June 11, 2009

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Using your head

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Emily Boulieu, right, a Whitesands band member attending St. Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay, recruited a friend to compete in a multi-event race during a multicultural youth gathering at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School May 27. Several Thunder Bay high schools and elementary schools participated in the days which featured sports and crafts.

NAN questions school funding Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Chiefs and Members of Parliament are asking questions and calling for action over a Parliamentary Budget Office report detailing education spending at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

“This report clearly lays out the problems that First Nations communities have been facing for years,” said Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus, who had requested the Parliamentary Budget Office look at how educational spending decisions were made at INAC. “There’s no plan of action, no criteria for needs-based funding, no set of data to support decision making – it’s a complete farce. It’s no wonder that a community like Attawapiskat is still without a real school three decades after a toxic spill poisoned their elementary facility.”

Based on discussions with INAC officials and a review of information provided by INAC, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer determined there is no method to determine capital budgeting for any school related expenses for First Nations. The report also says there is an absence of formalized asset management of school infrastructure including building condition reports. It also found there is no integrated portfolio strategy for various

school infrastructure and how it affects the needs of the First Nation schoolgoing population.

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Hall was appalled at the report, which is available online at the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer website.

“There’s no plan of action.”

– Charlie Angus

“We have met with INAC many times offering solutions that we feel are workable and their response is always the same,” Hall said, “no funding and that Attawapiskat is not a priority.”

Now that the findings of the report are public, Hall and Mushkegowuk Council Grand Chief Stan Louttit are hopeful INAC will be open to a process to address the long-standing education issues in Attawapiskat.

INAC has indicated the ICMS (Integrated Capital Management System) database which was used to obtain information for the report is in development.

“It contains incomplete information at this time,” said Margot Geduld, INAC media relations. see EDUCATION page 24

ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭ ᒥᓇᐧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᔑ ᓇᐦᐃᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄ ᐱᒧᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐠ ᑭᑲᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐅᒋ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᔭᓂᔑ ᐅᓂᐸᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑲᑭ ᓇᓂᐱᑌ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥᐸᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐨ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒥᔑᓄᔭᑭ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑎᒥᐣᐢ ᒥᓇ ᒉᒥᐢ ᐯ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᒐᕑᓫᐃ ᐊᐣᑭᐢ, ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒋᑭ ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓀᑕᐠ ᒋᐃᔑᐸᐸᑭᑎᓇᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐊᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑎᐸᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᑲᐊᓂᔑ ᓇᓄᑌᓭᐠ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑫᐅᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐅᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᐃᔑᐊᓱᐡᑭᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ ᑲᑭᐸᓯᓇᑲᐧᐣ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒪᒪᑲᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᐠ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐊᔕ ᓂᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᑲᑭᓯᑭᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐱᒥᑌ ᑲᑭ ᐱᒋᐳᐃᐧᒋᑫᒪᑲᓂᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᑕᑭᑌᓂᐠ. ᐅᒪ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᐣ ᐸᑫᐱᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ 6, ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐅᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐃᔑ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐱᒥᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᐨ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᔓᓂᔭ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᐅᓂᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ,

ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑭᐃᔑᒥᑭᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᐅᑭᒪᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐧᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑲᐅᒋᐸᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᐠ ᐅᑭᐃᔑᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᐣ: ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᐃᔑ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᑕᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᑕᓱᐸᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒥ ᐅᓂᐸᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᔓᓂᔭ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒥᐊᐸᑎᓯᐨ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐣᑎ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑎᐸᑐᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐱᒥᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐊᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒪᒋᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑫᐃᔑ ᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᐃᔑ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓇᓇᑲᐤ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᒥᔑᓀᐧᑭᓭᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑎᒪᑭᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ , ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᔑᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐸᑲᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑲᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒋᕑᐃᓴ ᐦᐊᓫ ᐅᑭ ᑭᔑᐊᐧᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᒧᒪᑲᓂᐠ, ᐃᒪ ᑲᔦ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᑭᔭᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᒥᔑᓇᐧ ᐣᑭᓇᓇᑭᐡᑲᐊᐧᒥᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᐁᑭᐃᓇᔭᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᔑᒥᓄᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᓴᐧ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᐣᑭᐱᔑᓇᑫᐧᐁᐧᔑᒥᑯᒥᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐦᐊᓫ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔭᓯᐣ ᔓᓂᔭ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᒋᑭ ᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐧᐊᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐊᔕ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᑭ ᑭᑫᑕᑯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ, ᐦᐊᓫ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐡᑭᑯᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᓫᐅᑎᐟ ᐅᐸᑯᓭᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᒋᐃᐧᑲᐧᔭᑯᓭᑐᐨ

ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᑭᓀᐧᐡ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄ ᐱᒧᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ. ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐸᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᐣ ᑫᔭᓂ ᐱᐣᑎᑫᐱᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐊᓂᐱᒥᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐃᐧᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᕑᑯ ᑭᑐᐟ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᑫᐧᒪᐣ. ᑭᑐᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ 118 ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑭᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 2006 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑲᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑫᔭᓂ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ 17 ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᒪᐤ $624 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑕᓴᐧᐱᐠ ᑭᐃᔑᒣᑎᓂᑫᓭ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ $200 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇ ᒥᑕᓱ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᓴᐧᓱᔕᑊ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᑌᕑᐃ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᐃᐧᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᐊᐣᑎ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐁᔑᐊᔭᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ, ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᓄᐣ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ, ᒪᒪᐤ 49 ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑕᓯᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭᐠ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓄ ᐱᒧᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ ᑯᐸᒋᓭᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ. ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐊᔭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᓄᐸᐣ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᑕᔑ ᐅᑲᐧᐡᑭᓇᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᔑᒥᓇᐧᔑᓂᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ. ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 24

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Wawatay News

JUNE 11, 2009

Overcoming racism, discrimination report delivered to city council Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Anne Lesage is disappointed with Thunder Bay City Council’s reaction to the delivery of Overcoming Racism and Discrimination: A Plan for Action.

“Because of what has been splashed over the front pages of our newspapers, why would they need a debate,” said the executive director of the Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre, co-chair of Diversity Thunder Bay, and one of three Thunder Bay Coalition Against Racism and Discrimination members who delivered the 96page report during the May 25 meeting of City Council at the Thunder Bay Auditorium.

Lesage was speaking about a number of incidents which have recently been reported in the Thunder Bay media about First Nations people being mistreated in Thunder Bay, including the hair-cutting of a seven-year-old First Nation student at McKellar Park Central Public School in mid-April, non-aboriginals throwing spoons and eggs from moving vehicles at First Nations pedestrians, and First Nations people being refused service by non-aboriginal employees at a convenience store.

“There is not an understanding of how widespread this (discrimination) is in our city,” Lesage said.

Dakota-colt Meshake, who also presented the report to City Council, said he has had eggs thrown at him while walking along Thunder Bay’s streets.

“It’s belittling in a way,” said the Grade 12 Hillcrest High

School student. “We are being looked down upon.”

Meshake said it would be a good sign if the City Council moves to accept the report’s recommendations.

“It will give us hope,” Meshake said. “I want to bring a child into this world who doesn’t have to deal with the racism and discrimination that people deal with every single day.”

Leisa Desmoulins was the lead researcher and writer and third presenter of the report, which had five recommendations for City Council: acknowledge the harmful effects of racism and discrimination within Thunder Bay, demonstrate leadership by working with community partners to create a welcoming and inclusive community, establish a standing committee of council to work with community partners to develop a plan of action with measurable success indicators, develop and communicate an equity vision to overcome racism and discrimination, and communicate annually with the Canadian Coalition Against Racism and Discrimination and the community.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy is urging City Council to adopt the report.

“NAN is very much in favour of working with the community’s leadership as well as its members, groups, organizations and the public and private sectors to address the issues of racism and discrimination,” Beardy said after attending the release of the report.

ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

Wawatay staff clean up

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Wawatay Native Communications Society staff including Grace Winter, Javier Espinoza and Brian Davis do their part to clean up downtown Thunder Bay around the Wawatay News office on South Algoma St May 29. The city encouraged area businesses to take some time and clean up around their shops in an effort to make the city look nice throughout the month.

Let’s take a stand against…Colorectal Cancer!

Do you know the signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer? Do you know what you can do to prevent this disease?

Cancer Care Ontario wants everyone to learn ways to reduce their risk of developing colorectal cancer and be aware of the signs and symptoms of the disease.

Let’s take a stand against…Colorectal Cancer! is an educational/ teaching tool for frontline health care service providers to teach Aboriginal communities about colorectal cancer prevention and screening using the Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) through ColonCancerCheck, Ontario’s colorectal screening program.

When found early enough, there is a 90% chance colorectal cancer can be cured.

Some signs & symptoms of colorectal cancer are: • A change in your bowel movements • Blood (either bright red or very dark) in your stool (feces) • Diarrhea, constipation or feeling that your bowel does not empty completely • Stools that are narrower than usual • Stomach discomfort • Unexplained weight loss • Fatigue (feeling tired, weak) • Vomiting If you have any of these symptoms talk to your health care provider during your next visit.

You can lower your risk of developing colorectal cancer by: • Eating a healthy diet; particularly a diet high in fibre and low in animal fats • Not smoking • Limiting or avoiding alcohol use • Exercising regularly • Visiting your health care provider regularly • Screening for colorectal cancer It is recommended that men and women 50 years of age or older, who do not have a family history of colorectal cancer, be screened every two years using FOBT. Talk to your health care provider about colorectal cancer and the screening method that is right for you.

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Chiefs calling for action on police funding Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Chiefs are calling for action on the Kashechewan jail fire jury recommendations to bring Nishnawbe-Aski Police Services up to par with other police services.

“We thank the jury for these recommendations - they are everything we had hoped for,” said Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, who attended the conclusion of the coroner’s inquest into the Jan. 2006 deaths of Jamie Goodwin and Ricardo Wesley in the Kashechewan NAPS detachment jail cell fire in Toronto. “We call on the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada to work with us to implement these recommendations.”

Eabametoong Chief Solomon Atlookan is calling for an immediate review of the policing services in his community as the number of police officers serving the community has recently been almost halved while crime rates are increasing.

“I fear that my community is at great risk, with major changes occurring at our NAPS detachment,” Atlookan said.

“Originally, five officers had been working in our community but recently two officers have been transferred from the NAPS office and have not been replaced.”

Atlookan said the community’s NAPS officers responded to 389 occurrences from Jan. 1 to April 30, with 70 incidents involving the jailing of an individual.

“Our NAPS detachment is a duplex with half of it consisting of offices and the other used to house the constables,” Atlookan said. “It is simply unacceptable in its capacity to deal with the level of crime we are experiencing. How can we make our community members take the law seriously when the government does not take it seriously enough to provide us with with sufficient services and capacity.”

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The Wahgoshig First Nation Nishnawbe Aski Police Service detachment is seen in 2007. At the time, Chief Dave Babib called it a 10 foot by 10 foot shed with no running water. The coroner’s inquest into the deaths of two Kashechewan men called on the federal and provincial governments to improve funding to NAPS. The five-member jury made 86 recommendations relevant to NAPS and its policing delivery area, including: First Nations, Canada and Ontario should work together to ensure that policing standards and service levels in First Nation communities are equivalent to those in non-First Nation communities; Canada and Ontario should provide NAPS with the funding required to ensure that the communities it serves receive the same level and quality of policing services and infrastructure that non-First Nations communities receive;

and a public inquiry or Royal Commission should be conducted for the NAN communities which addresses parity of services, health and safety, and the quality of life.

“These jury members were able to see what federal and provincial governments have failed to recognize – that NAN First Nations deserve the same level of police services as those enjoyed by the rest of the province,” Fiddler said, noting the jury’s recognition that 19 NAPS detachments do not meet National Building Code standards.

“The inquest is done but the work is just starting, and we hope that something positive can come from this.”

Fiddler and Mushkegowuk Council Grand Chief Stan Louttit have already sent letters to Public Safety Canada Minister Peter Van Loan and Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Rick Bartolucci requesting action on the jury recommendations.

“Action has to be taken now,” Louttit said. “Let’s not wait for another death. (Kashechewan Chief) Jonathan Solomon wants to have a discussion. I say let’s

do it. What are we waiting for.”

Fiddler said the underlying problem is the fact that NAPS is considered a program.

“It’s not legislated,” Fiddler said, explaining that NAN is looking for a legislated framework for NAPS. “That would allow for standards to be set (and) obligate both Ontario and Canada to provide adequate funding to meet those standards.”

Both Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus and TimminsJames Bay MPP Gilles Bisson agree the days of 2-tiered policing must come to an end.

“Whether it is policing or schooling, those in First Nation communities continually suffer from years of under-funding and neglect,” Angus said. “I was there and I saw the pitiful conditions NAPS police officers have to work with. Those men should not have died.”

“I have been calling on the government to properly fund NAPS police officers with the tools to do their job,” Bisson said. “That will make those communities safer. First Nations deserve the same level of policing as non-native communities.”

Fiddler said the Goodwin and Wesley families are calling for the Ontario and Canadian governments to make a commitment to the families and community of Kashechewan to take steps to implement the jury recommendations.

“Although the tragedy occurred over three years ago, the conditions that contributed to the fire still exist,” Fiddler said. “It’s a real concern. There has been very little action on the part of Ontario and Canada in terms of capital funding. They refuse to fund capital expenditures.”

Fiddler said a meeting with the NAPS board is scheduled.

“We need to develop a negotiation strategy which will allow us to make some significant progress in addressing the shortfalls that exist in our communities,” Fiddler said. “We owe it to the families and we owe it to the communities to do

all we can to ensure that a tragedy like this does not happen in our communities.”

Stuart McGetrick, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services Communications Branch, said the provincial government wants to work with First Nations and the federal government to achieve a sustainable model for First Nations policing services.

“Obviously, we just got the recommendations,” McGetrick said. “We are in the process of reviewing the recommendations.”

Jacinthe Perras, Public Safety Canada Media Relations, said the federal government is currently reviewing the jury’s recommendations.

Perras stated in an e-mail that under the First Nations Policing Program, administered by Public Safety Canada, the federal government provides funding to support dedicated policing services over and above the regular policing activities the provinces provide.

Agreements are cost-shared 52 per cent by the federal government and 48 per cent by the province. Over the last number of years, federal and provincial governments have invested close to $7 million towards the remediation of NAPS police facilities.

Meanwhile, this past September the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services announced provincial investments of $50 million to upgrade or replace facilities for frontline police officers, including 14 new OPP detachment buildings, a new $7.4 million state-of-theart OPP communications centre in Thunder Bay and a new $5.8 million OPP forensic identification unit building in Thunder Bay. “We’re giving police the tools they need to do their job and keep Ontarians safe,” Bartolucci said at the time. “These modern facilities will go a long way in helping our hard-working OPP officers provide superior service to the people of northwestern Ontario.”

Stan Beardy not sure about Far North legislation Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy is concerned about Ontario’s Far North Land Use Planning Bill.

“I believe the Premier’s vision is that First Nations will have a real say in the future of their homelands,” Beardy said. “That is a commendable goal, but I’m not sure this first draft of the legislation gets us there. We’ll keep working with the Government of Ontario to develop legislation we can all support. It is my hope that by fall I can stand alongside the Premier and the Minister of Natural Resources and tell all Ontarians what we have accomplished.”

The Ontario government introduced the legislation to the provincial legislature June 2 to enable community-based land use planning, conserve essential habitat, and fight climate change.

“This legislation would contribute to a sustainable and more prosperous future for the people and communities of the Far North, and provide important and far-reaching environmental and economic benefits for our province as a whole,” said Minister of Natural Resources Donna Cansfield, who indicated she is prepared to work with Nishnawbe Aski

Nation on the legislation. “I’m always prepared to work with Stan (Beardy). It’s a goal we share.”

The legislation will enable a community-based land use planning process which allows Far North First Nations and Ontario to determine areas to be protected and identify areas for economic development that benefit First Nations communities and consider ecological and cultural values; conserve essential habitat for more than 200 sensitive species, including woodland caribou and Ontario’s only populations of polar bears and snow geese, through a network of conservation lands; and fight climate change by ensuring the vast Far North boreal landscape keeps its capacity to act as a giant carbon sink – the largest of its kind in North America.

Sandy Lake Deputy Chief Bart Meekis said First Nations people have a right to decide what happens on their land.

“This land is a part of the native people,” Meekis said.

“If you take the land away, you take the essence of who the First Nations people are.”

“We can’t sell the land, as native people we can’t do that.

It’s not in our character or nature of who we are. We’re supposed to look after the land; it looks after us. We live off the

land – remember our fathers telling us that.”

A number of leading environmental groups applauded the legislation as a means for Ontario to fight climate change, protect ecosystems and ensure First Nations have control over land-use decisions as they plan for cultural renewal and economic prosperity.

“This is an important step towards securing a sustainable future for the northern Boreal region of Ontario,” said Larry Innes, executive director of Canadian Boreal Initiative. “We commend the government for recognizing that planning for environmental protection and economic prosperity is best accomplished in partnership with First Nations.”

“The Premier has made good on his promise to the planet, and has set in motion a plan to protect more than 50 billion tonnes of carbon,” said Janet Sumner of CPAWS Wildlands League.

“The success of this initiative depends on our investment in First Nations as they plan for prosperity, culture and ecosystems.”

“World class values deserve world class legislation,” said Justin Duncan of Ecojustice.

“This draft has the right ingredients and we look forward to working with others to perfect

it.”

“The proposed legislation meets most of the tests for good legislation for the northern boreal,” says Rick Smith of Environmental Defence. “More work needs to be done to fully ensure the legislation will work in the real world but we are confident this will be done during the committee hearing process this summer.”

“There is a lot of work that needs to be done.”

– Donna Cansfield

Cansfield said the introduction of the legislation is only the first step of the process; next steps include the second reading of the legislation, committee hearings including consultations with communities, and the third reading.

“There is a lot of work that needs to be done,” Cansfield said. “The whole plan is to enable First Nations to use resources as they choose.”

Beardy said of the dozens of communities in the Far North, only one is not a First Nation.

“Our interests in this legislation could not be higher,” Beardy said. “The Government of Ontario is legislating about

our homelands – about our home. We are the North. We have to make sure Ontario gets this right.

“It is critical that any development of natural resources in the Far North must respect Aboriginal and treaty rights while supporting an environmentally sustainable economic future for our people.”

Beardy said First Nations have always wanted community-based land use planning, but not under the terms of this legislation.

“We are particularly concerned that First Nations without band status have been excluded and that this legislation will effectively force First Nations to land-use plan their way out of a super-park,” Beardy said. “The Far North is our homeland and has been kept pristine by the Cree and Ojibway people for generations.

We recognize the Far North’s ability to absorb the effects of climate change, but this legislation protecting 225,000 square kilometres of our territory has potential to block us from developing our communities so the carbon sink can remain intact to right the environmental wrongs of the industrialized south. We are not opposed to the goals of conservation, but Ontario’s efforts to save the planet must not come at First Nations’

expense.”

The provincial government has committed $30 million over four years, from 2008 to 2012, to support consultations and engagement and other key components of the Far North Planning Initiative including science and information, sustainable land use planning and resource management in the Far North.

“The Chiefs that I represent support community-based land use planning,” said Frank McKay, council chair at Windigo First Nations Council. “We will continue to work with the MNR in a partnership approach.

We need to develop a process to resource this important project.”

The Ministry of Natural Resources has allocated $3 million to date in funding to Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Far North First Nations for community engagement, mapping of traditional land uses and collection of traditional Aboriginal knowledge, and to help communities build land-use planning capacity.

“We want to continue with our community-based land use planning process,” said New Slate Falls Chief Glen Whiskeyjack. “It balances traditional uses and knowledge of the land with new economic opportunities for our youth, while protecting the land.”

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Commentary

Cutting a strand of history James Thom TO THE POINT

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hen a teacher’s aide cut an Aboriginal student’s hair in April in Thunder Bay, a line was crossed.

The implications of the incident might never be fully appreciated. People have taken the incident different ways: some say it’s reminiscent of Residential School with forced haircuts, others called it plain racism and others still refer to it as an assault with a weapon.

It’s been nearly two months since the incident happened at the school and more than a month since news of the haircut broke in the media but people are still talking about it.

The incident made national headlines and has caused quite a stir in Thunder Bay. I have yet to meet and speak to anyone in person who believes the teacher’s aide was within her rights and professional duties to do what she did.

Reading comments on www. cbc.ca and letters to the editor in the local daily newspaper, it’s a different situation. While most people support the parent’s outrage and frustration, there are some people downplaying the incident. Others are making light of it.

It offends me to no end.

A friend of mine emailed me a comment that was published in the newspaper May 30.

While copyright prevents me from reprinting the message, it went something like this.

He couldn’t believe people were making a big deal about this incident. He thought a great solution to the incident would be to have the youth’s parents pay the teacher’s aide a small amount of money, which would be fair considering how much a good haircut costs in the city.

He concluded his letter by cautioning people about exaggerations and making mountains out of molehills.

The first time I read the comment, it sent chills down my spine. Not the wow, that’s a fantastic comment kind of chills but more the, ‘holy crap, what’s wrong with this guy?’ kind.

I believe in free speech and hardly made a fuss when people started hating on me about an anti-smoking rant I wrote in this space several months ago.

Having said that, I think the world would be a better place if people would follow the old saying: “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”

I can understand the man’s comment that there’s an awful lot of interest in this incident at a time when the economy of floundering, General Motors is filing bankruptcy and the forestry sector is at a standstill.

Maybe the media should be paying more attention to these things? They are.

But on a local level (and this story started local and quickly drew national interest), a quick glance at front pages of the local newspaper will show there hasn’t been much happening.

In their infinite wisdom, the Crown Attorney’s office has chosen not to prosecute an assault case against the aide, arguing it is against the public interest to go to court. This has led the family to seek legal advice about its next step.

That has caused the public outcry we’re still in the midst of.

I can assure you, if this had happened to me, my parents would be just as upset. They would be contemplating lawsuits.

I think an assault happened.

A breach of trust certainly occurred.

Under no circumstances should a teacher or teacher’s aide ever do something like cut a student’s hair.

I shudder to think what would have happened had the child struggled. I’ve had hairdresser’s accidentally cut me and themselves. Accidents do happen.

How would the teacher’s aide, the teacher who likely should have been supervising the class, the school principal, school board and others explained this incident to the parents, should the child have come home with a cut or stitches had something gone wrong?

If my child came home bloodied after any sort of incident at school, someone would have some explaining to do.

To find out it was a school staff member’s doing would likely set me over the edge.

Even if the teacher’s aide had the best intentions, it was still a ridiculous thing to do.

Regardless of the outcome – and I still believe charges are warranted – I hope people have learned something from this incident.

If they haven’t, it won’t just be a boy’s hair that was cut, it will also be my faith in people.

by Liz Thunder/Wawatay News archive

A line of women compete in a potato sack race during a Big Trout Lake reunion in June of 1982.

The system, rules for radicals, free at fifty Richard Wagamese ONE NATIVE LIFE

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e love to ski. There’s a resort a short drive from the cabin and we head there as often as we can in the winter months. As soon as our feet are off the ground on the chair lift both us feel exhilarated like being borne out of our lives and into an exciting, challenging world.

We love the view as much as the action. It’s spectacular at the top. You can see right across the length and breadth of the Rockies and if you allow it, your imagination can send you soaring over all of it.

The plummet down the runs affords other panoramas when we stop to take it in.

Skiing is about freedom. It’s about being in harmony with gravity and transcending it all at the same time. It’s about the joy of a headlong rush and the sublime ease of a slow traverse through the trees when everything around you is all shadow, light and the crystal burst of brilliance of fresh powder.

So it was hard one day when the protesters came. There’s a land claim issue at our favorite resort and a band of camouflaged young native people arrived with drums, pamphlets and megaphones. They stood at the base of the mountain and harangued the families gathered to enjoy the hill.

They stood about in masks, balaclavas and mirrored sun-

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glasses, unapproachable, aloof and hugely ironic against that fresh, open landscape.

No one listened. No one paid any attention at all except the Mounties who were paid to make sure there were no confrontations. There weren’t.

Instead, the dozen or so protesters marched through the resort village singing a drum song, waving flags and being ignored. Later, as we took off our gear in the parking lot, they marched passed in a bedraggled line, and disappeared into a small rusted bus.

It was sad for me. I understood their cause. I understood their politics. I understood their motivation. I just didn’t agree with the process.

See, when I was in my early twenties I became a militant.

I discovered my people and reconnected with them after disappearing into white foster and adopted homes. The people I met were angry.

It was the early 70s and native politics was in a boil.

The American Indian Movement was making big headlines in the United States and that energy filtered into Canada. There would be occupations of land and buildings, marches and other protests.

Because I was a displaced person I was eager to fit in. I wanted, needed to be seen as a native person, as belonging. So I adopted the politics. I pulled it around me like a cloak. I became red-minded. I grew my hair our, dressed in an Indian motif and began to read the literature that some of the angry young people I met suggested.

Through the course of one

spring and summer I read Vine Deloria’s God Is Red, Custer Died For Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto and then Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, After that I read Karl Marx, Eldridge Cleaver’s Soul on Ice, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. I studied the writings of Abby Hoffman and Bobby Seale, all in order to educate myself in the politics of struggle.

Back then I believed that if I had the rhetoric in place the passion would follow. Everyone around me was angry and I believed that in order to qualify as a native person I had to be angry too. To reflect my identity I was supposed to be angry.

Then I read Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals. From Alinsky I learned that anger by supposition isn’t anger at all. It’s method acting.

What the book contained was less than what its title suggested and at first I was disappointed. Then I read it over again. I came to understand that radicalism wasn’t necessarily the mechanics of anger. Instead, it was the need of a people to invoke justice in the system through a certain generosity of spirit. It was, as Alinsky suggested, a process of communication.

I didn’t know what that meant at first. Then I was sold on the energy of ‘the movement’. The movement was all about bringing down the system and the system was to blame for everything my people had suffered for hundreds of years of settlement.

Change had to be brought

about abruptly. Revolution was energy and the movement sought to harness that energy.

My head was filled with the politics of retribution.

Then Alinsky said something marvelous. He encouraged the younger generation to hang onto laughter. It was the most precious part of youth. Out of that, he said, we could find together what we’re looking for – laughter, beauty, love and the chance to create.

It resonated with me. I was angry because I thought I was supposed to be, because it was the Indian thing to do. But deep within me, where I truly lived, was a wish for peace. It took some doing, it took some hard work and seeking out and listening to the bona fide teachers in our native circles but I got in touch with that wish for peace.

See, it’s not necessary to bridge gaps between communities. Bridges rust, collapse, get swept aside by the hard winds of change. But if, as a people, you work earnestly to fill in those gaps with information, filling it in layer by layer with your truth, the gap eventually ceases to exist. Saul Alinsky taught me that.

I’m in my fifties now. I’ve learned that life, like skiing, is about being in harmony with gravity and transcending it at the same time. It’s about removing the masks that separate us and allowing people to see me, to hear my pain, learn my stories, feel my truth and hear my laughter. It’s about being part of the system of humanity and reaching out instead of pushing away.

MEDIA DIRECTOR Brent Wesley brentw@wawatay.on.ca

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TRANSLATOR Vicky Angees vickya@wawatay.on.ca

EDITOR James Thom jamest@wawatay.on.ca

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Pierre Parsons pierrep@wawatay.on.ca

CONTRIBUTORS Lenny Carpenter Marianne Jones Xavier Kataquapit Gord Keesic Neil Michelin Debbie Mishibinijima NAN Vicky VonZuben Richard Wagamese

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LETTERS One Native Life a beautiful reminiscense of author’s life I picked up a book at the library the other day and I didn’t really anticipate that it would result in such a thrilling literary and cultural experience. The book is entitled One Native Life, written by an Ojibway from Wabassemoong First Nation named Richard Wagamese.

Although I was unaware, Mr. Wagamese had published four novels and an autobiography prior to this book, which was published in 2008.

One Native Life is a beautiful reminiscence of a number of wonderful events in the author’s life, from when he was taken away to a foster home after abuse and abandonment as a child right up to today’s idyllic existence in a cabin in British Columbia’s high country.

Life for Richard became an exploration of literature, music, art and culture by way of an incredulous journey. Around 400 A.D. St. Augustine noted:

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”

When one reads One Native Life one becomes amazed at how many of life’s pages the author turned and eagerly digested.

Gradually and often through tortured times, the author came to achieve peace and serenity and came to the realization that mankind is one. In 1985 Wawatay printed his poems, and Simon Frogg invited him to participate in a workshop on Manitoulin Island with Paulette Jiles, Tomson Highway, Shirley Cheechoo and a number of other Native writers, actors and producers. In 1991, when Richard was writing for the Calgary Herald, he spent an evening trading life stories and insights with Johnny Cash.

In 1995, at a spiritual gathering in Maniwaki he came to treasure prayer, solace and unity.

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One Native Life by Richard Wagamese is available at the Sioux Lookout Public Library.

Bill Downey Sioux Lookout

One Native Life – read it with pride, thanksgiving and joy!

Consolidating your investments Gord Keesic YOUR MONEY MATTERS

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iversification is one of the golden rules of investing to reduce risk and boost your return potential over time. Indeed, most people have heard and often use the phrase: “Don’t put your all eggs into one basket!” However, there are several advantages to being focused with your investments.

Investor surveys indicate that wealthy investors open multiple accounts of the same type, with different financial institutions and different advisors, either because it simply happened this way over time or because they believe it to be an effective way to diversify.

But diversification is really about how you invest your money – not where you keep it. Investing through multiple accounts and multiple advisors instead of consolidating your assets with one trusted advisor may impede proper diversification and potentially expose you to greater risk.

The benefits of consolidating your assets with one advisor are many.

Reduced costs. By consolidating your investable assets with one advisor, you will typically pay lower fees, assuming the fees are based on a sliding scale as they are with many investment accounts and programs.

By spreading your investments among multiple advisors and multiple financial institutions, you lose these economies of scale.

Simplified administration and consolidated reporting.

With consolidation, you bring together all your investment accounts with one advisor, which makes it much easier to keep track of your investments and their overall performance.

The paper statements you receive in the mail are mini-

mized and the tax reporting related to your investment income and dispositions becomes easier to manage and more accurate. Your tax preparation fees may also be reduced since your accountant will be spending less time sorting through all the statements and determining the average cost base of identical investments.

Easier estate settlement process. Having investment and bank accounts spread among many different financial institutions will make your estate settlement process administratively more difficult for your executor/liquidator and potentially more costly. By consolidating assets, you have peace of mind knowing that after you pass away, your surviving spouse or other beneficiaries will have one point of contact that you trust who will manage their overall assets to ensure they have adequate income.

More efficient retirement income planning. Consolidation also enables you to manage your investments more effectively, helping you structure your investments to generate the retirement income you need. In retirement, you will have many different income sources, such as government pensions, employer pensions, Locked-in Retirement Savings Plans, Registered Retirement Income Funds, non-registered income and part-time employment income. If you have one advisor managing your investments, it’s easier for that advisor to determine how and in what order you should be withdrawing from all the different income sources to maximize your after-tax retirement income.

Divesifying by advisor. Sometimes, investors decide against consolidating their assets with one advisor, thinking that they can “diversify by advisor.” This is particularly true of investors with portfolios of $1 million or more. The idea is that if one advisor doesn’t do well, the other might.

Unfortunately, this is a myth.

By dividing your investments among multiple advisors, you actually make it more difficult to properly manage your investments.

Since each of the advisors doesn’t know what the others are doing, it often results in over-diversification, conflicting advice and needless duplication of your investments. Furthermore, it’s difficult to know how your investments are performing overall by having your assets spread among more than one advisor. A better option is

to consider consolidating your assets with one knowledgeable advisor who can provide you with a properly coordinated financial strategy.

Gord Keesic is a Lac Seul band member and an Investment Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities Inc in Thunder Bay. Member CIPF. This article is for information purposes only.

Please consult with a professional advisor before taking any action based on information in this article.

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Rebecca Crane performs an accoustic set in Sioux Lookout.

Musician has lofty ambitions Steve Feeney Wawatay News

Young and talented, Rebecca Crane is hoping to spread her music to many people through a prestigious music contest.

Crane recently entered the Kingdom Bound Talent Contest for a chance to perform in front of thousands of people at the Kingdom Bound Ministries Christian Music Festival at Park Resort, New York in August.

The contest requires people to vote to help advance musicians to the next round. The top five musicians with votes play in front of a judging panel where they will select one act to play on the main stage.

Crane said this would be a huge opportunity.

“I grew up in the church helping out with the children’s part.

I grew up singing and have six years of piano training,” Crane said.

Crane is a 17-year-old Aboriginal musician from Sioux Lookout. She currently attends Queen Elizabeth District High School in grade 11.

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Crane has had a few opportunities to showcase her talent at coffee houses around town, where she plays her original music. Crane also self-taught herself guitar.

“Music has been part of my life for a very long time,” Crane

said. “As a child I’ve always dreamed of all these careers I could take and nothing captivated me the way music does.”

Continuing to write music and trying to book shows are currently on Crane’s list of things to do.

“Music is a way for me to vent, put my thoughts down on paper in a creative way, in my own personal way,” Crane said.

After graduation, Crane plans on moving to southern Ontario for university. While there she will be taking a music course and hopes one day she will be discovered.

Voting for Crane can be done on www.kingdombound.org/ talent. Voting closes on June 16.

Crane encourages young musicians all over to just keep playing and that there are many ways to showcase their music.

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Goyce Kakagamic and a group of Keewaytinook Okimakanak 2nd Annual Walk-athon participants take a well deserved break after walking 25 km from Boulevard Lake on the north side of Thunder Bay to the top of Mt. McKay on June 6. Proceeds go towards the Family Empowerment Forum 2009.

KO walk-athon raises $2,000 Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The steep climb up Mt. McKay didn’t stop people from completing Keewaytinook Okimakanak’s 2nd Annual Walkathon.

“Some people found it very hard, especially the last hill,” said Goyce Kakegamic, the former Nishnawbe Aski Nation deputy grand chief who helped organize the 25 kilometre walk from Boulevard Lake on the north side of Thunder Bay to the top of Mt. McKay. “But people did it because of the cause.”

About 17 people took part in the June 6 walk and about 30 people celebrated the successful completion of the walk with a

“Family is the first line of defence in some of the challenges we have.”

– Goyce Kakegamic

barbecue on top of Mt. McKay. “It went well – we raised just over $2,000,” Kakegamic said, explaining the money raised will go towards the Family Empowerment Forum 2009, which is scheduled for Aug. 1-3 at the Beaver Lake Camp near Dryden. “We expect 900 to 1,000 people this year. We will be holding workshops to promote family values and healthy living.”

Kakegamic said the Family Empowerment Forum is being held to promote family values and to address the high suicide rate in NAN territory; since 1986, there have been 393 suicides in NAN territory.

“This is to supplement what NAN is doing in the communities,” Kakegamic said. “Family is the first line of defence in some of the challenges we have.”

KO has passed a resolution to address the challenges of how to reinvigorate positive beliefs to inspire positive vision, relations, thinking and behaviours in the home.

How to Develop and Maintain Family Relationships is just one of the sessions that will be held during the upcoming forum.

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The Sandy Lake Primary Stroke Prevention Program was one of two First Nation stroke projects featured at the 2009 Northern Health Research Conference.

“It was pretty exciting to be part of the conference and give people an idea of what we are doing up here in the north,” said Willow Fiddler, communications officer with Sandy Lake First Nation, explaining five groups of 10 participants will be involved in the stroke prevention program for seven weeks per group. “Our first group started this past March.

The last group will be finished in December.”

Fiddler and Denise Taylor, a physiotherapist with St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder Bay, spoke about the background, methods and key principles of the Sandy Lake Primary Stroke Prevention Program on the second day of the conference, held May 28-30 at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. Fiddler and Taylor are working together through a Sandy Lake-St. Joseph’s Care Group partnership on the program, which focuses on encouraging participants to incorporate exercise into their daily regiment and to eat better foods.

“We’re trying to educate people on what they are putting into their bodies and what it is doing to them,” Fiddler said.

“People don’t know how to eat right.”

Fiddler said the program encourages people to look at the labels, to look for healthier alternatives and to set goals for exercise.

“A lot of participants are saying they’re going to walk to work two or three times a week,” Fiddler said.

Pauline Bodnar presented As the Rivers Flow: Creating a Stroke Education DVD for Aboriginal People in the poster presentation portion of the conference.

“Following the path of the river, the Sharing Circle DVD uses Aboriginal and medical teachings about stroke,” said Bodnar, a community and long term care specialist with Northwestern Ontario Regional Stroke Network. “Understanding what a stroke is, or a brain attack, is captured in the Sharing Circle (DVD).”

Bodnar worked with Sandy Lake’s Brenda Mason in five of the six First Nation communities involved in the project: Fort William, Pic Mobert, Gull Bay, Grassy Narrows, Sandy Lake and Kasabonika.

In addition to Roger Fobister’s role as the research facilitator, the DVD project was developed with the guidance of an Aboriginal Advisory Group and evaluated by a KO Telemedicine Elders Group and is available in three languages, Cree, English and Oji-Cree.

“We met with 105 people in the communities,” Bodnar said, explaining that the DVD was designed to educate Aboriginal people about what a stroke is, the signs and symptoms, the effects and how to respond appropriately. “The questions were what do you know about strokes and how do you want the information delivered.”

DVDs have already been sent out to chiefs and councils and will also be sent to health directors, home and community care co-ordinators, schools and friendship centres across northwestern Ontario.

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The DVD is currently available online at the Northwestern Ontario Regional Stroke Network website.

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What’s Your Stick Aboriginal career conference

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Stan Wesley highlighted the What’s Your Stick Aboriginal career conference held May 13 at Confederation College in Thunder Bay. “The opportunities you have here are incredible,” Wesley said during his high-energy talk to the 80 to 85 youth who attended the conference from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School and other high schools across the region. “There are no excuses.”

Wesley noted there were 10 to 12 booths at the conference set up by organizations looking for Aboriginal staff.

“We walk through life like this,” he said, walking backwards.

“We’re walking in the right direction, but we spend all of our energy looking back.”

Wesley then turned around and started walking forwards.

“We need to start looking at life like this. We need to start walking forward, and have a vision for the future.”

Wesley, the Moose Cree band member who played the character Bunnuck on Wawatay TV in the 1990s, described the path he has taken from playing Bunnuck to being a motivational speaker, facilitator and trainer.

“All Bunnuck did was sit on the edge of the bed and talk,” Wesley said. “He loved Klik.”

Wesley said he will never forget the first words of acclaim for his first performance as Bunnuck: “That was good.”

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atre school, where he “learned all those theatre techniques,” after playing Bunnuck and eventually took a chance on the career path he has followed for the past 11 years.

“You better enjoy what you do,” Wesley said, “because the reason you go to bed at night is to get ready for the next day.

You better enjoy what you do – for every seven days, five of those are work days.”

“You better enjoy what you do – for every seven days, five of those are work days.”

– Stan Wesley

The conference was organized by Job Connect, with interactive workshops held in the morning with a number of participating programs, such as multimedia, recreation, dentistry and Aboriginal law, and a job fair in the afternoon before Wesley’s talk.

“It gives (the students) an idea that what they are doing in high school is important in life,” said Sue Taylor, employment advisor for northern communities at Job Connect. “It’s a really good turnout.”

Cinnamon Kelly, a Grade 11 student from Whitefish Bay First Nation who attends Sir Winston Churchill High School in Thunder Bay, said she enjoyed the multimedia program workshop.

“I learned how to use the 3D

program in multimedia,” Kelly said.

“We also learned how to make our own animations of people.”

Kelly said the multimedia workshop presenter stressed the need for high English marks to get into the program.

“I want to do a documentary,” Kelly said, “showing the youth how drugs and alcohol affect people.”

Katelyn Twance, a Grade 10 student from Pic Mobert who attends St. Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay, said she is interested in pursuing a career as a nurse or doctor.

“We went to the nursing workshop and looked at the mannequin,” Twance said. “You have to get a B average in all your classes, and Grade 12 academic biology and chemistry.”

Morningstar Beardy, a Grade 10-11 student from Muskrat Dam, and Amber Angeconeb, a Grade 10-11 student from Deer Lake, who both attend Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, attended the film production and recreation and leisure workshops.

“I saw what kind of tools they use and it makes you want to be a director,” Beardy said.

“I’ll be making my own movies some day,” Angeconeb said.

Alfreda Crow, a Grade 9 student from Whitesand First Nation who attends Sir Winston Churchill High School in Thunder Bay, went to the electronics workshop.

“You really need to know your math to go into electronics,” Crow said.

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OFFICIAL ELECTION NOTICE To:

NAN Chiefs & Councils NAN Tribal Councils NAN Organizations NAN Elders, Women and Youth Councils From: David Fletcher, Executive Director Date: Friday June 5th, 2009 cc: NAN Executive Council As per the NAN Election Code, notice is hereby given that the Election Of¿cer has been appointed for the NAN 2009 Election.

Mr. Larry Amos Head Electoral Of¿cer 18-71 Ashberry Place Thompson, MB R8N 0J1 Telephone: (204)677-0239 Email: larry.amos@hotmail.com NAN ELECTION LOCATION & DATE

Wednesday August 12th, 2009 - Chapleau Cree First Nation (Fox Lake Reserve) DEADLINE FOR CANDIDATE NOMINATIONS Deadline for candidate nominations to be submitted to the NAN Electoral Of¿cer: (30 Days before Election) TUESDAY JULY 14th, 2009 12:00 AM EST DEADLINE FOR CANDIDATE ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION TUESDAY JULY 14th, 2009 5:00 PM EST OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN PERIOD TUESDAY JULY 14th, 2009 TO WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12th, 2009 INFORMATION RELATED TO CANDIDATES, NOMINATIONS, VERIFICATION AND OFFICIAL CANDIDATE LIST TO BE ISSUED As per the NAN Election Code the following is required for all candidates: CANDIDATES (1) Each Candidate must be: a) A status Indian b) A member of a recognized NAN First Nation. c) 18 years of age at the time of the election (2) Each candidate must have a Nominator/Mover and a Seconder before his or her name can stand for election.

(3) Each candidate must verify, in writing, with the Electoral Of¿cer that he or she is eligible and willing to run for of¿ce. This written veri¿cation must be received by the Electoral Of¿cer 30 days before the Election Day. NOMINATIONS All nominations for Grand Chief and Deputy Grand Chiefs must meet the following criteria: (1) (2) (3)

Shall be supported by and signed by two (2) NAN Chiefs (1 - nominator/mover and 1 seconder) Shall be in writing and received by the Electoral Of¿cer by facsimile, courier, mail or by personal delivery; Shall be received by the Electoral Of¿cer by midnight, thirty days before the election day.

A Chief may nominate or second one candidate for Grand Chief and up to three candidates for Deputy Grand Chief.

VERIFICATION OF NOMINATIONS (1) All nominations shall be veri¿ed with respect to the eligibility of the candidates and their willingness to stand for of¿ce.

All nominations must be veri¿ed with the mover and seconder.

(2) Once a nomination is moved and seconded and veri¿ed, the mover and seconder do not need to be in attendance at the time of voting.

(3) The Electoral Of¿cer shall time and date stamp all nominations when they are received.

PROCEDURE A list of the candidates for Grand Chief and for Deputy Grand Chiefs shall be circulated by facsimile and mail to all NAN First Nations and Tribal Councils within seven days after the closing date for nominations, which is 30 days before the date of the election.

www.nanelection.ca All candidates are welcome to submit their campaign information to be posted on www.nanelection.ca. Please contact Francine McKenzie at: (807)625-4945, cell: (807) 627-7140, email fmckenzie@nan.on.ca Prepared By: Approved By:

Francine McKenzie, Special Assistant to the Executive Director David Fletcher, Executive Director Larry Amos, Electoral Of¿cer

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The Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School Class of 2009 listen to guest speaker Elliott Doxtar-Wynn during their graduation ceremony June 5.

EDUCATION Matawa First Nations Management congratulates the 2008-2009 Post Secondary Graduates: The Matawa Post Secondary Program has been in operation since March of 1997, providing a support system in order for students to succeed. For more information visit us on-line. www.matawa.on.ca Damien Bouchard

Nicole Beauvais

Stephanie Ritch

Broadcasting Television Production

Honours Bachelor of Psychology

Honours Bachelor of Social Work

Angela Magiskan

Vanessa Finlayson

Shirley Tyance

Bachelor of Education Degree

Child & Youth Worker

Office Administration

Simon Magiskan

Phyllis Fisher

Rachel Fiddler

Honours Bachelor of Social Work

Aboriginal Counselling Skills

Office Administration

Amy Iserhoff

Beedahbin Dawn Buswa

Joel Jacob

Food & Nutrition Management

Honours Bachelor of Indigenous Learning

BES Forest Conservation

Maryanne Poulin

Tracy Spence

Lorraine Whitehead

Honours Bachelor of Social Work

Developmental Service Worker

Business Accounting

Petrina Waboose

Clifford Wabasse

Marketing

Instrumentation Engineering Technician

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‘Talented individuals’ graduate from DFC James Thom Wawatay News

As they walked into the school gymnasium, their pride was evident.

Their shoulders were pulled back, chins held up high and smiles brimming from ear to ear.

Sixteen students graduated from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School June 5.

They are changed people – positively -- for the experience, said valedictorian Shane Turtle, of Deer Lake.

“This place would change a person,” Turtle said. “It’s changed me and it changed everyone here, not in a bad way but in a way that will shape their lives and their futures.”

Turtle had nothing but praise for the class of 2009.

“Some of the graduates standing before me, I’ve known for a long time. Some I’ve met just recently,” Turtle said. “In that time, I’ve gotten to know them very well. Every single one of them are talented individuals. They’ve made this school great and worth every second of every day.”

Turtle was very active in the school.

He was elected student chief

for the 2008-2009 school year, was a member of the drama club, youth leadership group, Greenspace Warriors, basketball team, track and field and other school groups.

The students selected Turtle as their valedictorian.

Northern Nishnawbe Education Council representative William Dumas offered words of encouragement to the students.

“Congratulations on your special day,” he said. “I hope you will remember this day for the rest of your lives. I know your parents will.”

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose, who handles the education portfolio, told the graduates they are special and will be charged with an important task.

“I look into the future and see you in college, university or in a vocation,” he said. “Look to give back. There will be a need for the smart people to give back to our communities.”

DFC vice-principal Jonathan Kakegamic, who also presented the graduates with their diplomas, shared the words of principal Brad Battiston, who missed much of the ceremony due to a funeral.

After congratulating the graduates, he told the fam-

ily members and friends who gathered to celebrate them that it wouldn’t have been possible without them as well.

“It takes a community to raise a child and you have 16 success stories right here,” Kakegamic said. “I’ve seen firsthand how hard you have worked and the challenges many of you had to overcome.

“Today is your reward for staying late at the school getting your work done, placing your studies ahead of your social life and not giving up on yourself or your education when things got really difficult.”

For the first time, NNEC had the graduation ceremony broadcast live on its website www.nnec.on.ca.

“We know there are a lot of community member who love to see the graduations,” said NNEC technical service supervisor David Neegan.

“But many can’t afford to fly to Thunder Bay or Sioux Lookout. We’re bringing the ceremonies to them.”

The Pelican Falls First Nation High School graduation was also broadcast live.

The ceremonies will remained archived so friends and family can watch it again if they’d like, Neegan said.

List of grads Charlie Anishinabie, Sandy Lake Vince Ash, Mishkeegogamang Ethan Brown, Wapekeka Seth Day-Fiddler, Sandy Lake Marty Fiddler, Sandy Lake Tyrone Fiddler, Sandy Lake Karla Kakegamic, Keewaywin Lance Kakekagumick, Sandy Lake

Jimmy Kakepetum, Sandy Lake Daniel Meekis, Sandy Lake Steffany Meekis, Sandy Lake Kelly Morrisseau, Sandy Lake Pamela Morrisseau, Keewaywin Deborah Quill, Deer Lake Regina Quill, Deer Lake Shane Turtle, Deer Lake

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Congratulations!

Thomas Fiddler Memorial High School - Grade 8 James Anishinabie Dana Crowe River Crowe Jared Day Tyrone Day Darrell Fiddler Gilbert Fiddler Tyrell Fiddler The Sandy Lake Board of Education wishes Karianne Goodman Kayla Kakegamic to congratulate all the graduates from Lennon Kakegamic Becky Linklater Sandy Lake First Nation.

Tyrone Linklater Wendell Linklater DFC - Grade 12 Andrea Loon Brendan Mawakeesic Charlie Anishinabie Seth Day Rex Mckay Stuart McPherson Marty Fiddler Tyrone Fiddler Blake Meekis Scott Meekis Lance Kakegamic Jimmy Kakepetum Marco Monias Walter Monias Daniel Meekis Steffany Meekis Pamela Noon Valentino Noon Kelly Morriseau Dillon Rae Kyra Stoney Jarvis Goodman Sir Winston Churchill - Grade 12 Josephine Moskotaywenene Julie Matthews

Post Secondary Mark B Meekis - General Arts and Science Diploma Bonnie Harper - Family Support Worker Pauline Linklater - Nursing BSc. Shannon Linklater - College Access Angelina Fiddler - Personal Support Worker Leon Fiddler - Computer Engineering Tech.

Joy Fiddler - Aboriginal Self Gov’t Administration Nikki Kakegamic - Bachelor of Education Carol Mamakeesic - Bachelor of Education Bethany Bear - G.E.D.

Gabbius Goodman Memorial Learning Centre - Grade 12 Stephanie Freeman Romaine McKay Janet C Fiddler Carol Linklater Darilyn Munroe Roy Fiddler Gerry Kakegamic Mary M Day - G.E.D.

Gary Manoakeesic Richan Fiddler Christopher Kakegamic Roberta Machimity Duane Wassaykeesic Larissa Anishinabie Brad Kakegamic Peter Rae Jr.

Intro to Electrical Techniques Gary Dixon Ron Harper Mitch Kakegamic Kragen King Dean McDougall Candice Meekis Sonny Meekis

Carson Fiddler Jr. Dustin Kakegamic Shannon King Cynthia Linklater Gary Mawakeesic Darryl J Meekis

Academic Upgrading CertiÀcate of Recognition Lydia Anishinabie Chad Fiddler Stephanie Goodman Carmel Meekis

Randall Brunton Lori-Anne Goodman Tobey Linklater Charmaine Anishinabie

Thomas Fiddler Memorial Elementary School K-5 English and Native Language Darren Aysanabee Meira Àddler Torrance Fiddler Kayden Kakepetum Ethan Manoakeesic Kereisha Meekis Demerai Meekis Nevaeh Matthews Kolton Meekis Robert Crowe Harmony JM Fiddler Sebastian Fiddler Ethan Linklater Marlon Mawakeesic Hailey Meekis Max Meekis Aliciyah Rae Mary Meekis Erin Crowe Adam Fiddler Harmony Fiddler Roderick Fiddler Julianna Goodman Malakai Goodman Tianna Goodman Tanis Mamakeesic Preston Mawakeesic Nicholas McPherson William Meekis

Wyatt Crowe Rhea Fiddler Alisha Kakegamic Deandra Harper Kix Meekis Noreen Meekis Auron Meekis – King Thunder Rae Mogilny Anishinabie Gerald Fiddler Logan Fiddler Skye Kakegamic Carlynn Matawapit Avery Meekis Derek Monias Aiden Monias-Kakepetum Rosabie Kakegamic Katheren Linklater Soloman Crowe Chastity Fiddler Quinton Fiddler Tora Fiddler Krystal Goodman Sammi Goodwin Keisha Kakepetum Evan Mawakeesic Kaydence Mawakeesic Marc Meekis

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Rejoicing graduation Kingsher Lake First Nation Mary Ann Aganash Memorial School

Graduates 2009

Kindergarden 5:

Grade 8 - Sioux Mountain Public School

Brandon Baxter Cardell Beardy Jaylon Boyce Adrienne Mamakwa Hannah Mamakwa Quentin Mamakwa Christian Mamakwa Tyler Mamakwa Ezekiel Mekanak Fabian Ostamus Austin Winter Breeze Winter Jocelyn Winter

Lyndon Sakakeep

Q.E.D.H.S

Grade 12 - Crystal Sakakeep

Confederation College/ Oskhi-Pimachi-Owin

Graduating from Grade 8:

Lydia Mamakwa - Aboriginal Financial & Economic Planning Sheba McKay - Aboriginal Financial & Economic Planning Pearl Mamakwa - Aboriginal Financial & Economic Planning

Six Aboriginal medical graduates at NOSM

Lakehead University

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Annabelle Kakegamic - Native Language Instructor Program

Terraralene Aganash Chantel Beardy Charlissa Bighead Edith Mckay Claudia Mamakwa Caroline Winter Larissa Jacob

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Sandy Lake’s Jimmy Kakepetum celebrates prior to getting his high school diploma during the Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School graduation June 5.

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Six Aboriginal medical students graduated from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine May 30.

“These students have much to be proud of with their achievement at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine,” said Kenora MP Greg Rickford.

“The Government of Canada shares this pride, and we know that they will make lasting contributions to healthcare in both Aboriginal and northern communities over the course of their careers.”

The six Aboriginal students

were among 56 who enrolled in NOSM’s charter class in 2005; each is now graduating and moving on to residency programs, five in family medicine and one in a specialty, to further their knowledge on the way to becoming fully-trained practicing physicians.

Temagami First Nation’s Zhiish McKenzie is heading to Victoria B.C. this summer to begin two years of study in an Aboriginal MD residency program.

“I’m going to Victoria to do family medicine,” McKenzie said, explaining residencies begin July 1.

“They have an Aboriginal residency program which focuses

on Aboriginal health issues. You spend time in the community, and they have international opportunities.

“A lot of students go to New Zealand.

“We get to do a month in a Vancouver Aboriginal health clinic. Students in our program also spend time in Alert Bay as well.”

NOSM is celebrating the charter class’s graduation with milestone ceremonies at both Lakehead University and Laurentian University and a bus tour to communities along the Trans-Canada Hwy. which participated in NOSM’s distributed learning model.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council Student Accommodations Required

Keewaytinook Okimakanak is looking for safe student accommodations for a ten (10) month term during the upcoming school year (September 2009 to June 2010). Our students will be attending high schools in Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay. The students will be coming from our First Nation communities of Fort Severn, Keewaywin, Deer Lake, North Spirit Lake, Poplar Hill, and McDowell Lake.

Congratulations!

To the Graduates from the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program:

Delia Hazlehurst Barb Singleton Pauline Linklater John Cooke Also to the Graduates from the Native Nurses Entry Program:

Ursula Cote Michelle Cyrette Tracey Landon Larissa Lapointe Tamara Zoccole-Thibeault

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We are above all interested in finding caring House Parent/Role Models, as well, comfortable and secure homes for our students as these criteria will take precedence in our selection of suitable accommodations.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak will provide financial assistance for each student, payable to the house parent(s), on a monthly basis over the ten (10) month term of each Student Accommodation Agreement. The number of students in each home must conform to the appropriate local municipal codes.

The House Parent(s) will be required to provide Keewaytinook Okimakanak with the appropriate Criminal and Child Abuse Registry background checks prior to signing a Student Accommodation Agreement.

Those interested in welcoming our students into their homes should direct their enquiries to: Keewaytinook Okimakanak Balmertown Jim Teskey Toll Free: 1-800-387-3740 Ext. 1309 1-807-735-1381 Ext. 1309 Keewaytinook Okimakanak Thunder Bay Goyce Kakegamic Toll Free: 1-800-387-3740 Ext. 1706 1-807-766-8442 x 1706 Ext. 1706

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Sm‘art’ biz plan Ashley Rae wins DFC business competition James Thom Wawatay News

A strong presentation inked Ashley Rae the top spot in her class’ business plan competition.

Rae, of Deer Lake, created a business plan for an original art business Native Ink which would operate out of her home community.

“I was stunned when the judges called out my name,” Rae, a Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School student, said. “I was expecting someone else to win. We all did so well.”

Rae chose to create a mock art business because it’s something she would like to actually do in the future.

“I have a passion for art,” she said. “It’s something I love to do.

I would like to start a business a little later, once I get more training.”

Eight students, each a member of the Paul Martin Business Initiative Program Competition, competed.

Each spent countless hours working on their business plan and powerpoint presentation to display it.

It all led up to the June 2 presentation in front of five judges who eventually deemed Rae as the victor. Kristen McKay, Jonathan McKay, Marelle Meekis, Stanley Barkman, Darryl Chapman, Thomas Kakegamic and Leonard Kamenatawatamin also presented business plans to the judges.

“The business plans we reviewed were diverse and ambitious and surrounded a skillset of most individuals,” said judge Travis Boissoneau,

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School Paul Martin Business Initiative Program student Kristen McKay presents her business plan to judges including Louise Thomas, left, and Travis Boissoneau. a finance officer with Matawa presentations was the idea that First Nations Management. they could improve their com“These students know they munity by providing services have talent and built a business not currently offered in their plan around their competitive community via their business.”

Rae said she owes her success advantage, their individualism and they utilized this oppor- to the teachers who helped her tunity to express that, ranging through the business plan.

“They were very helpful,” she from forms of art to automotive said. “The class is great. We’re mechanics.”

Boissoneau was impressed always learning new things about business. Everything I’ve with the students.

“All plans identified areas of learned in this class, I can apply need within their community to life.”

DFC principal Brad Battiston which also presents the value of education and how they plan was thrilled to see the students to bring it back and contribute present their plans successfully.

“Because the program started to their respective communities in the future,” he said. “It with us as a pilot project, it feels was complete joy to watch our like we’re the basepoint,” he young people be challenged said.

“To hear the program is and step forward in the manner these bright young students expanding to other First Nation high schools, that’s great. It did.”

Gordon Keesic, investment shows the hard work our staff advisor with RBC Dominion and the Paul Martin staff team Securities Inc., also served as a put in to the program.”

Battiston has noticed differjudge for the students.

“It was encouraging to see ence in the students who have these self-motivated, confident taken the program.

“The students seem to be and courageous individuals present their business ideas,” more leaders in the school Keesic said. “The one element I now,” he said. “They fulfilling liked most with regards to their the potential we saw in them.”

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Peter Moon/Canadian Rangers

Junior Canadian Ranger Ursula Jacob leads the way on the tire section of an obstacle course.

Webequie rangers hit their mark Peter Moon Special to Wawatay News

Notification Notice of Aerial Spraying Smooth Rock Falls Forest and Cochrane-Moose River Management Unit As part of the ongoing program to regenerate and protect our forests, selected stands in the Smooth Rock Falls Forest and Cochrane-Moose River Management Unit (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: July 15, 2009

Ten Junior Canadian Rangers from Webequie scored high points in the first national Junior Canadian Ranger marksmanship competition.

The Junior Rangers were selected to represent Ontario in the national shoot because Webequie was the first community in northern Ontario to begin specialized training on the Daisy competition air rifle.

They began training only six weeks before the competition, which was held over two days at Goose Bay, an air force base in Labrador. The 10 competed with much more experienced teams selected from among 3,500 Junior Rangers in 119 communities across Canada.

“I have no complaints about how we did in this national competition,” said the team’s coach, Sgt. James Doherty, an instructor with 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group.

“Our team were very good ambassadors for both Webequie and northern Ontario. I was surprised and very pleased at how well we did against teams

with lots more experience and training. I’m proud of them.

They should be proud of themselves.”

Two members of the team excelled. Trenton Wabasse, 18, finished in ninth position in the national individual standings and Jordan Wabasse, 13, was 15th.

“I was surprised at how I did,” said Jordan. “The shooting was fun. But the food was good, too. I liked it.”

The team had only six weeks to train under Ranger Master Cpl. Charlie Wabasse, who had them shooting three evenings a week for six weeks.

At the competition, the Junior Rangers shot from both 10 and 15 metres at a variety of targets – regular paper targets, falling plates, balloons, animal outlines and clay disks that disintegrated when hit. They shot from prone, sitting, kneeling and standing positions and while out of breath after completing an obstacle course.

“The obstacle course was fun,” said Myra Mekanak, 17.

And the food that seemed to be such a hit with all the team?

“The food was awesome.”

She also enjoyed a visit to the Labrador Cultural Centre and opportunities to try out military night vision goggles and to clamber up a 25-foot climbing wall under the supervision of military search and rescue specialists.

“I didn’t think I’d be able to do the climb but I did and it was fun,” she said.

For most of the team it was their first trip outside of Ontario and the furthest any of them had travelled in Canada. “Their escorts, Ranger Stanley Shewaybick Jr. and Juliet Moonias, a community volunteer, did an excellent job of looking after them,” Doherty said.

The team members were Jared Jacob, 14, Ursula Jacob, 14, Myra Mekanak, 17, Adrienne Shewaybick, 12, Cassandra Shewaybick, 15, Jaylene Shewaybick, 12, Kenneth Shewaybick, 15, Evan Troutlake, 16, Jordan Wabasse, 13, and Trenton Wabasse, 18.

(Sgt. Moon is the public affairs ranger for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden. See www.canadianrangers.ca.)

Wawatay Celebrates 30 Years With

Kenina Kakekayash!

The board and staff of Wawatay would like to congratulate Kenina Kakekayash on 30 years of employment with Wawatay as of June 18. We value the significant contributions you have made to the organization during your employment with us!

The herbicide Forza, registration number PCP #26401 Pest Control Products Act will be used.

For further information, please contact any of the following individuals during normal office hours. Collect calls will be accepted.

Last year Kenina won the NAN Woman of the Year Award at the NAN Keewaywin Conference held in Constance Lake First Nation.

Cochrane-Moose River Management Unit Don Larmer, R.P.F. Tembec Industries Inc. P.O. Box 1100 Timmins, ON P4N 7H9 Tel.: 705-360-1207

Cory Wiseman, R.P.F. Ministry of Natural Resources Cochrane District Office 2-4 Highway South, P.O. Box 730 Cochrane, ON P0L 1C0 Tel.: 705-272-7195

Smooth Rock Falls Forest Don Larmer, R.P.F. Tembec Industries Inc. P.O. Box 1100 Timmins, ON P4N 7H9 Tel.: 705-360-1207

Stephen Foley, R.P.F. Ministry of Natural Resources Cochrane District Office 2-4 Highway South, P.O. Box 730 Cochrane, ON P0L 1C0 Tel.: 705-272-7129

Tune in to Bill Morris’ show on June 18 at 10:00 AM CDT and Harry Mamakeesic’s show at Noon CDT honouring Kenina.

This will be your opportunity to call in to congratulate Kenina.

Again, congratulations Kenina!

Renseignements en français : Cochrane (705) 272-7133.

Listen to WRN 89.9 Sioux Lookout, 106.7 Timmins, Bell ExpressVu channel 962 and live at www.wawataynews.ca

Wawatay News

JUNE 11, 2009

Keewaywin to host grand opening of cellular service Steve Feeney

Wawatay News

Keewaywin First Nation chief and council is set to launch cell service for the community during a grand opening ceremony June 17. “The chief and council of Keewaywin is committed to providing a choice for residents and visitors in our community,� said Joe Meekis, Keewaywin chief. “The new cellular service is bringing our community the best wireless network technology choice of 2009.�

The community worked with Keewaytinok Okimakanak and Dryden Municipal Telephone System and received funding from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Partners established a roaming agreement with Rogers Wireless, which allows owners to roam on the Rogers network.

Rogers’ customers can roam on

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the DMTS network as well.

Keewaywin and Round Lake First Nations built and tested the IP-based GSM network in collaboration with Rogers.

This will deliver a wide range of telecom services throughout the communities and northern Ontario.

Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines and Chair of the Heritage Fund, said the cellular service would foster the development of knowledge-based expertise in communities. “I am delighted that our government is supporting this forward-looking initiative,� Gravelle said.

Keewaytinok Okimakanak’s K-Net team and Dryden are in the process of installing and operating facilities and have several working sites supporting the network.

The expectation date of operational sites in all urban areas is late 2009.

Offered in Dryden, Ontario First two courses Theory 1 and Practicum 1 offered July 6-24, 2009 Average Cost: $150.00 per course plus textbooks and room and board For more information contact: Kendra Frey or Ida Marie Miller (807) 937-5188 cbmsecy@drytel.net Site 306 Box 1 RR 3 Dryden ON P8N 3G2

Teacher on NOHFC board A teacher currently working for the Lac Seul Education Authority is the newest member of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) board of directors.

Susie Tompkins-Gray, an elementary school teacher originally from Pays Plat First Nation, is a graduate of Lakehead University.

She has previously taught in Geraldton and at Aroland First Nation.

The province said TompkinsGray adds considerable value to the NOHFC’s ongoing work with northern entrepreneurs to foster private sector job creation while supporting critical infrastructure and community development projects. –JT

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Stan Beardy (Grand Chief, NAN), Alvin Fiddler (Deputy Grand Chief, NAN), Miriam Johnston (Provincial Programs Branch, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care), Angus Toulouse (Regional Chief of Ontario), Andy Gallardi, (Senior Director, Northwest LHIN), Donna Williams (Program Manager, KO Telemedicine), Geordi Kakepetum (Executive Director, Keewaytinook Okimakanak), Dr. Ed Brown (CEO, Ontario Telemedicine Network) took part in a formalize partnership agreement signing May 29.

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Keewaytinook Okimakanak Telemedicine and Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) made history by signing a formalized partnering agreement at a ceremony in Balmertown May 29.

This document recognizes the contributions of both organizations towards an integrated province-wide Telemedicine network serving all residents of Ontario.

Dr. Ed Brown, executive director of OTN, and Geordi Kakepetum, executive director of KO, officially signed the partnering agreement at the ceremony.

Titus Tait, Sachigo Lake chief, said that this technology

has helped the people in his community tremendously in his community.

“I want to commend the staff of KO, the chiefs of KO and Telemedicine Ontario for their work to improve the healthcare of all people using this viable technology,” Tait said in his statement at the signing.

According to a press release sent by KO, this agreement provides seamless, integrated clinical, educational and administrative services through videoconferencing and advanced information communication technologies to First Nations communities in Ontario.

The signing marked the successes and history between KO and OTN. Present at the signing was

Alvin Fiddler, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation deputy grand chief.

“I know it’s taken a lot of work by a lot of people to get to where we are today,” Fiddler said. “The work that we do here is not to save money for the province, it’s not to save money for Canada, it’s to save lives.”

Stan Beardy, NAN grand chief, said the signing is a huge accomplishment for everyone and gave his thanks at the ceremony.

KO and OTN’s relationship began in 2000 when KO chiefs asked KO to manage K-Net to access health services. OTN was in the process of developing their network and was receptive to KO to pursuer partnerships in delivering telemedicine services.

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Francine J. Wesley Secondary School principal Judy Stephen, student volunteer Allison Sutherland, teacher/convenor Pete Wyspianski, student volunteer Danielle Koosees, teacher/convenor Lee Lamb, student volunteer Rena Sutherland, teacher/convenor Shannon Spendlove-Robidas were among the participants of the second annual Walk for Diabetes Awareness.

Diabetes walk raised $900 Vicki VonZuben Special to Wawatay News

Bad weather is becoming an unwelcome tradition for Kashechewan’s annual Walk for Diabetes Awareness.

It was the second year in a row of biting winds, cold rain and even a touch of snow, but the enthusiastic participants wanted to publicize diabetes education in their community, where 35 per cent of the adult population suffer from the disease.

The reasons the participants gave for walking seemed to be all about love. “I’m doing this for my Mom,” said 18-year-old Aisha Wynne, whose mother has diabetes. Her friend Rena Sutherland added, “Two of my uncles and all my grandparents have diabetes. Even though our grandparents grew up in the bush, eating off the land, they got diabetes later. I guess their systems can’t handle all of the processed food,” she said.

Eighteen year old Hezekiah Wesley, who is heading off to study music at Cambrian College in September and teammate Amanda Friday agreed.

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the community is touched by this disease,” she said.

The team of four talked during a break for a cup of hot tea before heading out again into the elements.

The walkathon’s route was along the dyke that surrounds the entire community of Kashechewan.

“It was really muddy and my feet and legs were soaked after the first time around,” said 11year-old participant James Wesley, a member of the Grade 5A All-Stars team.

His friend Bruce Wesley added, “Even my socks are muddy!”

The two and their buddies Denzel Nakogee, Conner Sutherland and Sundance Sutherland, went off to circle the dyke again.

Then two other classmates, Bertha Koosees and Kiersten Nakogee joined them for a last circuit, which took them about 40 minutes.

The organizers from Francine J. Wesley Secondary School reported that the event raised more than $900 to donate to the Canadian Diabetes Association, to help publicize diabetes awareness and education.

Webequie signs exploration agreement Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Webequie First Nation has signed an agreement with Webequie Logistics covering line cutting and staking, exploration equipment rental, exploration camp construction, personnel management for camps, and air transportation solutions and exploration logistics.

“The agreement is a significant move for our community, providing much needed economic benefits, including employment opportunities and revenue sharing,” said Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse. “The partnership is a direct result of our First Nation actively seeking business partners to increase employment and participate in mining activity taking place within our traditional territory.”

Mike Peplinski, Webequie

Logistics vice president, said the agreement provides his company with an opportunity to operate in the prime mining areas surrounding Webequie and within the Ring of Fire and Webequie with employment opportunities and capacity development in mineral exploration and new enterprise development.

Webequie Coun.

Glen Wabasse said the nearest Ring of Fire discovery to date was located about 40 to 50 kilometres from the community: White Pine Resources discovered highgrade zinc, copper, lead and gold at its 501 project.

The agreement also gives Webequie Logistics access to the Webequie airport, a float base near the Ring of Fire exploration area, and to northern airports in Geraldton, Nakina, Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, Timmins, Red Lake, and Pickle Lake.

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION NIGHT Sioux Lookout Out of the Cold

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009 Refreshments: 4:30pm Recognition Ceremonies: 5:00pm

The Sioux Lookout Out of the Cold invites all volunteers from the 2008-2009 season to a night of light refreshments and recognition. RSVP by 4pm Monday, June 15, 2008 would be appreciated.

The successful candidate must possess either a degree or diploma in the Health or Human Services field from an accredited University or College, with knowledge and work experience in the area relevant.

Proficiency in the use of computers, including full working knowledge of Microsoft Office, with excellent communication and organizational skills is a must. Ability to travel with access to a vehicle with appropriate insurance coverage, a clean driver’s abstract and criminal record check is a must.

Qualified applicants are asked to submit their resume with three references no later than 4:00 pm on June 19th, 2009, to the attention of:

The Sioux Lookout Out of the Cold would also like to thank all individuals, groups, and organizations who have donated money, soup & clothing; and items for Community Food Bank. Our programs depend so much on your generosity. We could not do this without you.

Gitchi Meegwetch, Thank You. 25 Fair Street, Sioux Lookout Phone: 807-737-7499 Fax: 807-737-0065

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Secondary Teaching Position 2009-2010 School Year Queen Elizabeth District High School - Sioux Lookout Clinton Bruetsch, Principal, Box 548, 15 Fair Street, Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1A9 Tel: 807-737-3500 Fax: 807-737-1979 0.50 Intermediate/Senior Teacher – Native as a Second Language qualifications preferred. Qualifications in Native Studies and experience teaching aboriginal students and delivering alternative programming would be an asset. Ontario Teacher Qualifications required. File T- 0809-69 Ontario Teacher Certification with qualifications in the appropriate divisions and special qualifications where the position warrants are required.

Please send your resume, cover letter referencing the file number, a copy of your Ontario College of Teachers Certificate, and the names of three professional references (one of whom must be a recent/ current immediate supervisor with authorization to be contacted under the terms of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act), (recent graduates should include university transcripts and practicum teaching reports) by noon, Thursday, June 25th, 2009, to the principal.

Confidential information provided by applicants will be used for the purposes of this competition only and will be protected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. We thank all applicants; however, only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

This board is an equal opportunity employer.

Keewatin-Patricia District School Board www.kpdsb.on.ca Larry Hope, Director of Education

The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) is looking for an enthusiastic Aboriginal woman to join our team as the Community Wellness Worker in Kenora, Ontario. Reporting to the Manager of Services, this community-based individual will be responsible for developing, providing, facilitating and/or co-ordinating a variety of local programming relating to reducing or preventing family and community violence.

Dave Penney, Board Chair

Human Resources Director Ontario Native Women’s Association 212 E. Miles Street Thunder Bay, On P7C 1J6 Fax: (807) 623-1104 Email: svita@onwa-tbay.ca Qualified Aboriginal Women are encouraged to apply.

Only those applicants granted an interview will be contacted.

A full job description available upon request.

SHIBOGAMA EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES WORKER (ESSW) On behalf of the First Nations of Kingfisher Lake, Wunnumin Lake, Wapekeka and Kasabonika Lake, Shibogama Education invites applications for the positions of: Education Support Services Worker (ESSW) for the new OffReserve Secondary Program Shibogama Education Support Services Program (SESS) is a new program that will serve and support our off-reserve high schools students attending provincial and NNEC schools effective September 2009. SESS is administered by the Shibogama Education Board of Directors under the overall direction of the SFNC Chiefs (4) and the above communities. SESS program will deliver and be responsible for two main areas: tuition related services and student support services. The priorities are students’ success and their safety.

JOB SUMMARY Under the direction of the SESS Coordinator, the ESS Worker will assist and deliver student support services and education support to all SESS off-reserve secondary students sponsored by SFNC. The ESSW will play a key role in ensuring the safety, well being and success of all students in both their home and school. The ESSW will work with the students, parents, social counselors and boarding home parents. The ESSW will be involved in extra-curricular activities, transportation arrangements, visitations, guidance & counseling, communication systems and case conferencing. The ESS Worker shall be accessible to students, parents and boarding home parents.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT Post secondary education in the field of education or social work training or equivalent preferred.

• Consideration will be given to candidates with secondary education who have extensive social service experience and demonstrate competence in the required areas • Knowledge of First Nations in our area and fluency in native language is a priority • Strong oral and written communication skills • Valid driver’s license TERM: Full-time position ANTICIPATED START DATE: July 6 or earlier LOCATION: Shibogama First Nation Council in Sioux Lookout, Ontario SALARY: Commensurate with qualification and experience APPLICATION Applications must include a covering letter, resume, two references including most recent employer, certificate of qualification and a recent criminal conviction check. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, applicants must provide a signed and dated statement authorizing Shibogama Education personnel to contact references.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 15, 2009 at noon Applications directed to:

Maureen MacKenna, Education Advisor Shibogama Education P.O. Box 449 Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1A5 PH: (807) 737-2662 FAX: (807) 737-1583 E-MAIL: maureenm@shibogama.on.ca Website: www.shibogama.on.ca Further Information Contact: Matthew Angees PH: (807) 737-2662 CELL: (807) 738-1241 E-MAIL: matthewa@shibogama.on.ca We wish to thank in advance all those who submit applications.

ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED

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NORTHERN NISHNAWBE EDUCATION COUNCIL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES KWAYACIIWIN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE invites applications for the following position:

RESOURCE TEACHER The Resource Teacher will support district First Nations schools in implementing the Kwayaciiwin elementary curriculum guidelines and provide professional development for district schools. The Resource Teacher will write curriculum guidelines and unit plans for the Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre (kwayaciiwin.com).. The Resource Teacher will be required to travel extensively into district communities, work in a computerized environment, and work effectively both independently and as part of a team. This is a contract position from August 4, 2009 to March 31, 2010.

Responsibilities: 1. Inservice district school staff in all the Kwayaciiwin elementary curriculum guidelines.

2. Develop and revise Kwayaciiwin curriculum guidelines.

3. Develop extensive unit and lesson plans for all subjects.

4. Promote the Kwayaciiwin curriculum and program throughout the schools, communities, and district.

5. Assess the effectiveness of the guidelines implemented.

6. Provide professional development to schools in areas such as 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. Experience in bilingual bicultural education an asset 6. Training or experience in: ESL, Primary Methodology, Special Education, Immersion and Second Language Methodology an asset 7. Fluency in Ojibway or Oji-Cree an asset Location:

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Sioux Lookout

Hours of Work: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday To apply: Please submit a resume, two references with written permission to contact, and a covering letter to: Roy Morris, Project Co-ordinator 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:

Friday, June 26, 2009

Home and Community Care Nurse Coordinator The Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council is a tribal council providing services to the eight communities of our six member First Nations. We are seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented individual to join our team.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Must be a Registered nurse or Registered Practical Nurse in good standing in a Canadian Province and be able to attain registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario.

• Previous working experience in community health care, public health nursing, home care and with First Nations people.

• Previous supervisory experience an asset.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Willingness to work as a team member • Minimum of two years experience in nursing • Demonstrated skills in: assessment, program planning, implementation and evaluation, health promotion and community development, clinical nursing practices such as case management and counselling.

• Advanced foot care is an asset • Valid driver ’s license, must provide own transportation and willing to travel DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Implement program requirements/assessments under the Home and Community Care and Long Term Care (possible new) programs to member First Nations/eight communities located on Lake of the Woods.

• Establish linkages and networks among relevant member First nation program staff.

• Provide supervisory guidance and support to First Nation home support programs, personal support workers in areas of education and awareness.

• Prepare monthly reports as required • Perform other related duties as required Salary:

Commensurate on qualifications and experiences

Closing Date:

Open until filled

All applications must include cover letter with a detailed resume and three references.

Submit your application marked “Confidential” to: Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council Inc.

227 Second Street South, 3rd Floor Kenora, Ontario, P9N 2M1 Phone: 807-467-8778 Toll Free: 1-800-409-9715 Fax: 807-467-8799 Email: hcc@akrc.on.ca For further information you may contact Dianne Longe Health Director Only those applicants who provide all requested documentation will be considered. Applications are subject to a screening process; those selected for an interview will be contacted.

NNEC is not for profit educational organization. Under the direction of the Sioux Lookout District Chiefs, NNEC delivers secondary and post secondary education programs and services for First Nations people. NNEC operates Pelican Falls First Nations High School and Centre, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, Wahsa Distance Education Centre, and has offices in Lac Seul (head office), Sioux Lookout, and Thunder Bay. NNEC welcome applications for the following positions: PELICAN FALLS CENTRE HOUSE COUNSELLORS (female & male) Pelican Falls Centre is a School with residential facilities for approximately 180 students and staff on a 10 acre site. The House Counsellor will be responsible for supervising and caring for ten to fourteen students attending the Pelican Falls First Nations High School or living at the Pelican Falls Centre.

PELICAN FALLS CENTRE SUPPORT WORKERS (female & male) The Support Worker assists the Team Leaders and House Counsellors to provide support/counselling to students attending Pelican Falls First Nations High School. The Support Worker will also assist House Counsellors by providing on-call relief. Support Workers must be flexible to adapt to varying responsibilities, students and staff.

QUALIFICATIONS 1. A post-secondary degree/diploma in social work, youth counselling or a related field AND two years counselling experience with First Nations youth OR the equivalent of five years counselling experience.

2. Class “F” Ontario Driver’s Licence 3. Fluency in Oji-Cree, Ojibwe or Cree preferred 4. A sensitivity to and understanding of First Nations culture and traditions.

LOCATION:

Sioux Lookout, Ontario

HOURS OF WORK:

Modified work schedule from August to June annually.

START DATE:

Mid August 2009

SALARY: Hourly rate will commensurate with education and experience.

Hours of work and payment subject to an averaging work schedule.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted

SHIBOGAMA EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES COORDINATOR On behalf of the First Nations of Kingfisher Lake, Wunnumin Lake, Wapekeka and Kasabonika Lake, Shibogama Education invites applications for the positions of: Shibogama Education Support Services Coordinator for the new Off-Reserve Secondary Program Shibogama Education Support Services Program (SESS) is a new program that will serve and support our off-reserve high schools students attending provincial and NNEC schools effective September 2009. SESS is administered by the Shibogama Education Board of Directors under the overall direction of the SFNC Chiefs (4) and the above communities. SESS program will deliver and be responsible for two main areas: tuition related services and student support services. The priorities are students’ success and their safety.

JOB SUMMARY Under the direction of the Education Advisor, the Coordinator is responsible for proper implementation, administration, supervision and management of the SESS program. He / She shall ensure that program policy and procedures are adhered to and implemented for the students safety, well being and success in both their home and school. He / she will ensure that all proper control systems such as financial, administration, operation and communication are integrated to deliver effective student support services.

He / she will work closely with the communities including parents, guardians, elders, local education authorities, education directors, principals, social counselors and Chiefs thus ensuring the program is grassroots driven.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS • Post secondary education in the field of education or social work training or equivalent preferred • Consideration will be given to candidates with secondary education who have experience in management, leadership and planning and can demonstrate competence in these required areas • Knowledge of First Nations in our area and fluency in native language is a priority • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Valid driver’s license TERM: Full-time position ANTICIPATED START DATE: July 6 or earlier LOCATION: Shibogama First Nations Council in Sioux Lookout, Ontario SALARY: Commensurate with qualification and experience APPLICATION Applications must include a covering letter, resume, two references including most recent employer, certificate of qualification and a recent criminal conviction check. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, applicants must provide a signed and dated statement authorizing Shibogama Education personnel to contact references.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications directed to:

NNEC requires a Vulnerable Persons Check to be completed for all staff at time of hiring Applications must be received by 4:00 pm, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Fax or email your resume with written permission for NNEC to contact three employment references and a brief cover letter to Personnel Officer, Dorothy Trout at (807)582-3865 fax, email humanresources@nnec.on.ca or mail to Box 1419, Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B9. For further information contact Dorothy at (807) 582-3245.

www.nnec.on.ca

June 15, 2009 at noon Maureen MacKenna, Education Advisor Shibogama Education P.O. Box 449 Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1A5 PH: (807) 737-2662 FAX: (807) 737-1583 E-MAIL: maureenm@shibogama.on.ca Website: www.shibogama.on.ca

Further Information Contact:

Matthew Angees PH: (807) 737-2662 CELL: (807) 738-1241 E-MAIL: matthewa@shibogama.on.ca We wish to thank in advance all those who submit applications.

ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED

Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

Talking Together Facilitator

COURT ASSISTANT

DESCRIPTION: Talking Together is a project funded by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. The purpose of the program is to utilize a traditional/alternative justice approach to resolving child welfare/ family matters in order to avoid litigation. The process used is the traditional “Talking” Circle in order to arrive at acceptable resolutions to child welfare matters. Circles are arranged and conducted by a Talking Together Facilitator.

Currently NALSC is seeking to hire (1) Talking Together Facilitator based in Timmins.

QUALIFICATIONS: As a Talking Together Facilitator you will: • Preferably, hold a post-secondary degree or diploma in social work, child and family worker program, mental health or related social service fields • Have experience or knowledge of the legal and child welfare systems • Have an understanding of restorative justice techniques/ applications and how they are used in the Circle context • Have excellent oral and written skills • Have good computer skills (including the ability to use a database) • Be professional, discreet and sensitive to the clients’ circumstances in order to preserve their dignity and trust in the program • Be organized, detail-orientated and thorough, • Work well with others and work with limited supervision • Be able to travel to northern communities • Possess a valid Class G driver’s license • Ability to speak Cree or Ojicree, will be considered a definite asset SALARY RANGE: This position pays $33,000.00 - $40, 000.00 per year based on education and experience. This is a full time position until March 31, 2010 with a possibility of extension.

LOCATION: Timmins, Ontario Deadline to apply is Friday, June 26, 2009 at 5:00 pm E.S.T Please send resume and cover letter including three (3) references to: Arlene Dodge, Special Projects Manager Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation 86 South Cumberland Street Thunder Bay, ON P7B 2V3 Fax: 807-622-3024 Email: cstjames@nanlegal.on.ca Please note that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service is seeking a full-time, one-year temporary contract Court Assistant. The position is located at the Northwest Regional Office in Sioux Lookout, ON. The annual salary for this position is $39,624.00, plus 6% vacation pay and 7% benefit pay. The successful applicant will become a member of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. The position will be available to be filled in September 2009.

Candidates will require excellent organizational skill, the ability to concentrate on a single task in busy surroundings and the ability to follow through on assigned duties independently. Candidates must be available to travel when required. The position will report to the Court Officer and will liaise with the Crown Attorney’s office, the OPP and other organizations.

Applicants may submit a resume to the address below. Posting closes on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 16:00. No late applicants accepted. Resumes may be sent to:

NAPS Headquarters 300-2027 Derek Burney Drive Thunder Bay, ON P7K 0A1 (807) 623-2161 ext. 222 Fax (807) 623-2252 Attn: Jeanet Pierce Manager of Human Resources jpierce@naps.ca www.naps.ca

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Oshki developing online learning tools Rick Garrick Wawatay News

"Your culture is just a click away" You can now read this newspaper on-line!

Daily News Updates Online Photo Galleries Job ads Classifieds Discussion Forum and much, much more!

WRN is broadcast on 89.9 FM in Sioux Lookout and 106.7 FM in Timmins to 38 community-based affiliated radio stations.

WRN is also distributed nationally on Bell ExpressVu Channel 962.

Oshki-Pimache-O-Win is developing an online chemistry course for its Pre-Health Sciences program.

“We chose chemistry because it is the hardest program to complete,” said Oshki’s e-learning co-ordinator Gordon Kakegamic, explaining that it is difficult to do chemistry experiments by just reading text. “The curriculum and material is all text based.

“We wanted to make it more visual, something that is more animated to help the students learn better.”

Kakegamic said the students do not have labs set up in their communities to do experiments; they usually do their experiments in their own kitchens with chemistry kits picked up at Oshki during the initial on-campus session.

The online chemistry course will be developed by three multi-media students from Confederation College over the summer months with funding from Health Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch and in partnership with Confederation College, Sioux Lookout Menoyawin Health Centre and Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

“We chose chemistry because it is the hardest program to complete.”

– Gordon Kakegamic

Oshki-Pimache-O-Win has already developed a series of online digital learning tools, including video narratives of proper X-ray techniques, for their Basic Radiological Techni-

cian Program.

“We have 75 short videos in three different languages in two different video formats,” Kakegamic said, explaining the online learning tool videos are available in Cree, English and Oji-Cree and in Windows Media and Flash video formats.

“The important thing is these learning objects were developed not only for our students, but also for (the X-ray technicians in) the First Nation communities.”

All of Oshki’s X-ray technique learning objects are downloadable from the Oshki website; the video narratives provide students and X-ray technicians with visual aids to help them while practising basic radiography in the community.

“The X-ray technicians can show the videos to their patients before their X-ray so they will know what to expect during the examination,” Kakegamic said.

4th Memorial Gathering May 7, 8, 9 & 10, 2009 Sioux Lookout, ON The Memorial Gathering is dedicated to remember and honour the lives of those gone from us to Suicide and Survivors of Suicide (those left behind).

Ruth Anne Arlene Beardy July 23,1981 -May 7,2005

The precious memories of our loved ones must live on.

With Sincere Thanks from Ashawaabic Ministries and the Morley Beardy Family.

Acknowledgments to the following communities, businesses and individuals who made this weekend a success.

Communities: - Bearskin Lake First Nation - Kingsher Lake First Nation - Deer Lake First Nation - Wawakapewin First Nation Businesses: - BBH Contracting KingsherLake - Wasaya Airways LP - Nishnawe-Aski Nation - KII-NHEW Gas & Oil Sales * Morris & Gloria Carpenter

- Nissley Construction * Stan & Kris Nissley - Keewaytinook Okimakanak Tribal Council Balmertown, ON Individuals: - Kingsher Lake FN Donation Drive - Philip & Georgina Constant - Rose Buck - Rising Above Band: * Howard Jolly * Terry & Brenda Martin * Rick & Linda Martin - Philip & Rita Flett - George Harper - Dale & Shannon Jack - David & Maureen Mamakwa - Amos & Margaret Mamakwa - Henry McKay - Reverend Lydia Mamakwa

Host - Morley Beardy

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Clarence & Karyn Meekis Ziggy Beardy Ed & Jean Wood Norma Kejick Gordon Beardy Liz Beardy Walter Lyon Cal Kakegamic Deputy Chief Alvin Fiddler Rebecca Dodge Cathy Yoder Lucy Kakegamic Anna Fern Kakegamic Colin Meekis Heather Gillespie Rosemary & Jewelle McKay Freida Hershberger Chris Quequish Bev Duncan Mary Tait Rhoda Stoll

Presentation by Norma Kejick

AM President - Walter Lyon

Elder - Ed Wood

Rising Above Band

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Government of Canada to invest $1M over six years in social science research Wawatay News

Gary Goodyear, Minister of State in Science and Technology, announced a $1 million fund through a six-year commitment to social science research May 20 in Kenora.

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

of Canada administered the $1 million through a CommunityUniversity Research Alliances grant.

This investment is designed to support the growing partnership between the City of Kenora, Grand Council Treaty 3 and neighbouring First Nations communities.

The $1 million fund will be

used over six years to form the Common Ground Research Forum.

The forum will include scholars from local post-secondary schools.

“Our government recognizes the importance of involving the community directly in research results, through partnership like the Community-University

Beardy wants a future people can look forward to Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Stan Beardy would like a better future for all residents of Thunder Bay. He shared his thoughts at Redwood Park Church’s recent Shaping the Future community worship.

“We want to have a future for all of us,” said the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief during the community worship, which focused on Changing History Through Waves of Passionate Conviction and took place at the Thunder Bay Auditorium with about 1,000 to 1,500 people in attendance. “Something we can all look forward to.”

During the worship, Beardy spoke about a Redwood Park Church congregant and Northern Ontario School of Medicine medical student who impressed him during her month-long medical school community placement in his home community of Muskrat Dam. “Today when I was sitting here, I saw many children walking by,” Beardy said. “If they are anything like Meagan Doyle, I

have great hope.”

Beardy and a number of other politicians from Thunder Bay, including Thunder BayRainy River MP John Rafferty and Thunder Bay councillor Rebecca Johnson, were invited to participate in the community worship, which was the first time all the congregations at Redwood Park Church had met together at one time.

“We will continue to do our part to make Thunder Bay a great city.”

– Stan Beardy

“We will continue to do our part to make Thunder Bay a great city,” Beardy said.

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose said NAN has recently become more concerned about the growing prevalence of racism in Thunder Bay. “There is a disturbing trend of racism becoming more prev-

alent in educational institutions, local businesses and on the streets of this community,” Waboose said, noting a haircutting incident at an elementary school, a business’s refusal to serve Aboriginal customers and the throwing of objects at Aboriginal pedestrians by people in vehicles. “We hope to help diffuse this systemic racism by engaging with the Thunder Bay community in a positive, proactive manner that is both appropriate and culturally sensitive.”

Waboose said the growing prevalence of racism may be related to the economic downturn in the community, which is likely causing stresses in the homes and leading youth to act it out in public.

He added if the racism isn’t stopped now, people will soon be calling it an everyday experience.

“The more we meet with each other, the more we work together, the less that will happen,” Waboose said. “We’ve got to educate each other, we need to work together. Everybody wants the same thing, to provide for their families.”

Modernizing the Mining Act Ontario has introduced legislation to modernize the Mining Act. If passed, the province will begin putting new rules in place later this year. To learn more about the proposed changes please visit www.ontario.ca/miningact.

La modernisation de la Loi sur les mines L’Ontario a déposé un projet de loi visant à moderniser la Loi sur les mines. Si le projet de loi est adopté, la province commencera à mettre en oeuvre de nouveaux règlements plus tard cette année. Pour en apprendre plus long sur les modifications proposées, visitez le site www.ontario.ca/miningact.

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Research Alliances,” said Goodyear.

“Social sciences and humanities research plays a valuable role in advancing innovation and competitiveness, fostering job creation and building a diversified, resilient economy over the long-term.”

This grant provides the opportunity to research the

treaty relationship and what has worked and how it could be applied to future cross-cultural economic efforts.

The result will be an advanced model for collaboration, recommendations for policy and legal reforms, curriculum and pilot projects and a group of students and community members highly trained in

research, negotiation and sustainable community planning.

“This superb research initiative illustrates how social sciences and humanities research can have a direct impact on Canadian society, through community-university partnerships,” said Chad Gaffield, president of the social sciences council.

Queen Elizabeth staff would like to thank the following people/groups for a successful Native Celebrations week:

Native Celebrations 2009

Steve Feeney

Sioux Mountain Students

First Nation Health Authority

Friendship Centre Charles Williams

Chris Angeconeb

All Drum Groups & Dancers Fair Convenience Matina Gaudette OPP - Jeff Belmore Q.E. Staff Q.E. Students Alice Littledeer Anti-Racism Committee Stan Beardy Debbie kakegamic Helen Faries

Equaywuk Sarah Cromarty Anna Shawanimash New Vision Ltd. Ralph johnson Juliet Blackhawk Town of Sioux Lookout - Museum Patrick Skead College Students; Chelsey Greig Samanthat Hill Kayla Couette Tim Mckay

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Joust enough power

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Students compete in a gladiator-style jousting event, wearing safety equipment, during the multicultural youth gathering at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School May 27.

Summer Solstice Pe-Anihshininiimok Celebration (Come Speak Your Language)

Hosted by Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Sunday, June 21st and Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at Pelican Falls High School and grounds Festivities begin at 8:00 am and run until 10:00 pm Cash prizes and trophies for winners!

The purpose of this festival is to highlight First Nation languages.

All of the activities will encourage people to speak in one of the First Nations languages such as: Anihshiniimowin (Oji-Cree), Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway), Nehinowewin (Cree) and any other Aboriginal language.

Sunday evening concerts will be featuring: Delores Sand, Robert & Mary Maytwayashing, Sagatay band and other special guests.

Bring your own lawn chairs and water.

Adult Competition Categories

Cash Prizes

1.Oratory-Speech Competition: story telling, poetry reading, or legend 2. Songs/Singing Performance 3. Drama: skit, puppet show, magician, comedy

1st prize - $150.00 and trophy 2nd prize -$100.00 3rd prize - $75.00

Youth Competition Categories

Cash Prizes

1. Oratory-Speech Competition: story telling, poetry reading, or legend 2. Songs/Singing Performance 3. Drama: skit, puppet, magician, comedy

1st prize - $100.00 and trophy 2nd prize - $ 75.00 3rd prize - $ 50.00

For more information call Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre: (807) 737-7373 ext. 25

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ᐊᐧᐳᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂᐠ ᑭᐅᒋ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᓂᐸᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᓂᑲᓂ ᐅᓀᑕᒪᑫᐸᐣ ᑫᔭᓂᔑ ᐸᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᔓᓂᔭ. ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᔕᑕᐱ ᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᑲᐧᔭᑎᓂᑫᑕᒪᐊᐧᑭᑕᐧ ᑫᑭᐅᒋ ᑲᒋᑎᓇᒪᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑫᑕᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᒋᑎᓇᒪᓱᐧᐊᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐊᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᑫᐅᒋ ᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᐅᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᑫᑕᒪᓱ ᒥᓄᓭᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐱᓫ ᐸᐧᐣᑌᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑭᐃᔑ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐁᐸᐸᔑᓭᐊᐧᑫᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᒋᔭᓂ ᒪᒥᓇᐧᑐᐨ ᐅᑐᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓂᒪᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥᐃᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᓂᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ

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ᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᔑᐱᒧᑕᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐸᐧᐣᑌᐣ. ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᓇᑌᐠ ᑫᐅᒋ ᐸᔭᑌᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᔭᓂᔑᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᒋᑭᐃᔑ ᐸᐸᒥᓯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐡ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᓂᐠ ᐃᔑᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑭᑎᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᓇᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᐠ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2006-07 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ, ᑲᑕᐸᓯᑭᑫᑕᓱᐧᐊᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐡᐱ ᑭᑫᑕᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐊᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ 120,000 ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ 515 ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ $1.2 ᐱᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑕᓴᐧᐱᐠ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑭᐃᔑᐊᐸᑎᓯ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐅᒋᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐱᒋ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂᐠ, ᑲᐅᒋ ᑭᐁᐧᓇᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᑎᐸᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᑕᔑᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ

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ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐱᒧᓂᑯᐃᐧᐣ, ᒪᒥᓄᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑲᐯᔑᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ. ᐃᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ 60 ᐱᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑕᔑᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐊᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ, ᓇᐣᑕ ᑯᑕᐠ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᐠ 40 ᐱᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑕᔑᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐊᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᑐᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᐡᐱ ᑭᑫᑕᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑕᔑ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑕᐧ. ᐅᒪ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐅᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐡᑭᑫᑯᓇᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐁᑭᒣᑎᓂᑫᓭᐠ $65 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑕᓴᐧᐱᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2006-07 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᓇᐣᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᐃᐡᑯᓄ ᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᐱᒥᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ, ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᐁᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᐡᑭᐊᓄᑭᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᒥᒋᒥᓂᑕᐧ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ ᐅᓂᑭᐦᐃᑯᒪᐠ ᒋᐸᐸᒥᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

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students and 515 schools with a budget of $1.2 billion.

The program pays for instructional services in on-reserve schools, operated by the First Nation or by the federal government; reimbursement to provinces for tuition costs of students who attend provincial schools off-reserve; and support services such as transportation, counselling, accommodation and financial assistance.

About 60 per cent of First Nation students are taught on reserve, usually in schools operated by a band council, another First Nations organization, or a federal school.

The other 40 per cent go offreserve to schools under provincial authority, usually for secondary school.

The program includes a number of project-based initiatives, which cost about $65 million in 2006-07 and provide additional education services designed to support improved educational outcomes, such as professional development for teaching staff, teacher recruitment and retention, and greater parent and community engagement in education.

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Geduld said 118 school projects have been completed since 2006, including ongoing construction or planned construction of 17 new schools and repairs and renovations to other schools, for a total investment of about $624 million.

An investment of $200 million for 10 of the 17 new schools and three major school renovation projects was recently announced under the $1.4 billion investment for Aboriginal peoples under Canada’s Economic Action Plan.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose would like to see the details on where the school projects are being undertaken, noting that five of NAN’s 49 communities, including Attawapiskat, currently need new schools.

“NAN’s education infrastructure is in crisis,” Waboose said.

“There are communities without schools in the NAN territory, and the high ratio of students being educated in overcrowded and unsafe schools is unacceptable.”

Waboose said education is a

treaty right for First Nations and INAC shouldn’t view funding for education as “discretionary.”

“First Nations are the fastest growing segment of the Canadian population,” Waboose said. “We need to ensure they are equipped with the skills and education to acquire gainful employment. Our children’s success will be reflected in Canada’s social and economic well-being.”

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine said the report should be seen as an urgent call to action by all parliamentarians to address the government’s mismanagement of First Nations schools and First Nations education in general.

“This report clearly shows that government is mismanaging its resources and shortchanging First Nations,” Fontaine said. “We need better data and better management and First Nations can play a lead role in improving the situation because the schools are in our communities.”

The INAC website stated in 2006-07, the Elementary/Secondary Education Program supported approximately 120,000

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Scholarship provides mentorship, money Lenny Carpenter Special to Wawatay News

Award-winning novelist Joseph Boyden wants to help First Nations students succeed.

So, on June 4, he appeared as the special guest at An Evening with Joseph Boyden, a meet-the-authors event aimed at fundraising for First Nation scholarships and bursaries.

Every year there are students who leave their small communities along the coast and head south to pursue an education.

However, Boyden said, some are unable to cope with being far from home, affecting their studies and ultimately, quitting school.

“It has to be hard for the students,” Boyden said.

He said, while he was in school, he had friends who faced this reality.

“There’s a feeling of being alone,” he said.

Boyden initiated the Four Seasons Scholarship, which will be given annually to a First Nations student from the James Bay coast. The four-year scholarship will provide the student with financial health for their education along with a mentorship program.

With this scholarship, Boyden said, “the hope is that they will stay to complete their program.”

The mentorship will be provided by the Four Seasons Working Group, an independent Aboriginal consulting company that promotes youth mentorship within education, industry and communities.

The group was recently co-founded

by Boyden’s sister, Mary, with Boyden himself a member.

Two-thirds of the proceeds raised will be allocated to the Four Seasons Working Group. The remaining third will go to the Northern College Foundation, which will use the funds to provide bursaries for First Nations students.

An Evening with Joseph Boyden featured a reading from Boyden, who

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Author Joseph Boyden reads an excert from his award-winning novel Through Black Spruce during a fundraiser for his Four Seasons Scholarship during an event in Timmins June 4. read an excerpt from each of his two novels. The evening also had a reading

by Boyden’s wife, Amanda, who read from her two novels; a discussion panel with Boyden, Amanda and five local authors, where they took on questions

about writing; a magic show; and book signings by the authors.

The night also had live and silent auctions.

Boyden has a soft spot for the people of the James Bay coast. His two novels

feature characters from the area. Three Day Road tells the story of two Cree snipers from Moose Factory who fight in the First World War, and their aunt who faces the realities of colonialism at home.

His second novel, Through Black Spruce, centers on two Cree characters from Moosonee in contemporary times.

This effort was awarded the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize, given annually to a Canadian novel or short story collection deemed the best by a jury.

In the mid-1990s Boyden taught at the Northern College branch in Moosonee for two years and was immersed in the local Cree culture.

Although Boyden grew up with a lot of First Nations people in Willowdale, Ont. (near Toronto), he was surprised on his first trip to the James Bay coast.

“I wasn’t prepared for the amount of poverty,” he said. “I couldn’t believe that anybody who wanted to work couldn’t find a job.”

“What I was prepared for,” he continued, “was the humour and love of laughter.”

Boyden said he was treated “warmly” whenever he traveled to the coastal communities.

“I’ve met a lot of people and some are now my best friends,” he said. “One is who I based Will on (from Through Black Spruce).”

The people he met, the stories he heard, and the culture he learned are what inspired Boyden to write the novels.

“I couldn’t believe that no one is telling their stories,” he said.

“I love the region and go there 4-5 times a year,” he said, adding he had returned from fishing in Moosonee the day before.

With the knowledge and experiences he gained from the region, Boyden said the scholarship “is a way for me to give back to the people.”

Boyden is currently working on biographies of Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont, as part of a Penguins Group biographical series.

He will then work on his third novel to complete the trilogy he began with Three Day Road. He said the third book will “fill in the gap between the first two books…including the Second World War.”

Sioux Lookout hosts national healing event Debbie Mishibinijima Special to Wawatay News

Infants, youth, adults and elders – the four stages of life – were represented at Nishnawbe Gamik Friendship Centre for the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation May 26. It was a time for residential school survivors and community members to come together to hear healing words of encouragement for a better future for the children.

Sioux Lookout received the honour of being national host. Marcia Halfe, National Campaign Manager of National Day for Healing and Reconciliation was present at the event.

“We will change the relationship that Aboriginal people have suffered.

We are gathered here tonight to repair that relationship,” Halfe said.

Motivational words were expressed from an email that came from Brisbane, Australia, a country where Aborigine

people have also experienced cultural genocide.

“Congratulations Sioux Lookout on being given the responsibility to host the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation Launch 2009. This message is to express our solidarity with the national launch in Sioux Lookout and the events that have been held and will be held that support the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation in Canada and National Sorry Day May 26 in Australia,” part of the message said.

A highlight of the evening was a historical lesson of the once vibrant economy of Lac Seul First Nation. There was solemn remembrance of a time prior to the flooding. Until 1928, the people of Lac Seul were a self-sufficient community through wild rice harvesting, hunting, berry gathering, trapping, guiding, canoe making and beadwork crafting. Life was good. Without much notice, a hydro dam was created at Ear Falls. The water levels rose nine feet

high. Hunting camps were flooded and people lost what little possessions they owed – without compensation. Wildlife suffered as well.

That was not the only catastrophe to affect the Lac Seul people around that time. Next, came the forced removal of young children from their loving families and communities. Life would never be the same again. The culture, traditions and language suffered immensely as foreign assimilative policies were imposed.

Felicia Waboose, Equay-Wuk program director, shared a powerful story – told entirely in the Ojibway language.

She spoke of the sadness she felt when she and her siblings were picked off their father’s trap line to attend residential school.

“What made me sad was leaving my dad all alone,” Waboose recalled.

The Pelican Falls Residential School opened its doors in 1926. The doors to the school closed in 1973. The site of

the former school has since been excavated in 2004. In place is a memorial.

When Pelican Falls Residential School closed, there was a renewed budding generation of young Aboriginal people who sought to find a better way of life. With optimism, those youth began to embark on his or her own healing journey to gain better self-esteem. It was a time when there was resurgence in Aboriginal pride. The sound of beating drums echoed throughout the nation again, and unlike the days gone by, cultural practices like powwows, speaking the language and hand drum singing were freely exercised.

As for the future, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy believes that awareness in the education system is important.

“I think that one of the things that needs to happen through the education system – the curriculum – from kindergarten and up… there has to be active

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reflection of First Nation contributions in the development of confederation, because I think people going to school, our children going to school in the education system need to have a sense of pride that they contributed to the well being of Canada,” Beardy said.

Before the evening ended, visitors to Nishnawbe Gamik heard the riveting, soothing voices of singers from the Minotahgosiwag Ikwe Dewe-i-gunnes-si-wag (Beautiful sounding women hand drums). As Sam Achneepineskum, residential school co-ordinator for NAN, eloquently commented: “the spirit of our people can never be taken away.” Today, there remains hope for healing and reconciliation.

The next event for residential school survivors and their families is scheduled to take place July 13 to 17 at Pelican Falls First Nation High School, the site of the former residential school. At that time, there will be sharing circles to help one another to heal.

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Rocks, stones have place in history Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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have always had a fascination for rocks or stones.

I was born and raised in Attawapiskat near the banks of the great James Bay. This area is predominantly muskeg. As a matter of fact, my people are known as the Mushkego Cree.

Muskeg is like a peat bog and it is actually composed of plant life that is perpetually in a state of decay. This makes it very difficult to get around in the summer months as the land is mostly a soggy bottom.

In the spring, summer and fall, my people use the waterways as roads and highways to travel the land. It is near impossible to move on the land as it is like swamp.

In the winter, the people of James Bay are happy to see the coming of freezing temperatures that turns the muskeg into

a hard surface.

The frozen land becomes covered in snow and it is much easier for the Mushkego Cree to move about by snowshoe, toboggan and snowmobile.

My fascination with rocks and stones has to do with the fact that they are rare back home in the musheg. When I was young, I took every opportunity I had to visit any rock or stone outcroppings on the land.

My favourite rock is on Akamiski Island. It is surrounded by miles and miles of muskeg and sits near the edge of a pretty

little lake.

Often when I was out on the land with my family, I would leave the group to head out on my own and spend time sitting on my little patch of rock overlooking the lake. This was a special place for me where I could relax and think.

Rocks and stones hold a very special place in the traditions and culture of First Nations.

I can recall Elders talking about the very practical aspect of rocks. They describe them as navigational aides or landmarks due to the fact that they

are so rare in the land of the Mushkego Cree. Traditional hunting and gathering routes of my people are marked here and there by rocks or stones that stand out on the flat featureless mushkeg.

I recall hearing stories from Elders handed down that describe these rocks and stones on the land as living things.

There are stories that talk about the rocks having spirits with the ability to move about the land on their own. see next page

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National Aboriginal Day—June 21, 2009 by celebrating the significant contributions of First Nation people to the development of a strong, healthy, and prosperous Canada.

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June Aboriginal History Month James Thom Wawatay News

After more than two years of trying, New Democrat MP Jean Crowder successfully had her motion to declare June National Aboriginal History Month passed.

“We need to recognize the enormous contribution that First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples have made to Canada.

Declaring June National Aboriginal History Month is one small step,” said Crowder.

The motion builds on steam built by several provinces to already mark June as Aboriginal History Month.

“Declaring June National Aboriginal History Month is one small step.”

– Jean Crowder

“I first introduced a motion on Aboriginal History Month two years ago,” said Crowder.

“The Regina Aboriginal Professionals Association got the ball rolling by convincing the Saskatchewan government to recognize the month. This will be the third year it is celebrated there. Many communities already celebrate National Aboriginal Day on June 21.

“Now I hope they plan more events to celebrate the history of Aboriginal peoples in their area and across Canada.”

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Eagle’s Cry offers warm welcome Marianne Jones Special to Wawatay News

Sky Hedrick’s dream of creating a place of shelter in Thunder Bay has come true.

Since coming to the city in 2004, he and his wife Angie have dreamed of a welcoming place for people moving in from the north to share a cup of coffee and feel at home. Five years later, Eagle’s Cry Life Centre recently celebrated its first year of operation on Simpson Street.

Three days a week the front door at the corner of Simpson Street and Victoria opens into a large room with red walls, a black ceiling and round café tables. People sit alone or in groups, enjoying coffee, tea and free pastries. Children play with toys in a carpeted area under a sign reading “Kid’s Corner.”

One boy is seated at a computer, involved in a game. A CD of the award-winning aboriginal group Broken Walls is playing.

In the kitchen volunteers are chatting and joking as they make coffee and clean up. In another room, volunteer Anna Lebel sorts donated clothing for the centre’s free store.

“A lot of the donations are such good quality,” she says.

“People are surprised at that.

We have clothing, towels, sheets, bedding, small appliances. Many people who come here are starting over. They need sheets, soaps, kids’ clothing—a lot of family oriented things. Working here you build many relationships. We learn to love the people who come here, care for them, care for their everyday needs. When you see them later walking down the street, they’re dressed up, they have pride because somebody cares.”

In another room a volunteer cuts a man’s hair. Every Tuesday one of three professional hairdressers offers free haircuts.

In the main room a short video is playing. Some people

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Eagle’s Cry Life Centre patrons take part in the feast. For five years, Sky and Angie Hendrick dreamed of opening the centre, which just recently celebrated its first anniversary. are listening closely. One man sits at a table with his back to the screen, writing in a notebook. As the video ends, Sky stands up, dressed in jeans, a red hoodie and baseball cap.

“I didn’t want to speak today,” he tells the listeners in the room, “because I was angry in my heart. Not at anybody here.”

He speaks in a direct way, pulling no punches.

“Everybody wants to prosper, but the first thing that needs to prosper in our lives is our heart. Every one of you carries wounds. I was abused when I was a kid. I was seven years old when my dad would pick me up and throw me against the fridge. I carried that anger for years.

“Road rage? I invented it! I couldn’t control myself. Before I came to Jesus there were a lot of people I wanted to put in the

ground.

“Stop looking for the prizes and look for the Giver of the prizes. Stop trying to be somebody on TV. Take the masks off and be who you are.”

His talk is interspersed with friendly joking with some of his listeners.

“You’re loved, man,” he calls out to a teen in the room.

When his short message is over, he joins a man sitting alone, and they talk. Some of the volunteers are taking a break, relaxing and chatting over coffee at another table.

One of them, Barbara Matson, “Grandma” to everyone at the centre, has been running the kitchen since the centre opened. Like Anna Lebel, she sees the best part of her job as helping people and building relationships with them.

“People are loved here, not judged,” she says. “Religion has

no part here. It’s all about Jesus.

One man who used to come regularly was eventually able to get a job. Another quit drinking.”

Renee Larabee has been coming to the centre “on and off for about a year,” since her son Seth was born.

“It’s a very welcoming place,” she says, “a safe place where people can come in and be accepted for who they are. People’s self esteem goes up when they have positive people in their lives.”

She recalls an example of one man who “had a lot of issues with cocaine is doing really well now.”

Len Matson echoes her words about the effects of a positive environment. He comes with his wife Barbara to chat with people and be an encouragement to them.

“Some of the people when we first met were having a dif-

ficult time of it. After awhile the encouragement seems to have a positive effect. They don’t feel so alone.”

Family was a word often used by the volunteers. Each of them agreed that the community at Eagle’s Cry has become family to them. Family is also a major focus of the centre.

“Our whole focus is on reestablishing the family unit,” says Angie, “We want to give families a fun safe place to come to. We hold a feast once a month that draws between 100 and 130 people.”

This is only the beginning, according to Angie.

“We’ve got big, big dreams.

Sky’s got so much vision for the place. We’d like to see an arts program started here in the fairly new future, and a community kitchen. We hope to set up tutoring for adults and kids, and offer lifeskills, hygiene

and parenting skills. We know one counselor who wants to do workshops on gang prevention.”

“We’re here to provide a safety net for people from northern communities,” adds Sky. “Anybody’s welcome here, but native people especially need a place where they can identify.

People feel a little better about themselves after coming. We’re always trying to tell them, ‘God loves you and you have worth.

You aren’t a mistake.’ It’s about not stripping them from their culture. We see a lot of people here who have been hurt and the biggest hurt has been from religion.”

Sky says he chose the name “Eagle’s Cry” for the centre because “the eagle is the Creator’s messenger and that’s what we are. God cries with the cry of our people. My name ‘Sky’ is short for Skyler, which means ‘a place of shelter.’ The centre welcomes everyone, but especially people who struggle with hurts and addictions, offering love and counsel without judgment.”

Sky understands about addictions and hurt. He started drinking at the age of five, and graduated to hard drugs in high school. For years he was on a path of hate and self-destruction until he was set free by God. Now he is driven by a desire to see people healed and transformed by God’s love.

At the present, Eagle’s Cry is open Mondays to Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

When they are not running the centre, both Sky and Angie are busy working at part-time jobs and involved with their two teenage children.

But their involvement with people who come to the centre is ongoing.

“We’re not social workers. We don’t punch out. People have our phone number. They don’t have to wait two weeks for an appointment.”

Connection to earth, stone’s throw away from previous page These rocks or stones are said to have powers.

In the traditions and cultures of Aboriginal people in North America and other parts of the world, rocks and stones are said to have spirits.

Medicine men or shamans understand the essence and the power of these rocks and refer

to them for certain ceremonies and uses.

Peoples throughout time on our planet have worshipped rocks and stones in one way or another.

Throughout the ancient world in my travels I have been fortunate to see wonders such as the Acropolis, the Parthenon in Athens; the Coliseum and Ancient Forum in Rome; the

Alhambra Castle in southern Spain and monuments all over Europe, Asia and the Americas made of rock and stone.

From a scientific and geological point of view, we understand that these rocks and boulders in the middle of mushkeg were put there by glaciers that moved about during the last ice age.

These mammoth glaciers

literally moved mountains and when they melted and receded, they deposited boulders, rocks and stones in places where they did not naturally occur.

From a traditional and spiritual point of view, rocks and stones are still very much a part of the legends and stories handed down by my people and Aboriginals around the world.

My fascination with rocks

continues. I always seek out the strength and the timeless quality of rock any time I am on the land.

I have stood on the crest of the largest mountains in the Sierra Nevadas in Spain; I have walked in the shadow of the mighty Canadian Rockies in British Columbia; I have observed from a distance Mount St Helens in Washington

State and I have swam in the Mediterranean waters on the rim of an ancient volcano that forms the islands of Santorini Greece.

No matter where I have been in my life it has always been possible for me to find a rock or stone to turn to.

My connection to the earth has always only been a stone’s throw away.

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A fancy shawl dancer shows her style during the Algonquin Avenue Public School Acceptance Powwow, held on the afternoon of May 29 in Thunder Bay.

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Acceptance powwow draws hundreds Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Acceptance was the theme of a powwow held May 29 in Thunder Bay. Algonquin Avenue Public School was the site of the powwow.

“All the different ages came together to have a good time,” said Jerry Dampier, a youth worker with Urban Aboriginal Strategy in Thunder Bay. Damper said three other Thunder Bay schools, Forest Park, Balsam Street and C D Howe, were combined with Algonquin Avenue Public School this past year, which led the school to focus on an acceptance theme with the students all year.

“They all came together pretty well,” Dampier said. “It took a while to get them interacting, but look at them now.”

Over 400 students took part

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Nathaniel Moses gives a demonstration of traditional dance during an acceptance powwow at Algonquin Avenue Public School. in the Acceptance Powwow, which was held outside on a

bright sunny afternoon, with about 15 traditional dancers

leading the way.

“Usually we do this inside,” Dampier said to the students during the powwow. “Today we did something different – we did it outside.

“What a great way to spend a Friday afternoon.”

The Shadow Creek Singers provided the drumming and singing and four youth workers from other schools in Thunder Bay helped Dampier with the event.

Dampier said the school also had an information session in the morning, with booths set up on a number of topics including Men’s Traditional, Women’s Traditional, Sacred Items, Drumming and the Role of Elders.

The youth workers provide cultural teachings to students in different classrooms every day, an after-school program and a lunch program for students who don’t have a lunch or forget their lunch at home.

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Exciting. Inspirational. Unity.

These are just a few words used to describe this year’s Native Celebrations Week.

The fifth annual event took place at Queen Elizabeth District High School (QEDHS) in Sioux Lookout May 25-29.

Students planned Native Celebrations Week over the course of the past semester.

“We brainstormed activities and fundraisers and decided the time to have Native Celebrations,” said Kerry Keesickquayish, student.

The students said the week turned out to be a great success and they had a lot of fun.

“The dream pillow and the powwow was good,” said Leeann Matchiendagos, student. “I enjoy watching people dance.

And the dream pillows were fun to make.”

Along with the dream pillow session, the students organized a multi-cultural lunch where the staff made food from their nationality for the students.

“It was a great school spirit building between staff and students,” said Jacky Craig, QEDHS teacher.

“The staff were very excited to participate in this event. Students love the fact they get to eat a variety of food from different countries.”

Throughout the week, QEDHS received visits from Pelican Falls and Dryden.

Stan Beardy, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation grand chief, was one of the many presenters who came to the school. Matchiendagos particularly enjoyed his presentation.

“He speaks the truth about everything. He’s upfront about

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The community of Pickle Lake wishes to extend greetings in celebration of National Aboriginal Day. National Aboriginal Day is an opportunity for all Canadians to gain an understanding and appreciation of the culture of the earliest inhabitants of this country.

We wish to recognize our First Nations residents, on this special day, as an integral part of our community; a part of our community that has contributed significantly to the cultural richness that we all enjoy.

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Rob Sakamoto, right, serves some food from his Japanese culture to student Bob Siemens, front left, during the Native Celebrations Week multicultural lunch at Queen Elizabeth District High School in Sioux Lookout May 25. what he wants us to be and doesn’t want us to not get an education,” Matchiendagos said.

Another presentation included one from four college students who gave tips to the students on how to survive their first year.

Blaine Kuzemkaik was one of the students who helped

organize the powwow. He said he enjoyed every moment of it while it was happening. “(The powwow) shows more of our culture,” Kuzemkaik said. “It was good because it was a good turnout. Lots of people were there. Lots of drums showed up, more than I expected.”

Craig and the students agree

that one of the main reasons why Native Celebrations Week happens every year is to build bridges between cultures.

“We’ve got an absolute beautiful multicultural student body and we need to recognize and honour everyone as human beings,” said Craig.

“It brings a sense of community,” said Keesickquayish.

National Aboriginal Day is an opportunity for all Canadians to gain an understanding and appreciation of the culture of the earliest inhabitants of this country.

We wish to recognize our First Nations residents, on this special day, as an integral part of our community that has contributed significantly to the cultural richness that we all enjoy. www.siouxlookout.ca

Matawa looking for renewable energy opportunities for its communities Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Matawa First Nations are looking for opportunities to build and operate renewable energy projects through Ontario’s new Green Energy and Green Economy Act. “Our First Nations will be seeking First Nations ownership and equity participation in hydro generation, transmission and distribution as a result of the Green Energy Act,” said Constance Lake Chief Arthur Moore.

“Many of our First Nations have potential hydro sites within their traditional territory and we want to see development happen to benefit our communities.”

The Matawa chiefs plan to work with Ontario over Moore the next few months to identify and address their community energy needs and to position themselves to be

involved in all aspects of hydro generation, transmission and distribution.

“We are certainly optimistic that this new Green Energy Act will mean direct government action for our northern communities with respect to energy issues,” Moore said.

“The main priority must be to get our remote communities connected to the electricity grid at the earliest possibility and to remove dependency on diesel generation.

“First Nations in Ontario will never be able to participate in

the new green energy economy while they are off-grid. We have never been seriously considered by the government to connect our remote communities to the electricity grid.

“I sincerely hope the new Act will be a change to this lack of attention.”

Matawa represents the nine First Nation communities of Aroland, Constance Lake, Eabametoong, Ginoogaming, Long Lake #58, Marten Falls, Neskantaga, Nibinamik, and Webequie.

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Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC) wishes to extend greetings to all First Nation communities in celebration of National Aboriginal Day.

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Thunder Bay Aboriginal liaison logo unveiled Rick Garrick Wawatay News

The brand-new Thunder Bay Aboriginal Liaison logo features two people holding hands.

“I see people joining hands,” said Freda McDonald, a member of Thunder Bay’s Elders Advisory Council. “People coming together and working together.”

A purification bowl with a smudge wafting into the air between the two figures, a Metis sash around one figure’s waist, the four colours, a border of braided sweetgrass and a silhouette of the Sleeping Giant are also featured on the logo. The logo was designed

by First Nation artist Kevin Belmore with input from the Elders Advisory Council, which also includes Agnes Hardy, Joy Asham, Paul Indian, Justice Gene Bannon and Senator Bob

McKay. The logo was unveiled June 1 at the Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre in Thunder Bay. “I think it’s about time we started working with the city,” McDonald said.

Hardy was pleased to see the inclusion of the Metis sash on the logo.

“When we’re in a circle, we’re very close,” Hardy said. “I hope the (city) council will learn that to do some of these things too.

The last meeting we all stood in a big circle and we hugged at the end.”

The logo was the result of a six-month process, which involved consultation with the Elders Advisory Council, development of a number of initial designs by Belmore, the selection of the best elements by the Elders Advisory Council, and redesigns by Belmore.

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Anna Gibbon, Thunder Bay’s Aboriginal liaison, and the Thunder Bay Elders Advisory Council show off the new Aboriginal liaison logo during a June 1 unveiling ceremony at the Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre in Thunder Bay. “We took it first to the Elders,” said Anna Gibbon, Thunder Bay’s Aboriginal liaison. “We chose to work with Kevin Belmore for a number of

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reasons: he is from the Robinson Superior Treaty region, he practices the Woodland style, and he has the ability to communicate feeling and put that

into a visual representation.”

McKay, a Senator with the Thunder Bay Metis Council, is happy with the logo.

“We had three different

designs,” McKay said. “We chose this one. The little figure represents the Sleeping Giant, which is the entrance to Thunder Bay.” Asham enjoyed the process of working with Belmore, emphasizing that he listened to their suggestions.

“I don’t think we interfered with the creative process too much, but we did have some ideas to contribute,” Asham said. “The development of this logo does a whole lot to bringing the community closer together.”

Belmore said it was important to consult with the Elders before starting on the design process.

“I’m really proud to be part of this logo project, talking with the Elders and coming up with a logo,” Belmore said.

McDonald said the logo represents the people of Thunder

Getting through the outdoor springtime woes Neil Michelin Special to Wawatay News

Ah yes, the birds have started to pair up, gathering their sticks and debris needed to build the new family home. Spring is in the air.

Just the same, what are you doing to prepare yourself for the changing of the seasons?

Springtime is an in between period for all of us. The bitter cold days replaced by the warm sunshine and longer daylight hours has an uncanny way of rejuvenating our spirits. Spring is a time for change; a new beginning that leads into a very enjoyable time of the year. That being summer.

The colder hours of the day being morning, evening and night, are times that we must be prepared for. Here are some suggestions to consider when you are spending time in the outdoors at this time of the year.

At the end of the winter months we all look forward to putting away the parkas, hats and scarves and replacing them with shorts, T-shirts and running shoes. When we start to bring in the new and go out with the old, there is always a pile of mismatched mitts. But, have you ever noticed that pairs are one short, zippers are broken and sometimes our footwear is worn and torn from everyday use. For those of us who spend time in the woods or on the frozen lakes, these clothes items that should be discarded can be put to practical use.

Mis-matched mitts - these mitts make perfect carrying bags for small items such as cameras, cell phones, GPS units and any other item that requires batteries. Batteries lose their charge very quickly in cold temperatures. By placing them inside these insulators, they are protected from the cold and are safe from being scratched and damaged.

Toques – If you have a family at home then you probably have various toques and hats that are not being worn. Try this out - I place toques in my jacket pockets. These act as liners and insulators for my cold hands.

Nowadays most people are not wearing gloves anyways, so why not be prepared for when your hand get cold. Place the toque on your hand and insert

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Making sure you have cold weather protection items when you’re hunting and fishing could save your life. Just as important is wearing appropriate clothing for the activity you’re doing. it into your pocket. Voila… a pocket warmer. You need not worry about color coordination or fashion since no one will see them.

Scarves – Now what possibly could be a practical application for this piece of clothing? Well, you can use them for just about anything. Tie downs on your sleigh and back packs are easy ones. Try rolling up the scarf and placing it in your pocket for later. Wrapping the scarf or scarves around your waist can and will keep your kidneys warm. Stopping a draft of cold air while you are walking, snowshoeing or snowmobiling makes your activity much more enjoyable.

Jackets - Well, jackets are never any good after the zipper breaks or the pockets become porous with holes right? Wrong.

Jackets can be mended very easily but also, the insulating value of the cloth and liner can be beneficial to anyone especially when you need it. Roll the jackets up to be used for cushions used when you are resting, instead of sitting on the cold frozen ground. Jackets stuffed with insulating material like hats, mitts and scarves, can be

used to stop drafts from coming through doorways. Stuff the sleeves and lay the jacket, with the arms stretched out, along the floor in front of the door to stop the cold outside air from coming in.

Well, now we have managed to find some practical uses for used, mismatched and out of fashion clothing items… fancy that. Try these suggestions and perhaps these ideas may save you money on heat and clothing costs but, more importantly, they may save your life.

Cold weather pocket items to consider: •Matches, lighters •Flashlight •Snacks and candies/chocolates •Sunglasses •Whistle – safety item •First aid items •Toque liners •Dry pair of mitts/gloves Planning ahead ensures that we remain safe and comfortable, only then can you start to enjoy the spring season. Teach your children the importance of planning for the cool weather too. We are never too old or too young to learn and try new things.

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