raymond Ferris to even consider such leadership ... way to go! You do what you need to do ... and we as community members need to be strong for our future people. Glen Achneepineskum
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Ranger Master Cpl. Ryan Kaminawash, left, and Junior Canadian Rangers Migisi Munroe, 12, and Gabriel Thunder, 13, receive thanks from Mary Chapman, right, after a group of Junior Rangers cut firewood for the 90-year-old Sachigo Lake Elder. The temperature at the time was -31 C.
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Winter roads taking loads James Thom Wawatay News
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Kenora MP Greg Rickford in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug.
Rickford made INAC parliamentary secretary James Thom Wawatay News
Kenora MP Greg Rickford has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. The moved was announced Jan. 30 and became official Feb. 1. Rickford had previously been the Parliamentary Secretary of Official Languages. “(This move) is a reflection of the great work our team has done in the (Kenora) riding,” Rickford said. “We’ve caught the attention of the government … and have been able to share the voices of the First Nations leadership and membership.” Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy is hopeful good things could come from having a local MP working closely with INAC.
“We are hopeful that Kenora MP Greg Rickford will be a strong advocate for northern Ontario in his newly appointed position,” Beardy said. “He is familiar with the issues facing NAN communities and is aware of the need for infrastructure upgrades in the areas of transportation, telecommunications and energy. We encourage MP Rickford to keep these important matters in mind in his new role and we wish him the best of luck.” As part of his duties with the new ministry, Rickford will be working closely with INAC Minister John Duncan. When Duncan is unavailable, Rickford will represent the minister at events and in the house answering questions from other MPs. He will also represent the ministry at committee.
North Spirit Lake is giving new meaning to the phrase ‘school is cool.’ Thanks to a recent cold spell, the community’s winter road is fully-functional and able to handle tractor trailers and semi-trucks with ease. In the past week, the community has already received a half-tanker of fuel. But more importantly, said Deputy Chief Cameron Rae, building materials for the community’s new school arrived on a semi-truck as well. “The trailer had been parked in Red Lake … because it didn’t make it up last season (year) on the winter road,” Rae said. “When the winter road season ended last year, it did so abruptly and the school parts never made it.” Getting the new school building constructed is a huge priority for the community, Rae said. “The rest of the pieces should be coming soon,” he said. “We want to get everything up here as soon as we can because you never know how long the season will be.” Rae is hopeful the new school will be ready for use in September. It will replace the current Victoria Linklater School. “The old school needs to be replaced,” Rae said in an interview Jan. 28. “The furnace is malfunctioning. There was no school today because there was no heat in the school.” Rae said the community members are excited to have the winter road ready for use. “Everyone is happy to be able to get out of the community,” he said, adding he’s already made
the five-hour drive to Red Lake. “The road is in good condition. In some places it is rough and bumpy but you expect that.” In Bearskin Lake, Chief Rodney McKay said the community’s winter road has been open to light traffic for “quite some time,” but the road still isn’t approved for heavy loads.
And the community isn’t taking any chances with getting any materials it needs for the year ahead. “We’re hoping to have everything delivered by the end of February,” McKay said. “We’re getting everything organized now so the trucks can all come (in a convoy). You can never
predict the length of the winter road season so we want everything as soon as possible.” He said the community isn’t in dire need of fuel or other supplies at the current time. “We’re fine for fuel,” he said. “We have extra storage. We’re fine for a few more months at least.”
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Chapleau Cree’s Glen Wesley has been missing since Sept. 15. Anyone with information can contact the North Bay Police Service at 705-4975555, the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1188 or the family at 705-360-1008 or 705-221-8502.
The family of Chapleau Cree’s Glen Wesley has been searching for him since he went missing Sept. 15 in North Bay. “We are very concerned for his well-being and his safety. He needs to be on his medications,” said his mother Cecille Wesley. Wesley said her son has been off his medications since he went missing. The six-footthree, 220-230 pound, 28-yearold man with black hair and brown eyes requires regular medications for his mental illness. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie jacket and black pants and is friendly and polite. “We don’t really know what Glen is thinking right now,” Wesley said. “He may be a little irrational, thinking he doesn’t want to go back to North Bay.” Wesley has received tips and sightings about her son from a number of locations across the province, including a possible sighting in New Liskeard Jan. 2.
“So we went there just to check ourselves,” Wesley said. “We handed out missing posters and we even went to talk to the police and they said they would keep an eye out for Glen.” Wesley has also travelled to North Bay, Sudbury and Toronto to check out possible sightings. “It has been very expensive,” Wesley said. “There were no sightings of Glen in southern Ontario. We put up posters at the Salvation Army and shelters in Toronto, North Bay and Sudbury.” Wesley encourages her son to call home and let the family know he is safe. “You’re not in any trouble,” Wesley said. “Please call home and let us know you are OK. We love him and hope he is OK. And we miss him.” Anyone with information can contact the North Bay Police Service at 705-497-5555, the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1188 or the family at 705-360-1008 or 705-2218502.
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All that remains between Constance Lake band members and well-water is the hook-up. The community has been without a water source it deems viable since last summer, said Chief Arthur Moore. The rashes and nail fungal infections – which Moore attributes to water being trucked into the community from a nearby co-generation Moore plant – remain a reality in the community, as they have since before Christmas. “The health concerns (we’ve had for months) are still around,” Moore said. “The community health clinic is monitoring people’s concerns.” But Moore said the end of the water crisis could be coming soon. “The piping of the ground water well is complete,” Moore said, adding an engineering assessment is needed before pipes can be connected to the water treatment plant. This
could be complete by mid-February. But completing such a project in the winter is a concern for Moore. “Like any work done in the winter, there is a risk with properly insulating the water line,” he said. “We don’t want to have to dig it up in the spring again.” Moore said recent tests of the water supply have shown a second well will also be necessary. It could be drilled and operational in one or two years. In the mean time, the community has started a study into constructing a new water treatment plant. Moore said it is still in its infancy. “We need a long-term solution to resolve this crisis,” Moore recently said. “People don’t have enough water for drinking.” Each community member is being provided two litres of water per day, hardly enough for proper hygiene and cooking, Moore said. Constance Lake has been without a permanent water supply since last summer due to a blue-green algae build-up on the lake that was the community’s main supply of water. The water treatment plant was unable to filter the algae.
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Reclaiming life – Part I Media Director Adrienne Fox was invited to Kitchenuhmaykoosib to visit the community’s addiction healing centre. In part one of this three-part series, meet five women struggling to end their addiction to oxycodone.
Stories and photos by Adrienne Fox
First there is Melanie Her personality is vibrant. And she carries herself like someone used to attention. She’s also not afraid to speak first. “You ask the questions and we’ll answer them,” she said. Her chin had been raised slightly – it told anyone watching ‘don’t mess with us and we won’t mess with you.’ Melanie Beardy is one of five women attempting to kick their addiction to oxycodone or oxy, a narcotic used to relieve pain. It produces an opiate-like effect similar to morphine. It was their first week in the Mamow Against Drugs Healing Program – a community project driven by the sheer
will of a small group of Kitchenuhmaykoosib members. Most of the women are still going through withdrawal five days into treatment. The Chekebesh Youth Centre is providing a temporary home to the community’s healing program. Beardy is 29 and mother to four – two boys and two girls, the oldest being 13. She went into treatment Jan. 3. “I was using at least half an 80-milligram (tablet) a day or more,” she later shared about her addiction to oxy. Beardy needed the drug to function. It was the first thing she reached for when she
woke in the morning. It was something she snorted between one and four times a day. Her addiction also demanded a heavy payment that had nothing to do with money. “Oh my God,” she says, “it affected my kids emotionally, physically, spiritually. “I wasn’t there to nurture them. I wasn’t there to comfort them when they cried. “I don’t even remember the last time I lay down with them to read a book. “I’ve neglected them and neglected their feelings.” Beardy is quiet for a few moments. “I was a good mother before oxy,” she continues, “I thought
more about my family than myself. I was a good employee and now … .” She trails off and gazes out of a small window to her left. Her hands clasp and rest on her lap. Her near topaz coloured irises catch the light and seem to brighten. “I broke a lot of bonds between my family and work. It’s like I don’t care about them. I care more about myself and the next fix I need to get.” She stops and smiles. “I didn’t care about anybody except myself,” she continues. “I just needed that next fix just to function. And once I did get that I looked for another one. That’s how bad it was.”
Beardy sold all her personal possessions to feed her habit. Her home doesn’t have furniture. She spent at least $300 each day and didn’t pay her bills. All of her income went into keeping a steady flow of oxy. Beardy started out as a dealer. It’s how she got used to having oxy when she wanted it. “I dealt probably four or five times a year. I started dealing early and when I first started I wasn’t really into them. I occasionally took a line here and there but when I started dealing, I started doing more and more.” Beardy wants to end her addiction to oxys for her
children. She wants to change her life. And she willingly suffered to begin her new life. The fourth day into treatment, Beardy’s withdrawal symptoms kicked in. “It was horrible,” she says. The physical pain burrowed deep into her bones making it impossible to sleep. The restlessness she experienced only added to the exhaustion. And then she cried. “Everything just came to me. I wanted to go home. Everything started to be clear to me.” That’s when Beardy realized what her addiction had taken from her.
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Hazel wants to smile again “I wasn’t smiling any more. I woke every morning and I didn’t feel good. I didn’t have that feeling of waking up and being happy.” Hazel Chapman is 23. She has two children – a five-year-old boy and four-year-old daughter. She started taking oxys after her son’s birth. Chapman says she would have taken them during her pregnancy but her boyfriend stopped her. “I got hooked right away,” she says. “I liked the high feeling I got
just off a little pill.” Like Melanie Beardy, Chapman is young and beautiful. She too wants to be a good mother. “My children are mostly with their grandparents. They don’t really have a stable life right now because I’m not taking care of them like the way I’m supposed to be and I really miss that.” Chapman looks at her hands. She has yet to smile. “I don’t think they’ll forgive me,” she says still looking at her
hands. Chapman finally looks up when she thinks about what life could be like without her addiction to oxys. “I would like to fly my kids out. They’ve been wanting to go on a plane. I want to do that maybe in a couple of months. Maybe some place like Winnipeg or Thunder Bay. It will be fun,” she says. Chapman’s expression remains guarded. She glances towards the door. “They were killing me,” she says
of oxys. “They were killing me inside – emotionally, physically, mentally – and I just realized it. I just wasn’t happy anymore.” Chapman’s guard extends to questions about her dreams or nightmares as the case was for her when she faced withdrawal. “That’s my pain,” she states. Chapman was between 17 and 18 when she started taking oxys. “If I knew a 16 or 17-year-old girl who was thinking about starting, I would say don’t do it. You’re
young. I can still see you’re full of life. Just say ‘no.’ ” Chapman knows people care about her. And working at the community’s health office gives her added support. “I work with the health office staff and they tell me everyday to try and stop. And they’re always there and don’t ever judge me. “I know I’ll have their support because we all want the same thing.”
oxys and it feeds her guilt. Like the other women, Tait spent most of her income on keeping her addiction fed, which meant little was left for her children. “I’m just thinking about it now and I always thought about myself more – more than my kids. And I would think I’m using them for their money (child-care benefits). “I don’t want to do that any more. Her words are tumbling out now, spilling over each other as her voice gets tighter and tighter. “And I didn’t like calling them names. That’s why I feel so bad. “And you know how kids would just play?” She doesn’t wait for an
answer. “And they would make a mess and I would get so mad. I’d hit them just for making a little mess and it’s so easy to clean up.” She stops and takes a long drawn out breath. “I’ve been a part from my children for six days. I want life to be better for them and if I can’t change it, I’m going to send them to a better home. I don’t want them to go through that again.” Reflexively she covers her face with her hands and goes quiet.
Rayanne won’t quit quitting Rayanne Tait is 20, the youngest of the five women. She is mother to two girls. She wants to show people she’s not a quitter. “I was scared (the first time I walked through these doors for treatment.) I didn’t want to come. I didn’t want to leave my kids. And I was scared to withdraw.” Tait doesn’t make much eye contact, often giving her large dark eyes a perpetual sad look. “I grew up too fast. After my father passed away, I stopped being a child around 10.” Tait started smoking cigarettes and she had her first drink of alcohol when she was 12. Then she
started taking oxycodone when she was 15. “I just tried it one day. Someone just came and asked me ‘do you want to buy this?’ ” At first Tait said no until the dealer told her it was like taking 20 percocets at once – a drug Tait was familiar with, a drug that also contains oxycodone but in smaller doses. “And I tried it and I got sick and I just kept wanting more and more. And I kept getting more and more.” Tait doesn’t blame the dealer. She takes responsibility for choosing to take the drug. And she’s candid about when and how often she used.
“With both of my pregnancies, I was using every day. My first girl was supposed to be born in January and I had her in December. My water broke after I snorted and she was only five pounds. “I don’t know what I was thinking.” She looks up at the ceiling for a moment before continuing. “They didn’t withdraw when they were born but now they seem to always get sick. My oldest has a sty (that) hurts her eye. It always goes red on one side and my other girl has big tonsils and she always gets sore throats.” Tait believes her children’s health conditions are because of
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Rosemary is afraid “When my son was two, he used to go to my mom’s. He used to sleep over and next thing you know he didn’t want to come home. And one time he told me he was scared. I feel bad.” Rosemary McKay is 23 with four children ranging in age from 10 months to six years. “I used to like camping with my
grandparents. I used to love doing stuff with them. It was fun.” McKay is cautious and measures her words carefully when she looks back on her fall into addiction. “Maybe it was the people (I was hanging around with) or maybe I was just too bored or I thought it was fun, but it wasn’t. I was using
every day, sometimes two times a day.” McKay started taking oxys about five years ago and she spent a lot of money. An 80-milligram OxyContin tablet sold for about $150 when she started using. The same tablet now costs about $600 in Kitchenuhmaykoosib. “I sold anything I had or I would
ask my parents for money or I would ask for loans. My kids didn’t have much. I wished I never did oxys.” And her reasons for continuing to use are simple. “It was a fix, not a high. I used to use lots. “And almost the whole town uses so it’s hard to stop.”
McKay often glances furtively to either side of her. “I was scared the first time I walked in here. I was scared too when I thought I wasn’t going to get accepted. “I thought they saw me as a bad person.”
Candice wants to be clean Candice Crowe started using oxys after one of her friends hung herself. The pills took away her pain and made her feel happy. “Because when I didn’t have it, I was depressed.” Crowe smiles a lot – a demure expression that reaches her dark eyes. “I still feel real sick and I feel really tired. And I don’t eat that much anymore.” Crowe is still going through withdrawal and she’s determined to stay in treatment for her family and children. She has three boys, the youngest is five months and the oldest is
six years. “I screwed up a lot. I always thought about myself instead of thinking about them. All I wanted was oxy, nothing else.” And just like the other women, Crowe spent all her income to feed her $500 a day habit. “I borrowed money from family members and I used welfare and child tax. I was taking 80-milligrams or more.” This is Crowe’s second attempt at treatment. The first time she tried was in Thunder Bay – 600 kilometres away from home. “I was only four days in and I
just took off,” she says. “I was alone there. I had nobody.” But even now, while taking treatment in her home community, she struggles. “I’m still here. But I feel like walking out of here every day. “I miss my family, being with them. I miss my kids.” So Crowe is grateful to have the other women here. The five support each other and do their best to encourage the others. “It’s good they put this treatment here on the reserve. I’m with other people from here. We can talk to each other. We know each
other.” Crowe knows her addiction to oxycodone is strong, so she’s looking to the future. She wants to keep busy once she completes the program. “I’m going to stay away from those people that do that because if I hang around with them again, I know I’m going to get into it.” She also wants to become a mother to her oldest son. “I’ve never really taken care of him. He’s with his grandma and that’s who’s keeping him right now because of what I’m doing. “So when I get out, I’ll probably tell him to come back home.”
Editor’s note: In part two of Reclaiming Life, Adrienne Fox continues her coverage of the women and their addiction to oxycodone. Fox travels back to Kitchenuhmaykoosib to visit the women again and finds that not all will finish treatment. Only three of the women successfully finish and graduate from the 25-day program.
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NAPS recovering from budget issues James Thom Wawatay News
Facing a budget deficit projected at more than $1 million, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service was forced to start making tough decisions last year. That meant laying off its transport officers – the NAPS staff who transport accused people to their court hearings – and some civilian staff. It meant carrying a less than full complement of front-line officers despite high crime rates. It also meant asking the OPP to help patrol two of its First Nations: Aroland and Mishkeegogamang, so about a halfdozen officers from these communities could be reassigned temporarily to northern communities. NAPS officers also had to take on prisoner transport duties.
“The OPP is one of our greatest partners,” said NAPS Chief Claude Chum. “We asked for their help and support and they agreed.” OPP officers will provide all necessary police for Aroland through the Greenstone d et a c h m e n t . In Mishkegogamang, officers from the OPP’s Pickle Chum Lake detachment will serve alongside NAPS officers. In both cases, the communities were chosen because of their proximity to OPP detachments, making it easier for the OPP, Chum explained. Aroland Chief Sonny Gagnon is supportive of NAPS’ decision to have the OPP serve in his community.
“I’ve got no problem with the OPP,” Gagnon said. “I’ve had no one complain to me about problems. If this is a way my community can help another community, I support that.” The OPP will be in both communities until March 31 – the end of the fiscal year at NAPS, though Chum has already asked for an extension to June to help ease the financial burden on NAPS. “We’ve been using the (officer) vacancies to help pay down the debt,” Chum said. With the debt starting to drop, Chum said two transport officers in the northeast and two in the northwest will be hired back. “We will also start moving ahead with filling our officer vacancies,” Chum said. In the new fiscal year, officer training will resume, Chum said.
“We had to make sacrifices,” he said. “Things like travel and training had to be cut. There were measures in place to cut costs. Only mandatory training was being completed. “As chief, I am trying to do my part. I haven’t done much travelling (with the NAPS plane) to the First Nations. But when the plane is used, we’re trying to make full use of it.” That could mean using it to ship items, transport trainers or bring mechanics or technicians to conduct repairs to equipment, he said. “My goal is to see the communities … and meet the officers in the field,” Chum said. “I would like to see the detachments and officer housing.” But that is not something Chum will rush at the expense of NAPS’ $25 million annual budget.
New book could strengthen Rupert’s Land case James Thom Wawatay News
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New information, published in Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905, could help strengthen the Rupert’s Land case. Mushkegowuk Council launched the claim against Canada and Ontario Nov. 18. The basis of the claim surrounds a pledge made by Queen Victoria of England to protect the First Nations interests in land. She wanted assurances this would happen before she would sign the Rupert’s Land Act of 1868. After there was assurance by representatives of Canada to protect Aboriginal interests in the region, a land order transferred Rupert’s Land – which includes parts of Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, Quebec, Minnesota and North Dakota – to the control of Canada under agreed terms. “The new evidence as a result of the treaty diaries has resulted in the chiefs discussing this issue and strategizing
on approaches on how to best move forward,” said Mushkegowuk Council Grand Chief Stan Louttit. “We are currently in the process of engaging our member First Nations regarding this issue and having discussions and presentations with government officials as well.” The book, by John C. Long, includes the neglected account of a third commissioner – George McMartin – and traces the treaty’s origins, negotiation, explanation, interpretation, signing, implementation and recent commemoration. For more than a century, the vast lands of northern Ontario have been shared among the governments of Canada, Ontario and the First Nations who signed Treaty 9 in 1905. For just as long, details about the signing of the constitutionally recognized agreement have been known only through the accounts of two of the commissioners appointed by the government of Canada, according to Long. Long set out to restore nearly forgotten perspectives to the historical record. In the book, he outlined how
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many crucial details about the treaty’s contents were omitted in the transmission of writing to speech, while other promises were made orally but not included in the written treaty. The book also reveals contradictions that suggest the treaty parchment was never fully explained to the First Nations who signed it by reproducing the three treaty commissioners’ personal journals in their entirety. Armed with this new information, Louttit said Mushkeg-
owuk is exploring legal strategies with a possible test case. Mushkegowuk Council also hosted a regional conference in Fort Albany Feb. 1-3 on the treaty where the diaries were presented and discussed. “With this new evidence, this has allowed us to look at an overall strategy including putting the Rupert’s Land claim on hold while we gather and strategize with the goal of strengthening our positions and the Rupert’s Land claim,” Louttit said.
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Darryl Sainnawap smoked all through his teens. “I started smoking when I was 12,” said Sainnawap, a councillor in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, during the Tobacco Talk youth gathering in Thunder Bay Jan. 28-30. “It was a curiosity. It was everywhere in my community. When you see people you look up to doing it, you want to be like them; look like them.” Through his teens he continued to smoke, despite knowing what it could do to his body. “I definitely regret doing it now,” he said. “I remember being at a track meet and thinking that if I won my race, I would quality for another meet in Toronto. I didn’t win and I think the fact that I was a smoker prevented me from being as good as I could have been.” Sainnawap was also a member of the Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School city volleyball championship. “Knowing what I know now about cigarettes and smoking, I never would have started,” Sainnawap said. About five years ago, he decided he needed to quit.
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Algonquin Avenue Public School students work on a traditional dogsled Jan. 25 in vice-principal Darren Lentz’s Grade 7 and 8 classroom in the Thunder Bay school.
School pressures caused closet smoking addiction James Thom Wawatay News
“I think the fact that I was a smoker prevented me from being as good as I could have been.” – Darryl Sainnawap
“I was sitting on a doorstep having my first cigarette of the day,” he said. “I had this bad affect (buzz) from the cigarette and I had this memory flash into my head.” As a child, he recalled scolding his aunts about smoking. “I told them it was a bad habit and they needed to quit,” he said. “I told them if I was ever addicted, I would quit with no problems. “Sitting there, that day on the doorstep, I knew how they felt with that addiction controlling them. I had the confidence as a nine-year-old to tell them yet I had let myself become addicted. That memory brought my willpower back and I quit.”
Higher education led Jackie Moore down the dangerous path of addiction. While attending the University of Toronto to complete graduate work for her studies, the Constance Lake band member began a closet smoking addiction. “I was working on my master’s thesis and there was even more pressure in school,”
Moore, who is now a professor, said. “My time in Toronto was very stressful for me. I was away from my husband and children. I hadn’t lived in the city much before. It was a sudden change.” Moore shared her story during the Tobacco Talk youth gathering in Thunder Bay Jan. 28-30. She said her addiction started with just one cigarette which turned into more and more as she worked to complete
her schoolwork. “I was living alone,” Moore said, without anyone looking out for her. “I started smoking between my writing (sessions). I knew it was bad; I was raised to be against smoking; I was raised to know better. But I couldn’t stop. Once I went down that road, I didn’t stop.” She would continue to smoke for about seven years, but never in public. But one day, she did light
up in public and someone she knew saw her. “They said ‘I didn’t know you smoked,’” she said. “That’s what it took for me to realize I had to quit. I couldn’t tell people not to do it if I was smoking too.” With the exception of the occasional relapse, Moore has been smoke free for about 10 years. She said her inner strength helps her fight the cravings. “It’s mind over body,” she said.
Eleven cancer causing chemicals found in modern tobacco from page 1 “This is something I will share with my community.” Sainnawap said he has a much better understanding of the traditional uses for tobacco – and differences from commercial tobacco – after having participated in the conference. Traditional tobacco has been used for ceremonial purposes and to thank the Creator and
Mother Earth, Burton said. Modern tobacco contains more than 4,000 chemicals, 11 of which are known to cause cancer. A dozen others are believed to cause cancer, said White, who also led a workshop during the three-day conference. Some of the hazardous chemicals include carbon monoxide, arsenic, formaldehyde and tar, she said.
During her presentation, White took questions from the audience regarding tobbaco. Are cigars healthier than cigarettes? “No, they are just as bad and perhaps worse because of the volume of chemicals. “One (normal size) cigar contains the equivalent of 22 cigarettes.” What if I don’t inhale? “Not inhaling is an urban
myth. It is physically impossible.” What about third-hand smoke? “Third-hand smoke, like smoke stuck in your clothes, curtains or carpet, is just as bad as second-hand smoke. And second-hand smoke can be worse than first-hand because of the chemical reactions and changes that happen with a lit cigarette.”
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EWS IN BRIEF Fort William votes in favour of N Shannen’s Dream now a documentary historic land claim agreement Rick Garrick Wawatay News
Fort William First Nation has voted 849 to 16 in favour of the $154 million Fort William First Nation Boundary Claim settlement offer. “It was an excellent turnout of our eligible voters,” said Fort William First Nation Counc. Ian Bannon, noting six ballots were rejected and 24 set aside. The community voted Jan. 22 on the joint federal-provincial settlement offer, which includes about $149 million
from Canada and $5.1 million from Ontario in financial compensation and the transfer of provincial Crown lands on two islands located in Lake Superior – Flatland Island and Pie Island – to Canada to be set apart as reserve for the Fort William First Nation. “There will be some individual distribution to our members, we will be using some of it to pay off debt and the balance will be put into investment trust,” Bannon said. “The revenue from those investments are structured so that it will be
utilized for various categories such as health, economic development for the community.” While most of the eligible voters voted for the settlement offer, Bannon said there had been some opposition. “Prior to the vote, there was obviously some opposition, some concerns, some confusion,” Bannon said. “I think, for the most part it was the surrender matter because in many eyes they were thinking that we were giving up more land that we are currently occupying and that
wasn’t the case.” Bannon said the lands in question were supposed to be returned to the community many years ago but never were returned. “It was a historical moment to sign those (settlement offer) documents,” Bannon said, noting the claim is the largest Fort William has entered into with Canada. “We’re going to be framing it and putting it alongside the 1850 Robinson-Superior (Treaty) agreement that ... we have in our council chambers.”
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Shannen’s Dream is being carried on by a documentary film now available online on YouTube. “Shannen (Koostachin) had a dream – that every First Nation child should have the right to go to a safe and ‘comfy’ school,” said Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus, who introduced Motion 571 — Shannen’s Dream — in Parliament Sept. 23. “Her story is inspiring people across Canada to get involved in the campaign for equal school rights. This film will help make this dream a reality. The response has been overwhelming.” One of the student leaders in the Attawapiskat School Campaign who fought for an elementary school for 400 children attending classes in portables in their James Bay community, Koostachin died last year in a car accident at the age of 15. “The story of Shannen is both tragic and inspiring,” said
documentary producer Shelley Steele, who travelled to Attawapiskat last summer after hearing about Koostachin’s story. “She was such a determined young woman and she touched so many people. This documentary will help youth become more aware of the issues and get involved in carrying on Shannen’s dream.” Steele hopes the documentary will inspire other young people to stand up and make positive change. Produced by Heartspeak TV, the documentary was made to raise awareness about the ongoing fight for equitable First Nation school rights in Canada. An 11-minute version of the documentary, called Shannen’s Dream, is available on the Internet at http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=3Gy38grr35c and a longer version will be made available on DVD for use in classrooms and by community organizations. The DVD can be ordered at info@heartspeak.ca. –RG
Coaster inquest postponed The inquest into the death of Christopher Dennis Coaster – a Marten Falls band member – has been postponed. It had been scheduled to be heard the week of Feb. 7. Coaster, 29, died while in custody at the Thunder Bay Jail Aug. 3, 2008. Because Coaster died while in custody, an inquest is mandatory. While the coroner’s office did
not reveal specifics of the case, it is hoped the jury may make recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths. The inquest was expected to last five days and to hear from about 12 witnesses. Details regarding the date and location will be announced when the information becomes available, according to the coroner’s office. –JT
Boys died of smoke-inhalation Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service has revealed the cause of death of the two boys who died in the Jan. 13 house fire in Nibinamik. The boys – aged two and three – died of smoke-inhalation, police said, citing the results of a post-mortem exam. A third youth, who was in the home at the time of the fire, is making progress at a hospital in London, Ont., according to
police. “The infant girl is reported to be doing well,” NAPS Sgt. Jackie George said in a release. “She is eating, smiling, and interacting with everyone.” She was not burned in the fire but suffered smoke-inhalation as well. Police have determined the cause of the fire as accidental and foul play is not suspected, George said. –JT
Anishinabek participates in census
“Sharing the History What is the Future?”
Treaty No. 5 and Treaty No. 9 Symposium NISHNAWBE ASKI NATION/CANADA TREATY DISCUSSION FORUM JOINT PARTNERSHIP WITH ABORIGINAL INITIATIVES, LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY Lakehead University - University Centre, Room 2011 Thunder Bay, Ontario February 23-24, 2011
In order to have accurate information to help with funding and other issues, Anishinabek Nation is encouraging its citizens to participate in the 2011 census. “We are actively promoting collection of information from Anishinabek communities so we can gather specific data about our on-reserve and off-reserve citizens,” said Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee, Jan. 20 in a press release. Having that data could ensure adequate funding for programming including education, health care and economic development on- and off-reserve. Anishinabek Nation and Statistics Canada signed a memorandum of understanding to ensure a complete and accurate count of Anishinabek citizens in the 2011 census and the National Household Survey. Under terms of the MOU,
each chief and council will need to issue a band council resolution authorizing the census and promoting the active participation of community members. Statistics Canada will hire at least one person from each of the Anishinabek member communities to assist in the data collection. The Anishinabek Nation is promoting the National Household Survey, also known as the long-form census. “The short-form census is really of no use to us because it does not provide data on such things as Aboriginal status and our socio-economic situation,” Madahbee said. “Completion of the long-form survey is purely voluntary but this is the information that is essential for our funding requirements. This is our chance to get accurate and up-to-date data on the socio-economic status of our communities.”–JT
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NNEC student speaks at AFN summit executive director Rosie Mosquito shared an online message with the summit participants about Oshki’s role in education post-secondary students. “Our graduation rate has grown by about 3,000 per cent in five years,” Mosquito said. “Other Aboriginal institutes in Ontario have similar experiences so together we are contributing to decrease the education gap that exists between First Nations and Canada.” Mosquito also brought up the need for more investments for Aboriginal educational institutes. “So I put in a pitch for Aboriginal institutes,” Mosquito said. “Generally, First Nation students in post-secondary education require more funding support, but so do Aboriginal institutes.” Atleo asked a number of prepared questions to the students and online participants were able to send in their comments, some of which Atleo aired. A video of the summit is available online at www.viu.ca/ afn-psesummit. –RG
they’ve been taught.” “How are we going to get them to acknowledge and recognize First Nations people so that students like me can feel proud to be in those classrooms and feel proud to stand up for what I believe in and express myself?” Wuttunee asked. National Chief Shawn A-inchut Atleo thanked Wuttunee for his question on how First Nations can challenge teachers, institutions and ways of learning. “I think you are posing the question to all of us about the place of Indigenous world view, Indigenous governance and Indigenous perspectives in the place of learning,” Atleo said. He noted that Wuttunee raised the issue of changing learning “from the notion of inculcating, or pouring data into one’s mind,” towards “an exchange where institutions and instructors and professors and teachers also have much to be able to learn … about Indigenous peoples and our place in sharing the lands.” O s h k i - P i m a c h e - O -Wi n ’ s
A Northern Nishnawbe Education Council student is concerned the Indigenous worldview is non-existent in mainstream university studies. Wasaskwun Winston Wuttunee is a Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug band member and student at Vancouver Island University. He was taking part in the Assembly of First Nation’s virtual summit for First Nation students on post-secondary education Jan. 27. “It’s like First Nation studies is teaching us in one direction and we have the rest of the students going through school with no acknowledgement of Indigenous people and no acknowledgement of their Indigenous governance systems,” Wuttunee said during the summit. The summit had about 100 students participating at Vancouver Island University and another 400 participating online. Wuttunee also questioned how to challenge teachers to think outside “their typical Eurocentric thinking that
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SPORTS Bearskin youth trains for biathlon James Thom Wawatay News
Sabrina Angeconeb has found a new sport which combines her newfound loves of skiing and shooting. Angeconeb, a 13-year-old Bearskin Lake band member who now lives in Thunder Bay, has been training for months with the 2511 Lake Superior Scottish Regiment Army Cadet Corps in biathlon. “I have really been enjoying this,” Angeconeb, a private in the corps, said. “My friends encouraged me to join the team because they needed a junior member. It’s been a lot of fun to train and get better at both skiing and shooting.” Although she’s only been skiing for a year, Angeconeb is pleased with her progress. “I’m learning a better technique,” she said. “I skate-ski and practise a lot on my own and with my friends. I love this so much I want to continue until
I am 18. I hope to progress and get even further into the competition.” Before she began cadets in January 2010, Angeconeb didn’t have much experience with a firearm. But the more she shoots, the more comfortable she’s getting with both the .22 calibre rifle and the Daisy air rifle. “We shoot every Thursday (as part of the biathlon training),” she said. “I hadn’t shot much before but I’m getting better. I shoot better than I ski.” Angeconeb was to compete in the army cadets provincial championship Jan. 28-30 at Falcon Lake on the Manitoba/ Ontario border. But due to inclement weather, the competition was cancelled. It was to be rescheduled but as of press time new dates had yet to be confirmed. In the qualifying meet in November, Angeconeb shot well, hitting seven of 10 targets, all in the prone (laying down)
position. Because the competition was held in the fall, it featured running and shooting instead of skiing. “Our team didn’t do too well,” Angeconeb admitted. “I didn’t even know for a few weeks afterwards that I had qualified to go (on her own).” As her training picked up in the fall and winter, Angeconeb started skiing more with her team and worked to improve her skills. “The hardest thing is getting the breathing right,” she said. “It’s hard because you were just running or skiing and then you need to calm down and control your breathing.” But, she picked up a trick in training that has served her well thus far. “You have to get yourself out of breath and immediately calm down,” she said. “That’s what I’ve started to do in training. You stop yourself from breathing, shoot and then slowly let the air out.”
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Sabrina Angeconeb trains for her army cadets provincial biathlon championships at the Ontario Fish and Game Centre in Thunder Bay. Biathlon combines three kilometres of skiing with two rounds of shooting five targets each.
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NW N CCAC BOARD D OF DIRECTOR RS The North West Community C Care Acccess Centre has an a immediate need d for dedicated indivviduals to join our Board of Directorss. The Communityy Care Access Centtre (CCAC) offers one-stop access to o a broad range off community-based health and social services and place ement in long-term m care homes. t Board of Directtors, your responsibilities will include e As a member of the directing affairs off the North West CCAC C in accordan nce with applicable e legislation, approvved strategic and d business plans, and governmentt policy. Ideally, applicants will have one o or more of the following: f x Experience on a Board of Directorss in the broader public sector x A sound understanding of healthca are administration x Knowledge and experience in finan ncial/accountabilityy matters The North West CCAC C is mandated to serve Northwesstern Ontario. We e encourage residen nts throughout the region r to apply. Have we caught your y attention? Ple ease rush your exp pression of interestt and resume to: Chrysta Burns, Se enior Manager, Human Resources North West Community Care Acccess Centre 961 Alloy Drive der Bay, ON P7B 5Z8 Thund email: chryysta.burns@nw.cca ac-ont.ca Fa ax: (807) 344-5639 9 For detailed inform mation regarding th he position qualificcations or for more e information abou ut the NWCCAC C, please visit our website att www.nw.ccac-ont.ca. Deadline for appliccations: February 14, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. p We thankk all applicants, how wever, only those considered c for an interview will w be contacted.
If you’re going to change your career, then change it for the better. Find a company that is highly successful, offering sustainable, safe delivery of services to the world’s natural resources, nuclear, clean energy, water and environmental sectors – one with revenues of over Cdn$4.5 billion and employing some 23,000 people in more than 40 countries. Find a company with a progressive culture that makes it stand out from the crowd – one that believes in its people, teamwork and diversity; one that continually aspires to excellence and is passionate about success. Sounds too good to be true? Not at all. Welcome to AMEC. Detour Gold (DG) has contracted AMEC Americas Limited to provide project construction management for the development of the Detour Gold Mine, located in the Detour Lake Mine site in northeastern Ontario. DG and its contractor are committed to working with Aboriginal
people, specifically Aboriginal nations, through business, employment and training initiatives. This is where you come in. A strong communicator with community relations skills in both cultures, and experience in a construction setting, you will promote the project vision in a positive manner. This contract position, to December 2012, will see you liaising with Aboriginal workers, contractors and project staff, and providing cross-cultural training to maximize employment, training and business opportunities. Familiarity with French, Algonquin or Cree would be an asset. You will work 3 weeks on site and 1 week out on rotation. There is regular scheduled bus service between the site and Cochrane. Help shape the future with us: visit our website to learn more about AMEC and to apply for this position.
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Sticking up for charity www.nadf.org NADF is seeking a qualified individual to join its team as the
SENIOR EXTERNAL DELIVERY OFFICER Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) is a non-profit, independent, Aboriginal-owned and operated financial institution that provides business, financial and economic development services to Aboriginal people living in northern Ontario Under the direction of the President/CEO, the Senior External Delivery Officer will oversee the delivery of the Aboriginal Business Canada (ABC) programs and will also encourage and facilitate business proposals for assistance to ABC and Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF). The Officer will supervise the External Delivery Officer located in the NADF Timmins office, and the Thunder Bay office. Qualifications: • Business or finance diploma, degree or designation or significant (minimum of five years) senior business experience. • Proven skills in personnel supervision and service delivery management. • Excellent financial analysis and business assessment skills. • Strong communication (verbal & written) and public relations skills. • Strong report and proposal writing skills. • Strong problem identification and problem solving skills. • Proficient use of computer programs (including Microsoft Office suite) • Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines; • Knowledge of and commitment to the services provided by NADF; • Knowledge of the people, culture and history of First Nations in northern Ontario; • Ability to speak Cree, Oji-Cree or Ojibway is an asset; and • Must be willing to travel extensively and have a valid Ontario Driver’s License and a personal vehicle.
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TOP: Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Det. Const. Brad Duce, looks for an open man during the inaugural Law Enforcement Cup Jan. 28-29. NAPS lost the game 6-1 to the Thunder Bay OPP, who won the competitive division while Thunder Bay Police won the non-competitive division.
LOCATION: CLOSING DATE: APPLICATIONS:
Thunder Bay, ON February 17, 2011 Please send a resume, including three (3) work references to:
Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund 106 Centennial Square, 2nd Floor Thunder Bay, ON P7E 1H3 Attn: Travis Boissoneau, Senior Executive Assistant Fax: (807) 622-8271 or e-mail: tboissoneau@nadf.org
RIGHT: NAPS Sgt. Chris Eisenbach, right, tries to slide the puck into the open net. While Eisenbach failed to score a goal, the tournament met its goals, according to the OPP. It was a fundraiser for the Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club.
We thank all those who apply however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Hiring for this position is contingent on the receipt of funding.
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Five Nations Energy Inc. (FNEI) is seeking to hire a CEO, which will be located in Timmins. The CEO must relocate to Timmins if hired or when hired. The CEO will be responsible for the overall supervision, management and control, of the business and affairs of FNEI under the general direction of the Board of Directors. The CEO will be accountable for all on the “day to day” decisions regarding the Corporation’s financial, human resources, regulatory, resourcing, safety and environmental, obligations. The CEO will also be responsible for the establishment and achievement of current and longterm objectives of the FNEI organization including developing and implementing the strategic goals and objectives of the organization. With the President, will enable the Board to fulfill its governance function, and to provide direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organization’s philosophy, mission, strategy, and its annual goals and objectives. The CEO will oversee company operations to ensure internal efficiencies, outstanding quality of service to FNEI’s customers, and cost-effective management of resources. QUALIFICATIONS • The candidate must have grade 12/Post-Secondary education in Business Administration OR a minimum of 10 years of supervisory/managerial in progressively more responsible positions including a demonstrated ability to achieve goals and objectives and manage key customer/constituent relationships. • A clear demonstrated understanding of Ontario’s electricity sector including knowledge of the issues facing electricity transmission companies in Ontario. • Knowledge of the economic, social and political environment of the Western James Bay Region and/or experience with First Nations and/or knowledge of remote community realities. • Knowledge of financial management, business finance, contracts and partnership, including a history of for organization profit and loss. • Knowledge of public relations principle and practices, communication and public relation techniques, human resources principles, personnel policies & risk management. • The candidate must have proficient verbal and written English Communication skills. • Fluency in Cree language is an asset. • The candidate must be familiar with the Northern Communities and Cultural and lifestyle of Native People. • He/she must be willing to work and maintain positive working relationship with the leaders and people of the communities. If you are interested in this position, further information on FNEI can be found at www.fivenations.ca or by contacting FNEI’s office at (705) 268-0056. Closing Date: April 15, 2011 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time. Please forward your application/resume with a current CPIC, and you must submit at least three references to the attention of Mr. James A Wesley, Vice-President, Five Nations Energy Inc. You may send your application by any of the following modes: By Mail: By Fax: By E-Mail:
Five Nation Energy Inc., 70-C Mountjoy St. North., Suite 421, Timmins, Ontario P4N 4V7 (705) 268 0071 adminassistant@fivenations.ca
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Executive Director is the senior employee and chief administrative officer of the Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Center (KERC). The Executive Director is responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of its staff and programs. The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors. RESPONSIBILITIES The Key responsibilities include managing the programs and staff of KERC, ensuring proper planning for the programs and services provided by KERC, implementing the policies of KERC and decisions of the Board, maintaining proper communication with the staff, Board and other key partners and managing the resources of KERC. QUALIFICATIONS • The position requires an experienced manager with an expert knowledge of First Nation education systems. • Administration experience is required including planning of programs and services, coordination of implementation activities, and supervision of staff. • Experience in preparing reports and making presentations. • An understanding of planning, monitoring and evaluation practices and processes. • Knowledge of First Nations education needs and systems • Strong planning, organizational and coordination skills and ability to manage complex projects. • A demonstrated ability to work with First Nations and culturally sensitive to First Nation issues and the district it serves. • Self-motivated, organized, able to lead a team of professional staff. • Excellent interpersonal, communications and computer skills. • Bachelor of Arts degree preferred • Fluency in Ojibway, Oji-Cree or Cree is a definite asset SALARY To commensurate with education & experience. KERC offers a comprehensive group insurance & pension plan. To apply: Please submit a resume, three most recent employment references with written permission to contact, and a covering letter via email to: Eugene Southwind, Finance & Human Resources Officer Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Email: esouthwind@kerc.ca Closing Date for Applications: February 18, 2011 A detailed job description may be obtained by calling Eugene Southwind at (807) 737-7373 ext 19. An up to date Criminal Reference and Child Abuse Registry check required at time of hiring. *KERC thanks all those who apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted*
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Special Olympics Unified Event frozen out Rick Garrick Wawatay News
Big Grassy’s Lauryn Horton travelled through -30 to -35 C conditions to reach the Special Olympics Ontario Winter Games Jan. 20-23 in Thunder Bay. “It took us six hours to drive here,” said Horton’s mother, Rachel Copenance. Although Horton’s family braved the elements to get to the Special Olympics, officials cancelled her event, the Unified Event, due to freezing conditions below the -25 cut off point for the games. Horton was sad about not being able to compete, but the eight-year-old did meet Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke. And shook his hand. She was among the first to get an autographed tablemat from the NHL executive. Horton has been snowshoeing the past two years since her grandparents bought her the footwear for Christmas. “Every time she goes down to her grandparents, she goes snowshoeing,” Copenace said. While her event was cancelled, Horton is used to being out in winter conditions for extended periods, having won a couple of fishing tournaments last year when she was only seven. “I caught a perch in the ice fishing derby,” Horton said. Horton had been scheduled to compete in a Unified snowshoeing event with her sister Kirsten. The Unified Event pairs athletes with a intellectual disability with student volunteers
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Big Grassy’s Lauryn Horton met Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke at the Special Olympics Ontario Winter Games Jan. 20-23 in Thunder Bay. Unfortunately, her snowshoeing event in the Unified Event was cancelled due to cold temperatures. from local schools to compete in certain sporting events. Special Olympics Ontario is looking to get more athletes involved in the games from northern Ontario. “Our plans with the First Nation-Aboriginal communities is to talk to the leaders of
those service agencies that support First Nations people with disabilities and intellectual disabilities and have them connect to the committee to help us develop strategies so there is more involvement in Special Olympics for First NationsAboriginal athletes,” said Linda
Ashe, vice-president of Special Olympics Ontario. “We have been in touch with three or four of those organizations and there is certainly an interest to help and be on board with that committee to make things happen.” Ashe said any potential athletes who are interested in par-
ticipating in the Special Olympics should contact the Special Olympics Games office phone number at 416-447-8326, which will be open until midFebruary. “Any family member or any person interested in knowing more about the Special Olym-
pics after the games, call that number and we will have that person connected to existing sports programs that are available in Thunder Bay,” Ashe said. “Or if there is an interest, we can create some new programs specific for that group of interested people.”
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Juvenescence, the 72-hour radiothon, was a great success! From 6 p.m. on Friday, January 14 until 6 p.m. on Monday, January 17, 2011, staff from Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority and Wawatay Native Communications Society worked hard to make this radiothon and youth platform a reality. Over $20,000 was raised, going towards Mikinakoos, the short-term assessment and treatment program at Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, and SEVEN Youth Media Network at Wawatay Native Communications Society. We couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you to everyone who called in, made a donation, provided content for the show and worked behind the scenes. Staff at Wawatay and SLFNHA Naomi Hoppe, Joyce Hunter, Jim Morris, Irene Dube, Jerry Sawanas, Walter Lyon, James Benson, Matthew Bradley, Bryan Davis, Roxy Shapwaykeesick, Meghan Kendall, Brent Wesley, Michael Dube, David Neegan, Adrienne Fox, Pierre Parsons, Trish Crawford, Jeff Hindy, Lewis Wesley, Lance Kejick-Echum, Terry Adam, Suzanne Snow, Rod Horsman, Chris Duval, Hana Beitl, Debra Moskotaywene, Nathan Mishinbinijima, Stanley Moonias, Trudy Cummings, Chris Jefferson, Sharon Bunting and Lisa Bertrand.
On-Air Jennifer Manitowabi, Frank Beardy, DJ Slipper-E/Jason Bailey, Skylar Childforever, Casey Aysanabee, Nelson Kakegamic, Eli Martin, Russell Mamakwa, Abigail Kanate, Deonne McKay, Tom Hoppe, TheM Boyz, Barb Carpenter, Myers Crowe, Faith Albany, Amelia Sturgeon and Emily Greig
Donations/Pledges Albert Gray, Cat Lake First Nation c/o Abagail Wesley, Jessie Oombash, Jerry McKay, Barb Carpenter, Nishnawbe-Aski Development Fund, Rod Horsman, Bill Morris, Stanley Moonias, Lyn Manitowabi, Celena Wrightberger and Nishawbe-Aski Legal Services, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, Ana McKay & Bryan Phelan, Shibogama First Nations Council, David Neeghan, Danielle Flynn, Matt & Jenna Hoppe, Ophelia Kamenawatamin, Mary Trout, Kanina Terry & Brent Wesley, Frank Beardy, Kelvin Morris, Amelia Sturgeon, Andrew Suganaqueb, Tony Whitehead, Jennifer & Sam Manitowabi, Chris Quequish, Gary Quequish, Charles Fox, Melodina Hardy-Fox, Maggie Rose Chisel, Belinda Anderson, Bobby Binguis, Neebin Morris, DJ Slipper-E/Jason Bailey, Steve Rattai, Tom Hoppe, Diane Bachmann, NAN Health Advisory Group, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority staff (50/50 draw), Brenda Dovick, Ascentia, Queen Elizabeth District High School, Wahsa Distance Education, Morley Beardy, TheM Boyz, Irene & Mike Dube, Jerry Sawanas, Emily Sainnawap, Sam Southwind, Joyce Hunter, Tanya Cameron, Daniel Sachekapo, Karen Kaminawaish, Albert & Harriet Schroeder, Daisy McKay, Weagamow First Nations Chief and Council, Dorothy Adams, Tuscan Adams, Metis Adams, Jeffery Cromarty, Don Chikane, Alexis Kanate, Maureen Spade, David Jeremiah, Sandra & Roy McKay, Joyce Quequish, Roy Keash, Travis & Lance Matawapit, Grace Matawapit, David Tait, Davis Tait, Cornelius & Nessie Benson, Native Sena School c/o Norah Briskett, Gary & Christina Benson, Stanley Bluecoat, Josie McKay, Lillian Sainnawap, Darryl Sainnawap, Danny Sakakeep, Tracy & Peanut Sainnawap, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation c/o Donnie Morris, Sadie McKay, Jermaine McKay, Lydia Biggeorge, Faith Gliddy, Deer Lake First Nation, Gordon Tait, Jennifer & Claude McKay, Elaine Mamakwa, Wally & Margaret Slipperjack, Wapakeka First Nation, Bearskin Lake First Nation, Moses Kamenawatamin, Tommy Fiddler, Joe Nothing, Martha Sturgeon, Daniel (in Bearskin Lake), Jim Nelson, Silas Kakegamic, Keewaywin First Nation, Charles Lawson, Edna Skunk, Albert Masakeyash, Ronald Roundhead, Tristan Morris, James Benson, Zach Mamakwa, Sylvia Mamakwa, Gary Sugarhead, Kingfisher Lake First Nation, James Mamakwa, Esther Sakakeep, John George Morris, Noah Winter, Wunnumin Lake First Nation and the people of Wunnumin Lake, Ronnie & Genevieve Martin, Rachel Mamakwa, Sarah Lee, Jemimah McKay, Slate Falls First Nation, Brenda Beardy, Muskrat Dam First Nation, Modina McKay, Esther Beardy, Louie Beardy, Virginia Beardy, Elda Fiddler, Spencer Morris, Edith Fiddler, Bill Fiddler, Isabelle Beardy, Leah Fiddler, Webequie First Nation, Ananius Spence, Flora Beardy, Alan Beardy, Daniel/Martina/Sarah Fiddler and Springhill Lumber in Winnipeg. Thank you to all who listened and enjoyed the show, as well as anyone we may have missed. If you made a pledge and still need to send in your cheque/make payment please contact Irene or Naomi at 1-800-842-0681
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Cold weather doesn’t stop bannock deliveries Rick Garrick Wawatay News
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ABOVE: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s Tina Sainnawap hands out raisin bannock to a passerby Jan. 22 during her weekly delivery of bannock to people in downtown Fort William and Port Arthur in Thunder Bay. Sainnawap and a group of friends have been delivering the bannock every Saturday since 2009. BELOW: Tina Sainnawap’s aunt Marion Morris hands out some bannock to a group of passersby.
Tina Sainnawap braved the coldest night of the year to deliver raisin bannock, juice and warm hats and gloves to people on the streets of downtown Thunder Bay. “It was good, I really loved it,” said the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug band member after completing her deliveries Jan. 22 in -34 C conditions. “(There were) lots of people helping and the turnout was good. The weather doesn’t hinder us from doing what we’re supposed to do. We keep doing it because it was a commitment I made and my aunt (helps) whenever she can join me.” Sainnawap, her aunt Marion Morris and a group of friends have been delivering bannock and juice every Saturday evening to homeless people, street girls and any other passersby in the Simpson Street and Cumberland Street areas of Thunder Bay since 2009. They usually hand out bannock to people who are picking upp soup from the Salvation Army soup van at 7 p.m. on Simpson Street, then drive around the area to find any other people who would like some bannock before heading over to Cumberland Street for the soup van’s 8 p.m. stop. “I know First Nations people love bannock and this is an opportunity to share the skill my mom taught me,” Sainnawap said. “Mostly I will make baked bannock, but at times I will make fried round bannock. Sometimes I will put Klik in there.” Elaine Bedwash said the bannock is usually “nice and soft.” “It’s better than the one I make,” Bedwash said, noting her family finds the bannock especially tasty with jam and peanut butter. “They just love it.” Bedwash, her husband Eugene Moonias and their five children have been picking up Sainnawap’s bannock for the past four months. Sainnawap said there are usually about 30 people looking for bannock during the winter and up to 80 people in the summer. “That includes the children,” Sainnawap said. “The majority of them are First Nations people.” Sainnawap appreciates the help her
aunt and friends have been providing, noting they love giving out bannock no matter how hot or cold the temperature is. “We just come out here because I know people expect bannock every Saturday so we can’t disappoint them,” Sainnawap said. “It’s a commitment I made ever since I started it. I started with a bicycle and packsack and I rode around the neighbourhood.” Morris has been helping deliver and make bannock just about every week when she is in the city, and her daughter Selena Morris also helps out along with her two daughters whenever she can.
“I know First Nations people love bannock and this is an opportunity to share the skill my mom taught me.” –Tina Sainnawap
“They wanted to come when they knew their grandmother was coming,” Selena Morris said. “They sometimes help her out when we are able to come.” Sainnawap appreciates the donations she receives from various people and organizations such as the warm hats and gloves she received from the Ontario Native Women’s Association, who in turn received them from the Helping Hands Glove and Mitten Drive. People usually donate flour, baking powder and vegetable oil throughout the year. Sainnawap received a $50 gift card donation this past Christmas, which she used to buy Christmas gifts for people on the street. Agnes Shapwaykeesic enjoys the bannock she usually picks up from Sainnawap every Saturday for her children and grandchildren. “I don’t know how to make bannock so it is a treat for all of us,” Shapwaykeesic said. “I really appreciate what this lady does.” Shapwaykeesic said the bannock is filling as well as tasty. “It keeps you full,” Shapwaykeesic said.
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Video Promotions Campaign will address Misiwe Minoyawin’s 5 target issues through awareness videos that will be available online and distributed across northwestern Ontario.
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he Misiwe Minoyawin project is holistic approach to healthy living aimed at demonstrating to Aboriginal people--especially youth--how healthy lifestyle choices can boost well-being. The project will focus on 5 target issues: substance/alcohol abuse, tobacco use, healthy eating, active lifestyle and mental health.
Submissions welcome! For more info or to submit to the Healthy Lifestyles Book contact: Chris Kornacki, Project Co-ordinator chrisk@wawatay.on.ca 807-344-3022 (phone) 1-888-575-2349 (toll free) 807-344-3182 (fax) Funding provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion through the Healthy Communities Fund
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Campaign will select one representative for each of Misiwe Minoyawin’s 5 target issues. The Ambassadors will be available online in videos and forums to offer guidance to the youth and to promote a holistic healthy lifestyle.
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Attawapiskat Catering Limited Partnership has secured the contract for catering and operating services at the De Beers Canada Victor Mine near the community. The catering company is a new venture for the community. It announced the deal Jan. 4. “This is an exciting, positive development for our community,” said Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence. “Not only will the service company now be 100 per cent First Nationowned and operated, but we have partnered with the forward-looking Outland Camps organization to bring in expertise and future training opportunities for employees.” Victor Mine general manager Rory Greyvensteyn is happy with the agreement. “The De Beers Canada Victor Mine is committed to responsible, sustainable development in the communities in which we operate,” he said. “Attawapiskat Catering is an example of the community, the mine and business working together to help our local partners reach their goals.” The catering company has already met with employees of the firm which had been handling the service for De Beers. Those employees are being welcomed by Attawapiskat Catering, said Bob Dickson, CEO of Attawapiskat Resources Inc. and Attawapiskat Catering Limited Partnership. “Clearly, a venture like this will provide long-term work for our members,” Dickson said. “It will all help maintain the good relationship we have with De Beers.” Every effort is being made to ensure the transition to the new service provider is seamless, with little or no disruption to the operations at the mine,
according to the catering company. Should there exist a need to expand and bring in more staff, the catering company will continue the hiring approach already in place, drawing employees from surrounding communities. Attawapiskat Catering will formally assumed the contract Feb. 2 and will be fully operational at that time. Under the three-year deal, Attawapiskat Catering will also be responsible to monitor air and water quality, bringing in quality foods and fresh fruits and vegetables, waste water removal, incinerating waste and laundry at the 300-member Victor Mine camp. “There are significant logistics involved in this agreement,” Dickson said. Catering staff will be working on the same schedule as mine employees on a two weeks in, two weeks out basis. “Staffing can be challenging,” Dickson said. “Leaving families behind for two weeks can be difficult. We have to prepare people for what to expect.” Dickson is hopeful through the life of the contract, community members will pick up new skills and seek promotions to higher ranking positions. He said a lot of band members are in maintenance positions. The agreement with De Beers is just the start, Dickson said. “We intend to bid on more contracts,” he said. Added Steve Hookimaw, chairman of Attawapiskat Resources Inc.: “This model of full management and control is precisely the direction we are pursuing in ARI business ventures. We consider (the Jan. 4) announcement a stepping stone for more commercial enterprises we are planning in the future.”
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Youth outreach worker Ryan Gustafson holds up a traditional pipe as he speaks about the traditional male roles of dancers at the Ecole Gron Morgan Cultural Powwow Jan. 20 in Thunder Bay.
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The Ecole Gron Morgan cultural powwow was a bit â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;y. Presenters offered tasty corn bread and corn teachings to students at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural powwow Jan. 20 in Thunder Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Corn originated here in North America,â&#x20AC;? said Teresa Magiskan, traditional healing coordinator at Anishnawbe Mushkiki in Thunder Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Nations people were great agriculturalists. Corn had been cultivated here for 4,000 years and it is what we used to make our bread.â&#x20AC;? Magiskan, who made the corn presentation along with Sabrina Boucher, healthy eating active living coordinator at Anishnawbe Mushkiki, said corn is good for people on gluten-free diets because it is gluten free. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Corn was ground in hollow logs and made fine,â&#x20AC;? Magiskan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Corn soup is a staple of our diets.â&#x20AC;? Although corn was once traded among the different First Nations people across North America, Magiskan said it is not used as much now because of the ease of using wheat flour
and the higher cost of corn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It originated in Mexico,â&#x20AC;? Magiskan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Virginia, the Six Nations people inhabited that area and corn was grown there. There was a lot of trading that occurred and people never stayed in one place as they do today. People travelled and always moved and seasonally they knew where to go to trade for what they needed.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is good that our history and our practices are taught within the curriculum.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Teresa Magiskan
Magiskan said some of the students commented on the lessons they learned in school about First Nations trading. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was nice to hear some of the children had already known about the practice of the corn being ground in hollow logs,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is good that our history and our practices are taught within the curriculum.â&#x20AC;? Magiskan had previously presented medicine wheel teachings the past two years at the
annual Ecole Gron Morgan event. The cultural component of the event featured Jerry Dampier sharing traditional games, Kelvin Redsky discussing sweat lodge teachings, Shannon Gustafson and Ryan Gustafson sharing traditional female/male roles, Sarah Wright telling stories and legends, and Darren Lentz talking about life as an artisan. Gloria Ranger also discussed role modeling and motivation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The challenge is really interesting because I have Grade 1 all the way up to the older kids,â&#x20AC;? Ranger said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to speak to them at their level and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really great.â&#x20AC;? The powwow featured a grand entry, a flag song, a veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s song, category dancing and intertribal dancing. Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grass, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fancy shawl, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jingle dress, boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grass and chicken dancers took part in the hourlong powwow. Nathaniel Moses, youth outreach worker with the Neighbourhood Capacity Building Project at Ecole Gron Morgan, said the event expands understanding of First Nations people.
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Youth outreach worker Sarah Wright shared stories and legends with students.
Ecole Gron Morgan student Munsee Neekan shoots a photo of Algonquin Avenue Public School vice-principal Darren Lentz as he speaks about traditional tools and artifacts.
Youth outreach worker Jerry Dampier holds a lacrosse stick and ball as he speaks about traditional games at the Ecole Gron Morgan Cultural Powwow Jan. 20 in Thunder Bay.
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Anishnawbe Mushkiki’s Shannon Gustafson speaks about the traditional female roles of dancers as students hold a piece of regalia.
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Katrina Fiddler and Bethany Durocher helped organize this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ecole Gron Morgan Cultural Powwow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been (helping) plan this ever since Grade 6,â&#x20AC;? said Fiddler, a Grade 8 student originally from Sandy Lake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anything about your past, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important for the kids to know where they are from, what they used to do back then.â&#x20AC;? Fiddler said her family is â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty traditionalâ&#x20AC;? and they like to hear her talking about the traditional ways of life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They like what I do in the school, helping to plan the powwow,â&#x20AC;? Fiddler said, explaining she has been involved right from the start in planning the event over the past two months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like having the powwow in the school because it shows the (other students) how we really are and that we are not so different.â&#x20AC;? Durocher, a Grade 7 student, said her parents are happy to see the traditional work she does at school, such as working with hides. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;wow,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; make some more,â&#x20AC;? Durocher said. She said it is important to learn more about the traditional ways â&#x20AC;&#x153;so we can pass it on.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to see more Aboriginal stuff in the school,â&#x20AC;?
Durocher said, explaining the information provided at the annual event is new to her and her family. The two students are part of Ecole Gron Morganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadership program. Six other students from the program also helped during the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These students do assist with any event when asked,â&#x20AC;? said Nathaniel Moses, youth outreach worker at Ecole Gron Morgan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They also do assist the whole school, for example (with) lunch programming and bus buddies.â&#x20AC;? Moses said the leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; role at the event was to host visitors to the school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their objective is to make sure things are flowing properly and to ask every visitor if they are comfortable,â&#x20AC;? Moses said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe they could share some coffee, treats and so on.â&#x20AC;? Moses said Fiddler is one of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top students and she was nominated for a youth achievement award last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually been a leader to kind of choose the leaders to help out today,â&#x20AC;? Moses said. The event provides the leaders with a positive learning experience as they work with different people from across the city, Moses said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The volunteers are here to stay and they will continue to do their good work,â&#x20AC;? Moses said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the future, volunteering is a good way to do things.â&#x20AC;?
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Ecole Gron Morgan student leaders Katrina Fiddler and Bethany Durocher helped organize and hand out snacks and drinks at the Ecole Gron Morgan Cultural Powwow Jan. 20 in Thunder Bay.
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Kikinwa-amawakanak Katrina Fiddler shikwa Bethany Durocher kiwichitwawak ekioshisichikatenik noonkom kaakiwaninik kikinwa-amatiwikamikoonk Ecole Gron Morgan anishinaaabewi-nimi-itiwin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nitoonchiwawichitwa apane Grade 6,â&#x20AC;? ikito
Fiddler,asha Grade 8 ishipiikaso miweti wenchich Nekawisaka-ikanink. â&#x20AC;&#x153;kishipin kikentasiwan aanti kapi-oonchiyan weshkach, nitinentan ekichi-inetakwak apinoonchishak chikikentamowach aanti wenchiwach, aanti ka-ontatisiwach weti otanank.â&#x20AC;? Fiddler ikito keyapi nichishanak opiminisha-anawa anishinaabewipimaatisiwin
shikwa owawintamake minik kekentan anishinaabewipimaatisiwin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ominwetanawa ka-ishikeyaank o-oma kikinwa-amatiwikamikoonk, eki-oshisitoyaank nimi-itiwin,â&#x20AC;?Fiddler ikito, apane kamachisek nisho kiisis nitoonch wawichitwa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;niminwentan enimi-itink o-oma kikinwa-amatiwikamikoonk chikikentamowach paakaan
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Snowshoe trek
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A group of Grade 7 and 8 Algonquin Avenue Public School students practice their downhill snowshoeing techniques Jan. 25 at the Thunder Bay school.
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A group of Grade 7 and 8 Algonquin Avenue Public School students try out snowshoe soccer Jan. 25 at the Thunder Bay school. pakikinikan B6 “Omamakasinanawan kaoshitoyank mi-i-eshi-atawentamowach keyapi,” Durocher ikito. Kichi-inetakwan chikikenchikatek anishinaabe ka-ishipimaatisich pinish weti nikanayaink.” “ta-onishishin chiwapanchikatekin anishinaabewiapachitakanan i-ima kikinwaamatiwikamikoonk,”Durocher ikito,mi-ipayashi ekikentaminich oniki-ikoo-i api kakipakitinikatenik tipachimowin. Nikanishkamowin kikinwaamate i-ima Ecole Gron Morgan nishiwak kikinwa-amakanak kaki-otapinamowach. Keyapi ninkotwasowak kawawichi-
towach kekoon e-inakamikaninik. “Nathaniel Moses,ka-anookitawach oshkipimaatisi-i ikito kikinwa-amawakanak wawichitowak kekoon e-inakamikanink o-oma kikinwa-amatiwikamikoonk. “misiwe o-oma kikinwaamatiwikamikoonk wawichitowak memitake nawakwewisiniwin shikwa nakachichikewak i-ima otabanink.” Moses ikito miwak-oko kanikanishkamowach o-wawichiawan kapikiyotamakowach i-ima kikinwa-amatiwikamikoonk. Mi-i eshikanawapatamowach chiminosek shikwa chikakwechimawach kapikiyotamakowach taka chiminosenich,”Moses ikito,
“chimamikiwewach kwapi, michim shikwa kakina kekoon.” Kikinwa-amawakan Fiddler kimina kakina e-kishaposhkan okikinwa-amakowinan shikwa kimina youth achievement award otanank weti akink. “wiin oki-onenimaan awenen kenikanisinich nookom kakishikak,”Moses ikito. Minik ka-inakamikak miima wenchikikentamowach nikanishkamowin e-witanookimawach pepaakaan opimaatisii o-oma misiwe otenank, Moses ikito. Kamichi-anookiwach tawawichitwawak chiniminosenik otanookiwiniwan,”Moses ikito. “kamichi-anookitamakewach okapimiwitonawa chiminosenikin annokiwinan pinish weti nikanink.”
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Shy-Anne Hovorka discusses her video shoot with the director as the film crew finishes up a shot of the extras Jan. 30 outside the Rockhouse in Thunder Bay. Hovorka expects the video to be released within the next four weeks.
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The imagineNATIVE Northern Ontario Film and Video Tour will be stopping in Thunder Bay, Timmins, Moose Factory, Moosonee and Fort Albany. Workshops will be held in all but Moose Factory and Moosonee. The tour will provide communities accessibility to Indigenous-made work that may not otherwise be available to them, explained Jessica Lea Fleming, outreach coordinator for imagineNATIVE. The Tour encourages youth to explore the creation of film and video through viewing the work and discussion and provides an opportunity to the larger community to experience imagineNATIVE’s Opening Night screening gala outside of the festival. The Thunder Bay workshop – titled MySpace MyStory – is slated for March 23-24 at the Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre. Keesic Douglas, an Ojibway artist from Mnjikaning First Nation, will run the workshop. He specializes in photography and video. In the workshop, five youth will create a self-portrait video using hand-held technology such as iPods, point-and-shoot cameras or cell phones. Participants will learn how to create a script, work with lighting, sound, a crew and actors. Fleming said with the help of the instructor, they will then edit the still photographs or video footage they’ve taken with their hand-held devices to produce a final and complete short film about identity. The completed works will be shown during the film screenings. For more information, contact Fleming outreach@imagineNATIVE.org.
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The top male and female performers at the 2010 Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards are set to perform Feb. 12 at the Community Auditorium in Thunder Bay. Shy-Anne Hovorka, winner of the Female Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year, and Joey Stylez, winner of the Best Pop, will be performing along with Feenix and five Aboriginal Youth Tour 2010 winners.
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Aboriginal youth aged 14-29 are invited to submit stories and artwork exploring a moment in Aboriginal history to the expanded Canadian Aboriginal Writing and Arts Challenge. “Young indigenous voices from across Canada dazzled last year,” said Joseph Boyden, an Aboriginal playwright and author who won the 2008 Giller Prize for his book Through Black Spruce. “We believe that this important contest will continue to discover more and more talented Aboriginal youth.” Boyden will be judging entries to the contest, which is presented by Enbridge Inc. and the Historica-Dominion Institute, along with fellow
playwright and author Drew Hayden Taylor and artists Kent Monkman and Maxine Noel. “Enbridge is extremely proud to partner with The HistoricaDominion Institute for the seventh Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge – this year expanding to become the Canadian Aboriginal Writing and Arts Challenge,” said Dan O’Grady, national manager, community partnerships & investment with Enbridge Inc. “By expanding the challenge to include writing and the arts, we hope to reach a new audience of Aboriginal youth, offering them an important opportunity to share their artistic expressions (stories, paintings, sculptures and photography) with the rest of Canada and help foster an ongoing understanding of Aboriginal culture.”
The contest deadline is March 31; information is available at http://www.our-story. ca/wc. Art submissions must be twodimensional in nature from a variety of media, including painting, sketching, charcoal and photography. Artists need to submit a 200-400 word artist’s statement explaining how their piece reflects or interprets the moment or theme selected. Written submissions can include storytelling of all styles, including short stories, plays, poetry and screenplays, with story length guidelines set at no longer than 1,400 words for ages 14-18 and below 2,000 words for ages of 19-29. Writers need to submit a 200-400 word author’s statement explaining why they chose to write about the subject selected.
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The camera lens never lies. Two classes – the Grade 5-6 class at Migizi Wazisin Elementary and the communications class at Niimki Migizi Secondary – will learn this first hand over the next 16 weeks in a Photovoice project. The schools take in students from both Ginoogaming and Long Lake #58. “See Us, Hear Us is a Photovoice project that will provide students with hands-on opportunities to learn and practice life skills that include art, photography, activism, writing, communication, event planning and marketing,” explained Celeste Pedri, the project coordinator and communications manager for Dilico Anishnabek Family Care. “This is about
empowering the creativity of youth to find new, innovative and impactful ways to share their community’s strengths, resources, issues and potentials. This is about providing youth, whose voices are often ignored, experience with making a difference in their community.” Photovoice is an organization that helps disadvantaged and marginalized communities build skills using photography and digital storytelling methods and to create tools for advocacy and communications for positive social change. The project, which began Feb. 3, involves more than just handing out cameras to students and waiting for the images to come back, Pedri said. “Students will dedicate class time on Thursdays,” she said. “During this time, a Photovoice
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