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Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

www.wawataynews.ca Vol. 36 #10 May 14, 2009 9,300 copies distributed $1.50

Stroke of genius

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsKevin Belmore has been painting since taking an art workshop with the late Roy Thomas in 1989. Here, he paints an image during the Sequin Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Spring Show, held May 6-9 at the Victoriaville Centre in Thunder Bay by the Aboriginal Artworks Group of Northern Ontario. See page 20 for more on the show.

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Northern Ontario’s First Nation leaders are concerned about Ontario’s proposed changes to the Ontario Min-ing Act in Bill 173.

“Our primary concern is that NAN (Nishnawbe Aski Nation) First Nations must have free, prior and informed consent before any activity can take place in their homelands,” said NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy. “That’s the standard expressed in Article 32 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and that’s the standard we expect Ontario to meet.”

Kitcheuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris said his commu-nity has looked at Bill 173 and how it will impact them on the ground.

“We are one with the land,” Morris said. “We know that proposed mining exploration site by Platinex, and even-tually full scale mining will destroy our territory and our indigenous econo-mies that sustained our peoples for thousands of years. Indigenous rights are human rights and they cannot be side-stepped by the province or mining corporations. Our indigenous econo-mies need to be taken into account before mining exploration and devel-opment can take place.”

Ogichidaakwe Diane Kelly of Grand Council Treaty #3 is looking for a gov-ernment to government approach that will create opportunities for the citi-zens of Treaty #3.

“Goldcorp, Xtrata, Rio Tinto, they are all in our territory at various stages of development and extracting miner-als meant to also benefit the Anishi-nabe in the treaty relationship,” Kelly said, explaining the companies have been working with Treaty #3 through the Manito Aki Inakonigaawin (Great Earth Law) customs and traditions. “We expect the Mining Act moderniza-tion and resource benefit sharing mod-els to help us create valuable contribu-tions to our own economy in a produc-tive and sustainable manner.”

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ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᓇᐱᐨ ᐃᑯ ᐅᑕᓀᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᓇᑯᑐᓂᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᒥᐡᑲᐧᑕᓯᓇᐦᐊᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐃᔑᐊᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ 173.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐸᑯᓭᑕᒪᐠ ᒋᑭᐃᔑᓇᑯᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᑎᐯᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᓂᔭᑲᓇ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᐣ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᓂᑕᐧ ᑫᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐅᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᐸᑭᑕᔓᐊᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑭᓇᓄᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᐱᒋ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐢᑕᐣ ᐯᕑᑎ. ᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᐣ ᐸᑫᐱᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ 32 ᔪᓇᔾᑎᐟ ᓀᔑᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᑌᐸᑫᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐸᑯᓭᓂᒪᔭᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᑎᐸᐸᑕᑭᐸᐣ.

ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑕᐧᓂ ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐦᐃ ᐅᑭ ᒪᒣᒋᑲᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ 173 ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐸᑭᑌᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ.

ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑭᑐᒋᐱᒪᑎᓯᒥᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ, ᑭᑭ ᑭᑫᑕᒥᐣ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑊᓫᐊᑎᓀᐠᐢ ᐅᓄᑕᓯᓂᐁᐧ ᑲᐧᐃᑲᑫᐧᑐᑕᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᐊᒥ ᐱᑯ ᒋᓂᔑᐊᐧᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐣᑕᒋᐦᐅᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᔭᐡ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᒋ ᐊᔭᓂᑫᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᔭᐠ. ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑌᐸᑫᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑫᒪᐣ ᑕᐱᐡᑯ ᐃᑯ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᐢ ᒋᐃᔑ ᒥᓄᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᓄᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐅᓄᑕᓯᓂᐁᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ

ᒋᑭ ᑲᑫᐧᐃᐧᒪᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ. ᐃᓯᓭᐸᐣ ᑕᐡ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐣᑕᒋᐦᐅᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒋᑭ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ.

ᐅᑭᒋᑕᑫᐧ ᑕᔭᐣ ᑫᓫᐃ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᒪᑫᐨ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᐸᑯᓭᑕᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐸᐱᑭᓯᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓇᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐊᔑᑎᓂᑕᐧ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᑲᐅᒋᑎᐯᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ.

ᑯᓫᐟᑲᐧᕑᑊ , ᐁᐠᐢᑕᕑᐊᑕ, ᕑᐃᔪ ᑎᐣᑐ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐧᐊᐠ ᐅᓄᑕᓯᐁᐧᐠ ᑲᐱᑕᑕᑯᔑᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᐁᐱᓇᓇᑕᐊᐧᓯᓂᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᒧᓇᐦᐊᓯᓂᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᔑᐨ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᑫᓫᐃ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᕑᐃᑎ 3 ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᓂᑐ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐃᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐸᑯᓭᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐣ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᒥᓇᐧᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᑫᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᑲᔭᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᒪ ᒋᐃᔑ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᔭᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒥᓄᓭᐊᐧᑫᔭᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᒪᓂᔓᓂᔭᐊᐧᑌᐠ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᒋᓂᔑᐊᐧᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ.

ᑫᓫᐃ ᑲᔦ ᐅᐸᑯᓭᑕᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒥᓇᐧᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ.

ᒥᓄᓭ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᒪᓂᑐ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐅᒋ ᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐊᔭᑲᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᑕᒪᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᐁᐅᒋ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᑯᒥᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐅᒋ ᑭᔑᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᑫᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᓇᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ

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Concerns about Mining Act revisions

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April 02, 2009

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Better cancer services every step of the way

Let’s take a stand against…Colorectal Cancer!Do you know the signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer? Do you know what you can do to prevent this disease?

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

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

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

Some signs & symptoms of colorectal cancer are:• A change in your bowel movements• Blood (either bright red or very dark) in your stool (feces) • Diarrhea, constipation or feeling that your bowel does not empty

completely• Stools that are narrower than usual• Stomach discomfort • Unexplained weight loss • Fatigue (feeling tired, weak)• Vomiting

If you have any of these symptoms talk to your health care provider during your next visit.

You can lower your risk of developing colorectal cancer by:• Eating a healthy diet; particularly a diet high in fi bre and low in

animal fats • Not smoking• Limiting or avoiding alcohol use• Exercising regularly• Visiting your health care provider regularly • Screening for colorectal cancer

It is recommended that men and women 50 years of age or older, who do not have a family history of colorectal cancer, be screened every two years using FOBT.

Talk to your health care provider about colorectal cancer and the screening method that is right for you.

If you are a health care provider and want more information on the Let’s take a stand against…Colorectal Cancer! toolkit, please contact:

Rina Chua-Alamag, RDCancer Care Ontario505 University Ave.Toronto, ON M5G 1X3(416) 971-9800 ext. [email protected]

http://www.cancercare.on.ca/english/home/about/programs/aborstrategy/ltsacc/


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Josias Fiddler welcomed Pope Benedict XVI’s expres-sion of sorrow over residential school abuse, but he wants to see a printed version of the Pope’s comments.

“I was expecting something like this because of the (federal) government’s statement,” said the Elder from Sandy Lake who attended mcIntosh residential school as a youth. “I kind of felt empty. I wanted to see more. I wanted to see some followup after the government’s apology in terms of how we work with the caretakers or even the gov-ernment.”

Prime minister Stephen Harper apologized to the residential school students on behalf of the federal govern-ment in June 2008; the angli-can Church apologized in 1993, the Presbyterian Church in 1994 and the United Church in 1998.

The mcIntosh residential school was operated by the Catholic church, which oper-ated nearly 75 per cent of Can-ada’s residential schools. more than 150,000 Native children were forced to attend residen-tial schools across Canada from the 19th century to 1996; about 90,000 are still living today.

Fiddler said his relationships with his parents and grandpar-ents were not the same after he attended residential school.

“There was always some-thing missing,” Fiddler said. “after residential school I was just wandering around without any sense of direction. and of course getting involved with all

these negative activities.”Fiddler said he was fortunate

to meet a traditional Elder who helped him find his way in the world.

“I learned to forgive,” Fiddler said. “I learned to look at some of these people and say I for-give you. The thing is, we can’t forget. That is one of the things that keep us going – there are things that happened to us as a group and as individuals that we can’t forget.”

Fiddler has returned to the mcIntosh residential school site as part of his healing process.

“The first four years I went alone,” Fiddler said. “after that I asked my wife to go with me. after those four years with my wife, I asked my sons to come with me and spend some time with me at that place.”

Fiddler has also invited his grandchildren to go with him to the residential school site.

“On one of these trips, I saw two of my grandsons just run-ning around as if they belonged there, as if they were quite happy to be there,” Fiddler said. “They came to hug me.”

assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine and four other former resi-dential school students, Peter Kelly, an Elder from Treaty #3, Grand Chief Edward John of the Tl’azt’en Nation, Delia Ope-kokew, a Cree lawyer, and Kath-

leen mahoney, a professor of law and negotiator of the Indian Residential Schools settlement, met with the Pope at the Vati-can on april 29 to discuss the legacy of the Indian residential schools era and the need for reconciliation.

“as we approach the one year anniversary of the Gov-ernment of Canada’s apology on June 11, this visit with the Holy Father closes the circle of reconciliation,” Fontaine said. “In the past, we received apolo-gies from the anglican, United and Presbyterian churches and the Government of Canada for the residential schools. Today’s expression of understanding, acknowledgement and emotion by His Holiness on behalf of the Catholic church closes the circle.”

archbishop V. James Weisger-ber, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, also attended the meeting with the Pope.

“His face spoke even louder than his words,” Weisgerber said. “He listened intently and one could see how saddened he was by these traumatic events of the past and their contin-ued effects on the lives of the people today. The Holy Father expressed the prayer and hope that this event would help the aboriginal communities of Can-ada be internally freed from this historic tragedy and enabled to create a strong future. The Pope offered his spiritual support and presence for the Church in Canada as it continues to work in partnership with aboriginal communities in building this future together.”

Josias Fiddler speaks about Pope’s apology

“I was expecting something like this.”

– Josias Fiddler

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Steve FeeneyWawatay News

When it comes to healthcare on First Nations, not everyone is treated the same.

Programs and services received in First Nations com-munities by local members are covered federally while other residents, including teachers, are covered under a provincial or a territorial system, as Sum-mer Beaver Grade 9 teacher melanie Huddart has found out.

“Upon arrival and just prior to the commencement of our contracts, I was told by our clinic’s (Summer Beaver) head nurse that while I can be treated for minor illnesses, I cannot see a doctor or dentist when they are here for band members,” said Huddart.

Huddart was also told she couldn’t renew or receive any prescriptions through the nurs-ing station.

Huddart said any prescrip-tions that need ongoing care have to be processed down south and then transferred to a pharmacy in Sioux Lookout.

“If I needed a renewal, I had to leave the community and see my doctor and come back and do it that way,” Huddart said.

Huddart said this causes many problems. One of them is that she wouldn’t be able to get a doctor down south because she would be a non-resident of that city.

“Finding a doctor in any city is a little more than difficult,” Huddart said.

Huddart was told in emer-gencies, non-Status people can be medivaced as long as the employer is willing to pay the cost.

“The problem with that is depending on if there’s enough money in the school budget, they can either say yes or no to medivac,” Huddart said.

Greg Rickford, member of Parliament for Kenora, said this issue arises from time to time but the mandate of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch is to provide most of their services to members of the communities.

“The (mandate of) First Nations and Inuit Health Branch is to provide health services to people living in the communi-ties where the nursing station is situated,” Rickford said. “That does not preclude them from providing certain kinds of services, particularly emer-gency services, to people who are passing through, visiting or living.”

Rickford was a nurse for many First Nations communi-ties in the past.

He inquired with the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch on behalf of Huddart to express her concerns.

“There has been more than

one letter from a couple of dif-ferent communities,” Rickford said.

according to Health Canada, eligibility for many of their programs requires clients to be status First Nation individu-als recognized by a land claim organization.

“Living on a First Nation reserve does not entitle a person to the full range of programs and services that Health Can-ada provides or funds the pro-vision of to status First Nations

people,” said Philip Laroche, Health Canada media relations officer. “However, in limited circumstances, Health Canada extends services to non-status individuals.”

Laroche said provinces and territories are responsible for universal hospital and physician services to all residents, includ-ing aboriginal people.

“Health Canada remains committed to working with its provincial and territorial coun-terparts to ensure all individu-als have access to quality health services,” Laroche said.

Laroche said Health Canada has received comments about eligibility for the programs and services they provide to status First Nations people.

“Health Canada continues to work with all relevant partners, including Indian and Northern affairs Canada, to address such comments as they arise,” said Laroche.

Huddart said non-status people who are looking to work in First Nations communities should do research on what ser-vices the community is willing to extend.

“I think the provincial legis-lation and the federal legisla-tion have to have language and speak for one another so that the provincial system and the federal system, the system that services the status people of the communities, can also service non-status individuals in the community.”

Huddart is married to a Sum-mer Beaver band member and doesn’t plan on leaving the com-munity anytime soon.

“I should be able to access all the same services that the com-munity members can access…It can be done, it’s just a matter of the two governments com-ing together and establishing something so that we can access healthcare when in the north.”

Healthcarefornon-statuscommunitymembersraisesconcerns

“I should be able to access all the same services that the community members can access.”

– Melanie Huddart


Suicide is a permanent end to life’s temporary problems.

That was one of the messages presented at the fourth annual yellow Ribbon Campaign Walk for Life in Sioux Lookout may 6.

more than 200 people gath-ered outside Legion Hall to join the walk aimed at raising sui-cide awareness. Students from Pelican Falls First Nations High School and Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School also par-ticipated in the walk.

Norma Kejick, Walk for Life co-ordinator, said before the walk started, “The purpose of this walk is to celebrate life but also remember those we’ve lost.”

added Elder Josias Fiddler: “It’s for them. It’s for the fami-lies that we’re doing this for.”

Kejick and Fiddler both know what it’s like to lose a loved one to suicide. Fiddler’s daughter-in-law committed suicide in 1997 and Kejick’s nephew ended his life in 2005.

Kejick has organized the walk every year since she lost her nephew and Fiddler has offered prayers at the event for the past two years.

Everyone who participated in the walk was given a T-shirt and a balloon for the balloon release. The balloons were ded-icated to lost loved ones and to offer hope about stopping sui-cide.

Once the walk ended at the Queen Elizabeth District High School soccer field, everyone released their environmentally friendly balloons.

In the gymnasium, William Dumas, emcee, said to the audience, “We must create the hope for those that are still left behind.

“We must never lose hope, the dream of that day we can give our young people the med-icine.”

Joyce Timpson, Sioux Look-out deputy mayor, also offered an inspiring message to the emotional audience.

“Go with your heart, not with the crowd. It’s OK to ask for help,” said Timpson, recit-ing the message on the T-shirts everyone was given.

Before calling on arnold Thomas, one of the event’s guest speakers, Kejick shared a few words.

“We are the ones that are left behind. Our loved ones are already gone. We have to be

the ones who have to do some-thing,” Kejick said.

Kejick said she will be con-tinuing to organize this walk until either she is no longer physically able to participate.

“I do this because of my nephew Eric. I know the suicide has to stop.”

after her message, Kejick called Thomas to the stage.

Thomas began sharing his story with everyone.

Thomas was born in the United States and grew up in Nevada.

He was recognized as one of Nevada’s top basketball and football players and planned on going to university to play col-legiate sports.

Thomas was well on his way

on becoming an accomplished athlete as schools around Nevada began recruiting him.

all those hopes came to a crash one day during Thomas’ high school sophomore year.

One spring day Thomas learned that his father commit-ted suicide. His family began struggling with the loss but it greatly affected Thomas.

Thomas’ life became out of control. He tried to use drugs and alcohol to forget his life.

at the age of 18, Thomas gave up on life. He got a hold of a hunting rifle, put it under his chin and pulled the trigger.

The gunshot wounds severed his face, which took many sur-geries to recover.

The damage left him com-pletely blind. It took many years for Thomas to be able to speak again.

However, through it all, Thomas is still alive.

Thomas gained control of his life through the support of fam-ily and friends.

He’s been a motivational speaker who travels all across North america and Europe. Thomas also earned a master’s Degree in social work and a Bachelor’s Degree in psychol-ogy at the University of Utah may 7, 1999.

Throughout all the battles Thomas struggled and almost lost. But he realized life is worth living and on stage, he encour-aged people to choose life and realize they are special and unique.

“you can make this day how-ever you want, whether you choose to make it good or bad.”

Steve Feeney/Wawatay NewsAbout 200 people took part in this year’s Walk for Life May 6 in Sioux Lookout. Students from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School and Pelican Falls First Nation High School made up the majority of participants.

Remembering lost loved ones

Steve Feeney/Wawatay NewsWalk participants release their balloons dedicated to lost loved ones and hope on ending suicide.

My softball season is just around the corner.

For me, this is the unofficial start of summer.

For the next three and a half months, I’ll be playing ball at least a few times a week. I hope I’m practicing, or at least throwing or hitting some balls around, a few other nights every week.

I figure, if I can keep prac-ticing, I’ll improve my muscle strength. That could lead to a stronger throwing arm so I can help my new team get more people out.

An added by-product of the practice will be an improved batting stance and style. I would like to be a power-hitter this year.

Currently, I hardly qualify having hit one home run in a game since moving to Thunder Bay in 2004. But as far as home runs, it was amazing. I turned on an inside pitch and launched it over the right-field fence into the bush for a grand slam.

I’ll always remember that moment. Even as it was hap-pening, it felt like slow motion. I was extending my arms, shift-ing my weight to my back foot, pushing off explosively to begin my swing. I can remember that sound – a crack similar to a knockout punch – as the composite bat met the ball in an explosion of energy.

There are few sweeter sounds in life than a metal and rubber coming together to create that crack.

With all the practicing I’ve done so far this spring, I’ve launched a couple balls over the right field fence. At a mere 200 feet, I feel like more should be going over but beggars can’t be choosers.

Our regular diamonds, where we play our league games, the fields are larger. The dimen-sions tend to be 240 feet down left and right field and around 270-275 feet to straight-away centre field.

I’ve got a goal of hitting five, fence-clearing homeruns this season.

Normally, I’m more of a speed machine, legging out inside-the-park homeruns. While I’d like to get a few of those too, I want to be able to take my time going around the

bases too, with a bit of a swag-ger.

I would like to become more of a complete player: mix-ing baserunning speed with defence, power and accurately placed hitting.

In professional baseball, they call it being a five-tool player. I’d settle for being a three or four.

A lot of it will come down to whether or not I can stay healthy all season.

That’s been a problem for me in the past.

Last year, in my first three games, I hit two inside-the-park homeruns. In the following 20 games, I only hit one more.

The real difference between the beginning of the season and the end was simply my health.

Early on last season, I suf-fered a second-degree sprain of my left ankle. I hurt it running the bases. It rolled over on the inside and sent me into months of pain. Every step I took sent pain up my leg as a constant reminder of the injury.

I also got a nasty infection in my leg after sliding into second base during a game early on in the season.

It was spreading so quickly my girlfriend was afraid it might get out of hand. Raw flesh was exposed on about half the outside of my left calf. The day after the injury, she took a marker and drew a line one inch past the pink signs of infections.

She told me if the pink grew past the line, I had to go see a doctor.

Ultimately, I went to see a doctor about it the following day because I swore I could feel more heart beating in my leg. There were electro-pulses I was feeling from my toes to the top of my hip.

It started to scare me so I went to the clinic to get checked out.

The doctor told me we’d done the right thing with the marker because he was able to track how quickly the infection was spreading.

Despite these injuries, and there were others unrelated to softball (think cat bite infection and daily trips the hospital) I’m proud to say I never missed a game last season due to injury.

A dream of language

Good harvest

photo by Lois Mombourquette/Wawatay News file photoStanford Ash and Margret Loon look over the wild rice harvest of September 1981 in Osnaburgh.

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This is the year to be injury-free

Raw flesh was exposed on about half the outside of my left calf.

I started to run again. It’s been 20 years or more since I ran anything further than

a trip around the bases in a slow pitch rec league. Back then it was still possible for me to entertain the idea of a mara-thon or competing in distance races. Back then it was elevat-ing and somehow freeing.

Now, today, after chugging around a couple short miles, alternating between walking and running, it feels restrictive, flagging and darn hard work. The scenery’s nice and the air on the gravel road by the lake is clear and invigorating. But I’m in my 50S now and starting over is tough.

Still, there’s something big in it. There’s the promise of something buried in the sweat and burning lungs and con-crete legs. Maybe it’s the possi-bility of reclaiming something of the youth I was, maybe it’s the idea of sticking around the planet a little longer or even just the knowledge that I’m out there.

It takes me back to another challenge when I was 18.

I’d dropped out of school with a Grade Nine education. The work I was able to find was less than fulfilling and there was a part of me that craved more. I understood the dan-gers inherent in a lack of for-mal schooling and I was afraid

to be left behind, to appear stu-pid or unenlightened. Libraries gave me the opportunity to continue learning and I always took it.

But one night, sitting at a bar, I overheard the knot of people next to me discussing a book called Finnegans Wake. They talked earnestly and I understood that the book they referred to was important. They made references to other books, debated story structure and elements of the writing and I was impressed by the energy of their talk as well as the idea that a book could drive people to such impas-sioned heights.

Well, I asked the librarian for it the next day. She gave me a quizzical look but retrieved it from the stacks nonethe-less. It was huge. That was my first impression and there was nothing on the cover to give any indication of what kind of story to expect. But carrying it across the library to a carrel near the window I felt, well, studious almost.

When I opened it, that feel-ing changed.

The language of James Joyce was dense, quirky and alluded to things more than simply stating them. The first sentence was mind boggling and the first paragraph sent my mind reeling. I put the book down and stared out the window. Then I picked it up and tried again. The language was daunting, unyielding and seemed to ask something of me that I did not possess.

I walked out of the library discouraged. But the book

would not leave me be. I thought about it all that night and when I went back the next day I was determined to read it through. I got through the first page. When I asked the librarian what it was about the answer she gave me was a con-voluted as the book itself. I left disheartened.

But there was something in the challenge that book represented that called to me. I didn’t know what it was or why it should be so important but I felt the pull of it anyway. So I checked it out and took it home. Each time I opened it I got a little further. Still, it was a writhing mess of aphorism, allusion, mythology, dream and seemed conjured by a fierce, raging intellect I was at odds to harness.

It haunted me. It invaded my waking thought. It irritated me that I couldn’t grasp the nar-rative thread of it and angered me to think that a story could elude me. Each time I picked it up I had to force myself to stick with it. Each time I picked it up I was confronted again with the thick hodge-podge of idea and image and each time I fought my way through. It took me over five months to read it.

The day I finished it was amazing. I’d allowed that book to take me over and when I closed it I felt awed by the pas-sage of time. I’d been displaced and when I went walking to mull it over I was shocked to see that it was autumn. It had been late spring when I started. I understood then why the people I’d overheard were so smitten by Finnegans Wake.

It wasn’t that it was a rous-ing story. It wasn’t that it was a captivating and elevating read. It was because James Joyce had taken language by the neck and shaken it vigorously. He’d taken form and structure like a Lego set and created something odd and fantastic and magical. He showed me in the course of six hundred odd pages what was possible with language and story.

I read other books after that. I read Homer and Aristotle, Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Hen-rik Ibsen and Shakespeare, all the writers that influenced James Joyce in the writing of Finnegans Wake. Then I read Beckett, Borges, Virginia Woolf, Thomas Wolfe, Vladi-mir Nabokov, e.e. cummings, William Carlos Williams and Jack Kerouac. Reading Finnegans Wake proved to me that I had the intellectual mettle to tackle anything and that I could emerge from it a more aware human being.

It took everything I had to finish it. But like the first run around the gravel road I sensed that there was some-thing big in it for me. I didn’t know what it was then but I know today.

Finnegans Wake allowed me to construct a dream of language. It was a dream that I might create worlds upon a page, a dream that I might throttle language too and shake it into new and fascinat-ing forms. It took everything I had to finish it, but like run-ning, at the end, I was bigger, hardier, full of grit and eager for the next challenge.

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Constance Lake First Nation P.O. Box 4000Calstock, Ontario POL 1BOTelephone (705) 463-4511 Fax (705) 463-2222General E-mail: [email protected]: www.clfn.on.ca

Public NoticeAll Band Members of

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A General Band Election has been called for the office of a Chief & Six (6) Councillor positions for the Constance Lake First Nation.

Nomination Meeting is set for April, 14/09 at the Community Hall, and voting will be on Tuesday May, 26/09.

Any band members living off-reserve and would like to take part in our up-coming election for 2009.

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2 x 23A message from the Grand Chief:

When the Government of Ontario announced its proposal to harmonize the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) with the provincial sales tax (PST) in its 2009 budget it was pre-sented as a “comprehensive tax reform package” that would bring permanent tax relief for the people of Ontario over the next several years.

But the reality, in fact, is that the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) may breach the First Nation right to tax exemption and stands to place an unprec-edented and unfair burden of debt on First Nation people.

The crux of the problem for First Nations is collecting the HST at the point-of-sale and relying on a bureaucratic system of rebates to return taxes that shouldn’t have been charged in the first place. assuming that there are approx-imately 180,000 status Indians in Ontario, and assuming that the average annual taxable pur-chase for each of them is some-where in the range of $10,000, the proposed 8 per cent HST translates into an approximate $150 million windfall for the government each year.

While only a rough calcula-tion, this gives some perspective as to the size of the taxation burden the HST presents to the very people who can least afford it.

Such a massive and unprec-edented transfer of resources from the most disadvantaged segment of Ontario society would represent a shocking inequity, especially in NaN territory, where many remote communities already experi-ence Third World conditions.

This tax grab would directly contradict general provincial policy on First Nations (Casino Rama and the new gaming revenue sharing agreement, the New Relationship Fund, and the New approach to aboriginal affairs) and the emerging pro-vincial policy on child poverty reduction (Bill 152).

For First Nations, the most significant potential harm of the HST is based on the difference between existing PST and GST official policy bulletins.

Provincial policy is generally regarded by First Nations as a fairly reasonable (though not

perfect) application of the tax exemption right in relation to sales tax.

Except in the case of certain motor vehicles, First Nation citizens are exempt from PST on the presentation of an Indian status card, regardless of location, on or off reserve. In contrast, federal GST policy requires an on-reserve sale or on-reserve delivery for First Nation citizens.

If federal GST/HST policy is made to apply in the case of the Ontario HST, the reasonable and respected made-in-Ontario PST solution will be wiped out overnight. The restrictive GST/HST policy is deeply and universally resented by First Nations.

We interpret Ontario’s com-mitment to mean that existing provincial PST policy will be perpetuated, albeit with conse-quential technical changes. For the eight per cent PST embed-ded in the new HST, there must be a point-of-sale exemption based on the presentation of a status card, regardless of on or off reserve location. In contrast, a form of back door rebate system, a concept that has been suggested in some quarters, is a non-starter for First Nations, given the context of millions of small transactions and inad-equate personal record keeping.

For the people of Nishnawbe aski, the right to tax exemption is based on the spirit, intent and

letter of Treaties 5 and 9 which are protected by Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution act, 1982. This right is also partially reflected in Section 87 of the Indian act. There is no doubt that an unmodified HST would be seen as a new tax in violation of this NaN Treaty right.

Because of the rights viola-tion and the severe financial impact on all status Indians in Ontario, there is no doubt that the HST would cause a tremen-dous amount of dissatisfaction and frustration at the commu-nity level.

What’s more alarming is that this could lead to widespread civil unrest and litigation – the same dangerous scenario the Ipperwash Inquiry Report warned against.

Several budget documents discuss the potential impact of the HST on various groups and, in some cases, propose balancing measures to mitigate this impact. It is disturbing that the potential impact on First Nations has largely been ignored, but it is hardly surpris-ing. There was no consultation with First Nations prior to the inclusion of the HST in the budget, even though the poten-tial impact of the HST on First Nations is obvious.

Our understanding is that the government intends to adminis-ter the HST in conformity with the tax-exemption rights of First Nations, but we are still waiting

for confirmation of how this will be accomplished.

NaN is prepared to work with the Government of Ontario as well as other First Nation organizations and gov-ernment agencies to develop an HST solution that is acceptable to all.

We are optimistic that a mutually acceptable arrange-ment can be reached, but time is of the essence. Given the tar-get application date for the HST is July 2010, it is imperative that a solution is put in place by December 2009.

This is an achievable timeline if we stick to the existing RST exemption model and do not try to reinvent the wheel.

as it stands, the HST is com-pletely unacceptable and poses devastating consequences to NaN First Nations. I believe that an agreeable solution can be found if the Government of Ontario is willing to work with First Nations. Failure to do so will undoubtedly lead to civil strife and litigation, and that would be a regrettable failure of political leadership for all Ontarians.

Stan Beardy is Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a politi-cal territorial organization rep-resenting 49 First Nation com-munities in James Bay Treaty 9 and Ontario portions of Treaty 5 – an area covering two thirds of the province of Ontario.

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Wawatay News file photoNishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy, centre, is flanked by two Ontario cabinet ministers. Beardy is concerned with changes to Ontario’s taxes, including possible impacts on First Nations.

SMARTSgoalsdescribedatworkshopRick GarrickWawatay News

It’s time to smarten-up.SmaRTS goals were recently

described at a goal planning workshop in Thunder Bay.

“you need to set SmaRTS goals if you want to achieve something in life,” said Sally Ledger, the goal planning workshop facilitator and for-mer executive director of the Ontario Native Women’s asso-ciation.

“For it to be a SmaRTS goal, it needs to be something spe-cific. It can’t be vague. If it’s complex, break it down.”

Ledger described SmaRTS goals as specific, measurable,

attainable, results oriented, time limited and shared.

“It’s got to be measurable,” Ledger said. “If you can’t mea-sure it, how can you know you achieved it. It also has to be attainable. There is nothing more depressing than never achieving your goal.”

Ledger also spoke about goal action plans during the work-shop, which was held may 5 at the Waverly Resource Library in Thunder Bay.

“The majority of us don’t have a goal action plan,” Ledger said. “The first step is to define it. The plan needs to be specific, with action steps for each of the objectives.”

The action plan also needs

success indicators, a list of resources required and people who can help, and deadlines.

“Who can help you,” Ledger said. “When are you going to do it.”

Ledger also provided a num-ber of goal planning tips: visu-alize your goals, take time to plan, put your goals in writing, use SmaRTS goals, identify

your strengths and weaknesses, deepen your commitments by telling others, stay focused, set short-term, med-tern and long-term review dates, enjoy the process and reward your accomplishments, and trust and believe in yourself.

“Every second of every day you are setting goals,” Ledger said. “Sometimes you don’t real-ize you are making goals.”

Ledger stressed positive visu-alization as a strategy to help achieve goals.

“you have to watch what you are inputting up here,” Led-ger said, indicating her brain. “Because it will come out here. It will go out to your kids, your siblings, your family, everyone.”

“The majority of us don’t have a goal action plan.”

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Two Feathers Forest Products LP (TFFP), a partnership involving Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, Eagle Lake First Nation and Pikangikum First Nation, and a partner group from Finland (Wood Tech Group Inc.), is proposing to build a value-added forest products facility on sites in the Municipality of Red Lake, and Eagle Lake First Nation. The Red Lake site would house log sorting, milling, and chipping facilities, and a 9.9MW biomass cogeneration facility to generate electricity for sale into the Ontario power grid. Cut lumber would be shipped by truck to the Eagle Lake facility, which would house a pellet plant, planer lines, and assembly factories for construction of pre-fabricated timber buildings for sale in Asia and Europe.

Federal funding for the project has triggered an environmental assessment of both sites under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. The project will follow all required provincial and municipal regulations. TFFP has retained Stantec Consulting Ltd. (Stantec) to prepare the environmental assessment to meet the needs of a screening level study under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION:

The partnership is fully committed to conducting an open and transparent consultation process with all stakeholders. To date, there have been numerous meetings with regulators, elected and appointed officials, and local First Nation communities. In order to ensure that concerns are identified early in the planning process, all environmental and socio-economic data are identified, and that necessary environmental protection measures are incorporated into the project design, your input and questions are invited.

As a means to further consult with the local community, government agencies and other stakeholders, TFFP and Stantec would like to invite you to a series of Public Open Houses:

Monday, May 25, 2009 Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Wednesday, May 27, 20095:00-8:00pm 12:00-300pm 5:00-8:00pmEagle Lake Community Centre Louie H. Quill Memorial Community Centre Wabshki-Penasi School GymEagle Lake First Nation Pikangikum First Nation Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Thursday, June 4, 20095:00-8:00pm 5:00-8:00pm 5:00-8:00pmMasonic Hall Campbell Curling Rink Vermilion Bay Lions HallDryden Balmertown Vermilion Bay

The Public Open Houses will provide you with an opportunity to review information on the Project layout and the environmental screening process, as well as to provide comments to the project team. We hope that you will attend an Open House, but if you are not able to join us, we welcome your input.

To provide the project team with your comments or for further information, please contact one of the people listed below.

NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENINGAND INVITATION TO OPEN HOUSE

Two Feathers Forest Products LP Value-Added Project

Additional information about the Two Feathers Forest Products LP. including ongoing opportunities for public input, will be provided in local newspapers as the project progresses.

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ALAN GLASGOW, Sr. Project ManagerStantec Consulting Ltd.905 Waverley StreetWinnipeg, MB R3T 5P4Phone: 204-488-5748Fax: [email protected]

GORD WICKHAM, PresidentWickham Consulting2nd Floor – 1111 Victoria Ave. EastThunder Bay, ON P7C 1B7Phone: 807-473-7542Fax: [email protected]

Eagle Lake First Nation

Red Lake

you wake up in the morning and you realize you might have to face another day feeling com-pletely exhausted. Even though you just slept for nine hours you can feel your body screaming to stay in that safe, warm comfort-able bed.

you tell yourself, “No, no, no, I’ve got to go to work, someone has to bring in the money to pay for bills,” but your body screams out otherwise. “Stay in bed. Call in sick, make something up, anything; just don’t get out of bed!”

your head wins regardless and instinctively you sit up to get ready for to work. Once you sit up and the slight pound-ing feeling in your head you had the night before comes back, your heart flutters in your chest, and you catch your breath while the oncoming of another headache greets you in the morning. you hesitate and know of the upcoming struggle it will take to get out of bed just to go to the bathroom. your arms and legs feel like lead. you look at yourself in the mirror, saying good morning to your-self but no audible sound passes through your lips.

you notice you seem to be feeling like this a lot more lately. your bad days of feeling completely exhausted out-weighs the good days of when you had enough energy to walk to your neighbors house for a visit.

Hello, my name is madeline Chokomolin, friends and family know me as Lorraine. The rea-son for my writing today is to share my story relating to heart disease and diabetes.

yeah I know, you’re probably thinking we all hear about the topic of heart disease and dia-betes already; however, from a personal perspective, I wanted to share my story with those who may very well be poten-tially “on the edge” of develop-ing these ailments.

Please consider my story as a warning.

after putting on more weight in the last five years, I began feeling extremely tired most of the time and experienced dizzy spells where I thought I would end up fainting. I also experienced many headaches, migraines, and felt like my mind was in a constant fog.

It got pretty awful to the point where I had worried about driving one and a half hours to and from work every-day. I didn’t realize then that my body was actually fighting for its own life.

my mind however, kept on with the distorted perception of taking care of and pleasing others first. I was acting like a crazy person, a superwoman. I was really in denial about the additional weight I put on and the negative effects it was hav-ing on my health and general well-being. Five years before, I was diagnosed with high blood pressure, but at the time, my blood pressure didn’t cause enough concern for medication. I was warned by my doctor to make the lifestyle changes back then, and I ignored it.

after being warned I stopped seeing my doctor altogether and for years I buried myself in work.

I also, half-heartedly tried to take care of my children, my ill-elderly mother, work on part-time courses for university, and chose not deal with the grief I had about a break up of my last intimate relationship and the loss of a friend of family members. Eventually I didn’t even realize I was becoming a zombie.

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Heart disease and diabetes

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May 4, 2009

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ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᓂᔓᒥᐧᑲᓐ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᑯ ᐊᐸᒋᑕᑲᓇᓐ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᒃᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ (TFFP), ᐅᑐᒋ ᐧᐃᑕᓄᑭᒪᐧᐊᓐ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐᑲᐊᔭᑭᓐ ᐧᐊᐱᑯᓐ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓂᒃ, ᒥᑭᓯᐧᐃᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓂᒃ ᑲᔦ ᐱᑲᓐᒋᑲᒥᒃ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓂᒃ, ᑕᑯ ᑲᔦᑯᑕᑭᔭᒃ ᑲᐧᐃᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐧᐊᒡ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᒃ ᐱᓐᓚᓐᑦ (ᒥᑎᑯᑲᒃᑲᐅᒋᐅᔑᑐᐧᐊᒡ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ), ᐅᐧᐃᑯᒋᑐᓇᐧᐊ ᐁᐧᐃᐅᔑᓯᑐᐧᐊᒡᒥᑎᑯᒃ ᑲᐅᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᓂ ᐧᐁᑎᒥᔅᑯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᑲᔦ ᒥᑭᓯᐧᐃᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ. ᐃᐃᒪ ᒥᔅᑯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃᐅᑲᐅᔑᑐᓇᐧᐊ ᑕᔥᑭᐳᒋᑫᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᓂ ᑕᑯ ᑲᔦ 9.9 ᒣᑲᐧᐊᑦ ᒋᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᒃ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᑕᐧᐊᒋᑲᑌᒃᐧᐊᓯᑲᓐ ᒋᐃᔑ ᑕᑯᐊᐸᑕᒃ ᐅᓐᑌᕆᐅ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᑫᐧᐃᓐᑲᐅᒋᐱᒥᐱᑌᒋᑲᑌᒃ. ᑭᐃᔥᐧᑲ ᑕᔥᑭᐳᒋᑲᓱᐧᐊᒡ ᐃᑕᔥᒥᑎᑯᒃ ᒥᑭᓯᐧᐃᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᑎᓇᑲᓂᐧᐃᐧᐊᒃ ᑫᐱᒥᑕᐱᐧᐊᒡᐅᑕᐸᓀᓴᒃ, ᑲᔦ ᑕᐊᔭᒪᑲᓐ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃ ᐧᐊᑲᐃᑲᓐ ᒋᑕᔑᐅᔑᒋᑲᓱᐧᐊᒡ ᓇᐸᑭᓴᑯᒃ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᐧᐁᑎᒋᐊᓂᔑᔑ ᐊᑕᐧᐊᑌᑭᓐ ᐊᑲᒪᑭᒃ ᑕᐱᔥᑯ ᐁᔑᔭ ᑲᔦ ᐃᕈᑉ.

ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᑭᐅᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓂᐧᐃ ᔓᓂᔭ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᒃᒥᐅᒪ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᔓᔥᑯᓂᑲᑌᒃ ᒋᐊᔭᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᑭᐧᐃᓇᓇᑕᐧᐃᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐃᓇᑯᓂᑲᑌᒃ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᑭᐧᐃᓇᓇᑕᐧᐃᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐧᐃᓐ. ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᒃᑕᐱᒥᓂᔕᐃᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᐃᓇᑌᑭᓐ ᐅᑭᒪᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑌᓇᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ. ᐅᑯᐧᐁᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᓂᔓᒥᐧᑲᓐ ᐅᑭᐅᓐᑎᓇᐧᐊᓐᔅᑕᓐᑌᒃ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᒃ (Stantec) ᐧᐃᓇᐧᐊ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᒧᐧᐊᒡᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑕᐧᐃᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓂ ᑫᒋᓇᒃ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓇᐃᓭᓂᒃᑲᐧᐃᐃᔑᒪᑕᓄᑭᐧᐊᒡ ᐱᐧᑲᑕᑭᒃ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒥᑯᔥᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᓯᓄᒃᑲᐃᓇᑯᓂᑲᑌᒃ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑕᐧᐃᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐧᐃᓐ.

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ᑕᓯᓐ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᐧᐃᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐧᐊᒡ ᐃᑭᑐᐧᐊᒃ ᐧᐁᐧᐁᓂᒋᐃᔑᓇᑯᑐᐧᐊᒡ ᑲᔦ ᐧᐃᓐᑫ ᐱᑯ ᒋᐸᑲᑭᓇᐧᑲᓂᒃᑲᐧᐃᐃᔑ ᐅᔑᓯᒋᑫᐧᐊᒡ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᑲᑭᓇᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᐸᒥᓯᐧᐊᒡ. ᐊᔕ ᑕᔥ ᐸᑎᐧᓇᑭᐱᓇᓇᑭᔥᑲᑎᐧᐊᒃ ᑲᐸᒥᓇᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ,ᑲᑭᐅᓀᑕᑯᓯᐧᐊᒡ ᑫᐅᑭᒪᐧᐃᔥᑲᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᑲᔦ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐧᐃᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ. ᒥᑕᔥ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᑫᒋᓇᒡ ᔭᑲᓇᐧᐁᐧᐁᓂ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᑕᐧᐊᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᑲᓇᐁᑕᐧᑲᓯᓄᑭᓐ ᐊᐱᐊᓂᐅᔑᓯᒋᑲᓂᐧᐊᒃ, ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐᑲᔦ ᔓᓂᔭᑫᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑕᐧᐃᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᐊᔕ ᑲᑭᓇᒋᐧᑲᔭᑕᑌᑭᓐ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᔕᓄᑲᑌᑭᓐ, ᑲᔦ ᑫᒋᓇᒡᒋᐊᔭᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᑲᓇᐧᐁᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᒃᐅᔑᓯᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ, ᑕᐅᑕᐱᓂᑲᑌ ᒋᐱᐸᑭᑎᓇᒪᓐᑭᐧᐃᑕᒪᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑫᒪ ᑫᑯᓐ ᐧᐃᑲᐧᑫᐧᑌᔭᓐ.

ᑫᔭᐱ ᑕᐊᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᐸᐸ ᑕᔑᓐᑕᒪᑫᓇᓂᐧᐊᒃᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᓂᐧᑕ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᑲᑕᐧᐊᒡ, ᐅᑭᒪᐧᐃᓂᒃᐊᓄᑭᐊᑲᓇᒃ ᑲᔦ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᒃ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᓯᐧᐊᒡ,ᓂᔓᒥᐧᑲᓐ ᑲᔦ ᔅᑕᓐᑌᒃ ᑭᓇᑐᒥᑯᓇᐧᐊ ᑲᐧᐃᑕᔑᐊᔭᑭᓀ ᓇᑭᔥᑲᑫᐧᐊᒡ:

Red Lake

Eagle Lake First Nation

25, 2009 26, 2009 27, 20095:00-8:00 ᐅᓇᑯᔑᒃ 5:00-8:00 ᐅᓇᑯᔑᒃ 12:00-300 ᐃᔥᐧᑲᐊᐱᑕᑭᔑᑲᒃᒥᑭᓯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓐ ᑭᒋᐧᐊᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᓗᐧᐃ ᐧᑫᓪ ᐁᒪᒥᑲᐧᐁᓐᑕᑯᓯᒡ ᐧᐊᑲᐃᑲᓐ ᐧᐊᐱᔥᑭ ᐱᓀᓯ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᒃᒥᑭᓯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓂᒃ ᐱᑲᓐᒋᑲᒥᒃ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓂᒃ ᐧᐊᐱᑯᓐ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᓐ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓂᒃ

2, 2009 3, 2009 4, 20095:00-8:00 ᐅᓇᑯᔑᒃ 5:00-8:00 ᐅᓇᑯᔑᒃ 5:00-8:00 ᐅᓇᑯᔑᒃᒪᔅᐧᓴᓂᒃ ᑭᒋᐧᐊᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᑲᒻᐳ ᑫᕐᓪᐃᓐᒃ ᐅᑕᒥᓄᑲᒥᑯᒃ ᐱᕐᒣᓕᔭᓐ ᐯ ᓚᔭᓐᔅ ᐧᐊᑲᐃᑲᓐᑎᕋᔾᑎᓐ ᐅᑌᓇᒃ ᐸᓪᐱᕐᑕᐅᓐ ᐅᑌᓇᒃ ᐱᕐᒣᓕᔭᓐ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᒃ

ᑲᐧᐃᐃᔑ ᐸᐸᑕᔑᓐᑕᒪᑫᓇᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᑲᐅᒋᑕᐧᐃᔥᑲᒪᑯᓐ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒪᓐ ᐊᓂᓐ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐃᓇᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᔦ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᐧᑲᒃ ᐊᑭᐧᐃᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐧᐃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᑕᑯ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐧᐃᓐᑕᓐ ᐊᓂᓐ ᐁᔑᓇᒪᓐ ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ. ᓂᐸᑯᓭᑕᒥᓐ ᒋᐱᐊᔭᔭᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᐃᔑ ᐊᔭᑭᓀᓇᑭᔥᑲᑫᔭᒃ, ᔕᑯᒡ ᑭᔥᐱᓐ ᑭᐱᐊᔭᓯᐧᐊᓐ, ᐱᐧᐃᓐᑕᓐ ᑭᑎᑭᑐᐧᐃᓐ.

ᑫᐱᐃᔑ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᒪᓐ ᐃᑕᔥ ᑭᑎᑭᑐᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑫᒪ ᑫᔭᐱ ᐧᐃᐧᐃᑕᒪᑫᔭᓐ ᑫᑯᓐ, ᑲᓄᓂᒃ ᑲᐊᓂ ᐅᔑᐱᐃᑲᓱᐧᐊᒡ ᒐᐸᔑᒃ.

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It was on Nov. 19, 2008, after being given a reality check about diabetes, on top of being diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and a heart condition, I decided to commit myself to making changes, only I didn’t know where to start from exactly. a few days later I first decided to remove the things, and people, that caused me unnecessary stress. This meant quitting a job where I had a miserable supervisor and to quit smoking for good. The second step was to commit myself to learning more about nutrition and exer-cise. The third step was to find balance and peace in life while filling it with the things I love to do and with the people I love.

as I learned more about nutrition, I worked on finding out just where I developed my bad eating habits from. I had to go back to remembering what life was like when I wasn’t taking care of other people. I don’t recall being taught to watch what I ate; in fact, fresh vegetables, fruits and bag milk were rare commodities in the household I grew up in.

There were a lot of pastas, breads or bannocks to eat, along with fried salty flapjacks or greasy chicken or hamburger and fried bologna meats to choose from. It wasn’t until I was 17 years old when I was first introduced to a mango fruit. I thought this fruit was the strangest looking thing I had ever seen and when I tried to eat the peeling, the person who introduced me to this fruit had to laugh because of the face I made while chewing.

Of exercise? I remembered my family hardly participated in physical activities together. Exercising, playing sports, rid-ing bikes or doing something as simple as taking short walks together was not part of our regular routine.

my family did enjoy watching television together though. It’s funny to remember that tacky daytime soap operas were the big thing in our household. I was lucky to have friends who shared my enthusiasm of exploring the great outdoors. Had it not been for my adven-turous spirit to explore, I don’t think I would have gotten any exercise at all.

Now I have to work on reclaiming my adventurous spirit and showing my family that there’s more to life than watching those absolutely gor-geous “sane” people on TV.

Even though I do have my own non-aboriginal role mod-els (believe it or not, arnold Schwarzenegger is one of them) I am wondering if there are any role models out there, in Ontario, who are already promoting healthy living to aboriginal peoples.

If there are no such people who are taking on this role, why not? Perhaps this letter will inspire such a campaign to take place in order find the role models needed for our men, women, and youth. It would be an interesting project, espe-cially since diabetes is one of the major diseases that plagues our people today.

I am grateful to the Creator for helping me give myself a second chance.

Starting my life over is not an easy path to take because it is strange and new. The experi-ence of neglecting my physical well-being definitely teaches me the importance of being able to spend time with my younger children and watch them grow. I also get to wel-come a new grandchild into this world very soon.

Chi-Meegwetch.Madeline Chokomolin

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All strains of flu can be dangerous; however, good infection prevention measures can help protect you and others if this virus begins to spread rapidly in Canada.

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May 11, 2009

2 COL x 56 AGATES

CounsellingThe Sexually Abused

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May 21-23, 2009Sunset Inn

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$75.00 for previous attenders

Call (807) 937-5188 for registration details.


April 05, 2009

2 COL x 56 AGATES

mishkeegogamang Ojib-way First Nation has signed an exploration memorandum of understanding with PC Gold Inc. regarding the company’s Pickle Crow property.

“We are very pleased with this agreement,” said mish-keegogamang Chief Connie Gray-mcKay. “We appreciate the respectful approach the company has taken to ensuring that our First Nation will ben-efit from this project. The Pickle Crow gold mine operated for years in the heart of our tradi-tional lands without providing any meaningful benefits to our community. We will not allow that to happen again. PC Gold’s commitment in this mOU to sharing benefits with mish-keegogamang is consistent with the approach we expect from all resource companies working in our traditional lands.”

PC Gold, a focused gold junior, owns 100 per cent of the Pickle Crow property, which produced a total of 1.45 million Troy ounces of high-grade gold

over 31 years of operation from 1935 to 1966.

“I believe it’s essential that local communities experience real and lasting benefits from the mineral exploration and development activities in their neighborhoods,” said Kevin m. Keough, president and CEO of PC Gold. “We intend to fulfill our obligations to mish-keegogamang in a way that is good for the community, and good for our company.” PC Gold has retained the services of Fladgate Exploration Consult-ing of Thunder Bay, Ontario, to manage all aspects of the explo-ration program. The company is planning to begin a Phase II exploration drilling program, including multiple deep tests of the Pickle Crow mineralized system to depths of up to 2,500 metres beneath the old mine.

“These negotiations were successful because we listened to each other and addressed the concerns and objectives we each brought to the table,” said Coun. David masakeyash. –RG

MishsignsexplorationagreementwithPCGold

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The Ontario Trillium Foundation’s mission is to build

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community-based initiatives.

AREA MANAGERYou will manage the delivery of the Ontario Trillium Foundation Community Granting Program for the North and East geographic area in order to ensure high-quality program delivery. You will also oversee the grant review, approval and monitoring processes within assigned areas, and provide leadership in analysis and resolution of issues.For further information, including location, responsibilities, qualifications and how to apply, please visit our website at www.trilliumfoundation.org Application deadline: May 20, 2009.

We encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds and cultures, including, but not limited to, people of Aboriginal ancestry.

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after months of remodel-ing, Sioux Lookout anti-Racism Committee (SLaRC) launched its new website at a ceremony held at the Sioux Lookout Pub-lic Library april 30.

SLaRC hired K-Net web designers Cal Kenny and Kanina Terry to create the new website.

“I’m really excited to see this welcoming ceremony,” said Garnet angeconeb, SLaRC founding member. “Now with a push of a button we can com-municate with the world.”

Terry explained users can create a website account that will allow them to create blogs and take part in online discus-sions.

The opportunity for a new website came up after a grant from the ministry of attorney General was received for a pre-vious SLaRC project.

“We had some funding to do work on our website and we just took advantage of the situ-ation to change it over to a new content management system so that we can do all the changes ourselves,” said Katy Quinn,

SLaRC projects and partner-ships co-ordinator.

Quinn said she’s pleased with the website and the feed-back SLaRC received at the cer-emony.

“I think it’s a really nice design. K-Net did a great job,” Quinn said. “I’m so excited we can keep it really updated. all

the staff can make updates so it’s going to be a much more useful website.”

Quinn said she’s thankful for the great community support for launching the website.

Users can check the website for upcoming SLaRC events. For more information, users can log into www.slarc.ca.

‘Goal’den girl

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsNathaniel Moses plays soccer with some Ecole Gran Morgan students in Thunder Bay. With the warm weather and spring sunshine, more people are getting out in the fresh air.

Anti-racismwebsitegetsfacelift

Steve Feeney/Wawatay NewsKanina Terry, K-Net web designer, shows off the new SLARC website at the launch ceremony April 30.



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www.nan.on.ca

11, 12, 13, 2009

ᐯᐡᑭᐡ ᐊᐣᑕ ᑭᒋ ᓇᑭᐡᑲᑐᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐧᐊ ᐁ ᑭᐢᒋᐧᓇᒋᑕᓂᐧᐊᐠᒪᐧᐊᒋ ᓀᐢᑕ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ

ᐊᓂᐃ ᐯᐱᐢᑭᐨ ᐅᑕ ᑲᐊᑎ ᓂᐱᑌᓯᓇᑌᑭ ᐅᒋ:

–

ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐧᐃ ᒪᓯᓇᐃᑲᓇ ᓀᐢᑕ ᑲ ᓄᓱᓀᐃᑲᑌᑭ ᓇᓀᑊᐯᑦ ᐃᑕᐧᑲᐧᓇ ᐅᑕwww.nan.on.ca

ᓀᐢᑕ ᐱᑯ ᐅᑕ ᐃᔑ ᐊᔭᒥ 1-800-465-9952

ᑭᐸᐃᑲᑌᐤ ᐃᐢᐱ ᐃᔑᑭᑲᓱᐧᐃᓇ ᑫ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭ: 1, 2009

• ᑭᐢᑭᓄᐊᒪᓱᐧᐃᓂᐠ• ᒣᑕᐧᐁᐧᐃᓂᐠ• ᓂᑲᓂᓯᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᓀᐢᑕ ᐃᑕᐧᐃᓂᐠᐊᔑᒋᑫᐧᐃᓂᐠ

• ᐃᑕᐢᑲᓀᓯᐧᐃᓂᐠᓂᑲᓂᓯᐧᐃ ᑲᐡᑭᐅᐧᐃᐧᐃᐣ ᐅᒋ

ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐧᐃ ᓇᐢᑯᒧᐧᐃᓇ ᐁ ᑭᐸᐃᑲᑌᐠ: 10, 2009

ᓇᐢᑯᒧᐧᐃᐣ ᑲ ᑭᐸᐃᑲᑌᐠ: 11, 2009

ᐁᑯᔑ ᐃᔑᑎᔕᐊᒪᐧᐁᐠ ᓇᐢᑯᒧᐧᐃᓇ ᑲ ᐅᒋ ᐧᐃᑕᐱᑕᑭᐠ:ᓴᐣᑕᐧᕋ ᑊᐧᕋᐅᐣ ᐅᑕ [email protected] ᓀᐢᑕ ᐱᑯ

ᓗᐠ ᐊᐣᑐ ᐅᑕ [email protected]ᐊᐧᐊᓯᑌ ᐧᐃᑕᒪᑫᐧᐃᓇ ᐃᑕᐱᐠ ᓂᐟ ᐊᓇᐱᐧᐃ ᐊᔭᐧᐃᓂᓇᐠ.


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www.nan.on.ca

XXVIII Keewaywin ConferenceChapleau Cree First Nation

August 11, 12, 13, 2009Keewaywin Awards

The Keewaywin Awards are presented in recognition of outstanding achievements and dedication to the people of Nishnawbe Aski Nation

in the following areas:

NAN Youth Award – 4 Categories

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTEDNomination FORMS and CRITERIA are available on our website

www.nan.on.caor Call 1-800-465-9952

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS:WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009

• Academic• Athletic• Leadership/Community

Involvement• Cultural

NAN Woman AwardNAN Elder AwardEmile Nakogee Awardfor Outstanding Leadership

ResolutionsCALL FOR RESOLUTIONS

Support Resolution Deadline:FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2009 @ 5:00 PM

Resolution Deadline:TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2009 @ 4:00 PM

Please email resolutions to Co-Chairs:Sandra Brown [email protected] and/or

Luke Hunter [email protected] more details please visit our website.



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www.nan.on.ca

11, 12, 13, 2009

ᐊᒥ ᑲᔦ ᐊᔑᐨ ᐁᐃᔑᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣᐁᐅᒋ ᓇᑯᑕᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ

ᐅᒪ ᐅᒪ ᑲᔭᓂ ᓂᐱᑌᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ:

–

ᐃᐧᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒧᐡᑭᓀᐱᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᓇᔓᐊᐧᑌᐠ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᐅᒪwww.nan.on.ca

ᓇᐣᑕ ᐅᒪ ᐃᔑᑭᑐᐣ 1-800-465-9952

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱ ᑫᐃᔑᐳᓂᓭᐠ ᐃᐧᓱᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᐅᑕᐱᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ:, 1, 2009

• ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ• ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐃᐧᐣ• ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠᑲᓇᑯᑐᐨ ᐁᑭᒋᔭᓄᑲᑕᐠ

• ᐅᑕᑲᓀᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂ

ᑫᐃᔑᐳᓂᓭᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᑕᐱᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ:, 10, 2009 5:00

ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᐳᓂᓭᐠ:, 11, 2009 4:00 , 11

ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒋᐃᔑᓂᔕᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐠ ᑲᔭᓂᑫᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ:ᓴᐣᑕᕑᐊ ᐱᕑᐊᐅᐣ ᐅᒪ [email protected] ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ

ᓫᐅᐠ ᐦᐊᐣᑕᕑ ᐅᒪ [email protected]ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᒪᐣ ᐃᓇᐱᐣ ᐣᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᒥᓇᐠ.


May 7, 2009

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www.nan.on.ca

11, 12, 13, 2009

ᒥᐅᐧᐁ ᑕᑯ ᑫᑐᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᑕᓱᐱᐳᓐ ᑲᒪᐧᐊᓐᑐᔥᑲᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᐅᐅᐧᐁᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᐁᐅᒋ ᑭᑭᓇᐧᐊᒋᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᔦ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᓐ

ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᐊᓂ ᓂᐱᑌᐱᐃᑲᑌᑭᓐ:

–

ᐅᐧᐃᓱᐧᐃᓂᐧᐊ ᔕᑲᔥᑭᓀᐱᐃᑲᓇᓐ ᑕᑯ ᑲᔦ ᑲᐃᓇᑯᓂᑲᑌᒃ ᑕᐧᑲᓄᓐ ᐱᐧᐊᐱᑯᒃwww.nan.on.ca

ᑫᒪ ᐃᔑᑭᑭᑐᓐ ᐅᐅᒪ 1-800-465-9952

ᒥᐊᐱ ᑫᐃᔑᐃᔥᐧᑲᓭᒃ ᐧᐃᓱᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᒋᐅᑕᐱᓂᑲᑌᑭᓐ: 1, 2009

• ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐧᐃᓐ• ᐅᑕᒥᓄᐧᐃᓐ• ᓂᑲᓂᔥᑲᒪᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑎᔥᑯᓂᑲᓂᒃᑲᓇᑯᓯᒡ ᐁᐸᐸᔭᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᒡ

• ᐅᓐᑕᑲᓀᓯᐧᐃᓐᓂᑲᓂᔥᑲᒪᑫᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᔑᐧᐊᐧᐃᑐᑲᑫᒡ

ᐊᐱ ᑫᐃᔥᐧᑲᓭᒃ ᒋᐅᑕᐱᓂᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᐅᑕᐱᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᓐ:, 10, 2009 5:00

ᐅᑕᐱᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᑫᐃᔑᐃᔥᐧᑲᓭᒃ: 11, 2009 4:00

ᐱᐧᐊᐱᑯᒃ ᐅᔑᐱᐊᒪᑫᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᐅᒋ ᐃᔑᓂᔕᐊᒪᐧᐃᒃ ᑲᐊᓂᑫ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐧᐊᒡ ᐅᑕᐱᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ:ᓴᓐᑕᕋ ᐱᕋᐅᓐ ᐅᐅᒪ [email protected] ᑫᒪ ᑲᔦ

ᓗᒃ ᐊᓐᑕ ᐅᐅᒪ [email protected]ᑫᔭᐱ ᐧᐃᑭᑫᑕᒪᓐ ᐃᓇᐱᓐ ᐱᐧᐊᐱᑯᒃ ᑲᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᒃ.


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“People with goals succeed because they know where they are going.”

That is the favourite inspi-rational saying of Summer Spence, one of 30 youth pre-sented with awards at the april 30 Northwestern Ontario aboriginal youth achievement & Recognition awards.

The 13-year-old Fort William First Nation member earned an athletic award for her achieve-ments in sports, which include a

gold medal in the 4 x 100 relay at the 2008 North american Indigenous Games and partici-pation in bantam lacrosse and two bantam hockey teams.

“I just like bantam hockey,” Spence said. “I’ve been playing since I was five years old. my family plays hockey; it’s just a way to get together.”

Spence wants to play profes-sional hockey in the future.

“They call me the Tasmanian devil, because I’m rough and fast,” Spence said.

about 350 people attended the awards dinner at the Victo-

ria Inn with Shy-anne Hovorka as master of ceremonies and Fort William Chief Peter Collins and Thunder Bay mayor Lynn Peterson as opening speakers.

Poetry awards were pre-sented to melissa Davidson for her poem The Race in the elementary school category, melissa Kakepetum for her poem as I Sit Here and Wonder in the secondary school cat-egory and Leah Siczkar for her poem Conquer the Cold in the open category.

see next page

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsSage Laliberte won a Community Leadership and Volunteerism award at the 2009 Northwestern Ontario Aboriginal Youth Achievement & Recognition Awards.

Youth achievements recognize



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Smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke increase your risk of heart disease. Smoking also nearly doubles your risk of an ischemic stroke.

Quitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for your health.

Making a change to being smoke-free can be hard. Don’t be afraid to ask for help and support from your family, friends and healthcare provider.

To learn more about quitting, contact the Canadian Cancer Society’s Smokers’ Helpline at:

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EDUCATION

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Matawa First Nations Education Department in partnership with the Bowmanville Rotary Club is pleased to offer a bursary fund open to all Matawa First Nation students. The fund is available to students in the areas of:

ElementaryComprehension strategies, engaging children in story telling and writing.

SecondaryRecognizing youth leadership and personal achievements.

Post SecondaryRecognizing students that have made a difference in their community.

For more information or to obtain an application form, please contact:

Georgette OnabigonPhone: 807-344-4545Toll Free: 1-800-463-2249Email: [email protected]

Deadline for submissions is April 24th, 2009

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January 30, 2009


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Recognition awards were presented to Louise Thomas, owner of ahnisnabae art Gal-lery, for career guidance for providing student placements at her business; Fort William Historical Park for excellence in diversity; Connotec Inc. for the apprenticeship award; Stepha-nie Feletto for the community involvement award; mark Sault for personal achievement and four Lakehead Public Schools: Hammarskhold High School, Hillcrest High School, Churchill High School and Westgate High School for the aboriginal youth mentorship project.

“One of the issues we find important is to continue your education,” said Feletto, a moose Cree First Nation mem-ber who has a Bachelor of administration degree and is working towards a Certified management accounting desig-nation. “Dream big, you never know what is out there for you. Be the change you want to see in the world. These are the words of Ghandi.”

Hillary Charlie, Cinnamon Kelly and Waylon Hill-Lyon received aboriginal youth men-torship awards; Riel Bouchard, Shawna Pelletier, Pamela angees and Karli Tyance received academic awards; and Spence, Kelly Doblej, Jacie Indian and Cassandra Spence received athletic awards.

Cassandra Spence, a 15-year-old student at St. Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay and Contance Lake First Nation member who won silver in the 4 x 400 and a bronze in the three-kilometre cross-country compe-tition at the 2008 North amer-ica Indigenous Games, said she loves running long distance.

“I find it a way to relieve stress and stay in shape,” Spence said. “my future goals are pretty high – to be in the Olympics and to be a positive role model for aboriginal youth.”

Elton Beardy and R.J. Ogemah received artistic awards.

Ogemah, a Grade 12 student at St. Patrick High School and a Long Lake #58 First Nation member who recently com-pleted an artist co-op placement at the ahnisnabae art Gallery, said he plans to study art in the future.

“I want to get into anima-tion,” Ogemah said. “It looks interesting.”

Sage Laliberte, Brandon Thompson, mahogany mcGuire and Shane Turtle received com-munity leadership and volun-teerism awards.

mcGuire, a 23-year-old Gull Bay First Nation member who is currently studying in the Honours Concurrent Education Program, Honours Bachelor of arts in English and Honours Bachelor of Education in the Primary/Junior division at Lakehead University, said youth need direction and support to achieve their goals.

“Having lots of friends and family around is very impor-tant,” mcGuire said.

amy Isheroff and Nicole Beauvais received employ-ment in a chosen career path awards; Jon Bannon received an employment in a traditional field award; Jade Willoughby, ashley Rae, amanda Pettis, marisa Wabasse and Cheyenne Tibishkogjig received personal achievement awards; and Cait-lyn Bird and Eric Slipperjack received the Sandra Kakeeway Cultural awards.

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The coroner’s inquest into the death

of Poplar Hill teen Reggie Bushie was

delayed Jan. 14.

Issues, including the current jury-

roll system, arose leaving coroner Dr.

Davis Eden no choice but to postpone

the hearing which was scheduled to

begin Jan. 19 and continue for two

weeks.

Eden will hear further motions for

the inquest Jan. 29-30 in Thunder Bay.

At that time, it i

s hoped the inquest will

be rescheduled.

Lawyers working on behalf of the

Crown, Bushie’s mother Rhoda King

and his step-father Berenson King,

Northern Nishnawbe Education Coun-

cil, the Office of the Provincial Advo-

cate For Children and Youth, Indian

and Northern Affairs Canada and Nish-

nawbe Aski Nation attended the pre-

inquest proceeding at the Ontario Gov-

ernment Building on Red River Road in

Thunder Bay.

“NAN made submissions to Dr.

David Eden, presiding coroner, as to

why NAN has a substantial and direct

interest in the proceedings,” said Nish-

nawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy

Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler. “Only by

determining the circumstances sur-

rounding the death of Reggie Bushie

can we fully understand how this trag-

edy occurred and what can be done to

prevent deaths under similar circum-

stances.”

Trevor Jukes, serving as coun-

sel for Eden in the hearing, recom-

mended NNEC, Bushie’s family and

INAC passed the private law test to

gain standing. He also recommended

NAN and the provincial advocate had

passed the public law test and should

be included in the hearing.

“It’s Dr. Eden’s decision … who to

allow to participate,” Jukes said follow-

ing the two-hour hearing.

Given the possible scope of the hear-

ing, Fiddler said each organization

could have valuable information to

provide the inquiry.

“We welcome INAC’s presence at this

inquest as we need to look at broader,

systemic issues affecting our students

including education funding and poli-

cies,” said Fiddler. “INAC’s participa-

tion is a crucial piece to this process.

“There are funding and policy issues.

Our students need adequate support.”

In speaking on behalf of NAN, law-

yer Julian Roy told Eden: “NAN insists

on being at the table when decisions

are made about its people. NAN has

an interest in the welfare of all its stu-

dents.”see

JURY page 9

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ᑲᑭ ᐅᓇ

ᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸ

ᐣ ᒋᐃ

ᔑᒪᑕᓄᑲ

ᑌᐠ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫ

ᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊ

ᔕ ᒋᑭᐃᔑ

ᒪᐦᒋᓭᑭᐸ

ᐣ

ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ

19 ᐁᑲ

ᐧ ᓂᔓ

ᐱᒥᑯᓇ

ᑲ

ᒋᐱᒥᑭᑲᑌ

ᐠ.

ᐃᑎᐣ

ᑕᑲᑫᐧᑌ

ᐧ ᒥᓇ

ᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐧ

ᐁ

ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌ

ᐠ ᓇᓇ

ᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫ

ᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧ

ᐨ

ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ

29 ᒥᓇ

30 ᐁᐧ

ᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ

ᐯ.

ᐸᑯᓭᒋᑲᑌ

ᒥᓇᐊᐧ

ᒋᑭᐁᐧ ᐅ

ᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ.

ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊ

ᐧᐠ ᑕᐡ ᐅ

ᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅ

ᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫ

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ

ᐳᐡᔑ

ᐅᒪᒪᐣ ᕑ

ᐅᑕ ᑭᐣ

ᐠ ᒥᓇ

ᐅᓇᐯᒪᐣ

ᐯᕑᐃᐣᓴ

ᐣ ᑭᐣᐠ ᐅ

ᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫ

ᒪᐣ,

ᐁᑲᐧ

ᐊᔑᐨ

ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄ

ᐠ ᐊᓂ

ᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑲᐅᓇᔓ

ᐊᐧᑕᒧᐊ

ᐧᐨ,

ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ

ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧ ᐊᓄ

ᑭᐃᐧᐣ,

ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭ

ᒪ ᒥᓇ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ

ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ

ᑲᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌ

ᐧᓇᓄᐊᐠᐧ

ᐁᐧᑎ

ᑕᐣᑐᕑ

ᐯ ᐅᑌ

ᓇᐠ ᑲᐊ

ᔭᐠ ᐅᑭ

ᒪᐃᐧ

ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ

ᑲᒥᑯᐠ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ

ᐅᑭ

ᑲᓄᓇᐣ

ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭ

ᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊ

ᐧᐣ ᑌᐱ

ᐟ ᐃᑎ

ᐣ,

ᑲᓇᓇᑕ

ᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕ

ᐠ ᓂᐳ

ᐃᐧᐣ,

ᑫᑯᓀᐣ

ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊ

ᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᐃ

ᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᒋᑕ

ᑭᐊᐧᐸᐣ

ᐅᒪ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭ

ᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ, ᑭᐃ

ᑭᑐ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭ

ᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲ

ᓀᐢ ᐊᓫᐱ

ᐣ

ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ.

ᐸᓂᒪ ᐁ

ᑕ ᒥᑐᓂ

ᑭ ᑭᑫᑕ

ᒪᐠ

ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ

ᐱᒪᑎᓯ

ᐨ ᕑᐁᒋ

ᐳᐡᔑ ᐊ

ᓂᐣ

ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃ

ᐣᑎᑫᐧᐣ ᐊ

ᒥ ᐁᑕ ᑫ

ᑭ ᑭᑫᑕᒪ

ᐠ

ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫ

ᑭᐃᔑᓇᑲᓇ

ᒪᐠ ᐁᑲ

ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐅ

ᐁᐧ

ᒋᐃᐧᐃᓯᓭ

ᐠ.

ᒉᐧᐱᕑ

ᒍᐠᐢ

ᐃᔑᓂᑲ

ᓱ

ᑲᐊᔭᒥᑕ

ᒪᐊᐧᐨ

ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭ

ᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊ

ᐧᐣ

ᐅᒪ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭ

ᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ, ᐊᒥ

ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐨ

ᐊᓂᔑ

ᓇᐯ ᑭᑭ

ᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ

ᑲᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᑕ

ᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᐳ

ᐡᔑ ᐅᐊ

ᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇ

ᐣ

ᒥᓇ

ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭ

ᒪ ᒋᔕ

ᐳᓇᒧᐊ

ᐧᐨ

ᒋᑎᐱᓇ

ᐁᐧᓯᒪᑲᐠ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐁᑲ

ᑫᑭᔕᑯᑎ

ᓂᑲᑌᐠ.

ᐁᑲᐧ

ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭ

ᐃᓇᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭᐊ

ᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ

ᐅᐣᑌᕑ

ᐃᔪ

ᐅᑭᒪᐃ

ᐧ ᓇᑕ

ᒪᑫᐃᐧ

ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃ

ᐧᓇᐣ

ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊ

ᐧᐨ ᒋᔕᐳ

ᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋ

ᒪᒪᐃᐧᐊᐸ

ᑕᐠ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑫᑯᒋᒋᑲᑌ

ᐠ ᐁᑲ

ᐧ

ᒋᐊᔑᑎᓂ

ᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇ

ᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃ

ᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐃᐧᓂᑯ

ᐃᑎᐣ

ᐃᓯᓭᓂ

ᒋᐅᓀᑕ

ᐠ

ᐊᐁᐧᓀᓇ

ᐣ ᑫᐸᑭᑎ

ᓇᐨ ᐅᒪ

ᒋᐱᑕᑭᐧ

ᓂᐨ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭ

ᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭ

ᑐ ᒍᐠᐢ

ᐊᐱ

ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᑕ

ᔑᐣᒋᑲᓄᐊ

ᐧᐠ.

ᑭᐡᐱᐣ

ᑕᐡ ᐅᐁ

ᐧ ᑌᐯ

ᐧ

ᐃᔑᑲᐡᑭ

ᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸ

ᐣ, ᐱᐟᓫ

ᐊᕑ ᐃᑭ

ᑐ

ᐅᒪ ᐱ

ᑭᓯᐱᒧᒋᑫ

ᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑕ

ᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂ

ᐸᐣ

ᑭᒋᑫᑯᓇ

ᐣ ᒋᑭᐃ

ᔑᐸᑭᑎᓇ

ᒧᐊᐸᐧᐣ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫ

ᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐣᑕᒥᓀᐧᑕ

ᒥᐣ ᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ ᔓᓂᔭ

ᐃᐧᑭᒪ

ᒋᑭᐱᔕᐸᐣ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭ

ᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ

ᐊᓂᐡ

ᐃᔑᓇᑲ

ᐧᐣ ᐊᐊ

ᐧᓯᑌ ᑫᑯᓇ

ᐣ

ᒋᑭᑲᓇᐊ

ᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌ

ᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᑲ

ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸ

ᒥᑯᐊᐧᐨ

ᐣᑐᐡᑲᑎ

ᓯᒥᓇᓂᐠ

ᑲᐃᐡᑯᓄ

ᐊᐧᐨ ᐊ

ᔑᐨ

ᑲᐸᑭᑎ

ᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ

ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃ

ᓇᑌᑭᐣ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐅ

ᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ

ᓇᐣ, ᑭᐃ

ᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫ

ᐊᕑ.

ᒥᑐᓂ

ᑕᐡ ᓇᑕ

ᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐃᒪ

ᒋᑭᑕᑲᐧᐱ

ᐸᐣ.

ᐊᔭᒪᑲᓄ

ᐣ ᑫᐊ

ᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌ

ᑭᐣ ᐁᑲ

ᑲᓇᐦᐃᓇ

ᑲᐧᐠ ᔓᓂᔭ

ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃ

ᓇᑯᓂᑲ

ᑌᐠ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄ

ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ. ᐅᑎ

ᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑲ

ᐃᐧᐣ

ᑌᐱᓭᐃᐧ

ᓇᑲᐧᓂ ᐅ

ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯ

ᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ.

ᐁᑲᐧ

ᐃᒪ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ

ᑲᐃᔑᐊᔭᒥ

ᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐊ

ᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᓇ

ᐨ ᒍᓫᐃᔭ

ᐣ

ᕑᐊᔾ ᑭᒋ

ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃ

ᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ

: ᐊᓂᔑ

ᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᐃ

ᑭᑐ ᐁᓇ

ᑕᐁᐧᑕᐠ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐱ

ᐨ ᐊᐱ

ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲ

ᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌ

ᑭᐣ

ᐅᑕᓂᔑ

ᓂᓂᒪᐣ

ᐅᒋ. ᐊᓂ

ᐡ ᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇ

ᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᐅᑐᒋᑲᓇ

ᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐣ

ᐊᓂᐣ

ᑲᐊᓂᓯᓭᐊ

ᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯ

ᓂᐠ.

ᑌᐣᓫᐃᐣ

ᒥᐠᑭᐣᓂᐣ

ᐃᔑᓂᑲ

ᓱ ᑲᑭ

ᑲᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕ

ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊ

ᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑲᐅᓇᔓᐊ

ᐧᑕᒥᓂᐨ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄ

ᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧᓂᐠ

ᐅᒋᑲᓇ

ᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᐸ

ᐣ ᕑᐁᒋ

ᐳᐡᔑ ᐊᐱ

ᐣ

ᑲᐳᓂᐱ

ᒪᑎᓯᐨ,

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᒥᐠᑭᐣᓂᐣ

.

ᐅᑕᓄᑭ

ᐠ ᒥᓇ

ᐅᐊ

ᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲ

ᓂᐊᐧᐠ

ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐦᐊ

ᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᐱᒥᓂ

ᔕᐦᐊᓇᐊᐧ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊ

ᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᑲᐅᒋᓭᑭ

ᐣ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫ

ᐃᐧᓇᐣ.

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᐁᑭ

ᒋᓀᑕᑲ

ᐧᐠ ᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊ

ᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋ

ᑭᑕᑭᐧᐸᐣ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭ

ᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ ᐊᓂᐡ

ᐳᐡᔑ

ᐃᒪ

ᐁᑭᐅᒋ ᑲ

ᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯ

ᓯᐸᐣ.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ

ᐁᒪᐧᔦ

ᑭᐁᐧ ᐅᓇ

ᒋᑌᐠ ᐊ

ᐱ

ᑫᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫ

ᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ,

ᐱᓇᒪ ᐃ

ᐁᐧ

ᑕᑭ ᒋ

ᑭᐊᓂᒧ

ᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸ

ᐣ ᑲᐅᓀ

ᓂᒥᑕᐧ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫ

ᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑ

ᔕᐠ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ

ᑎᐸᑯᓂ

ᑫᐃᐧ ᓇ

ᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐁᐧᑎ

ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ

ᑲᐅᒋᐱ

ᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ,

ᐊᒥᐦᐅᒪ

ᑲᐅᒋ ᐱ

ᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸ

ᒥᑕᐧ ᐳᐡ

ᔑ

ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪ

ᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ

ᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂ

ᔑᓇᐯ ᐊ

ᐢᑭ

ᐅᑭᐸᑭ

ᑎᓇᐣ ᐁ

ᑲ ᑲᓇᐦᐃ

ᓭᐃᐧᓇᒧ

ᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓂ

ᓂᑕᐧ ᐅ

ᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ

ᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ

ᐅᒪ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫ

ᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐱᓇᒪ

ᑕᐡ ᓂᑲ

ᐣ ᐅᐁ

ᐧ

ᒋᑭᒥᓇᐧᒋ

ᑲᑌᑭᐸ

ᐣ, ᑭᐃ

ᑭᑐ ᐱ

ᐟᓫᐊᕑ.

ᐊᒥᐁᑕ

ᑫᑭᑌᐸ

ᑫᑕᒧᐊ

ᐧᐨ ᑕᔑ

ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᑲᐊᔭᐊ

ᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ

ᐱᑯ

ᐊᐧᑯ

ᒪᑲᓇᐠ

ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᐃ

ᔑᐱᒪᓄᑲ

ᑌᐠ ᒥᑐ

ᓂ ᐱᑯ

ᒋᐸᔭᑌ

ᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌ

ᐠ ᐊᐱ

ᐅᓀᓂᒥ

ᑕᐧ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫ

ᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑ

ᔕᐠ.

ᐳᐡᔑ ᓂᔭ

ᓄᔕᑊ ᑕ

ᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ

ᐸᐣ ᐊᐱ

ᑲᐳᓂᐱ

ᒪᑎᓯᐨ

ᑲᐊᓂᑕ

ᑲᐧᑭᓂᐠ

2007

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄ

ᐸᐣ ᑌᓇ

ᐢ ᑊᕑᐊᐣ

ᐠᓫᐃᐣ

ᐠᕑᐊᒧᕑᒥ

ᑭᒋᐃᐡᑯ

ᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ

ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕ

ᐣᑐᕑ

ᐯ. ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ

ᒥᔑᓄᑭ

ᔑᑲ ᒋᐃ

ᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐃ

ᐁᐧ

ᐊᐱᐣ ᒪ

ᒋᐨ ᐁᐊ

ᐧᐸᒪᑲᓄ

ᐸᐣ ᐁᐱ

ᒪᑎᓯᐨ

ᐊᐱ ᑲᒥ

ᑭᑲᑌᓂᐠ

ᐅᒥᔭᐤ

ᐁᐊᑲᐧᐣᑎ

ᓂᐠ

ᒥᑭᐣᑕᔭᕑ

ᓯᐱᐠ ᑲ

ᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱ

ᓯᑦ 1, 2

007.

Bushie

inquest

delayed

ᐳᐡᔑ ᓇᓇ

ᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ ᐱᓇᒪ

ᑭᐱᑎᓂ

ᑲᑌ

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delayed Jan. 14.






weeks.

Eden will hear further motions for


At that time, it is

hoped the inquest will

be rescheduled.











Thunder Bay.












stances.”





























dents.” see JURY page 9

ᒉᒥᐢ ᑕᐧᑦ

ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊ

ᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒉᐣᐁ

ᐧᕑᐃ ᐱᓯᑦ

14 ᑲᐃᓇ

ᑭᓱᐨ

ᑭᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌ

ᐱᓇᒪ ᒋᐳᓂᒋᑲᑌ

ᐠ ᑲᐃᐧ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋ

ᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐊ

ᐧᐸᓴᑎᐃᐧ ᐅ

ᐡᑲᑎᐢ

ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱ

ᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ ᕑᐁᒋ

ᐳᐡᔑ

ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲ

ᓱᐨ.

ᑭᐅᒋᒧᑭᓭ

ᐊᐧᐣ ᑫᑯᓇ

ᐣ, ᐃᐁᐧ

ᑲᔦ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ

ᑲᐃᓇᑌᐠ

ᑲᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑ

ᔕᐠ, ᒥᑕᐡ

ᐊᐱᐣ

ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂ

ᐠ ᐊᐁᐧ

ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭ

ᐃᐧᓂ

ᑌᐱᐢ ᐃᑎᐣ ᐱᓇᒪ ᒋᐳᓂᑐᐨ

ᐊᔕ

ᑲᑭ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌ

ᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᔑ

ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ

ᒋᑭᐃᔑᒪᐦᒋᓭ

ᑭᐸᐣ

ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ

19 ᐁᑲᐧ

ᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ

ᒋᐱᒥᑭᑲᑌ

ᐠ.

ᐃᑎᐣ ᑕᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ

ᒋᑭᐧᐁ

ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫ

ᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ

ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ

29 ᒥᓇ 3

0 ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕ

ᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ.

ᐸᑯᓭᒋᑲᑌ

ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋ

ᑭᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᒋ

ᑲᑌᐠ.

ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊ

ᐧᐠ ᑕᐡ ᐅᑭᒪ

ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᔭ

ᒥᑕᒪᑫ

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ

ᐳᐡᔑ ᐅᒪ

ᒪᐣ ᕑᐅᑕ

ᑭᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ

ᐅᓇᐯᒪᐣ ᐯ

ᕑᐃᐣᓴᐣ ᑭᐣ

ᐠ ᐅᑕᔭᒥᑕ

ᒪᑫᒪᐣ,

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑭᐁᐧ

ᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ


ᒧᐊᐧᐨ,

ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ

ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ

ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ,

ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ

ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ

ᑲᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌ

ᐧᓇᓄᐊᐠᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ

ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᐊᔭ

ᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ

ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥ

ᑯᐠ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᐅᑭᑲ

ᓄᓇᐣ

ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭ

ᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ

ᑌᐱᐟ ᐃᑎᐣ,

ᑲᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕ

ᐠ ᓂᐳᐃᐧ

ᐣ, ᑫᑯᓀ

ᐣ

ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ

ᑲᐅᒋᐃᓯᓭ

ᓂᐠ ᒋᑕᑭᐊᐧᐸ

ᐣ

ᐅᒪ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫ

ᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ,

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋ

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ

ᐊᓫᐱᐣ

ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ.

ᐸᓂᒪ ᐁᑕ

ᒥᑐᓂ ᑭ

ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐠ

ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱ

ᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᕑᐁᒋ

ᐳᐡᔑ ᐊᓂ

ᐣ

ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᐣ

ᑎᑫᐧᐣ ᐊᒥ

ᐁᑕ ᑫᑭ

ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐠ

ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭ

ᐃᔑᓇᑲᓇᒪᐠ ᐁ

ᑲ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ

ᐅᐁᐧ

ᒋᐃᐧᐃᓯᓭᐠ.

ᒉᐧᐱᕑ

ᒍᐠᐢ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱ

ᑲᐊᔭᒥᑕᒪ

ᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒪ

ᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂ

ᓂᐊᐧᐣ

ᐅᒪ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫ

ᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ,

ᐊᒥ

ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐨ ᐊ

ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ


ᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᐳᐡ

ᔑ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲ

ᓇᐣ

ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ

ᑭᒪ ᒋᔕᐳᓇᒧᐊᐧ

ᐨ

ᒋᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᓯᒪᑲᐠ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ

ᑫᑭᔕᑯᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ. ᐁ

ᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭ

ᐃᓇᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭᐊᐧ

ᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐣ

ᑌᕑᐃᔪ

ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ

ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ

ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇ

ᐣ

ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ

ᒋᔕᐳᓇᒧ

ᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒪᒪ

ᐃᐧᐊᐸᑕᐠ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑫᑯᒋᒋᑲᑌ

ᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ

ᒋᐊᔑᑎᓂᑲ

ᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᑭ

ᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ.

ᐃᐧᓂᑯ

ᐃᑎᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᓂ ᒋᐅᓀ

ᑕᐠ

ᐊᐁᐧᓀᓇᐣ

ᑫᐸᑭᑎᓇ

ᐨ ᐅᒪ ᒋ

ᐱᑕᑭᐧᓂᐨ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋ

ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ,

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒍ

ᐠᐢ ᐊᐱ

ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᑕ

ᔑᐣᒋᑲᓄᐊ

ᐧᐠ.

ᑭᐡᐱᐣ

ᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ

ᑌᐯᐧ

ᐃᔑᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌ

ᑭᐸᐣ, ᐱᐟᓫᐊ

ᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ

ᐅᒪ ᐱᑭᓯᐱ

ᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇ

ᐣ ᑕᑭᐃᓯ

ᓭᓂᐸᐣ

ᑭᒋᑫᑯᓇᐣ

ᒋᑭᐃᔑᐸᑭᑎ

ᓇᒧᐊᐸᐧᐣ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋ

ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐣᑕᒥᓀᐧᑕᒥ

ᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧ

ᑭᒪ

ᒋᑭᐱᔕᐸᐣ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃ

ᐧᓂᐠ

ᐊᓂᐡ ᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᐊᐧ

ᓯᑌ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ

ᒋᑭᑲᓇᐊᐧ

ᐸᒋᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸ

ᐣ ᑲᑲᓇᐊᐧ

ᐸᒥᑯᐊᐧᐨ

ᐣᑐᐡᑲᑎᓯᒥᓇ

ᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐡᑯ

ᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔑᐨ

ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᓇ

ᑌᑭᐣ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐅᓇ

ᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇ

ᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ.

ᒥᑐᓂ ᑕᐡ

ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧ

ᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐃᒪ

ᒋᑭᑕᑲᐧᐱᐸ

ᐣ.

ᐊᔭᒪᑲᓄᐣ

ᑫᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲ

ᑌᑭᐣ ᐁᑲ

ᑲᓇᐦᐃᓇᑲ

ᐧᐠ ᔓᓂᔭ

ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᓇ

ᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐱᒧᒋᑫ

ᐃᐧᐣ. ᐅᑎ

ᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑲ

ᐃᐧᐣ

ᑌᐱᓭᐃᐧᓇ

ᑲᐧᓂ ᐅᐃᐧᒋ

ᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊ

ᐧ.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ


ᑲᐃᔑᐊᔭᒥ

ᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐊ

ᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐨ

ᒍᓫᐃᔭᐣ

ᕑᐊᔾ ᑭᒋ

ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ

ᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ: ᐊ

ᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᐃᑭ

ᑐ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧ

ᑕᐠ ᑫᐃᐧ

ᐣ

ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐱᐨ ᐊ

ᐱ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐅ

ᓀᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ

ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐣ

ᐅᒋ. ᐊᓂᐡ ᑫᐃᐧ

ᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑐ

ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥ

ᑯᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ

ᑲᐊᓂᓯᓭᐊ

ᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯ

ᓂᐠ.

ᑌᐣᓫᐃᐣ ᒥᐠᑭ

ᐣᓂᐣ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱ ᑲᑭ

ᑲᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕ

ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂ

ᔑᓇᐯ ᑭᑭᓄ

ᐦᐊᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑲᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᑕᒥ

ᓂᐨ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭᑭᓄ

ᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ

ᓂᐠ

ᐅᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕ

ᑯᓯᐸᐣ ᕑᐁ

ᒋ ᐳᐡᔑ ᐊᐱ

ᐣ

ᑲᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ,

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᒥᐠᑭᐣᓂᐣ.

ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ

ᒥᓇ ᐅᐊᐧ

ᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ

ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐦᐊ

ᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᓇ

ᐊᐧ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪ

ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐅ

ᒋᓭᑭᐣ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃ

ᐧᓇᐣ.

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᑲᐧ

ᐠ ᑫᐃᐧ

ᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭ

ᑕᑭᐧᐸᐣ


ᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᐡ ᐳ

ᐡᔑ ᐃᒪ

ᐁᑭᐅᒋ ᑲ

ᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯ

ᐸᐣ.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ

ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᑭᐁ

ᐧ ᐅᓇᒋᑌᐠ

ᐊᐱ

ᑫᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫ

ᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐱ

ᓇᒪ ᐃᐁᐧ

ᑕᑭ ᒋᑭᐊ

ᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ

ᑲᐅᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃ

ᐧᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ

ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ

ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ

ᐁᐧᑎ

ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ

ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲ

ᑌᐠ,

ᐊᒥᐦᐅᒪ

ᑲᐅᒋ ᐱᒥ

ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑕ

ᐧ ᐳᐡᔑ

ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇ

ᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ

ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᐁ

ᑲ ᑲᓇᐦᐃᓭ

ᐃᐧᓇᒧᐊᐧ

ᐨ

ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓂᓂ

ᑕᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂ

ᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ ᐅᒪ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋ

ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐱᓇᒪ ᑕᐡ

ᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ

ᒋᑭᒥᓇᐧᒋᑲᑌ

ᑭᐸᐣ, ᑭ

ᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊ

ᕑ.

ᐊᒥᐁᑕ ᑫ

ᑭᑌᐸᑫᑕᒧᐊᐧ

ᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧ

ᓂᐠ

ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ

ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐧᑯ

ᒪᑲᓇᐠ

ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᐃᔑ

ᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ

ᒋᐸᔭᑌᓇᑯᒋᑲ

ᑌᐠ ᐊᐱ ᐅᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃ

ᐧᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ.

ᐳᐡᔑ ᓂᔭ

ᓄᔕᑊ ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃ

ᐧᓀᐸᐣ ᐊ

ᐱ

ᑲᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ

ᑲᐊᓂᑕᑲᐧ

ᑭᓂᐠ 2007

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐃ

ᐡᑯᓄᐸᐣ

ᑌᓇᐢ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᐠᓫ

ᐃᐣ

ᐠᕑᐊᒧᕑᒥ ᑭ

ᒋᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲ

ᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ

ᑕᐣᑐᕑ

ᐯ.ᑲᐃᐧᓂ

ᐣ ᒥᔑᓄᑭᔑ

ᑲ ᒋᐃᓯᓭ

ᓂᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ

ᐊᐱᐣ ᒪᒋ

ᐨ ᐁᐊᐧᐸ

ᒪᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐁ

ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ

ᐊᐱ ᑲᒥᑭ

ᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᒥᔭ

ᐤ ᐁᐊᑲᐧᐣ

ᑎᓂᐠ

ᒥᑭᐣᑕᔭᕑ ᓯ

ᐱᐠ ᑲᐡᑲᑎ

ᓄᐱᓯᑦ 1,

2007.

Bushie

inquest

delayed

ᐳᐡᔑ ᓇᓇ

ᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ ᐱᓇᒪ

ᑭᐱᑎᓂᑲᑌ

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ince 1974

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delayed Jan. 14.






weeks.Eden will hear further motions for


At that time, it is hoped the inquest will

be rescheduled.











Thunder Bay.












stances.”






























ᒉᒥᐢ ᑕᐧᑦ

ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧ

ᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑ

ᐃ ᐱᓯᑦ 14

ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ

ᑭᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌ ᐱᓇᒪ ᒋᐳ

ᓂᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᐧ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌ

ᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᓴᑎ

ᐃᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ

ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ

ᕑᐁᒋ ᐳᐡᔑ

ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐨ

.

ᑭᐅᒋᒧᑭᓭᐊᐧ

ᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ,

ᐃᐁᐧ

ᑲᔦ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ

ᑲᐃᓇᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ, ᒥᑕᐡ

ᐊᐱᐣ

ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐊᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂ

ᑌᐱᐢ ᐃᑎᐣ ᐱᓇᒪ ᒋᐳᓂᑐᐨ ᐊᔕ

ᑲᑭ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ


ᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭᐃ

ᔑᒪᐦᒋᓭᑭᐸᐣ

ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ 19 ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ

ᒋᐱᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ.

ᐃᑎᐣ ᑕᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ

ᒋᑭᐧᐁ

ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ

ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ 29

ᒥᓇ 30 ᐁ

ᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ

.

ᐸᑯᓭᒋᑲᑌ ᒥ

ᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐁᐧ ᐅ

ᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ.

ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ

ᑕᐡ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ

ᐅᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫ

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐳᐡ

ᔑ ᐅᒪᒪᐣ ᕑᐅᑕ

ᑭᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ

ᐅᓇᐯᒪᐣ ᐯ

ᕑᐃᐣᓴᐣ ᑭᐣᐠ

ᐅᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫᒪ

ᐣ,

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᓇ

ᔓᐊᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ,

ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ,

ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᑲᑫ

ᐧᑌᐧᓇᓄᐊᐠᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ

ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᐠ

ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ

ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ

.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᑲᓄ

ᓇᐣ

ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ


ᑲᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᐠ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᐣ,

ᑫᑯᓀᐣ

ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᒋᑕᑭᐊ

ᐧᐸᐣ

ᐅᒪ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋ

ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋ

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᐊᓫ

ᐱᐣ

ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. ᐸᓂ

ᒪ ᐁᑕ ᒥᑐᓂ

ᑭ ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐠ

ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᕑ

ᐁᒋ ᐳᐡᔑ ᐊᓂᐣ

ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᐣᑎᑫᐧᐣ ᐊ

ᒥ ᐁᑕ ᑫᑭ

ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐠ

ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᔑ

ᓇᑲᓇᒪᐠ ᐁᑲ

ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ


ᒉᐧᐱᕑ ᒍᐠᐢ

ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱ

ᑲᐊᔭᒥᑕᒪᐊᐧ

ᐨ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ


ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐊᒥ

ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭᑭᓄ

ᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑲᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ,

ᐳᐡᔑ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇ

ᐣ

ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᒋᔕᐳᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ

ᒋᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᓯᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ

ᑫᑭᔕᑯᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᐃ

ᓇᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭᐊᐧᐣ ᒥ

ᓇ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ

ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋ

ᔕᐳᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒪ

ᒪᐃᐧᐊᐸᑕᐠ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑯᒋᒋ

ᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ

ᒋᐊᔑᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇ

ᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ.

ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᐃᑎᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᓂ ᒋᐅᓀᑕᐠ

ᐊᐁᐧᓀᓇᐣ ᑫ

ᐸᑭᑎᓇᐨ ᐅᒪ ᒋᐱ

ᑕᑭᐧᓂᐨ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒍ

ᐠᐢ ᐊᐱ

ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᑕᔑ

ᐣᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ.

ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᐡ

ᐅᐁᐧ ᑌᐯᐧ

ᐃᔑᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ,

ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ

ᐅᒪ ᐱᑭᓯᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃ

ᐧᓇᐣ ᑕᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂᐸᐣ

ᑭᒋᑫᑯᓇᐣ

ᒋᑭᐃᔑᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐸᐧᐣ


ᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐣᑕᒥᓀᐧᑕᒥᐣ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ

ᒋᑭᐱᔕᐸᐣ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋ

ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᐊᓂᐡ ᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᓯ

ᑌ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ

ᒋᑭᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋ

ᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᑲ

ᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐊᐧᐨ

ᐣᑐᐡᑲᑎᓯᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑲᐃ

ᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔑᐨ

ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᓇᑌᑭᐣ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐅᓇᑯᓂ

ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑭᐃ

ᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ.

ᒥᑐᓂ ᑕᐡ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃ

ᒪ

ᒋᑭᑕᑲᐧᐱᐸᐣ.

ᐊᔭᒪᑲᓄᐣ ᑫᐊᓂ

ᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ

ᐁᑲ

ᑲᓇᐦᐃᓇᑲᐧᐠ

ᔓᓂᔭ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃ

ᓇᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐅ

ᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ

ᑌᐱᓭᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᓂ

ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃ

ᐧᓂᐊᐧ.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ


ᑲᐃᔑᐊᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐊ

ᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐨ

ᒍᓫᐃᔭᐣ

ᕑᐊᔾ ᑭᒋᒪᐡ

ᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ:

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐱᐨ ᐊᐱ

ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐅ

ᓀᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ

ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐣ ᐅᒋ.

ᐊᓂᐡ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊ

ᐢᑭ ᐅᑐᒋᑲᓇ

ᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐣ ᐊᓂ

ᐣ

ᑲᐊᓂᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ.

ᑌᐣᓫᐃᐣ ᒥᐠᑭᐣᓂᐣ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱ ᑲᑭ

ᑲᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕᒪᐊ

ᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭ

ᑭᓄᐦᐊᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑲᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᑕᒥᓂ

ᐨ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫ

ᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᐅᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯ

ᐸᐣ ᕑᐁᒋ ᐳᐡ

ᔑ ᐊᐱᐣ

ᑲᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᒥᐠᑭᐣᓂᐣ.

ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ

ᒥᓇ ᐅᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ

ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᓇᐊᐧ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭ

ᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ

ᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᓭᑭ

ᐣ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇ

ᐣ.

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᑲᐧᐠ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ


ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᑕᑭᐧ

ᐸᐣ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᓂ

ᐡ ᐳᐡᔑ ᐃᒪ

ᐁᑭᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐁ

ᐧᑕᑯᓯᐸᐣ.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᒪ

ᐧᔦ ᑭᐁᐧ ᐅᓇ

ᒋᑌᐠ ᐊᐱ

ᑫᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓇ

ᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ

, ᐱᓇᒪ ᐃᐁ

ᐧ

ᑕᑭ ᒋᑭᐊᓂ

ᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ

ᑲᐅᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪ

ᔑᔕᐠ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ

ᐁᐧᑎ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ

ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌ

ᐠ,

ᐊᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᑲᐅ

ᒋ ᐱᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑕᐧ ᐳ

ᐡᔑ

ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊ

ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇ

ᐦᐃᓭᐃᐧᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᓇ

ᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑ

ᔕᐠ ᐅᒪ


ᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐱᓇᒪ ᑕᐡ

ᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ


ᑭᐸᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ

.

ᐊᒥᐁᑕ ᑫᑭᑌᐸᑫᑕᒧ

ᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ

ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐠ

ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ

ᒋᐸᔭᑌᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌ

ᐠ ᐊᐱ ᐅᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ


ᔑᔕᐠ.

ᐳᐡᔑ ᓂᔭᓄᔕᑊ ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ

ᐸᐣ ᐊᐱ

ᑲᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭ

ᓂᐠ 2007

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐡᑯᓄᐸᐣ ᑌ

ᓇᐢ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᐠᓫᐃᐣ

ᐠᕑᐊᒧᕑᒥ ᑭᒋ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ

ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ

ᐯ.ᑲᐃᐧᓂ

ᐣ ᒥᔑᓄᑭᔑᑲ ᒋᐃ

ᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ

ᐊᐱᐣ ᒪᒋᐨ ᐁᐊ

ᐧᐸᒪᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐁ

ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ

ᐊᐱ ᑲᒥᑭᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᒥ

ᔭᐤ ᐁᐊᑲᐧᐣᑎ

ᓂᐠ

ᒥᑭᐣᑕᔭᕑ ᓯᐱ

ᐠ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱ

ᓯᑦ 1, 2007.

Bushie

inquest

delayed

ᐳᐡᔑ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐱᓇᒪ ᑭᐱᑎᓂᑲᑌ



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3 COL x 110 AGATES

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3 COL x 110 AGATES


Louise Thomas has been working with youth since she opened the ahnisnabae art Gal-lery in 2005.

“I represent about 12 youth in the gallery,” said the recogni-tion award recipient for career guidance at the 2009 North-western Ontario aboriginal youth achievement & Recogni-tion awards. “my youngest (art-ist) is R.J. Ogemah. I can see lots of potential. I encourage him to do his art.”

Thomas has a number of Ogemah’s works in her gallery, including Waterfalls, an original oil on canvas-board, and Quiet Place, an original oil on canvas.

“I had R.J. as a co-op student for one semester,” Thomas said, noting that he is from the same

community as her late husband Roy Thomas, Long Lake #58. “He really loves the gallery, so I have him working part-time here on Saturdays. His com-puter skills are amazing. I get him to do some work on my website.”

Thomas said the youth are often inspired by all the differ-ent aboriginal artwork on dis-play in her gallery; she encour-ages them to learn about their culture, to find their roots, and to get to know where they are from.

“That way they will get to know where they are going,” Thomas said.

Thomas encourages the youth to learn more about the business side of art.

“I took some of Roy’s images and put them on T-shirts,” she said. “It’s another way to make

income. “you can make prints, you

can make T-shirts. It’s some-thing Roy taught me, duplicat-ing, diversifying.”

Thomas also stresses being on time for work and learning how to deal with customers with the youth.

“When Roy was here, he thought it was important to inspire our youth,” Thomas said about her late husband, who passed away in 2004. “Our young people need more posi-tive role models. That is why it is important for me to nurture youth.”

Thomas said she opened the gallery in her late husband’s name to provide an exhibition space for anishinabe artists.

“This gallery is for our peo-ple,” Thomas said. “We offer them exposure to the world.”

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Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsLouise Thomas, owner of the Ahnisnabae Art Gallery, and R.J. Ogemah, a co-op student at the Ahnisnabae Art Gallery, both won awards at the 2009 Northwestern Ontario Aboriginal Youth Achievement & Recogni-tion Awards.

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Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsDeer Lake’s Shane Turtle won a community leadership and volunteerism award at the 2009 North-western Ontario Aboriginal Youth Achievement & Recognition Awards.



May 07, 2009

1 COL x 49 AGATES

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Nurses Week is the time when all people should be acknowledging nurses wherever they may be…whatever they may be doing.

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The Senior Management of the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre sincerely thanks you for all that you do.


Pamela angees is aiming for a career as either a forensic pathologist or a crime scene investigator.

“I started getting interested in Grade 9,” said the Wun-numin Lake band member who grew up in Sioux Lookout and moved to Thunder Bay when she was 12. “I started getting high marks. I took chemistry and biology that year and got really good marks.”

The St. Ignatius High School Grade 11 student said she has been speaking up more in class since then.

“I started researching careers in the past year,” angees said, explaining she found out about all the possible careers that fit her main interests in science and biology. “I’m taking all aca-demic courses next year, all the sciences, physics, all the maths and advanced functions.”

angees, who has completed two years of high school in one year, is currently taking lan-guage courses at school as well as introductions to anthropol-ogy, psychology and sociology.

“I set goals of the kind of marks I wanted and how to go about achieving those marks,” angees said. “my mom also sup-ports me. She praises me when-ever I get a high mark on a test.”

angees said her teachers and guidance counsellor, Vern Kim-ball, have also been supports.

“He got me into volunteer-ing, to get my hours done,” angees said, adding that Kim-ball also helped her apply to the Shad Valley four-week summer enrichment program which provides Grade 10, 11 and 12 students with a focus on the sci-ences, technology and entrepre-neurship at different university campuses across the country. “It’s experimenting with sci-ences, maths, leadership and lectures from scientists.”

angees said she wants to experience many career options before she makes her final choice; she is currently aiming to study applied Bio-molecular Science at Lakehead University once she graduates from high school.

“One day I could change my career path,” angees said. “So I want to expose myself to more options.”

Careerinscienceslikely

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsSt. Ignatius High School Grade 11 student Pamela Angees is already planning her future. She’s looking at a career in forensics. Her guid-ance counsellor Vern Kimball has been a great supporter for her.

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

WRN is also distributed nationally on Bell ExpressVu Channel 962.


An exciting career awaits as Wawatay Radio Network is looking for an Audio Production Engineer to join its team to assist in production of radio commercials, voiceovers and packaging programs.

DUTIES• Ensure audio production needs of the WRN broadcasters

are met on time, including but not limited to: theme music, voiceovers, translations, editing, news stories, interviews, etc., intros, extros, station ID’s and commercial breaks;

• Coordinate and complete studio audio productions from prepared scripts using talent, sound effects, voice clips, sound and music;

• Plan, edit and ensure production of commercials and/or voice-overs are completed and entered into the automated audio system;

• Maintain and update the audio database and ensure there are not faulty, outdated or music cuts with profanity;

• Program the iMedia Log Tools for any automated off-hours programs and ensure commercials are slotted in the those hours;

• Engineer studio recordings of musicians, narrators, live talent and interview guests.

QUALIFICATIONS:• Education and/or experience in radio production and

broadcasting and audio editing;• Excellent skills or understanding on computer audio

editing software such as; Cubase and or Wavlabe;• Strong knowledge/experience of Professional audio

equipment (mixing consoles, microphones etc) and an understanding of how it works;

• Ability to understand and be able to troubleshoot technical audio and computer problems as they arise;

• Must be creative at producing commercials, voiceovers and occasional scriptwriting;

• Must be able to work and meet production deadlines, while maintaining professional results.

Training will be providedLocation: Sioux Lookout, Ont.Closing date: May 22, 2009To apply, send a cover letter and resume to:

George Witham, Technical Services DirectorWawatay Native Communications Society

P.O. Box 1180Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B7

Fax: (807) 737-3224By email: [email protected]

Employment OpportunityAudio Production Engineer


May 4, 2009

2 COL x 110 AGATES

Wawatay Native Communications Society requires an Online Editor for its award winning website, Wawatay News Online. The Online Editor will be responsible for adding and developing content for the website.

DUTIES:• Monitor quality of content on Wawatay News Online (and

affi liate sites) on a daily basis; ensure the functionality and accessibility of the content, in consultation with the Web Developer;

• Be responsible for researching and posting content to Wawatay News Online to include, but not limited to, daily news briefs, news links, newspaper stories, photos, video, audio;

• Work with Web Developer and Newspaper Editor to post online edition of newspaper on issue date;

• Work with Senior Radio Producer, Newspaper Editor, and Senior TV Producer to assign and select content for the website. Gather and edit content to post on a daily basis;

• Work as part of team responsible for creating and posting at least two multimedia slideshows and one video online once a week.

QUALIFICATIONS:• Education and/or experience in media;• Excellent computer skills and knowledge and/or

experience with content management systems for the web;

• Knowledge of Ojibway, Oji-Cree and Cree culture and communities in the Wawatay service area;

• Ability to work in a PC and Macintosh computer environment and knowledge of technology and software used in media industry;

• A valid Ontario driver’s license; and• The ability to speak and write in Ojibway, Oji-Cree or

Cree would be an asset.

Location: Sioux Lookout, ON

Closing date: May 29, 2009

To apply, send a cover letter and resume to:

Brent Wesley, Media DirectorWawatay Native Communications Society



Wawatay News OnlineOnline Editor / Multimedia Coordinator


April 28, 2009

2 COL x 110 AGATES

Wawatay Native Communications Society requires a Co-Host / Producer for its new weekly radio program ‘Your Spirit is Your Voice”. This is a full-time 12 month contract, located in Sioux Lookout.

DUTIES• Work with Host-Coordinator to research Indian

Residential School (IRS) issues, Aboriginal projects and initiatives related to healing and to fi nd survivors and their families who will share their stories and expertise;

• Research support systems for survivors;• Prepare advertisements and radio show launching

articles to ready the audience for the broadcast series;• Assist with development of a radio show theme song

and intro/extro music;• Produce program-specifi c stories, features and

documentaries that include in studio and/or telephone interviews for weekly broadcasts;

• Organize and conduct a variety of broadcast deliveries;• Use digital audio recorders and other equipment to

record and edit interviews;• Develop and maintain local and regional contacts;• Solicit audience feedback;• Ensure radio shows are aired on time and• Other related duties as required

QUALIFICATIONS:• Experience in radio programming and broadcasting;• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;• Demonstrated research skills;• Knowledgeable about the culture & communities in

the NAN area;• Ability to work in a PC computer environment and

with e-mail and website updates/communications;• Working knowledge of broadcasting digital audio and

editing equipment;• Profi cient language skills in Ojibway, Oji-Cree and/or

Cree; and• A Valid Drivers license and willingness to travel

Closing date: May 22, 2009


Jerry Sawanas – Project CoordinatorWawatay Native Communications Society



Employment OpportunityCo-Host / Producer


May 4, 2009

2 COL x 110 AGATES


May 11, 2009

2 COL x 82.5 AGATES

Celebrate Your LanguageSummer Solstice

Pe-Anishshiniiimok(Come Speak Your Language)

FestivalKwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre invites you to celebrate your language

June 21 and 22 in Sioux Lookout. This one-of-a-kind event offers people the chance to share their language through drama,

poetry, song writing contests, talent contests and many other competitions. All

activities will focus on speaking and sharing Anihshininimowin, Anishnaabemowin and

Inninimowin.

When: June 21 and 22Where: Sioux Lookout

More details to come

For more information contactMargaret Dumas,

curriculum implementer at807-737-7373 ext. 29

www.kwayaciiwin.com

Indigenous Children’s Health Report discovers vital informationSteve FeeneyWawatay News

Indigenous children in four major countries experience higher rates of infant mortality, child injury, accidental death and other health ailments com-pared to non-Indigenous chil-dren, according to a report done by the Centre for Research on Inner City Health.

Indigenous Children’s Health Report: Health assessment in action is an international research project that summa-rizes health data on Indigenous children from Canada, the United States, australia and New Zealand.

The study was led by the Centre for Research on Inner City Health, part of the Keenan Research Centre at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario.

The study looked at First Nations, Inuit and métis chil-dren’s health status and assess-ment in Canada.

“These are globally recog-nized as fundamentally deter-minants of health and the roots of the health inequities that are in First Nation communities,” said angus Toulouse, regional chief of Ontario.

The study found that the obe-sity rate for First Nations chil-dren living on reserve is 36 per cent, compared to eight per cent for Canadian children overall.

The study also found one-third of aboriginal children come from low-income and overcrowded households and lack of food-security.

Stan Beardy, Nishnawbe aski Nation grand chief, said the

obesity rate leads to diabetes.“Some of my communities

have the highest rate per capita in the world with diabetes,” said Beardy. “That’s a very serious problem.”

Beardy said families also live on fixed incomes and usually can afford only junk food at local stores in the communities.

“The result is they put on a lot of weight,” Beardy said. “Lack of exercise is another major factor. Lack of recreational facilities.”

Beardy said without recre-ational facilities and other exer-cise facilities the communities will continue to experience epi-demics that result in diabetes and obesity.

Toulouse said colonization is a determinant of indigenous health.

“These are the effects of the colonial policy of the past and they’re the causes to most of the health discrepancies that we see between indigenous people and non-indigenous people in these countries that were studied,” said Toulouse.

“The problem leads to coloni-zation, our loss of land, the loss of culture, the loss of language in a lot of our communities and certain generations and the marginalization that is in the face of all our communities,” said Toulouse.

Toulouse said poverty in the communities is what’s encom-passing all of the effects men-tioned in the findings.

Beardy said the problems mentioned in the report need to be addressed.

“What needs to happen is the First Nations need to have a degree of self-determination, self-government so that we can

take greater responsibility and be recognized as such that we’ll be working with governments of the land to address the chal-lenges,” said Beardy.

The report also found that vital registration, health care utilization and surveillance data are nearly non-existent for First Nations without status, métis and urban aboriginal children.

“I’m very concerned. One of the things I’ve been pushing to begin to address on short-term is I believe that the young peo-ple need to be connected to the land,” Beardy said. “The land has provided for First Nations people for thousand of years to meet all their physical, spiritual, emotional needs.”

Beardy said First Nations communities need to provide physical activity for the chil-dren and need to be introduced to traditional foods, “that are available and have been very healthy for our well-being for thousand years.

Reconnecting to our culture

is one of the key challenges for First Nation people to address the findings of the report.”

Toulouse said there has to be true collaboration with an understanding of the indig-enous self-determination in the research.

“The data collection, the gov-ernment and the management, we need to look at best prac-tices,” said Toulouse.

The four countries rejected the United Nations declaration on rights to indigenous people to their own culture, institu-tions and spiritual traditions in September 2007.

Since the report was released, australia signed on to the decla-ration adopted by the UN Gen-eral assembly earlier in april.

“We certainly hope to see that Canada does likewise so that we can truly move from the colonized state that we’ve seen and truly want a self-determi-nation, self-government state,” Toulouse said.

Wawatay News file photoRegional Chief of Ontario Angus Toulouse, centre, said one’s health status and assessment plan a key role in development.

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ᒉᒥᐢ ᑕᐧᑦ

ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧ

ᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑ

ᐃ ᐱᓯᑦ 14

ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ

ᑭᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌ ᐱᓇᒪ ᒋᐳᓂᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃ

ᐧ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌ

ᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᓴᑎᐃ

ᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ

ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ

ᕑᐁᒋ ᐳᐡᔑ

ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐨ

.

ᑭᐅᒋᒧᑭᓭᐊᐧ

ᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ,

ᐃᐁᐧ

ᑲᔦ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ

ᑲᐃᓇᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ, ᒥᑕᐡ

ᐊᐱᐣ

ᑲᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐊᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂ

ᑌᐱᐢ ᐃᑎᐣ ᐱᓇᒪ ᒋᐳᓂᑐᐨ ᐊᔕ

ᑲᑭ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ


ᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭᐃ

ᔑᒪᐦᒋᓭᑭᐸᐣ

ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ 19 ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ

ᒋᐱᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ.

ᐃᑎᐣ ᑕᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐧᐁ

ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ

ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ 29

ᒥᓇ 30 ᐁ

ᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ

.

ᐸᑯᓭᒋᑲᑌ ᒥ

ᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐁᐧ ᐅ

ᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ.

ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑕ

ᐡ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅ

ᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫ

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐳᐡ

ᔑ ᐅᒪᒪᐣ ᕑᐅᑕ

ᑭᐣᐠ ᒥᓇ

ᐅᓇᐯᒪᐣ ᐯᕑᐃ

ᐣᓴᐣ ᑭᐣᐠ ᐅᑕ

ᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫᒪᐣ,

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᑕᒧ

ᐊᐧᐨ,

ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧ ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ,

ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᑲᑫ

ᐧᑌᐧᓇᓄᐊᐠᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ

ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᐠ

ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ

ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ

.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᑲᓄ

ᓇᐣ

ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ


ᑲᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᐠ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᐣ,

ᑫᑯᓀᐣ

ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᒋᑕᑭᐊ

ᐧᐸᐣ


ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋ

ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᐊᓫ

ᐱᐣ

ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ. ᐸᓂ

ᒪ ᐁᑕ ᒥᑐᓂ

ᑭ ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐠ

ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᕑ

ᐁᒋ ᐳᐡᔑ ᐊᓂᐣ

ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᐃᐣᑎᑫᐧᐣ ᐊ

ᒥ ᐁᑕ ᑫᑭ ᑭ

ᑫᑕᒪᐠ

ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᔑ

ᓇᑲᓇᒪᐠ ᐁᑲ

ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ


ᒉᐧᐱᕑ ᒍᐠᐢ

ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱ

ᑲᐊᔭᒥᑕᒪᐊᐧ

ᐨ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ


ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐊᒥ

ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭᑭᓄ

ᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑲᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ,

ᐳᐡᔑ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇ

ᐣ

ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᒋᔕᐳᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ

ᒋᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᓯᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ

ᑫᑭᔕᑯᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᐃ

ᓇᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭᐊᐧᐣ ᒥ

ᓇ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ

ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋ

ᔕᐳᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒪ

ᒪᐃᐧᐊᐸᑕᐠ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᑯᒋᒋ

ᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ

ᒋᐊᔑᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇ

ᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ

.

ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᐃᑎᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᓂ ᒋᐅᓀᑕᐠ

ᐊᐁᐧᓀᓇᐣ ᑫ

ᐸᑭᑎᓇᐨ ᐅᒪ ᒋᐱ

ᑕᑭᐧᓂᐨ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒍ

ᐠᐢ ᐊᐱ

ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᑕᔑᐣᒋᑲᓄᐊ

ᐧᐠ.

ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᐡ

ᐅᐁᐧ ᑌᐯᐧ

ᐃᔑᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ,

ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᐃᑭᑐ

ᐅᒪ ᐱᑭᓯᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃ

ᐧᓇᐣ ᑕᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂᐸᐣ

ᑭᒋᑫᑯᓇᐣ

ᒋᑭᐃᔑᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐸᐧᐣ


ᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐣᑕᒥᓀᐧᑕᒥᐣ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐃᐧᑭᒪ

ᒋᑭᐱᔕᐸᐣ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋ

ᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᐊᓂᐡ ᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᓯ

ᑌ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ

ᒋᑭᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲ

ᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᑲᓇ

ᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐊᐧᐨ

ᐣᑐᐡᑲᑎᓯᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑲᐃ

ᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔑᐨ

ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᓇᑌᑭᐣ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐅᓇᑯᓂ

ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑭᐃ

ᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ.

ᒥᑐᓂ ᑕᐡ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ

ᒋᑭᑕᑲᐧᐱᐸᐣ.

ᐊᔭᒪᑲᓄᐣ ᑫᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌ

ᑭᐣ ᐁᑲ

ᑲᓇᐦᐃᓇᑲᐧᐠ

ᔓᓂᔭ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃ

ᓇᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐅ

ᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ

ᑌᐱᓭᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᓂ

ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃ

ᐧᓂᐊᐧ.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᑲᐃᔑᐊᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐊ

ᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐨ ᒍ

ᓫᐃᔭᐣ

ᕑᐊᔾ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭ

ᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ:

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ

ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᐠ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᒋᑕᑲᐧᐱᐨ ᐊᐱ

ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐅ

ᓀᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ

ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒪᐣ ᐅᒋ.

ᐊᓂᐡ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑐ

ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐣ

ᐊᓂᐣ

ᑲᐊᓂᓯᓭᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ.

ᑌᐣᓫᐃᐣ ᒥᐠᑭᐣᓂᐣ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱ ᑲᑭ

ᑲᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕᒪᐊ

ᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭ

ᑭᓄᐦᐊᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑲᐅᓇᔓᐊᐧᑕᒥᓂ

ᐨ.


ᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᐅᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯ

ᐸᐣ ᕑᐁᒋ ᐳᐡ

ᔑ ᐊᐱᐣ

ᑲᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ

ᒥᐠᑭᐣᓂᐣ.

ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ

ᒥᓇ ᐅᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ

ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᓇᐊᐧ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭ

ᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂ

ᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᓭᑭᐣ

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ

.

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᑲᐧᐠ

ᑫᐃᐧᐣ


ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᑕᑭᐧᐸ

ᐣ

ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᓂ

ᐡ ᐳᐡᔑ ᐃᒪ

ᐁᑭᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐁ

ᐧᑕᑯᓯᐸᐣ.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᒪ

ᐧᔦ ᑭᐁᐧ ᐅᓇᒋ

ᑌᐠ ᐊᐱ

ᑫᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓇ

ᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ

, ᐱᓇᒪ ᐃᐁᐧ

ᑕᑭ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌ

ᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᐅᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ


ᔑᔕᐠ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᓇᑕᒪᑫᐃ

ᐧᐣ

ᐁᐧᑎ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ

ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌ

ᐠ,

ᐊᒥᐦᐅᒪ ᑲᐅ

ᒋ ᐱᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑕᐧ ᐳᐡ

ᔑ

ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᐁ

ᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑ

ᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇ

ᐦᐃᓭᐃᐧᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᐃᔑᐅᓂᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᓇᑯ

ᓂᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᔑᔕᐠ ᐅᒪ


ᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐱᓇᒪ ᑕᐡ

ᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ


ᑭᐸᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ.

ᐊᒥᐁᑕ ᑫᑭᑌᐸᑫᑕᒧ

ᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐧᑯᒪ

ᑲᓇᐠ

ᐅᐁᐧ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ

ᒋᐸᔭᑌᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌ

ᐠ ᐊᐱ ᐅᓀᓂᒥᑕᐧ


ᔑᔕᐠ.

ᐳᐡᔑ ᓂᔭᓄᔕᑊ ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀ

ᐸᐣ ᐊᐱ

ᑲᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᑕᑲᐧᑭ

ᓂᐠ 2007

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐡᑯᓄᐸᐣ ᑌ

ᓇᐢ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᐠᓫᐃᐣ

ᐠᕑᐊᒧᕑᒥ ᑭᒋ

ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ

ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ

ᐯ.ᑲᐃᐧᓂ

ᐣ ᒥᔑᓄᑭᔑᑲ ᒋᐃ

ᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ

ᐊᐱᐣ ᒪᒋᐨ ᐁᐊᐧ

ᐸᒪᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐁ

ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ

ᐊᐱ ᑲᒥᑭᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᒥ

ᔭᐤ ᐁᐊᑲᐧᐣᑎ

ᓂᐠ

ᒥᑭᐣᑕᔭᕑ ᓯᐱᐠ

ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱᓯᑦ

1, 2007.

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April 24, 2009

2 COL x 110 AGATES

Employment OpportunitiesPrincipal & Teachers

On behalf of Kingfisher Lake and Wunnumin Lake First Nations, Shibogama Education invites applications for the following positions for the 2009-2010 academic school year:

Principal, Kingfisher Lake First Nation Anihshininiimowin Kindergarten Teacher, Kingfisher Lake First NationAnihshininiimowin Grade One/Two Teacher, Kingfisher Lake First Nation

Special Education Teacher, Kingfisher Lake First Nation

Grade Three/Four Teacher, Wunnumin Lake First NationGrade Seven Teacher, Wunnumin Lake First NationGrade Eight Teacher, Wunnumin Lake First Nation

Grade Nine and Ten Teacher, Wunnumin Lake First Nation

Both schools are implementing the Languages Together Program designed to promote bilingual and bicultural skills. It is based on Community Outcomes related to the culture and language of the people as well as the expectations from the Ontario Curriculum. The emphasis in the primary program is on developing fluency in the first language being Anihshininiimowin (Oji-Cree). English is introduced as a second language in Grade One.

Successful candidates must be a member and in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers or eligible for membership. Recent Criminal Convictions and Child Abuse Registry Checks must be provided. Fluency in the Oji-Cree dialect, experience teaching in a remote First Nation and bilingual/ bicultural setting are definite assets.

Applications must include a covering letter, resume, supporting documents such as copy of Certificate of Qualification, letters of reference, performance appraisals, recent copy of both a Child Abuse and Criminal Conviction Clearance Checks and the names of three references including most recent employer who may be contacted. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, applicants must provide a signed and dated statement authorizing Shibogama Education personnel to contact references prior to the interview date.

Application deadline: May 24, 2009

Applications may be directed to:Shibogama Education Attention: Maureen MacKenna, Education AdvisorP.O. Box 449Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1A5PH: (807) 737-2662 FAX: (807) 737-1583EMAIL: [email protected]

Thank you for your application.Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.


May 7, 2009

2 COL x 110 AGATES

Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship CentreInternal/External Executive Search

Position Title: Executive Director Job Posting

KEY DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:Under the authority of the Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Centre Board of Directors:• Manages the human, financial, property and material resources of

the Friendship Centre and administers the day to day operations (program supervision, financial responsibility, implements techniques for estimating, monitoring expenditures, insures accurate record keeping, control budgets, program and client matters, etc.);

• Maintains a high level of knowledge of Aboriginal culture, lifestyles of Aboriginal people, Aboriginal programs and services, and government programs dealing with Aboriginal people;

• Ensures that priority issues and concerns for the NGFC Aboriginal Community are designed to improve and enhance the social well-being of Urban Aboriginal people;

• Secures funds for the Centre buy fundraising, identifying new program funding, writing proposals, and partnering with other agencies, corporations and organizations.

QUALIFICATIONS:Education• Graduation from a recognized post secondary institution with

specialization in business administration, commerce, management or some other specialty relevant to the position or an acceptable combination of training, education and experience.

Work Related Experience• Minimum 3 years experience in directing, managing, supervising,

evaluating programs, managing property, finance, proposal writing, fundraising, administration, and human resources, preferably in a non-profit organization;

• Experience dealing with urban Aboriginal members, volunteers, and various levels of government (in regard to consulting and negotiating);

• Experience working in program planning, design, organization, implementation, and evaluation of community based programs for Aboriginal organizations and strategic planning;

• Experience and knowledge of the functions of a Board of Directors.Other Working Conditions• Willingness to travel in accordance with operational requirements;• Computer competency is required;• Ability to work flexible hours, overtime, and during weekends;• Knowledge of an Aboriginal language would be an asset.

Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their application that they meet the above qualifications. A written test may be administered for screening, rating and/or ranking purposes. A job description is available upon request, Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Centre is committed to serving Aboriginal people and we encourage Aboriginal candidates to apply.

Closing date: 4:30 p.m. May 20, 2009Salary: To commensurate with experienceAPPLICATION PROCEDUREPlease forward your resume and covering letter by hand or mail to:Chairperson: Personnel CommitteeNishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Centre52 King St. P.O. Box 1299Sioux Lookout, On P8T 1B3Phone- 807-737-1903 Fax- 807-737-1805We wish to thank all those who have applied, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted, Candidates called for an interview will be responsible for their own travel expenses and the successful candidate will be responsible for his/her own relocation expenses.

Aboriginal ResponsibleGambling Strategy

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is seeking an individual to provide administrative and program support to the Aboriginal Responsible Gambling Strategy. The ideal candidate must possess excellent computer skills and have post secondary education in the mental health/ addictions eld.

The deadline for applications is4:00pm EST May 22nd, 2009.

For complete information, please visit www.nan.on.ca

or call 625-4941

Program SupportStaff (Casual)


May 4, 2009

2 COL x 110 AGATES

Employment Opportunity

www.nan.on.ca

The Whitefeather Forest ASEP is a major partnership based training initiative at Pikangikum First Nation located in Northwestern Ontario. In order to ensure that Aboriginal people will be able to gain employment with the Whitefeather Forest Initiative, a multi-year training project has been developed and is being implemented. DESCRIPTION:Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Financial Of cer will be responsible for the generation of nancial transactions and preparation of nancial statements and government reports.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:• Prepare record and maintain all nancial transactions (i.e.

payroll, travel, cheques, accounts receivable, monthly statements etc) on computerized system.

• Monitor and ensure proper and ef cient nancial administrative practices of special and partner projects.

• Assist the Executive Director in budgetary controls in all areas of the Whitefeather ASEP Initiative.

• Calculate and assure payments of mandatory employment related bene ts such as Receiver General, WSIB etc.

• Prepare cheques and purchase orders as requisitioned.• Communicate with government and nancial institutions

and any other outside parties.• Maintain an effective human resource and supplier ling

system.• Other duties as assigned from time to time by the Executive

Director.QUALIFICATIONS:• Post secondary degree/diploma in business administration/

accounting or a combination of education and related experience in a nancial environment.

• Ability to meet reporting requirements with government agencies and work independently.

• Job requires knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

• Good written, oral, interpersonal, presentation, problem solving and analytical skills.

• Pro ciency using computerized accounting and payroll software, Electronic Funds Transfer and MS Of ce.

• Ability to communicate and understand the Pikangikum culture and people.

Successful candidate will be required to obtain a Criminal Records Check and be bondable.Salary: NegotiableLocation: Pikangikum First NationQuali ed individuals are encouraged to apply in writing by submitting a current resume with covering letter outlining how you t the quali cations.

Whitefeather Forest ASEP CorporationP.O. Box 210

Red Lake, Ontario P0V 2M0Fax: (807) 727-2861

Attention: Executive DirectorClose Date: May 27th, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. (Central Standard

Time)While all applications are appreciated, only those

applicants who will be invited for an interview will be contacted.

We are committed to education and employment equity and excellence.

Contract Employment OpportunityFinancial Of cer


May 4, 2009

2 COL x 110 AGATES

Whitefeather Forest Aboriginal Skills & Employment Partnership (ASEP) invites applications:


May 8, 2009

2 COL x 110 AGATES

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYPosition Title:

Manager, First Nations and Métis Relations

The Ontario Power Authority is responsible for planning Ontario’s electricity system and procuring necessary generation and conservation.

The Ontario Power Authority is seeking an experienced person to join its recently formed First Nations and Métis unit as a Manager, First Nations and Métis Relations. Reporting to the Director, First Nations and Métis Relations, the successful candidate will work closely with First Nations and Métis communities. Strong written and verbal communications skills and qualities of diplomacy, tact and cultural sensitivity are required.

The primary accountabilities are to:

1.Maintain key contacts and promote ongoing dialogue with First Nations and Métis communities in order to foster a cooperative and sustainable working relationship between these communities and the OPA

2.Organize meetings with First Nations and Métis communities to enable formal presentations and consultation as it relates to electricity generation, transmission and conservation

3.Work collaboratively with First Nations and Métis communities to support the negotiation of agreements related to the development of renewable energy generation, transmission and conservation

4.Develop and coordinate relationships with various government ministries, including (but not limited to) the Ministries of Energy and Infrastructure, Aboriginal Affairs, Natural Resources and Environment; with Hydro One and private transmitters; and with OPG and private generators

Engineering, financial, public policy, and/or legal experience is an asset. Multi-lingual candidates will be given preference.

For a complete job description, please visit www.powerauthority.on.ca.

Deadline for applications will be June 8, 2009.

The position will involve a significant amount of travel, often to remote locations. Preference will be given to candidates who are First Nations or Métis.

Wawatay Radio Network is looking for a Technical Engineer who will be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of all radio equipment. The Technical Engineer will also be responsible for set up and operation of translation equipment and live broadcasts.

DUTIES• Supervise and/or assist in audio facilities set-up for

remote technical productions.• Engineer Simultaneous Translation and Conference

equipment at meetings and carry out routine preventive maintenance of all equipment and related items before traveling to ensure equipment is in working order

• Clean cables and equipment after each remote job and take inventory to ensure all mics, cables and headsets are accounted for.

• Set up equipment and run full systems check at lease two hours before any meeting and or broadcast.

• Compile and maintain technical inventory of Live remote, Studio and Translation equipment, including microphones, headsets, cables, control panels/mixers and audio recorders on and off site

QUALIFICATIONS:• The Technical Engineer must be knowledgeable

about practices and technologies associated with the Canadian broadcasting industry and keep abreast of current technology

• Must either be a graduate of a recognized technical institute or have related experience

• Must be free to travel as required, and meet deadlines

• Fluency or understanding of the Aboriginal language and culture within Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Treaty 3 would be considered a strong asset

• Must be willing to learn and to teach his/herself on new technologies and equipment

• Must have a valid Ontario driver’s license

Training will be provided

Location: Sioux Lookout, Ont.Closing date: May 22, 2009


George Witham, Technical Services DirectorWawatay Native Communications Society



Employment OpportunityTechnical Engineer (Part-time)


May 4, 2009

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Jackie George/Special to Wawatay NewsBELOW: Serene Spence sang in honour of the players during the daylong tournament. Patrick Chechoo, left, was one of the tournament’s organizers.

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government to government approach to regulating mining activity in a co-ordinated man-ner.

“manito aki Inakonigaawin is a successful model of dialogue and meeting together to share information, create beneficial agreements and to finalize authorizations of activities and developments that are sustain-able in a real way,” said Chief Warren White of Naotkameg-wanning First Nation.

The matawa First Nations expressed disappointment that their input into the revi-sion of the mining act was not sufficiently considered by the Ontario government.

“If the government is seri-ous about improving Ontario’s mining act to be more respect-ful of aboriginal people, they must take our input seriously and specifically regarding the fundamental issues of duty to consult and advance consent,” said Chief Sol atlookan, spokes-person for matawa. “During the consultation process, the matawa First Nations people made it overwhelmingly clear to Ontario that an act of explora-tion, staking or mining activity on First Nation traditional lands without consent is intrusive of First Nations treaty rights and that consent from the commu-nity must be sought prior to the start of any activity.”

morris said his community remains committed to their position that there will be no exploration or mining in their territory without their informed consent.

“Our laws, which require respect for the land, are entitled to at least as much respect as Ontario’s mining act,” morris said. “We want negotiations, not conflict, but we will enforce

our laws and protect our land. We will continue to struggle to have aboriginal and treaty rights protected.”

The Ontario government introduced its proposed changes, which include incorpo-rating aboriginal consultation in mining legislation and regu-lations, requiring awareness training to obtain a prospector’s licence, and introduction of a dispute-resolution process for aboriginal-related issues in mining to Ontario’s mining act, april 30.

“This proposed legislation takes bold steps toward a mod-ern, innovative mining act that would balance all of our respective interests, benefit Ontario communities and sup-port a vibrant Ontario minerals industry,” said Northern Devel-opment and mines minister michael Gravelle.

Other changes include: pro-visions for withdrawing signifi-cant aboriginal cultural sites from claim staking; notifica-tion of aboriginal communities immediately after a claim is staked; requirements for pros-pectors and companies to notify aboriginal communities of plans for significant exploration activities within their traditional lands; provisions to enable restrictions on prescribed pros-pecting and exploration activi-ties; and the introduction of a graduated approach to aborigi-nal consultation, with the scope and degree tied to the impact of proposed exploration activities.

This approach would out-line consultation requirements, require environmental rehabili-tation, and require exploration work plans or permits.

While the ministry of North-ern Development and mines stated they will invite further input from First Nation com-munities and aboriginal orga-

nizations as the regulations are developed and the changes implemented, NaN is currently looking for a process that allows more meaningful participa-tion by First Nations during the upcoming regulation and policy stages of the proposed mining act amendment bill.

“The Government of Ontario did not allow enough time to conduct meaningful consulta-tion with NaN First Nations in the development of this legisla-tion,” Beardy said.

“We will continue to insist upon a mechanism through which NaN First Nations will be consulted and will have mean-ingful input into the decision-making process.”

NaN is looking for a num-ber of other key issues to be addressed by the amended legislation, including a recog-nition of the spirit and intent of the treaties, commitment to the highest environmental stan-dards, an independent dispute resolution process, funding and capacity to engage and respond to the assessment process, an assurance the new legislation does not pre-empt the current land use planning process, and a commitment that consultation and accommodation obligations will be met and capacity and technology will be provided to First Nations who want to par-ticipate.

“We have a sacred respon-sibility to future generations to secure the protection of our homelands, which has been the basis of the survival of the people of Nishnawbe aski for generations,” Beardy said. “It is critical that any development of natural resources in the Far North must respect aboriginal and treaty rights while support-ing an environmentally sustain-able economic future for our people.”

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Something for everyone at trade showJames ThomWawatay News

Nearly every imaginable product and service a person could want was available and on display during Trade Show and Business Expo may 8-10 in Thunder Bay.

Darryl Sainnawap, a coun-cillor from Kitchenuhmaykoo-sib Inninuwug, was one of the guests invited to participate in the Networking North session which kicked off the trade show may 8.

“Living in an isolated com-munity, it’s important to come together and form partnerships during events like this,” he said. “If we can find deals for prod-ucts and services, it will help our community’s budgets.”

It didn’t take long for Sain-nawap to find something to his personal liking.

Just inside the host Sports Dome’s front lobby was a booth by afortek Inc. which offers electronic bikes, like a moped.

“Something like this, it would be perfect for up north,” he said.

“I’d be able to save myself $2 per litre that would go into a car or truck.

“This is something I’m seri-ously considering buying.”

RBC Royal Bank business development officer in First Nations Banking aaron Kakepe-tum and aboriginal Banking senior account manager Herb ZoBell attended Networking North to promote First Nations banking.

The pair spoke to First Nations representatives about services RBC can provide

include Interac and cash man-agement services, payroll,

direct-deposit, financing and loans.

“We have a lot of communi-ties that take out a loan to bring in fuel on the winter road and pay it back all year,” ZoBell said. “Then, they start the process all over again.”

Fort Severn First Nation finance clerk maryanne Thomas and executive assistant abigail matthews were also among the invited participants.

They spent a fair amount of time visit the Oshki education booth.

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ᐃᒪ ᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑭᓂᑲᓂᐠ 1ᑫᒪᒋᑐᑕᑫᒪᑲᑭᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᕑᐃᐣ

ᐊᐧᔾᐟ ᓀᐅᐟᑲᒥᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ.ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ

ᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᒐᒋᔐᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᐅᑕᐱᓂᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᑎᑭᑐᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐸᐸᒥ ᑲᑫᐧᑕᐧᓄᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ.

ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑌᐯᐧ ᐃᐧᒥᓇᐧᔑᑐᐨ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᑎᐸᐸᒪᐸᓂᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲ ᐃ ᔑ ᐸ ᑯ ᓭ ᑕ ᒧ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ , ᒋᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᔦ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᑭᑐᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒋᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑯᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᓂᔭᑲᓇ ᒋᐱᐃᐧᑕᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐱᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ ᒋᑕᐃᐧᐡᑲᒪᐊᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐱᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐅᓇᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐱ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᓂᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᓴᐧᓫ ᐊᑕᓄᑲᐣ, ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᐸᐃᐧᑕᒪᑫᐨ. ᐊᑎᑲ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐊᔭᑭᓀ ᑲᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐸᑭᐣ, ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᐸᔭᑌ ᐃᐧᑕᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓇᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐱᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑕᐊᐧᓯᓂᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᒋ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᑲ ᐁᐅᒋ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐊᒥ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐁᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᓇᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑌᐸᑫᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᒋᑕᐱᑯ ᐃᓯᓭ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᑯ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐊᓯᓂᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ.

ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᐱᑯ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐁᔑᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐱᓄᑕᓯᓂᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧᐠ.

ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᒪᐠ, ᐃᓇᑌ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ, ᐃᓯᓭᐸᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑲᓇᐊᐸᐧᑕᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐦᑭ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐧᕑᐃᐢ. ᓂᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᒧᑕᒪᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐊᔑᑌᐡᑯᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑫᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐣᑲ ᒥᒋᒥᐡᑲᒥᐣ ᐣᑐᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐣᑲᒪᓇᒋᑐᒥᐣ ᐣᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ. ᒥᐱᑯ ᑲᔦ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒥ ᑲᑲᐧᑕᑭᑐᔭᐠ ᒋᒪᓇᒋᑐᔭᐠ ᐣᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᒪᐣᑐ ᒥᓂᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑐᑭᒪᐅᓂ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ.

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ 30 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᐃᐃᐧᔑ ᒥᐡᑲᐧᑕᑐᐨ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑕᔭᔑᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᔭᑲᓇ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᓂᑕᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑫᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᑌᐱᓇᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓀᓯᓂ ᐅᓄᑕᓯᓂᐁᐧ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐅᐡᑭ ᐅᓇᑌᐠ ᑫᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᒪᒥᓄᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᑲᐠ ᑲᐅᒋ ᓇᓀᓯᑕᒣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ.

ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᒥᐡᑲᐧᑕᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐃᔑ ᒪᐦᒋᐱᒧᓭᒪᑲᐣ ᒋᐅᐡᑭᓇᑯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑕᐱᑕᐃᐧ ᑲᓇᐊᐸᐧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒋᒥᓄᓭᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᒋᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᒥᓄᐡᑲᒪᑲᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᒪᐃᑯ ᑯᕑᐊᐳ.

ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᐣᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᐊᔑᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᒪ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ

ᐊᐦᑭᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐃᔑ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋ ᓇ ᓇ ᑕ ᐊ ᐧ ᓯ ᓂ ᐊ ᐧ ᓄ ᐊ ᐧ ᐠ , ᑕ ᓇ ᑲ ᑕ ᐁ ᐧ ᑕ ᑯ ᓯ ᐊ ᐧ ᐠ ᐅᓇᓇᑕᐊᐧᓯᓂᐁᐧᐠ ᒋᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓄᑕᓯᓂᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ, ᒋᐅᓇᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᑫᐃᓇᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐅᓇᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐃᔑᐊᓄᑭᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐊᓂᔑ ᐅᐡᑭᒪᐅᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᓂᔭᑲᓇ ᐅᐱᒥᑭᑫᑕᒧᓂᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ, ᑲᑭᓇ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑕᓱᐃᓯᓭᑭᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᓇᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑐᑲᓂ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑕ ᓂ ᐱ ᑌ ᓯ ᓇ ᐦ ᐃ ᑲ ᑌ ᐊ ᐧ ᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᓂᑲᓂ ᑭᑫᑕᒧᓂᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ, ᑫᐃᔑᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑫᐃᓇᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᑭᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᓇᓇᑕᐊᐧᓯᓂᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓀᓴᐣ.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᑲᐅᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐸᐧᑕᐠ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᒋᓇᓇᑐᒥᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᑭᑐᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂᐱᒥ ᒥᐡᑲᐧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑐᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑫᑭᐃᔑ ᒥᓄᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂᐱᒥ ᒥᐡᑲᐧᑕᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᔭᓂᔑ ᐊᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᒋᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᐣ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐅᑭᑕᒋᓇᑯᑐᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᒋᐃᔑ ᐱᒥᔭᓂᒧᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᐱᒥᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᕑᑎ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐃᑯ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐱᒥ ᑲᑫᐧ ᔕᑯᓯᑕᑯᓯᔭᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᓇᒪ ᓂᑲᐣ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᓂᑕᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐊᓂ ᑭᔑᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᓇᓇᑐᓇᐣ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᒥᐡᑲᐧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᐊᔑᐨ ᒋᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐅᑐᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ, ᑲᐯᐦᐃ ᒋᒥᓇᐧᔑᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᑦ, ᒋᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᑫᐅᒋ ᒪᒥᓇᐧᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᑲᓇᓀᓯᑕᒣᑕᒥᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ, ᔓᓂᔭ ᒥᓇ ᑫᔭᐱᑌᑕᑯᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐃᔑᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ, ᒋᑫᒋᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᔓᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᓂᔭᑲᓇ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᓂᑕᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐃᐧᑕᐧᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐃᐧᑕᑭᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

ᑭᑭ ᐃᓀᑕᑯᓯᒥᐣ ᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᒪᐠ ᐊᐦᑭ ᒋᔭᓂ ᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑕᓂᑫ ᐅᓯᓯᓇᓂᐠ, ᐊᓂᐡ ᐊᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᑫᐅᐣᑕᒋᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒧᔓᒥᓇᓂᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᕑᑎ. ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐱᑯ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐱᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᒋᑎᐸᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐅᒥᓂᑯᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑐᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᔓᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᔑᐨ ᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᐃᐧ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐅᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᐊᓂ ᒥᓄᓭᐊᐧᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᒥᓇᓂᐠ.

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑭᒥᓂᑯᐃᐧᓯ ᒋᐱᒥᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᐠ ᐅᐦᑕᑭRick Garrick

Wawatay News

Sachigo’s Richard Barkman was one of many northern Ontario artists who demon-strated their craft techniques at the Sequin aboriginal arts and Crafts Spring Show.

“When you start making them, it takes about four hours to make each one,” said the well-known tamarack geese maker who currently has about 1,300 orders for his geese. “I can make 40 geese in a day when everything is ready.”

Barkman said he begins by trimming tamarack twigs from

trees in the forest, then cleaning the twigs so they are smooth without any bumps or forks, sorting the cleaned twigs into piles of the same length, chop-ping up the leftover pieces of tamarack for the centre filler material, wrapping the cen-tre filler material into a round shape, attaching the twigs to the centre material and shaping them into a geese shape.

“The little birds take 60 branches,” Barkman said, “the big ones over a hundred.”

Barkman, who works as a heavy duty mechanic, has also created a variety of display stands from pieces of scrap

metal which he welded together and painted.

“This is from old bicycle wheels,” Barkman said of one of the stands. “This one is from old pail handles.”

Barkman demonstrated his techniques on the afternoon of may 8 in Victoriaville Centre’s pit area.

Kevin Belmore said he has been painting since 1989, when he attended an art workshop put on by Roy Thomas.

“I was doing drawings of wildlife, eagles, bears,” Belmore said. “I’ve been doing Indian art for about 20 years, and I’ll be painting until (I’m gone),

because I have a lot to say with my artwork.”

While Belmore didn’t go to residential school, he said he was still affected by the residen-tial school syndrome.

“So I’m hoping to depict all these ideas in the near future,” Belmore said.

Ken Wakegijig said his goat-skin rattles, which he makes using a piece of PVC pipe for the frame of the rattle and a piece of wood dowel for the handle, contain beach sand from a sacred Lake Superior location.

“I find it’s really rhythmic,” Wakegijig said. “It’s nice and quiet.”

Artisans display their work

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsAndrew Suganaqueb has been selling his moccasins in Thunder Bay for the past 25 years since moving from his home community of Webequie.

May 14, 2009

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