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CONTENTS COVER

15 Equay-wuk Anniversary Celebrating 25 years, Equay-wuk (Women’s Group) honours its founders and stays true to their original vision for the organization – empowering northern First Nations women, and in doing so strengthening families and communities. 18 ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑎᐱᐡᑲᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌ 25 ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᐣ, ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᑌᑕᑯᐦᐊᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ

ᑲᑭᒪᒋᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᐁᔑᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᓇᓄᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᒋᐅᒋ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᑫᐧᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᒋᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ. Cover photo by Bryan Phelan PAIGE SPADE HOLDS ONE-YEAR-OLD AMELIA AT EQUAY-WUK’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN SIOUX LOOKOUT.

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Camp Loon Attending Camp Loon was a highlight of summer for 160 Junior Canadian Rangers, including Roberta Wood of Sandy Lake. As camp wound down, Wood looked forward to returning home to share her experience with others. “I can tell them what I learned about safety and ATVs, power boating and shooting,” she said.

20 Indigenous Athletes About 3,700 athletes gathered in Regina, Saskatchewan to compete in the 2014 North American Indigenous Games. Among them were three members of Team Ontario – from North Spirit Lake, Fort Severn and Deer Lake – profiled here in Sagatay. 29 Wilderness First Aid Bees sting a canoeist while on a wilderness trip and she has a severe allergic reaction. The trip leader applies his wilderness first response training to prevent a fatal outcome. Are you prepared for an emergency in the bush? COMMENTARY

11 Moose Stew A teaching about the cultural value of sharing follows the cultural pursuit of hunting moose in this story by Niikaaniwe Kiishikwekaapow, Sagatay’s regular columnist. DEPARTMENTS

9 Kokum’s Gift – ‘Caribou’ artwork and poetry 27 Flight Plan for fall – Manito Ahbee Festival, Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, NADF Business Awards and more. Wasaya in the Community 32 Wasaya’s Roderick Fiddler writes about Sandy Lake’s first anti-bullying conference. 35 A video inspired by Regional Chief Stan Beardy promotes cancer screening. 37 Sagatay in School activity page. Volume 10, Number 3, Fall 2014

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Learning to canoe provided Junior Rangers with safety training and confidence around water. Below: Master Corporal Linda Kamenawatamin teaches Junior Ranger Amber Beardy to shoot safely and accurately. They are both from Bearskin Lake.

unior Canadian Ranger Amber Beardy knew what she was going to tell people when she got back to her home in Bearskin Lake after eight days of advanced Junior Ranger training at Camp Loon. “The first thing I’m going to say is how much fun I had,” the 12-year-old said. “It’s been lots of fun. I’ve had a good time because of all the activities, the food and all the people I’ve met from other communities.” She also learned a lot about safety, she said, which was an opinion shared by most of the 160 Junior Rangers at the annual camp, held in the bush next to Springwater Lake, 50 kilometres north of Geraldton. Training at the camp placed a big emphasis on teaching the Junior Rangers how to be safe on the land and water, and in their personal lifestyles. Roberta Wood, a 14-year-old Junior Ranger from Sandy Lake, said she also couldn’t wait to get home so she could tell people about Camp Loon. “I can teach others what I learned here,” she said with enthusiasm. “I can tell them what I learned about safety and ATVs and power boating and shooting.” In addition to the training, she said, she

enjoyed meeting Junior Rangers from other communities and making new friends. She also thought the quality and the variety of the food provided by military cooks in a mobile kitchen was great.

Like other Junior Rangers, she enjoyed the challenge of a confidence-building zip line that launched from a 10-metre high platform and took her 130 metres over a river. “I was scared at first,” she said, “but I managed to do it. After that I did it almost 20 times. It was pretty fun.” The Junior Canadian Rangers are a national program run by the Canadian Army for boys and girls, aged 12 to 18, in remote and isolated communities across

Canada’s North. In northern Ontario there are 750 Junior Rangers in 20 First Nations. There were Junior Rangers at Camp Loon from each of the 20 communities. The camp provided a range of training activities that are not normally available to Junior Rangers in their home communities. Activities included specialized instruction in shooting (both rifle and paintball), boating (power boats and canoes), driving all-terrain vehicles, learning how to swim-to-survive, mountain biking, archery, lacrosse, and traditional arts and crafts. “We definitely succeeded in getting the message about safety across,” said Captain Caryl Fletcher, the army officer commanding the Junior Rangers in Ontario. “We drove it home at all the training sites. “You watched them and you could see they listened. They put on their helmet and their gloves at the ATV site without being told to. They put on their personal flotation device at the boat and canoe site. They did it naturally,” Capt. Fletcher said. “A large percentage of the Junior Rangers at the camp took back home what we taught them about 8

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7 safety,” he added, “and they will pass it on to others.” Camp Loon has been held annually since 2000. The cost of this year’s camp was almost $800,000. It was staffed by 50 Canadian Rangers from across northern Ontario and 50 other military personnel from southern Ontario. “The army has helped to improve safety in the North, for sure,” said Sergeant Chris Kataquapit, a Canadian Ranger from Attawapiskat. “The skills and knowledge gained at Camp Loon are taken back to their communities by the Junior Rangers and more people benefit, even adults.

Most of these kids know how to hunt but they don’t know safety around guns. The firearms safety training they get here is very useful.” Northern Ontario has the highest number of Aboriginal drowning deaths in Canada, partly because it has a large Aboriginal population but also because the short summer and cold waters keep people from learning to swim. The camp provided Junior Rangers with a Lifesaving Society course called Swim-toSurvive, which provides basic swimming instruction. As a result, most went home able to swim.

Camp Loon is “basically for educational purposes for the benefit of First Nations in the North and to allow (the Junior Rangers) to have fun for a short period of time during their summer vacation,” Capt. Fletcher said. “For many of the kids here this is the only time they will get out of their communities for the whole summer. This is the highlight of their summer for many of them. We work hard to make the camp the highlight of their summer.” (Sergeant Peter Moon is the public affairs ranger for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden.)

Above: Jr. Ranger Celandine Whitehead, 17, of Webequie navigates a mountain bike over an obstacle. Camp Loon holds its final ceremony and Junior Canadian Rangers run for the buses that will take them to the airport for flights home.

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We are the woodland caribou thousands strong and winter is approaching. The time has come to travel on across the land to find our way to the calving grounds where the calves are born then on across the plains to warmer climes harassed by man wolves mosquitoes and black flies walking, running, swimming continually moving on.

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he singing bird slowly wakes me to the warm touch of the morning sun, a gentle breeze and my father’s footsteps coming up from the lake with water for our morning tea.

My father and I are hunting. The day is too calm for tracking moose, as noise is not good company for hunting. Oshimo, the moose, is very alert. We are in the West Arm area of Nenkawi Saakahikaniink (Sandy Lake), our third day out, getting food for our family for the next few weeks. I was used to this as a way of life, not just a weekend thing. We scooped water in our hands and drank right from the lake or river. This is where I got my education. A million years ago now, it seems. I didn’t realize until much later in my life that from our hunting we were providing food not just for family, but for other community members as well. I had never thought about it much, I guess. We just did it. Sharing is a very strong part of our culture. People helping people. You are taught to share, right from the first feast given you when you are born into your family and community. Sharing the land and its resources is also in the Treaties with Canada. This sharing contributes to Canada’s rank as one of the best countries in the world. Sharing has many rewards! When you share, a magical thing happens. Magical, spiritual. When you give

someone food or water, this act turns on something in the body of both the giver and receiver. You can literally feel that warm energy turn on inside you as this sharing is happening. The energy sends its healing effects throughout the body. This is the ‘now’ effect, the immediate effect, of sharing. There is another aspect to sharing. When you share, there is a reciprocation that happens – that good deed comes back to you in the future. Life is a circle, right? What goes around comes around. Ever wonder why things, good or bad, happen to you? I believe that what you send out there in the world comes back to you eventually, sometime, somewhere. This is not the law of nature; it is the law of Creator. So when you share, you actually help yourself – in the future – because it comes back to you in one form or another. And besides, sharing feels good. The energy repairs you physically, emotionally and spiritually when you help others, especially strangers. It’s very powerful.

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If we don’t share, we cripple ourselves and limit the amount of good things we have coming back to us. We weaken our resilience and strength. We become selfish and narrow-minded. We stop helping others. I remember having a little problem with sharing when I was about 12 years old. I was convinced to share, however, against my will. We were in our summer homes at the time. We had winter and summer homes back then – summer homes along the beautiful Severn River and wintering homes to the west, a few miles away, along the lakeshore. We stopped having these seasonal homes when government housing came. My father was a hunter by profession. That’s how he fed us and provided our subsistence. The main staple he provided was moose, but he sometimes brought home caribou and other meat animals. As a hunter, his specialty was tracking, which he had learned early in life. He was very good at it, probably one of the best in the territory, although you would never hear him say that. He paid attention to the land, water and wind, and how they worked together, to understand the movements and habits of the moose. He loved the hunting life and being on the land. It was a mid-summer evening and my father had been out hunting for over a week. My mother asked me to run next door to ask our neighbour if we could borrow some lard, so she could make bannock. I went in and there sitting on the table was a pound of Tenderflake lard! Excited, I could taste the bannock already! Then the neighbour said, “I don’t have any right now. I am low on groceries.” ‘And what is THAT sitting on the table?!’ I thought angrily. I spun and huffed off as fast as I could, feeling hurt and upset as I got home. “You don’t know what was in that container,” my mother said, brushing aside my conspiracy theory. ‘Why would she keep an empty container?’ I thought, brooding over what I was certain was a lie and feeling even more hurt. Two days later my father came home with two moose, much to our delight! He walked up from the river with a hind quarter and his hunting rifle. My brothers and I and a few neighbourhood boys had the two moose up at the house in a few minutes. My father’s arrival with the moose generated excitement and people 11

dropped by from around the community. My mother cut and packed different parts of the moose for people as they came in. She cut some for storage, for smoking, for pemmican, for the drying rack and for the smokehouse. While all of this was going on, she had moose stew on the stove, its aroma wafting throughout the house and enticing people as they came in. I enjoyed the visits; the activity of community members filing through, paying their respects to my father for the meat. Money never changed hands during any of this.

he moose stew was just finished when the son of the lady next door came in with a message. “My mother said, give me some moose meat to eat,” the boy said to my mom. Just at this time, my mother was putting a bowl of moose stew in front of me and turning back to the stove and the company. I could feel the anger well inside me, and for good reason, I thought. I couldn’t sit still. The more I thought about the bannock and the lard that I didn’t get the angrier I got, until … “Why should we give her some moose meat when she refused to give us some lard for our bannock?!” I

said rather loudly from the table, with moose stew steaming under my nose. I thought my mom would see my reason for not wanting to share our food with the neighbour. I was going to continue my rant but Mom beat me to the punch. “Be quiet and eat your stew,” she said in an even tone of voice, snuffing out my anger. I watched as she went about preparing the meat for the woman next door. I saw my mom smile at that boy as she handed him the package of meat for his family. My mother was never wrong about these important things. Sharing, I was finding out, was learned in doing, however begrudgingly. The moment that boy disappeared into the night with the moose meat, the anger from the incident with the lard was done, forgotten in the joy of the moment. That is the healing power of sharing. People helping people. When we do things for each other, help each other, our spirit becomes healthy, strong and active. In that state, the spirit can heal the mind and body. So share your time, your knowledge or your advice with someone who needs it, and you will grow in all three parts of you. photo by Danny Kresnyak

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y father has the tea steaming in the pot when I get up and come to the fire. Nearby, the loon has found its mate and they call back and forth as they feed. “I heard someone in the water at that creek early this morning,” Dad says, pointing across the bay. “Probably up in those hills at this time of the morning,” he adds, sipping his tea and studying the skyline to the west. “The wind is picking up. I’ll go around downwind and surprise him as he comes around the hill.” My father knows the hills, lakes, rivers and lay of the land so well that his ability to find and track moose is like going to the grocery store. I wait at the camp for him, eager to see if he will be successful again. After two hours or thereabouts, I hear him coming through the willows and shrubs. I see him emerge from the bush, smiling as he approaches me by the campfire. I always know he has gotten the moose by the smile on his face. For our family, that is the signal of a successful hunt and that we will eat moose meat for supper. We grab a quick tea and talk about the trail he has already cut for us to bring the moose down to the boat. By late afternoon, all the meat is in the boat and we’re ready to head home. Another great hunting trip, and more sharing once we get home.

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utdoors, between the baseball fields in Sioux Lookout, women and men worked side by side to barbecue and prepare the Equay-wuk (Women’s Group) 25th anniversary meal. Kids played in the picnic area around them, with hula hoops and a Frisbee, digging in a sand box and climbing a fence. All of them – numbering about 100 – came together for the meal and anniversary cake, group games and laughs, jigging and karaoke. 16 Sagatay - Wasaya Airways Inflight Magazine

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15 One of Equay-wuk’s founders, Sarah Melvin of Webequie First Nation, died blind in 2001 from complications with diabetes, but she would be looking down and smiling at the sight of it all, more than one person said. After the barbecue, July 5, Equay-wuk honoured Melvin, represented by her brother Ronnie Beaver, and three other women who founded Equay-wuk – Felicia Waboose, Francine Pellerin and Vivien Green. Clara Carroll, current chairwoman of the Equay-wuk board of directors, presented the special guests with 25th anniversary plaques and gifts of thanks. Melvin, recognized as their original leader, surely would have been just as pleased with the two-day workshop that preceded the anniversary celebration – a session on leadership for 20 First Nations women from the North. It’s one of Equaywuk’s core programs these days. Serving women, youth and families in 31 First Nations in northwestern Ontario, the organization also specializes in programs for job readiness and community wellness.

arlene Angeconeb, Equay-wuk’s acting director, explained that the seeds for the regional group were planted in the early 1980s when Melvin lived in Weagmow Lake and invited women to her house for sewing circles. As they sewed, the

women talked about what was happening in their lives, including family violence. “At the time, there were no services for women; there was no shelter,” said Angeconeb. When Melvin moved to Sioux Lookout, the plight of those women stayed with her. To help them and other women experiencing family violence in remote communities, she and the other founders formally established Equay-wuk (Women’s Group) in 1989. Green, who now lives in Toronto, wrote a successful funding proposal for the group’s first gathering in Sioux Lookout. Equay-wuk has been empowering women ever since, through conferences, workshops, training programs and manuals, all with the objective of supporting Aboriginal women in building healthy families and communities for their children. Beaver recalled listening to his sister, Melvin, during the organization’s startup period. “She talked about how some of the issues were never discussed in the political level. Everything was still under the table. She wanted to bring those things out, like the sexual abuse, family violence, alcoholism, drug addiction.” One of Equay-wuk’s earliest objectives, then, was “to organize forums … to enable women of the North to have an opportunity to express themselves, share

concerns and develop better networks of communication” and “to provide opportunities for Native women to share solutions to common problems.” Those objectives were reflected in recommendations Melvin and other members of the Equay-wuk executive made in 1992 to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. In part, they encouraged other Aboriginal groups to follow their protocols for workshops and conferences. “Women are encouraged to speak on any topic that will lead to personal and group healing,” they noted, and the focus is “on caring, respect and sharing – sharing of information and sharing of gifts.” Another recommendation: “We need to revive the old ways of teaching where women were respected and revered as the first educators and life-givers.” The following year Equay-wuk produced the Kush-kee-hoh-win Family Violence Prevention Training Manual, which it updated in ’95 and again in 2003. Family violence prevention was also the focus of another Equay-wuk project, called “Healthy Families, Healthy Nations,” which ran from 2005 to 2008. And it’s a topic that remains central to Equay-wuk this year, with an education project to provide First Nation services workers with legal information related to violence against women and human rights.

Left: Rhoda Miller and Ryan Morrison compete in a dance-off to determine the winner of a game of ‘Mingle, Mingle.’ Top right: Maryann Angeconeb, from Manitoba, displays a souvenir bag. Bottom right: Dante Albany, 6, accepts a serving of Equay-wuk anniversary cake, while the organization’s acting director, Darlene Angeconeb, cuts more pieces.

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elvin understood firsthand the effects of family violence. In her presentation to the Royal Commission in ’92, when she served Equay-wuk as its pastpresident and worked as a health liaison worker for Windigo tribal council, Melvin described herself as a “survivor of family violence and many abuses.” She continued: “I know what I went through as a victim, and I also know what it has done to my children and what it has done to my family. During that time when I was living back on the reserve I experienced a lot of problems and I guess that’s the main reason I wanted to start a women’s group – so we could start talking about these issues.” At Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s first women’s gathering in 2004, Dora Beardy, completing a term as Equay-wuk chairwoman, said it was Melvin’s lifelong activism that led to the involvement of women at NAN chiefs assemblies. “Sarah was a very courageous woman who cared enough for the people around her to keep going no matter what kind of hardships our (Equay-wuk) group faced, and there were many,” Beardy added. As a result of that determination, women and their families celebrated this July what Melvin and the others started 25 years ago. Beaver spoke of being inspired by his sister’s personal healing and her Anishinaabe spirituality – she had a healing camp, sweat lodge and scared fire not far away on Drayton Road, he noted – and about the legacy she left behind. “Each one of us, we do have responsibility in life to help each other,” he said, “and this is what Equay-wuk is all about – to help the communities and the families.” After the founders had been presented their gifts, Angeconeb had the deejay play the song Heroes as a final tribute, and a hundred people lined up to shake their hands.

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Above: Karma Barkman, Janelle Barkman and Kiana Barker break from the activities. Below: Guests of honour Ronnie Beaver, representing his deceased sister Sarah Melvin, and Felicia Waboose, who served 15 years as Equay-wuk’s director.

Latrell Whiskeyjack, 7, looks to unload the ‘hot potato’ during one of several games that kept kids entertained.

ᐅᓇᓇᑯᒥᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ, ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᑲ ᑲᐱᒥᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ, ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ 31 ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑌᑎᐸᐦᐃ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᓀᑲᐱᐦᐊᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ, ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᒋᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑐᑲᐣ ᑫᓄᒋ ᑲᐧᔭᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧ ᒥᓄᔭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᑭᐃᔑ ᑲᐡᑭᐦᐁᐃᐧᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑭᐅᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐊᐱ ᓭᕑᐊ ᒣᓫᐱᐣ ᐁᑲᐯᔑᐸᐣ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᔦᑲᒪᐠ ᐁᑭᓇᓇᑐᒪᐨ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᒋᐱᑲᐡᑭᑲᐧᓱᐊᐧᐨ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐣᒋᑯᓀᑊ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᑲᐡᑭᑲᐧᓱᐊᐧᐨ, ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑎᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᐁᐧᐱᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᑲᔦ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᒪᓀᓂᒥᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ. “ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᔭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑫᐃᓇᒧᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐣᒋᑯᓀᑊ. ᐊᐱ ᒣᓫᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᔭᓂᔑᑯᓯᐸᐣ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ, ᐅᑭᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᑯᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐊᐧᓂᑫᐣᑕᑭᐣ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᔭᓂᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᒪᒋᓭᑭᐣ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐃᐧᐣ , ᐊᐧᐳᐢ, ᐯᓫᐅᕑᐃᐣ, ᑯᕑᐃᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᑯᕑᐃᐣ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᐅᑭᐅᓇᓯᓇᐦᐊᓇᐸᐣ ᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᒋᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ

ᑫᑭᔭᓄᒋ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᐦᐃᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ, ᑲᑭᐸᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᑫᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ, ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᑫᐧᐠ ᒋᒥᓄᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᑕᔑᐅᐱᑭᐦᐊᐊᐧᓴ ᐅᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᐊᐧ. ᐊᒥᐠ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᑲᓄᑫᐨ ᐅᑕᐁᐧᒪᐸᓂᐣ, ᒣᓫᐱᐣ ᐁᑭᓇᑐᑕᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᒥ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᓇᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᒪᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ. “ᐅᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᑕᓇᐣ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᑎᐟ ᐃᓯᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᑲ ᐁᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑭᑭᒧᑌᐣᑕᑲᐧᓄᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑭᐃᔑᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒋᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ, ᑐᑲᐣ ᐱᔑᑲᐧᒋᑐᑕᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᒥᓂᑫᐧᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ, ᒪᐡᑭᑭᑫᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ.” ᒥᑕᐡ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᔭᓂᒪᒋᑕᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ “ᒋᒪᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᒋᐃᓯᓭᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐃᐧᐡᑲᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐱᑕᑎᐸᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᓀᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ, ᒋᐊᐧᐃᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᒥᑯᐡᑲᒋᓭᐊᐧᑫᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᔑᒥᓄᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐱᒥ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑕᐃᐧᓇᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᑫᐧᐠ ᒋᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᓇᓇᑐᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᓄᒋᑫᐧᑭᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᔭᓂᒥᓭᐊᐧᐨ.” ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐸᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᑭᑐᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑭᔭᓂᔑ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᒣᓫᐱᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 1992 ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᔕᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᕑᐊᔭᓫ ᑲᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔦ, ᐅᑭᔭᓂᔕᔑᑭᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᒋᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐅᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐅᓇᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. “ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᔕᔑᑭᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᔭᓂᒧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᑯ ᑲᑭᐃᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒪᒪᐤ ᒋᑭᑫᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐠ,” ᑭᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫᐸᓂᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ “ᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᒪᓇᑌᓂᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᒪᒪᐃᐧᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ - ᒋᒪᒪᐃᐧᒥᓂᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᒪᑎᓇᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓂᑯᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᓇᐣ.”

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᔭᐸᑕᐠ: “ᑭᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᒥᐣ ᒋᑭᐁᐧ ᐱᒪᒋᑐᔭᐠ ᑲᔭᐡ ᑲᑭᐱᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᓇᑌᓂᒥᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᓂᑲᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ.” ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᔭᓂᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐅᔑᑐᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐃᐧᐣ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧ ᓇᑲᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᔭᓂᐅᐡᑭ ᒪᒥᓇᐧᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐸᐣ 1995 ᒥᓇᐊᐧ 2003. ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧ ᓇᑲᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᔦ ᑯᑕᑭᓂ ᑲᑭᔭᓄᒋ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ “ᑲᒥᓄᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑲᒥᓄᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ,” ᑭᐱᒥᔭᓄᑲᑌ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2005 ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 2008. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᐱᐃᐧᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᐸᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᒥᑲᓂᑕᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᐢ ᐅᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ. “ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᓂᐱᒥᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐱᒥ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓫᐃᓴ ᐯᕑᑎ, ᐊᐧᒐᐡᑯᓂᒥᐠ ᐅᒋ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐃᑫᐧᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᔑᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫ, ᐅᑭᓇᓇᑯᒪᐣ 25 ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᑭᑎᐱᐡᑲᒧᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᐱᒪᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ. “ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑲᐧᓂ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐳᓂᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᐱᒧᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ. ᑌᐯᐧ ᐱᑯ ᓇᑲᐧᓂ ᐁᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒪᒋᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ.” ᐅᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒥᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐅᒋ ᑲᓄᑫᐣᑕᐅᐨ ᒣᓫᐱᐣ, ᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ 2001 ᐁᑭᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐨ, ᐊᒥᐠ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᑭᒋᑭᐡᑲᒪᑯᐨ ᐅᑕᐁᐧᒪᐣ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᔭᓂᑭᑫᓂᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᒐᑯᐃᐧᑌᐯᐧᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓇᑲᑕᒪᑫᐨ. “ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᐯᔑᑯᔭᐠ, ᑭᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐣ ᑲᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᔭᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑐᑕᐠ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑐᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑎᐯᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ.

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he 2014 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) took place in Regina, Saskatchewan from July 20 to 27. Edmonton, Alberta hosted the first NAIG in 1990, and the Games have since taken place periodically, every two to six years, elsewhere in Canada and the United States. NAIG founders created the event based on “our interest and concern about what was happening among the young people in all of our communities,” said Charles Wood, chairman of the ’90 Games, as quoted on the NAIG council’s website. “We took it upon ourselves to try and find something constructive for the young people to look forward to,” Wood said. “We would put together a plan for a Games through which the young Aboriginal people could come together to excel in their athletic field of endeavour and to come together to do other things – to make new friendships, to renew old ones, and so on.” The theme for NAIG this year was “Raising the Bar.” The Regina Games website explained: “With years of preparation, dedication and sacrifice, it’s time to recognize the healthy lifestyle choices young Indigenous people and future leaders from all over North America have made.” About 3,700 athletes from across the continent, 19 years old and younger, competed in 15 sports. More than 400 of those athletes represented

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photo by Danny Kresnyak Ontario medalists Mathieu Plamodon (gold) and Kiniw Cleland (bronze) bask in their results from the three-kilometre cross-country run for boys 16 and under.

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hree years ago an athletics coach visited North Spirit Lake to test the athletic abilities of local youth. The results showed Monika King had the making of a good, all-around athlete. It also led to Monika receiving her best birthday present yet – an invitation on June 24 of this year to participate in the 2014 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG). She didn’t know much about NAIG before the invitation. She didn’t realize sport tryouts were happening or how to get involved. She didn’t think she had a chance to participate. After arriving in Regina, Saskatchewan for the Games, however, she changed her mind about having what it takes, although for her competitions she would have liked more practice in running, jumping and throwing. Monika is no stranger to sports, though. She plays basketball, volleyball and badminton for the Pelican Falls Timberwolves against other high school

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teams. She also plays baseball for fun in North Spirit Lake. Of them all, she considers basketball her best sport. As for competing in athletic events at NAIG, which took place July 20-27, “It felt good because it was something new,” she said. “I’ve never really tried track.” To prepare, she jogged around the school on her reserve a few times each day after working at her summer job. Financially, Monika’s grandma helped get her to the Games by securing a $300 donation from Keewaytinook Okimakanak for bus fare and food. The North Spirit Lake band and council paid for her airfare with Wasaya Airways to Sioux Lookout and back. From Sioux Lookout she made her way to Dryden to catch the Team Ontario bus for the long ride to Regina. When it came time for her competitions, Monika said she was nervous. Her high jump was 1.3 metres, pretty good for a beginner who had only jumped once before in her life. The leap resulted in her top placing at NAIG – fifth. In the long jump, she kept jumping too

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early but still tried her best. “Javelin was challenging because of the steps and the way you have to bend your arm,” Monika said. Still, without much training she threw 15.93 metres. After her competitions, she was looking forward to a good rest, checking out the

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orman Beardy-Miles, nicknamed ‘Polar Bear’ because he is big and from the Far North, said he wasn’t used to the July heat and humidity at the 2014 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Regina, Saskatchewan. “As soon as I walk, I start sweating.” He prefers the cooler weather in his home community of Fort Severn, where the snow didn’t retreat until the beginning of June. Norman, powerfully built at 5-8, 215 pounds, has been active in traditional pursuits and sports most of his young life. In Fort Severn territory, he goes hunting for caribou and geese, and fishes for trout. He attends high school in Sioux Lookout, where he plays basketball and volleyball for the Queen Elizabeth Warriors. The basketball team travels for competitions in Rainy River and Atikokan, while the volleyball team goes to Ignace. Norman can’t always make the trips because of the cost of food and rooms. When school is out and he is back in Fort Severn, there is a volleyball court near his home where his family and friends have a tradition of playing that goes back 10 years. Norman started playing a few years ago. He originally wanted to participate in volleyball at NAIG, so he attended a tryout for the Ontario team at Churchill High School in Thunder Bay last October. The next month, however, he was notified he didn’t make the team. He handled the news well and his enjoyment of sport continued, as he took to playing hockey on outdoor rinks in Sioux Lookout. Months later, Ontario athletics coaches

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to him. He was given a practice javelin at the end of the school year and for a month practised throwing it at home to get ready for NAIG. For travel to Regina, Norman first flew Wasaya Airways from Fort Severn to Sioux Lookout, then drove to Dryden with his coach, Scott Haines. From there it was a 16hour bus ride. Once at his destination, Norman was housed in the athletes dormitory at the University of Regina, along with hundreds of other youth. He made new friends from other communities in northern Ontario, such as Kashetchewan, Sandy Lake and even Sioux Lookout. As for his competitions, beforehand Norman felt he had a good chance with the javelin. Still, “I felt nervous when I got to the field; it was nerve-wracking,” he said. His first two throws were faults, with the first one slipping out of his hands. He came through with his third throw, though, hurling it 33.29 metres. That placed him sixth out of 15 competitors in his division for boys 16 years old and under. Although he didn’t receive a NAIG medal for his efforts, “It was a really good experience for me,” Norman said of the Games. “I never thought I would be this far west; I thought I would stay in my own province.” For youth who would like to participate in the next NAIG, he shared advice. “Train A LOT,” he said. “Get your technique down, have confidence in yourselves. Don’t think about beating other people, think about doing what you thought you couldn’t do.”

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aden Meekis was the 2013 Junior Athlete of the Year at Pelican Falls First Nations High School. He has played volleyball for two years, often travelling for matches as part of the Pelican Falls Timberwolves team to Whitefish Bay, Red Lake, Rainy River, and Fort Frances. During the school year Jaden lives in a boarding Age: home at Pelican Falls, near the town of Sioux Lookout, 16 then moves back home to Deer Lake for the summer. For the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), Home Community: the five foot ten setter and power hitter went to Deer Lake volleyball tryouts in Kenora. He found out in May he made the provincial team. “I felt like crying because Event: I felt honoured to make Aboriginal Team Ontario,” he Volleyball recalled. At first he hesitated about following through with Competition: going to NAIG because he wasn’t convinced he was 19 & under good enough, but his parents pushed him. Then there was the matter of financing his Boys Volleyball participation in the Games, held in Regina, Saskatchewan two months after his selection to the volleyball team. Together Jaden and his parents raised $2,500 by standing at a road intersection in Deer Lake with a sign, asking for donations, and by hosting an all-night radio-a-thon. Using some of those funds, Jaden flew with Wasaya Airways from Deer Lake to Red Lake, where his auntie Donna picked him up and drove him to Ear Falls. Another drive took them to Kenora, where they caught the Team Ontario bus to Regina. “The dorms are awesome, especially meeting the Whitefish Bay players,” Jaden said of his stay at the University of Regina for NAIG. On the court, his volleyball team won bronze medals with a 3 sets to 1 win over Team Northwest Territories in its final match. The NAIG experience changed Jaden’s approach to volleyball. He understands the game better and has become more competitive, he said. He intends to keep playing the sport as long as he can. Jaden extended a ‘shout out’ to those who helped him get to NAIG – “to my parents and my personal trainer, Cameron Meekis, my little sister Peyton, and to Deer Lake.” To future NAIG athletes, he said, “Try hard and be a team player. Do it for your community and parents.”

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e were in the middle of a 10-day youth canoe trip north of Sioux Lookout, packing up supplies after our lunch break, when 15-year-old Beatrice (not her real name) came screaming out of the bush yelling “BEES!!” and scattering other youth in her wake. Crying and frantically clawing at her clothing, Beatrice reported being stung by upwards of eight bees from a ground nest she had disturbed during her brief toilet stop. As trip leader, I assured myself and Beatrice there were no other injuries, and did a quick mental review of the medical forms each participant had completed before departure from their home reserve. I was certain none indicated ‘severe allergies.’ However, despite the fact there was no reported pre-existing condition, I began to prepare as if there might be in Beatrice’s case, just in case. The group was anxious to be underway again, and several youth were quite concerned about the proximity of the bees nest. After confirming everyone’s safety, we decided to embark, on the condition the group would stay close together and

near shore in case we needed to stop. Recent wilderness first responder training had prepared me with theory regarding severe allergic reactions, and we had even practised injections using saline solution (in place of epinephrine – the one and only successful medicine for severe allergic reactions) on fellow trainees during my eight-day course. Yet, I found I was second-guessing myself with what became my first real experience dealing with severe allergies. Beatrice’s initial alarm subsided slightly, but other textbook signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis (a severe and sometimes fatal systemic allergic reaction – often involving rapid swelling, collapse of circulation and acute respiratory distress) quickly appeared. Her condition worsened, my ongoing assessment continued, and Beatrice finally admitted to severe reactions to bee stings in the past. (Later, Beatrice indicated she was self-conscious about her medical history, and had omitted it from her medical form and neglected to inform others, including the community staff along on the trip.) While readying the epinephrine, Beatrice

vomited and my cautious mind was finally convinced she was indeed having an anaphylactic response and required the medicine. After the injection, I was amazed at the rapid improvement in signs and symptoms. However, the improvement could be short-lived. Beatrice might require an additional dose soon, and she definitely required medical attention at the nearest hospital as soon as possible – many miles or days of paddling away in Sioux Lookout. Our trip took place before the age of satellite phones, but in this case we were fortunate to be on a lake shared by a sports fishing camp. We soon hailed a boat and arranged a successful evacuation to Sioux Lookout by floatplane for Beatrice and one of the community staff who was accompanying her. Medical personnel reported later that Beatrice would likely have perished in the bush had it not been for the epinephrine and timely transport to the hospital. At that point I realized wilderness first aid training had prevented an accident from becoming 30 a tragedy.

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t the time, I had been running outdoor experiences for youth and community groups in northern Ontario for close to 20 years. I had long been convinced of the tremendous and profound personal benefits of traditional and recreational activities, especially for youth, when on the land and away from their communities. Yet, these activities and the wilderness environment pose some dangers. Obvious outdoor risks include moving water, stormy weather, poor ice conditions, wild animals, and the sharp and dangerous tools and equipment we take along. Lost supplies or personal injury can quickly and seriously derail the best-planned trip. Less obvious risks include deadfall and falling trees, hypothermia, severe allergic reactions, impure water, dehydration, and the pre-existing medical conditions of our companions. These threats can slowly sneak up on us or they can occur rapidly, but they will catch us by surprise if we do not prevent them with thoughtful activities, certain routines and wise behaviour. We must be vigilant – constantly alert and able – to recognize potentially harmful situations and the early signs and symptoms of medical conditions. At one time, we relied on Elders and experienced harvesters as leaders to make our wilderness excursions safe. Through long-life experience, and the hands-on education they received from their Elders and traditional teachers, community Elders and harvesters knew how to minimize risks when travelling on the land. They did so by applying the skills, experience and judgement of themselves and others in the group. Usually, they knew intimately the members of the group they were with – their strengths, weaknesses and limitations. Elders knew the land they were travelling and they knew the local land-based medicines they might require. They also understood that despite their best efforts, accidents and illnesses did happen occasionally. They knew they must be ready to help resolve accidents in what could be very challenging conditions on the land. Put simply, the Elders knew what to do with the group they were with to prevent an accident from becoming a tragedy. With community life evolving as it has over the last 40 years or so, far fewer people spend as much time on the land as in the past. As a result, fewer people have developed or maintained the knowledge, skills and experience to identify dangerous situations, to prevent accidents from occurring, and to quickly and accurately assess and respond to 29

emergency situations when they do happen. At the same time, risky behaviour, exhibited by both youth and adults, in and outside the community, has increased dramatically. Each year, youth and adults die needlessly in boating accidents due to simple oversight of basic and universally understood safety procedures. Children continue to be injured from riding unprotected in the rear of pickup trucks. And woodcutters sometimes suffer preventable injuries when working alone, distant from the main community.

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‘Duty to care’ Provincial and federal workplace legislation addresses the need for emergency training appropriate to the environment of the workplace (i.e. Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations regarding first aid). Wilderness first aid (WFA) training is considered the minimum industry standard for outdoor professionals, such as wilderness guides and rescue staff. And outdoor leaders responsible for others outdoors have a ‘duty to care’ for the safety and well-being of those they lead. We have also seen an increase in chronic health conditions over the years, both in the North and elsewhere. Dramatic increases in ‘lifestyle’ diseases – cardiovascular, diabetes, and a range of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions – mean some of us who travel onto the land have pre-existing medical conditions requiring regular attention and sometimes intervention or medical support. We become good at maintaining balance with our conditions at home with the local store and clinic nearby, but things can be different when on the land. Missed meals, several days of strenuous activity we are unaccustomed to, lack of sleep, or dehydration resulting from perceived issues with water quality can all rapidly

put a person’s health out of balance when away from home. If these things happen, subsequent complications can just as easily become a tragedy as an accidental injury. With the move to community life, we also may not know everyone in our social sphere as well as we once did. When my wife Carol and I travelled with our children and their friends when they were young, we knew them well – what they were capable of, how they behaved, how they would respond to direction from an adult in a risky situation, and any medical issues they might have that would affect their participation. As a result, our trips were generally pretty safe, as we knew what to anticipate with the family group and could conduct our activities accordingly. As soon as I venture onto the land with people I do not know well, overall group risk increases as a result of my relative ignorance. This simple fact makes it critically important that group leaders know as much as possible about the people they’re working with – their interests, hopes, fears and, of course, any medical issues that could impact their participation. Trip planning and risk management is not complete until group leaders fully understand how the personal characteristics of group members could affect the overall group.

eople naturally respond to previous accidents by attempting to learn from their experience and by broadening their knowledge of dangerous situations. Learning from experience may work over time, but it can also be costly and irresponsible. Instead, many people, like those Elders and harvesters who spent their lives on the land, will prepare themselves ahead of time so they can avoid having an accident or so they can better respond if the accident is unavoidable. So, how do we prepare for unexpected wilderness emergencies if we do not have the lifelong, land-based experience of Elders and harvesters? Solid first aid training, combined with land-based experience in the outdoor activities to be pursued, is one approach that has proved successful for many. Experience in outdoor and traditional activities can take many years to acquire and, honestly, there are no short courses or seminars that can replace the years of experience required to become proficient in a chosen land-based activity. On the other hand, good first aid training is available to most people, and it can prepare people with solid knowledge and skills for emergency response. All first aid is broadly defined as emergency care given to injured or ill persons at an emergency scene, using available materials,

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and all first aid is intended to: preserve life, prevent the injury from becoming worse, and promote recovery. Most first aid training in Canada is designed for an urban audience and environment. This urban context is where emergency responders provide care within two hours of a hospital or other advanced care and life support services (911 accessed emergency medical services – EMS). Urban responders typically provide care until they can hand over responsibility for casualties to EMS personnel. Things change when we travel outdoors and onto the land. What is learned in urban first aid training falls short of providing what we need in a wilderness setting, where emergency responders must assess, treat and transport sometimes seriously ill or injured people through remote environments. Wilderness care often means long-term care – hours or days – in weather that might not co-operate. Communication with a physician and rapid emergency transport is difficult or impossible. Care for injuries is sometimes provided with limited equipment, meaning responders must improvise with available materials to create essential supplies, and the seriously injured may require improvised transport over

difficult terrain. And common protocols – such as for wound cleaning, immobilization and dislocations – may require different approaches due to the demands of the setting.

pecialized wilderness first aid (WFA) training, with excellent programs designed in Canada, prepares people with knowledge and skills for outdoor environments distant from medical help. Through practical exercises, presentations and realistic wilderness emergency simulations, participants learn to prevent, recognize and treat common medical problems, as well as stabilize a severely ill or injured person for evacuation to advanced care. Most WFA courses create a foundation in basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology, with a focus on the principal body systems and what they need to keep us going during stressful outdoor activities. Skill learning begins with the patient assessment system, including history, exam and ongoing monitoring of vital signs and condition. Participants learn the skill and value of estimating blood pressure and changes in pressure, which supports better informed decision-making about longer term care. 34 Medical shock is defined and

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Wilderness First Aid training levels Several wilderness first aid (WFA) training providers operate in Canada. Typical training program levels are: • 16-20 hour Basic WFA; • 40-54 hour Advanced WFA for those with ‘duty-to-care’; and • 80 hour Wilderness First Responder for outdoor professionals. Better training providers will adapt their program content and delivery to suit the training audience and the particular needs of their home or work environment.

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Taking a stand

Left: Rapper Chris Sutherland, who uses the stage name Shibastik. Below: Raising awareness about bullying: from left, Seth Fiddler, Jeremy Monias, Marco Kakekagumick, Evangeline Meekis, Darrin Fiddler, and Una Gott. Right: Stephanie Meekis, community mentor for Right to Play.

against bullying By Roderick Fiddler Business Development Analyst Trainee Wasaya Airways LP

hen we think of bullying, we used to automatically think of an older and bigger person picking on the smaller guy. But today, new technologies and social media have given new platforms to bully and intimidate others, also known as ‘cyber-bullying.’ Sandy Lake First Nation held its first ever Anti-Bullying Conference and Workshop, May 27-30, with special guests Chris Sutherland, aka “Shibastik,” a rapper and motivational speaker from Thunder Bay; community wellness facilitator Warren Meekis from Sioux Lookout; “Young Heavy Weights,” who are rappers from Toronto; and youth motivational group “Feathers of Hope.” “Bullying in schools and cyber-bullying on social networks has gotten out of hand among our young people,” says Darrin Fiddler, Sandy Lake’s junior chief. “We knew we needed to address this issue sooner rather than later with our youth.” People in the community began to approach local leaders to address this growing problem. A partnership was initiated between the chief and council, youth council, Brighter Futures program, Right to Play, and the youth intervention/ justice program to begin discussions and formulate a plan for addressing the issue. It turned out these programs had already begun the process of setting up workshops to work directly with students 32

in Sandy Lake at the elementary and high schools, the parents and the general public. “First and foremost, this conference is about acknowledging that we have a problem and to get everyone to fully understand what we’re dealing with,” Fiddler says of event in May. Evangeline Meekis, a youth intervention worker, says bullying starts at a very young age. “It was the teachers in grades 1 and 2 who approached us and suggested that we start with the younger students because they recognize it’s happening it their classrooms,” Meekis says. “That’s why we got the elementary school involved.” Stephanie Meekis, Right to Play’s community mentor, says it’s not only the young people who are doing the bullying. “The thing about Facebook is that it’s an open forum and some parents are posting hurtful and negative comments that are witnessed by their children, giving them the impression that it’s OK to do this.” She hopes the anti-bullying workshops

provided people in the community with the knowledge and tools needed to deal with bullying. Una Gott, one of the Sandy Lake conference organizers, notes another concern with bullying. “There’s also the issue of posting inappropriate pictures or videos and using that to blackmail or bully someone,” she says. “People need to be aware that this is a criminal offence with serious consequences. New legislation is being passed to help protect people from this type of harassment.” Aside from workshops, activities at the conference included icebreakers, fun games, presentations in all the classrooms, and open presentations to community frontline workers and to the general public. All of these activities reinforced the message that bullying is unacceptable. For conference entertainment, local acts opened for some of the invited guests. “In order for our efforts to be effective, we need to get parents and caretakers involved because we know the bullying

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s it did for Beatrice, WFA training can make all the difference. WFA training teaches skills and knowledge that can make activities and work on the land more safe and productive. Courses teach prevention and prepare people for emergencies that occur when doing things they normally do in the outdoor environments where they live, work and play. WFA skills and knowledge, in turn, provide people with increased confidence in wilderness settings when with family or others, greater willingness to share outdoor traditional activities with others, and a greater willingness to accept leadership roles in youth group activities on the land. (Tom Terry has been a wilderness guide since the early 1970s, and has instructed wilderness readiness and first aid since the early 1980s. He also provides contract services as an outdoor program and community development consultant. Based in Sioux Lookout, Tom and his son, Jesse, instruct Wilderness First Aid with Sirius Wilderness Medicine.) 34

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Regional chief inspires cancer screening video O

ntario Regional Chief Stan Beardy knows the importance of cancer screening firsthand. Now he wants to share his story and his message to promote cancer screening with others, particularly First Nations people. In March, Chief Beardy helped launch a cancer screening awareness video titled Early Detection: The Path to a Good Life, which features his cancer story. “In 2013 I made an appointment with my doctor for a routine checkup. I was feeling fine, but my doctor sent me for a colonoscopy. My doctor told me they found the cancer very early, and they would be able to remove it,” explains Chief Beardy. “I was surprised when I first heard the word ‘cancer.’ I thought to myself, ‘Where I come from, people don’t survive a diagnosis of cancer.’ ” Chief Beardy’s commitment to cancer screening saved his life because his cancer was caught early, when it was more easily treated. The video, inspired by Chief Beardy, focuses on his story while also educating viewers about three provincial, organized screening tests for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer. Developed in partnership with Regional Cancer Care Northwest at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) and the Chiefs of Ontario, the film was directed and filmed by Apple Wagon Films. “These partnerships are key for success in promoting health in our region,” says Andrée Robichaud, president and CEO of TBRHSC. “This particular partnership is exciting for us because of Chief Beardy’s dedication and involvement in our community and region.”

Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy and Andrée Robichaud, president and CEO of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

Cancer screening is for healthy people “In most First Nation communities in Ontario, cancer is often not found early enough,” says Dr. Mark Henderson, executive vicepresident of patient care services at TBRHSC and regional vicepresident of Cancer Care Ontario. “We are pleased to work with Chief Beardy to help him share his story and experience to promote the importance of cancer screening in First Nation communities. What’s really important about Chief Beardy’s story is that he said that he felt fine. Often, people think of cancer screening as something they should do when they don’t feel well, but screening is for healthy people before they show symptoms of cancer.” In the video, Chief Beardy’s family life is featured – his ‘Good Life.’ He knows his life could have been in jeopardy had he not screened for cancer. “I think it’s important for everyone to go for routine cancer screening,” he says. “Through surgery, my cancer was cured and it did not spread any further in my body. Now I can continue to do the things in life that I hoped to do.” The video can be viewed at www.tbrhsc.net/GoodLife. –THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE

Cancer screening saves lives

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Men and women 50 years and older who are at average risk should be screened every two years using a ColonCancerCheck Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) kit. Talk to your health-care provider about when it’s time for you to be screened. For more information or for other screening options visit www.cancercare.on.ca. Women aged 50 years and older should have a routine breast screening mammogram every two years. Women 21 years and older, who have ever been sexually active, should have a Pap test to screen for cervical cancer every three years. A common barrier to completing cancer screening is limited access. However, the Screen for Life coach travels to more than 60 different locations, including First Nation communities, throughout northwestern Ontario. The coach offers breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening to eligible women in more convenient locations. For more information on the Screen for Life coach or to book your appointment, call: 807-684-7777 or 1-800-761-7031. –THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE

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Stu learn dents, an d ers find t of all age he an s to the swer , and m se questi s on o editio re inside s th n of S agata is y!

‘Polar Bear’ makes best of second chance (page 25) 1.

Where did Norman compete?

What sports did the Ontario NAIG team have openings for?

What is Norman’s nickname? Why is this his nickname?

What sport did he practice for?

Where is Norman from?

What advice does Norman give to youths who want to compete in NAIG?

Where does he attend high school?

Who contacted Norman’s father?

Wilderness First Aid (page 29) 1.

What happened to Beatrice?

10. What is the broad definition of First Aid?

What was the outcome of her “accident”?

11. What is WFA?

What kind of injection was Beatrice given?

12. What do participants learn in WFA?

What did the injection prevent?

13. What does WFA provide people?

What are some of the outdoor risks?

Who was relied upon in the past for wilderness safety?

What kind of behaviour leads to needless accidents?

What type of critical information do group leaders need to know about the people they work with?

How should you prepare for unexpected wilderness emergencies?

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