Seven Fall 2014

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Nishnawbe Youth Magazine

Priscella Rose Martin

Commentary

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his may be the last column I write as the youth editor and media director for SEVEN. It’s weird to think about as I’ve been doing this for the last twenty-two months, and it would be lovely to be able to do for twenty-two months more but I have reached the end of my internship with the magazine.

Stephanie Wesley SEVEN Youth Editor

I have learned so much during my time here. I really hope that this magazine goes on with a new editor and continues to give you, our youth, a platform to express yourself and celebrate your many achievements on.

I know with each column I keep expressing the importance of you, our youth, sharing your stories and your accomplishments with each other in this magazine, but the reason I do it is because it’s needed. Your voice is needed, especially in a publication like SEVEN and also in many other areas of your life and the life of those around you. As Nishnawbe youth, you possess different ideas and values. You have a unique and rich culture and history. When it comes to sharing your stories or your dreams, you’re also contributing to the journey of other youth who are reading your words and stories, or who are seeing your images or artwork. All of you who appear in this magazine are an inspiration to others, some of you even trailblazers in your own right. So it’s crucial to keep sharing and to keep inspiring others. There has been a tragedy during the creation of the fall issue of SEVEN. A young man who was going to school in Thunder Bay tragically lost his life, and there are many people out there who are hurting because of this loss.

FEATURES

Poetry & Music Classic Roots: Producing Music & Dreams page 5

Art & Photography

I was happy to see all of the support that came for the youth’s family and his friends, and am glad that many are encouraging those left behind to keep going along on their journey when it comes to education. The death of a loved one, especially in such a tragic way, is hard to deal with, and it is important to seek help and support if you feel you need it. It’s not good to keep things bottled up inside, it’s good to mourn and to talk about it until you feel alright again. And it is important to continue on because that’s what the one you lost would most likely want you to do, right? To keep on going once you are ready. There is a lot of life to be lived out there, a whole world for you to explore, and life is very fragile. Remember to cherish your loved ones and take care of them. Remember to take care of yourself as well for you are just as important. There is no one else like you out there, and you are irreplaceable. I hope you enjoyed reading your and your peers’ submissions in the last eight issues of SEVEN, I hope you enjoyed the images, the poems, the columns, and the profiles because I sure did. I hope those who supported the magazine through advertisements know how important they were to this publication, and how truly appreciated they are. I’ll have to end this with my favourite quote from the one and only Dr. Seuss, taken from one of the best books I have ever read (way back when I was a kid) called Oh The Places You’ll Go. The book’s message is just as important to young adults and youth as they are to children, I feel.

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Nishnawbe Youth Magazine

Sharing our voices Expressing our creative spirit Celebrating our culture Published by Wawatay Native Communications Society www.wawataynews.com Editor/Writer Stephanie Wesley Sales Representative Tom Scura Graphic Designer Matthew Bradley Translator Vicky Anges Advertising Tom Scura, Sales Representative toms@wawatay.on.ca

“You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step, step with care and great tact and remember that life’s a great balancing act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft, and never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! 98 and ¾ percent guaranteed. Kid, you’ll move mountains.”

Short Stories & Essays

Art by Andrew Machendagoos page 2

Gina page 7

Photos by Priscella Rose Martin page 4

MEDIA & Moccasins page 8

Contributors Andrew Machendagoos Sage Petahtegoose Priscella Rose Martin Bruce Barber Annie Hollis & Kelly Hoskin Chad Tait Theodore Syrette

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