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“Everything that we see around us is actually changing. Even the stars are in different locations these days. Even the moon is not in the same place it used to be.”

-KI Elder Sarah Jane McKay in The Breathing Lands

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug has released a new You Tube video on climate change, called The Breathing Lands, documenting the changes in the environment that Elders are witnessing in the hopes of promoting global action on climate change. The community also wants to share information with other people around the world dealing with the effects of climate change on traditional ways of life. See story on page 16.

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ᔖᐣ ᐯᓬᐗᐗᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐯᔑᓇᑯᑎᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐗᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᑭᑫᑕᓇᐗ ᑲᓂᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ᙮

ᑲᑲᑭᑫᑕᑯᐠ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐊᓂᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐗᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᔭᐗᐨ ᒋᒪᓂᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ, ᑲᔭᔭᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᐱᐳᐠ ᓂᓂᑌᑕᑯᐣ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᔭᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑭᑎᒥᑯᒼ, ᒥᓇ ᑲᐅᒋᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᑎᓄᑲᐣ ᑲᐗᐗᑌᐠ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐎᐣ ᒋᓇᒋᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᔑᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᒧᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ᙮

ᑫᑭᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ, ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᐸᑭᑎᓇᓇᐗ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᑐᐗᒋᐣ ᐁᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ᙮

“ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᓂᓯᑕᐎᓇᓇᐗ ᑲᓂᐊᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐃ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒑᐣ ᑲᐟᐱᐟ᙮ “ᓂᓇᐎᐟ ᑲᐅᑕᑎᓯᔭᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ, ᑲᔦᒪ ᐯᔓᐣᐨ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᔭᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ, ᒪᐗᐨ ᐊᓂ ᓂᓂᑌᑕᑯᐣ᙮”

ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᑭᐌᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ

ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᓂᐊᐣᒋᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᐅᐸᑯᓭᑕᓇᐗ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓯᐌ ᐊᑭᐠ ᑐᑭᐎᐣ

ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᐃᔑᐎᑕᒪᑫᐗᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᐗᔑᒣ ᒋᑭᑐᑕᒧᐗᐸᐣ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓯᐱ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐁᑲ ᒋᒪᒋᑕᓂᐗᐠ᙮

“ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ, ᑲᐎᓂᐣ ᐃᑴᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐤ ᒪᒋᑕᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᒪᒋᒋᑫᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐦᐃᐌᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᐊᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ,” ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑲᓂᐊᐣᒋᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᐡᑲᐎ ᑲᓇᐗᐸᑕᒥᐣ᙮ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ ᒋᐎᑕᒪᐗᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐁᓯᓭᐦᐃᐌᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᑭᐌᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐅᑕᑎᓯᐗᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ᙮”

ᑲᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᓂᔕᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐗᐱᑯᐠ, ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᒋᐎᒋᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᐎᑕᒪᑫᐎᓂᐗ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ᙮

ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᑭᐎᑕᓇᐗ ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᔑᓂᑲᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒪᐡᑭᐠ -- ᐁᐅᒋᑭᑭᓇᐗᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐠ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᔑᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ᙮

ᓂᑕᒼ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᓂ ᐊᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ, ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᓯᐗᐨ ᐁᓇᑲᒋᑐᐗᐨ᙮

“ᒥᐌ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐁᑭᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᐃᔑ ᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐗᐸᐠ ᑲᓂᐸᑭᔑᒧᐠ ᒥᓇ

ᑲᒥᐢᑾᑌᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᔭᔭ ᒍᓯ ᒪᑫ ᑲᓂᒪᒋ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓭᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ᙮ “ᑲᐎᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐸᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐎᐣ᙮ ᓄᑯᒼ ᑲᐃᓇᐱᔭᐣ ᐃᐡᐱᒥᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐃᑭᑐᔭᐣ ᐗᐸᐠ ᒋᒥᓄᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒥᔭᐸᐣ ᑲᓂᐗᐸᐠ ᐁᑭᒧᐗᐠ᙮”

“ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐗᐸᑕᒪᐠ ᐊᐣᒋᓇᑯᓄᐣ,” ᒪᑫ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑲᓂᐱᐠ ᒪᐗᐨ ᐁᓂ ᐊᐱᒋ ᑭᔑᑌᐠ᙮ ᑲᐎᐣ ᐎᑲ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐅᒋᔑᐌᐸᓯᓄᐣ᙮ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓂᑕᑾᑭᐠ, ᐎᐸᐨ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᑕᑲᔭ᙮ ᑲᐎᐣ

ᐎᑲ ᑐᒋᐗᐸᑕᓯᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒋᓯᓭᐠ, ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭᐱ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᐎᔭᐣ᙮”

ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᐊᓂᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᓂᔑ ᓴᓇᑭᓭᐗᐨ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓂᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᓯᐱᓂ ᐁᑲ ᒋᒪᒋᑕᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ᙮

“ᓂᐱ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ᙮” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓭᕒᐊ ᒉᐣ ᒪᑫ ᓂᔡ ᑲᓂᒪᓯᓇᑌᓭᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ᙮

“ᑭᑭᒥᓂᑯᒥᐣ ᓂᐱ ᒋᐅᑕᑎᓯᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᐠ᙮ ᓂᒪᒪ ᒥᔑᓋ ᑭᐎᑕᒪᐠ ᒪᐗᐨ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐠ ᓂᐱ ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᐎᑲ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᒪᐣ ᓂᐱᑲᐠ ᑫᐅᒋ ᓂᔑᐗᓇᑕᐠ᙮”

ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᐸᐦᐅᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᐠ ᑯᑖᓯ, ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑖᓂ ᒫᕒᐃᐢ ᒥᓇ ᓂᔭᐣ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᐸᐦᐅᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᐡᑲᒧᐗᐸᐣ ᓄᑕᓯᓂᑫᐠ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐗᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐅᒋᑎᐯᑕᑯᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ᙮ ᒥᓇ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᔑᒥᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑲᑴᒪᓇᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᓯᐱᓂ ᐁᑲ ᒋᓄᑕᓯᓂᑫᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐦᑭᐤ ᒪᒋᑕᐎᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᑕᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᐁᑲᑴᐎᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᓀᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐊᐦᑭᐤ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐃᔕᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᓇᑯᓂᑫᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᒋᒥᐣᒐᒥᓇᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᐱᒥᐎᑐᐗᐨ ᐅᑕᐦᑭᒥᐗ᙮

ᔕᑯᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᑎᐸᒋᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᑲᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐁᓯᓭᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑲᑴᒪᓇᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᓯᐱᓂ ᒋᑭᑕᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ᙮

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Sachigo youth walkers reach Sioux Lookout

A celebration was held in Sioux Lookout to commemorate the arrival of the group of youth walkers who are making a 1,000 km journey from Sachigo Lake to Thunder Bay.

The youth are walking in sup-port of the proposed Dennis Franklin Cromarty living centre, which would give youth com-ing from northern communities a place to live in Thunder Bay while attending high school.

The walkers left Sachigo Lake on April 5 and expect to be in Thunder Bay on April 22.

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ᓴᒋᑯ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ ᑭᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐠ ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐠ

ᑲᑭᒥᓇᐗᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐠ ᐁᑭᑭᑭᓄᐗᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᑭᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ ᐁᐃᓀᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ 1,000 ᑕᓱᑎᐸᐦᐊᑲᐣ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᒪᒐᐗᐨ ᓴᒋᑯ ᐁᐃᔕᐗᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ᙮

ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ ᐅᐎᒋᑐᓇᐗ ᑲᐃᓀᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑌᓇᐢ ᐸᕒᐊᐣᐠᓬᐃᐣ ᑲᓇᕒᒧᕒᑎ ᑲᐯᔑᐎᑲᒥᐠ, ᒋᑭᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐱᐅᒋᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᒋᑲᐯᔑᐗᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑯᓯᐗᐨ᙮

ᑲᐱᒪᐦᐊᑐᐗᐨ ᑭᒪᒐᐗᐠ ᓴᒋᑯ ᐁᐳᕒᐅᓬ 5 ᒥᓇ ᑭᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐠ ᐗᓂᓇᐗᑲᐠ ᐁᐳᕒᐅᓬ 15᙮ ᒥᐌ ᐁᓀᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ ᐁᐳᕒᐅᓬ 22᙮

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Attawapiskat reimbursed for third-party manager

Attawapiskat First Nation has been reimbursed $136,132 for the money it was forced to pay for the third-party manager that was installed by the federal gov-ernment.

The third-party manager was put in charge of the band’s finances after Attawapiskat called for help on its housing crisis.

The First Nations’ chief and council refused to allow the third-party manager into the community, but were still forced to pay nearly $20,000 per month for his salary.

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ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᑭᑭᐌᒥᓇᐗᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑲᑭᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐎ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ

ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᑭᑭᐌᒥᓇᐗᐠ $136,132 ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐗᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐎ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐗᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ᙮

ᑲᑭᓇᑲᒋᐦᐃᐌᐨ ᑭᐊᓄᓇᑲᓀ ᒋᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐡᑾᐃᑭᑐᐗᐨ ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐁᑭᓇᑐᒥᐌᐗᐨ ᒋᐎᒋᐦᐊᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᓭᐗᐨ ᐗᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᐅᐣᒋ᙮

ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓇᔓᐌᐎᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐎᐣ ᐅᑐᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᐗᐣ ᑲᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᑎᑲᒥᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᐃᓇᑲᓀᐗᐠ ᒋᑎᐸᐦᐃᑫᐗᐨ $20,000 ᐯᔑᑯᐱᓯᒼ ᑲᑭᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐗᑲᓀᐨ ᑲᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ᙮

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Debeers finishes supply runs despite blockade

Supply runs for Debeer’s Vic-tor diamond mine were com-pleted during the winter road season, despite two blockades by Attawapiskat members that closed the winter road for 15 days.

Yet Debeers says it is still considering legal action against the blockaders, as it works on debriefing and analyzing the effect of the blockades.

Debeer’s spokesperson Tom Ormsby said the company was able to complete its supply runs via the winter road because of the extended cold weather in March.

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ᑎᐱᕒᐢ ᑭᑭᔑᐱᒪᐦᐅᑕᓱᐗᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᐱᐡᑭᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ

ᑲᑭᐱᒪᐦᐅᑕᓱᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑎᐱᕒᐢ ᐱᐠᑐᕒ ᐗᓴᑯᓀᐊᓯᐣ ᓄᑕᓯᓂᑫᐎᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᓇᐗ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐠ, ᐁᑭ ᑭᐸᑯᐡᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᓂᔡ ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ ᓂᔭᓄᔕᑊ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᐠ᙮

ᔕᑯᐨ ᑎᐱᕒᐢ ᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ ᐁᓇᓇᑲᑕᐌᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓂᐠ ᐁᐎᐸᑭᑎᓇᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᐸᑯᐡᑭᑫᐗᐨ, ᒣᑾᐨ ᐁᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᐁᑎᐸᑭᒋᑫᐗᐨ

ᒥᓇ ᐁᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᑲᑭᔑᓇᑭᐡᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᐁᔑᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᐸᑯᐡᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᑲᓇ᙮

ᑎᐱᕒᐢ ᑲᐃᑭᑐᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᑖᒼ ᐅᕒᒼᐱ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐃᐌ ᒪᒋᑕᐎᐣ ᐅᑭᑭᔑᑐᓇᐗ ᑲᑭᐱᒪᐦᐅᑕᓱᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᑭᑕᑲᔭᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᒫᕒᐨ᙮

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First Nations rally against education act

Chiefs of Ontario led a rally in Thunder Bay against the proposed federal educa-tion act.

The rally protested a con-sultation meeting between Aboriginal Affairs and North-ern Development staff and First Nations leaders.

The rally had the support of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Anishinabek Nation.

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ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᒪᐗᑐᐡᑲᐗᐠ ᐁᑭᓇᑲᐡᑲᒧᐗᐨ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᓇᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᑭᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᓇᐗ ᑲᑭᒪᐗᑐᐡᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᐡᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᓇᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ᙮

ᑲᑭᒪᐗᑐᐡᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᐗᐸᑕᐦᐃᐌᐗᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᒥᓉᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᒪᐗᒋᐦᐃᑎᐎᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐎ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ᙮

ᑲᑭᒪᐗᑐᐡᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᐅᒋ ᐎᒋᑐᐗᐠ ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ᙮

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NAN signs education partnership with Ontario, CanadaShawn BellWawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) has signed an memoran-dum of understanding (MOU) to work with Ontario and Can-ada on improving education outcomes for NAN students.

The agreement, signed dur-ing the Spring Chiefs Assembly in Mattagami First Nation on Apirl 9, intends to help support NAN students attending school at both First Nation and provin-cial schools.

“This MOU recognizes the authority and autonomy of NAN First Nations and reflects the original spirit and intent of the Treaties, which is Indian control of Indian education,”

said NAN Grand Chief Harvey Yesno in a press release. “By working collaboratively we will be better able to prepare our students with the self-confi-dence and educational oppor-tunities they need to reach their educational goals and achieve their full potential.”

The MOU lays out five areas on which NAN will work with the federal and provincial gov-ernments on education.

The list of priority areas includes improving student sup-port services for students living away from home, integrating First Nation culture, history, perspective and languages into school curriculum, and increas-ing the number of First Nation staff and Elders in provincial

schools.It also promises to explore

ways of increasing First Nation involvement in provincial schools and advisory bodies, and look at new organizational options for delivering second level services to First Nation schools.

Similar tri-partite agree-ments have been signed in Alberta, New Brunswick, Mani-toba and Quebec, among other regions. This is the first such agreement in Ontario.

Federal minister of Aborigi-nal Affairs, Bernard Valcourt, said the agreement is an exam-ple of how governments and First Nations can work together successfully.

“These agreements reflect

the perspectives and concerns of the communities they serve, which is vital if we are to suc-ceed in creating education sys-tems that truly meet the needs of First Nation students,” Val-court said.

The minister also used his speech to suggest that NAN leaders participate in the con-sultation on development of a First Nations Education Act.

“It is important that mem-bers of the Nishnawbe Aski First Nations participate in the upcoming consultations so that the experience of developing the agreement can be shared with other interested parties,” Valcourt said.

But NAN issued a statement later on the same day stat-

ing that NAN “unequivocally” remains firmly opposed to the development and enactment of a First Nations Education Act, despite the signing of the MOU with Canada and Ontario.

“The signing of this historic MOU in no way detracts from our steadfast opposition to any federal legislation with respect to First Nations education,” said NAN Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic. “We need educa-tion, not legislation, through fair and adequate funding that will ensure that First Nation students receive quality educa-tion on par with students across Canada.”

Students attending schools on reserves receive about $2,000 less in funding per year

than their peers at provincial run schools.

In 2004 Canada’s Auditor General concluded it would take 28 years to close the education gap between First Nations on-reserve and the rest of Canada.

“The government of Canada continues to shortchange stu-dents on-reserve compared to their provincial counterparts,” Kakegamic said. “Our young people are systematically denied their Treaty right to a quality education.”

NAN also stated it supported the education rally held in Thunder Bay on April 11, which protested outside a consultation session held for the education act.

ᔕᐧᐣ ᐯᓫᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐅᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᐣ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ᙮ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᑭᒧᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ

ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒪᑕᐧᑲᒥ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓴᑲᓱ ᒥᑭᓯ ᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌ ᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᔭᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᑲᑕᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ᙮

“ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐣ ᑕᔑᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑭᐱᒧᑕᒪᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᒪᔭᑦ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑭᒋᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᑌᑭᐸᐣ

ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑲᐱᒧᑕᒪᓯᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐡ ᐊᕑᐱ ᔦᐢᓇ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐠ᙮ “ᑲᑭᓇ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᔭᐠ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᔭᒥᓇᐠ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᓂ ᑌᐱᓇᒪᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᑫᑲᓇᐣ᙮”ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ

ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᐦᐊ ᐅᑕ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒋ᙮ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐦᐃ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᓴ ᑲᑕᐃᐧᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐊᐧᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔭ ᒋᐊᓂ ᒥᔑᓂᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ

ᑲᔭ ᑭᒋᐦᐊᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ᙮ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ

ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑫᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑲ ᑭ ᐃ ᔑ ᐃ ᐧ ᒋ ᒋ ᑲ ᑌ ᑲ ᐧ ᐸ ᓂ ᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ᙮ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᔦᐠ

ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐸᓂᐣ ᐊᕑᐯᑕ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐤ ᐯᕑᐊᐣᐢᐃᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒪᓇᑐᐸ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᐧᐦᐃᐯᐠ᙮ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᐁᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᑲᑌᐠ᙮ᑭᒋᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪ

ᐯᕑᓇᕑᐟ ᐸᓫᑲᐧᕑᐟ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒋᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᓭ ᐁᐦᐊᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ᙮�ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᐅᒋᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᐃᔑᐸᑯᓭᓂᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᔭᑲᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᒥᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᐅᓇᑐᔭᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ,� ᐸᓫᑲᐧᕑᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ᑭᒋᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑭᒪ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ

ᑲᑭᐊᔭᒥᐨ ᐅᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐟ᙮ �ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ

ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᓂᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔭ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᐡᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᑦ ᐱᑯ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫᐠ ᒋᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ,� ᐸᓫᑲᐧᕑᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ᓇᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐁᓇᑲᔑᑲᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐣ ᒥᑲ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐃᐧᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ᙮�ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ

ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᑕᐅᒋ ᒪᔭᑭᓭᓯᓄᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᓇᑲᐡᑲᒪᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ,� ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐡ ᑲᐧᔨᐢ ᑲᑭᑫᑲᒥᐠ᙮

�ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐅᒪ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ᙮�ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ $2000 ᓄᑕᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐱᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ᙮ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 2004 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ

ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐸᐣ ᑕᐡᐱᑯᐨ

ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᐁᐃᓇᓀᐤᐅᔕᐱᔭᑭ ᒋᐱᒪᓄᑭᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᓂᑯᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒋᑕᐱᑕᐃᐧᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᓂᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ᙮ �ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ

ᐅᓇᑕᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᔭᐸᒋᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᐃᔑᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄ,� ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐧᔨᐢ ᑲᑭᑫᑲᒥᐠ᙮ “ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᓯᓭᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑭᑐᐡᑲᑎᓯᒥᓇᓇᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᔭᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐊᔕ ᐱᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᑯᐸᓀᐣ᙮”ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᔭ

ᐅᑭᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᐣ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᒪᑲᐧᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᑫᐧᑐᐣᐠ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᑊ ᒥᑭᓯ ᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ᙮ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ᙮

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐃᐧᑎᓭ ᑭᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᐃ


Oskapewis (helper)

From the Wawatay archives

Wawatay News archivesUnloading cargo plane, Pikangikum 1983.

Commentary

Midnight Shine lights up the coast

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ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ 1974 ᐁᐅᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᐧᐁᑎᓄᐠᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑕᐃᑦᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ. ᑕᓱᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐧᐃ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᐃᐣ ᐅᓇᔓᐧᐁᐧᐃ ᑲᓇᐧᐊᐸᒋᑫᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᒋᐃᔑ ᐸᐸᒥᓯᒪᑲᐠ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER David Neegan

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERDavid [email protected]

EDITORShawn [email protected]

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CIRCULATIONAdelaide [email protected]

TRANSLATORSVicky AngeesFred JacobCharles Brown

CONTRIBUTORSXavier KataquapitChris KornackiRichard WagameseAllan Lisner

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A new First Nation music production has been launched by Midnight

Shine, which features an old friend of mine, Attawapiskat resident Adrian Sutherland. A lot of great music has come from James Bay over the past few decades and Midnight Shine represents a new crop of Aboriginal performers to add to this tradition. Midnight Shine, which is also the album title, is the first release by this group of First Nation musi-cians.

Laughter and music has been two of the great tools of survival of First Nations. All my life, I was surrounded by friends and family members who could sing, play the fiddle and step dance. The Scottish, Irish, French and English fur traders had a big impact on our people when they intro-duced us to the fiddle. Of course, the drum always had a place in our music from the days of my ancestors and now happily it is being featured more and more with tradi-tional drum groups all over the country.

Adrian and his younger brother Andrew have been part of several traditional drumming and singing groups for many years. Their family has always had a strong con-nection to Aboriginal culture and traditional activities. I know that Adrian has always loved music.

One of the main stays of music in Aboriginal communi-ties has always been country. I recall listening to so many country records, cassettes and then to CDs over so many years. Those great country art-ists like George Jones, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Hank Snow will forever be part of my experi-ence as a child growing up in Attawapiskat. This type of music has influenced our communities on the James Bay coast over many decades and it was a starting point for many music performers in the north. We had our own local musicians too with the Nakogee brothers that have entertained us for decades at community events and dances. One of the lead singers, George Nakogee is now better

known for working as a show host for Wawatay Radio on the James Bay coast. There have also been other music artists to come out of James Bay such as Lawrence Martin, Vern Cheechoo, Archie Cheechoo and Ron Kataquapit.

Adrian and his band, which includes members George Gillies on drums, guitarist Zach Tomatuck and Stan Lout-tit on bass and guitar, have produced a wonderful album. Some of the songs featured include my favourites ‘James Bay’ and ‘Indian In Disguise’. They describe the modern world my Aboriginal genera-tion currently lives in, where we have one foot in the past and one foot in the present. Adrian did most of the writing for the songs on the album and his sister Iris Sutherland also contributed with her writ-ing talent in the song ‘Small Town Girl’. You can check out the band and their music at: www.midnightshineonline.com.

I am so happy for Adrian that he is making his dreams come true. He has a great voice and the band is very tight musically. They recorded their album at Noble Street Studios in Toronto and it was mastered by George Seara. The album was produced by well known music promoter Douglas Romanow.

Adrian is a hard worker and he has first hand experience to know what it is to be an Anishinabe person in our mod-ern world. He understands very well where he has come from and where he is going. The music world and life in the big city is uncompromising and there are lots of cracks and holes on the pathway to success. Alcohol and drugs are a big part of the music scene and Adrian will have to draw on his knowledge as a tradi-tional person and his experi-ence in the world of addictions to keep strong in his path.

It is great to see some positive news come out of Attawapiskat. Like many First Nations, my commu-nity has had to deal with so many issues over the past few decades. Adrian is proof that strong connections to our tra-ditions and culture produce positive results.

Look for good things from Adrian Sutherland and Mid-night Shine and support and encourage their efforts. We need more role models like Adrian and his band members.

Xavier Kataquapit

UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

To: Chiefs of Canada

Hello, my name is Edmond Etherington. I am a Cree from Moose Factory, Ontario. I was one of the helpers for Chief Theresa Spence during her fast. I stayed on the island for 40 days as her helper along other helpers. Also I joined the Jour-ney of Nishiyuu and walked to Ottawa with the Cree and Algonquin people of Quebec. I have been trying to show Can-ada how serious I am for these bills and the effects they are going to have on the people.

I write to you for support for my cause. I walked across Canada in 2006 for the youth. So I made up my mind today. I will do this again for all native people. I will walk right across this country to get my message across to the people. I believe these bills can be stopped. At this time I do really take this

role I play in today’s society as a helper. I am a helper in cer-emonies. I am a helper in life. I don’t have the answers for this confusion. I can do what I feel what is needed to be done. So I am doing it. What I am trying to say is this confusion with the government is what they want. They want us to divide. They want us to go beyond and start fighting.

People say the government won’t listen. “We need to go to war.”

I say, ”No, we don’t need to go to war.” That is not the way. I will protect this land as my mother body lies beneath this soil where we rested her. I will be honoured to protect your family members who are not here no more. I say this with all my heart. I am asking from my heart stand with me. Help this helper out. Let’s all work together. Let’s take it a step fur-

ther and go beyond the govern-ment and let’s go to the Queen. She has the power to stop this. I know about what happen in the past. But treaties were signed with the Crown. Not with the Stephen Harper. Please take the time for your busy schedules as leaders and feel my words as a father, as a mother, as a grandparent, as a brother, as a sister, as a friend, not as a leader. We can change it takes one. They talk about Unity. Let’s Unite. Let’s show the world and the rest of Canada who we are as the originals that were here first.

I am just informing ahead of time before I leave. The date of the start will be on Mother’s Day. The day is on May 12, 2013. If I have to walk by myself, so be it. I will walk by myself. I ask just for the sup-port from First Nations across Canada. If you need more

information from me I will put up a Facebook group. I just got to find a person who knows how to do that. I will create a website. This website will have to people and their words of how they feel about this confu-sion. Either to speak on video or write it down.

I am looking for sponsors at the same time. If any of the youth want to join I invite them, just when we are in the area. I know this will turn into a big event. I will get my mes-sage across Canada. There is so much behind my decision. I will explain more. Thank you for taking the time of your busy schedule to read this.

In Respect,Edmond [email protected]


FindFind

in these communitiesin these communities

ArolandAtikokan

AttawapiskatBalmertownBatchewana

Bearskin LakeBeaverhouse

Big GrassyBig Island

Big Trout LakeBrunswick House

CalstockCat Lake

ChapleauCochrane

CollinsCouchichingCouchiching

Deer LakeDinorwicDrydenEar Falls

EmoFlying PostFort AlbanyFort Frances

Fort HopeFort SevernGeraldton

GinoogamingGrassy Narrows

Gull BayHornepayne

HudsonIskatewizaagegan

Kapuskasing Kasabonika

KashechewanKeewaywin

KenoraKingfisher Lake

KochechingLac La Croix

Lac Seul, Kejick BayLake NipigonLansdowneLong Lake

MattagammiMichipicoten

Migisi SahgaiganMissanabie

MobertMoose Factory

MoosoneeMuskrat Dam

Musselwhite MineNaicatchewenin

NaotikamegwanningNestor Falls

NicikousemenecaningNorth Spirit Lake

Northwest Angle #33Northwest Angle #37

Ochiichagwe’Babigo’ IningOgoki

Pic RiverOsnaburgh

PawitikPays Plat

Peawanuck

Pickle LakePikangikumPoplar HillRainy RiverRed LakeRed RockRocky Bay

Sachigo LakeSandy Lake

SaugeenSault Ste. Marie

Savant LakeSeine RiverShoal Lake

Sioux LookoutSioux Narrows

Slate FallsStanjikoming

StrattonSummer Beaver

Taykwa TagamouTimmins

Thunder BayWabaskangWabigoon

WahgoshingWapekeka

Washaganish Wauzhusk Onigum

WawakapewinWeagamow Lake

WebequieWhitedogWhitesand

Wunnimun Lake

(Note: the Gathering was held at the Sunset Suites in Sioux Lookout on Feb 19-21, 2013)

PROGRAM:

Day One

Anderson, Board Chair

Day Two

Day Three

WRN Broadcast of the Equay-wuk Gathering 2013

Saturday April 20, 2013 12:00pm to 4:00pm CST;Sunday April 21, 2013 1:00pm to 5:00pm CST.

Submitted photoEquay-wuk’s new board of directors was elected on February 20, 2013.Top l-r:Faith Nymark - Secretary (Mishkeegogamang), Dorothy Sakanee - Board member (Neskantaga) Sitting l-r: Sarah Winter - Treasurer (Kingfisher Lake), Lucy Quezance - Vice Chair (Lac Seul), Clara Car-roll - Chair (Lac Seul), Dora Beardy - Elder/Board member (Bearskin Lake)

Equay-wuk’s new board of directors

Kasabonika Northern Store awards grand

prize - an ATV

Kasabonika Lake member Raymond Morris was the lucky winner of the community’s new Northern Store’s grand prize, a Yamaha Kodiak 400 ATV. The prize was part of the grand opening celebration that also included many other smaller prizes being won during the store’s first week. Morris won the ATV on March 23.

Photo submitted by Mitchell Diabo


Calling all northern artistsinterested in arts education skills

With Ontario Arts Council (OAC) support, the Royal Conservatory is offering a 30-hour Artist-Educator Foundations Course in Sioux Lookout. If you are an artist interested in working in a school or other community settings, this course is for you!

Participants are required to attend all sessions at:

Centennial Centre, 54 Front StreetMay 3 - 5 and May 10 - 12Fridays 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.Saturdays and Sundays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ontario artists pay only $60 with the OAC subsidy. The regular costfor the course is $600.Travel and accommodation subsidies are now available.For more information and to register, go to http://learning.rcmusic.ca/ learning-through-arts/artist-educator-foundations-course

For questions about this course: Marilyn McIntosh OAC’s Northwestern Consultant 807-622-4279 toll-free 1-866-391-2221, ext. 1606 [email protected]

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Victor Mine receives ‘needed’ supplies during winter road seasonDe Beers still considering legal action against blockadersLenny CarpenterWawatay News

Despite losing more than two weeks of the winter road season along the James Bay coast due to two separate blockades, De Beers Canada says it was able to ship the necessary fuel and sup-plies to its Victor Mine site.

Tom Ormsby, De Beers’ direc-tor of external and corporate affairs, said the diamond min-ing company was able to receive the “needed” shipments thanks to the longer winter season. The James Bay winter road officially closed on March 29, two weeks longer than the previous winter road season.

“We were extremely fortu-nate that the weather in north-ern Ontario was colder than usual for a longer than period of time,” Ormsby said. “And that did allow us to get in what we needed to get in before we lost the winter road.”

Ormsby also acknowledged the work of local crews and businesses in putting in the extra effort once the road re-opened following the last block-ade.

“Because of their strong plan-ning and the fact we got strong support from the ground, from the local businesses and oth-ers, that when the program was able to resume, it did so safely and quickly,” Ormsby said.

De Beers had lost 15 days of its winter road program to ship supplies due to two blockades.

On Feb. 4, a small group of Attawapiskat community members put a blockade on the 90-kilometre road between the First Nation and Victor Mine site, citing issues with the com-

munity’s Impact Benefit Agree-ment with De Beers. It ended on Feb. 6 after an agreement was reached between the group, De Beers and Attawapis-kat leaders.

A second blockade was put up on Feb. 10 by a different group of community members. De Beers filed a court injunc-tion, which was granted on Feb. 15. The community members took down their blockade on Feb. 22 after a Timmins judge ordered police to make arrests if the blockaders did not comply.

Although the Victor Mine site received what it needed to operate for another year, not all of the supplies made it to the site.

“So now we have to do an assessment to see if there any-thing we didn’t get in, what are the costs involved, things like that,” Ormsby said on April 2. “That debrief hasn’t been done yet.”

After the road re-opened, Ormsby told Wawatay News that De Beers is considering legal action against the block-aders, depending on the finan-cial impacts.

Now that the winter road season is over, Ormsby said De Beers would conduct an assess-ment of the impacts of the blockades.

“And from there, we’ll have to get some advice from others in the company and some legal (advice) and what are the next possible steps,” he said. “Until that next debrief is done and a full analysis, including finan-cial, (is complete), it’s hard to forecast what the next steps will be.”


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“Creating a New Legacy for Success”

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Lenny CarpenterWawatay News

As federal government offi-cials met with what Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy called “a small number of chiefs” about the First Nations Education Act in Thunder Bay, dozens of people protested out-side the consultation meeting.

The Chiefs of Ontario orga-nized the April 11 protest, in order to show opposition to the proposed federal education act on which Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Canada (AANDC) officials were conducting consultations.

Last December, the Ontario chiefs passed a resolution rejecting AANDC’s consultation process for the First Nations Education Act on the grounds that it was not based on a true partnership with First Nations.

“It’s pre-selected who can make a presentation and they’re inviting a small number of chiefs just so they can say they did their consultation,” Beardy said following the rally. “If it was to be done properly, it’s the right-holders who need to be part of this process, but I’m not sure our membership has been invited to speak to this panel about this process.”

The federal government is expecting to pass the First Nations Education Act in Sep-tember 2014. The bill, which is based on the results of a joint task force co-sponsored by AANDC and the Assembly of First Nations, is expected to pro-mote the creation of regional native school boards. Individual band schools would be gath-ered into the boards, which would look after staffing, capi-tal budgets and developing a Native-centred curriculum.

AFN initially supported the bill until the framework for the consultation process was revealed last December.

According to the AFN, data shows the First Nations high school graduation rate is 36 per cent, compared to 72 per cent in Canada overall. A First Nations youth is more likely to end up in jail than graduate high school.

Beardy said there are many inequalities facing First Nations people, but as opportunities are arising – particularly in min-ing – many are unable to take advantage due to the inad-equacies in education in First Nations communities.

“We need qualified educa-

tors, we need proper facilities, and we need support mecha-nisms for our students to make sure they have their chance of succeeding at the post-second-ary level,” Beardy said.

But he said that is not hap-pening, and the lack of proper consultation in this process will hurt future generations.

Looking at the average Canadian or Ontarian, First Nations receive far less per stu-dent in the area of education.

“If we’re forced to accept any less, it’s a crime,” Beardy said. “We’re talking about basic uni-versal rights. It’s the right for the children, especially for one of the richest countries, and there is no reason why our children (don’t) have the same opportunity as the average Canadian.”

“We’re talking about dis-crimination here.”

The rally began with speeches by Beardy, Anishi-nabek Grand Chief Patrick Madahbee, Association of Iro-quois and Allied Indians Grand Chief Gord Peters, and others.

The protesters then marched to the windows outside the conference room where the consultations were taking place, where they made more speeches and performed a round dance.

The rally proceeded into the conference room where Beardy and Peters made short speeches on the need for a nation-to-nation dialogue and for the federal government to honour the treaties. It ended peacefully with a drum prayer song.

Beardy said this is only the beginning. He said the Idle No More grassroots movement seems to have faded after The-resa Spence’s hunger strike and the series of rallies that took place last winter.

“It’s very obvious now that we’re not being listened to,” Beardy said. “And I think we need to go back to the mobili-zation of our rights-holders to be on the ground to put pres-sure and advocate for funda-mental changes to ensure we have a quality of life for our children.”

Chiefs of Ontario rally against education act

“It’s very obvious now that we’re not being lis-tened to.”

-Stan Beardy

Lenny Carpenter/Wawatay News

Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy, left, rallied against the consulta-tion process for a federal First Nations education act in Thunder Bay on April 11.


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Finding ways to combat high northern pricesLenny CarpenterWawatay News

Two individuals in northern Ontario recently began initia-tives to help bring lower food costs to the far north.

Wendy Kakekaspan of Fort Severn organized a semi-trailer to bring in supplies from Win-nipeg for fellow community members while Joe Duncan of Muskrat Dam began a business out of Thunder Bay to ship food and other supplies up to north-ern communities.

In January, Kakekaspan said she was thinking of ways for the community to benefit from the winter road. In the past, she would travel with other com-munity members in a truck to

go shopping down south, usu-ally in Winnipeg.

“A lot of people don’t have a truck, and I was just think-ing, what if I just pay for a semi (trailer) and get the community to order stuff through a whole-sale grocery store,” she said.

Kakekaspan visited or called other community members and gained a lot of support and will-ing participants.

Using the band council’s contacts, she reached a truck-ing company and wholesaler in Winnipeg.

About 43 community mem-bers committed to Kakekaspan’s initiative by pre-paying their orders in advance.

Initially, based on the truck-ing estimate, it would have cost

more than $290 per person for the freight fees. But Kakekas-pan held four bingos and raised $4,000 to help with the semi-trailer rental. It brought down the cost to less than $220 per person.

The community members ordered mostly dry goods such as flour, sugar, lard, juice, cook-ing oil, detergent, and toiletry items.

“The most basic items you need in the community,” Kakekaspan said, adding that the orders were made in bulk.

The First Nation helped with renting a semi with a cooler trailer, allowing meat orders to be made.

The total order of the food and supplies was over $40,000.

The shipments arrived on March 22 and 10-15 volun-teers – including high school students in need of community hours – helped to sort out the orders.

Kakekaspan said when some community members backed out of ordering, she made addi-tional orders.

“I made a community order – for those people who didn’t order anything, they had a chance again to buy stuff again here that came in,” she said. “Everything was gone within 24 hours.”

Kakekaspan said the idea to rent a semi-trailer arose due to the costs of food and items at the local store.

“It was because the stuff here is so expensive,” she said.

For instance, 10 kilograms of flour is about $50 locally. The wholesale store in Winnipeg sold the same size and brand for $7.50. Taking the freight into consideration, it cost $18 thanks to Kakekaspan’s initia-tive.

Similarly, 10 kg of sugar is $42 locally. With freight, it cost $22.24.

Duncan knows too well the high costs of food in the north. Through his past employment with a governmental organi-zation, the 36-year-old has travelled to about 20 of the 35 fly-in communities in northern Ontario. He also lived in Musk-rat Dam for about five years.

One thing he noticed in most of the communities was the lack of variety of products, particularly fresh products like produce.

“When I would fly out to the communities, nurses would ask me to bring romaine let-tuce or fresh cheese,” he said.

“From my experience in going up north, a lot of the fresh pro-duce is not fresh. But it depends which community you’re in.”

Duncan would get requests from family members living in the north to send bulk items from Thunder Bay, something he also requested of family members when he lived up north.

Duncan noticed that gro-cery stores in Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout had offered a service to ship groceries up north.

“And I thought, why can’t a Native person do it?” he said. “Why do we have to rely on people who have nothing to do with First Nations?”

The notion led Duncan to develop a business called Moc-casin Delivery, which officially opened in late-March.

In preparing for the launch, Duncan worked for three months on designing the web-site (moccasindelivery.com), which features some of the products and services he offers.

He also established contacts with a wholesaler and an air-line, the latter of which is offer-ing flat-rate fees for bulk ship-ments.

For his services, Duncan is charging a flat-rate fee of $24.99.

For the products, he charges the same price as the whole-saler.

“There’s no mark up in that area,” he said. “It defeats the purpose when you are trying to sell a cheap product when you’re marking up the price yourself.”

And food is not the only item Moccasin Delivery will offer delivery services for.

Recalling his desire for cer-tain products when he lived up north, Duncan is offering to ship up items from fast food and coffee businesses.

“Giving that option to order it or whatever, I’m just trying to provide another selection for the communities in the north,” he said.

Moccasin Delivery is still new, and thus Duncan has not received a lot of business so far. But he hopes word of his services will reach the north. The closure of the winter roads could help too.

“Hopefully, by June, we’ll definitely be building a positive, reliable, honest business up north. That’s my goal.”

Meanwhile, Kakekaspan is planning on organizing another initiative to rent a semi-trailer the next winter road season. She recently made a Facebook page for community members to offer product and store sug-gestions.

“For the first time doing this, it went really well,” she said. “The whole community got involved.”

She said there were hardly any damages to the items this year.

“Just pop,” she said, add-ing with a laugh: “So we’re not going to do pop orders next time.”

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING AND CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP

Friday, June 21, 2013 - 7:00 p.m.Cameron Bay Children’s Centre, 820

Lakeview Drive, Kenora, ON

Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child and Family Services is a Children’s Aid Society mandated under legislation to protect children and to provide care, support and counselling services. The Society operates under a Board of Directors, which is made up of volunteers from the communities served. It is essential for the Society to have a large and caring membership and a strong and active Board of Directors to carry out our mandate.

To vote at the Annual Meeting on any issues that may require a vote, the Society Membership must be purchased by 4:30 p.m., May 22, 2013. Cost of the Membership fee is $2.00.

Atikokan: 211 Main Street West (Phone: 807-597-2700)Dryden: 175 West River Road (Phone: 807- 223-5325)Fort Frances: 240 First Street E., Suite 200 (Phone: 807-274-7787)Kenora: 820 Lakeview Drive (Phone: 807-467-5437)Red Lake: 201 Howey Street (Phone: 807-727-2165)Sioux Lookout: 41 King Street (Phone: 807-737-3250)

“From my experience in going up north, a lot of the fresh produce is not fresh...”

– Joe Duncan


Journey of New Beginnings reaches Sioux Lookout


The 10 youth walkers from Sachigo Lake reached Sioux Lookout on April 16, 11 days after they embarked on their 1,000-kilometre walk to Thun-der Bay.

The walk, called the Journey of New Beginnings, is aimed at fundraising for the recently announced Dennis Franklin Cromarty Living Centre, which is scheduled to be open by the 2015-16 school year.

Among the walkers is Devon Thunder, who first attended DFC when he was 15. The 19-year-old knows the tempta-tions and challenges students face when they leave their com-munity for the city.

“It was kind of messed because I was drinking lots,” he said of his time in Thunder Bay. “I got kicked out of school and messed all that up.”

Thunder never completed high school, and he wonders if his outcome would have been different had there been a central residence for all DFC students during his time at the school.

“I thought a lot about that,” he said. “Maybe I wouldn’t have drunk as much.”

But Thunder hopes that by taking part in the journey and helping to fundraising for the new DFC living centre, he can give back to future generations.

“I have a few kids of my own. Maybe in the future they can go,” he said.

A potential DFC student and resident at the Dennis Franklin Cromarty Living Centre is eight-year-old Karma Barkman.

The Grade 3 student joined the walk because she knows some youth who attended DFC and wanted to help fundraise for the living centre.

Barkman said the walk was challenging for her, as it was difficult to keep up with the other walkers.

“I don’t know, because I’m small,” she said with a giggle when asked why.

But she said she was able to keep warm during the win-ter road portion of the walk, which ended on April 8 when the Journey of New Beginnings reached Pickle Lake.

Barkman said she was “happy” to have reached Sioux Lookout and her favourite part has been “how far we walked.”

The walkers were greeted with a welcoming ceremony at

the Nishnawbe-Gamik Friend-ship Centre on April 15, where prayers and drum songs were performed for the youth fol-lowed by a feast.

National Chief Shawn Atleo was scheduled to be in attendance for the ceremony, but poor weather conditions resulted in his travel cancella-tion.

In a media release sent out after his flight cancellation, Atleo offered his praise for the youth.

“This is what change is about – youth leading the way. At the same time, they must be reas-sured that they are not alone,” Atleo said. “We stand with these leaders and press for greater attention and greater support.”

Thunder said although the youth knew each other prior to the walk, the journey has allowed them to bond.

“Oh yeah, big time. Every-one’s talking to each other now,” he said. “Adding each other to Facebook and all that.”

Although the walk is aimed at fundraising, Thunder said he does not know how much is raised so far. He does not bother to ask.

“Our group is not really wor-ried about the money,” he said. “We’re just walking. We’re not even worried about how much we walk a day.”

As the walkers continue on with the next leg of their jour-ney to Thunder Bay, Thunder hopes that more will join them.

“I’d like that: more people to get involved,” he said.

For Barkman, the funnest part of the walk is “all the goof-ing around.”

“I’m just having fun walking,” she said.

The other walkers are former DFC students Randell Bark-man, Lazlo Kaminawash, Kevin Smith, William Ombash, Char-maine Barkman, and Genevieve Beardy; and elementary school students Keyra Barkman and Janessa Barkman.

The walkers expect to reach Thunder Bay on April 22.

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our communications and internet connections. We appreciate the efforts of our OHRG

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Submitted photoThe Journey of New Beginnings walkers have reached Sioux Lookout after leaving Sachigo Lake on April 5 for a 1,000-kilometre fundraising walk for the Dennis Franklin Cromarty Living Centre in Thunder Bay.

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Moose Cree artist explores relationship between humans and animals in cities

Rick GarrickWawatay News

Moose Cree artist Duane Linklater is raising con-cerns about the environ-ment through his video art exhibition: Something About Encounter.

“It’s important for us to think about our relationship with animals, and if we think about our relationship with animals, we think about our relationship with nature,” Linklater said during his April 12 opening reception for the April 13 - May 19 exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gal-lery. “Especially in Canada right now, or in North Amer-ica or anywhere else in the world for that matter, I think

it’s important for us to think about our environment and the effect that we have on the environment.”

Linklater said the current way of life is not sustainable.

“These sort of environmen-tal concerns that people are having are very legitimate and very real,” Linklater said. “We should think about that and talk about that and maybe this is one way we can.”

Linklater’s exhibition fea-tures iPhone video clips of his encounters with a variety of animals, including coyotes, rabbits, geese and deer, in urban environments across Canada.

“At this point there’s foot-age from Toronto, Vancouver,

Edmonton and Banff,” Lin-klater stated in the exhibition catalogue. “The works are videos of animals that I see and maybe even engage with

somehow that have been doc-umented using my iPhone. It is the quickest way of video-recording nowadays.”

Linklater began the proj-ect by capturing a coyote in Vancouver as a way to docu-ment “the moment” that was happening in front of him.

“I thought the moment talked about a lot of things all at once,” Linklater said. “It has a lot to do with the relationships of cities to its surroundings and boundar-ies, and of the idea of maybe the animals not caring about those things. For the animals it is maybe sort of a new sur-vival for them.”

Linklater noted that wild animals seem to be wander-ing into urban environments in most cities.

“Sometimes they’re like everyday kinds of things, like I saw a moose one time, ha ha,” Linklater said. “But other times we might have been alone and this animal might have appeared out of nowhere and it might have had some kind of significant sort of interaction (with us).”

Linklater recalled an emo-tional encounter he and another driver had with a deer a few years ago in Edmonton, Alta.

“This car just abruptly stopped in front of me, and

the driver ran out,” Linklater said. “I got out to help him — I didn’t know what happened — and he had hit a baby deer. He lifted up this deer like it was a child and he was crying because he felt so bad.”

Linklater called for people to continue raising environ-mental concerns, noting recent protests by Idle No More and Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence.

“If we think about our environment, we are think-ing ahead of ourselves, our children or our children’s children or our children’s children’s children, to make sure that environment is still there when it’s time for us to leave,” Linklater said. “I think in the videos, that maybe the showing up of animals in the urban environment are little symptoms of our expansion of the urban. The urban is always growing and grow-ing and it’s overlapping with flight migrations and habitats of animals.”

Linklater said that polar bears have started entering his grandmother’s community of Peawanuck, on the Hudson Bay coast.

“These animals, by their actions because they can’t really speak words like you and I, I think they can say things by their actions,” Lin-klater said. “By a coyote com-ing into the city, I think that’s saying something. I think it’s saying something on behalf of the environment, which the coyote comes from.”

Linklater’s work has been exhibited and screened at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Alberta, Fam-ily Business Gallery in New York City and the Power Plant in Toronto. He studied at the University of Alberta and completed his masters of fine arts in film and video at the Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts at Bard College in upstate New York.

REVIEWTrout Lake Forest 2009–2019 Forest Management PlanReview of Proposed Operations for Phase II 2014–2019 Information Centre

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Domtar Pulp and Paper Products Inc. and the Red Lake Local Citizens Committee (LCC) invite you to an information centre to help us develop the second five-year term (2014–2019) of the 2009–2019 Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the Trout Lake Forest.

You will have the opportunity to review and comment on:

tending operations; and

second five-year term.

You will also have an opportunity to contribute to the background information to be used in planning.

How to Get Involved

To facilitate your review, an information centre(s) will be held at the following location(s) from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the following days:

May 21, 2013 – Red Lake Chukuni United Church (basement)May 22, 2013 – Ear Falls Legion

A summary map showing proposed areas for harvest, renewal and tending operations as well as the proposed road corridors will be available at the information centre or upon request.

The information and maps available at the information centre will also be available for review and comment at the Domtar Dryden office and at the MNR Red Lake District Office, by appointment, during normal office hours for a period of 30 days from May 21 to June 20, 2013. Comments must be received by Gregg Lloyd at the MNR Red Lake District Office by June 20, 2013.

Meetings with representatives of the planning team and the LCC can be requested at any time during the planning process. Reasonable opportunities to meet planning team members during non-business hours will be provided upon request. If you require more information or wish to discuss your interests and concerns with a planning team member, please contact one of the individuals listed below:

Gregg Lloyd, RPF, Forester Janet Lane, RPF, Forester Gary Beardsley, LCC RepMinistry of Natural Resources Enhancement Forester Red Lake LCCRed Lake District Office Domtar Pulp and Paper Products Inc. P.O. Box 611P.O. Box 5003, 227 Howey Street 1 Duke Street, Postal Bag 4004 Ear Falls, ON P0V 1T0Red Lake, ON P0V 2M0 Dryden, ON P8N 3J7 tel: 807-223-3586tel: 807-727-1347 tel: 807-223-9156 fax: 807-727-2861 fax: 807-223-9401

During the planning process, there is an opportunity to make a written request to seek resolution of issues with the plan author, the MNR District Manager or the Regional Director using a process described in the Forest Management Planning Manual (2009).

The operations for the first five-year term (Phase I) of the 10-year FMP (2009–2019) are nearing completion and detailed planning for the second five-year term (Phase II) operations are commencing. This first stage (Stage 1) notice is to invite you to review and comment on proposed operations and to contribute to the background information to be used in planning.

Stay Involved

There will be two more formal opportunities for you to be involved. These stages are tentatively scheduled as follows:

Stage 2 – Review of Draft Planned Operations September 2013Stage 3 – Inspection of MNR-Approved Planned Operations January 2014

The tentative scheduled date for submission of the draft planned operations is July 2013.

If you would like to be added to a mailing list to be notified of public involvement opportunities, please contact Pamela Dittrich at 807-727-1328.

The MNR is collecting your personal information and comments under the authority of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. Any personal information you provide (address, name, telephone, etc.) will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; however, your comments will become part of the public consultation process and may be shared with the general public. Your personal information may be used by the MNR to send you further information related to this forest management planning exercise. If you have questions about the use of your personal information, please contact Trevor Park at 807-727-1344.

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsMoose Cree artist Duane Linklater discusses his video art exhibition Something About Encounter during the April 12 opening reception at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.

“By a coyote coming into the city, I think that’s saying some-thing. I think it’s saying something on behalf of the environment, which the coyote comes from.”

-Duane Linklater


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Horizon Hydro Operations Ltd. is proposing to construct a 3 to 4 MW hydroelectric Project at Big Falls on Trout Lake River within the unorganized Township of Gerry.

and penstock leading to a powerhouse at the base of the falls on the left bank and an access road and transmission line to connect to existing facilities along South

approximately 31 km north of Ear Falls (See map). The project is subject to the Class Environmental Assessment for Waterpower Projects and is categorized as a project on an unmanaged waterway pursuant to the Class EA. An Environmental Report (“ER”) has been prepared as required under the Class EA. The proposed project has been reviewed in a process consistent with the Class EA

Hydro Project ER. The conclusions of the ER indicate that the Project will not cause

ER may be reviewed during this period at the following public locations:

The ER may also be viewed electronically at: www.troutlakehydro.caHorizon Hydro Operations Ltd. must receive all comments in writing regarding the

correspondence should be sent to: Karen McGhee Noel Boucher Horizon Hydro Operations Ltd. Hatch Ltd.

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Youth walking to Ottawa over water pollutionRick GarrickWawatay News

A group of Youth for Lakes walkers is raising concerns about Lake Winnipeg’s dete-riorating environmental con-ditions by walking more than 2,100 kilometres to Ottawa.

“It’s very important to protect our water — we’re walking for our water,” said Ben Raven, a Jackhead First Nation Treaty 7 citizen from Winnipeg. “Some of our last consumable water is under threat, especially in our home communities on Lake Winnipeg, which is one of the most threatened lakes in the world. We’re the next genera-tion so we’re trying to protect our future.”

Raven said the water is threatened by blue-green algae, pipelines and diversions.

“When you mess with the fil-ter systems, we all know that is the land, once you start divert-ing natural flows you’re creat-ing different disasters for the

land,” Raven said. “It damages the filter system and you cannot fix that.”

Lake Winnipeg was named Threatened Lake of the Year 2013 by Global Nature Fund (GNF), a German non-profit, independent international

foundation.GNF is concerned about the

future of Lake Winnipeg, as nutrients from agricultural run-off and sewage discharges are stimulating the growth of large amounts of blue-green algae and imbalancing the lake’s food

web.GNF also raised concerns

about the increasing frequency and severity of flooding associ-ated with climate warming, the drainage of wetlands and the regulation of water levels.

Raven said the walkers, who left Winnipeg on March 28 and expect to arrive in Ottawa by the middle of May after about 45 days on the road, have rec-ognized that their future is in jeopardy.

“We’re ready to stand up and ready to take notice and take this ... right straight to (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper,” Raven said. “We’ve had great experiences along the way, some being bad and some being good.”

Raven said the walk has been a spiritual journey, an aware-ness journey and a cultural-based journey so far.

“We’ve experienced different cultures; we’ve experienced our ancestor’s roots,” Raven said. “A lot of us being urban Natives

from Winnipeg, Man., we’ve lost our culture but being back in these territories has taught us a lot about our culture and it gives us a better understanding of why we are doing this, why we’re protecting Mother Earth and why these waters are so important for us the seventh generation.”

Raven said the wilderness was “beautiful” along their walking route from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay.

“You get that connection back to the land because we’re threading Mother Earth lightly with each step,” Raven said.

The federal government announced an investment of $18 million in 2012 for the five-year Phase II Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative, which focuses on improving water quality for people living in the region as well as for fish and wildlife in and surrounding Lake Winni-peg.

The Lake Winnipeg Basin Ini-tiative was developed to restore

the ecological health of Lake Winnipeg, reduce pollution from sources such as agricul-ture, industry and wastewater and improve water quality for fisheries and recreation.

Lake Winnipeg’s watershed covers about one million sq. kilometres of land in Mani-toba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Mon-tana.

Meanwhile, another group of walkers — the Mississippi River Water Walkers — is walking south with a ceremonial copper pail of water from the headwa-ters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota to its mouth in New Orleans to raise awareness that it is the second-most-polluted river in the United States.

The four women and one man, three of whom are Native Americans, began their about 1,900 kilometre walk on March 1 and expect to arrive in New Orleans by the end of April.

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsThe Youth for Lakes walkers from Manitoba stopped in Fort William First Nation during their 45-day walk to Ottawa over water pollution.


Sharing traditional sciences at Confederation CollegeChris KornackiSpecial to Wawatay News

Traditional sciences were on display at Thunder Bay’s Confederation College dur-ing the Let’s Talk Science outreach program’s fourth annual Aboriginal Science Fair.

The science fair, held on April 12, showcased projects, solutions and innovations with direct Aboriginal con-tent. Students from across the region in grades 8 to 12 were at the college to show-case their Aboriginal-themed science fair displays at the event.

Sandra Stiles, organizer with Let’s Talk Science, said

that “the premise of the dis-plays is to have Aboriginal students showcasing the science behind traditional knowledge and to ref lect on their traditional culture.”

“There’s so many unique and interesting displays here today,” she said.

Projects showcased during the fair included the impacts of water on the land, the medicine wheel, sacred cere-monies and traditional weap-ons and tools.

Gregory Pelletier, a student at Crolancia in Pickle Lake, did a presentation on First Nations weapons.

“I find weapons pretty interesting,” Pelletier said.

Through his research for his project he said he learned that sinew was used as bow-strings and that shale or bone was used for knifes.

“I liked talking to people and sharing information about my project,” he said about spending the day at the science fair. “I liked learning about other peoples project like the arrowheads and how the size and shape affects the length and accuracy of the shot.”

Leonard Wavy, another stu-dent from Crolancia in Pickle Lake, did a presentation on dream catchers.

“They are pretty interest-ing, how they can get rid of bad dreams,” Wavy said. “I worked on my presentation for two weeks and learned all about how they work and how they function and the history behind them.”

Nathan Jousmaki, program coordinator with Let’s Talk Science, said the goal of the event is to raise awareness and promote the traditional sciences.

“Society has strayed away from traditional knowledge,” Jousmaki said. “Sharing that knowledge and a sense of community by having the older students mentoring the younger students is what we like most from the event.”

Let’s Talk Science is a national outreach organiza-tion committed to community and school outreach by post-secondary students and pro-fessional volunteers.

At the end of the day judges were on hand to award some of the most notable pre-sentations. Awards were pre-sented to Cassandra Jolicoeur from Dryden High School for Best Use of Research; Alissa Van Wynen from Dryden High School for Best Oral Presen-tation and Best Interactive; Kayla Kakepetum from Den-nis Franklin Cromarty High School for Best Visual Display and Use of Primary Research; Preston Greer from Schreiber High School for Best Example of Experimental Method; and Dabney Bouchard from Sch-reiber High School for Best Young Scientist.

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Closing Date: May 6, 2013 at 4:30 pmNo resumes after this time will be accepted.

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

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

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITYClient Services Department

DIETARY AIDESInternal/External Posting

Casual PositionLocation: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

The Dietary Aides are responsible to meet the dietary needs of the Hostel clients.

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Grade 12 or GED;

to obtain);

Must be independent and self motivated worker;Possess excellent communication skills;Possess excellent team building and networking skills.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITYAbility 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;Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently;Must be willing to do shift work; Must be willing to relocate to Sioux Lookout.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal

Reference Check to:



Phone: (807) 737-1802Fax: (807) 737-2969


Closing Date: April 26, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.

No resumes received after this time will be accepted.

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will

be contacted.

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

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITYClient Services Department

HOUSEKEEPERInternal/External Posting

Casual PositionLocation: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

The Housekeeper is responsible to keep the Hostel and

QUALIFICATIONSMinimum Grade 12 or GED;

an asset; Ability to lift 20+ lbs;Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills;Possess excellent team building and networking skills.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITYExperience 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;Must be willing to do shift work; Must be willing to relocate and live in Sioux Lookout.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date

Criminal Reference Check with a Vulnerable Persons Sector Check to:



Phone: (807) 737-1802Fax: (807) 737-2969




The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted

an interview will be contacted.


SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITYFinance Department

FINANCE CLERKInternal/External Posting

TERM Employment (6 months) With possibility of being extended Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Must be willing to relocate

The Finance Clerk will be responsible for the administrative func-tions of Accounts Receivable. This position will also be responsible for providing coverage and support within the Finance Department.

QUALIFICATIONS

Previous bookkeeping experience required with a minimum of

Possess excellent interpersonal skills, organizational and

Must be able to work independently and meet deadlines in a high paced work environment.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY

Must have experience and understanding of Native culture, and the geographic realities and social conditions within remote First

Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations Dialects of the Sioux Lookout District will be an asset.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date

Criminal Reference Check to:

Human Resources DepartmentSioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority

61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8

Phone: (807) 737-1802Fax: (807) 737-2969




The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.


Naicatchewenin Development Corporation requires an

1 Year Maternity Leave Contract40 hours/week; full-time

(Internal/External Posting)Naicatchewenin Development Corporation is seeking an individual with a professional work ethic and who has strong organizational

leave contract).

duties; such as managing contractual obligations for projects

are not limited to, assign and monitor clerical, administrative and

1. Must have Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or Equivalent;2. 3.

4. 5. Understanding of First Nations’ management, culture and

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To ensure consideration, please submit a covering letter, resume and two professional references-one of which

authorization to contact references must also be included with the application.

fax, or by email addressed to:

Naicatchewenin Development Corporation

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required to submit to a drug test as a condition of employment.


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Lac Seul creating culinary school

Rick GarrickWawatay News

Lac Seul First Nation is devel-oping a culinary school and res-taurant in an old grocery store in Hudson.

“Once the culinary school is up and operational, the students will actually have that practical experience of serving to a live audience,” said Ajay Jack, coor-dinator of the Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence. “There have been a lot of people within the surrounding area of Sioux Lookout and Dryden area (that have expressed an interest in the culinary program). We’d like to say that we’d intake students all the way from Kenora, Fort Fran-ces, Thunder Bay and the north-ern fly-in communities.”

Lac Seul received $132,000 in FedNor funding to retrofit the old Grants grocery store over the next year to accommodate the culinary school, which is scheduled to open in early-to-mid 2014.

“The Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence will soon be pro-viding culinary training to meet the increasing need for quali-fied cooks in many industries in northern Ontario,” said Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull during the April 10 funding announce-ment.

The culinary school will include the Rolling Portage Cafe restaurant, which is named after the former name of Hudson.

“I am very pleased to be joined here today with Chief Bull, the students and members of the community to announce our government’s support for this exciting new training opportunity,” said Kenora MP Greg Rickford. “Through invest-

ments like this and many others, our government remains com-mitted to partnering with First Nation communities and busi-nesses to create more oppor-tunities to meet the growing demands for a fully trained First Nation workforce in all areas of economic development.”

The Lac Seul Training Cen-tre of Excellence began opera-tions in early 2012 at the former Hudson Public School, with Goldcorp providing a $500,000 investment in 2012.

Jack said the first program offered, the 360-hour Essential Lifeskills program facilitated by Seven Generations Education Institute, was a success with seven of the 15 students gradu-ating and the majority now employed with full-time, part-time or seasonal work.

“We are a regional training centre, so we are open to any-one,” Jack said. “Whoever you are, you are welcome to take any kind of training program

here as long as you are eligible to work in Canada.”

Jack said a variety of pro-grams are or will be available at the Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence, including Computer Skills and Development, House-keeping and Remote Camp Ser-vices, Cultural Awareness and Background Teachings, Entre-preneurship and Small Business Start-up, Forestry Maintenance and Development, Log Building (Residential), Mould Inspection Certification, Office Administra-tion, Surface Diamond Driller and Trades and Pre-Apprentice-ships.

“Right now we have offered an adult education program, which is through Seven Genera-tions Education Institute,” Jack said. “They are partnered with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board, in which they are able to offer the Ontario Sec-ondary School Diploma.”

Information about the Lac Seul Training Centre of Excel-

lence is available online at http://lacseul.firstnation.ca/lstce/. Contact the Lac Seul Training Centre of Excellence for additional information at 807-582-0386 or e-mail [email protected].

submitted photo


Attawapiskat has been reim-bursed for the fees charged by the third party manager that was imposed on the First Nation in December 2011 after the community’s housing crisis made the national spotlight.

Last December, the federal government agreed to trans-fer $136,132 to Attawapiskat to cover the costs of the third party manager it appointed to handle the First Nation’s finances a month after it declared a state of emer-gency.

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence opposed the appoint-

ment and refused to allow the third party manager, Jacques Marion, into the community, yet the band was still forced to pay an estimated $20,000 per month for his salary.

Spence filed a court injunc-tion shortly after then Aborigi-nal Affairs and Northern Devel-opment of Canada (AANDC) Minister John Duncan told her he would not remove Marion.

In August 2012, a federal judge ruled that the appoint-ment of a third party manager during the housing crisis was “unreasonable in all circum-stances.”

Though the reimbursement was not part of the court deci-sion, documents obtained

by the Toronto Star included media talking points stressing the reimbursement, called an ex gratia payment.

“The payment is made in the public interest for a cost where the Crown has no obligation of any kind or has no legal liabil-ity,” the document states.

The documents also say the amount represents what was held back from the band sup-port funding Attawapiskat received from AANDC to pay for services provided by the third-party manager between Dec. 5, 2011 and Apr. 19, 2012, which is when Attawapiskat returned to its earlier co-management status.

Federal government reimburses Attawapiskat full cost of imposed third-party manager fees

Funding for renovations to help create Lac Seul’s future culinary school was announced on April 10.

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The people living closest to the land in Kitchenuhmaykoo-sib Inninuwug (KI) are feeling the effects of climate change.

Unpredictable weather pat-terns are endangering boaters on Big Trout Lake, shifting win-ter weather has made travelling on ice dangerous, and trusted environmental signs such as the movement of the northern lights no longer mean what they have always meant.

In response, KI is adding the voices and knowledge of its Elders and leaders to the global fight on climate change with a new video called Breathing Lands.

“The Elders have been notic-ing the changes in the weather and weather patterns,” said KI spokesperson John Cutfeet. “For those of us living off the land, or living close to the land, it has become a dangerous situation.”

Cutfeet said that KI Elders have been advising that KI must do more than protect its own watershed and land from devel-opment.

“The Elders point out that as part of protecting the land, it is not only the risks of devel-opment but also the dangers brought on by climate change that we must work on,” Cutfeet said. “We have to take climate change seriously. It is important that people are made aware of how climate change is impact-ing those living on the land directly.”

Breathing Lands was released in two parts on You-tube, a platform Cutfeet said will help get the community’s message out to the world.

The film’s title comes from

KI releases climate change video

the name that KI Elders have given to the muskeg – sym-bolizing the muskeg’s role as the lungs of the Earth and the importance of protecting the vital northern ecosystem.

Part one of the film examines the changes in the environment that Elders, community lead-ers and youth in KI are dealing with.

“It used to be that you could tell what the weather was going to be the next day when the sun would go down and the sky was orange,” says Elder Josie McKay in the introduction to the film. “But that does not work any-

more. Today I look at the sky and say it is going to be a good day tomorrow and then the next day it’s raining.

“Everything that we see is different now,” McKay says in the film. “The summer is get-ting hotter and hotter. It never used to be like that. And when the season changes to fall, it gets cold right away. I never noticed anything like this, when I was a young person.”

The video moves on from the challenges posed by the chang-ing climate to an examination of KI’s efforts to protect its watershed from development.

“Water is very important,” says Elder Sarah Jane McKay in part two of the video. “We were given the water to live with and to live off for survival. My mother told me many times the water is sacred and to never put anything in the water to make it go bad.”

The film explores the case of the KI 6, when Chief Donny Morris and five other com-munity leaders were jailed for opposing a mining company’s exploration on KI lands. It also looks at the experience the community has had trying to protect its watershed from min-

ing and other development, including attempts at working with the federal government on a land claim and going to the Supreme Court to assert control over the land.

But the primary message of Breathing Lands is that climate change is affecting the people of KI, and that the community’s efforts to protect its own water-shed must be part of a global fight to address climate change.

“We’re trying to help other people understand that KI is serious about addressing cli-mate change, not just on a KI level but on a bigger scale too,” Cutfeet said.

Cutfeet said a recent meeting between members of KI with people from Alaska and north-ern Finland showed how impor-tant it is to share the stories and knowledge of climate change with others around the world.

He noted that the changing climate in both of those places are also affecting people who live off the land, in ways that are worrisome for people of KI. For example, in Finland, the Sami people have noticed that warmer water is causing fish eggs to turn green, rather than orange, and might be affecting the survival of cold water fish such as trout.

“With social media, people can share information with each others,” Cutfeet said. “It can go worldwide. It is impor-tant to share our experiences and connect with other people in other parts of the world, it is critical at this stage, so that oth-ers who are familiar can touch base and the movement can grow from there.”

The video can be found by searching for Breathing Lands on Youtube.

The Breathing Lands is a new video being released by KI to show the world how climate change is affecting the people who live close to the land.

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“ᑲᑴ ᐎᒋᐦᐊᒥᐣ ᔭᐎᔭᐠ ᒋᓂᓯᑐᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ, ᑲᐎᐣ ᐃᑴᑕ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓯᐌ ᐱᑯ ᔭᐎᔭ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᒧᑕᑭᐸᐣ,” ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮

ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᑲᑭᒪᐗᒋᐦᐃᑎᐗᐨ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᑭᐅᒋᐗᐨ ᑭᒋᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᓬᐊᐢᑲ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ ᐱᐣᓬᐊᐣᐟ ᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᐎᑕᒪᑎᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᒥᓯᐌ ᒋᑭᑎᐸᒋᒧᓇᓂᐗᐠ᙮

ᐅᑭᐎᑕᐣ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑫᐎᓇᐗ ᐁᐊᓂᒥᓭᐗᐨ ᑲᐅᑕᑎᓯᐗᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ, ᐁᐅᒋ ᒥᑯᐡᑲᑌᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ᙮ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑎᓄᑲᐣ, ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐣᓬᐊᐣᐟ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᐠ, ᓵᒥ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᑭᑫᑕᓋ ᒥᓇ ᐁᓂᓯᑕᐎᓇᒧᐗᐨ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᑲᒥᐠ ᓂᐱ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᑭᓄᔐ ᐗᐦᑯᓇᐣ ᐁᐅᔕᐗᐡᑾᑭᐣ, ᐁᑲ ᐁᒥᐡᑾᑭᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭᐱᒪᑎᓯᐗᐨ ᑲᑕᑲᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᓄᔐᐠ ᑎᓄᑲᐣ ᓇᒣᑯᐢ᙮

“ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐗᐱᑯᐠ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑕᑭᐎᑕᒪᑎᐗᐠ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᐎᓇᐣ,” ᑲᐟᐱᐟ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ ᑕᑭᐃᓯᓭ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᓇᐣ᙮ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ ᒋᐎᑕᒪᑎᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᓂᔑᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᓇᑭᐡᑲᐗᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ, ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ ᓄᑯᒼ ᐅᐅᐌ ᑲᓂᓯᓭᐠ, ᑲᑭᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᑭᐎᒋᐦᐃᑎᐗᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᒥᔕᐠ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐎᒋᐦᐃᐌᐎᓇᐣ᙮”

ᐃᐃᐌ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓂᔭᑊ ᑲᑭᒥᑲᐣ ᓇᓇᑕᐗᐸᑕᒪᐣ ᑲᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐱᐗᐱᑯᐠ᙮

ᑭ ᒋ ᓇ ᒣ ᑯ ᓯ ᑊ ᐃ ᓂ ᓂ ᐗ ᐠ ᑲ ᓂ ᐊ ᐣ ᒋ ᑭ ᔑ ᑲ ᐠ ᒪ ᓯ ᓇ ᑌ ᓯ ᒋ ᑲ ᓂᔭ ᑊ ᐅ ᐸ ᑯ ᓭ ᑕ ᓇ ᐗ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᓯᐌ ᐊᑭᐠ ᑐᑭᐎᐣ

april 18, 2013 volume 40 number 15

Documents

traditional knowledge

sachigo youth walkers

northern communities

sachigo lake

thunder bay

group of youth walkers

youth coming

effects of climate change