October 30, 2014 Volume 41 Number 22

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Rangers search and rescue training PAGE 9

NAN games set for February 2015 PAGE 6

Environmental conference teachings PAGE 7

October 30, 2014

Vol. 41 No. 22

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ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒧᐡᑭᓀᐱᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒧᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

Webequie runs for health

ᓫᐁᓂ ᑲᕑᐱᐣᑐᕑ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

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A Webequie Elder takes part in the community’s 2nd annual Run for Health on Oct. 15. About 200 participants ranging from kindergarten students to Elders took part in the event aimed at promoting health lifestyles.

Province asking First Nations to fill out juror questionnaires Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

The Ontario government is asking First Nations people who receive juror questionnaires to fill them out so that there may be more representation in the 2015 jury roll.

The Ministry of the Attorney General said about one in 12 people living in Ontario will receive a juror questionnaire this fall, and those who fill one out could be included in a list of potential jurors.

The ministry said First Nation individuals living on reserve have wisdom and experience that is valuable to others at trials and inquests.

“Sharing that knowledge starts with collaborative efforts between First Nations and the ministry in putting together the jury roll,” said Brendan Crawley, the ministry’s media relations coordinator, in

an e-mail to Wawatay News. “The assistance of First Nations living onreserve in completing the questionnaire is an important step in the jury roll process.”

The call for potential First Nations jurors comes months after the Chief Coroner for Ontario postponed the joint inquest into the deaths of seven NAN youth. He cited the lack of First Nations representation in the Kenora and Thunder Bay district jury rolls for the calendar year as one of the main reasons for the postponement.

The joint inquiry, originally scheduled for this fall, was set to look into the deaths of the seven youth who died while attending high school in Thunder Bay over an 11-year period since 2000.

The youth are Jethro Anderson, 15, of Kasabonika Lake; Reggie Bushie, 15, of Poplar Hill; Robyn

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Harper, 19, of Keewaywin; Kyle Morrisseau, 17, of Keewaywin; Paul Panacheese, 21, of Mishkeegogamang; Curran Strang, 18, of Pikangikum; and Jordan Wabasse, 15, of Webequie.

An inquest into the death of Bushie was halted in 2011 due to the same jury roll issues in Thunder Bay, at which point calls for a broader inquiry into the deaths of all seven youth came from NAN. The Chief Coroner expects the joint inquest to begin early next year.

The jury roll problem in the Kenora District was first brought to NAN’s attention in 2008 during the corner’s inquest into the deaths of two Kashechewan men.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court of Canada recently heard arguments See JURY ROLLS on page 3

ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᑎᓯᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᓇᑫᐧᐁᐧᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᐅᒋᐃᓯᓭᓂᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᐱ 2015 ᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᓂᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᔑᐊᐱᐊᐧᐨ. ᑭᒋ ᐅᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫ ᐅᑭᒪ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐸᐯᔑᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒪᒪᐤ ᓂᔓᔕᑊ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑕᐃᔑᓂᔕᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᑕᑲᐧᑭᓂᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑫᐧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᑭᐃᔑ ᐊᔑᑎᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᔭᓂ ᐅᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᔑᐊᔑᑕᐱᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᔭᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᑕᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓇᑯᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᓂᐠ. “ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᐅᒋᒪᒪᐃᐧᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᑕᑭᐅᒋᓭᒪᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᓂᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐊᐱᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ,” ᑭᐱᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒋᓂᔕᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑊᕑᐁᐣᑕᐣ ᐠᕑᐊᐧᓫᐃ “ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐅᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᓇᑫᐧᐁᐧᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ.” ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐊᐣᑕᐁᐧᓂᒥᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐱᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᒋᓭ ᒥᔑᓄᐱᓯᑦ ᐊᐱ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᑭᐳᓂᑐᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᐧ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᓄᐃᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᓱ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᐧᑲᔦᐠ ᐅᒋ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᐳᓂᑐᐸᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᐱᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ ᒥᓇ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᓂᑕᑦ ᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑕᐧᑲᑭᐠ, ᐊᔕ ᑭᑭᔑᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᒋᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᓱ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐁᑕᔑ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᐳᔭᑭ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 2000 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᒪᒋᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑕᐧᐸᐣ. ᒥᐅᑯ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᒉᐟᓫᐅ ᐊᐣᑕᓴᐣ, 15 ᑭᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ, ᐊᓴᐸᓇᑲᐠ ᑭᐅᒋ; ᕑᐁᒋ ᐳᔑ, 15 ᑭᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ, ᐅᐸᓴᑎᑲᐠ ᑭᐅᒋ; ᕑᐊᐱᐣ ᐦᐊᕑᐳᕑ, 19 ᑭᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ, ᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐅᒋ; ᑲᔪ ᒪᐧᕑᓱ, 17 ᑭᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ, ᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐅᒋ; ᐸᐧᓫ ᐸᓇᒋᐢ, 21 ᑭᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ, ᒣᐡᑭᑲᐧᑲᑲᒪᐠ ᑭᐅᒋ; ᑭᔪᕑᐊᐣ ᐢᑐᕑᐊᐣᐠ, 18 ᑭᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ, ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᐅᒋ; ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ, 15 ᑭᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ, ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑭᐅᒋ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2011 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐳᓂᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᒋᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ ᐳᔓ ᒥᐱᑯ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᐅᒋ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᓇᐦᐊᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ, ᐁᑭᐃᔑ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑕᐧ

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ᑲᑭᓇ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᓱ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᐊᐧᐨ. ᐊᐁᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᐱᐦᐅ ᐊᔕ ᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇᐦᐃᓭᐠ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓇᐱᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓂᑕᑦ ᑭᐃᔑᑭᑫᐣᑕᑯᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭᐠ ᐊᐱ 2008 ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑭᔐᒋᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᓇᐯᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐸᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᑎ, ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑭᐃᔑᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐊᐁᐧ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᐡᑯᓯᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᓇᐯ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᑯᓂᑎᐸᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑕᐡ ᐁᐊᔭᓂᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᑭᓫᐃᐳᕑᐟ ᑯᑯᐱᓀᐢ ᑭᑎᐸᑯᓇᐸᐣ ᐁᑭᓂᐸᑕᑫᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2008 ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑭᐅᒋᐳᓂᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᑕᑭᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᓴ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋᑎᐱᑕᓯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ 47 ᑲᑕᓯᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᒪ ᑲᐃᑯ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑕᐡ ᑭᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐅᒪ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᔑᒧᐡᑭᓀᐱᐦᐃᑫ ᑭᒋᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 6 ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. “ᐊᔕ ᓂᑭᐱᐊᓄᑲᑕᒥᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᔕ ᒥᔑᓄᔭᑭ ᑲᐱᐅᒋ ᑭᐳᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐣᑕᔕᐧᐸᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑕᒪᑯᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᓴᑲᓱ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᓂᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑎ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒋᐃᓀᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐃᐣᑕᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᐠ ᔭᑲᐳᒋ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐦᐊᕑᐱ ᔦᐢᓄ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᑭᐁᐧᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑭᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐊᔑᑎᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᒥᓇᐧᔑᐠ ᒋᑲᐧᔭᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᓂᒥᓀᐧᑕᒥᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᒪᒥᓇᐧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧᐣ.” ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᑯᑯᐱᓀᐢ ᐅᑐᓇᑯᓂᑯᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐊᐁᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒥᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᐱᒥᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒥᑕᐦᐃ ᒣᑎᓂᑫ ᐁᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᐠ ᑫᑭᐃᔑ ᑲᐧᔭᑲᐧᒋᑫᐨ ᒋᒥᓄᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᑲᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ. ᐅᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᑐᐸᐣ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᐠ ᔭᑲᐳᒋ, ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᔑᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ. ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑐᒋᐊᓂᒧᑕᓯᐣ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑯᑯᐱᓀᐢ ᐅᑐᓇᑯᓂᑯᐃᐧᐣ, ᐟᕑᐊᓫᐃ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᒋ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐅᑭᒪ ᐁᓂᑲᑫᐧᑐᑕᐠ ᒋᐊᔑᑎᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ. ᑲᑭᔭᓂᒧᑕᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ, ᐠᕑᐊᓫᐃ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐱ

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ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑕᑯᐊᓂᒧᑌ ᓄᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᑲᓴᐸᓇᑲ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑐᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᑐᕑᓫᐅ ᔪᓂᐳᕑᓯᑎ ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭᐊᔑᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐧᑌᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 30 ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᐅᐱᒪᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 2 ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᓴᐸᓇᑲ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐊᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ 30 ᑭᓫᐅᐊᐧᐟ ᓄᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᒍᓫᐊᔾ ᐱᓯᑦ 2013 ᑲᑭᒪᒋᔭᓄᑭᓭᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑭᔭᓂ ᐊᔭᑲᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᒥᓇᐧᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑲᐧᔭᑲᐧᓄᑭᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᓂᔓᐧᐱᓱᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᐧᑐᕑᓫᐅ ᑲᐊᔭᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓇᐣᑭᐦᐅᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᓂ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᓱᑭᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓇᔑᓀ ᒋᐸᐱᑯᓭᐠ. ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐦᐊᔾᐟᕑᐅ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᐅᑭᐸᑕᑭᓇᐸᓂᐣ 10 ᑭᓫᐅᐊᐧᐟ ᑲᐱᒋᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐊᐱᐧᓴᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᑭᓂᑲᐧᓇᑯᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 1997 ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᓱᐊᐧᐨ, ᐊᒥ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᐱᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 60 ᑭᓫᐅᐊᐧᐟ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᓂ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐅᒋᒪᑲᐠ 15 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᐱᒥᐸᓂᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᑲᓂᐱᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ 5 ᐳᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐳᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᐱᒥᐸᓂᒋᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᐅᒋᒪᑲᐣ 1 MW (1,000 ᑭᓫᐅᐊᐧᐟᐢ). ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐣ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ 27 ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓀᓴᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐯᐢᐟ ᐁᐧᐢᑐᕑᐣ ᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯ.

Environment conference features wind power project Kasabonika Lake’s renewable energy partnership with the University of Waterloo was highlighted during the Northern Ontario First Nations Environment Conference, held Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Thunder Bay. The project includes the installation of a 30-kilowatt wind turbine in Kasabonika, which began producing power in July 2013, and the regular testing and modification of a twin turbine located in Waterloo to increase its efficiency and make it quieter and able to generate power with low maintenance.

In combination with three 10-kilowatt wind turbines that were installed in the community in 1997 by Ontario Hydro and recently refurbished, Kasabonika can now generate up to 60 kilowatts of renewable energy during peak wind periods, which would offset about 15 per cent of the community’s diesel usage during the summer and about five per cent during the winter. The community’s diesel-powered plant provides one MW (1,000 kilowatts) of energy.

The environment conference featured a trade show and about 27 workshops on a wide variety of topics at the Best Western Plus Nor’Wester Hotel and Conference Centre.

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ᑲᓇᐢ ᑲᕑᐊᒧᑎ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᕑ ᐅᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᐣ ᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᒋᐅᒋᒪᑕᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑌᓇᐢ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᑭᓫᐃᐣ ᑲᕑᐊᒧᑎ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑕᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐧᐣᐯᑐᕑᐁᔑᐣ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᑭᒋ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑎᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒋᐅᒋᑕᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑯᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭᐠ. ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᓴᐣᑲᓱ ᐊᐱᒋ ᑲᐊᐱᒋᑭᑫᑕᓱᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᒪᒪᑕᐊᐧᐱᑯ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᑲᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᒥᑎᑯᓇᐯᐊᐧᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐱᒥᔭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᑕᐅᒋᑕᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᒋᑌᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᑯᕑᐁᑎᐟᐢ. ᑭᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᒋᑯᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐡᑯᐦᐃᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ.

OCTOBER 30, 2014

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Wawatay News ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑭᑎᒥᓇᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐊᔕᐣᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓇᑯᓇᐣ ᐊᐱ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᑭᔑᑲᓀᑫᐧᐊᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᐊᒧᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 2 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐅᑐᒋᐸᑯᓭᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐅᐣᑎᓇᐊᐧᐨ 1 ᒥᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᑕᓴᐧᐱᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᐣᑭᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᐱᓂᐠ ᒋᑭᑕᔑ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ 10 ᑲᐊᐱᒋ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᓱᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ. ᑌᓇᐢ ᑲᕑᐊᒧᑎ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑕᓇᑐᑫᒧᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐱᐃᐧᓯᓂᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᑕᐊᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱᓯᑦ 26 ᐁᐧᑎ ᐱᐠᑐᕑᐃᔭ ᐃᐣ ᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ.

DFC partners with Confederation College to provide trades Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School has partnered with Confederation College to provide four dual-credit trades courses through a pilot project that began this fall.

The four dual-credit courses — Grade 9 Exploring Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Construction Technology and Transportation Technology — will provide students with both high school and college credits.

The pilot project is part of DFC’s plans to develop a First Nation Trades High School within the Thunder Bay-based school.

The school hosted a tea and bannock lunch on Oct. 2, which was attended by a group of business, labour and non-profit representatives. The school hopes to raise about a million dollars in order to do renovations over the summer so it may launch a Grade 10 program.

DFC is hosting the First Nations Trades High School Dinner and Gala Auction which will be held on the evening of Nov. 26 at the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay.

Page 10 ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑕᓇᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᓱ ᑲᐊᑲᔐᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑕᔑᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑐᒋᐱᒥ ᓇᐣᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᒋᔭᓂᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ. ᑭᐊᓄᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐅᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᓂᒥᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᑲᐊᐱᒋ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᔓᔭᑭ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᓂᐦᓱᔭᑭ ᐁᑭᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐱᒥᐊᓄᑲᓂᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᑫᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᑭᓭᓂᑫᐧᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑕᐸᓯᓭᓂᑫᐧᐣ ᐅᐱᒋᓂ ᑭᑫᑕᓱᓂᐊᐧ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐃᔑᑭᔐᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑭᑕᓱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐱᒥᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᐱᒋᓂᑭᑫᑕᓱᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᑲᐸᐧᐃᐧᑕᑯᔑᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᐸᐸᓂᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑎᓇᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒥᑭᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᑲᑫᐧᐃᐡᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᓇᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᓂ ᐃᐡᐱ ᑭᑫᑕᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᑕᔑ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᓂᔭᓄᔭᑭ ᒋᑭᐃᔑᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧᐸᐣ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᓇᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᓭᔭ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐅᒪ ᒋᑭᔭᓂᔑ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᑲᒥᑲᐠ.

Research shows Biwaase’aa program helps youth succeed The Aboriginal presence provided by Biwaase’aa youth outreach workers at seven elementary schools in Thunder Bay has increased success rates among Aboriginal students.

A study called A Holistic Study of the Biwaase’aa Program on

Participating Students in Thunder Bay followed a group of Aboriginal Grade 6 students over two-to-three school years to determine if there was a relationship between participating in the Biwaase’aa program and an increase or decrease in a number of academic indicators, including language/mathematics scores, instances of being late and/or absent and behavioural referrals.

Based on the findings from the study, three researchers recommended a significant scaling up of the Biwaase’aa program, including increased funding to allow for expansion into senior elementary and high schools with high percentages of Aboriginal students, development of Biwaase’aa programming designed for senior elementary and high school-aged students and a five-year longitudinal study to track the results of the proposed increase in funding and programming.

The study also recommended the promotion of the Biwaase’aa program across the country and around the world.

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ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᓴᐠ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ 14 ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᓴᐠ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᐧᓴ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᔕ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᐊᐧᑭᑕᑲᒥᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ. ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑭᑕᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᒧᓄ ᑊᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᑊᕑᐅᐱᐣᔓ ᐸᕑᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᐁᑕ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑐᑲᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᔓᔕᐳᑭᔑᑲ ᐱᒥᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐣ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᓂᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᐁᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᑭᑕᑲᒥᑯ ᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᑕᐡ ᓂᑕᐃᔑᐁᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐣ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑕ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᔕᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐊᐱ ᑲᐃᐧᓇᓇᑐᓂᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐧᓴ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᓄᑎᓂᑫᓴᐠ ᐊᔕ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑐᒋᑭᔕᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᑲᐅᓇᓴᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐱᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ.

Canadian Rangers complete OPP search and rescue course A group of 14 Canadian Rangers from several remote First Nations from across the Far North of Ontario have completed a specially designed Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) ground search and rescue operator’s course.

The course was conducted by the OPP at CFB Borden and in Mono Cliffs Provincial Park. It crammed what OPP members normally learn in 12 days into an intensive seven days.

The course followed the signing of a memorandum of understanding by the OPP and the Canadian Armed Forces last year to have Canadian Rangers provide formal support in ground search and rescue operations in northern Ontario.

Because they often occur near remote, fly-in communities, many of the searches in Ontario’s Far North are completed by Rangers before the OPP can assemble a specialized search team and fly it into the community.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒧᐡᑭᓀᐱᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒧᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 1 ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᓇᑫᐧᐁᐧᔑᑐᐨ ᑲᐧᑫᑌᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐁᐧᓂᔕᐦᐊᐠ, ᐊᒥ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᑲᓄᑫᐧᐣ. “ᑭᔭᑦ ᐃᓀᑕᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑌᐱᓭᓂᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ, ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑲᐧᓂ ᒋᓇᑫᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐁᐧᓂᔕᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ,” ᐃᑭᑐ. “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑌᐱᓭᐨ, ᐅᐃᐧᓱᐣ ᑕᐊᒋᑲᑌᓂ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ.” ᐃ ᐧ ᓱ ᐃ ᐧ ᓇ ᐣ ᐅᐸᑲᐧᓇᐅᑕᐱᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᒪᒪᐃᐧᐱᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ ᑫᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᒪᓂᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᐣᑎᑫᓭᑭᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ ᑕᐱᓇᑐᒪᐊᐧᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐸᑲᐧᓇ ᑲᑭᐅᑕᐱᓂᑕᐧ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᔑᔭᐱᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐃᔑᐊᐱᐦᐊᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᓇᑐᑫᒧᐨ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᐠᕑᐊᓫᐃ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑲᐯᔑᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᓇᑐᒥᐨ ᒋᐱᑕᑲᐧᐱᐨ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒪᒪᓂᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑯᑕᐠ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑕᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌᓂ ᐅᒥᒋᑦ, ᐅᓂᐸᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐱᒥᔭᐃᐧᐣ. ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑕᑭᐃᔑᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᓂᐱᑌᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᓂᑭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᒋ ᐱᒋᓂᔕᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᒋᓇᑐᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐨ ᑫᐅᒋᐱᒥᔭᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑲᐯᔑᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐅᑕᐱᓂᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒋᔑᑕᑲᐧᐱᐨ ᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐅᑲᐅᒋ ᑭᑭᓄᐡᑲᑯᐣ ᑲᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᓂ. ᐊᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᑕᐱᓂᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᑕᐱᓂᑕᐧ ᐃᒪ ᒋᔑᔭᐱᐊᐧᐨ, ᐅᑲ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐧᑫᑌᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᓇᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᒪᒪᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᑲᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑲᐅᓀᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑲᑭᑫᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᓇᑯᓂᐨ ᑌᐯᐧ ᒋᔑᒥᑭᑫᐊᐧᑫᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᒪᒪᓂᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᐊᑭᑕᒪᐃᐧᑎᐸᐣ. ᐠᕑᐊᓫᐃ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ

ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᓀᑲᐱᐦᐊᓄᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᔕ ᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐱᒥᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᑫᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ, ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᒥᓇ ᕑᐁᓂ ᕑᐃᐳᕑ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐃᐧᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ. “ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᑕᓇᓄᑭ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᒥᓄᓭᓂᐸᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᐯᔑᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᐧᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᒋ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐠᕑᐊᓫᐃ. ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᑕᔭᐣ ᒪᒋᑭᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᐊᐧᓴ ᑲᐅᒋᑭᑐᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐃᓇᑭᑕᓱᓀᔭᐠ 1-866-869-4484. ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᐯᔑᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓀᐣᑲᐱᐦᐊᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑫᑭᐃᔑᑭᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐅᑭᔕᑯᓂᑫᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᒋᑭᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

Jury rolls lacking First Nations representation Continued from page 1 in a case revolving around a Grassy Narrows man and the lack of First Nations representation in the Kenora District jury roll.

Clifford Kokopenace was convicted of manslaughter in 2008 but the Ontario Court of Appeal quashed that conviction because the jury roll had too few residents from the surrounding reserve communities or any of the 47 First Nations in the district.

NAN was granted intervener status in the case and made submissions to the Supreme Court during the Oct. 6 hearing.

“We have had to pursue this through the courts after being stonewalled by Ontario for years and we look forward to an assessment by nine judges on the state of Ontario’s justice system, especially the critical issues identified in the independent report by the Hon. Frank Iacobucci,” said Grand Chief Harvey Yesno in a media release. “The Ontario Court of Appeal has delivered two judgments declaring that the exclusion of First Nation people from jury rolls is a wrong that must be righted, and we are pleased the Supreme Court is able to address this crisis.”

Since the Kokopenace decision, the Ontario government has put a great deal of time

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and money into finding ways to fix the jury roll issue. They commissioned a report from justice Frank Iacobucci, which gave several recommendations on how to proceed.

Though he did not address the joint inquest or the Kokopenace case, Crawley acknowledged that the Ministry of the Attorney General has increased its promotional efforts to encourage First Nations participation in this year’s jury roll process.

In describing the jury roll process, Crawley said once a person completes the questionnaire and mails it in, the questionnaire will be reviewed for eligibility. “Even if a person does not think they are eligible, it is important to fill out the questionnaire and return it,” he said.

“If a person is eligible, their name is added to the jury roll.”

Names are randomly chosen from the jury roll for criminal and civil jury trial, and those randomly chosen individuals will receive a jury summons.

Randomly selected lists of names from the jury roll are also provided to coroners to use in selecting jurors for coroner’s inquests.

Crawley said if a First Nations person living on reserve in northern Ontario receives a summons for a criminal or civil jury trial or is asked to serve on a jury,

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meals, hotels and return travel expenses are paid for the individual. First Nations persons living on reserve in northern Ontario may contact the local courthouse listed on the summons to request assistance with making travel and hotel arrangements.

If a person is selected to serve on a jury, then with the guidance of a judge, the selected individual and others selected to sit on the jury, will determine questions of fact in civil cases. In criminal cases, the jury decides whether, on the facts of the case, a person is guilty or not guilty of the offence with which he or she has been charged.

Crawley said an Aboriginal jury coordinator for the Northwest court region has been appointed to provide consistent support to all First Nation communities in Kenora, Thunder Bay and Rainy River with regard to questions about jury participation.

“The Aboriginal jury coordinator works out of the Kenora courthouse and is best able to assist individuals with questions,” Crawley said.

The Kenora courthouse has a toll free telephone line and can be reached at 1-866869-4484. First Nations individuals in the Northwest can call to speak to the Aboriginal jury coordinator and ask questions without incurring any telephone charges.

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News Briefs Mushkegowuk grand chief by-election candidates The Mushkegowuk Council has announced there are six candidates vying for the grand chief position in the upcoming by-election.

The candidates are: • Theresa Hall, of Attawapiskat • Lawrence Martin, of Moose Cree • Annie Metat, of Fort Albany • Peter Nakogee, of Fort Albany • Roderick William Sutherland, of

Kashechewan Peter Wesley, of Moose Cree Edward Nakogee of Fort Albany did not accept his nomination as of press time.

The by-election will take place on Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Polling stations will be set up in the First Nations of Attawapiskat, Chapleau Cree, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Moose Cree, Missanabie Cree and Taykwa Tagamou.

There will also be polling •

stations in the municipalities of Cochrane, Kapuskasing, Moosonee and Timmins.

According Mushkegowuk Deputy Grand Chief Leo Friday, the elected grand chief will serve in the position until the end of the current four-year term in August 2015. At that time, a new election will take place.

The position of grand chief has been vacant since June following the death of Stan Louttit, who died after a battle with cancer.

Death of Moosonee woman no longer deemed suspicious The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) concluded its investigation into the death of a young Moosonee woman.

According to the OPP, the death of Angel Matthews, 27, is no longer deemed suspicious and the OPP is no longer seeking any one in connection with her death.

The Moosonee OPP detach-

ment and local emergency medical services had responded to an unresponsive female with obvious signs of trauma in the James Bay community around 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 18. The woman, later identified as Matthews, was found outdoors in the area of Bay and Hutcheson Road. At that time, police considered the death

suspicious.

A postmortem was conducted in Sudbury but police have not released the cause of death.

The investigation was held by the Moosonee OPP and the James Bay Crime Unit under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch Detective Inspector Martin Graham.

NAPS seize $23,000 in drugs, alcohol in Kashechewan While on routine patrol, members of the NishnawbeAski Police Service (NAPS) Kashechewan Detachment seized more than $23,000 worth of drugs, alcohol and cash on Oct. 13.

Police seized a street value of $22,000 worth of marihuana, along with $1,200 worth of liquor, and about $330 in cash.

Two people were charged under the Controlled Drugs

and Substances Act. Lorraine Wesley, 25, of Kashechewan First Nation was charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking under Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Isreal Lazarus, 30, of Kashechewan First Nation was charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking under Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances

Act and also charged with Breach of Probation under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Wesley was released on conditions and will next appear in court in Kashechewan on Jan. 26, 2015. Lazarus was held for a bail hearing and has been released on conditions for court in Kashechewan.

Kashechewan First Nation is located about 500 kilometres northwest of Timmins, Ont.

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Lest We Forget Submitted photo

Xavier Kataquapit Under the northern sky

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est we forget.

That is the resounding phrase that reminds us all of the horrors of war and of all those who lost their lives in conflicts all over the world. We all know that November 11 is set aside for all of us to take a some time to remember those who have perished in war.

A few days ago my friends in the Bradley family from Six Nations near Hamilton, Ont. participated in an early ceremony set aside for the remembrance of local First Nation people who lost their lives in war. It was held by the Six Nations Veterans Association in Ohsweken.

The Bradley Patriarch John Bradley Sr. who passed away this year was a decorated World War ll veteran. In years past, he was on hand for remembrance ceremonies. His wife Norma and daughters Laurie and Luanne lay wreaths in his memory and for those who have fallen in war. His son John Jr. read the honour roll call and act of remembrance. Chief Ava Hill was on hand to voice her words of support, healing and remembrance to all those in attendance. Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Chief Brian Laforme, MPP Dave Levac; Brant County Mayor Ron Eddy and other dignitaries also paid homage to the day.

There was a parade, pipe band and military ceremonials. Four Delhi Harvard aircraft lifted the hearts of everyone in a nostalgic fly pass.

In a Bradley family gathering later at Laurie and Fred Lambert’s home in Brantford everyone gathered to note the day and to bid bonvoyage to some of the family members heading out on a world tour. I could not help notice what a huge gap there was amongst us as the family patriarch John Bradley Sr. was not on hand, lifting spirits and comforting his family with humour and kindness. It was just not the same. However, as life in its ebbs and flows takes from us and gives to us, we had a bright ray of sunshine on this day. A new baby in the family, Everett Martin, one-year-old son of Chris and Tess was there in all his smiling glory with his

scramble from adult to adult for hugs, kisses and laughter.

He did his late great grandpa John Sr. proud with his healing gift in his own little way to remind us of the hope that new life and sweet babies provide.

As I watched little Everett roll around on the back lawn covered in red, yellow and orange leaves I thought of how fortunate he was to be born in this time and place with family all around. As he lay on his back staring up at the pale blue sky framed by the faces of loved ones in play and the colour of fall in the trees over head I wondered at what kind of future we would provide him in our world. In remembrance I also thought of my great grandfather John Chokomolin who was taken up in the First World War from his family on the shores of Attawapiskat only to die near London, England of the Spanish flu.

I thought of all those other young men of Attawapiskat, all the other First Nations and all the non-Native men and women who had gone to war. Many did not return. I thought of all those civilian casualties, children, mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers that perished in wars gone by.

It dawned on me that our Remembrance Day should be very far reaching indeed.

It should also be dedicated to reminding us that we want a better world for little Everett and all the little boys and girls of future generations all over the world that deserve a life well lived, long and prosperous. The rich and powerful rarely if ever send their boys and girls off to war but in fact they are responsible for much of the conflict that results in war as most of this historically has had to do with wanting someone’s land, resources and riches. I am hopeful that we as civilized people have come to the point in our development that we can see new ways to work together in a world community where wars are considered a barbaric thing of the past. That means that we really have to dig deep and be realistic and honest in our Remembrance Day ceremonies. Most of us are not buying the mantra of war anymore and we need to stand up and be counted as those with hope for a new world with better ways to solve conflicts for Everett’s sake.

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Opening of Treaty 3 Fall Assembly in Seine River First Nation on Oct. 21. Pictured are Treaty #3 Grand Chief Warren White, Seine River Chief Earl Klyne, Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy, co-chairs Eric Fisher and Francis Kavanaugh

Beyond the Books Simon Owen Sentences: Justice issues in NAN

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o be honest, Your Honour, I’m a bit of a daydreamer.

Never in your court, of course – but sometimes, staring off into space, I find myself wondering where we’ll all be in five, fifty, a hundred years from now.

Yes, besides the obvious. I mean, is the Canadian justice system always going to be doing what it’s doing now in the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation?

Will there always be mostly white lawyers and white (ok, salt-and-pepper) judges, mostly Anishinaabe victims and defendants? Most importantly, will there always be a justice system using white laws and ways of thinking to ‘manage’ the conflicts and challenges that arise on Turtle Island?

I think both of us sincerely wish that the future won’t continue to repeat such unhelpful, unhealthy patterns. We know that there must be better ways to approach justice, even to be a small part of a much bigger picture of what healthy communities look like, in this region at least. But I also think that we – with our western-trained minds, our baggage of power and logic,

heck, the profit motive we have to keep things as they are – don’t have what it takes to really change the rules the system lives by.

But – here is the unavoidable truth – unless we work together, unless we all begin to think and act differently about the causes and cures of injustice in our homes and homelands, then the disease of colonialism won’t really be treated. And a hundred years from now our grandchildren will still have that sick feeling in their stomachs when they look at the so-called justice system we’ve left them.

In difficult times, it is important to look to Elders for guidance and inspiration. Right now I’m reading two authors who make me hopeful that change isn’t only necessary, but that it’s actually possible. And they approach this challenge from both Western and Indigenous backgrounds.

The first is Rupert Ross, who is quite well known around here from his role as a Crown counsel and his previous books Dancing with a Ghost and Returning to the Teachings. In Indigenous Healing, his latest book, Mr. Ross tells us that many, if most, of the ills that the justice system encounters among Aboriginal people, from sexual assault to substance abuse, are directly related to the impacts of colonialism.

Furthermore, he says, trying to solve these problems using Western methods (which

include legal tools and institutions) is actually more likely to make them worse, since our systems have not changed much from the ones that explicitly told Aboriginals that they were not worth much, or that their distinct worldviews didn’t matter, in the eyes of the law. Instead, as Mr. Ross shows from his own experience in trying to understand both worlds, traditional Indigenous values and practices offer the best pathways toward true healing, for Aboriginal people, communities, and, perhaps, this whole country. They just need the support and respect that Canadian society has not yet really committed.

My other source of learning these days is coming from the work of Val Napoleon, a Cree Grandmother and law professor who is helping First Nations recover the legal traditions that are the backbone of cultural strength and collective self-government.

As Dr. Napoleon knows, Canada has been all-too good at weakening, ignoring, and replacing the vitality of Indigenous law with its own book-and-uniform versions of the rules we live by, and this essentially colonial order will continue unless and until First Nations re-assert the laws of their own lands, of their own hearts.

There is no doubt that Indigenous laws still exist, although they are not easily accessible on bookshelves or court rulings. Dr. Napoleon,

together with collaborators from many backgrounds, is developing ways of drawing out these traditions and practices, these messages and methods passed between innumerable generations.

She teaches that law – real law, with real, practical guidance and expectation for its people – is expressed as much through legend as by legislation, in ceremonies as much as sirens.

Western minds, such as mine, do not easily relate the concept of law with the daily practice of well-being. Our legal orders are much more like outer boundaries than inner disciplines, although I think that Western and Indigenous traditions may (and probably must) share more about what is sufficiently important to be called law, and upheld as such.

Under all of these teachings is this: if we accept that every nation must maintain a guiding, defining force, and that Canada, as it stands, is made up of many nations, then we cannot expect – ever – that one law or legal system will speak for or to each one of us who calls this patchwork home. So we must accept and take seriously the fact that Indigenous laws are woven through this rich fabric, that no treaty has or can rub them out, and that they remain – and can indeed become much more so – as sources of sense, hope, and healing in the lives of those peoples who heed them.

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Motivate Canada recently provided leadership and public speaking training to nine Gen7 messengers and 28 youth in sport delegates from across Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

“This morning we had a sharing circle and I found it very inspiring how youth got to share their stories and connect with each other,” said Wynona Gagnon, a youth in sport delegate from Aroland. “It’s really good to do that and to network with each other.”

Gagnon is looking forward to creating sports boot camps to educate youth and have more fun back home in her community.

“I just want to encourage youth to go out and be active and to talk amongst others,” Gagnon said. “And also to not be afraid to share your stories.

Everybody wants to hear your story and I’m pretty sure once people hear your story, that you will inspire other people to tell theirs.”

Aroland’s Carrie Bouchard, a Gen7 messenger, helped set up the gathering, which was held from Sept. 24-28 at the Best Western Plus Nor’Wester Hotel and Conference Centre, located near Thunder Bay. “I was being shy at first but then I kind of opened up to everyone,” Bouchard said.

“We’ve been doing ice breakers,

getting to know one another, life mapping. And this afternoon we will be playing outside games with (the youth in sport delegates) in the field.”

Bouchard is interested in holding community gatherings and Elder talks for youth in her community. “(The Gen7 messengers) were learning about public speaking and how to tell their stories,” said Rebecca Wilson, Gen7 program coordinator at Motivate Canada. “They were also learning about an activity called life mapping where they do self discovery and learn a little bit more about themselves.

It’s amazing just to see how much more confident and self assured they are after taking the training.”

Wilson encouraged the Gen7 messengers to use deep breathing techniques to help them while speaking in front of others.

“These youth look up to them and they are role models and the best way for them to inspire youth is to lead by example,” Wilson said.

North Spirit Lake’s Joey Kakegamic, a Gen7 messenger, wants to organize more sports activities in his community after taking the training.

“For my reserve, we don’t really have much sports going on,” Kakegamic said. “That will probably be my main goal once I get back is to talk to the youth and try to get them more into

sports.”

Kakegamic encouraged other youth to continue with their education goals and dreams.

“To achieve, you’ve got to keep going,” Kakegamic said.

Fort Albany’s Sarah-Lynn Rose Sutherland, a youth in sport delegate, also wants to get her community more active through sports.

“We’re learning to take leadership in our communities,” Sutherland said.

Motivate Canada’s Gen7 Aboriginal Role Model Program received funding from the Nike N7 Fund this past June to increase opportunities for Aboriginal youth across Canada to develop sport and leadership skills. Over the past three years, Gen7 has received $90,000 from the Nike N7 Fund.

“The support we have received from the Nike N7 Fund has made a profound impact on our ability to be able to offer the Gen7 program to more communities and youth who have such great leadership potential,” Wilson said. “Nike N7 is a name that Aboriginal people can relate to and see themselves reflected in, and that makes their support even more meaningful.”

As a result of Nike N7’s support, more than 8,000 Aboriginal youth have participated in community-driven programming, with more than 60 per cent of those youth moving on to a leadership role in their community.

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation is planning a NAN Games for Grade 9-12 students in February 2015 at Lakehead University’s 50,000-square-foot Hangar track and athletics facility.

“We want to encourage students to participate in the indoor games — DFC (Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School) students and Matawa (Education) students,” said Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic. “We’re also going to encourage in-town students who are part of NAN.” The NAN games is a follow-up to the track and field

skill development camp NAN hosted this past April at Lakehead University, which was attended by 54 students from 11 NAN communities.

Lakehead University provided the facility as an inkind contribution, Confederation College provided lunch and the students received coaching and one-on-one skill development from Lakehead University track and field team volunteers.

“The students were getting professional tips from experienced professional instructors in the field of recreation,” Kakegamic said.

“They said they wanted to do it again; they were just tickled with this event.”

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Games will be a friendly, competitive event for students attending school or living in Thunder Bay. “Our motto at NAN is unity, strength and success and we want to implement that by bringing our young people together,” Kakegamic said. “I just met with the

Matawa students and they are thrilled to be a part of it.

They are going to be doing their own fundraising.”

While students from remote communities are welcome to attend the track and field competition, Kakegamic said there is no funding in place for the NAN Games.

“The time has come with all of these (funding) cutbacks, we have to think outside of the box,” Kakegamic said. “If we are going to do this, we need to find means and ways to make this a reality, even if we have to do our own fundraising.”

Kakegamic said youth recreation is one means to help address the social and education problems affecting NAN

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“How can we empower more of our young people to seek healthy living,” Kakegamic said. “Recreation is one of the means.”

The NAN Games are part of the NAN Youth Action Plan to promote physical and recreational activity among children and youth so they will continue being active as adults in the future.

“I think we are on the right track,” Kakegamic said.

“The challenge is there is no money, but that shouldn’t deter us from doing what we can do to make this a reality.

I believe we can. Certainly, we have to look at other partners, businesses, that we deal with to come on board.”

NAN is also considering another NAN Games in July 2015 for youth from across NAN territory at Lakehead University.

“It’s going to be NAN-wide, urban and remote,” Kakegamic said. “There will be time for (communities) to do fundraising. There are no funds, but I believe the communities will find ways and means to come and participate. They are excited about it.”

The NAN Youth Action Plan was developed to increase self-esteem and health benefits among youth as well as to decrease social challenges such as violence, vandalism and drug and alcohol abuse.

Leadership challenged to be fitness role models Rick Garrick

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Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy has issued a fitness challenge to First Nation leaders across the province.

“As the regional chief, I want to find a way to encourage and challenge the leadership in Ontario to be more active,” Beardy said. “I will make it my objective to find a way to do that, to challenge the leadership that they need to be physically fit.”

The Chiefs of Ontario recently partnered with First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Ontario Region, for the third year to promote the Just Move It campaign to encourage physical activity among indigenous peoples.

“Being active every day is an important part of being healthy in mind, body and spirit,” Beardy said. “Our youth are active through school sports and community programs but there is always a need to continue this lifestyle. It’s not only healthy for the individual but for the future health of all our communities.”

Just Move It Ontario targets First Nation children and youth attending school on reserve, or after-school programs in communities where there is no school. Teachers track time spent by their classrooms in a variety of activities such as walking, freeze tag, soccer and frisbee over a four-week period from Oct. 20-Nov. 14.

Beardy said First Nations people led active lives in the past.

“Three things are required to be fully healthy, and that is proper rest, nutritious meals and also, more importantly,

exercise,” Beardy said. “Personally, I walk almost every day for at least an hour. When I am in Muskrat Dam, almost every day I walk to the airport, which is three miles there and three miles back.”

Beardy said it is important to instill the need to be physically active among First Nations youth.

“It’s just amazing what it does to you as a person, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually,” Beardy said. “You are balanced and you have a lot of energy.”

Beardy said exercise also helps people burn off excess fat.

“The theory is that if you do it 17 times in a row, it becomes a habit,” Beardy said. “I really enjoy walking personally, because I’ve been doing that for a long time. I try to walk as much as possible.”

Beardy said exercise has helped him over the years with his leadership roles.

“When you have a very demanding responsibility, you cannot do it unless you are physically, mentally and emotionally balanced,” Beardy said.

“The only way to do it is to watch what you eat, try to rest properly, but more importantly, exercise on a regular basis every day.”

Beardy said children learn best by examples in life.

“So I’m hoping that the leadership in the communities begin to exercise,” Beardy said. “Kids learn from what they see from adults, more so from their leadership, so I think it becomes our responsibility as leaders, chiefs and others to make sure that we set proper examples for the children.”

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Kasabonika Lake’s renewable energy partnership with the University of Waterloo was highlighted during the Northern Ontario First Nations Environment Conference, held Sept.

30-Oct. 2 in Thunder Bay. “If we can reduce our dependence on diesel (powered generating stations) and diversify energy sources, obviously that is going save us some money because sunlight is free and wind is free,” said Mitchell Diabo, general manager of the Kasabonika Lake Community Development Corporation. “If we can cut back on the diesel fuel consumed, we also cut back on greenhouse gas emissions.

We emit a lot of dirty air from that (diesel-powered) plant.”

The partnership is aimed at developing, testing and demonstrating a commercially viable utility-grade controller for a remote electrical grid with a medium to high inclusion of renewable generated power.

“It injects (renewable generated power) into the distribution system,” Diabo said. “The problem we have is two-fold: first of all, the power that is generated by solar or wind is generated at a time not when it is needed. There is no storage involved, so how do we control when that power that is generated to when the load is required and integrate it with diesel-fired generation which is controlled by Hydro One Remote Communities.”

The project includes the installation of a 30-kilowatt wind turbine in Kasabonika, which began producing power in July 2013, and the regular testing and modification of a twin turbine located in Waterloo to increase its efficiency and make it quieter and able to generate power with low maintenance.

In combination with three 10-kilowatt wind turbines that were installed in the community in 1997 by Ontario Hydro and recently refurbished, Kasabonika can now generate up to 60 kilowatts of renewable energy during peak wind periods, which would offset about 15 per cent of the community’s diesel usage during the summer and about five per cent during the winter. The community’s diesel-powered plant provides one MW (1,000 kilowatts) of energy.

The environment conference featured a trade show and about 27 workshops on a wide variety of topics at the Best Western Plus Nor’Wester Hotel and Conference Centre.

Mary Bea Kenny, environment advisor with the Independent First Nations Alliance and one of the conference organizers, presented a plant identification workshop on Oct. 1.

“We opened this up for sharing because a lot of people here know about plants and use plants for different (purposes),” Kenny said. “It was interesting to be able to hear what other people are doing. One (woman) from Wunnumin Lake does a

lot of traditional food preparation and tries making a lot of different types of jams and preserves.”

Kenny said there is an interest among young people to collect the traditional knowledge of plants, especially the names of plants.

“That is really being lost,” Kenny said. “When you lose those kinds of things, it is gone forever.”

Kenny said one participant in the plant identification session brought up a concern expressed by an Elder who works with traditional medicines.

“He had said that in the last 10 years or so, he has to use more of certain plants to make medicines than he had in the past,” Kenny said. “We had an interesting discussion on why this could be happening.

A (woman) here, who I think is also a botanist, was saying that with climate change plants are growing faster, and they may be growing so quickly that they don’t have as much of the medicinal properties as (before).”

Kenny also delivered the Invasive Species workshop on Sept. 30.

“I have a large collection of black ash baskets from where I grew up on the east coast,” Kenny said. “With the emerald ash borer coming in and killing the ash trees, there could be a serious economic impact on basket makers in the Manitoulin (Island) and Serpent River area and also snowshoe makers up in northwestern Ontario.”

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Minister of education visits Research shows Biwaase’aa program helps youth succeed Sioux Lookout school Rick Garrick

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“We want the equipment for our high school students so when they are at the university level they are not at a disadvantage because they didn’t experience what every other high school student may have experienced,” said Jennifer Manitowabi, education director and principal for Lac Seul First Nation.

“So that is what I am looking forward to — the update in technology, the update in space and just the comfort for our students.”

Lac Seul currently has 74 students attending Queen Elizabeth District High School, which does not have a proper cafeteria or soundproofing for the music room.

“Nutrition is important,” Manitowabi said. “My high school experience was in Thunder Bay at Hillcrest, and we did have a cafeteria. Kids have that opportunity to sit together, eat together and keep each other going.”

The new high school will feature state-of-the-art learning spaces as well as spaces for Keewatin-Patricia District School Board partners FIREFLY, Meno Ya Win Health Centre, Confederation College, Lakehead University and Toronto Hospital for Sick

Liz Sandals Minister of Education Children (Sick Kids).

“Within the past month, the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board has been visited by ministry staff, including the assistant deputy minister, the deputy minister and now (Liz Sandals), the minister of education for the province of Ontario,” said Sean Monteith, director of education at Keewatin-Patricia District School Board. “Our student achievement measures are all up and improving, our culture is strong and inclusive, and we are building a new $30 million high school that we aspire will be a jewel of the north. The minister will get to see firsthand what many of us in the KPDSB have felt and known for a long time; that our staff and schools are first-class and that all of our efforts to improve the lives of students are nothing short of heroic.”

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Bull wants to see a cultural room and language retention programs in the new high school.

“I think they are going to talk to the communities and the First Nations,” Bull said, “and even the people that live in Sioux Lookout that send students there to get feedback from everybody.”

Sandals toured Queen Elizabeth District High School during her Oct. 7 visit to Sioux Lookout. She also attended the grand opening of the cultural room at Sioux Mountain Public School.

“Every student should see themselves ref lected in Ontario’s curriculum,” Sandals said. “That’s why I’m very proud of Sioux Mountain Public School’s cultural room, because innovations like these are helping our students and schools achieve excellence and ensure equity in education.”

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The Aboriginal presence provided by Biwaase’aa youth outreach workers at seven elementary schools in Thunder Bay has increased success rates among Aboriginal students.

“Biwaase’aa works because a talented and dedicated group of youth outreach workers create a cultural presence in schools that otherwise would not exist,” said John Akweniiostha Hodson, a researcher with the A Holistic Study of the Biwaase’aa Program on Participating Students in Thunder Bay and director of the Maamaawisiiwin Education Research Centre in Thunder Bay. “All students, Aboriginal, non-Aboriginal, as well as families and teachers benefit from the Biwaase’aa presence.”

Hodson and two other researchers, Julian Kitchen, director of the Tecumseh Centre for Aboriginal Research and Education at Brock University, and Erin Hodson, a Brock University M.Ed. student, conducted the research project over the 2012-2013 school year and announced their findings on Oct. 1.

“The evidence is clear, culturally responsive programming keeps Aboriginal students in school and enhances school success,” said Tammy Bobyk, executive director of Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon. “Biwaase’aa is a relatively small upstream investment that offsets a huge potential downstream cost to social services in this province. The business case for expanding Biwaase’aa is clear.”

Hodson said the Biwaase’aa youth outreach workers provide a “culturally grounded” presence throughout the school day, through in-school, after-school and food security programs.

“That person is there five days a week from morning until school is out,” said Hodson. “And those (Aboriginal students) see that person in the hallways. Sometimes teachers bring them in as resources to teach various histories, contemporary issues, perhaps drama or perhaps music.”

Hodson said Aboriginal students also interact with the youth outreach workers during the after-school program.

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“They work with youth outreach workers to help them do their homework, so they see a presence of their own people in their school life,” Hodson said.

“It has a noticeable impact on their education. When kids see themselves, they are more engaged with school. When kids are more engaged with school, they get better grades.

They come to school more often and they are less likely to be late. And more importantly, they are less likely to have behavioral issues.”

Hodson said many Aboriginal students do not have extended family members in Thunder Bay. “They come from other communities and they may be cut off from family, so Biwaase’aa literally creates a family for kids,” Hodson said. “The youth outreach workers act as aunties and uncles; older students mentor and act as care keepers for those kids as well. So kids literally create a family within Biwaase’aa.”

The research project, available online at www.shkoday. com/files/5314/1202/0485/ BP_Final_report.pdf, followed a group of Aboriginal Grade 6 students over two-to-three school years to determine if there was a relationship between participating in the Biwaase’aa program and an increase or decrease in a number of academic indicators generally linked to school success, including language/mathematics scores, instances of being late and/or absent and behavioural referrals.

“Biwaase’aa is an Aboriginal social innovation operating

in a number of Ontario provincially funded schools that demonstrate a link between culturally responsive and relational programming and the school success of Aboriginal students,” Kitchen said.

“Biwaase’aa programming is a reflection of all the international research literature on how Aboriginal school success can be enhanced.”

Based on the findings from the study, the three researchers recommended a significant scaling up of the Biwaase’aa program, including increased funding from federal, province, municipal, district, school boards and charitable sources to allow for expansion into senior elementary and high schools with high percentages of Aboriginal students, development of Biwaase’aa programming designed for senior elementary and high schoolaged students and a five-year longitudinal study to track the results of the proposed increase in funding and programming.

The study also recommended the promotion of the Biwaase’aa program across the country and around the world.

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School has partnered with Confederation College to provide four dualcredit trades courses through a pilot project beginning this fall.

“Trade is a very viable option for our young people,” said Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic. “They can make a very productive life and contribute to their community.”

Kakegamic said the partnership between DFC and Confederation College is “very exciting.” The four dual-credit courses — Grade 9 Exploring Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Construction Technology and Transportation Technology — will provide students with both high school and college credits.

“The students that I’ve talked to over the last year are excited,” Kakegamic said. “Bear in mind, this is an option, it is not for everybody. But there are some who prefer to go the trade route. They are excited, and even the parents are encouraged that this is devel-

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Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School technology teacher Ken Liddicoat led a group of business, labour and non-profit representatives on a tour of the Thunder Bay-based high school during an Oct. 2 Tea and Bannock lunch. oping and that their students will have an option to go to academics or the trade route.”

The pilot project is part of DFC’s plans to develop a First Nation Trades High School within the Thunder Bay-based school.

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dedication to a school within a school here at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School that is going to focus on the trades,” said Ken Liddicoat, a DFC technology teacher. “We’re looking at next year expanding the program to offer Hospitality and Tourism, (Health Care) and Hair Styling and Aesthetics.”

Liddicoat said DFC is also looking to improve the school’s facilities, to add more equipment and to expand options for students. “(The students) are looking forward to other opportunities outside of what has been offered here at the school in the past,” Liddicoat said. “It’s

exciting to see them show interest and the desire to learn and get some skills in these other trades.”

Liddicoat said students can use the skills they learn in trades to work on their vehicle or house even if they do not follow a career in trades.

“But there are lots of trade opportunities across the country,” Liddicoat said. “There is a severe shortage of tradespeople in any community. There are lots of industries looking for good skilled workers.”

Liddicoat led a group of business, labour and non-profit representatives on a tour of DFC’s current and proposed technology classrooms during an Oct. 2 Tea and Bannock lunch at DFC. “Our intention is to fundraise the close to a million dollars that we need in order to do the renovations over the summer so that we can actually launch the Grade 10 programs,” said Dobi-Dawn Frenette, NAN’s director of education secretariat. “The fundraising initiative we have coming up on (Nov. 26) is just the first step of a number of events we will

be hosting. Because the Dennis Franklin Cromarty (technology addition) is located off-reserve, we have to look at different ways to get capital funding.”

Frenette said NAN is planning to send briefing notes on the project to its partners in the private and non-profit sectors.

“At this time we are seeking donations,” Frenette said.

“I know some people did bring some today, so I thank them for that.”

Kakegamic said the possibilities are enormous for trades students in the future.

“Some of these kids could even apply for economic development (funding) and start a business up in Thunder Bay in carpentry or (as an) electrician,” Kakegamic said. “They’ll have the skills to do that and there are funds there for them to get started.”

The First Nations Trades High School Dinner and Gala Auction is scheduled for the evening of Nov. 26 at the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay. Contact A.J. Haapa at ahaapa@ nnec.on.ca or 807-623-8914 to donate an item for the auction or to purchase a gala ticket.

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Cowboys and Injuns Re: ‘Feds keeping track of protests, demonstrations in Canada’ (Oct. 2, 2014)

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just read the most recent issue of Wawatay News and the story about the federal government keeping track of protests and demonstrations.

Nothing surprises me about the current government and their view of First Nation issues. Most of you will recall that one of the first things Prime Minister Stephen Harper did when he became the head of government was to convene an inter-ministerial committee made up of the federal police the Mounties, representatives of Indian Affairs and other agencies. Why, you ask. Because this prime minister saw and still does see bad Injuns everywhere.

They might be your nextdoor neighbour or hanging out at the shopping mall.

Somebody has to keep an eye on them, monitor who they meet with, talk to, their travel.

The prime minister and I are about the same age. He was probably raised as I was on a diet of cowboys and Indians movies, the U.S. cavalry, the longknives and the bad Injuns. Many of us were brainwashed. We were just kids watching Westerns, the Saturday afternoon matinees.

After the movie during the summertime, we replayed what we saw except most nobody wanted to be the Indian. Everybody wanted to be the cowboy, the cavalry soldier shooting down the bad Indians with guns that never

seemed to run out of bullets.

Propaganda is very effective when you’re at an impressionable age. But most of us eventually became enlightened. We started learning the real truth about our ancestors, that they were not bad.

They were fighting to keep a way of life. There were many great warriors of the Great Plains like Crazy Horse and in the American southwest like Cochise.

A monument is being built to honour Crazy Horse and when it is finished it will be bigger than Mount Rushmore.

I like the story of John Tootoosis. He was from Saskatchewan. In the early part of the 20th century, when he and others like Fred Loft, Andrew Paul wanted to create a pan-Indian organization to protect and advocate for First Nations rights and land, he was followed by the RCMP and harassed by the local Indian agent at his home reserve. They were viewed as a threat not because they as individuals could threaten the established order but for the ideas they carried from one part of the country to another in their organizing work.

Duncan Campbell Scott, the deputy superintendent of Indian Affairs, had a law passed making it illegal to raise funds to hire lawyers to fight for First Nation rights.

He attempted to persecute Fred Loft with the law to silence him. He also had a law created to keep John Tootoosis and others on reserve as they would need a pass signed by

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the local Indian agent to leave the reserve. Failure to to have a pass could mean arrest and jail by local law enforcement especially the RCMP. You can read the book about John Tootoosis at the local library in Sioux Lookout. This history was never

taught in our schools, possibly because it was considered be of no importance therefore of no consequence.

This government and the prime minister ought to be more concerned about real terrorists instead of equating legitimate First Nations pro-

tests and demonstrations with potential terrorism. I’d be more concerned with ‘Jihadi John’ on my doorstep or at the local mall than in peaceful protests or demonstrations.

(Editor’s note: Jihadi John is the nickname given by the

British press to a wanted member of ISIS.) Thank you, Tom Wassaykeesic Mishkeegogamang First Nation Oct. 6, 2014

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When Juror questionnaires are sent out between September and November. One in 12 people living in Ontario will get one this fall. Watch for yours.

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Missing and murdered women featured in Magnus Theatre play Rick Garrick

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Murdered and missing Aboriginal women were brought to life during Magnus Theatre’s presentation of The Hours that Remain, a play by local Metis playwright Keith Barker.

“I thought it was really emotional and I’ve never felt so sad thinking about those ladies and their lost souls,” said Anisa O’Nabigon, from Long Lac. “It opened my heart into really caring for this whole loss for the women.”

O’Nabigon enjoyed the performance by Michaela Washburn, a Metis actor from Leduc Alberta who performed a multitude of roles depicting numerous missing and murdered women.

“She is such a great actor — she played every part so well and it really made it extra emotional,” O’Nabigon said. “It was like imagining what actually happened to our lost sisters. It’s all different situations, but it was just so sad that nothing was done to help find them and help put that relief to those families who were so lost because they didn’t know what happened to their loved ones or sisters or aunties or mothers.”

Directed by Mario Crudo, artistic director at Magnus Theatre, The Hours that Remain also featured actors Nicole Joy-Fraser, a CreeMetis actor from Toronto, and Jonathan Fisher, an Anishinabe actor from Wikwemikong. The about 80-minute play is performed onstage from Oct. 23-Nov.8 MONDAY November 3

“I just wanted there to be some awareness of the Highway of Tears (in B.C.) and about missing and murdered Aboriginal women.”

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Michaela Washburn (left in both photos) performs as two of the missing and murdered women characters during Magnus Theatre’s production of The Hours that Remain, a play by Metis playwright Keith Barker that examines issues raised by the Highway of Tears in B.C. Nicole Joy-Fraser, right, performed as Washburn’s sister during the about 80-minute play.

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some awareness of the Highway of Tears (in B.C.) and about missing and murdered Aboriginal women,” said Barker, who was born in Geraldton. “I just wanted to start a conversation with people.

I want everyday-walk-of-life people to come into the show and leave the theatre trying to find out more.”

Barker has received “a lot of great feedback” on his play at various venues across the country.

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and that this (play) should be seen in Ottawa to change the opinions of our federal government,” Barker said.

“I really want there to be an inquiry (into missing and murdered Aboriginal women across the country), so I often try to talk to people about that.”

Natalie Legarde, from Macdiarmid, said the play “humanizes the victims.”

“It gave me all the different perspectives of what the victims go through, which I never thought of before, what stereotypes exist, all THURSDAY November 6

the different scenarios that it could have been and how society and the police stereotype Aboriginal women,” Legarde said. “It’s because of the poverty and our colonized history.”

Legarde said the hallucinations depicted in the play remind her of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder).

“I couldn’t even imagine, and I never want to imagine, I don’t even want to ever experience that in my life,” Legarde said.

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thetic and compassionate perspective on missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

“In our society, it is a bit of a problem that we dehumanize people who are dealing with poverty or people who work on the streets or people who are homeless or people who are marginalized,” Washburn said. “My hope is that by telling this story it generates some dialogue and hopefully creates some change and moves towards more of a healing and harmonious community and more understanding.”

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