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Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug held a Relay Against Cancer June 30, raising $20,000. Ten people participated in the relay. The participants carried a staff, with the names of loved ones who’ve died of cancer etched into it, along a road to Wapekeka and back. The relay was also a fundraiser for the CT Scanner fund for the new Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre. The CT Scanner will cost $1.850 million and more than one-million has already been raised.

Conflict erupts over burial sites Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

Investigation into a possible Aboriginal burial ground temporarily halted construction of the base camp for Ontario Power Generation’s Lower Mattagami Hydro Electric Project north of Kapuskasing. Because of the nature of the allegations, construction of the base camp for the $2.6 billion dollar project 70 kilometers north of Kapuskasing was in jeopardy. Ontario Power Generation and Moose Cree First Nation signed the Amisk-oo-skow Agreement in late May allowing the hydro expansion project to move ahead. Shortly thereafter, Cree Elders Jimmy Rodrique and Gerti Johnson, both of Moose Cree First Nation, provided oral testimony to Gaius Napash, appointed chief of the breakaway group called the Kapuskasing Cree, that there were burial sites in the vicinity of the Smoky Falls site. Napash began looking into the burial sites testimony June 10. He informed OPG representatives of the gravesites and asked construction activity in the area be stopped immediately to allow

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for an investigation. In recent decades, the reporting of Aboriginal burial sites has become a sensitive issue. In the past, public or private land owners and developers have refused to acknowledge Aboriginal burial places or heritage sites. In many cases, they have refused to consult with Aboriginal peoples about the disposition of the sites. Ontario has laws on its books to protect graves and burial sites, such as those Napash was investigating. “Any person discovering or having knowledge of a burial site shall immediately notify the police or coroner,” according to Section 69 of the Cemeteries Act. In that court ruling, Justice Sidney B. Linden of the Ontario Supreme Court wrote: “Aboriginal heritage and burial sites become flashpoints for an occupation or protest when Aboriginal peoples believe they must act to protect a site from desecration.” The Kapuskasing Cree are a group whose members currently fall under the Moose Cree First Nation registry system. However, they have grown up in the Kapuskasing area hundreds of kilometers away from Moose Factory. For months now, the group has been affirming its sovereignty from the Moose Cree band. Their families have historically lived off the land in the Smoky Falls area. This is why they have taken measures to protect the site from further construction activity, said community spokesman Archie Sutherland. “We know where our burials are

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through our Elders,” Sutherland said. “We let OPG acknowledge where they are so they can get their archeologist go and dig it up and slowly look for any kind of burial.” Michael D’Mello, registrar and manager of the Cemeteries Regulations Unit of the Ministry of Consumer Services was not aware of the situation occurring at the construction site. “When human remains are discovered, there is a requirement that anyone who knows of an Aboriginal site they must report it,” he said. “I don’t believe it has been reported to us yet. They cannot disturb the burial site, especially if they know it is there.” Ontario Power Generation representative Rick Dickson said OPG workers received orders to cease work at the site as of 9:30 a.m. June 22. However, video footage Napash captured from a helicopter that afternoon allegedly shows workers actively working at the site at 1 p.m. Napash and several of his community members visited the site June 23. He told the OPG workers they were standing in an area that has been reported as a grave site. “You are going to destroy that piece of information where they are buried,” Napash said. The area in question was once the trapping territory of the Sutherland and Napash families. Their families had 12 trap lines within the Gordon Corsten forest. They still possess five trap lines in the area. see COMMUNITY page 3

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Explosion levels teacher’s complex OPP remain in Pikangikum in Pikingakum, no injuries reported after dispute over arrest James Thom

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An early morning explosion destroyed the teacher’s complex in Pikangikum First Nation June 17. “No one was home at the time of the explosion,” explained Pikangikum First Nation CEO Gordon Peters. “We’re lucky no

one was unjured.” Gordon said the community was awakened to the sound of an explosion. The Ontario Provincial Police investigated the incident. “A report was done … but I haven’t gotten to see it yet,” Peters said. Gordon could only guess as to what the cause of the explo-

sion was. “There is talk around town it was a propane explosion but no one knows for sure,” he said. “That is part of the investigation.” Gordon said a nearby home was also damaged by the explosion. “The windows all blew out by the force,” Gordon said.

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Pikangikum has new Ontario Provincial Police officers after community members protested the actions of previous officers. “They didn’t want their members being beaten up by police officers,” Pikangikum Chief Jonah Strang said July 2, explaining two OPP officers had arrested a man and put him in jail overnight in late June. “That guy was trying to go for his firearm and the officers attacked him. (He) is also deaf and mute, that is why the people took it to heart.” Strang said nobody was hurt during the half-day protest June 30 in front of the OPP police detachment. “It started off like a minor incident and really took off after that,” Strang said, explaining the band council wrote up a band council resolution to get the OPP officers who were involved in the incident out of the community due to pressure from community members. “The OPP are currently liaising with First Nation leadership to reach a resolution,” OPP Sgt. Shelley Garr said July 2. “The OPP have not and will not leave

the community and will maintain adequate police service.” Garr said the OPP want to ensure community safety. “Currently there are 12 OPP on site, (including) two supervisors and there is one Pikangikum police officer,” Garr said July 5.

“The OPP have not and will not leave the community and will maintain adequate police service.” – Shelly Garr

Health Canada’s nurses on duty in Pikangikum were temporaily deployed to Sioux Lookout from June 30 to July 2 due to the situation. “The situation at that time impacted their ability to function effectively in an unsettling environment where their personal safety was at risk,” Ashley Lemire, media relations officer with Health Canada, said in an email reply. “Health Canada monitored the situation closely and medical services were restored in

the community July 2 as it was deemed safe for the nurses to return. Health Canada had a contingency plan in place for community members to access medical services outside of the community until the nurses were able to return.” Strang said the arrested man is now out of jail and in the community. “He’s still in the community,” Strang said. “I guess he is okay, but they (community members) didn’t really appreciate that happening to him.” Strang said the community has been negotiating with the OPP and now has OPP officers from across the region instead of the previous officers from southern Ontario, who had been policing the community over two-week shifts. “They are just going to get them from close by, like Red Lake, Dryden and Kenora area, some people familiar with our community and members,” Strang said. Strang said the community is relieved that the situation has been resolved, but the community still has another meeting with the OPP scheduled.

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Transition period for HST kicks in for First Nation consumers Rick Garrick Wawatay News

While some First Nations people are planning to hold onto their sales receipts, others are not happy with having to pay the provincial portion of the HST tax. “It’s too much,” said Bearskin Lake’s Tina Peters during her July 4 shopping trip in Thunder Bay. “I almost brought some little stuff and with the HST it almost came up to a $1,000.” Peters is planning to hold on to her sales receipts until the HST rules are changed. “Us Natives, we don’t feel like it is fair,” Peters said. Terry Peters said the HST is affecting his purchasing power. “I’m on welfare and by the time you buy something the money is gone because you’re paying HST,” Terry Peters said. “At the end, I guess, you go in the hole. You’ll probably have to walk back.” Long Lake 58’s Faye Shebagabow is not happy with having to pay the HST and having to keep her sales receipts to get her money back.

“I don’t think it is fair and I don’t think it is right,” Shebagabow said during her July 4 shopping trip in Thunder Bay, explaining she has been keeping all of her sales receipts from her shopping trip over the July 3-4 weekend. “I made a purchase of $1,600 and I had to pay $198 (HST) for my merchandise.” Shebagabow is planning to set up a filing system to keep track of all her sales receipts. “After today, I won’t be shopping that much because of it,” Shebagabow said. “Every bit adds up. I am keeping the smallest amount of HST I paid to get it back because that is not fair at all.” Fort William First Nation’s Darlene Maki said saving sales receipts will be a hassle for her. “I don’t like it,” Maki said. “I don’t see myself saving receipts and handing them in. I just don’t feel it is right.” Bearskin Lake’s Jacob Mekanak encouraged others to save their sales receipts for a refund. “People have to start putting their receipts away,” Mekanak said during his July 4 shopping

trip in Thunder Bay. Refund applications will be made available after Aug. 1 at band council offices, online at the Ministry of Revenue website at www.ontario.ca/taxchange or by calling 1-866-668-8297.

“I don’t think it is fair and I don’t think it is right.” – Faye Shebagabow

Refund applications, which can only be submitted between Sept. 1 and Nov. this year, must contain the original sales receipts and a photocopy of both sides of the Status Indian Card, or in the case of Indian bands and councils, a letter from the band or council certifying the consumption of qualifying off-reserve supplies for band activities. “Our relationship with vendors in Treaty 3 territory needs to be one of respect for our inherent and treaty rights,” said Naotkamegwanning Chief

Warren White in a June 18 press release. “The province of Ontario needs to be clear what is expected of vendors during the two-month period where the point of sale exemption should be in place but for the inability of the Canadian government to administer it.” Research completed by Fred Lazar, an associate professor of economics at York University’s Schulich School of Business, found the loss of the provincial sales tax exemption would have cost White’s community more than $667,000. “The citizens of Grand Council Treaty 3 that reside in Ontario should have confidence that every effort was taken to maintain this point of sale exemption,” said Grand Council Treaty 3 Ogichidaakwe Diane Kelly. “We were extremely fortunate to find a path towards protecting the property of our citizens which is a treaty right in Treaty 3. The point of sale exemption is key First Nations policy in Ontario and honours the commitment of the Crown to protect the interests of Treaty

3 communities as long as the sun shines and the grass grows, that is to say forever.” Kelly said Grand Council Treaty 3 will continue to advocate for a full implementation of Treaty 3 and a better understanding of the treaty by the Crown governments. “While we achieved maintaining the status quo, we need to serve notice to both Crown governments they ignore our rights and interest to the peril of the economy of northwestern Ontario,” Kelly said. “Couchiching First Nation proved that direct action worked, the First Nations in Ontario proved that direct action can move mountains in the HST battle and it is a shame the tool of last resort must be resorted to so much with the present governments of Ontario and Canada. Just and lasting reconciliation policy needs to have the fuller attention of these Crown representatives.” First Nations people will have to continue paying the HST until Sept. 1, when the immediate point-of-sale tax exemption agreed to by the federal

and provincial governments and First Nations groups can be implemented. “We were hoping for a moratorium for First Nations regarding the HST,” said Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy. “However we understand that because this deal was reached last-minute, there is a transition period for vendors to prepare themselves for it.” Beardy said the agreement was made after last-minute tripartite talks were held the week before. “The news is a welcomed relief for NAN communities, as they will not be forced to pay even more for essential goods and services that are already much higher than the rest of Ontario,” Beardy said. “For NAN, the point of sale exemption is considered a treaty right and even though it is not recognized as such under the Comprehensive Integrated Tax Coordination Agreement between Ontario and Canada, we are happy that the historical practice of the point-of-sale exemption will be maintained.”

Online comments from wawataynews.ca ‘I didn’t steal from you’ What a crock of crap. Pay the taxes like the rest of us or quit using my tax dollars for your education, health care, roads and everything else. Pay like the rest of us. I know I didn’t steal from you, nor did my parents or grandparents, yet you think you are above the law. Submitted by: Michelle

Taxes are rental payment Good but not good enough. We should be exempt from day one. I don’t buy this white people pay taxes to pay our whatever. They pay taxes because they pay rent for the Indian land they are on. Get it, Mr. sick of paying taxes? You are paying rent for Indian land. Submitted by: Anonymous

Understand the facts You seem very angry Michelle? However if it’s directed at the Native Americans I don’t think you understand the facts. I feel your anger is unjustified and based on your own ignorance. I myself am non-Native and also a tax payer. I don’t know all the facts but do have an understanding of our histories. They (North American Natives) aren’t tax exempt, they have always and continue to pay the federal portion of taxes. I’m sure you know what this portion of taxes is used for i.e. roads and healthcare and education. Submitted by: Brent

Respect the law, respect the land When you righteously state one law for everyone you ignorantly, and conveniently forget that Aboriginal rights are enshrined in the highest law of this land, the Canadian Constitution. This document outlines how the Canada’s people will live together and respect each other. Among these set of laws is a body of law on Aboriginal and Treaty Rights. Mind you this body of law is currently in a state of quick evolution but it is nevertheless a body of law that needs to be respected. So quite contrary to your ignorant beliefs there are laws being broken continually by Canada and the corporations in their dealings with the First Nations and their lands. The principle rule of law is a statement that demands from its people adherence to process and methods that is fair and above board. Unfortunately this doesn’t happen so easily and that is why you see protests from the First Nation communities. They just want to see fair and honourable transactions with respect to their lands. Submitted by: Douglas

Blame game Worry about your own politics. The Natives fought for their rights, if you don’t like taxes complain to the government. Don’t blame the Natives. Submitted by: Bud21ca

Community groups split over location of burial sites from page 1 When the Smoky Falls Station was originally built in 1922 the mill provided a constant supply of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times, a co-owner of the mill. The building of the original dam resulted in parts of the First Nation’s hunting and trapping territories sustaining flooding damage. According to Sutherland, any evidence of the settlement of Smoky Falls was destroyed, and the inhabitants had to relocate to the town of Kapuskasing when children were required to attend school. OPG remains adamant they will only deal with the Moose Cree leadership on any negotiations. “The Moose Cree are our partners,” said OPG media relations officer Ted Gruetzner. “We are working with them to ensure we show the proper respect. “We have decided that it’s not a burial site – the Moose Cree have decided.” In terms of dealing with the grievances of the Kapuskasing Cree breakaway group, Grueztner made it clear it was the Moose Cree band they would continue to deal with. “They are our partners. Gaius (Napash) is of Moose Cree. We work with Moose Cree on all of those issues that come up. We work with any partner on resolving things.” A technical team from Moose Cree has been dealing with OPG

while Moose Cree Chief Norm Hardisty Jr. has been away from the office. Fred Hunter, executive director of Moose Cree said the chief is aware of the situation. The technical team consists of Stan Louttit, Fred Hunter and Billy Isaac of Moose Cree. “It is not the Cemetaries Act, that does not apply here,” Hunter said. “The archaeologist has protocol for dealing with sensitive sites. They reviewed and went over their protocol, and we followed that to a ‘T’.” Louttit, environmental coordinator of the project, said the burial site has been incorrectly placed. “It’s the same one that we identified and we know about it and it’s blocked off from activity. We think we found the area and we protected these areas within a buffer zone. We are a competent group. We feel that we are doing this properly and we are quite comfortable,” Louttit said. For the group of Kapuskasing Cree members, the struggle to protect the burial sites will continue. “Moose Factory, they think they know who, where and what is going on in the Kapuskasing area, but they don’t because they don’t live around here,” Sutherland said.“We are going to have to try to move forward by some other means.” After three days of investigating the reports of the burial sites, work commenced at the Lower Mattagami Project June 25.

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Archaeologist Mike O’Connor, Archie Sutherland from Kapuskasing Cree, Billy Isaac from Moose Cree First Nation, Gaius Napash from Kapuskasing Cree and Rick Dickson of the Ontario Power Generation have an onsite meeting at the Lower Mattagami Hydro Development Expansion Project to cease construction where a burial site is believed to be.

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Watch out, you may get clocked James Thom WAWATAY NEWS

ver the weekend at Mount McKay in Thunder Bay, a realization hit me harder than the beating sun. Time was not on my side. I can’t control what anyone else does, no matter what the impacts are on me or others. Every region has a name for it. In Hawaii, it’s island time. The locals do things at their own leisure, tourists be damned. In the warm tropical countries, there’s beach time. Time apparently stands still when you’re laying in the sun on a beach. There’s also India’s Indian time. Much of India runs on Indian Standard Time (IST), but given the population’s propensity to being late, it is often referred to as Indian stretchable time. Research has shown me time isn’t as important as the outcome is in many cultures. Since I started working for Wawatay five years ago this week, I’ve become accustomed to what many of my friends call Indian Time. Many of my softball teammates are Aboriginal. When someone shows up 10 minutes after the game is scheduled to start, I get a lot of ‘Sorry, it’s Indian time. You should know I’m not going to get here on time by now’ kind of comments. I just laugh it off because there is nothing else I can do about it. Ojibway author and playwright Drew Haden Taylor has his own thoughts on Indian time. “Indian time is a term used when Native people are late. I’ve heard it used for grand entries, meetings, dinner parties, hockey tournaments and even long overdue births. In theory, it refers to a slower way of interacting in the world. Events happen at their own pace, not necessarily by that thing on your wrist or wall or microwave. Some First Nations people disagree with Indian time. Still, for as long as I can remember, Indian Time has been an Aboriginal license to add 30 minutes or so to getting out of bed.” So this takes me back to the powwow. In my hurry to get the weekend powwow on time, after sleeping in and through my alarm, I still arrived about 20 minutes early. Grand entry for the powwow was to be held at noon. I was

there comfortably early. Punctuality is the curse of my father, a man whose credo is: ‘Being five minutes early means you’re never going to be late.’ I walked around, checking out what the vendors had to offer while I waited for the powwow to start. The emcee did a masterful job of announcing the procedures and what was happening. He kept the crowd of hundreds abreast of the delays and even powwow protocol. I learned the centre area, where the dancers display their skills, is blessed prior to the powwow and it’s not appropriate to bring your dog into this sacred area. Thankfully, with the heat, I left my dog at home. By noon, it was apparent the powwow would not be starting on time according to the schedule.

With a lovely shade of sunburn setting in on my arms and feeling the heat taking its toll on my body, I had to leave. Sweat was running down my face and saturating the back of my shirt, collecting at the small of my back where it met the bottom of my back pack camera bag. But I decided to wait it out. It was 25 C, but it felt like 35 C with the humidex. Grand entry was pushed back to 12:30 p.m. then further and further. The last I heard, it was scheduled for around 2:30 p.m. But with a lovely shade of sunburn setting in on my arms and feeling the heat taking its toll on my body, I had to leave. My head was pounding and screaming for water by 1 p.m. As I was driving home, I started thinking about the dancers, how they would fare in the heat. I saw many dancers patiently waiting for the grand entry, just as I was. It makes me wonder what the organizers were waiting for. Is it fair to the people who showed up on time to push back the entire event because some of the scheduled participants didn’t arrive on time? I didn’t hear anyone else complaining. Maybe it’s just expected. I don’t think Indian time is going to change any time soon. I got a new watch for my birthday recently. Maybe I’ll program it to Indian time. If the invitation says noon, I’ll be there promptly for 2 p.m., unless I get a call that there’s been a delay and I should show up later.

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Mishkeegogamang residents collect treaty payments in June 1982.

Discovering morning’s first light Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

he moon on the water is a pale eye. Benign, it hangs suspended, unmoving like a dream upon awakening. The lake bears it effortlessly and the scrim of trees along the skyline thrust up like fingers to tickle at its belly. You swear you can hear the chuckle of it against the morning adagio of shorebirds. This early in the day there is nothing to distract you from this delicate and deliberate joining to what is. The mountain across the lake is magnified by the clarity of the air and you almost feel you could touch it with an outstretched hand. You don’t know what it is, this seamless entwining of energies, only that something in you understands the magic of it all like the wonderment you found when you first discovered love. There’s a blending, a joining, and joy lives in the shrugging off of boundar-

ies, the overlap. My people call this time of day Beedahbun. It means first light. In traditional times, prior to settlement, Ojibway medicine societies gathered in the vesperal quiet for prayer and ceremony. Those morning rituals were a celebration of energy, a recognition of the harmony we live in so blindly sometimes. For me it’s meditative time. I feel Ojibway standing at the edge of a mountain lake watching eagles and ospreys soar and dive. There’s an elemental part of me that responds to this, an ember from tribal fires that smolders in me, fanned by the open sanctity of space, it warms me, pushes me steadfastly into my days. I discovered the whole Beedahbun thing one glorious week in the autumn of 1985. I was struggling to be a writer then. I was struggling to survive. My first marriage had ended badly and I found myself sleeping on my mother’s couch in northern Ontario. I drank too much to try and kill the pain of it and it took a while to get my feet under me again. The world I came to in was the land of my people. Northern Ontario in late summer

and early fall is a spectacle. There’s a palpable change happening all around you. When you take the time you can see it in the animals, in the flora and fauna, and on the face of the water. When I found a job as a marina helper on the Winnipeg River, the land helped to heal me. I sat every morning watching the sun break over the water. While I drank coffee and waited for the first boatloads of fishermen to arrive I let myself fall into the lap of those jubilant mornings. Later, in the heat of the day when the fishermen napped, I sat under a huge pine tree at the edge of the bay and tried to write. The words that formed in me were melancholic, aching words and they assembled themselves as poetry. I’d never considered myself a poet. I’d been a news writer in print and radio and I always felt my strength was the straight ahead clarity of journalism. The few poems I’d tried up to that point were meandering, overly sentimental and heavy handed. But something clicked under that pine tree and I wrote steadily every day. After a few weeks I’d cobbled together a

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semblance of style and there was indeed, a poetic element running through the words. It heartened me and eased my pain. When the publisher of Wawatay News in Sioux Lookout agreed to print them I was thrilled. Well, it turns out that someone read that paper. His name was Simon Frogg and he worked as a cultural development officer for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. Simon was working with Ojibway Elders in an attempt to encourage youth to write, to tell the stories of their people, to continue the grand line of storytellers. He had a workshop set up on Manitoulin Island where Native writers could sit with Elders, hear their stories and teachings, and use those to create new and important work. The place it was being held was called Beedahbun Lodge and when he read my poetry he wanted me to take part in it. Naturally, I agreed. There were a handful of us from various parts of northern Ontario. Some were from very remote reservations like Kasabonika Lake and Kitchenuhmaykoosib. see next page ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Steve Elliott stevee@wawatay.on.ca CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Mark Kakekagumick markk@wawatay.on.ca TRANSLATOR Vicky Angees vickya@wawatay.on.ca CONTRIBUTORS Rick Chard Xavier Kataquapit Peter Moon Vicky Vonzuben Richard Wagamese Guest editorials, columnists and letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect the views of Wawatay News.

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Being tested on the James Bay LETTERS Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

t’s raining outside and the temperature is hovering around ten degrees. The clouds are hanging low and there is a steady stream of cold droplets falling from the sky. To most, it could be described as a very miserable summer day. It is one of those unsettling days when everything blends together and morning, noon and night are merely different shades of grey. Days like this are rooted deep in my memory. When I was young and back home in Attawapiskat mom and dad took us out on the land often in the summer time. We boarded our 24-foot freighter canoe and headed out to the islands of James Bay to spend weekends and holidays. Most of our trips were a lot of fun and we children enjoyed running on pebble beaches under the warm glow of the afternoon sun and feasting on roasted goose and bannock. We sipped on our hot tea around an open campfire by the water. However, there were a few occasions when our parents miscalculated the weather and hauled the family out into wet and rainy situations. I recall many trips out to the islands on the bay when we were more or less trapped out in the wilderness during those long rainy days. The combination of wet and cold is not one I enjoy. We did our best to protect ourselves from the deluge by

wearing rain gear, rubber boots and extra clothing. When you spend time on the land in the rain for any length of time, the wet eventually soaks right through the layers of protection and begins to chill you to the bone. Most of the time we were so desperate to get to the peace and quiet of our traditional camp that we ignored bad weather unless of course it was really dangerous. On those questionable days we did everything we could to motor on out into the great James Bay. I recall sitting with my family under tarps inside our canoe as dad piloted us to shore. After a couple of hours of listening to the drone of the outboard engine, the pelting rain, the muffled conversations of adults and children and being hidden underneath a blue tarp, it was a relief to be on solid ground. My younger brothers and I continued to huddle under the tarps in the canoe as the adults prepared camp in the rain. Mom and dad knew from experience that it was necessary to build a shelter and have a heat source started as the cool wet weather could easily overcome a person in the wilderness. The most important thing out on the land is to be dry and if possible warm. As we waited for the tent to be set up, we sat under the blue glow of the plastic tarp next to wet gear, soaked cardboard boxes and plastic bags of sleeping material. The pelting rain surrounded us with the steady crescendo of a million rain drops beating against the plastic. It didn’t really feel like we were out on the land under that tarp. In a way we children had

our own world protected from rain. However, we were all restless, tired and thinking about what we were missing back in the community. Once camp was ready and a fire was started in our little steel camp stove we were ushered into the warmth of the prospector’s tent. A fresh layer of spruce boughs lined the ground under our feet and we filled the space with cushions and heavy sleeping bags to lie on. It felt great to take off our wet rain gear and damp clothing. Inside our white tent, we sat quietly, exhausted from the short trip through harsh weather. We still felt restless but we also knew that it would take a day or two until we adjusted to life back out on the land and then we would be comfortable. To mom and dad these little vacations on the land were a normal part of life in the wilderness. Our ancestors lived like this since the dawn of time. As we all rested, dad started a pot of hot strong tea and mom prepared a loaf of bannock. After a hard day of struggling to stay dry, there was a feeling of relief and tranquillity as we peered from inside our cozy tent through the big open flaps. We sat back sipping our tea and munching on bannock with a great view of the windy and rain swept bay. We were forced to forget our hectic and chaotic lives in the community for several hours. There was no room in our minds for worry as the sound of the waves lapped at the pebble beach and the rain pelted our tent. As always, Mother Nature was there to calm us and fill our minds full of natural wonder after having tested us out on the great James Bay.

Gulf Coast oil spill will impact First Nations The man-made environmental disaster taking place in the Gulf of Mexico is absolutely horrific. The oil spill is extremely concerning because of the catastrophic damage it is causing to the wintering grounds and the several waterfowl that use the Mississippi floodway. This will have a negative impact on the people of Nishnawbe Aski Nation. The geese and ducks that use the Mississippi floodway are an

Others like me were from the cities. We were guided by a pair of published poets, Paulette Jiles and Robert Bringhurst, and a dozen Ojibway Elders from across Nishnawbe Aski territory. Everyday we spoke with Elders and heard amazing traditional stories. Then we went to work. We brainstormed ideas, looking for a mix of the purely traditional and the contemporary, a symbiosis, a blending. We workshopped a number of pieces and one, a delightful theater piece where we built a talking human totem pole, was greeted with thunderous

applause from the Elders. I heard the Beedahbun teaching there and every morning I was up early stepping out of the lodge and walking in the energy of morning. I looked for the joining, the blending the Elders told me of and when I found it, it healed me. I was able to write and create spontaneously for the first time and I walked away from that weeklong retreat determined to become a writer. Others did too. Tomson Highway went on to write the Rez Sisters and other acclaimed plays. Billy Merasty became a successful movie actor. Shirley Cheechoo is a fine film director and me, well, a National

Newspaper Award, a Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction, three novels and a memoir later, I’m a writer with more stories yet to come. But I still come to Beedahbun. Every morning regardless of season I’m out early walking in silence, opening myself to the mystery one more time. It never gets old, it never gets boring. It’s never the same way twice. The land works a subtle magic and it’s in subtlety where teaching comes. First light breaking. Shadow eased from the world. Spirit energy, in you, in the land, the universe, joined seamlessly, making everything a ceremony. In this we are all Indians.

Nishnawbe Aski people, to bond with our families and our neighbours out on the land. The impact and cost of the oil spill will go far beyond the Gulf States. It will negatively impact the health and economy of our people. It’s essential to make our concerns known to those governing bodies and companies who can help stop a disaster in our very own neighbourhood. Mike Metatawabin Nishnawbe Aski Nation

QUEEN ELIZABETH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL 2010 GRADUATES Our administration and staff share the joy of the following First Nations students upon graduating from QEDHS. We wish you the very best as you make decisions regarding your future. Along with your families and communities, we are proud of your accomplishments.

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Living like 1910

Notice of Aerial Herbicide Spraying CARIBOU FOREST The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the MNR approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Caribou Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 6, 2010. The herbicide VisionMax PCP (Trade Mark Name) Reg. No. 27736 will be used. The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the RW Forestry Office (Agent of AbitibiBowater) and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans throughout the one year duration of the annual work schedule. The Ontario Government Information Centre at 62 Queen Street, Sioux Lookout provides access to the internet.

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Sandy Lake residents celebrated Treaty Days with a costume contest to see who could dress the way people dressed in 1910, the year the adhesion to Treaty 5 was signed. Sandy Lake, a signatory to Treaty 5, hosted 100 year commemoration events in early June.

Notiﬁcation Notice of Aerial Spraying English River Forest As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands in the English River Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 5, 2010. The herbicide Vision, registration number 19899 and VisionMax, registration number 27736 Pest Control Products Act will be used.

Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNR staff at the MNR District or Area office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For More information or to arrange an appointment with MNR or AbitibiBowater staff please contact: Tara Pettit, R.P.F. Ministry of Natural Resources Sioux Lookout District Office 49 Prince Street, PO Box 309 Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1A6 Phone: (807) 737-5040 Fax: (807) 737-1813

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More information about this aerial herbicide project, including specific locations and maps, is available for viewing at the offices of AbitibiBowater Inc. and the Ministry of Natural Resources during normal business hours. John Coady, R.P.F. Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources Ignace Area Office Corner of Highway 599/17 Ignace, ON P0T 1T0 Tel.: 807-934-2255 Fax: 807-934-2304 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. E-mail: john.coady@ontario.ca

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Groups want unconditional support of UN Declaration Rick Garrick Wawatay News

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Trina Roundhead reads over a book at a literacy program in Weagamow Lake. The summer reading camp is now in its fifth year.

Reading camp continues to promote literacy

A call has been raised for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to unconditionally endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In the March throne speech, Harper said Canada would endorse the declaration, but only according to it’s own constitution and laws. Aboriginal groups are opposed to Harper’s condition because they think it will limit the scope of the declaration. Ellen Gabriel, president of Quebec Native Women Inc., expressed concerns about the federal government’s announcement. “It’s disappointing that the federal government continues to raise the spectre of a poten-

tial conflict between the declaration and the Canadian Constitution,” Gabriel said. Grand Chief Edward John, First Nations Summit, a B.C. group that provides a forum to address issues around treaty negotiations, said Canada’s endorsement must send a clear signal that the government intends to work with Indigenous peoples to ensure that Canada’s laws, policies and practices at least live up to the minimum standards established by the international community. The Quebec Native Women, the First Nations Summit and 37 other Aboriginal and civil society organizations from across Canada sent Harper an open letter calling on him to endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in a manner consistent with international

human rights law. “Organizations concerned for the human rights of Indig-

“It’s disappointing the federal government continues to raise the spectre of a potential conflict between the declaration and the Canadian Constitution.” – Ellen Gabriel

enous Peoples in Canada and around the world want Canada to show leadership by publicly endorsing the declaration,” said Merrill Stewart, clerk with the Canadian Friends Service Com-

mittee (Quakers). Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come, Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee), said the declaration is a vital tool for interpreting and implementing Aboriginal and treaty rights in Canada’s Constitution. The UN General Assembly adopted the declaration in September 2007 as a set of minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well being of the Indigenous peoples of the world. Like other declarations, it is univerally applicable. Canada was one of only four states to vote against the declaration at the UN General Assembly. Since then, Australia and New Zealand have changed their positions while the United States is doing a public review of its position.

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Ontario Lt.-Gov. David C. Onley came to Thunder Bay to help kick off the fifth annual Aboriginal Summer Reading Camp June 28. At the launch, Onley was joined by Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy. “This is very important for my people, especially the children,” Beardy said. “We are trying to build the foundation in reading for our children. We are trying to instil in them the love to read.” The Aboriginal Summer Reading Camp brings together more than 100 youth counsellors from communities across Ontario, who all bring a variety of perspectives and realities and thousands of youth in about 30 participating NAN communities. “We are trying to get our young people interested in reading so that they will be successful in school and later in life,” Beardy said. “It is really important that these counsellors bring dreams to the young people, because the majority of the young people you see on the reserve, that is the only life they know.” With the youth in many NAN communities facing challenges such as high unemployment, youth suicide, health issues and lack of education opportunities, Beardy said it is important for the counsellors to offer other realities to the youth and to talk about potential opportunities for the future. “This program makes a significant difference in the health and well being of our young people,” Beardy said. “Many of NAN’s communities lack the basic resources to deliver proper education to our children. Programs, such as the Summer Reading Camps, are important in developing youth literacy and play an important role in the development of leadership skills.” The Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps program was originally developed by former lieutenant governor James K. Bartleman as a pilot project in five fly-in communities in 2005 to empower First Nations children and youth to develop their literacy skills and to help overcome challenges they may face within their communities. “Frontier College congratulates Nishnawbe Aski Nation on the kick-off of the camps,” said Sherry Campbell, president of Frontier College, the organization which manages the camps. “Thanks to the commitment of the Aboriginal community, the lieutenant governor and our dedicated volunteers, Frontier

College is able to operate camps each year -- helping improve literacy skills and opening up new opportunities to youth in aboriginal communities. We look forward to future support and hope to continue the camps in the coming years.” Over the past five years, the program has grown to include more than 40 communities across Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec with a focus on reading and writing in a fun and active way. Last year’s program involved more than 2,200 children from NAN. “After five years of the program, it continues to be not only a success, but a growing success,” Onley said, explaining that NAN’s involvement in the program has led to more knowledge of the needs of the north. “The partnership with NAN cannot be overstated.” Perth Ontario’s Naomi Rogers and Webequie’s Kenny Jacobs have witnessed many successes over the first five years of the program. “In my work in the communities I have definitely seen the importance of literacy skills, and how necessary they are to just daily life, whether it’s reading a prescription at the doctor’s office or being able to read your school textbook,” said Rogers, who now works at the O-Shkee Meekena Youth Healing Centre in Cat Lake. “After my first summer at the program, I came back because I really felt that the community had given so much time and energy and resources to me while I had been there.” Rogers was pleased to see that one of the students she worked with five years ago has now graduated. “Through her participation in the program, I really think it has helped her get a handle on her education and she has been able to stick through things,” Rogers said. Jacobs, who enjoyed working with the youth in his home community of Webequie during the program and now lives in Thunder Bay, recalled an adventure down the river one summer. “I took the southern counsellors out in the rapids once and my prop broke down,” Jacobs said. “We had to paddle for six hours.” Although this is the final scheduled year for the NAN Summer Reading Camps, Onley and Beardy are currently working to re-establish the privatesector sponsorships to continue the program for a further five years. “I am absolutely positive that this is no longer a shortterm propostion,” Onley said, explaining that the responses from the sponsors have been “favourable right across the board.”

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Call for Submissions July 10th,, 2010 is the regular deadline to SUBMIT YOUR FILM for consideration to be included as part of the Biindigaate Film Festival. The final deadline is July 16th, 2010. Late submissions will not be considered. Building on the tradition of sharing knowledge and telling stories, the Biindigaate Film Festival is a celebration of indigenous films and filmmakers. It is located in the heart of the traditional territory of the Anishinabek (Ojibway) in the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Biindigaate translates from Anishinabemowin to English as “the light coming in” and our name reflects our intent to create an opportunity for indigenous filmmakers to shed light and share their stories with the people of Northwestern Ontario. Films submitted must be made by Indigenous people in one or more key creative positions (i.e., writer, director, lead-actor, etc…). Preference will be given to films created by Indigenous youth, ages 15-29. Categories include: 1) Short Fiction; 2) Short Non-Fiction; 3) Fiction Feature; 4) Documentary Feature; and 5) Music Videos. The festival will take place at the Paramount Theater on Court Street in Thunder Bay on September 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2010. THERE IS NO SUBMISSION FEE! Please submit 2 DVD copies* of your film and a short (150 word) synopsis to: Biindigaate Film Festival 60 Farrand St. Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 3H5 *DVDs submitted for consideration are not returnable For more information call Michelle Derosier at (807) 683-0671 or Robin Ranger at (807) 472-1226 or email biindigaate@gmail.com For more details go to: www.biindigaate.ca

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JULY 8, 2010

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Nothing fishy about ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑲᑭᒧᒋᑐᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐦᑎᑲᒣᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧ relocation project in KI ᐊᐣᑕᓯᐣᑕᐧ ᑯᑕᑭᐣᐠ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

Chief Donny Morris of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation is looking ahead to ensure there is sustenance available for the people of his community. With an increasing population, Morris thinks about how the future generations can continue the tradition of living off the land.

“Can we sustain ourselves?” – Donny Morris

Morris asks the question: “Do we want to sit around when our membership has grown large. Can we sustain ourselves?” As he quietly paddled on Sandbanks Lake one day, he noticed the presence of minnows. He thought to himself, ‘how could (the lake) hold another species?’ He also thought of how whitefish like to eat minnows. Then the idea came to him. “We can have stock for future planning for food consumption,” he said.

Morris’ long-term plan is to relocate whitefish from Big Trout Lake to Sandbanks Lake, which is road accessible. “If the lake (Sandbanks) is successful, we will have another lake to get whitefish from,” Morris said. To Morris the new lake, where about 100 to 200 fish will be transferred, has the same ecological characteristics of the whitefish’s current habitation. Morris also observed Sandbanks Lake has sucker fish. “The suckers feed off of the same items, that is why I assume they would survive. It is part of the planning in stocking the lake. We believe it can hold whitefish.” The fish transfer is expected to happen in July, when mayflies are floating on the lake and when the weather is warmer. Morris is counting on volunteers to help implement the program. They would catch and release anywhere from 100 to 200 fish for the project. “Definitely there is an interest in doing that work.” Morris hopes the fish relocation will be a success. “If this thing would be successful, it is anybody’s guess. If it’s a successful program, what is to prevent us from looking to other lakes in our area?”

ᑌᐱ ᒥᔑᐱᓂᒋᒪ ᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ

ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᑊ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑕᐧᓂ ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐃᓇᐦᐱ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑌᐱᓭᓂᐨ ᐱᑲᐧᒋ ᒥᒋᒥᓂ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐣ. ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐁᐦᐊᓂ ᒥᔑᓂᓂᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᒪᐣ, ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᐅᒪᒥᑎᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᐊᓂ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᓂᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᒋᐦᐅᓂᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ. ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑎᓱ: ᐊᒥᓇᐱᑯ ᑫᐃᔑ ᒧᐦᒋ ᐊᐱᔭᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᓂ ᐊᐦᐱᒋ ᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᐣ. ᑭᑕ̇ᑲᐢᑭᑐᒥᐣ ᓇ ᒋᐱᒪᒋᐦᐅᔭᐠ? ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐯᑲ ᐁᐱᒪᑲᐧᔓᐁᐧᐨ ᓇᓀᐤ ᓴᐣᑎ ᐸᐣᐠᐢ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ ᐁᑭᔑᑲᓂᐠ, ᐅᑭ ᐊᐧᐸᒪᐣ ᑭᓄᔐᓴᐣ ᓂᐱᑲᐠ.

ᐊᒥᐦᐃ ᑲᑭ ᐃᓀᐣᑕᐠ, ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᓯᓭᑭᐸᐣ (ᐅᐁᐧ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) ᒋᑭ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᔑᔕᐠ? ᐊᒥᐦᐃ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭ ᑲᓄᑫᐨ ᑲᓂᐦᑕ ᐊᒪᐧᐊᐧᓴ ᐊᑎᑲᒣᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᓄᔐᓴᐣ. ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᐊᐦᐱᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᓀᐣᑕᒧᓭᐨ ᑫᑯᓂ. ᒥᔕ ᐁᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᑭ ᐊᓂ ᑲᐧᔭᐣᒋᑕᒧᐊᐧᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᐊᓂᒥᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑭᐃᔑ ᒪᒥᑎᓀᐣᒋᑫ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᑭ ᐊᐣᒋ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᑎᑲᒣᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐢ ᒋᐃᔑ ᐊᐣᑕᓯᐣᑕᐧ ᓴᐣᑎ ᐸᐣᐠᐢ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ, ᒥᑲᓇ ᑲᔦ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᔕᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ. ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᑕᐢ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (ᓴᐣᑎ ᐸᐣᐠᐢ) ᒥᓄᓭᐠ, ᑯᑕᐠ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᓂᑲᓇᐣᑕᐊᐧᐸᑕᒥᐣ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᑭ ᐅᐣᑎᓇᔭᐠ ᐊᑎᑲᒣᑲᐧᐠ, ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᑕᐢ ᐅᑎᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ

ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᓂ, ᓇᐣᑕ 100 ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 200 ᑭᓄᔐᐠ ᑕᐊᐣᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᑫᑲᐟ ᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᒋᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᑎᑲᒣᑲᐧᐠ. ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐣ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᓂ ᐃᒪ ᓴᐣᑎ ᐸᐣᐠᐢ ᓇᒣᐱᓇᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐁᐦᐊᔭᓂᐨ ᑲᔦ. ᓇᒣᐱᓇᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᐅᒥᒋᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᑎᑲᒣᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᒥᒋᓂᐨ, ᐊᒥᐦᐃ ᑲᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ̇ ᓀ ᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᒋᐱᒪᒋᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐦᑎᑲᒣᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᐣᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᐣᑕᐧ. ᐊᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᔭᐣᐠ ᑭᓄᔐᐠ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᐣᑕᐧ ᐅᒪ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ. ᓂᑌᐯᐧᑕᒥᐣ ᐊᑎᑲᒣᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᔦ ᐃᒪ ᒋᑭ ᐅᐣᑕᒋᐦᐅᐊᐧᐸᐣ. ᐊᒥ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐅᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᐊᐣᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᓄᔐᐠ ᐃᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐅᐸᐢᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ ᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐦᐱ ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒥᒥᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐊᓂᑭᔕᐊᐧᔭᐠ. ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ

ᐅᐸᑯᓭᐣᑕᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᑐᑲᐊᐧᑲᓂᐃᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒋᑭ ᑲᐢᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᐱᓇᒪ ᐅᑕ ᑲᒋᑎᓇᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᑭᐁᐧᐸᑭᑎᓇᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᓄᔐᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ 100 ᐃᓂᑯᐠ 200 ᑭᓄᔐᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᑭᐃᐧᐣ. ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᒋ̇ ᑫ ᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧ ᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᐸᑯᓭᓂᒧ ᒋᒥᓄᓭᐠ ᑭᓄᔐᐠ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᐣᒋ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᐣᑕᐧ. ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᑕᐢ ᑌᐯᐧ ᑫᒥᓄᓭᑫᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧ ᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᓇᐱᑯ ᑫᐃᓯᓭᑫᐧᐣ. ᑭᐢᐱᐢ ᑕᐢ ᑌᐯᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓭᐠ, ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑕᐢ ᑫᑭᐱᐢᑲᑯᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐣ ᒋᑭ ᒪᒥᑎᓀᐣᑕᒪᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᒪ ᓂᑕᐦᑭᒥᓇᐣ? ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᑲᔦ ᑭᐊᓂ ᐃᑭᑐ: ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔦ ᑕᒥᓄᐊᐧᔑᓄᐸᐣ ᑲᐱᐳᐠ ᑲᑕᔑ ᑲᐧᐢᑫᐧᐱᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ.

Wawatay News file photo

Big Trout Lake is home to many whitefish, which Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris plans to relocate to another lake nearby.

Inspection Notice of Aerial Herbicide Spraying LAC SEUL Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the MNR approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Lac Seul Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 7, 2010. The herbicides Vision: registration number 19899, VisionMax: registration number 27736 and 2,4D: registration number 23508 will be used. The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the McKenzie Forest Products Office in Sioux Lookout and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning April 1, 2010 until March 31, 2011 when the annual work schedule expires and throughout the one year duration of the annual work schedule. The Ontario Government Information Centre at 62 Queen Street in Sioux Lookout provides access to the internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with MNR staff at the MNR District or Area office to discuss the aerial herbicide project.

Approximate Location(s) of Treatment -

For more information or to arrange an appointment with MNR staff please contact: Robert Auld, MFP PO Box 428 429 Airport Rd. Sioux Lookout, ON. P8T 1A5 (807) 737-2522 Ex.33

Arne Saari, MNR PO Box 309 49 Prince St. Sioux Lookout, ON. P8T 1A6 (807) 737-5053

or call toll free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above.

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Wawatay News JULY 8, 2010

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

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

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

The Opportunity:

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

Postponed to October 2010 Still accepting applications until August 2010

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

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

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Wawatay News

JULY 8, 2010

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Algonquin students complete birch bark canoe Chris Kornacki Wawatay News

Grade 7 and 8 students at Algonquin Avenue Public School held an assembly June 24 where they handed over a nine-foot long model birch bark canoe to representatives of Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay. The handing over of the canoe came just in time for Canada’s National Canoe Day, which was held June 26. The students had been working on building the canoe for the entire school year. “They made a smaller canoe, but the thing about the smaller canoes is they take just as much time to make as the bigger ones, it just takes less materials,” Darren Lentz, Grade 7 and 8 teacher and also vice-principle at the school, said. The model canoe is about a third of the size of a typical canoe and was built in the highend old Ojibway style. “They learned history, they learned geography, they learned teachings about the land and they learned about Aboriginal culture,” Lentz said. “When we started building the canoe at the beginning of the year, it brought the whole school together,” Nick Stelmachk, a Grade 7 student at Algonquin said. “We learned a lot of stuff,” Stelmachk said. “We gathered a lot of the materials ourselves by going out into the bush to get them, even digging up the roots we used.” The students also did a podcast of the process for building a birch bark canoe that will be available on the Fort William Historical Park website, which

will teach others across Canada about birch bark canoe building. “This was an excellent experience for the students,” Lentz said. “It was a mix of old and new technologies with students using tried and true methods of canoe construction and then using something new like a podcast to share this experience with other students across the country,” Lentz said. The students decided to donate the canoe to the Fort William Historical Park, as a piece used for educational purposes in exchange for free field trips to the Fort. “Elementary schools sometimes don’t have a lot of money to make sure kids get to go on field trips, so it was a great opportunity to make sure that every one of our classes got to go to the Fort and see living history,” Lentz said. James Raffan, executive director of the Canadian Canoe Museum wrote a letter to the students at Algonquin and said there’s no better way to learn about canoes than to build one. “Every other school in the country should follow Algonquin’s inspiring example,” Raffan wrote. “One of the reasons why the canoe is a wonder of Canada is people like Darren Lentz and his students at Algonquin Avenue School are keeping the tradition vibrant and alive.” Stelmachk said the most important thing he learned while building the canoe was perseverance. “It wasn’t easy,” he said. “It’s tedious work and if you mess up you have to do it over again… we put in hundreds of hours working on it.”

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay News

Students at Algonquin Avenue Public School carry a nine-foot long model birch bark canoe into a handing off ceremony June 24. The students worked on building the canoe for the entire school year and donated it to Fort William Historical Park, where the canoe will be used for educational purposes. To watch a video on the construction of the canoe by Algonquin students visit www.wawataynews.ca.

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Wawatay News JULY 8, 2010

Poplar Hill students make yearbook Tanya Kakekaspan Wawatay News

Memories of the 2009/10 school year will be preserved in a yearbook, like precious moments frozen in time. Students from Abe Scatch Memorial School were given their very first professionally made colour yearbook, which held all the memories of their school year June 14. Julia Sisler, a teacher at the school, and students began talking about having a yearbook earlier in the year. They accepted help from Xerox Canada and the project was set in motion. “In university, I was awarded a Xerox Canada scholarship and their company generously helped fund my education,” Sisler said. “I thought they

should know what I was doing with that degree. I thought Xerox would be interested in connecting to young innovative students in a remote area of Canada.” The yearbook project was set into gear in late April. Students who were interested in helping formed a yearbook committee to organize and put it together. Staffs on the committee were Sisler, Melissa Major and Carlin Thompson. The students involved were Alfie Moose, Alana Strang, Janine Strang, Leeanne Strang, Marcie Suggashie, Monika Wassaykeesic, Rochelle Wassaykeesic and Tyson Wassaykeesic. Having a school yearbook was exciting for the entire school. “As soon as the word got out that we were putting together

a yearbook the committee was constantly under a barrage of questions,” Sisler said. “Kids wanted to make sure their pictures were in it and they were desperate to know when it would be ready.” The yearbook is filled with memories of positive achievements, photographs of the students and school events. “Having a yearbook builds a sense of school unity,” Sisler said. “The senior students can look back on this after their graduation with real pride, knowing they made that. Having a yearbook reminds us great things happened at school this year because of all these people.” Sisler hopes it will be a constant reminder of the students’ accomplishments for years to come.

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Filled with many memories and achievements, students at Abe Scatch Memorial School in Poplar Hill First Nation enjoy a yearbook documenting the school year.

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ submitted photo

A Grade 3 Poplar Hill student looks over the yearbook students helped create.

Wawatay News

JULY 8, 2010

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Powwow by the mountain Brent Wesley/Wawatay News

Above: Ryan Gustafson of Whitesand First Nation was among many dancers in full regalia on the evening of July 3 at the Fort William First Nation annual powwow on Mount McKay. James Thom/Wawatay News

Below: There were few ways to beat the heat but these crafty ladies used umbrellas to provide much needed shade from the 30+ degree heat high atop Mount McKay. Hundreds gathered for the weekend powwow.

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Chiefs question discrepancy in education funding levels Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Different funding levels for on-reserve and off-reserve First Nation students were raised by chiefs at the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Keewaywin Conference. “In our community if we were to send a student to Timmins, under the tuition agreement the (federal) government would fund about $18,000 per head,” said Kaschechewan Chief Jonathan Solomon during a break on the first day of the June 8-10 Keewaywin Conference in Sandy Lake. “But when it comes to educating our own in our own community, it goes down to between $6,000 and $8,000.” Solomon said this could be a factor in how youth feel about themselves. “They know they are not getting what they need to move forward in life,” Solomon said. “Though we may graduate students in our community, once they enroll in a college setting, their grades are not up to par in regards to the requirements for whatever program they were going to take so they end up taking an upgrading course. These students just came out of high school so you can see the unbalance of the quality of education they are getting looking at the provincial system.” NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy said education is one of the major opportunities for First Nation youth to find success. Beardy said many youth work hard to achieve good marks to get into a postsecondary setting, but due to lack of funding only a number of students receive postsecondary funding each year and because there are high unemployment levels in the communities there are no other sources of funding for those children. “So if they are told there is no funding and they have to wait a number of years, it is just devastating,” Beardy said. “Obviously we had a treaty arrangement and we were promised, we were assured our children would be able to get the education they needed, but that is not happening.” Beardy said the federal government delivers programs on

a policy, with no minimums and no standards. “On the provincial side it is legislated, you have standards, you have minimums,” Beardy said. “Of course when you have a standard, you have the resources to make sure that the standards are maintained. On our side there is no legislation to deliver the education program on reserves, it is not even a policy.” Margot Geduld, senior communications advisor with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), said in an e-mail reply there are challenges in making direct comparisons in per capita funding between jurisdictions. She said the $1.4 billion provided by INAC for elementary and secondary education does not include the amount of funding provided for band employee benefits, which pays for basic employee benefits, funding to support bands for local government and administration, school construction and operation and maintenance costs. “Any comparisons also need to take account of important differences in schools such as their geographic locations and relative size, which are factors that determine how much funding a school receives,” Geduld said. “Simply increasing funding for First Nation education without achieving greater comparability between band-operated and provincial school systems will not necessarily lead to comparable outcomes.” The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) released a discussion paper June 21 titled Taking Action for First Nations PostSecondary Education: Access, Opportunity, and Outcomes prepared by a panel of First Nation experts on postsecondary education. “For too long, outside analysts and third parties have influenced First Nations education policy in a way that does not reflect our realities and our needs,” said AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo. Atleo said the discussion paper will be presented at the upcoming AFN Annual General Assembly as well as to the Government of Canada, based on the direction of First Nation

leaders. Although First Nations have struggled with under-funding and outdated policy and legislative frameworks, Atleo said they have been able to make gains and achieve a degree of success. “Through First Nation controlled education, we have progressed from the dark days of the residential school era,” Atleo said. “The credit goes to the hard work of all our people working in the education field.” Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose raised the urgent need for better education levels within the communities during his annual report to the gathered chiefs.

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“We’re falling behind and even further behind with our education system,” Waboose said. “At the end of the day we have to give our youth hope.” Geduld said the Government of Canada considers education a key to success and prosperity in today’s knowledge-based economy, noting that in 2008 the federal government committed $268 million over five years to the Reforming First Nation Education Initiative, with a further $75 million in ongoing funding. “This initiative includes both the First Nation Student Success Program and the Education Partnerships Program, integral programs in the Government of Canada’s ongoing commitment to improve educational outcomes for First Nation learners,” Geduld said. “In addition, Budget 2010 committed $30 million over the next two years to support an implementation-ready tripartite education agreement for K-12, ensuring that First Nation students benefit from comparable education and achieve comparable results whether the classroom is located on or off reserve.”

Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre is searching for a name to name the street where the new health centre is located. Currently it is 60 Seventh Avenue. Wouldn’t it be great to give it a meaningful name? The name must be representative of and based on the understanding of the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre’s mission, vision & values, its history and heritage. For more information on these, please visit our website at: www.slmhc.on.ca or pick up an information package at 69 Front Street site. Deadline for submissions is Friday, July 30, 2010 - 4:00 pm. Send your submission(s) to: Doug Moynihan, VP, Corporate Services, Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, Box 909, Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B4

NOTICE OF RATIFICATION VOTE To: Members of Wahgoshig First Nation The Ratification Vote for the Impact & Benefit Agreement between Wahgoshig First Nation and Detour Gold Corporation will take place from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the following location Thursday, July 15th, 2010 – Community Centre - Wahgoshig First Nation

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose said there are many problems facing First Nation students. “We’re falling behind and even further behind with our education system,” he said during the recent NAN Keewaywin Conference

All off reserve members are encouraged to contact the Ratification Coordinator, Tanya Babin at (705) 262-2511 for more information and if possible to provide their address for future mail outs.

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Worker says solvent abuse begins at eight years old

Inspection Notice of Aerial Herbicide Spraying Wabigoon forest

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The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the MNR approved aerial herbicide spray project(s). As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Wabigoon Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 9, 2010. The herbicide VISION registration # 19899 Pest Control Products (PCP) number, will be used. The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Domtar Ofce and on the MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 9, 2010 until March 31st, 2011 when the annual work schedule expires and throughout the one year duration of the annual work schedule. Ontario Government Information Centres at 479 Government St, Dryden Ontario, provide access to the internet.

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Pikangikum’s Sheldon Keesickquayash is helping young gas sniffers overcome their addiction. “There are more youth that sniff gas – they are little kids,” said the solvent abuse worker during the Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Solvent Abuse Conference. He said he works with more than 100 youth at the community’s solvent abuse healing camp to identify what the youth need to build a better future. “We try to encourage them not to sniff.” Keesickquayash said the camp offers youth a caring, sharing and learning atmosphere where they have an opportunity to talk about their lives, get plenty to eat, and are kept active in a variety of activities. “They like activities, they like to learn,” Keesickquayash said. “We try not to trigger them. We try to help them deal with their problems.” Keesickquayash said some of the youth begin sniffing at eight or nine years of age. “They even have their brothers and sisters who sniff gas,” he said. “They get attracted to their brothers and sisters and that’s what triggers them. They want to try it and when they first try it, it takes off.” Keesickquayash said the youth need all the help they can get, from Elders or anyone who will listen. “Most of them quit, but not all of them,” Keesickquayash said about the youth in Pikangikum’s solvent abuse healing program. “Some of them want to go back to sniffing.” The Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Solvent Abuse Conference was held June 23-24 at the Ka-Na-ChiHih Specialized Solvent Abuse

Treatment Centre in Thunder Bay. It featured presentations and discussions from experts on family violence, mental health and addictions, and traditional teachings. Jean Lemieux, health director for the Wabun Tribal Council and a board member of the KaNa-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre, said it was important to hold the first countrywide solvent abuse conference. “I’m going to take back the stories that were shared by our keynote speakers – they were very touching,” Lemieux said. “It’s important that we are able to get the word out to our frontline workers.” Lemieux said the conference provides information not only to the participants, but also to the participants’ co-workers or clients by word of mouth. Nora Bressette, treatment coordinator and assistant director with Nimkee NupiGawagan Healing Centre in Muncey, said it is important to get the word out about solvent abuse in First Nation communities. Bressette believes youth with solvent abuse damage can recover. She said a former Ka-Na-ChiHih client entered the program in a wheelchair but left walking. “The more we learn, the more we can help our young people too. I always believe there is hope. I will never give up that belief.” Jonathan Kaminawash, a youth from Sachigo Lake currently in treatment for solvent, alcohol and drug abuse at KaNa-Chi-Hih, said the treatment program is working for him. “It’s (sniffing solvents) not really good for you. Now I know what it does to your brain with one use,” Kaminawash said. “You need to stop.”

Check it out! Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Pikangikum’s Sheldon Keesickquayash spoke about the solvent abuse problems facing his community and the efforts he and others are contributing at the community’s solvent abuse healing camp during the Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Solvent Abuse Conference June 23-24 in Thunder Bay.

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Improper control settings may have caused Cat Lake plane crash Brent Wesley Wawatay News

A plane crash about 20 kilometres outside Cat Lake First Nation last year may have been the result of improperly set controls. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada completed its investigation of the Nov. 6, 2009 crash that claimed the lives of three people. Pilot Mike Pateman of Dryden, Ont., and passengers Ronald Oombash and Dean Meekis all died in the crash. Oombash and Meekis were youth workers in Cat Lake. Pateman, who had over 1800 hours of flying experience, was flying a Cessna 310R, operated by Lockhart Air Service, on its way to Cat Lake from Sioux Lookout when the plane went down outside the community. The investigation revealed that improperly set altimeters may have led the pilot to believe he was flying 1000 feet higher than the aircraft actually was. Since the flight was arriving

at night, the aircraft most likely flew over the airport to determine if the landing strip was safe for landing. While manoeuvring the plane for approach, the plane turned away from the airport and community and started a descent. “In total darkness, flying the aircraft away from a lighted community and runway placed the aircraft in a position where the pilot was left without any visual cues that might help him determine his position relative to the ground and increased the risk of collision with terrain,” the report said. The crash site indicated the plane was flying at a level altitude and at a significant speed into rising terrain. Searchers found the crash site two days later. The report said the type of altimeter used in the plane, a three-pointer display, has greater potential to be misread. With total darkness and lacking visual cues, pilots must entirely depend on altimeters to determine altitude.

Group wants new Attawapiskat school named after youth advocate Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

A growing movement is calling for the new school to be built in Attawapiskat to be named after Shannen Koostachin who recently passed away. Fifteen-year old Koostachin worked passionately to lobby for a new school for her home community of Attawapiskat. In December 2009 the community was told it would get the school it always wanted. A Facebook page called Become a Fan If you think the New School should be named after Shannen, is already close to 2000 members since it was created shortly after Koostachin died in a car crash May 31. Dorothy Hookimaw, education director of Attawapiskat Education Authority is aware of the suggestions coming from the Facebook page. But she said naming the school is not a priority right now.

“People know that they will be getting a new school, but right now, we are not at that stage to be discussing what the school will be called,” Hookimaw said. But it hasn’t stopped people from suggesting the new school take Koostachin’s name. “What a day that will be when they open the doors to the new school for the children who will get a chance to walk through those doors. I strongly agree that the new school should be named after her,” wrote one user on the Facebook page. “Shannen did so much during her young life, her strength and belief in the children of Attawapiskat will always be remembered. Naming the school after Shannen honours what she believed in, the children,” wrote another user. Hoomikaw said when the time comes the community will be able to provide input on the school name.

Ginoogaming looking for renewable energy project partners James Thom Wawatay News

Clean, green energy is blowing in the wind. Ginoogaming First Nation is looking for a partner to harness it. The community is offering a partnership with a wind energy firm to continue development of its 10-megawatt (MW) wind farm, located near Longlac, 350 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay. “The renewable clean, green energy could generate electricity to power thousands of homes in the area and will avoid tons of carbon dioxide emissions,” said Chief Celia Echum of Ginoogaming. “As this is the fastest-growing energy source in the world, abundant, safe, renewable wind power is a very promising investment opportunity.” In May 2009, a meteorological tower was installed on Ginoogaming’s land to capture wind data to provide the First Nation with valuable information for its first phase feasibility study. Wind speed is a crucial element in projecting turbine

performance as the project moves to the second phase, explained Ginoogaming economic development adviser Adolph Rasevych. “This expansion of wind power would create jobs, directly and indirectly, during construction followed by permanent jobs later,” Rasevych said. A 10-MW set of wind turbines can produce more than 30 million kWh in a year. There would be enough energy produced to power more than 2,800 households. The project size of megawatts produced could be increased depending upon interests of potential partners, Rasevych said. As partners, Ginoogaming First Nation and the firm would jointly provide equity and seek project finances to complete construction and installation of the wind turbines, Rasevych said. Financial details, including the capital costs of the project and the amount of the equity and finances required will depend upon the project size and have not yet been finalized.

Rangers from 11 northern Ontario communities caused a stir in Barrie, Ont. as they drove traditional freighter canoes in the city’s harbour. The 13 rangers were taking part in a weeklong course to prepare them as instructors at Camp Loon, the annual Junior Canadian Ranger wilderness camp to be held July 12 to 21 north of Geraldton, Ont.

Participate Review of Long-Term Management Direction Kenogami Forest 2011-2021 Forest Management Plan We Need Your Input Do you… • Have an interest in the natural resource management in the Kenogami Forest? • Want to know more about the proposed long-term management direction in the Kenogami Forest? • Want to take an active role in the planning process and development of the Kenogami Forest Management Plan? If you answered yes to any of these questions, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), GreenForest Management Inc. (GFMI) and the local citizens committee (LCC) invite you to review the proposed long-term management direction for the 2011-2021 forest management plan (FMP) for the Kenogami Forest. The proposed long-term management direction includes the proposed management strategy, which will provide for sustainability of the Kenogami Forest by balancing social, economic and environmental considerations, consistent with legislation and policy. You will have the opportunity to review and comment on: • Levels of access, harvest, renewal and tending activities; • Preferred harvest areas and areas which could be reasonably harvested during the ten-year term of the plan; • The analysis done of alternative corridors for each new primary road for the next twenty years. Your comments and input will help us develop balanced and well informed decisions as we continue with the planning process. Any additional background information that you can provide us with would be greatly appreciated. How to Get Involved A summary of the long-term management direction, which includes a map summarizing proposed harvest areas and primary road corridors, has been prepared and is available for review on request. As well, “value maps”, which provide information such as ﬁsh and wildlife habitat features (e.g., lake trout lakes, heronries), parks and protected areas, tourism facilities as well as many other features on the Kenogami Forest are available on request. Comments on the proposed long-term management direction for the Kenogami Forest must be received by Charlotte Bourdignon, Ministry of Natural Resources Area Forester on the planning team at the Ministry of Natural Resources Geraldton Area Ofﬁce, by August 6, 2010. The plan is being prepared by the following planning team members: Deanna Hoffmann, R.P.F., GFMI, Plan Author Charlotte Bourdignon, R.P.F., MNR, Area Forester Joe Ladouceur, R.P.F., GFMI, Chair Steve Crawford, GFMI, Operations Forester Evan Armstrong, MNR, Area Biologist Sarah Armstrong, MNR, Resource Technician Toni Moroz, GANRAC, Road Accessed, Tourism Louis Garon, GANRAC, Trapping Theresa Nelson, Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan, Anishinaabek First Nation Joe Thompson, Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging, Anishinaabek First Nation Mike Lesperance, Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, First Nation William Magiskan, Aroland First Nation, Constance Lake First Nation Conrad Chapais, Ginoogaming First Nation John O’Nabigon, Long Lake #58 First Nation Gary Bouchard, Pays Plat First Nation The planning team members, the Ministry of Natural Resources District Manager and the LCC (GANRAC) are available during the planning process to meet and discuss your interests and concerns. A formal issue resolution process, as described in the Forest Management Planning Manual (2004), can be initiated upon written request. A summary of all comments collected throughout the planning process will be made available to the public in a summary form during the planning process and for the duration of the approved ten-year plan. Stay Involved In addition to this opportunity to review, there are three other formal opportunities for you to be involved, tentatively scheduled as follows: Information Centre: Review of Proposed Operations Information Centre: Review of the Draft Forest Management Plan Inspection of Ministry of Natural Resources-Approved Forest Management Plan

October 2010 April 2011 August 2011

If you would like to be added to a mailing list to be notified of public involvement opportunities, please contact Charlotte Bourdignon at 807-854-1826. The general information regarding the FMP process as well as the information described in this notice, will be available at the GreenForest Management Inc. office and at the Ministry of Natural Resources office during normal office hours for a period of thirty (30) days from July 7, 2010 to August 6, 2010. As well, an appointment with the ministry’s Nipigon District Manager or with a planning team member during non-business hours may be made by calling 807-854-1826. For more information, please contact: Charlotte Bourdignon, R.P.F. Area Forester - Kenogami Forest Ministry of Natural Resources 208 Beamish Ave. W. P.O. Box 640 Geraldton, ON P0T 1M0 Tel.: 807-854-1826

Deanna Hoffman, R.P.F. Plan Author GreenForest Management Inc. Birchcrest Road P.O. Box 188 Longlac, ON P0T 2A0 Tel.: 807-876-9554

Toni Moroz and Louis Garon G.A.N.R.A.C. c/o Ministry of Natural Resources 208 Beamish Ave. W. P.O. Box 640 Geraldton, ON P0T 1M0

The Ministry of Natural Resources is collecting your personal information and comments under the authority of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. Any personal information you provide (address, name, telephone, etc.) will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, however, your comments will become part of the public consultation process and may be shared with the general public. Your personal information may be used by the Ministry of Natural Resources to send you further information related to this forest management planning exercise. If you have questions about the use of your personal information, please contact Peggy Bluth at 807-854-1829. Renseignements en français : Doug Haldane, (807) 854-1824.

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JULY 8, 2010

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SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY

TEAM LEADER

TRAVEL CLERK Internal/External Posting Permanent Full Time Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Client Services Department

(Housekeeping, Laundry,Dietary, Maintenance)

Internal/External Posting Permanent Full Time Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Under the direction of the Director of Client Services, the Hostel Team Leader will be responsible for the daily coordination of the dietary, laundry, housekeeping and maintenance program services. The Hostel Team Leader will also coordinate the daily shift schedules and will provide daily supervisory duties to front line staff to ensure that exemplary levels of care are maintained to ensure that established policies and procedures are carried out. QUALIFICATIONS • Degree or Diploma in a Business Administration program and/or five years working experience; • Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills in the delivery of non health care services; • Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills; • Possesses excellent team building and networking skills. KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout District will be an asset; • Experience and understanding of Native cultural issues, the geographic realities and social conditions within remote Northern First Nation communities; • Innovative problem solving and decision making skills; • Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently.

This full time position of Travel Clerk is responsible for all the travel related duties for the staff of the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority. The Travel Clerk should have a good understanding of accounting concepts and a working knowledge of ACCPAC. QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12; • Certificate/Diploma in a Finance, Business Program or equivalent an asset; • Previous experience in arranging travel; • Proficient keyboarding skills; • Experience in data entry a definite asset. KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY • Ability to speak in one of the First Nations dialects in the Sioux Lookout Zone a definite asset; • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007; • Knowledge of filing management techniques; • Knowledge of AccPac accounting software a definite asset; • Excellent time management, and organizational skills, as well as ability to work independently; • Excellent written and oral communication skills; • Ability to work under minimal supervision. Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offender Registry to: Charlene Samuel, Human Resources Manager Human Resource Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offender Registry to: Charlene Samuel, Human Resources Manager Human Resources Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority 61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com

Closing Date: August 6, 2010

Closing Date: July 19, 2010

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

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

KWAYACIIWIN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE in Sioux Lookout, Ontario is seeking a

RESOURCE TEACHER Are you an innovative and pro-active educator with an interest in working in the area of Aboriginal education? If so, then consider this terrific opportunity to apply for the position of Resource Teacher with the Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. You will be working with a small team of highly motivated people on: • Implementing curriculum guidelines and providing professional development for schools • Writing curriculum and unit plans for the elementary program • Travelling extensively into district communities. RESPONSIBILITIES

1. In-service district school staff in all the Kwayaciiwin elementary curriculum guidelines. 2. Develop and revise Kwayaciiwin curriculum guidelines. 3. Develop comprehensive unit and lesson plans for all subjects. 4. Promote the Kwayaciiwin curriculum and program throughout the schools, communities, and district. 5. Assist schools in the implementation of the Kwayaciiwin curriculum. 6. Provide professional development to schools in areas such as balanced literacy, numeracy, learning centres, classroom management, etc. QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor of Education degree with primary, junior or intermediate qualifications 2. Five or more years teaching experience 3. Self-motivated, organized, able to work as a team member 4. Excellent interpersonal, communications and computer skills 5. Training or experience in: ESL, Primary Methodology, Special Education, Immersion and Second Language Methodology or Information Technology an asset 6. Fluency in Ojibway or Oji-Cree an asset Location: Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre, Sioux Lookout To apply: Please submit a resume, two references with written permission to contact, and a covering letter to: Roy Morris, Director Mail: Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Box 1328 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Fax: (807) 737-2882 e-mail: royamorris@knet.ca A job description may be obtained by calling Roy Morris at (807) 7377373. Criminal Reference and Child Abuse Registry check required. Closing date for applications:

July 23, 2010

4:00 P.M. CST

A treaty memory

Lac Seul

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A Sandy Lake resident takes a photo of the Treaty 5 Adhesion document that was in the community during the 100 year Treaty 5 Commemoration events in early June.

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Independent First Nations Alliance EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY JOB TITLE: Receptionist/Clerk STATUS:

Maternity Leave – Term to September 2011

AH-SHAWAH-BIN SIOUX LOOKOUT/LAC SEUL VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES invites applications for the position of:

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:

Under the supervision of the Executive Assistant, the Receptionist/Clerk will provide reception duties and be responsible for the maintenance of internal office procedures and system. IFNA encourages applications from the membership communities and preference will be given to those applicants.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A minimum of Grade 12 and post secondary education in Office Management or Office Administration or equivalent working experience • Ability to communicate in a First Nations language from the Sioux Lookout district is an asset • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills • Be highly motivated and must be able to work under minimal supervision. • Ability to handle multiple tasks effectively • Maintain a high degree of confidentiality • Knowledge of Microsoft Word • Reliable and punctual • Possess a valid Ontario drivers license

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The Receptionist/Clerk shall be responsible to, but not limited to the following functions: • Reception duties ie. answer calls, faxing, photocopying and greeting visitors • Open, sort and route incoming mail • Maintain and update filing system and office supply inventory • Type letters, memorandums, and other correspondence • Bind documents • Scan and transmit documents electronically • Assist in travel arrangements • Prepare information packages for Chiefs’ meetings and other meetings • Assist in the maintenance of a clean and orderly office • Other duties as assigned

LOCATION: Sioux Lookout, Ontario. SALARY: Commensurate with education and experience. CLOSING DATE: July 16, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. Please forward resume and cover letter with three references to: Independent First Nations Alliance Attention: Gail Binguis, Executive Assistant P.O. Box 5010 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1K6 Fax: (807) 737-3501 gbinguis@ifna.ca

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Mother of nine excels among 43 Oshki grads Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Sandy Lake’s Rhonda Goodman accepted the first OshkiPimache-O-Win Governing Council Medal of Excellence with her children by her side. “I am just so honoured to receive that (Medal of Excellence),” said the Native early childhood education graduate during the Oshki-Pimache-OWin Education and Training Institute’s 2010 graduation ceremony June 18 in Thunder Bay. “My heart is just singing right now. I am very happy at this moment for what I did.”

“It is really hard at times, but if you believe in yourself and never mind what comes along, you can do this. You owe it to yourself.” – Rhonda Goodman

Goodman, who gave birth to her ninth child at the end of her first semester at OshkiPimache-O-Win, said all of her efforts to complete her studies were worth it. “I just feel so happy that I realized that I owed it to myself to do this,” Goodman said. “The rewards are here now because I had such a struggling time.” Goodman is planning to reach out to the children of her community now that she has graduated. “I will strive to be helpful in my community,” Goodman said. “I feel I succeeded for my community because I did receive a

lot of knowledge that will help my community and the children of my community.” Goodman was one of 43 graduates who received diplomas and certificates jointly issued by Oshki-Pimache-OWin and its program partners: Negahneewin College of Academic and Community Development, Confederation College and Cambrian College. Twenty-nine graduates received diplomas and certificates from Oshki’s four accredited post-secondary programs while 14 other graduates received certificates in basic radiological technician and general educational development programs. “The Governing Council is proud of our success in increasing the graduation rates of Aboriginal People who will become meaningfully engaged in the economies of their communities and Canada at large,” said Ken Neegan, acting chair of Oshki-Pimache-O-Win’s Governing Council. Rosie Mosquito, executive director of Oshki, emphasized that Oshki-Pimache-O-Win is committed to the vision established by the chiefs of Nishnawbe Aski Nation of providing higher education and more education to the people of NAN as well as other learners from across the region. “Our programs are available not only to the people of Nishnawbe Aski Nation,” Mosquito said. She said Oshki-Pimache-OWin’s student body currently has students from different communities across the region. “We welcome others from outside the area, whether it is Treaty 3, whether it is the Union of Ontario Indians, also our non-Aboriginal people,” Mos-

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Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute’s executive director Rosie Mosquito and acting chair Ken Neegan presented the first Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Governing Council Medal of Excellence to Sandy Lake’s Rhonda Goodman as five of her nine her children stood with her during the 2010 graduation ceremony June 18 in Thunder Bay. quito said. Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Bill Mauro congratulated the students, staff and teachers at Oshki-Pimache-O-Win for the successes they achieved. “It has always been apparent to me, and I think more apparent to the graduates and the families in the room, of the necessity and importance of education in the world in which we live in today,” Mauro said. “We no longer have the ability to view it as a luxury. In fact it has become a necessity.”

Helen Cromarty, who has worked in the health field for more than 40 years and is currently the special advisor for First Nations health care at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre, delivered the keynote address. “In this day and age you are free, you are free to have your education in any way and form you want to have it,” Cromarty said. “You are free to work wherever you want to, you are free to speak in any language that you

want. Your own language, do not forget it. I had to relearn my language. I am still working at relearning my language. Residential school, you were not allowed to speak it.” Cromarty said she has enjoyed her work in the health field over the years. “My very first job in nursing was at the Sioux Lookout Indian Hospital,” Cromarty said. “Now I’m back at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre. That is my circle. Those of you who are graduating, you

have to pick that up. You have to pick up and work with what we have prepared. There are a lot of people here in this room who have prepared the way. You have to pick it up.” Goodman encouraged others to continue on with their education. “I say do it,” Goodman said. “It is really hard at times, but if you believe in yourself and never mind what comes along, you can do this. You owe it to yourself.”

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Several Nishnawbe Aski Nation chiefs got to meet Queen Elizabeth, July 6 in Toronto during the monarch’s visit to Canada. The Queen’s visit coincides with the 100 year anniversary of the signing of the adhension to Treaty 5 with the British Crown June 9, 1910. Taking part in the greeting at Queen’s Park were, from left to right, Queen Elizabeth, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy, Koocheching First Nation Chief William Harper, Sandy Lake First Nation Chief Adam Fiddler and Pikangikum First Nation Chief Jonah Strang.

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Sandy Lake’s family trees were displayed on all four walls of the Thomas Fiddler Memorial High School gymnasium during the of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Keewaywin Conference June 8-10 in Sandy Lake.

Sandy Lake members look into past, create family trees

ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐊᐧᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᔭᐸᐨ ᐅᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑫᕑᐃᐠ

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Family connections are branching up around Sandy Lake as members trace their lineage through family trees. “We were trying to come up with something from as far back as we can,” said former chief Ennis Fiddler during the annual Nishnawbe Aski Nation Keewaywin Conference. Fiddler originally began working on his own family tree about a year and a half ago and helped with the research and development of the community’s family trees over the past five months. “Afterward, we figured out who their kids were and their kids,” Fiddler said. “The more you go down into later

generations, the more there are.” Fiddler pulled out a number of family tree charts and opened up electronic files and documents stored in his computer at his log home in the River area of Sandy Lake the morning after the Keewaywin Conference. “At the first workshop we had six Elders – they were divided into three groups and we had facilitators to work with the Elders to figure this out with the names,” Fiddler said. “The first workshop we held we had invited the chief and council and the three of them that came in ended up staying the whole day because they were really interested. (Current Chief) Adam (Fiddler) was right into it.” The family trees were filled in over

the past five months through the efforts of three facilitators, Ida Anishinabie, Violet Meekis and Moonias Fiddler, a group of Elders and various family members in the community and across the region. “We used a computer program, Family Tree Maker,” Fiddler said. “I was doing my own family tree a year and a half ago. I was just taking my time.” With the Treaty No. 5a commemoration fast approaching, Fiddler said the commemoration organizers asked if the community’s family trees could be completed for the commemoration, so he submitted a plan to council. see FAMILY page B2

ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐊᐧᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔕ ᐅᑕᓂ ᒪᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐁᐧᐢᑲᐨ ᓂᑐᐣᒋ ᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑐᑕᒪᐠ ᑲᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᐁᐧᐢᑲᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐨ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᔭᐢ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᓂᐢ ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᔭᑭᐸᐣ. ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᐅᑭ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᐃᐧᓀᐦᑕ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐨ ᐯᔑᑯᐊᐦᑭ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᐱᑕ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐁᑭᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᔭᓄᐱᓯᑦ ᐊᔕ ᐅᑐᐣᒋ ᓄᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᐊᐦᐸᐣ, ᓂᑭ ᐊᓂᑭᑫᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᓀᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐅᓂᒐᓂᔑᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐊᓂ ᐊᓂᑫ ᐅᓂᒐᔑᓂᐊᐧᐨ, ᐱᐟᓫᐸᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑕᐢ ᐣᑲᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭ

ᐱ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒥᔑᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑭᑕ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᓇᐣ. ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᐅᑭ ᒧᑭᓇᓇᐣ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑ ᒥᐦᑭᑫᐨ ᑲᔦ ᑕᐢ ᐃᒪ ᒪᒪᐣᑕᐃᐧᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᐁᑭ ᐃᔑ ᒪᓇᒋᑐᒋᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒥᑎᑯᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᕑᐃᐱᕑ ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐸᐱᑭᔑᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᑲᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᔐᐸᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᐢᑲᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐣᑐᐢᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᐣ. ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓯ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐠ ᓂᑭ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᒥᐣ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᔦᐠ ᑭᐃᔑ ᐸᐱᑭᔑᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭ ᓂᑲᓂᐢᑲᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐣ ᐁᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐊᔭᒪᐣᑭᐸᐣ ᓂᑭ ᐊᐣᑐᒪᐸᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐱᔕᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐯᑭᔑᐠ ᑭᐊᓂᐊᔭᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 5

Wawatay News

JULY 8, 2010

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Family tree project ongoing process from page B1 “I asked three people to help out, who would be good talking with people and working on computers and we set up family tree workshops,” Fiddler said, explaining three workshops were held, with the first workshop held Feb. 6 and the second workshop held about three weeks later. “The three facilitators each took a group and started with a name, ‘Who was his father and who was his mom,’ and that person, ‘Who was his father,’ so we went as far as we can to see how far they can remember.” Once the Elders filled in the names as far back as they could remember, Fiddler said the facilitators asked them to fill in the blanks again.

“This person way back, how many kids did they have,” Fiddler said, noting the facilitators questions to the Elders. “So they (Elders) named all these kids they had, who were their wives and what were their maiden names? Who were their kids?” Fiddler said they eventually ended up with the basic formation of each family tree. “We concentrated on what we could get as far back as we can,” Fiddler said. “We knew it would be easy to fill in the ones who are alive today. We wanted to ask the Elders about the ones from way back.” The community’s family trees were displayed June 10 around all four walls of the Thomas Fiddler Memorial High School gymnasium, with the Fiddler

family tree covering the largest space, on three walls. “So the Fiddler people alone, 1,923 people,” Fiddler said. “So I would guess maybe between three to four thousand people that we have covered.” Fiddler said they still have not recorded his children’s generation, such as Chief Adam Fiddler and their children and grandchildren. “We are going to continue doing this,” Fiddler said, explaining the plan is to continue working on the family trees to make sure it is accurate and includes the latest generations. “At some point we will be presenting the family trees in their full scope. We are going to continue working on it because it is fun.”

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Chief Robert Fiddler and his spouse Sarah were featured on the Sandy Lake family trees charts researched by a group of community Elders, facilitators and other family members over the past five months.

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Shoal Lake raises awareness during National Day of Action Beef with Ontario, City of Winnipeg motivates protests over development efforts Chris Kornacki Wawatay News

Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent First Nation (Shoal Lake #39) recently held a peaceful demonstration at the water channel where the City of Winnipeg draws some of its drinking water. The demonstration was held June 24, the National Day of Action. “Every year millions of gallons (of water) are removed from our territory … which we have never given our permission to use,” said Iskatewizaagegan Chief Eli Mandamin. “The City of Winnipeg continues to enjoy clean, safe water that is taken from our watershed and for which we have never received fair compensation. “Every time our nation attempts to undertake developments that will benefit and improve the lives of our people the City of Winnipeg raises objections using the issue of water quality as a reason for opposing or placing unreasonable demands on our development efforts.” The resolution of the issues surrounding the Shoal Lake Watershed has been going on for 100 years. Recently, the community opened talks with Ontario and is in the process of revisiting the outstanding issues with the watershed, which the community says is long overdue. Iskatewizaagegan was also demonstrating against the twinning of Highway 17 through its traditional territory, which the

community was never consulted about. “This is a fundamental treaty issue,” Mandamin said. “The various plans we have seen for the proposed routes in Manitoba and Ontario have the potential of significant impacts on traditional cultural sites. “The failure to consult with us in a positive and constructive manner can result in prolonged delays in accomplishing this project.” Mandamin said the community has begun a working relationship with Ontario’s minister of transportation to address the concerns of the community, but still has not received any meaningful response from Manitoba. “Our community has become increasing concerned as it felt that events were moving in a direction that could possibly impact our rights as well as our sacred sites within the proposed construction areas,” Mandamin said.

“The City of Winnipeg continues to enjoy clean, safe water that is taken from our watershed and for which we have never received fair compensation.” – Eli Mandamin

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Wawatay News

JULY 8, 2010

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Standing proud at graduation Kashechewan celebrates Grade 8 grad Vicky Vonzuben Special to Wawatay News

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The girls were resplendent in their glittering gowns and the boys cut fine figures in their shining suits, ties and even one fedora. The Grade 8 students of Kashechewan’s St. Andrews School were graduating and every one of the 18 graduates shone like a star. Most with huge smiles and wide eyes, but a few with shy hands covering their faces, they each strode proudly up the long runway to end one journey and begin another. Beaming parents and grandparents, cheering sisters and brothers and pleased aunties and uncles witnessed the procession. Gold and blue banners and crepe paper festooned the head table where the students were first honoured with a feast prepared entirely by high school teacher Hayden George’s Food and Nutrition class. It included turkey with stuffing, fresh vegetables, garden salad and panroasted potatoes. And to top it all off there was a huge chocolate cake. This was followed by some thought-provoking speeches to the grads. First-year teacher Kathleen Swain cried when she spoke to her students.

“I want you to know you have the ability and the power to be anything you want,” she said. “It starts with a dream. Let yourself dream, then make a plan and go for it. Even in the toughest of times, always believe in yourself. And believe you can make your dreams real.”

“I want you to know that you have the ability and the power to be anything you want.” – Kathleen Swain

In his remarks, principal George Combden also asked the students to consider their futures. He declared they all had the ability to graduate from high school in four years time and he challenged them to set that goal for themselves. Teacher Steve Wagar declared the Grade 8 graduates “a spirited and passionate bunch.” He said their unique energy had taught him how to be a better communicator. Keynote speaker and Kashechewan resident Priscilla Friday, a community registered nurse, told the grads higher education was hard work but well worth the effort.

The awards were the highlight of the evening. Class valedictorian Darwyn Friday said he was a little nervous before making his speech. “I was very proud of myself. I knew my family was watching and they were very proud of me too, so that made me feel good,” Friday said. Michelle Lazarus, beautiful in a silky green dress, won the Anna Debassige Memorial Award for outstanding involvement in the community. “I felt great walking up on to the stage to receive it, but shy and nervous at the same time. I was so excited to get an award.” Thunderous applause erupted when Warren Wynne was given a special award for being the hardest working student in the 2010 graduating class. Wynne was thrilled to receive the gift of a Nintendo Wii system for persevering through his studies. Other award winners were Lexie Friday and Billy Hughie for proficiency in Cree language, Katharine Lazarus and Dylan Stephen for best in physical education, Ariel Goodwin and Moses Wynne for most improved students, Latea Stephen and Darwyn Friday for highest in academics, and Michelle Lazarus and Billy Hughie for best all-round students.

Inspection Notice of Aerial Herbicide Spraying Sapawe Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the Ministry of Natural Resources approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Sapawe Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 15, 2010. The herbicide VisionMax, registration #27736, will be used.

The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Tembec Ofﬁce and on the Ministry of Natural Resources public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning August 5, 2010 until March 31, 2011 when the annual work schedule expires and throughout the one-year duration of the annual work schedule. The Ontario Government Information Centre in South Porcupine will provide access to the internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources Timmins District ofﬁce to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information or to arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff please contact: Al Tremblay Tembec Silviculture Coordinator 175 Planer Road Chapleau, ON P0M 1K0 Tel.: 705-864-3022 Fax: 705-864-0928 E-mail: allan.tremblay@tembec.com

Nikki Wood, R.P.F. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources OGC, P.O. Bag 3090, Hwy. 101 East South Porcupine, ON P0N 1H0 Tel.: 705-235-1339 E-mail: nikki.wood@ontario.ca

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The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the GreenForest Management Inc. office, Atikokan Ministry of Natural Resources office and on the Ministry of Natural Resources public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 15th until March 31st when the annual work schedule expires and throughout the one-year duration of the annual work schedule. The Ontario Government Information Centres at 108 Saturn Ave., Atikokan, provides access to the internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources District or Area office to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For more information or to arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff please contact: Ryan Murphy, R.P.F. Silviculture Manager GreenForest Management Inc. 965 Strathcona Ave. Thunder Bay, ON Tel.: 807-343-6471

Ildiko Apavaloae, R.P.F. Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources 108 Saturn Ave. Atikokan, ON Tel.: 807-597-5010

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Wawatay News JULY 8, 2010

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

ᓀᐣᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑲᐊᐧᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ B1

ᐁᑭ ᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᓀᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. (ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐃᐧᐨ) ᐊᑕᑦ (ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ) ᔐᒪᐠ ᐅᑭ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᑭᒋ̇ ᓀ ᐣᑕᐠ. ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᐊᐧᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᔭᓄᐱᓯᑦ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᐣᑐᐣᒋ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ, ᐊᐃᑕ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ, ᐸᐃᓫᐊᐟ ᒥᑭᐢ ᒥᓇ ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ, ᐊᑎᐟ ᑲᔦ ᓂᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᒥᓇᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐊᓂᐣᑕ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᒪ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐅᒪ ᓀᐦᑫᑲᒥᐠ. ᒪᒪᐣᑕᐃᐧᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᓂᑐᐣᑎᓇᒥᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᐸᒋᑐᔭᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑐᑕᒪᐠ, ᑲᐊᐧᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓂᑲᑌᐠ, ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᓂᑫᓂᐣ ᓂᑭ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᐊᐣᑎ ᓂᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᔭᐠ ᐯᔑᑯᐊᐦᑭ ᐊᐦᐱᑕ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᐸᐸᔑᔭᐸᐣ. ᐃᐁᐧ Treaty No. 5 ᑭᒋ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᐁᑭ ᐊᓂᐯᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ, ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐊᓂᑕᒧᓂᐨ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᑫᑭ ᐃᓯᓭᓂᑫᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐧᔦ ᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐠ ᑭᒋᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᐣ, ᐊᒥᑕᐢ ᑲᑭ ᑐᑕᐠ ᐁᑭ ᐊᓂᒧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑᒪᒥᑎᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᑭ ᑐᒋᑲᑌᓂᑭᐸᐣ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᒋᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ. ᓂᓯᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᓂᑭ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ, ᑫᑲᐢᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑲᑲᓄᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᒋᑲᐢᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ

ᒪᒪᐣᑕᐃᐧᐱᐊᐧᐱᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᓂᑭ ᐅᓇᐦᑐᒥᓇᐸᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᓀᓴᐣ ᑲᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑲᐊᐧᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᓇᓂᐊᐧᐨ, ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ, ᐁᑭ ᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᓂᓯᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᓀᓴᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐅᓇᑐᐸᐣ, ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐊᔭᐸᐣ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ 6 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᑯᑕᐠ ᓂᐦᓱᐱᒧᑯᓇᑲ ᓇᑫ ᑭᐊᔭᐸᐣ. ᐃᐧᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᐢ ᓂᓯᐣ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᓂᑲᓂ ᐊᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭ ᐸᐱᑭᔑ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐊᐧᐅᑯᐃᐧᓂᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᐊᐦᐸᐣ ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐃᐧᓂ, ᐊᐊᐧᓀᓇᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐅᑕᑕᒥᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᒪᒪᒪᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᐊᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ, ᐊᐊᐧᓀᓇᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐅᑕᑕᒥᐨ, ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᒪᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᐊᐦᑯᑲᓄᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᐊᐦᐱ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐠ ᑲᔭᑯᑲᓄᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᑭ ᐊᓂᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐊᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑭ ᒋᓇᓇᐱᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᑯᑲᓄᑫᐣᑕᓂᐨ. ᐊᐧᐦᐊᐁᐧ ᐁᐧᐢᑲᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ, ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᑕᓯᓂᐨ ᐅᓂᒐᓂᔕᐣ, ᐱᐟᕑᐃᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ, ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᑭᔭᐊᐧᐠ (ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐠ) ᐅᑭ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓯᓂᐨ ᐅᓂᒐᓂᔑᐊᐧᐣ, ᐊᐊᐧᓀᓇᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᑲᓇᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑ ᐃᐢᑫᐧᓂᑲᓱᐸᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᒪᐧᔦ ᐃᐧᑭᑎᓂᐨ? ᐊᐊᐧᓀᓇᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐅᓂᒐᓂᔑᐊᐧᐨ? ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᑭ ᐅᓂ ᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐸᐣᑭ ᑲᑭ ᓇᓇᐣᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᓂᐨ.

ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᒪᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐃᓂᑯᐠ ᑫᑭ ᐊᑯᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᐁᑭ ᐃᔑᐊᓂᑲᑕᒪᐠ, ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᓂᑭ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᐁᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᒪᒧᐦᒋ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᐠ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᔭᐸᐨ ᑲᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ. ᓂᑭ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᒥᐣ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐠ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᐢᑲᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐱᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐊᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑕᐢ ᐅᒥᐦᑭᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᒪᐢ ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᓴᑭᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 10 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ, ᐃᐁᐧ ᑕᐢ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐢᐱᓭᐠ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᑲᐃᐢᑫᐧᓂᑲᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐃᔑ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᓴᐧᔦᐠ ᐊᓴᒪᑎᐠ ᐁᑭ ᐃᔑ ᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᐢ ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐦᑕ, 1,923 ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᐊᒥᑕᐢ ᐁᐃᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᓂᓱᐧ ᓇᐣᑕ ᓂᐊᐧ ᑭᒋ ᒥᑕᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐊᐧᐨ. ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔑ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᑐᑕᒪᐣᐠ ᓂᓂᒐᓂᔕᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐊᐧᐨ, ᑐᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐊᑕᑦ ᐱᐟᓫᐃᕑ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐅᓂᒐᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᓂᑯᑕᐸᓇᐣ. ᐊᒥᐱᑯ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐱᒥᑐᑕᒪᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ, ᐱᐟᕑᐃᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ, ᐁᑭ ᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᒋᐱᒪᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᒋᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᐣᑕᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᐊᓂᑫ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐸᓂᒪ ᑕᐢ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂ ᓂᑲᐣ ᓂᑲᐸᑭᑎᓇᒥᐣ ᒋᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᑭᔑᑐᔭᐠ. ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᒥᓄᐁᐧᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᑐᑕᒪᐠ.

HIGHWAY 17 FOUR-LANING ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2010 Four-Laning between Rush Bay Road and Kenora Section #3

ROUTE PLANNING AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY In response to wide public interest, an additional Public Information Centre (PIC) for Section 3 of the Highway 17 four-laning study will be held on Saturday, July 24, 2010. This PIC will present various corridor alternatives for the study area.

Inspection Notice of Aerial Herbicide Spraying Abitibi River Forest The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the Ministry of Natural Resources approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Abitibi River Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 1, 2010. The herbicide Vision, registration # 19899 will be used. The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the ofﬁce of First Resource Management Group Inc. and on the Ministry of Natural Resources public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning July 1 until March 31, 2010 when the annual work schedule expires and throughout the one-year duration of the annual work schedule. Ontario Government Information Centres at Cochrane, Timmins, and Kirkland Lake provide access to the internet. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources District ofﬁce to discuss the aerial herbicide project. For More information or to arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff please contact:

The PIC will be a drop-in style open house session to allow members of the public to review display material and discuss the study with team members. In addition, a brief presentation to provide a study overview will take place at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. The materials available at the PIC will be similar to what was presented at the previous sessions on Wednesday, May 26 and Thursday, May 27, 2010. We encourage you to attend this PIC to provide us with your views and comments so they can be considered as the project progresses. The additional PIC session is scheduled as follows: Location: McKenzie Clearwater Fire Hall Junction of Highway 17 West and McConnell Lake Road Clearwater Bay, Ontario Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010

First Resource Management Group Inc.

Ministry of Natural Resources

Wayne Pawson P.O. Box 550 Englehart, ON P0J 1H0 Tel.: 705-544-2828, ext. 224 Fax: 705-544-2921

Cochrane District Ofﬁce Stephen Foley, R.P.F. P.O. Box 730, 2-4 Hwy. 11 South Cochrane, ON P0L 1C0 Tel.: 705-272-7129 Fax: 705-272-7183

Ministry of Natural Resources Kirkland Lake District Ofﬁce Bill Vanschip, R.P.F. P.O. Box 910, 10 Government Rd. Kirkland Lake, ON P2N 3K4 Tel.: 705-568-3243 Fax: 705-568-3200

Timmins District Ofﬁce Nikki Wood, R.P.F. 5520 Hwy. 101 East South Porcupine, ON P0N 1H0 Tel.: 705-235-1339 Fax: 705-235-1377

or call toll free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above. Renseignements en français : (705) 272-7155 Cochrane, (705) 568–3222 Kirkland Lake, (705) 235-1314 Timmins.

If you are unable to attend this PIC or wish to review PIC #2 display material, please visit our project website at www.4lanehighway17kenora.ca for project details. COMMENTS If you wish to obtain additional information or provide comments, or if you would like to be added to the mailing list, please write or call toll-free: Mr. Neil Ahmed, P.Eng. Consultant Project Manager McCormick Rankin Corporation 2655 North Sheridan Way Mississauga, ON L5K 2P8 Tel.: 1-877-562-7947, ext. 1241 Fax: 905-823-8503 E-mail: nahmed@mrc.ca

Mr. Dan Preley, P.Eng. Senior Project Engineer Ministry of Transportation 615 James Street South Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6P6 Tel.: 1-800-465-5034 or 807-473-2145 Fax: 807-473-2168 E-mail: Dan.Preley@ontario.ca

Information will be collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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During the Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Solvent Abuse Conference June 23-24 in Thunder Bay, Stanley Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist Theoren Fleury shared the ups and downs of his life due to his own drug and alcohol abuse and the sexual abuse he endured in his youth. See story next page.

Notification Notice of Aerial Spraying Wawa District 2010 Herbicide Program As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands in the Big Pic Forest, Black River Forest and the Nagagami Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 1, 2010. The herbicide containing Glyphosate, registration numbers (PCP19899, PCP26884 or PCP27736) of the Pest Control Products Act will be used. More information about these aerial herbicide projects, including specific locations and maps, are available for viewing at the offices of GreenForest Management Inc., Jackfish River Forest Management Ltd., and the Ministry of Natural Resources during normal business hours.

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Ministry of Natural Resources contacts: Big Pic & Black River Forests Derrick Tirschmann, R.P.F. Area Forester Manitouwadge Area Ofﬁce 40 Manitou Road, Postal Bag Service Manitouwadge, ON P0T 2C0 Tel.: 807-826-3225, ext. 236

Nagagami Forest Zachary White, R.P.F. Area Forester Wawa District Ofﬁce 48 Mission Road, Box 1160 Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 Tel.: 705-856-4715

Forest Company contacts: Big Pic & Black River Forests Tracey Bradley, R.P.F. Silviculture Forester GreenForest Management Inc. P.O. Box 22004 470 Hodder Avenue Thunder Bay, ON P7A 8A8 Tel.: 807-343-6459 Cell: 807-228-1360

Nagagami Forest Jerry Smith Senior Operations Supervisor Jackﬁsh River Forest Management Ltd. P.O. Box 780 Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0 Tel.: 807-868-2370, ext. 223

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Stanley Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist Theoren Fleury encouraged others to find healing through the gifts of the Creator and the grandfathers. “I came here on Tuesday (June 22) night and did sweat with the guys,” said Fleury, who scored 1,088 points in 1,084 games during his NHL career with Calgary, Colorado, New York and Chicago between 1989 and 2003. “I’m an honourary chief at the Siksika Nation out near Calgary. I have a spiritual grandmother there who has adopted me and she has helped me on my path and helped me on my journey and taught me the ways.”

“I was faced with a decision ... am I going to live or am I going to die.” – Theoren Fleury

Fleury, who is of Cree and Métis descent, shared the ups and downs of his life during the Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Solvent Abuse Conference, held June 23-24 at the Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre in Thunder Bay. “I’ve been on an amazing spiritual journey,” Fleury said, explaining he was first invited into the sweat lodge after he stopped drinking in mid-2000. “They basically told me the sweat lodge was passed down from the grandfathers as a place to go and heal. I can tell you that day was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.” Fleury spoke June 24 about how the sweat lodge helped him unload negative experiences, including sexual abuse, drugs and alcohol abuse. “After my book came out I guess I’ve become the face of sexual abuse – it is a very heavy burden to carry. A lot of times I feel like I am standing alone … which is fine by me. The Indian way has given me the smudging, the sweats, the ceremonies, the bundle openings, and all these things that the Creator and the grandfathers have given me have allowed me to keep my strength and keep my determination and my drive.” Fleury also spoke about playing the victim role. “I had every excuse in the book. I felt I had a right to abuse drugs and alcohol because I was in so much emotional and

physical pain all the time and I wasn’t able to sleep.” Fleury even brought up the day he tried to shoot himself while living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He said he bought a handgun. “I did some cocaine and I drank some vodka and I sat there and contemplated for a very long time,” Fleury said. “I remember taking the gun and putting it in my mouth and I remember at that moment feeling so alone, feeling fed up with life and angry with the Creator.” Fleury recalled the moment of truth. “I was faced with a decision ... am I going to live or am I going to die,” Fleury said. “Instead of pulling the trigger that day, something clicked in my head that said ‘You’ve never quit anything in your life, why are you quitting now.’ That allowed me to throw the gun away. That was the day I chose to live. But the funny thing was I didn’t know how to live.” Fleury said his parents were not available to him when he was growing up, so he didn’t learn any of the tools of how to live life on life’s terms. “I grew up in a household where my father was an alcoholic and my mom was a prescription pill addict and they were pretty much unavailable to me,” Fleury said. About two weeks after throwing the gun away, Fleury received a phone call from his son in Calgary. “He said ‘I need you to come home,’” Fleury said. “You know, God works in mysterious ways.” Fleury moved back to Calgary and his son moved in with him, but he didn’t stop his drug and alcohol abuse until after meeting his second wife, who grew up close to his hometown. “What she has brought to my life is something that I never had, and that is unconditional love,” Fleury said, explaining they married in 2006 and now have a two-year-old daughter. “The first thing she said to me was why are you carrying around that big pile of crap.” Fleury was completely able to breakthrough his addictions while playing hockey in Northern Ireland during the 20052006 season. It was there when he looked in a mirror and looked himself in the eye for first time he could remember. “I stood there for a long time,” Fleury said. “It was gone. The obsession (with alcohol and drugs) was gone. That was my spiritual awakening, that was Sept. 18, 2005, and I haven’t had a drink or drug since.”

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Moose Factory’s Jonathon Cheechoo is now without an NHL team after his contract was bought out by the Ottawa Senators.

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Raija Vic leads a long lineup of fans waiting to meet former NHLer Theoren Fleury, guest speaker at the Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Solvent Abuse Conference, held June 23-24 in Thunder Bay.

The Ottawa Senators bought out the contract of Moose Factory’s Jonathan Cheechoo June 29. Cheechoo was set to earn $3.5 million next season in the final year of his contract. The team was allowed to buy out his contract after placing him on waivers, allowing other teams a chance to pick him up and honour the terms of his contract. Terms of the buyout were not released by the team. Cheechoo came to the Senators with winger Milan Michalek and a draft pick in exchange for disgruntled winger Dany Heatley in a Sept. 12, 2009 trade. In his first and only season in

Ottawa, Cheechoo, 29, played in 61 games. He notched five goals and nine assists this season. “Jonathan is a quality person and hockey player,” Senators general manager Bryan Murray said to NHL.com. “We hoped that things would have worked out with the Senators. In the best interest of us both, we have decided to move on. We wish him all the best.” Cheechoo’s best years came with the San Jose Sharks in 2005-2007. He won Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard Trophy as the NHL’s top goal scorer with 56. The following year he notched 37 goals. But since then, he has not played more than 70 games in a season because of injuries.

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Bearskin’s Marshall Fox traded to Barrie Colts Chris Kornacki Wawatay News

The Barrie Colts announced June 29 that they have made a trade with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds for defenseman Marshall Fox in exchange for some draft picks. Sault Ste. Marie originally drafted Fox, the Bearskin Lake First Nation band member, in the seventh round of the 2008 OHL Priority Selection. In 30 career OHL games Fox has accumulated two assists and five penalty minutes and now joins his second team since

playing in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). In exchange for Fox the Greyhounds will get a third round pick in 2011, and seventh round pick in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection. Barrie was the top ranked team in the Ontario Hockey League last season completing the 68-game regular season with a record of 57 wins, nine losses and two shootout losses. The Colts lost the OHL final four games to nothing at the hands of the Windson Spitfires, the team which drafted Fox’s twin brother Mitchell.

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Marshall Fox was traded to the OHL’s Barrie Colts June 29.

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Inspection Notice of Aerial Herbicide Spraying Lake Nipigon, Kenogami and Pic River Ojibway Forests The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the Ministry of Natural Resources approved aerial herbicide spray projects. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands within the Nipigon district (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about August 1, 2010 until on or about September 15, 2010. The herbicide product VisionMax, registration # 27736, will be used. The approved project descriptions and project plans for the aerial herbicide project on each forest management unit is available for public inspection at the appropriate Sustainable Forest Licensee (SFL) Ofﬁce or on the Ministry of Natural Resources public website at ontario.ca/forestplans. These plans will be available throughout the duration of the annual work schedule until March 31, 2011 when the annual work schedule expires. Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources District or Area ofﬁce to discuss the aerial herbicide project.

ver the last couple of weeks I’ve been video blogging on wawataynews.ca about my marathon training. At that time I was just wrapping up my training and in the midst of getting ready for the Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg. But, I think I should tell you about my past first. About eight years ago I was nowhere near the runner I am today. I’m 511 and at that time I was 260 pounds, which easily translates into unhealthy. My real wake up call came when my dad was diagnosed with colon cancer, the same cancer that killed his father when he was just a young boy. My dad beat the disease. I knew at that point I needed to make some changes in my life. I started out slowly. I began walking in the evenings. Soon I was jogging, then cycling and kayaking. The more weight I lost the more motivated I got. I didn’t really get interested in running until two years ago. I found I enjoyed the challenge of pushing my limits. It was that mentality that brought me to Winnipeg, June 20. The furthest I’d ever run before that date was 32 kilometres. I was confident and very excited. When the starting gun fired, I felt a surge of energy. I wanted to run as fast as I could, but I didn’t. I had a plan and I was sticking to it. I ran the same pace I had been training at, the only difference was I was not alone. It was a little claustrophobic running with so many people. I didn’t mind it, but was annoyed at the runners who pushed their way through the crowd without warning anyone. Running etiquette dictates when passing someone you should give them some warning. It wasn’t until around the 10.5-kilometre mark things got interesting. This was where the full marathon runners separated from the half-marathoners. The road suddenly became a lot less congested as there were about five times more half-marathon runners than the full. At around the 16.25-kikome-

tre mark, I came to a group of runners who were very friendly. I learned one of the men in the group was a veteran marathon runner. He was giving advice to the group. One of the guys told him this was his first marathon. “We have a marathon virgin over here,” shouted the veteran. The crowd cheered. I told him I was one too, so he announced me as well. As I passed the group, the veteran told me to slow down or I’d never finish. I thanked him for the advice but proceeded at my pace. At around the two-hour mark I did a body assessment. I realized I was getting kind of cold. I hadn’t eaten yet. I slowed down and began walking. I grabbed an energy bar and took my time eating. I started to feel better immediately. When I passed the 32.5-kilometre mark, I began to smile. At this point my legs were burning but I still had plenty of energy. And I remembered one of my favourite quotes, “pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” As I crossed kilometre 39, I felt tears well up. I could have easily cried. I knew at that point that I was going to finish the 42.6-kilometre race. I was focused and tried not to pay much attention to the occasional EMT helping runners who more than likely didn’t finish the race. A few of them I recognized as some of the runners who pushed their way through the crowd at the beginning. With just over a kilometre to go, I really began to pick up my pace. I was surprised at how good I was feeling, especially when I entered the university stadium. When I rounded the final corner, I saw my wife and our friends the Jones’ cheering me on. I crossed the finish line at four hours and 32 minutes. I was greeted by volunteers who brought me to the recovery area. It was there that I drank the best chocolate milk I’d ever tasted. I have to wonder if all food tastes this good after running 42 kilometres I did it, I had a medal around my neck. I set a goal and I achieved it. I am bothered a little by my time. I feel I could have done better. I could have easily finished about 10 to 15 minutes sooner if it wasn’t for those darn lineups at the portable toilets along the way. But I’d rather be a little slower than extremely embarrassed if you know what I mean. So I’ve been bitten. This will not be my last marathon.

For more information or to arrange an appointment to review the spray project please contact the appropriate SFL or Ministry of Natural Resources Representative (contact information below): Contact Information: Lake Nipigon Forest

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Chris Leale Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources 5 Wadsworth Drive Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0 Tel.: 807-887-5042 Fax: 807-887-2993

Raymond Weldon Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources 5 Wadsworth Drive Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0 Tel.: 807-887-5058 Fax: 807-887-2993

Charlotte Bourdignon Area Forester Ministry of Natural Resources 208 Beamish Avenue West Geraldton, ON P0T 1M0 Tel.: 807-854-1833 Fax: 807-854-0335

Ed Clemmer SFL Forester Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc. 78 Salls Street P.O. Box 449 Red Rock, ON P0T 2P0 Tel.: 807-887-5042 Fax: 807-887-2993

Tracey Bradley Silviculture Forester GreenForest Management Inc. 470 Hodder Avenue P.O. Box 22004 Thunder Bay, ON P7A 8A8 Tel.: 807-343-6459 Fax: 807-343-6424

Steve Yeung Silviculture Forester GreenForest Management Inc. 470 Hodder Avenue P.O. Box 22004 Thunder Bay, ON P7A 8A8 Tel.: 807-343-6407 Fax: 807-343-6424

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Wawatay’s Mike Dubé completed his first marathon June 20. He finished the 42 kilometre run in just over four and a half hours.