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Vol. 38 #19

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Penasi Walk humble experience Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

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Family, friends and community members join Lyle Fox on the last leg of the Penasi Walk Against Prescription Drug Abuse as he arrived in Thunder Bay Sept. 1. Fox started the walk Aug. 22 from Pelican Falls First Nation High School in Sioux Lookout to raise awareness and money for the epidemic sweeping First Nations in northern Ontario.

ᑕᐸᓭᓂᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᑭᐃᔑ ᐊᐧᐸᐣᑎᓂᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᐱᓀᓯ ᐱᒧᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᓫᐁᓂ ᑲᕑᐱᐣᑐᕑ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

Completed by: Javier Espinoza

6 COL x 21 AGATES

July 30, 2009

ᐊᐱ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐊᓂᒧᒥᑯᐨ, ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᐸᐧᐠᐢ ᑭᐅᑦᐱᑲᐸᐃᐧ. ᐅᓇᒪᐣᒋᓯᑕᐣ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᑭᔭᑯᐱᑌᓂ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐣᑯᑕᐧᓱᒥᓯᐟ ᒥᓇ ᓂᔭᓄᒥᒋᒐᐣ ᐊᐱᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧ ᒥᓇ 225 ᐊᐱᒋᑯᓯᑲᐧᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐊᔓᐡᑲ ᐊᓴᒥᓴᑲᐣᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᔭᒥᑐᐨ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑎᐸᒋᒧᐨ. ᑭᐅᓂᔑᑫᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐱᓇᒪ ᑭᑯᐢᑲᐊᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧ. ᑕᓯᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ, ᑭᐅᑯᐡᑲᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᐊᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑌᓇᐢ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᑭᓫᐃᐣ ᑯᕑᐊᒧᕑᑎ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᐁᐃᐧ ᐱᓯᐣᑕᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᓇᒋᒧᓂᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐨ ᑭᒋ ᐅᑕᐸᓂᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐧᐊᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᒪᒐᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑕᑯᔑᐠ, ᐅᑭᐱᐦᐊᐊᐧᐣ ᒋᒪᒋᑎᐸᒋᒧᓂᐨ ᐁᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒪᐧᐊᐨ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐧᐃᓂᐨ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐁᑭᐃᑭᑐᓂᐨ, ᓂᔕᐧ ᑭᑭᒋᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧ, ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᒧᒋᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᑐᓀᓂ. ᑲᐧᐃᐣ ᒪᔑ ᐅᑐᐣᒋᑲᐡᑭᑐᓯᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᐃᑭᑐᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᒐᕑᓫᐃᐢ, ᑭᓂᐸᐃᐧ ᐁᑭᐊᐣᑐ ᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑯᓯᓴᐣ, ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᓂᓴᐧᓱᔕᑊ ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ ᐊᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔦ ᐅᒪᒪᒪᐣ ᓫᐃᐣᑕ, ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᑯᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐱᐣ, ᐊᐃᓇᓀᐤ ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑯᓯᓴᐣ. ᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᐊᐧᐠ – ᒐᕑᓫᐃᐢ ᐅᑭᓴᒥᓇᐣ ᐅᑯᓯᓴᐣ ᐅᑎᑎᒪᓇᐠ – ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᓇᑫ

ᑭᑭᒋ ᐸᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧ, ᐊᒥ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑲᑭᐅᑦᐱᑫᐧᓂᐨ. “ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᐸᐧᐠᐢ ᐣᑎᔑᓂᑲᐢ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᒥᒋᑲᐣᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐣᑐᒋ.” ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᐊᑲᓯᓇᑲᐧᓂ ᐅᐱᒧᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᑐᐸᐣ ᒥᑕᓱᑯᐣ ᐃᔑᐅᑕᓇᐠ – ᒥᐊᐱ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ ᑲᑭᓇᑭᐡᑲᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᔭᓂᒪᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᑲᑫᐧᒋᑐᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐊᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑭᐱᓇᓯᑲᑯᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐊᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐸᐅᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 22, ᐊᒥ ᐊᐱ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑲᑭᔭᓂᒪᒋᐦᐊᑐᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐯᓫᐃᑲᐣ ᐸᐧᓫᐢ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐧᐊᑲᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐃᓇᐦᐊᑐᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ. ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᔑᒋᑫᐨ: ᐁᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐦᐃᐁᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᐧᓂᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᔭᓂᒥᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ. ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑕᐣᐠ ᐅᐱᒧᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᓀᓯ ᐱᒧᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᑭᐱᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐊᐧᓂᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐣ. ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐅᓇᒋᑫᐨ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ 400 ᑭᓫᐅᒥᑕᕑᐢ ᒋᐃᓇᐦᐊᑐᐨ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᑫᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒧᑕᐦᐊᑐᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᓂᐦᓱᑯᐣ ᑲᔭᓂᐱᒧᓭᐨ, ᑭᔭᓂᐱᑯᓯᑌᔑᐣ. ᐅᑭᐅᓇᑐᓇᐸᐣ 40 ᑭᓫᐅᒥᑕᕑᐢ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᒋᐱᒧᓭᐨ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᐡᑭᑐᐨ. ᐱᓂᐡ ᑲᔦ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒧᓭᐨ ᑭᑲᑭᒋᓄᑲᓀ, ᑭᐸᑭᐳᐣᑲᓀ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐸᑲᐧᓯᑌ, ᒥᐱᑯ ᐁᑕ 24 ᑭᓫᐊᒥᑕᕑᐢ ᑲᑭᑲᐡᑭᑐᐨ ᒋᐃᑯᐡᑲᐨ.

ᐁᑲᐧ 27 ᑭᓫᐅᒥᑕᕑᐢ ᑭᔭᑯᐡᑲ ᓂᐦᓱᑯᐣ ᑲᐱᒧᓭᐨ – ᒪᒪᐤ 72 ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ 400 ᑭᓫᐅᒥᑕᕑᐢ – ᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᓇᑲᓄ ᑎᕑᐊᔾᑎᐣ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᐃᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐱᒧᓭᐊᐧᑫᐨ ᐅᓯᑕᐣ ᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ. “ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᑯᔭᐣ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐣᑭᔭᓂᒥᐦᐃᑯᐣ,” ᐅᑭᐃᓇᒋᒧᑕᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐱ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᐱᓯᐣᑕᑯᓯᐨ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ. “ᐅᐣᒋᑕ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐸᐧᓇᐃᐧᒋᑫᐨ ᐣᑭᐃᓀᓂᒥᑎᐢ, ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᑯ ᐣᑲᑫᐧᑎᐸᐸᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᔕ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᑭᑎᔭᐣ. ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑎᔭᐣ 400 ᑭᓫᐅᒥᑕᕑᐢ ᒋᐃᓇᐦᐊᑐᔭᐣ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔭᓂᐊᐧᐸᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᑯᒋᑐᐣ ᒋᐱᒧᓭᐨ, ᐯᔓᐨ ᐁᑕ ᑭᐊᑯᐡᑲ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᐧᓴ ᐁᑭᐱᒋᐳᐃᐧᓭᐨ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᑐᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᐁᑭᐊᑯᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᓂ ᐁᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᑲᑭᑫᐡᑲᑫᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᓇᑲᓄ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᒋᐱᑭᐁᐧᐨ ᒋᓇᓇᐱᑐᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᓇᑕᐃᐧᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᐣᑕᐱᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᑯᐱᓂᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᒪᒋᓯᑕᓂᐠ. ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᐊᔐᓭᓂ ᐅᑎᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ, ᐊᓂᐡ ᐁᑭᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᑭᔑᑐᐨ ᐅᐱᒧᓭᐃᐧᐣ. ᓂᐦᓱᑯᐣ ᑲᔭᓂᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ, ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋᑕᑯᔑᓄᐣ ᐁᐱᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ. ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᑯᐨ ᒋᐱᒧᓭᑕᒪᑯᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑭᑲᐡᑭᑐᐨ ᒋᐱᒧᓭᐨ. “ᐅᐁᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑲᑭᓄᐣᑌᒪᑭᓯᑌᔑᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒧᓭᔭᐣ, ᐊᒥ ᐣᑕᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑌᐣᑕᒪᐣ,” ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑭᐃᓇᒋᒧ. “ᐣᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᑭᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᒋᒪᑲᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᔑᐊᐧᐨ. ᐣᑭᑲᓄᓇᐠ ᓂᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐱᐊᓱᓂᔑᐊᐧᐨ.” ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᒪᒥᐡᑲᐧᒋᐊᐧᐨ, ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑭᐱᒧᓭᔭᑯᐅᑎᓱ ᐁᑭᔭᐸᒋᑐᐨ ᓯᑕᐧᑯᐅᑎᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᐅᑭᐱᒧᓭᑕᒪᑯᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᓀᐧᔑᐣᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᒥ ᐃᔑᐃᐧᓇᑲᓄᐨ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐣᑐᒋᐃᐣᓀᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐣᐱᒧᓭᐃᐧᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ,” ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒋᐅᐣᒋᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᔭᓂᓯᓭᐠ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᓇᐣᑕ. ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐣᑭᒥᓇᐧᐱᔑᒥᑯᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᑯᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ.” ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᐊᓂᒪᒋᐦᐊᑐᐨ, ᓫᐊᔭᕑ ᐅᑭᒥᓂᑯᐣ ᑭᒋᐦᐊᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᑯᐨ ᑕᐧᑦ ᒋᓱ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᑲᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᒥᑎᑯᐠ ᐁᓂᐁᐧᑯᒋᓂᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᓂᐦᓱᑯᐣ ᑲᔭᓂᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐅᓄᑲᓂᐠ, ᐅᐳᐣᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓯᑕᐣ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑭᐸᐧᓇᐃᐧᒋᑫ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑕᐁᐧᒪᐣ ᐅᑭᒥᑲᐣ ᒥᑎᑯᓂ ᐁᐸᐱᒪᑯᓯᓂ ᐁᓇᐣᑲᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐊᓴᐧᑲᐧᐅᑎᓱᐊᐧᑫ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ ᒪᒋᐨ 8 ᑭᓫᐅᒥᑕᕑ ᒋᔭᓂᑕᑲᐧᐦᐊᑐᐨ. ᑭᐊᔑᐡᑭᐊᐧᑲᓂᐸᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒥᑎᑯᓂ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᐧᕑᐃᐣ ᑲᔭᓂ ᓂᑲᓂᐸᑐᐨ ᒥᑐᓂ ᑭᐸᔦᑲᑲᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒥᑲᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑭᓴᑲᐱᓱ. ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 3

After his father introduced him, Lyle Fox stood up.

His left foot still bandaged, he carried his 6-foot 5-inch and 225-pound frame across the stage to the podium, where he laid out his speaking notes.

He looked down and remained silent. The audience, who had gathered at the gymnasium at the Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFC) to hear him after he began walking from Sioux Lookout to Thunder Bay, could only watch as the young man pursed his lips, took two deep breaths, and pursed his lips again. Still he did not speak.

Then his father, Charles, went and stood beside his 27-year-old son. His mom, Linda, soon followed, then Evan, his eight-year-old son.

All stood together – Charles’s hand on his son’s shoulder – and after a couple more deep breaths, Lyle looked up.

“My name is Lyle Fox,” he said. “And I’m from Bearskin Lake First Nation.”

The scene was a microcosm of the journey Lyle began 10 days ago – where a young man faced a challenging task, and a family that came to his side when he needed them most.

On Aug. 22, Lyle took his first steps at Pelican Falls in Sioux Lookout to begin his walk to DFC in Thunder Bay. His goal: to raise awareness of prescription drug abuse that has plagued First Nations people in the city and northern communities. He called it the Penasi Walk Against Prescription Drug Abuse.

Lyle had planned to walk more than 400 kilometres on his own using his own two feet. But after three days, those feet began to wear. His daily goal was 40 kilometres, but he failed to reach it. Walking with a sore hip, swollen ankle and blistered feet, he averaged 24 kilometres.

After walking 27 kilometres on the third day – 72 of the 400 kilometres – Lyle was taken to a hospital in Dryden, where he was told he should stay off his feet for at least two weeks.

“This instruction felt devastating,” Lyle told the crowd. “I felt failure, because I like to stick to my word. I said I would walk 400 kilometres.”

When he tried walking the next day, he only made it a kilometre before he had to be taken to the hospital again because of an infection. This time, he was given an IV and antibiotics and he was told he would need to return each day for the same treatment and to reapply the bandages on his left foot. see FAMILY page 3

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NAN calls for inquiry into teen deaths Rick Garrick

Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is calling for a commission of inquiry into the deaths of seven NAN youth in Thunder Bay after the Reggie Bushie Inquest was recently suspended.

“A commission of inquiry is the only way to fully investigate the circumstances surrounding these tragic deaths and to find ways to prevent similar tragedies from happening again,” said NAN Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose Sept. 12. “Last week’s ruling confirms what we have suspected for years – that First Nations have been systematically excluded from the justice system.”

A commission of inquiry is a body established by government to look into matters of public concern and report its findings.

Waboose said if an inquest into the death of Reggie Bushie were held, it would not address all seven deaths, two of which occurred after Bushie died in 2007.

Waboose believes a commission of inquiry would provide answers to the people of NAN about why the seven youth died and the circumstances of their deaths.

“But more importantly, I think it’s the parents, family

members and even the communities that need answers as to why these deaths have occurred over the last number of years,” Waboose said. “That’s a long time, and they need closure. You can’t move on in life with these things troubling you. They are owed answers as to why their children have perished, and to the reasons why with the view of fixing and preventing most importantly any further tragedies like this.”

David S. Eden, presiding coroner at the Reggie Bushie Inquest, said in his Sept. 9 ruling that he found deficiencies in the steps taken by staff in the Thunder Bay Judicial District during their preparation of the 2011 jury roll. Those deficiencies include sending letters to First Nation chiefs addressed to The Chief instead of their actual names; no effort to ensure, by personal visit or other official contact, that the chief and council of each reserve was informed of the importance of the membership list; and follow-up phone calls to the generic The Chief letters were only to the person who answered the phone at the band office, not the chief or a councillor. Eden’s report also noted there was no evidence that Thunder Bay Judicial District staff sought help from Native court workers, the Crown

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Julian Falconer, right, legal counsel for Nishnawbe Aski Nation, speaks about the need for a commission of inquiry into the deaths of seven NAN youth who died while attending high school in Thunder Bay during a Sept. 12 press conference in Thunder Bay. Falconer is joined by Christa Big Canoe, legal advocacy director with Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto, left, and NAN Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose, centre.

Attorney’s office, or any other potential resources as set out in a 1996 memorandum outlining procedures for Court Services staff on collecting lists of residents from First Nations.

“It is therefore my finding that the 2011 jury roll for the Judicial District of Thunder Bay is not representative, and does not comply with Section 6(8) of the Juries Act,” Eden said in his ruling. “The inquest cannot proceed until the jury roll is representative.”

Bushie, a 15-year-old Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School student from Poplar Hill, died in 2007 while attending school in Thunder Bay. His body was recovered from the McIntyre

River in November 2007 and an inquest into his death was scheduled to begin in January 2009. The inquest was delayed, however, after NAN and legal counsel for the Bushie family questioned the validity of the selection process for the fivemember jury.

While Bushie’s death was to be the focus of the inquest, the deaths of four other NAN youth who died in Thunder Bay under similar circumstances were to be considered as part of the overall context. Since then, two more NAN youth, Kyle Morriseau, 17, and Jordan Wabasse, 15, have also died in Thunder Bay under similar circumstances.

“The patterns in these deaths are troubling and simply can’t be ignored,” said Julian Falconer, NAN’s legal counsel. “It is clear that if the truth is to come out about the deaths of these seven youth nothing short of a commission of inquiry will suffice.”

Falconer said it has become apparent since 2008 that the exclusion of First Nations from the justice system is far more serious than what the public was told.

“The truth is coming out and various proceedings are coming to a standstill,” Falconer said. “This makes the Iacobucci review all the more important.

It is up to this government to

provide First Nations with a process that will credibly look at all seven deaths – the inquest system can’t do it.”

Waboose and Falconer both said the inquest system is not the best way to discover what happened to the seven youth.

“It’s limited, and we saw those limitations from the outset,” Waboose said. “It’s just not the proper system to investigate and to find out what happened to these young people.”

Frank Iacobucci, a former Supreme Court Justice, was appointed by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General on Aug. 11 to inquire into and report on First Nation representation on Ontario jury rolls.

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Family, friends aid Fox in walk from page 1 It was a huge setback for Lyle, who had insisted on walking every inch of the walk.

“I know there was a time where he wanted to give up,” Linda, his mother, said.

But Lyle continued to receive a lot of encouragement and support from family and friends.

“That’s what kept him going,” she said.

On that third day, his family came to his aid. They said they would walk for him when he couldn’t.

“With my personal injury and inability to walk, I had to swallow my pride,” Lyle told the audience. “I had to ask others to help. I reached out to my family and others for that help.”

In a relay style, Lyle would walk on his own using crutches and family members would walk for him while he rested or was taken to the hospital for treatment.

By Aug. 31, Lyle and the walkers were near Kakabeka Falls, just west of Thunder Bay. Since Lyle stopped walking on his own, the walkers had averaged 51 kilometres a day. After starting the first kilometre or so, Lyle rested.

“I’m feeling good,” he said of his health as he approached the city.

The rawness of his foot was gone and he was able to put pressure on it. He no longer needed to go to the hospital for treatment or bandage changes.

However, he still needed crutches.

“The whole walk is not how I imagined it,” Lyle said. “I never pictured it the way it turned out. It’s not a bad thing. It’s really positive seeing people come together.”

Up ahead, his cousin Corinne carried the eagle feather – the relay stick, so-to-speak, of the walk.

Lyle was given the feather on a stick made of oak by Elder and supporter Tom Chisel.

However, on that third day when his hip, ankle and feet took its toll, his sister found a

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Lyle Fox stops for a break near Kakabeka Falls Aug. 31 during his Penasi Walk Against Prescription Drug Abuse. The walk began at Pelican Falls First Nation High School in Sioux Lookout Aug. 22 and ended in Thunder Bay Sept. 1. lighter stick in a ditch that he could use as a crutch. It helped him walk the last eight kilometre of the day. It was covered in dirt and mud then, but as Corinne ran ahead, it was now clean and had the feather tied to it.

“Everyone who walked held the stick,” Lyle said.

Corinne continued to run until she reached an intersection where family and supporters were waiting. Representatives from various regional and community Aboriginal organizations were on hand to help with the walk. Laughter and chatter was heard amongst the group as tobacco was handed to passersby or supporters so that they may make an offering and prayer to the road for their safety.

After Corinne passed on the feather, she said she took part to help her cousin and family in the cause.

“It’s been good,” she said of her experience. “It’s been a team effort doing the run and we’ve had nice weather.”

Among the crowd was a proud father in Charles. He said the experience has been “very inspirational.”

“It’s been satisfying spiritually for everyone involved,” he said.

He said drivers would stop along the highway and donate, and they received many emails and text messages offering support and encouragement.

“When you initiate something like this, the spirit of the issue takes over.”

When the walkers left Kakabeka Falls, they took a detour through Oliver Road instead of Highway 11/17. It was a last minute change of route, Lyle said, because he wanted to visit the grave of his brother.

Penasi means Thunderbird, the spirit name of Darryl Fox,

who passed away from cancer almost nine years ago. Lyle initiated the walk to commemorate his spirit, his strength and his memory.

As Lyle approached the grave, he said it was “very emotional.” They had a small ceremony, where they prayed, sang a song and offered tobacco.

After 30 minutes, they continued the walk.

On Sept. 1, Lyle – along with family, friends, supporters, DFC students and members of the general public – walked the final three kilometres from Canadian Tire on Arthur St. to DFC. While he was expecting to speak with DFC students in the school’s gymnasium, Lyle also found himself speaking before leaders, politicians, elders, media and public members.

Jonathon Kakegamic, principal of DFC, said he was appreciative of Lyle’s initiative.

“Before we can begin to address our issues, we need to acknowledge that there is a problem,” he said. “So I’m very grateful for Lyle, who’s a former grad.”

In the gymnasium, a 2002-03 boys’ volleyball championship banner is pinned to the wall.

The first name listed: Lyle Fox. He captained his team to the championship that year.

“So he did always have leadership skills,” Kakegamic, who was a teacher at the time, said.

Leaders and Elders who spoke at the school also commended Lyle for his walk and the leadership he demonstrated. But Lyle was quick to acknowledge the support he received: the drivers who transported people and supplies, the cooks who ensured the group was fed, Elders for providing spiritual guidance, the walkers that walked on his behalf, and the family that supported him

from the beginning.

For Lyle, the Penasi Walk Against Prescription Drug Abuse offered an important life lesson. He told the students that stubbornness dictated that he walk the entire way on his own, but “our Creator has his or her own way of teaching us lessons – lessons in humility.”

“I want to share this lesson with you: that it’s OK in your time of need to reach out and ask for help,” Lyle said. “Do not let your pride, stubbornness or shame get in the way of reaching out. This will enable you to reach your full potential as a student, as a First Nations person, as a teenager, as a human being.”

At the end of his address, Lyle announced that another walk will take place next year.

“I want you all to join and maybe take a few steps,” he said. “What matters is we take those steps together.”

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) is continuing their call on the federal and provincial governments and the general public to recognize the rapidly increasing rates of prescription drug abuse in NAN territory and Canada at large.

“OxyContin addiction did not begin in NAN communities; this drug is not made in our territory,” said Mike Metatawabin, NAN deputy grand chief, in a press release.

“NAN First Nations face a very dangerous epidemic of an ultra-addictive drug amongst children, youth and all members.”

Metatawabin’s comments coincided with a walk led by Lyle Fox, a youth from Bearskin Lake First Nation who is working to raise funds for the fight against prescription drug abuse. Fox walked from Pelican Falls First Nation High School near Sioux Lookout to Thunder Bay. He arrived in Thunder Bay Sept. 1.

In 2009 the NAN chiefs declared a state of emergency as a result of the prescription drug epidemic, but so far NAN said the response from the government has been minimal.

“In the North we lack addiction treatment programs and facilities. Our communities do not have resident health professionals for community treatment services. There is an overall shortage of communitybased recovery programs. Our efforts to enhance the training of our workers are challenged by the absence of training institutions and trainers for community workers to learn addictions interventions,” Metatawabin said.

In 2010 Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) led 180 drug investigations and seized 8500 OxyContin tablets worth an estimated $3.4-million in northern communities. NAPS also reported a steady rise in policing services from 13,437 calls in 2005 to 20,325 calls in 2010.

“We have been forced to stretch our already limited policing and security personnel in order to attempt to keep this drug from entering our communities. More resourcing must be in place to protect our members against crime, violence and gang-related activity,” Metatawabin said.

“Action must be taken now in order to save our communities and future generations from harm.”

“ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᑲᑭᐱᒧᓭᐨ ᐅᑭᑕᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᒥᑎᑯᓂ,” ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᐅᐸᐅᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 31 ᐊᐱ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ, ᐅᐱᒧᓭᐠ ᑲᔭᓂᐯᔕᐧᐸᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ, ᐅᑕᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐣᑎ ᐃᓀᑫ ᒥᓇ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑕᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᐱ ᐱᒧᓭᐊᐧᐠ. ᑭᐸᐱᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᓇᓄᑕᑯᓯᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᑯᐱᒧᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐯᑭᐡ ᑲᔦ ᓇᓭᒪᐣ ᐁᑭᒪᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᑲᐱᒧᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᐅᐣᒋᐊᔭᒥᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ. ᑲᐧᕑᐃᐣ ᐸᐧᐠᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᑕᑭᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᑐᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᒥᓂᐨ. ᓄᒪᑫ ᑭᐱᒥᐸᑐ ᐁᑭᑕᑯᓇᐠ ᒥᑎᑯᓂ ᒥᑲᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᓴᑲᐱᓱᓂᐨ. “ᒥᑐᓂ ᑭᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᐣᐠ. “ ᑭ ᒪ ᒪ ᐃ ᐧ ᑐ ᒋ ᑲ ᑌ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᐸᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᓄᑭᔑᑲ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᑭᒋᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᐅᑕᑕᒥᒪ ᒐᕑᓫᐃᐢ. ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᐠ “ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᒋᑭᐡᑲᑯᐨ.” “ᒥᑐᓂ ᑲᔦ ᑭᓇᐦᐁᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᒐᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ, ” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐸᐱᒥᐱᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑲᑭᐱᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑭ ᒋ ᐅ ᑕ ᐸ ᓂ ᒥ ᑲ ᓇ ᐠ

ᐁᑭᐸᐸᑭᑎᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᒥᓇ ᑭᐱᒪᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᑭᑐᐃᐧᓀᓯᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐁᐊᓱᓂᑕᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᔑᐣᑭᒥᑕᐧ. “ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᑲᐧᑫᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᐠ, ᐊᒥᐱᑯ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᓂᔑᐱᒧᓭᒪᑲᐠ.” ᐅᐱᒧᓭᐠ ᑭᐸᑫᐡᑲᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᓫᐃᐳᕑ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᐡᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᒥᑲᓇᐠ 11/17. ᑫᑕᑕᐁᐧᐣ ᐃᑯ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᓀᐣᑕᑦ ᒋᐸᑫᐡᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ, ᐁᑭᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᑫᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥᔑᓂᐨ ᐅᐢᑌᓯᐸᓂᐣ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᓀᓯ ᑲᐃᑭᑐᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᓂᑲᓱᐸᐣ ᑌᕑᐊᓫ ᐸᐧᐠᐢ, ᑲᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ ᑫᑲᐟ ᓴᐣᑲᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐊᒧᐁᐧᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᓂᓯᑯᐨ. ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᐅᑭᒪᒋᑐᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐱᒧᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒥᑲᐃᐧᐣᑕᐠ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ, ᐅᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐃᔑᔭᐨ. ᐊᐱ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑲᔭᓂᐯᐧᔕᐸᐣᑕᐣᐠ ᓂᐣᑲᐧᐦᐊᑲᓂ, ᐊᒥᐁᑭᑐᐨ “ᒥᑐᓂ ᐁᑭᒧᔑᐦᐅᐨ.” ᐅᐸᐣᑭ ᐃᒪ ᑭᐊᔭᒥᒋᑫᐊᐧᐠ, ᑭᓂᑲᒧᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᓭᒪᐣ. ᐊᐱᑕᐃᐧᐊᐧᑲᓭ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑭᔭᓂᒪᒐᐊᐧᐠ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᑌᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 1 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ, ᓫᐊᔭᓫ – ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔑᐨ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ, ᐅᑐᑌᒪᐣ, ᑲᐱᒥᐊᓴᐧᐸᒥᑯᐨ, ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ – ᐅᑭᐃᐧᒋᐱᒧᓭᒥᑯᐣ ᒪᒋᐨ ᓂᐦᓱ ᑭᓫᐅᒥᑕᕑᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᑕᔭᕑ ᐊᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᕑᑐᕑ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐦᐊᔾ

ᐣᑯᓫ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᑕᑭᑌᐠ. ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᓀᐣᑕᑭᐸᐣ ᐸᓂᐢᑫᐧ ᒋᑎᐸᒋᒧᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᐅᑭᐊᐧᐸᒪᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐁᑭᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ, ᑭᒋᐦᐊᐠ, ᑲᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ. ᒐᐧᓂᑕᐣ ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ, ᑲᐃᐡᑯᓄᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑌᓇᐢ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᑭᓫᐃᐣ ᑯᕑᐊᒧᕑᑎ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᓇᓇᑯᒧ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᐣᐠ. ᑕᐡ ᐃᐧᔭᓂᒧᑕᒪᐠ “ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᔭᓂᒥᓭᔭᐠ, ᐅᐣᒋᑕ ᐱᑯ ᐃᓯᓭᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᐁᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒪᒋᓭᐃᐧᐣ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᒥᑕᐡ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᓇᑯᒪᐠ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ, ᐅᒪ ᑲᑭᑕᔑ ᑭᔑᑐᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ.” ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ, ᐃᐁᐧ 2002-03 ᓇᐯᓴᐠ ᐸᐧᓫᐃᐸᐧᓫ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᒋᑲᐣ ᓭᓂᐸᐣ ᐊᑲᐧᐦᐃᑲᓱ ᐊᓴᒪᑎᑯᐣᐠ. ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᐃᒪ ᑲᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓱᐨ: ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᐸᐧᐠᐢ. ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐊᐧᐸᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᓂᑐᐦᐁᒪᐨ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ. “ᒥᐱᑯ ᑲᐯᐦᐃ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᔑᔭᐨ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐃᔑᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐨ,” ᑲᑭᑲᒥᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᐁᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱ. ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᒋᐦᐊᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐊᔭᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᑯᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᓫᐊᔭᓫᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒧᓭᓂᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᓇᑯᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ. ᔕᑯᐨ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᔐᒪᐠ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄᐨ: ᐅᐱᒥᐱᓱᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᐱᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ, ᐅᑭᔑᑌᐳᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᔕᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ

ᑲᑭᐱᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ; ᑭᒋᐦᐊᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᒐᑯᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ, ᐅᐱᒧᓭᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒧᓭᑕᒪᑯᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᐃᑯ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᓫᐊᔭᓫ, ᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᓀᓯ ᐱᒧᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᑭᐱᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐊᐧᓂᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐣ ᐅᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᐣ ᑭᒋᑫᑯᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᐅᑎᓀᐣᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᐣ ᐃᐧᓀᑕ ᒋᐱᒧᓭᐨ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑲᐊᐱᓯᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᓇᐦᐊᑐᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᒪᑐᒥᓇᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑐᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑭᓄᐃᐧᓂᑯᔭᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ – ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᓂᐸᐧᑲᐃᐧᐣ.” “ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐃᐧᓇᑯᐠ: ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐅᐣᒋᓄᑌᔑᒥᑯᔭᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒋᓇᒋᐸᐦᐃᐊᐧᓇᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓇᑐᑕᒪᔭᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᔭᐣ,” ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᒋᒥᓇᐣ ᑭᑭᒋᓀᓂᒧᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᑲ ᑲᔦ ᒋᔕᔑᐱᑕᒪᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑭᒪᒣᓂᔐᐣᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᑲᓂᑯᔭᐣ ᒋᓇᓇᑐᓇᒪᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᔭᐣ. ᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᑫᐅᐣᒋ ᑌᐱᓇᒪᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᒋᑲᐡᑭᑐᔭᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑲᑫᐧᑐᑕᒪᐣ ᑲᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᔭᐣ, ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᔭᐣ, ᑲᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᔭᐣ, ᑲᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᐣ.” ᐊᐱ ᑲᔭᓂᑭᔑᑐᐨ ᐅᑕᔭᒥᐃᐧᐣ, ᓫᐊᔭᓫ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐱᒧᓭᐃᐧᓂᑫᐨ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ. “ᑭᐸᑯᓭᓂᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᔑᔦᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐸᐣᑭ ᒋᐱᑕᑯᑭᔦᐠ,” ᑕᐡ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᑭᑐᑕᒪᑭᐸᐣ ᒪᒪᐤ ᒋᐱᒧᓭᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ.”

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Wawatay News

September 15, 2011

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Commentary Connecting with spirit through the drum Richard Wagamese One Native Life

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here are three traditional hand drums in our home.

Two were gifts and one was made by my wife a handful of summers ago. They hang on our walls as reminders that we’re supposed to be prayerful, to be in gratitude and live our lives as though they were a ceremony. When we centre our lives on the traditional teachings within those drums everything is harmony. We use them at gatherings and ceremonies or whenever the feeling of praise and thankfulness hits us.

They’re good friends and their comforting presence is a blessing. I always feel empowered when I play them.

For a long time I had no access to the drums of my people. I was gone for over 20 years, lost in the maze of foster homes and adoption and I was effectively removed from all things Ojibway. But when I found my way back in the late 1970s I found my way back to traditional teachings and the vibrant culture of my people.

My life became better, happier, more fulfilled and when I learned to drum and sing with it, I found a measure of redemption I had ached for.

Nowadays, singing with a drum is natural and my wife and I often collaborate and sing and drum together. It’s wonderful. There is a resilient strength in drumming that feels right to us. Maybe it’s the echo of the eternal heartbeat within it that resonates with us. Or maybe it’s just the knowledge that we are engaged in something tribal, something real, something ancient and something infinitely healing. Either way we are heartened and happy when we drum.

But there’s also a traditional African drum, a djembo that came into my life a little over a year ago. Its head is made of goatskin and its body is the hollowed out trunk of a tree.

There’s a hefty webbing of rope that keeps everything in place and provides a carrying sling.

It has nothing to do with my Ojibway roots or heritage but it still affects me in the same good way.

I’ve listened to African music over the years and part of my music collection is devoted to

it. I’ve always found something similar in the tribal inflections in the music and the rhythms have always entranced me whether in the guitar of Ali Farka Toure or the mande, the gourd harp of Toumani Diabate.

But until that drum came into our home I’d never considered how much that form of expression might fulfill me. I mean, I’m a North American Indian after all.

But when I sit and play that drum and allow myself to just express my emotions through it, the time just slips away and I become transported just like I do when I use our traditional instruments. There’s joy to be found there and nowadays my life would be less without that African drum.

I sat on our deck one sunny day in mid-morning. My wife was away and I was lonely. But it was a glorious spring day and I began playing a soft, slow beat on that djembo drum. I closed my eyes and just allowed it to flow out of me. I beat out that solitary rhythm and I was swept up in its spell, scarcely able to believe that it was coming from me. I don’t know how long I sat there with my eyes closed and my face raised to the sky and my hands beating out that soft rhythm but I do know that nothing else existed in my world except that sense of communion with the drum and the sky.

When I stopped and looked around me it was the same day but the lonely feeling had vanished. In its place was a sense of order, of belonging, of being connected – exactly the feelings I get from using an Ojibway drum. There was no place for loneliness in that. There was no place for emptiness and there was definitely no place for self-pity. Instead there was only room for gratitude and a sense that Creation was smiling and I was an essential part of that glee.

There are a multitude of spiritual tools in this world.

There are thousands of ways to be connected to spirit. I learned some time ago that I limit myself when I tell myself that I can only express myself with Native things. The truth is that there is no one race of people, no band, no tribe that has a claim on the experience of the spiritual or a claim to owning the right way.

Because it’s all about spirit.

There’s no colour or no race in spirit – there’s only connectedness and celebration and we all need that. So free yourself.

Experience.

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Finding shelter from the storm Xavier Kataquapit Under the northern sky

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sat down at the cottage recently and looked outside a picture window facing the lake. It was a cool afternoon and I watched the light fade under layers of dreary clouds that hung lazily overhead. I sat comfortable in my warm chair as I sipped on a cup of hot tea while being warmed by the crackling fire in the huge old stove. There’s nothing like that feeling of coziness that you get when inside a comfy warm place with cold, wet weather situated on the other side of the window.

A cool wind blew in from the west and the pine branches on the towering trees nearby swayed under the force. A light misty rain showered the scene and I could almost feel the cold penetrating the forest. I sipped at my tea to relish in a little more warmth and I thought about times like these when I

was a boy growing up on the James Bay coast.

I recalled one trip we took in September by freighter canoe to Akamiski Island. It was a late season voyage and we were taking advantage of a free weekend mom and dad had taken off from their work schedules. However, as we left town, we realized early on that the weather was not with us. Clouds hung low overhead pregnant with rain. A nasty cool north wind pierced our fall jackets but mom and dad consoled us with promises of sun and a blue sky. So we headed out.

The water was rough on the Attawapiskat River as we set forth in our freighter canoe and a cold rain pelted us as we made our way out onto the great salt water James Bay. My brothers and sisters and I sheltered with mom under a layer of blue tarp along with all our supplies. Dad braved the rain and the salt water sea spray at the controls of the outboard motor. He made light of the cruel weather and teased us in a game of peek-a-boo as we children ducked under the protective tarp. To keep us

feeling safe he sang or more or less shouted religious hymns over the roar of his two-stroke motor. He seemed to enjoy the adrenalin rush he got from facing the storm.

When we finally landed on the southern pebble shore of Akamiski, our world was a misty rain driven by a frigid wind and framed by dark clouds.

It felt good to be in a cozy, warm place with a raging storm just a few inches away.

My younger brothers and I stayed with the canoe and hung tight to the tarp to keep our supplies warm while our parents and my older siblings headed out to make camp. We watched patiently but anxiously as the prospector tent slowly sprouted on shore.

Once the tent was up, our older siblings came to fetch us and we scrambled for shore and the safety of the huge canvas tent. I fell happily on

the soft pine boughs safe from the twirling storm outside. The light faded fast and my parents and the older children raced to set up the little camp stove and fetch wood.

As the light faded and the shadows bled away dad pulled out the Coleman lantern, which he filled with fuel and primed. The swish, swish sound of the primer made me feel hopeful as the last threads of light left our world. In a matter of minutes, the lamp hissed to life and filled our dark tent with bright yellow light.

The next thing we knew our little camp stove was alive in a roaring fire. We had light, the heat of our stove, the protection of our old prospector tent and the comfort of a fresh pine bough floor.

On this day our timing was perfect as the weather had taken a turn for the worse and the wind howled while heavy rain pelted the tent. It felt good to be in a cozy, warm place with a raging storm just a few inches away. Hopefully, I will always have the luxury of finding shelter from the storm. www.underthenorthernsky.com

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was coming back to Thunder Bay last Christmas and was passing through Sudbury.

I was standing outside the Greyhound terminal with a big green backpack – one I use for hunting – when a Native man approached me with a joke: A Native man is with politicians on a plane that is going down with limited parachutes on hand. The politicians assert their importance before jumping out. With three men and two parachutes left, the last politician takes one and jumps out. Then the Native man turns to the other guy and says, “It’s OK, he jumped out with my backpack.”

We laughed and the man said, “Always funny seeing a Nish traveling with a bush backpack.”

“Nish” is a term I began to hear and use in my early teens. It’s derived from the Anishnaabe word … well, Anishnaabe. Nish can generally refer to any Native person since Anishnaabe is Ojibwe for “the people.”

Being a Cree from the James Bay coast, it might seem odd that the term Nish is used where I’m from, but I think that can be attributed to the presence of Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service and Nishnawbe Aski Nation in the area.

When my friends and I would say Nish, however, it usually referred to someone appearing, acting or talking in a way unique to Native people.

So, to the guy I met at the terminal, I was pretty Nish to be traveling through the city with my big green bush backpack.

When I moved to Thunder Bay for school, I had not used the term in a while. Then I met my classmate Tyler, who grew up in Sioux Lookout, Ont. It wasn’t long after that we began to talk about Nish things. We’d joke about eating Klik, using bed sheets as curtains or speaking in broken grammar. We’d talk with our Nish accents (“Jish stug, ever deadly”). Tyler suggested I grow my hair, wear a bandana, put on rubber boots and walk around the city as the “ultimate Nish.”

Naturally, this term raised a lot of questions among our nonNative classmates.

“You guys keep using this word, Nish,” one said. “What does it mean?”

And we’d try to define it but found it very difficult to do.

We’d list off characteristics, use it in context and at times I’d want to briefly give a bit of socio-political history to explain why these characteristics exist. But we found that they didn’t “get it.” They’d still look confused or look blankly at us or pretend they understood.

It’s pretty hard to explain our humour to which they can’t identify with.

In our second year in the film production program at the college, we had to make a documentary. I struggled with ideas at first then it hit me: why not do it on being Nish?

So I teamed up with Tyler and we interviewed seven Nish youth who live in Thunder Bay. They are from different reserves or communities and each were able to offer similar definitions of the word. We asked them what Nish means, what are the characteristics and why we laugh about it.

It was a very fun experience for us. For one interview, it was a Sunday and I was grumpy having been editing other projects all day. I felt annoyed when Tyler said we had to do another

interview. The interview was with two friends who were too shy to be interviewed on camera separately, so they asked to be interviewed together. We agreed and set up. It turned into the best interview we had.

They described the things I could identify with and they were able to feed off each other’s comments and energy. I struggled not to laugh as I asked questions and I would look over and see Tyler hunched over by the camera trying to stifle his laughter. After the interview, my stomach hurt from all the laughing and I was in a great mood for the rest of the day.

There were also some very insightful comments about our humour during some interviews. One girl commented that we joke about these characteristics because “to laugh at others is to laugh at yourself.”

We handed the documentary in to our professor and he – having lived in Peawanuck, Ont. for a year and understanding and appreciating Aboriginal culture – loved it.

The Nish people we showed it to laughed throughout. I showed it to a few of the nonNatives in my class who had asked what Nish was. Obviously, they didn’t laugh as much but I sensed in them a better understanding of our culture.

Hearing the positive reception and encouragement, I submitted Ever Nish to some film festivals and it has been accepted to two of them.

It’s set to screen at the Biindigaate Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 24 here in Thunder Bay. Then it will play at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto Oct. 23.

Tyler and I are very excited to be able share this documentary with a wider audience. Hopefully, we’ll be able to make more Nish’s laugh and more nonNish’s understand a bit more about us as a people.

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Four Matawa First Nations are looking for jobs, education and other benefits from the development of an infrastructure, transportation and service corridor to the Ring of Fire.

“It’s going to create a lot of employment, a lot of opportunity, a lot of business interests,” said Neskantaga Chief Peter Moonias. “It will also bring in connections to the urban centres. That is the intention of this agreement: to try to have access roads to the First Nations.”

Neskantaga, Webequie, Eabametoong and Nibinamik signed the collaborative agreement Aug. 31 to develop, own and operate a 230-240 kilometre east-west corridor from the Pickle Lake area to the Ring of Fire mineral exploration area in the James Bay lowlands with connections to the communities.

About 35 mining companies are exploring the area, which spans about 4,000 square kilometres, for chromite, nickel, copper, platinum, zinc, gold and diamonds. The Ring of Fire could become one of the world’s largest discoveries of chromite and the only one located in North America.

“This is an important step that will ensure our communities are actively involved in the planning, development and operation of this preferred corridor with the other three communities, and that all of the impacted communities benefit socially and economically from this development,” Moonias said.

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But he said there is still a need for a north-south corridor to the Ring of Fire for transportation or industrial use as well.

“There is still significant work that needs to be done,” Gravelle said. “What is most exciting from my perspective is that I think all the communities are expressing their very clear support for economic development opportunities. They want absolute assurance they will have real benefits for their communities and that is absolutely correct.”

“There are a lot of opportunities out there and I feel we should grab them while we can.”

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Moonias said the corridor would lower the cost of living in the four fly-in communities due to lower transportation costs.

The communities now rely on air transportation for most of the year and winter roads during the coldest part of the winter.

“Once we have this east-west corridor, we will be able to transport everything by road,” said Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse. “They (community members) will be able to travel.”

Nibinamik Chief Roger Oskineegish is also looking forward to the development of a power transmission line along the corridor.

“We need transmission lines,” Oskineegish said. “We’ll

also be able to do that fibreoptic line. There are a lot of opportunities out there and I feel we should grab them while we can.”

The communities began working on the communitydriven strategy for the corridor in March 2010.

“I see this collaborative agreement as history in the making among the four First Nations who are now taking control of our traditional homelands and are becoming a force to be reckoned with,” Wabasse said.

The communities chose their preferred corridor route to mitigate environmental impacts and to ensure community members realize the maximum possible benefits. The route follows a higher elevation route than the one announced by Noront Resources Ltd. in March 2011 along the winter road network to Pickle Lake.

“This preferred route allows our First Nations to pursue vital development opportunities while minimizing the corridor’s impact on species at risk and overall environmental footprint,” said Eabametoong Chief Harry Papah.

Papah said the corridor would also bring benefits to youth in the future.

“We need to plan for them to make sure everything is in place for them,” Papah said. “We know (with) the road there will be pros and cons, but hopefully everybody will use the pros for the road.”

The communities have established a working group with representatives from each community.

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Three Matawa First Nation communities have agreed to work together on common interests in their shared traditional territories about 350 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay. “This is our land, this is our traditional territories, this is how we became to be so we want to make sure that it is controlled right, it is done right,� said Aroland Chief Sonny Gagnon. “We have companies that are up in our territory that are into the advanced stages of their early exploration. So they are moving along and they are just moving along without talking to us.�

Gagnon said the communities have formed a technical committee to look at how development is happening in their shared traditional territories. “Our First Nations are all going to be impacted by development happening in the area – not just one of the communities,� Gagnon said. “These are our shared territories ... this isn’t about divide and conquer.�

Gagnon said the communities want to be part of development, not just stakeholders. “We want to be part of it,�

Gagnon said. “We all want to make sure what our forefathers signed as a treaty becomes a reality, in terms of when they said share.�

Gagnon said his community is looking for it’s fair share after having to stand by in the past and watch as trees from their traditional territory were hauled away on logging trucks. “We watched trees go by, but this time around we’re saying you took all the trees and got away with it,� he said. “Now (with) the minerals and the riches from the ground, they’re not going to take those out without having to hear us out and be meaningful partners in any development that happens.�

Aroland, Ginoogaming and Long Lake #58 signed a letter of intent Sept. 7 to unite the First Nations and prevent industry from plotting communities against each other. “Currently companies and industry are approaching our First Nations individually and we don’t have the resources,� said Long Lake #58 Chief Veronica Waboose. “Working together as three First Nations, we can assist each other and guarantee we are all in the know about projects happening within our traditional territo-

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Michael Fox will engage mineral resource companies in the Ring of Fire as Webequie’s Ring of Fire senior director. “We will be assembling our negotiating team and executing our community-based strategy with both companies (Noront Resources Ltd. and Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.) in the very near future,� said Fox, president of Fox High Impact Consulting. “We will also be engaging with Marten Falls First Nation at a council-to-council level for the mine sites developments. And we definitely look forward to continued discussions with regional First Nations on infrastructure corridor initiatives.�

Fox said two project descriptions for Ring of Fire corridors that have been officially submitted to government, an east-west corridor submitted by Noront and a north-south corridor submitted by Cliffs. “Because we don’t know

where the government sits in terms of both corridors or more than two corridors, we need to engage our neighbours around the impact on land as well as the impacts on community members around any potential corridor development,� Fox said. “We’re trying to structure a dialogue with those communities as well as make sure we all have the same understanding of what the impacts may be.�

Neskantaga, Webequie, Eabametoong and Nibinamik recently signed an agreement to develop an east-west corridor to the Ring of Fire mineral exploration area in the James Bay lowlands. (see story on page 6). “I think the communities are realizing that it’s their land, it’s their resources and it’s their rights that are being impacted by any project development,�

Fox said. “Together, through their community membership, they will find a way to strike that balance as well as benefits for their membership.�

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Fox said there will be teams for each of the different initiatives, such as the regional process, land use planning and business development.

Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse said Fox’s strategic thinking, business acumen and community focus will be an asset for Webequie as it continues to develop its role in the Ring of Fire. “Michael recognizes that agreements with companies and governments are premised on the community’s Aboriginal and treaty rights and that any impact and benefits agreement has to be ratified by the community members,� Wabasse said. “He brings this critical community-based approach to the business process.�

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The communities identified the absence of a governmentto-government process for consultation and accommodation between First Nations and the federal and provincial governments as a major issue.

Michael Gravelle, minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry said he works with each of the Matawa communities on an individual basis as well as working with the Matawa First Nations organization. “The federal and the provincial governments are working together on putting some agreements in place whereby the communities can build their capacity in order to have the negotiations and the discussions they need to have for this project,� Gravelle said.

The three chiefs said the letter of intent is the next step after the nine Matawa chiefs signed a Unity Declaration in July to protect the natural resources and territories of member First Nations. “If you look at the history, these three communities are all interconnected,� said Ginoogaming Chief Celia Echum. “All of our membership has ownership of the lands – it is shared territory.�

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Grand Council Treaty 3 is challenging the development of a Hydroelectric Contract Initiative (HCI) and sale of five hydroelectric generation plants in their territory without Aboriginal consultation.

Treaty 3 filed an application for judicial review Sept. 1 in the Ontario Court of Justice Divisional Court over the alleged actions of Ontario’s Minister of Energy and the Ontario Power Authority (OPA). The application claims the minister directed the OPA to develop and implement the HCI and questions the OPA for entering into a contract with ACH Limited Partnership for five existing hydroelectric generation facilities. The facilities are located at Calm Lake, Sturgeon Falls, Fort Frances, Kenora, and Norman and were owned at the time by Abitibi Bowater and the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec.

“We are very concerned that the minister of Energy and the OPA intervened on behalf of the Abitibi dams to cause new impacts to our rights and interests,” said Ogichidaakwe Diane Kelly of Treaty 3. “The government action should not have occurred without consulting us.

The HCI contract set the stage for new ownership and new impacts from these dams.”

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Treaty 3 is concerned the HCI could lead to new and potentially increasing damages from flooding on Lake Sturgeon and to wild rice, a traditional staple of the Anishinabe culture.

“We believe we should have been consulted, one, at the beginning of the development of this HCI program, and two, when it comes to the sale because of the potential increase (in damages),” Kelly said. “Wild rice has always been a huge part of our livelihood prior to Canada being a country and Ontario being a province and those harvesting rights are guaranteed in the treaty. We feel that our rights have been overlooked.”

Kelly initiated the judicial review along with Oc hiic hagwe ’babigo ’ining Chief Lorraine Cobiness, Mitaanjigamiing Chief Janice Henderson, Northwest Angle #33 Chief Kimberley SandyKasprick and Seine River Chief Earl Klyne on behalf of all members of the Anishinaabe Nation.

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related dams had caused damage. It was reasonable to expect that terms of the HCI agreements would lead to new and potentially increased damages, such as more deleterious flooding related impacts on Lake Sturgeon and on a traditional staple of the Anishinaabe culture, manomin (wild rice).”

Henderson said the impact of dam operations and expansion on wild rice harvesting, fishing and trapping is of significant importance to the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty 3.

“We feel we are at a crucial period in our history and must stand up and protect our rights, claims and interests to govern, manage and ensure the sustainability of the traditional practice of ricing within all Treaty 3 communities,” Henderson said.

“Especially, within the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake watersheds.”

Klyne also brought up the issue of high electricity rates in Treaty 3 communities.

“Treaty 3 communities have become more and more difficult to administer and manage, in part because of the expense of home heating and electricity,” Klyne said. “This situation exists despite there being large hydro-electric generating dams within Treaty 3 territory.”

Once the judicial review was filed, Treaty 3 has 30 days to file all their evidence related to the issue.

Kelly said Ontario has an obligation to respond. A hearing and decision would likely be made within eight months of the Sept. 1 filing date.

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Meanwhile, more than 50,000 empty 45-gallon drums were individually cleaned, sanitized of any remaining contaminants, crushed and buried in a landfill on location. Drums still containing oil or diesel-fuel are being diverted from the burying process and removed from the site.

The total cost of clean up for all 17 sites in Ontario is expected to be about $85-million, with $30 million from the federal government and $55 million from Ontario.

Weenusk resident Louis Bird said he and others were “fascinated with this thing,” a relic of the Cold War era between 19461991, “What confused us was that by the time it was complete in ’65 they said it was obsolete,” Bird said.

The Russians never did attack, but a slew of environmental contamination remains.

Jonathan Andrew Bertrand conducted research in the area for his Master’s dissertation for the University of Waterloo in 2008. The list of chemicals in his report reads as clusters of acronyms and incomprehensible words.

“Peawanuck residents had relatively higher concentrations of CB180, DDE and hexachlorobenzene and relatively lower levels of DDT and Mirex,” Betrand said in his report.

“Results are suggestive but not conclusive that MCRL (MidCanada Radar Line) Site 500 may have influenced body burdens of Peawanuck residents.

This is subject of critical concern.”

While there is not much concern for chemical contamination of the environment near Site 500, Bertand noted that people living near abandoned radar sites contain higher PCB (Polychlorinated biphenyls) levels in their blood. Peawanuck residents contained higher levels of PCB’s than elsewhere along the James Bay coast.

PCB’s are a group of synthetic chemicals belonging to the family of organic chemicals known as chlorinated hydrocarbons.

A November 1994 paper titled Environmental Health: Risks Posed by PCB’s by William Murray of the Library of Parliament Research Branch of Science and Technology Division outlines the risks of these contaminants.

There were no documented cases of human deaths resulting from acute PCB exposure according to the report. However, “victims of industrial PCB accidents report chloracne, eye discharge, swelling of the upper eyelids, hyperpigmentation of the nails and skin, numbness of limbs, weakness, muscle spasms, and chronic bronchitis,” Murray reports.

PCB’s are often referred to as cancer-causing resulting in the efforts of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to classify PCB’s as potential carcinogens.

Bird reflected what life was like before the Cold War brought the radar site to the mouth of the Winisk River.

“In 1955, everyone lived off the land, no one had potbellies and no one had any diseases like today,” Bird said.

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“If you are going to have a prosperous community, you have to have an educated community,” Echum said.

Echum is also planning to reopen a wafer-board plant and part of a plywood plant in Longlac to create 330 jobs.

A band councillor from 20052007 and a band administrator for more than 25 years, Echum was elected with 68 per cent of the votes of the Matawa First Nations community. -RG

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Rangers ‘significant part’ of military display Peter Moon

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Six Canadian Rangers from northern Ontario told thousands of visitors to a military display at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto what Canadian Rangers do across Canada’s North.

“I’ve never talked to so many people in my life,” said Master Cpl. Bill Morris from Kingfisher Lake, which has a population of 420. “People asked us who the Rangers are and what we do.

They were pretty amazed when we told them.”

The Ranger exhibit, centred around a traditional tipi, helped attract visitors to a large display of military equipment showcasing the army, navy and air force. The display attracted about one million people to it during the 17 days of the CNE, the biggest fair of its kind in Canada.

“The Canadian Forces exhibit builds a better understanding of what we do,” said Capt.

Ben Lee, the site manager. “The Rangers are a significant part of what the Canadian Forces do, especially on the domestic operations side of things, which we saw recently with the forest fire evacuations in northwestern Ontario.

“They couldn’t believe how cold it gets at home in the winter and that we can live with it.”

– Jason Mawakeesick

“They show the general public that there are many different backgrounds and diverse trades and skill sets within the Canadian Forces. They highlight the growing presence of Canada’s

Harvey Yesno takes leave from NADF Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) president & CEO Harvey Yesno has taken a one-year leave of absence from the organization.

Yesno has been with NADF since 1993 and this will be his first extended leave from the organization.

Months ago, Yesno began to discuss with the NADF board of directors about taking time off.

“I wanted a leave just so I could take some time off and to deal with some personal stuff,” he said.

Yesno said he discussed with the board how he would take the appropriate time off.

“I set up the organization so that managers can run their division individually.

So it’s in very good hands.”

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“We agreed mutually that I should ask for a leave of absence, because the other option obviously was to resign, which I had considered,” he said.

NADF Chairperson Madeline Commanda confirmed the board’s decision.

“Considering his time and service with NADF, the board approved his leave of absence,” she said.

The leave took effect Aug. 12.

But Yesno said taking personal time off from work was initially the plan “until a couple of business opportunities came up.”

One of those opportunities was the opening of the new Ring of Fire office in Thunder Bay. Yesno began serving as the office manager and the director for Aboriginal community and stakeholder relations when the office opened Aug. 25.

“This came about very quickly,” Yesno said.

He said he was offered the position two weeks before he accepted it.

“This (opportunity) interested me only because it’s in our area,” he said. “I’m familiar with a lot of the communities – I’ve worked with them for more

than 30 years.”

Yesno said there are two potential large projects within the Ring of Fire that interested him and these projects would require infrastructure such as hydro lines, railroads, roads and fibre optics.

“It can become a fairly significant project,” he said.

The new office and advisory council will help promote economic opportunities and help facilitate successful development in the Ring of Fire area.

Its goals are to develop strategic vision and framework for development, promote economic opportunities for northern Ontario and Aboriginal communities, and to partner with other ministries in development of creative solutions that meet the interests of both the mining industry and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities.

Yesno said his plan is keep the NADF “option open” and “see how this position evolves” over the next 6-9 months. At that time, he said he will give the NADF board plenty of notice if he does not plan on returning.

In the meantime, both the NADF board and Yesno believe the organization will continue to operate smoothly in his absence.

“I set up the organization so that managers can run their division individually,” Yesno said. “It took time to recruit the right people … so it’s in very good hands.”

“The board believes that we have a very capable staff that can keep business going while he’s away,” Commanda said.

NADF provides business and financial services like loans, leases and business counselling services to Aboriginal people across northern Ontario looking to start or expand a business.

The Ring of Fire is located 535 kilometers northeast of the new Ring of Fire office in Thunder Bay. It spans nearly 4,000 square kilometres and there are about 25,000 claims held by 35 mining companies exploring the area for chromite, nickel, copper, platinum, zinc, gold and diamonds.

The Ring of Fire could become one of the world’s largest discoveries of chromite and the only one located in North America.

Aboriginal population in the Canadian Forces.”

The Rangers spoke to visitors from across Canada and the United States as well as Germany, France, Britain, China, Japan and many other countries.

“Many of them ask me if I can speak my language,” Morris said. “So I say something in OjiCree for them. They are pretty amazed when we tell them what the Rangers do.”

Ranger Jason Mawakeesick, from Sandy Lake First Nation, said he often showed his military identification to convince visitors that the Rangers are reserve soldiers. Most visitors, he said, were surprised when he described life in his isolated community and the roles played by the Rangers in domestic military operations, such as forest fires, search and rescue, spring floods, plane crashes and other emergencies.

“They couldn’t believe how cold it gets at home in the winter and that we can live with it,” he said. “When I told them Sandy is a fly-in community people had trouble grasping that there are still places like that in Canada. That’s why we’re here at the CNE – to tell people that the Rangers are part of the Canadian Forces and that we’re up North and what we do up there when we are needed.”

The other Rangers at the CNE were Master Cpl. Savannah Neotapin from Constance Lake, and Rangers Jacob Anderson and Ryan Anderson, both from Kasabonika Lake, and Karen Meeseetawageesick from Eabametoong.

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

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ASWCO promotes healthy living and offers training, certifications and support for coaches, athletes and other organizations in each of the 3 regions, North, Central and Southern Ontario.

SENIOR MANAGER (Full time salary: $60,000/yr): The Senior Manager will report directly to the Chair, Executive Committee, and Board. This individual will develop and support strategic planning while maintaining responsibility for the day-today operations of ASWCO. This individual will function at a senior level in developing and directing organizational goals, financial and business plans to ensure the effective planning and development as per ASWCO’s six Pillars. The ideal candidate will have a background in corporate planning and development, strong IT/Communications skills, a minimum of 10 years of experience in project, program and personnel management and possess considerable experience in Aboriginal communities, sports, recreation and youth development.

The candidate should be familiar with the NAIG and NAHC. The ideal candidate will be an energetic self starter with strong leadership skills.

PROJECT OFFICER (Full time salary: $48,000/yr): The new Project Officer will report directly to the Senior Manager. This individual is responsible for researching, developing, administering and evaluating projects and programs in response to the identified needs of client groups and organizations. Strong IT/Communications skills are required. Primarily, the Project Officer will develop and implement projects under the following Pillars: Long-term Holistic Development, Leadership and Coaching Development, Recognition of Excellence and Partnership and Development.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (Full time salary: $36,000/yr) The new Administrative Assistant will report directly to the Senior Manager. This individual is responsible for providing administrative and clerical services in a manner to ensure that ASWCO operations are maintained in an effective and efficient manner. Again, strong IT/ Communications skills are required.

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The deadline for applications is 4:00pm EST, September 23, 2011. To download the complete job description, please visit www.nan.on.ca or contact Ian Beardy, Human Resources Coordinator, at (807) 625-4941, or Sabrina Marion, Human Resources Director, at WAWATAY NEWS (807) 625-4948 for more information.

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SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY Client Services Department SECURITY WORKER Full Time (1 position) Casual (2 positions) Internal/External Posting Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario Under the direction of the Team Leader, the Security Worker provides security for the Hostel facility, parking lot and other SLFNHA property.

QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12 and/or post secondary education; • Post Secondary education in Law and Security; • Previous Security experience; • Experience/training in the area of Non-Crisis Intervention; • Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills; • Possesses excellent team building and networking skills.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone will be an asset; • Experience and understanding of Native cultural issues, the geographic realities and social conditions within remote Northern First Nation communities; • Innovative problem solving and decision making skills; • Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offender Registry to: Human Resource Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-1076 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com

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KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY • Ability to communicate in one of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone is an asset; • Ability to manage a case load independently; • Familiarity with working in acute care situations; • Knowledge of community resources; • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007.

Experience with a Client Database (e.g. CIMS), Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) & Brief Child and Family Phone Interview (BCFPI) an asset; • Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently; • Experience working with youth, a definite asset; • Education assistance and training available dependent upon applicant’s qualifications and in accordance with SLFNHA Policies and Procedures.

• Must be willing to relocate.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offender Registry to: Human Resource Department Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8 Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969 Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com Closing Date: September 29, 2011 The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance.

However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

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Commensurate salary with additional RSP contributions DEADLINE: Friday September 30, 2011 Interested candidates are asked to submit their resumes and two written references to: Hiring Committee Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic 86 South Cumberland Street Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 2V3 Fax: 807-345-2842 ponkab@lao.on.ca

Submit resume and references to: Hiring Committee Keewaytinook Okimakanak Box 340, 8 Mine Road Balmertown, ON P0V 1C0 Fax (807) 735-1383 Email: hiring@knet.ca

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

QUALIFICATIONS • Degree in Social Work/Psychology with relevant clinical/ counselling experience is preferred; • Minimum two years experience in the health services environment; • Specialized courses in specific areas of mental health; • Experience with video counselling technology an asset; • Travel is a requirement of the position.

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This full time position reports to the Clinical Supervisor. The Mental Health Counsellor will be responsible for providing direct Clinical Intervention and Prevention Services to referred clients in the Child and Family Intervention catchment area of Aroland, Fort Hope, Marten Falls, Nibinamik, Neskantaga, Webequie, Mishkeegogamang, Sandy Lake, Saugeen and Mcdowell Lake.

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Minimum qualifications: • College Level Diploma in a related field • (ie. Social Services, Drug and Alcohol) • Three to five years of related work experience • Valid Ontario Driver’s License • Excellent written and oral English skills • Understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal history and culture • Ability to understand and speak Ojibway or Oji-Cree an asset.

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Exciting Health Care Opportunities INTERPRETER (Casual) Qualifications: • Excellent communication skills (oral and written in English) • Proficient and Fluent in one or more Sioux Lookout area First Nation languages (Cree, Ojibway, Oji-Cree, Swampy Cree) required • Demonstrated proficiency in the “interpretive process” • Excellent interpersonal skills with a positive caring approach • Good understanding of cross-cultural issues • Ability to work flexible hours • Proficient with computers • Medical Interpreter certificate an asset • Ability to communicate in First Nation Syllabics an asset Job Requirements: • Provide bi-directional interpreting services to patients, residents, family and all service provider at SLMHC & ECU. • Articulate, report information accurately to convey the client’s questions, concerns and messages consistent with risk management directives and reports related to client data.

• Maintain accurate daily records on all requests for service as well as the provision of services.

• Must be willing to work assigned shifts including 8 and12 hour rotation of day and night shifts • Maintain confidentiality in all matters related to client care and visitor issues.

• Other duties as assigned.

Salary: Start rate: $20.97, benefits in accordance with CUPE Collective Agreement.

Closing Date: September 30, 2011, or when filled Submit Resume to: Human Resources Competition #TRP 05/11 Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre Fax (807)737-6263 Email: humanresources@slmhc.on.ca Competition No. TRP 05/11 (Please quote on your application) Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted, we thank all others for their interest. The successful candidate will be required to provide a criminal records check.

NORTHERN NISHNAWBE EDUCATION COUNCIL Secondary Teacher

Wahsa Distance Education Centre is operated by the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council under the direction of District Area Chiefs and First Nation communities.

Wahsa provides secondary education services to northern communities across the Sioux Lookout District by radio and Independent Learning courses. Wahsa develops, delivers, and co-ordinates courses, training and support services in consultation with participating First Nations. Students receive instruction, instructional packages, tutoring, and academic and personal counseling through local and central support systems.

NNEC invites applications for the following teaching positions for the fall of 2011 at the Wahsa Distance Education Centre.

1.0 Secondary Teacher MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS • Certificate of Qualifications and Intermediate/Senior qualifications in required subject area(s); • Member of Ontario College of Teachers • Experience teaching First Nation students an asset • Computer literacy • The ability to speak a District First Nations language an asset.

• Willingness and ability to travel TERM This position is full time starting October 2011 with possible renewable annual contracts.

Please fax your resume complete with Statement of personal philosophy of education Copy of Ontario Certificate of Qualifications Copy of most recent performance appraisal Written permission to contact three most recent employment references Applications must be received by 4:00 pm, Friday, September 23, 2011. Fax or email your resume to Human Resources at (807) 582-3865 fax, email humanresources@ nnec.on.ca or mail to Box 1419, Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B9. For further information contact the Wahsa Principal (807) 737-1488 Only those selected for an interview will be contacted NNEC requires a Vulnerable Person Check to be completed for all staff at time of hiring. www.nnec.on.ca

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Rickard represents Liberals in Timmins-James Bay Lenny Carpenter Wawatay News

A member of Moose Factory will be on the Oct. 6 provincial ballot as a member of the Liberal party.

Leonard Rickard was named Liberal candidate Sept. 1 for Timmins-James Bay riding.

He joins PC Alan Spacek of Kapuskasing and NDP incumbent Gilles Bisson of Timmins as the candidates for the TimminsJames Bay riding.

Rickard said one of his goals is to be a “bridge for the future of Timmins-James Bay.” “For a long time people I think have divided the riding to Timmins and Highway 11 and then there’s the James Bay coast, as if we have very different interests,” said the Moose Cree First Nation member. “But I think in the end we all want the same thing whether we live in Attawapiskat or if we live in Timmins: good schools, good education, (that) our elderly are taken care of, and we want to make sure that we have jobs and a vibrant economy.”

Rickard said he joined the Liberal Party because he identifies with a lot of the party’s values such as the focus on family and economy.

“Those are things important to all of us,” he said. “Or things like senior healthcare, education; those are things that hit home for all of us, regardless of whether you’re from Moose Factory or Timmins.”

Born and raised in Moose Factory, Rickard moved south to Timmins to attend high school and again to London, Ont. for university.

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Leonard Rickard of Moose Factory poses with one of his election signs. The Moose Cree First Nation member is running as the Liberal candidate in Timmins-James Bay riding for the Oct. 6 provincial elections. he graduated from the University of Western Ontario (B.A. – 1998) before moving back north where he was elected to the community’s chief and council as a youth councillor.

“It was my first foray into politics,” he said.

It gave him the opportunity to listen to issues affecting people locally and be involved in local committees.

“Just getting a hands-on approach to things like band membership concerns or band bylaws.”

Rickard has owned a small airline company, CreeWest GP Inc., since 2005 and has worked with local community economic development organizations,

where he gained experience working in community economic development specializing in business development and small business financing.

It’s this business background that Rickard believes separates him from the other candidates.

“One of the fundamental things about running a business is to have a solid plan for the future,” he said. “My business wouldn’t be successful if I just sat back and pointed fingers and blamed someone else for my business’ problems. That’s not how I run my business. I have to think what do I need, what do the people I work for need.”

Bisson (NDP – Timmins-

James Bay) has held the riding since it was realigned in 1999 and the Cochrane-North before that.

“For the past 21 years, we’ve been represented by one individual,” Rickard said. “One thing that I’ve heard is that things haven’t changed here in Timmins-James Bay.” Bisson said his long tenure has allowed him to know the issues facing the people and that he knows the people and communities. “My record speaks for itself,” he said.

Speaking on Rickard’s candidacy, he said, “I think it’s good for democracy (having a First Nations representative), however the Liberal party will be

too hard for him.”

He cited the Far North Act – introduced by the McGuinty government – as one example of the Liberal party not working for the North.

Mushkegowuk Council Chief Stan Louttit weighed in on Rickard’s decision to run.

“I think it’s great that one of our own members is running in the provincial election,” he said.

“This gentleman could be a role model for some of our young people and bring our issues to the forefront.”

Mushkegowuk Council represents four First Nations communities that are in the TimminsJames Bay riding, with many community members living in

Timmins or other urban areas.

There are also at least two other First Nations communities in the riding.

As for the impact Rickard could make in the election, Louttit said “you never know.

“Our members could influence the outcome by deciding to go out and vote. (Rickard) might be a major force.”

Although he doesn’t “want to be labeled as the First Nations’ Liberal candidate,” Rickard is proud to possibly represent those communities.

“The people that have reached out to me from back home so far have been so supportive and enthusiastic to see one of their own running in this provincial election,” he said.

“I think it opens up a new dialogue about the need to engage First Nations people.”

Rickard noted the people in Treaty 9 have a very unique relationship to the province of Ontario because it is a signatory to the treaty and that there aren’t very many treaties with a provincial signatory to it.

“Ontario’s pretty unique in that instance,” he said. “I really just want to be part of that process and engaging those communities.”

He added the hospital board in Moose Factory recently amalgamated with the provincial hospital board.

“I think there’s a growing recognition that the province plays a very instrumental role in our day-to-day lives,” he said. “For so long we’ve been federally focused. I think we need to keep opening those doors and keep that dialogue going if we’re really going to assert ourselves as we should in this area.”

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NAN youth win gold at Ontario ParaSport Games Rick Garrick

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Keewaywin’s Patrick Charles Kakegamic said it was “pretty cool” bringing home two gold medals and one silver medal he won at the Ontario ParaSport Summer Games Aug. 19-21.

“My family wanted to see them and they said they were proud of me,” said the 17-yearold athlete. He won gold in discus and shotput and silver in javelin at the games, held in the Sarnia-Lambton area in southern Ontario.

“It feels great. It was a good experience to go down there. I saw new faces,” he said.

The games are an opportunity for athletes with physical disabilities to compete in a variety of sports.

Kakegamic said the competition was “pretty intense” between himself and Randall Whiskeyjack, an athlete from Slate Falls who won gold in javelin and silver in discus and shotput.

“We would intimidate each other before we competed,” Kakegamic said. “We’d try to scare each other, nothing mean or anything, but we’d just try to get our mind off the competition a little bit.”

Kakegamic was born with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, a con-

dition that affects the skin and joints.

“It curves my spine so I guess some of my bones are weak,” Kakegamic said.

“I try not to let anything bring me down. I just try my best.”

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He had never taken part in track and field activities until this spring when his coach Scott Haines saw him during a coaching session at his school in Keewaywin.

“He noticed how I didn’t let my disability stop me from trying,” Kakegamic said. “I try not to let anything bring me down. I just try my best.”

Kakegamic had previously played soccer, dodge ball and kick ball at school.

“I try to get around on my wheelchair whenever possible, whenever the ground isn’t muddy, when it’s nice and flat and hard,” Kakegamic said. “I can’t even go anywhere when it’s raining and muddy.”

Kakegamic attended a track and field training camp in Windsor this past July and is aiming for three gold medals at

his next competition.

“I’m just trying to get some training in and get my bones stronger so I can do better next time,” Kakegamic said.

Kakegamic plans to finish high school and attend college or university in the future.

During the games, Kakegamic took part in a number of training activities and social events along with Whiskeyjack.

Haines, who is also head coach of Keeper Athletics and head coach of Team Ontario Athletics at the 2006 and 2008 North American Indigenous Games, said the games were “an excellent opportunity” for the two athletes to meet other athletes who use wheelchairs but live very active lives.

“For them, they have a chance to be able to wheel around just like the rest of them,” Haines said.

Kakegamic and Whiskeyjack dueled it out between themselves in the F57 division at the games.

“They have a sense of value and a sense of hope in the future because they have goals to try to be on the national team,” Haines said. “They have goals to go to international events because they met a lot of kids down there that fly all over the world representing Canada.”

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One of the Fort Albany basketball players drives for a lay up during a basketball skill session at the Aboriginal Girls Basketball Camp, hosted Aug. 29-31 by the Aboriginal Sport and Wellness Council of Ontario at Hammarskjold High School.

Girls basketball camp helps improve skills Rick Garrick

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A group of Fort Albany basketball players brought their game to the Aboriginal Girls Basketball Camp Aug. 29-31 in Thunder Bay. “I like defence, I like guarding,” said Vera Metatawabin, one of seven basketball players from Fort Albany. “When I stop the ball from someone, I just get a good feeling.”

Metatawabin also enjoys taking three-point shots and driving in to the basket. “We just practice, practice, practice,” Metatawabin said. “We like to practice all the time.”

Metatawabin and about 30 other Grade 5-12 Aboriginal girls from across Ontario attended the basketball camp, which was hosted by the Aboriginal Sport and Wellness Council of Ontario (ASWCO) at Hammarskjold High School.

A group of Lakehead University Thunderwolves basketball players provided coaching each day as did a group of Aboriginal coaches. Lakehead University Thunderwolves basketball head coach Jon Kreiner also helped out on the first day of the basketball camp.

After picking up some training and skill techniques from

the university basketball players, Metatawabin is considering her future goals in basketball.

She has played basketball from Grade 6 to Grade 10.

“I do want to play university basketball,” Metatawabin said.

“I really want to play basketball in my life.”

The basketball camp featured skills development, game basics, scrimmages, fitness sessions, a girl empowerment session and a movie night.

“Shooting is the big thing – they’re learning how to shoot,” said Jasmine Sutherland, one of the Aboriginal coaches and an Aboriginal Team Ontario basketball player at the last two North American Indigenous Games (NAIG). “They’re learning defence, offence, all the spots on offence, they’re learning passing and pivoting and ball handling.”

NAIG is a sporting event for Indigenous athletes in North America held in various locations throughout Canada and the United States since 1990.

Sutherland, a Lakehead University student originally from Moose Factory, saw a big improvement in the younger girls’ skill levels during the basketball camp.

“They don’t know how to play basketball and they are

learning so much,” Sutherland said. “It’s good to see them smile and learn.”

“Their skill level has improved dramatically,” said Marc Laliberte, another Aboriginal coach and chair of ASWCO. “They seem to be more confident in their abilities and the way they are conducting themselves.”

Andrea Yesno-Linklater, a youth from Thunder Bay, learned how to shoot better at the basketball camp.

“I always stick my arm out when I shoot, so they told me to tuck it in and it will help me score better,” Yesno-Linklater said. “When you’re defending, you have to be quick on your feet.”

ASWCO plans to hold another basketball camp for girls next summer. The selection process for NAIG 2014 Aboriginal Team Ontario girl’s basketball team will be held during the summer of 2013.

Sutherland encourages youth to aim for the NAIG. She said her experience at games was “unforgettable.”

“I say go for it because it is such a good experience to travel away from your home town and meet other First Nations and play the sport that you love,” she said.

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