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Nibinamik wilderness retreat

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay NewsNibinamik First Nation (Summer Beaver) held its 12th annual summer Youth Wilderness Retreat program July 12-17. The retreat was held at the O-ma-day-na-moh-win-nik (Breathing Grounds), which is located about 5 kilometres by boat from the community. Activities for the youth included moose tracking, gun safety, traditional food preparation, fish netting and drum teachings. Jessie Sofea cuts up and prepares a fresh moose that was cooked for dinner at the camp. See stories on pages 3 and 14.

Debbie MishibinijimaWawatay News

For several months of the year, geese provide sustenance for many families, but in a split second, with an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico several month ago, the hunters’ way of life could change.

Chief Jonathan Solomon of Kashechewan First Nation has been hunting geese since he was a young boy in his community located along the James Bay Coast.

“When you see birds covered in oil, you seriously have to ask, ‘Is that going to impact my hunting with the birds?’” Solomon wondered aloud during a recent Mushkegowuk Chiefs meeting.

Solomon is gravely concerned next year’s spring goose hunt, which typi-cally begins in early April and lasts until the end of May, could suffer disastrous consequences on account of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

On April 20, an oil rig owned by Transocean Ltd. and contracted to oil giant BP exploded during routine exploratory drilling. The explosion occurred in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 kilometres off the coast of Loui-siana. There were 11 fatalities in the explosion, as well as 17 injured work-ers, including four in critical condition.

It is estimated between 337 million and 666 million litres of oil has poured into the Gulf of Mexico since April 20, according to United States government statistics.

Each fall, thousands of Canadian snow geese migrate to marshes at the mouth of the Mississippi River where oil damage has hit hard. The migra-tion pattern of the geese follow what is known as the Mississippi Flyway; which is one of four major North Amer-ican flyways. Within the flyway zone, there is a lot of water and wetlands within the Mississippi delta.

The Hinterland Who’s Who website described how oil spills kills birds in many ways.

One impact is the breakdown of a birds’ waterproofing ability. The oil is known to cause the birds to suffer from hypothermia as it loses its ability to retain body temperature.

Another consequence is that as a bird preens its feathers, it inhales and swallows toxic compounds from the oil. Damage occurs to its liver, lungs, kidneys, intestines and other internal organs.

The food chain sources of the birds also suffer environmental impacts.

Ted Cheskey is the manager of bird conservation with Nature Canada. Cheskey notes that the oil spill will cause long-term impacts.

“A lot of food resources are going to be damaged because of the oil spill.”

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Oct. 1 is the projected closing date set by the board of direc-tors of James Bay General Hos-pital and Weeneebayko Health Ahtuskaywin (WHA) for vol-untary integration by all par-ties to enter into the Weenee-bayko Area Health Authority (WAHA).

WAHA signed a resolution as it prepares itself in assuming the responsibility of merging the federal Weeneebayko Gen-eral Hospital and the provincial James Bay General Hospital.

Provincial funded health programs such as acute care emergency, dialysis, diabetes, community mental health and physician services will be inte-grated with federally funded First Nation health programs

such as primary care and com-munity health services.

The agreement also seeks to incorporate traditional healing practices into health care.

“The commitment of all par-ties to proceed with integration quickly will mean better health services for the people. I am very thankful for everyone’s hard work,” said Leo Loone, WAHA board chairman.

Some of the commitments of the integration by the WAHA board of directors and manage-ment include:

• $6-million over the next two years to enhance and create new programs addressing the priority issues of diabetes, men-tal health, suicide prevention, youth at risk, cancer screening and others; and

• $12-million from Health Canada for primary care, fam-

ily physician services, hospital operations during transition, enhanced community health contributions and capital costs.

Other benefits of the inte-gration include improving the quality, accessibility, delivery, effectiveness, and efficiency of culturally appropriate health care programs and services, according to WAHA.

The Weeneebayko Area Health Integration Framework Agreement was signed in 2007 by Peawanuck, Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Moosonee, MoCreebec, the Town of Moosonee, and pro-vincial and federal health min-istries.

Although Moose Cree First Nation was not a signatory to the agreement, its members will continue to receive full health care.

Wawatay News file photoThe provincially-funded hospital in Moosonee and the federally-funded hospital in Moose Factory have agreed to a voluntary integration process by Oct. 1.

Health services along James Bay coast to accelerate integration process

James ThomWawatay News

Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus is calling for rem-edies to what he calls “voting problems” in the coastal com-munities of northern Ontario.

While the date of the next election remains unknown,

Angus said now is the time to get prepared so First Nation members can take part in their democratic right to vote.

Angus has written to Cana-da’s Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand, to extend advance polling opportunities for James Bay communities.

While urban voters routinely have the opportunity to take part in advance polls should they not be available on elec-tion day, such is not the case in northern First Nations.

Under the current system, those who are unable to vote on election day either have to sacrifice their vote or take pro-hibitively expensive flights out of their communities to the nearest advance polling station, Angus explained.

“Advance polls provide a cru-

cial opportunity to ensure Cana-dians are fully able to exercise their right to vote,” Angus said. “Our communities on the James Bay coast should have similar opportunities to exercise their democratic franchise.”

Angus has proposed during the next election campaign, a mobile, rotating advance poll be brought into each of the remote communities. He said this will create greater confidence in the process of voting among First Nation residents and will increase civic participation.

“Traditional activities, including the annual fall hunt, take the residents of these First Nations away from the commu-nity for days at a time, meaning a disproportionate number of residents are unable to cast a ballot in general elections.”

Greater access to voting, democracy needed for coastal communities

“Our communities on the James Bay coast should have similar opportunities to exercise their democratic franchise.”

– Charlie Angus

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Chris KornackiWawatay News

Leadership is one of the most important aspects youth can learn.

This according to Stephen Ash, a reverend is his home community of Webequie, who travelled to Nibinamik First Nation (Summer Beaver) to host a workshop on the subject at the 12th annual Youth Wil-derness Retreat July 12-17.

“I want the youth to aim for being leaders when they get older,” Ash said. “I want them to aim at being chief or a minis-ter in their community.”

Leading the workshop in Nibinamik marked Ash’s first time teaching at the wilderness retreat, although he has partici-pated as a volunteer in the past.

His workshop took place on

the first day of the camp. Other workshops offered on the first day were parenting skills, bibli-cal teachings and bannock mak-ing. The campers were broken up in small groups of eight to 10 people and spent the day rotat-ing to the different workshops, which all lasted about an hour each.

Ash’s main message was to teach the youth to have self-confidence, which they need in order to be a leader in their community or church.

“As the youth get older they will have to take on more responsibility in their communi-ties,” Ash said.

In order to prepare them for this, Ash believes the youth need to get a good education and training, which comes from workshops like his.

“Go to school first and then

you’ll be able to teach someone else who is young as they are growing up,” Ash said.

Ash wants to build strong leaders in the youth now and hopes that they will pass on their leadership skills to the youth in the future.

Angel Nothing hadn’t attended the wilderness retreat in six years. But this year she helped bring a group of seven youth to the camp from Wunnu-min Lake by boat.

She said the camp has offered workshops in the past, but now there are more, causing a greater number of youth to sign up to attend.

“The camp is getting bigger, so it’s offering more workshops now,” she said.

“I hope the kids learn some-thing and can use what they learn in their future,” she said.


The Attorney General of Canada is appealing a judge’s decision to allow former wards of the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) to move forward with a class action lawsuit.

Robert Commanda and Mar-cia Brown-Martel originally launched the suit Feb. 9, 2009.

Commanda, of Dokis First Nation, and Brown-Martel, of Beaverhouse First Nation, were part of an era when Aboriginal youth were apprehended by the Children’s Aid Society in what has now become known as the 60s scoop.

The pair seeks damages for cultural genocide and iden-tity genocide in the range of $85,000 for each claimant. The lawsuit seeks damages totaling $1.36 billion.

In an April 26-28 hearing in Toronto, Justice Paul Perell allowed the case to move for-ward as a lawsuit but on the condition that amendments be made to the statement of claim.

“We are gathering support-ers and continuing with this lawsuit,” said Brown-Martel. “We know what has happened (the apprehensions), but our children don’t know what hap-pened to their parents and

grandparents.”The launch of the lawsuit is

meant to help former wards of the Crown to begin their heal-ing journey, said Brown-Martel.

“It’s wonderful to have sup-port and see people come together as community mem-bers, as family members. It’s a long process and a lot of people want to be part of it.”

That process may get a little longer as Brown-Martel said they were informed the Attor-ney General would appeal the judge’s to decision to allow the lawsuit to move forward. But it’s something that was expected.

“We knew whatever the judge would say or the ruling he came up with, there would always be an appeal.”

In the meantime, lawyers Jeffrey Wilson and Morris Coo-

per, who represent the plain-tiffs, are revising the statement of claim.

The amended statement of claim will be filed by the end of July.

Once the statement of claim is amended, the lawyers (for the defendants) have 30 days to file a revised statement of defense.

“The case would then be going to a higher court – the divisional court with a single judge,” Brown-Martel said.

At the hearing in April, Terry Lind, law clerk for the plaintiffs’ lawyers, said there was a great show of support by observers who came in from Fort Frances, Thunder Bay, Timmins, and Toronto.

“We were just thrilled at the turnout in April,” Lind said.

“We had to arrange with the court administrator to accom-modate 200 observers.”

Former Crown wards became aware of the class-action law-suit through band offices, Face-book and word of mouth.

“The estimated claimants is in the 16,000 to 18,000 range,” Lind said.

She added, however, the lawsuit is limited to those chil-dren who were apprehended or placed in care within Ontario from Dec. 1, 1965 to January

1985. The Ontario provincial gov-

ernment was the only prov-ince that entered into the 1965 Indian Welfare Agreement, although it was offered to every province.

This is not a case against the Children’s Aid Society, but rather, it is against the Attorney General of Canada, Lind said.

The Attorney General, in it’s original statement of defence, denies allegations made by the claimants.

“The plaintiffs and the pro-posed class were all, by defini-tion, children whose personal and family circumstances required the intervention of Ontario child welfare authori-ties to address their needs of protection, support and care,” reads the statement of defence.

It goes on to state: “The claim alleges Canada has vari-ously breached a fiduciary duty owed to the plaintiffs … infringed their Aboriginal rights, breached a duty of care … and violated international human rights conventions. The Attorney General denies the allegations and defends Canada on all of the claims.”

It is expected the divisional court hearing will take place sometime in November in Toronto.

Rick GarrickWawatay News

The Assembly of First Nations has announced a $2.5 mil-lion poverty reduction project focused on creating sustainable First Nation economies.

“The single greatest chal-lenge we collectively face is finding solutions that will make poverty history for all Canadi-ans, no matter where they live,” said AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo. “We know First Nation communities face a unique set of circumstances that require unique and innovative solutions.”

Atleo said an experts panel will carry out the research project, A Poverty Reduction Approach to Improving the Health and Well-Being of First Nation Communities, to provide leading edge information on the way forward.

“This is the kind of exper-tise we need to bring new approaches and new thinking to these complex issues which have held back First Nations and Canada for too long,” Atleo said. “This is important work for First Nations and all Cana-dians.”

The five-year study, which was proposed by the Assembly of First Nations’ Make Poverty History Expert Advisory Com-

mittee, will receive funding from the Institute of Aborigi-nal Peoples’ Health, part of the federal Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

“While we know poor health arises from a variety of factors such as poverty, colonization and migration, we also know there are a number of factors which contribute to healthy communities, such as an eco-nomic base, self-governance, relevant and culturally appro-priate education, language, culture and control of the land,” said Dr. Malcolm King, an Ojibwe academic health researcher working at the Uni-versity of Alberta and scientific director of IAPH.

The research team is plan-ning to work with five volunteer First Nation communities on a research-based assessment to identify challenges, strengths, and opportunities.

A specific strategic plan will be implemented in each com-munity, with an evaluation of the outcomes. The final results will ultimately be expanded to help reduce poverty in commu-nities across the country.

Atleo said he hopes the study will strengthen the resolve for government, industry, and civil society to work together with First Nations in creating happy, healthy communities.

Aim to be leaders, Stephen Ash tells youth

Former CAS wards seek billions in lawsuit AFN studies poverty reduction

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay NewsRev. Stephen Ash from Webequie taught a workshop on leadership to the more than 100 youth that participated in Nibinamik’s 12th annual Youth Wilderness Retreat July 12-17. Other workshops throughout the week included parenting skills, traditional food preparation, gun safety and moose tracking.

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay NewsWebequie’s Stephen Ash said youth need to develop confidence to be leaders in their community.

“We know what has happened, but our children don’t know what happened to their parents and grandparents.”

– Marcia Brown-Martel

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Ron Poling/Wawatay News archivesJames Matthews of Fort Severn, June 10, 1989.

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MEDIA DIRECTOR Bryan PhelanMULTIMEDIA/NEWS COORDINATOR Brent Wesley

Privacy is a new concept to me. I never really knew or understood what it was

to have my own private space or time when I was growing up. In my home community of Attawapiskat, our home, as it was with everyone else in the community, was small and full of people who filled every room.

I recall our family starting out in a three-bedroom home full of nine children and our two parents. We were lucky as most houses were much smaller than ours. It wasn’t so bad when we were all young and small in size. A single room in our home was reserved for six small boys assigned to bunk beds. Our house resembled a nursery or preschool rather than a family home. Things became more difficult when we grew to become teenagers and at that point dad and my older brothers expanded the house to add two extra bedrooms.

It was a good thing we added on some space as mom and dad decided to bring our grand-father James Kataquapit into our crowded home to live with us for a few years. We were all

excited and happy about that and when I look back on those days I remember my grandfa-ther passing on many stories about life in the old days. However, there was rarely any privacy in a house crammed with so many people.

As is the case in many First Nations, we were related to just about every second family in the community and that meant regular visits and even more people settling into our home now and then.

I craved a place to call my own. To compensate for the amount of activity in my home, I spent a great deal of time outdoors with my friends. We didn’t just pair off with a good friend, we mingled into crowds of cousins and kids from school into groups that roamed the community in search of fun and adventure. We never had to look far to find a group of peo-ple in our lives willing to share our time and space. There were always people around 24 hours a day.

There are many benefits to having family and friends around. They share in our everyday troubles and tri-umphs and we take part in their joys and sorrows. There is a comfort in having people close by and having access to them. However, there are times when everyone just needs to have a quiet moment alone. I think it is healthy to stop and be alone to reflect on the life we live. It is

like a form of meditation when we are able to clear our minds to make room to deal with so many things in our lives.

I was considered an odd ball in my family because I constantly sought out quiet moments for myself. It always seemed I was drowning in peo-ple. We ate and slept together, we picnicked and hunted as a group and travelled on the land as a family unit. Constantly I was searching for time and a place to sit in peace.

The most comfort I felt was when I sat back, alone to listen to the stillness of the forest, the wind rustling through the grass or the water lapping on the shores of the Attawapiskat river. I was never an early riser but there were many times when, as a teenager, I rose at dawn in a troubled frame of mind to walk out to the river-side. On the bank of the river I found a calming, sense of relief where I could peacefully look out at the land and watch the rising sun light up my life while a cool and refreshing breeze washed away my worries and troubles.

Finding a quiet moment has always been a battle for me. Now that I work in commu-nications there are few quiet times, as I must stay in contact with people by phone, email and websites. Sometimes my work with so many people is overwhelming but there are the rewards of meeting interesting

characters and documenting and promoting the issues and lives of First Nations.

I think my experience of being raised in a crowded fam-ily environment has given me a healthy respect for the impor-tance of the quest for peace and tranquility. Today that is an important part of my being sober.

Happily, I have places I can escape to and relax or work on a building project that occupies my hands as a type of medita-tion. It makes me very content when I find time to read a great book in a quiet and relaxing setting. I also enjoy taking time to write on themes or subjects that are important to me but that requires blocking off plenty of time to shut myself off from the rest of the world.

Privacy is not just something that happens. I have realized I must make a conscious deci-sion to set aside part of my day, leave all electronics behind and avoid all distractions so I can recharge my emotional and mental batteries.

Recently I read on an online blog that the best digital tools for writing are often simply a pen and paper to serve as hard-ware and a vivid imagination to perform as software. Although somewhat old fashioned, this is a very portable system with no need for upgrades, no cause for roaming, little fear of viruses and my security system is off the grid.

Xavier Kataquapit

UNDER THE NORTHERN SKYSince I joined Wawatay

Native Communications Society nearly a year ago,

I have attended two events related to suicide awareness and prevention.

As a naïve, newbie reporter, I covered the Wapekeka Survi-vors of Suicide Conference in August 2009. The second event was the Emergency Summit on the Suicide Crisis held in May by the Mushkegowuk Council.

Like many Aboriginals, my life has been impacted by the suicide of a person close to me.

I first heard the term suicide in the mid-1970s when I was about eight or nine years old.

That is when my cousin had chosen to end his life by hang-ing himself.

When I attended the Wapekeka SOS conference, memories of his funeral came flooding back to me. During the candlelight vigil, participants lit a candle in remembrance of a loved one.

I tried desperately to maintain the thick skin that my professors said I ought to develop as a journalist, but the humanness in me was unable to control the raw emotion that coursed through my body.

I put down my camera and recording equipment and instead grabbed a candle. Tears poured down my face as I let out years of oppressed grief. I mourned for Stanley.

As I go along in my work cov-ering suicide prevention events, I feel sadness when I witness so many people walking around with their grief.

I want to reach out and offer comfort. It is the nurturing side of me to feel these emotions.

Like the leadership of our communities, I wonder what can be done to prevent another suicide.

I wonder what can be done to give our young people hope for the future and to want to carry on with life.

I sense that our young people are in need of a greater connec-tion with Gezhi-Mnidoo or the Great Spirit; whether it comes from a traditional or Christian belief system.

Prior to the colonization of our people, there were several rites of passage to affirm the

place of youth within the com-munity.

There were vision quests to determine what the young per-son’s calling in life would be.

There were strawberry fasts to celebrate a young woman’s passage into adulthood when her moon time first began.

There were celebrations of a successful first hunt for young men.

I am thankful there are fami-lies out there that still continue with these rites of passage and celebrations for young people.

I also think about how the intergenerational affects from the residential school era have caused the loss of parenting skills.

The colonialist government in the mid-1800s understood the breakdown of a proud nation could begin by breaking down the family unit by appre-hending the children.

Thousands of children for more than 100 years were forced to attend residential school.

Without the close connection to family, those children suf-fered immense trauma.

Those children needed to be shown warm displays of affec-tion and to be comforted.

Today, it continues to be dif-ficult for many parents to show their children the warmth of love, but that can change. It is an immediate action that can be done at this moment.

Self-healing can begin to bring a brighter future filled with hope to our children and youth.

Ask your child how her day went. Take some time to listen. Take some time to pray together. Take some time to give your child a hug, and to say ‘I love you.’

Let us show them how valu-able they are to our families and communities.

Today, I am thankful dur-ing the past eight weeks, there have been no more reports of suicides in the Mushkegowuk territory.

Let’s all give our young peo-ple a reason to choose life, love life and to honour life.

DebbieMishibinijima

COLUMN

Today, it continues to be difficult for many parents to show their children the warmth of love, but that can change.


List Of Published Works

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THE REZ SISTERS (drama)*Fifth House, Saskatoon, 1988

DRY LIPS OUGHTA MOVE TO KAPUSKASING (drama)*Fifth House, Saskatoon, 1989

KISS OF THE FUR QUEEN (novel)*Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1998

CARIBOU SONG (children’s book)HarperCollins Canada, Toronto, 2001

DRAGON FLY KITES (children’s book)HarperCollins Canada, Toronto, 2002

COMPARING MYTHOLOGIES (non- ction)(An essay comparing, in brief, Greek, Christian, and North American Aboriginal mythologies, University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa, 2002)

FOX ON THE ICE (children’s book)HarperCollins Canada, Toronto, 2003

ROSE (musical drama)Talonbooks, Vancouver, 2003

ARIA (drama)(as part of an anthology of Native-Canadian plays entitled STAGING COYOTE’S DREAM)Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto, 2003

ERNESTINE SHUSWAP GETS HER TROUT (drama)Talonbooks, Vancouver, 2005

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Dear Editor,

The lawsuit brought by Pikangikum against Robert Nault (Decision in Nault, Pikangikum case could take months, June 23), strikes me as sound leadership by a First Nation for all Canadians who want accountability.

It also illuminates Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) as the weird quasi-feudal entity that it continues to be.

The minister of Indian Affairs is in a unique position compared to all other federal ministers.

Decisions made by this min-ister can have direct, immediate and often unmitigated effects on communities right at the ground level without the ben-efit of the kinds of checks and balances non-Native communi-ties (with their well developed civic structures) can bring to bear.

But ministers continue to be shuffled in and out of INAC as though it was jut like any other ministry, which it is not.

Communities are directly exposed to the personality defects of ministers as they try to steer their political careers through INAC on their way to “better” positions in cabinet.

Nault was clearly second rate material from the beginning, not politically astute enough to identify the Governance Act as a non-starter, and simply wasting most of his tenure as minister and untold millions trying to push it through.

We now learn that he allowed a peevish personality to affect decisions directly impact-ing Pikangikum and who knows how many other communities.

(Ed. Note: Nault has denied this claim made by Pikangikum during a trial in June. A decision on this case has not been made.)

Naturally there is nothing new in any of this. The mean spirited interpretation of the Indian Act and treaty rights has undermined Anishinabeg for 14 or so decades.

But we need all Canadians to recognize the leadership and courage shown by Pikangi-kum in seeking accountability through the courts, simply because this kind of action advances the interests of all Canadians.

No one in Canada needs more failed communities and no one in Canada needs federal ministers unable to hold their personalities in check.

Thomas ZimmermanThunder Bay

Dear Editor,

I am the counsel who rep-resented Rachael Paquette-Flanagan and John Dudley in their claim against Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC). I received a copy of the Wawatay article printed Feb. 4, 2010.

This article leaves the impression the plaintiffs were unsuccessful.

The statement is made “In the time since the claim was dismissed, an out-of-court settlement was reached,” and the statement is attributed to NNEC counsel John Erickson. I have spoken with him and he confirms to me unequivocally this statement was not made by him and is incorrect.

What happened, in fact, is a matter of days before the trial was to begin, a settlement of all the plaintiffs’ claims was reached.

Because that settlement was made, further action of going

to trial was unnecessary. It was only because an

acceptable settlement was reached the claim was then in the court records shown as being dismissed.

The terms of the settlement, including the question of costs was addressed in the settle-ment documents themselves.

As is normal with settle-ments, the actual terms of the settlements are not released or made known to the public, but does not change the fact a settlement was reached and it was something far different than simply a dismissal with-out costs.

The article goes on to fur-ther reference that of the forty claims “NNEC denied 22 and admitted six which were of the factual variety.”

It is disingenuous and poor reporting to suggest by this statement only those six claims had merit and to leave the impression that the plaintiffs were unsuccessful.

The reference to six claims that was in the statement of defense and in no way reflects on what the actual settlement was and reporting of this nature smacks of partisanship and having a prior agenda.

Of significant concern is the fact the paper was content to contact counsel for NNEC and leave the impression that because Ms. Paquette-Flanagan had been contacted directly, they had no counsel represent-ing them and had been at a disadvantage and “taken to the cleaners.”

The terms of settlement can not be disclosed, but as counsel for the plaintiffs, I can confirm without hesitation there was a result that was recommended to Ms. Paquette-Flanagan and Mr. Dudley by counsel with over 30 years experience in liti-gation matters and was accept-able to them.

Donald B. Shanks Thunder Bay

Accountability through courts

NNEC lawsuit settlement ‘acceptable to plaintiffs’

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James Benson/Seven Youth Media NetworkNorth Caribou Lake First Nation commemorated the 80th Anniversary signing of the James Bay Treaty No. 9 adhesion with a variety of activities and entertainment July 14-17. Aside from a game of tug of war, other events included a powwow, square dancing, jigging, jello wrestling and per-formances by Streetheart and the Asham Stompers.


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Lakehead University’s Native Language Instructors’ Program students were impressed with the full-time Ojibwe immersion classes being held at an elemen-tary school in Michigan.

“It’s like jumping in the water; when you’re in the water you get totally soaked with the water,” said Angus Chapman, a first-year NLIP student from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninu-wug who has worked with Wasaya Airways and Wawatay Native Communications Soci-ety. “If you’re in the language speaking all day, it soaks in much more than just an hour or half-hour a day. It starts to build inside you as well. We’re like empty guitar cases because we

don’t really know who we are. If we develop our language much better, get to know it, we will begin to feel more hope.”

Chapman and about 110 other NLIP students and staff learned about the history and successes and challenges faced by the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion Charter School during a July 9 presentation by Waadooko-daading teachers Lisa LaRonge and Keller Paap at the Bora Laskin Auditorium.

“What these guys are doing is incredible, the way they picked up the language for themselves and their families,” said Adol-phus Cameron, a third-year NLIP student who has worked with Grand Council Treaty #3. “It is something we can take with us and learn how to do

these immersions and work through larger obstacles. They have 10 years experience and they have valuable knowledge. It is something they are willing to share and we should grab at the opportunity.”

Cameron knows of a couple of Treaty 3 communities that have been trying to develop similar immersion programs in their schools.

“It is a concept people are picking up and wanting to do with their kids,” Cameron said, noting the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion Charter School involvement of the families is the best way to teach the language. “I like what they have done.”

Paap, a Grade 1-2 immersion teacher at the Waadookodaad-ing Ojibwe Language Immersion

Charter School, said it is impor-tant to take care of the language and Indigenous knowledge or they will be lost.

“Knowing who we are and what we have is key to our sur-vival and our well being,” Paap said. “Our traditional knowl-edge and our language helps us to survive on a daily basis but is also a key to strengthening our understanding of our place in the world and how we see and maintain our ways of knowing.”

Paap said the knowledge they teach in their classes cannot be found in a text book.

“The only way to access and develop this is to work with first speakers of our languages who are the living resources that we have available to us,” Paap said. “Without that we will forever be disconnected from our history

and our knowledge and our understanding and our ability to apply that knowledge suc-cessfully and accurately for the purposes of living a good life. Without that connection and the ability to access through becoming fluent in your lan-guage, it is difficult. You will not be able to get that level of complexity without being able to speak your language.”

Paap said the school’s goal is to eventually teach the language using full-time immersion all the way up to Grade 12.

LaRonge, a curriculum devel-oper at the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion Charter School, has been devel-oping Grade 4-5 curriculum over the past two years and looks forward to the day when full-time immersion curriculum

is available for all 12 grades at the school.

“I work with our Elder who is our language resource person, the expert at our school,” LaR-onge said. “We work together to review standards but also look at age-appropriate curriculum for delivering content. We are creating a lot of the resources and actual materials the chil-dren would be using in class.”

Martin Tuesday, a first-year NLIP student, was impressed with the school’s progress.

Tuesday would like to see more of the Anishinabe culture, history and language taught in school.

“We can’t be controlled,” Tuesday said. “We have to do it our own way, the way we feel in our hearts. That is the way we have to teach the language.”

Language immersion required for Aboriginal students


Since a two-day protest in late-May in Grassy Narrows First Nation prevented Treaty Three Police Service officers from accessing the community, progress has been made in the relationship between officers and community members.

“In the last few years, there had been a lot of complaints made against the police,” said protest organizer Chrissy Swain.

“When I first raised concerns about this more than two years ago, it seemed like things actu-ally got worse instead of better.”

These included poor response times to calls, inappropriate use of force and intimidation towards community members. Also, allegations were made that youth were being picked up, abused by officers and dropped off on the back road on the outskirts of the community, Swain said.

“(Prior to the protest) it seemed like no one was dealing with these issues,” Swain said.

“I wanted to get attention and raise awareness about this issue.”

The allegation of abuse against youth came as a sur-prise to Treaty Three Police Sgt. Tara Kelly.

“I haven’t received any offi-cial complaints (about this issue),” Kelly said. “It’s concern-ing to me for that comment to be made.”

Kelly said some of the other complaints have been addressed in the two months since the pro-test.

“Response time was a major community concern,” Kelly

said.She said during the protest

police were allowed access to deal with any emergency situa-tions that arose.

“We’ve made a commitment to look into this issue.”

Added Swain: “They agreed to answer calls right away and be more visible in the commu-nity.”

Another of Swain’s concerns was dealt with directly at the conclusion of the protest.

At the request of the commu-nity, one officer was asked to not return to police in the com-munity.

“That officer was (re)assigned to patrol in the Kenora-area,” Kelly confirmed.

Swain said it was an impor-tant step in starting to regain the trust of the community.

“So far, things are starting to change,” Swain said.

“Hopefully things will change and our young people will start to feel safer.”

But officer staffing levels remain a concern for Swain and the community.

“There are two gaps in the police shifts,” Swain said.

“People commit crimes dur-ing this time. During that gap, people come out and drink and drive.”

Overall, Kelly has seen prog-ress made in the relationship between officers and commu-nity members.

Policing improved in Grassy Narrows since protest: Swain

“Hopefully things will change and our young people will start to feel safer.”

– Chrissy Swain


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Sandy Lake Elder Jonas Fid-dler remembers how his father, former chief Thomas Fiddler, and former MPP Leo Bernier brought modern transporta-tion and communications to his community.

“Leo (Bernier was) one of the few people that understood the needs of the people on both sides of the culture he was selected to represent,” Fiddler said, explaining his father, who was chief for about 25 years, and Bernier were about the same size with booming and commanding voices.

“They worked hand-in-hand on both sides of the culture to help establish the needs of the people up north. These two giants understood each other and they had a job to do.”

Fiddler brought up an inci-dent one day in Sandy Lake before the introduction of air-strips and modern telephones when his father and Bernier witnessed an emergency at the nursing station where a baby was very ill.

“While the nurse was talking to the doctor in Sioux Lookout, the telephone conversation went dead because the bat-tery went dead,” Fiddler said. “Although the doctor knew this child had to be evacuated out of Sandy Lake, the weather that night was so bad there was no chance of a plane coming in and the child died. This was before the airstrip with no IFR (instru-ment flight rules) flying.”

Fiddler said his father told Bernier that the community needed better communication.

“This must not happen again,” Fiddler said, quoting his fathers comments to Bernier.

“They had a short meeting and Leo understood what was needed. That was when the talk started about the airstrip.”

Fiddler said the community initially received party-line telephones before modern tele-phones were installed.

“Before there was regular telephone, all we had in Sandy Lake was ... a radio telephone operated on batteries,” Fiddler said.

Fiddler said his father and Bernier, who served as the

Kenora-riding Member of Pro-vincial Parliament for 21 years from 1966 to 1987 and passed away June 28 at the age of 81, understood the need to work together and to live in har-mony.

“I saw them work, I saw them talk to each other because I used to translate for them,” Fiddler said.

“These two big fellows knew how to approach things that were going to affect the people they were selected to (repre-sent).”

Fiddler said Bernier still has a “lot of respect” for helping bring in modern transportation and communications across the north.

“They didn’t have better com-munications and they didn’t have airports,” Fiddler said. “That is why we can never for-get these two big guys.”

Sandy Lake Chief Adam Fid-dler said Bernier had a lot of influence when he was MPP for the Kenora riding but there was not much contact over the past decade.

He said Sandy Lake lost a friend when Bernier died.

Bernier understood the need to work together

Wawatay News file photoFormer Kenora MPP Leo Bernier was instrumental in helping northern remote First Nations develop airport landing strips, like the one pictured, and communication technology. Bernier passed away June 28 at the age of 81.


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Thunder Mountain Singers are at the peak of popularity.

The Thunder Bay-based drum group, which has been playing together for more than 20 years, was recently nomi-nated for a pair of Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards. The group is nominated for best traditional powwow CD and best duo or group.

“It’s a wonderful feeling to be nominated,” said Longlac’s Clement Gustafson, who’s been with the group since its incep-tion in 1988.

“I think it’s good for the com-munity, good for Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Robinson Superior treaty area, Treaty 3,” said Ryan Gustafson.

“It means a lot to our fami-lies,” said Dave Simard, a Lac Seul band member and member of the group. “They travel with us a lot. It’s nice to be recog-nized but it’s also nice for them to see the recognition.”

The group, whose most recent album is One Voice,

One Nation, performs an aver-age of one show per week. This includes private performances, powwows, conferences and teaching sessions.

“We try to be very involved in the community,” Simard said.

Such community involvement landed the group a Thunder Bay Arts and Heritage Award last month.

Performing together since 1985, the group officially became Thunder Mountain Singers in 1988 after some less than stellar group names failed to stick.

They received their drum name from the late Margaret Pierre from Fort William First Nation.

Simard said it was Pierre’s vision that through the drum First Nation youth would return

to their traditional culture. The Thunder Mountain Singers con-tinue to share their traditional teachings and songs with the youth.

“I feel like we’re following through on what she wanted,” Simard said, adding it would be nice to be able to work with more youth and be known as an award-winning group.

But for that to happen, the group needs public support to vote online.

“Smoke signals aren’t going to work for this one,” Owen Gustafson said.

Fans can only vote for the group in the powwow category. Industry experts will decide best duo or group.

Several other northern Ontario artists are looking for your vote at www.aboriginal-peopleschoice.com as well.

These include Billy Joe Green in three categories: best album cover design, Aboriginal male entertainer of the year and best producer/engineer.

Shy-Anne Hovorka is nomi-nated in six categories including Aboriginal female entertainer of

the year, best pop CD, Aborigi-nal songwriter of the year, best producer/engineer, best music video and single of year.

Nadjiwan is nominated for single of the year and best folk/acoustic CD.

Lawrence Martin is nomi-nated for single of the year and best country CD.

Wab Kinew is nominated for best producer/engineer and for single of the year.

Best Powwow CDBear HeartBlackfoot ConfederacyBlackstoneCedartreeChippewa TravellersEastern EagleHorsehillKicking Woman SingersMandaree SingersPoundmakerRocky Boy SingersSeekaskootchSpear PointTha TribeThunder Mountain

“Smoke signals aren’t going to work for this one.”

– Owen Gustafson

Thunder Mountain nominated for 2 APC awards

James Thom/Wawatay NewsThunder Mountain Singers are nominated for two Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards. Pictured are, clockwise from centre, Clement Gustafson, guest drummer Elliott Doxtater-Wynn, Dave Simard, Owen Gustafson and Ryan Gustafson.

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The training exercise may have well been named Camp Zoom as Junior Canadian Rang-ers rode a zip line between trees.

It was one of the most excit-ing aspects of Camp Loon 2010, explained Mike Hunter, a Cana-dian Ranger from Weenusk who was one of the many who enjoyed the ride across the river.

“It’s something that kids just love to do,” Hunter said “It was really awesome, I tell you. We did different things, the first time they just hung on but you can spin around and hang upside down and try to touch the water.”

The Junior Canadian Rangers (JCR) in Hunter’s group went across the zip line about five times each during their July 14 stint at the zip line site.

“It was fun, real fun,” said Barry McKay, a JCR from Kitch-enuhmaykoosib Inninuwug who rode the zip line five times. “You get tied up to a string tied on to a log and you have to hold on to the log too.”

The zip line was stretched between two trees on each side of the river, with the take-off platform set high on a tree on a high bank with additional anchoring set deep in the earth to stabilize the tree, while the landing site was on a lower

bank on the opposite side of the river.

Shannen Winter, a JCR from KI, and her group of JCRs took their turn on the zip line on the afternoon of July 15.

“I was a bit nervous at first,” Winter said after completing her first ride across the river. “I liked it, I wasn’t nervous (after-wards).”

Winter also enjoyed playing lacrosse at the campsite and attending the Fire Department in Geraldton during her 10-day stay at Camp Loon, which cost about $518,000 for preparation and operation expenses and transportation to and from the site north of Geraldton.

The July 12-21 camp involved about 141 JCRs attending from 15 Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) communities, 44 Cana-dian Rangers from 18 NAN communities, 20 full-time Cana-dian Forces staff, 14 full-time Canadian Ranger staff from the Canadian Ranger headquarters, a number of civilian staff from the Municipality of Greenstone and one civilian escort who had previously been a JCR and was sworn in as a Canadian Ranger July 14 during a special evening ceremony.

A group of nine JCRs were also introduced as newly-minted JCR staff during the camp.

“We wake up the JCRs, we get them ready, tell them what we’re doing today and the next day, tell them to bring all the

stuff they’ll need,” said Shairose Tait, a JCR staff from Sachigo Lake who has been a JCR for the past four years. “It’s like you’re a role model.”

Although Tait now has a lead-ership role as a JCR staff, she

still has to do all the activities and safety training the other JCRs participate in, such as canoeing, boating, off-road bik-ing, ATV riding, archery, rifle range, sports, traditional crafts and riding the zip line.

“I’m the type of girl to stand up for what I do,” Tait said. “I follow the rules.”

Tait still has a good relation-ship with the other JCRs since she was named as a JCR staff.

“They respect me,” Tait said. “I just don’t stand around. I’ve got to do what they do.”

Brendan Sawanas, a JCR staff from Sandy Lake who has also been a JCR for the past four years, also finds his relationship with the other JCRs has not changed since he was named as a JCR staff.

Sawanas has plenty of expe-rience in leadership and camp-ing, having participated in three Camp Ojibways in Sioux Look-out as well as the four Camp Loons.

“I teach kids how to canoe during summer (at Sandy Lake’s) diabetes camp,” Sawa-nas said.

Capt. Mark Rittwage, Camp Loon commandant and the Canadian Rangers deputy com-manding officer in Ontario, said the introduction of the JCR staff will encourage the JCRs to fol-low through with their daily activities.

“Now they are looking at somebody that is closer to their age,” Rittwage said. “When they say you have to roll your sleeping bag back and you have to clean your tent up, they are going to listen.”

The Canadian Rangers usu-ally begin planning the upcom-

ing Camp Loon about a month after the previous camp ends.

“We look at the new train-ing ideas, things like the zip line,” Rittwage said, explain-ing the zip line across the river was designed and installed by a team of engineers from the Canadian Forces base in Pet-awawa.

“We will take every JCR that wants to come and as a result you will see the senior JCR staff, some of them have been here four times before, and we are now employing them and paying them in a capacity like as a camp counsellor so they are mentoring the younger kids,” Rittwage said.

Ricky Meeseetawageesic, a JCR from Eabametoong who attended Camp Loon for the first time, enjoyed his off-road bike training experience along trails through the woods over jumps, ramps and a teeter-tot-ter.

“It was a great experience,” Meeseetawageesic said on the evening of July 15 after com-pleting the off-road bike course for a near-record seven times.

George Duncan, a Canadian Ranger from Muskrat Dam who is attending Camp Loon for the first time, said it is important to help the youth during the dif-ferent activities at Camp Loon.

“I love it, I love working with the kids,” Duncan said. “You have to be patient with them, and that is what we are doing.”

Zip line highlight at Camp Loon


Constance Lake’s Derek Sutherland has witnessed many changes over the past decade at Camp Loon.

“The changes have been good,” said the Canadian Ranger who has helped out at Camp Loon five times since 2001. “They have always been striving to get things that the kids want like new equipment. It has improved for sure.”

Among the changes Suther-land noted for this year were the reintroduction of the zip line, better trail systems for the off-road bike and ATV training sessions, and the introduction of the Junior Canadian Ranger staff position.

“Camp Loon is a great pro-gram for the kids and they all seem to be having fun and enjoying themselves,” Suther-land said. “This year I am a chaperone for Constance Lake, so I brought 10 of the youth out from Constance Lake and they are really enjoying it. They are all first-time Junior Canadian Rangers.”

Master Cpl. Stanley Stevens is an Elder with the Canadian

Rangers from Constance Lake. He has helped out at Camp Loon three times since 2002, calling it “very valuable,” while noting many youth are anxious to attend.

“I like this type of camp – it really educates the young peo-ple how to be out there, to be on their own as part of survival,” Stevens said.

He said it is important to give youth an opportunity to experi-ence different activities outside their normal day-to-day lives.

“We take our kids swimming, we go for outings, we take them out on a field trip/school trip every spring, they go skating (in) an arena in a nearby town,” Stevens said, describing activi-ties for youth in his community. “It takes good leadership to do all these things. These kids are our future leaders; we need to develop them when they are young.”

Stevens’ granddaughter was one of the first-time JCRs at this year’s Camp Loon.

“She was really excited,” Ste-vens said. “I have another one who wanted to attend but it was kind of late. I told her maybe next year. She just turned 12 years old in July.”

Former Junior Canadian Ranger Morris Beardy was sworn in as a Canadian Ranger during a special ceremony July 14 at Camp Loon.

“I, Morris Beardy, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of Canada, her heirs and suc-cessors according to law so help me God,” Beardy said, during his swearing in ceremony.

Once he was sworn in, Beardy put on his new Cana-dian Ranger gear, including a red T-shirt, red sweatshirt and red hat, all with the Canadian Ranger logo.

“If you talk to the chiefs in

the communities where we are represented, that is what they like to see – they like to see the JCR as a stepping stone,” said Capt. Mark Rittwage, Camp Loon commandant and deputy commanding officer of the Canadian Rangers in Ontario.

“It is not the intent of the Junior Canadian Ranger pro-gram by any means, but now that chief has one more (Cana-dian) Ranger who is trained and qualified by the military in domestic response who is going to be there to support the com-munity, whether it is a tainted water crisis in Kashechewan or a forest fire evacuation in Sandy Lake.” - RG

Plenty of progress at Camp Loon

Morris Beardy sworn in as Ranger

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsA Junior Canadian Ranger zip lines across a river at Camp Loon 2010 held at a remote site north of Geraldton July 12-21.


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Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsJunior Canadian Rangers from 15 Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities partipated in Camp Loon 2010 July 12-21 near Geraldton, Ont. The camp provides safety training and activities such as canoeing, boating, off-road biking, ATV riding, archery, rifle range, sports, traditional crafts and a zip line.

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BOTTOM LEFT: A Junior Canadian Ranger climbs along a rope bridge to the zip line platform in preparation for his ride across the river.

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Virginia MeekisBorn: August 6, 1926 in Sandy Lake, Ontario

Died: Thursday July 01, 2010 in Deer Lake, Ontario

Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great great-grandmother Virginia Meekis left us peacefully with family by her side on July 1st, 2010 at approximately 5:45 pm.

She is survived by her nine children Obeik Koostachin, Molet Aysanabee, StenaKakegamick, Henry Meekis, Elizabeth Rae, Ida Meekis, Cornelius Meekis, Rhonda Rae, and Bertha Harper.

Virginia was predeceased by her parents Rodgerick and Annie Fiddler of Sandy Lake, and her beloved husband Samuel Meekis of 35 years. She was also predeceased by her children who included her eldest son Darius Meekis, CelloMeekis and by her daughters Nora Jean and Eileen Meekis. She was also left behind by her son-in-laws William Aysanabee, and Patrick Koostachin.

Virginia has been a faithful Christian for many years. She enjoyed singing so much that she joined the church choir. She attended the United Church of Canada in Deer Lake every Sunday for service. She enjoyed events at the local church such as baptisms, weddings and other events. Her faith gave her strength in her long life.

She was born and raised in the community Sandy Lake. She came later in her life to the community of Deer Lake where she married Samuel Meekis. Virginia and her late husband Samuel decided to raise one of their grandchildren Bennett Aysanabee as their own. They never tired of providing wisdom & advice to Bennett and in doing so provided guidance to a young man. Virginia was also had a caring heart towards children and it showed as she worked as a lunch house supervisor for more than 22 years until her retirement. She will be fondly remembered and loved by those children that she had fed over the years.

She leaves behind numerous nieces, nephews and grandchildren who are too numerous to mention. She also leaves a great number of great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren in the communities of Sandy Lake, St. Theresa Point, Little Grand and other places. Her compassion, wisdom and love extended beyond her doors and into the home and hearts of many.

The family would like give a special thank you to the Chief and Council of Deer Lake for their hard work and dedication. We would also like to say thank you to every person (which are too numerous to mention) in helping with the cooking, the cleaning and all the little things that were being done in support for us. We the family are very grateful.

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Anishnawbe culture on display at annual celebration

Martin Tuesday was one of the performers with the Ira Johnson Band.

Artist Perry Perreault exhibited some of his paintings while taking part in the powwow session.

The Ira Johnson Band rocked the July 11 evening session.

Maggie Magiskan displayed a number of her birch bark baskets, which she had for sale.

Fried bannock was one of the many foods available for visitors.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Sargeant Jackie George bought a hand-painted pair of sunglasses from artist Elliott Doxtater-Wynn during the fourth annual Anishnawbe Keeshigun celebration of First Nation history and tradition at Fort William Historic Park.

The July 11 powwow featured a variety of dancers.

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsThe fourth annual Anishnawbe Keeshigun celebration at the Fort William Historic Park in Thunder Bay July 11 and 12 provided a glimpse

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Nibinamik Elder Mike Wabasse built a cabin on the Breathing Grounds, a remote location about five kilome-ters outside of the community accessible only by boat, in the late 1990s.

Wabasse’s idea was to have a place to take the youth out of the community and learn about survival skills in the bush.

What began as one cabin has spawned into three with an addition of other structures like a cafeteria and a performing stage. The Breathing Grounds is now the place where Nib-inamik has been hosting its annual Youth Wilderness Retreat since 1999.

“He wanted to build the cabin because he had the idea of taking youth from the com-munity out in the wilderness, but wanted to have a cabin built first,” said Randy Wabasse, Mike’s son.

“He got help from another Elder to build the cabin and wanted to have a camp like what you see today for the youth, so they could learn survival skills like how to hunt, trap, fish and net. My father believed the fast-est way to learn is to do hands-on training, not just watching

and looking but actually doing it,” Randy said.

The first cabin took Mike Wabasse about two or three weeks to build with some help.

“It was a slow process to get the camp going but it eventu-ally came along and turned into what it is today,” Randy said.

Randy has been living in Wunnumin Lake for the past six years. This was the first time in four years he was able to attend the Wilderness Retreat July 12-17.

“The camp is a lot bigger from when my dad first started it. There are more buildings and cabins and more people coming now,” he said.

Randy brought seven youth from Wunnumin in two boats. He wanted them to enjoy the experiences the camp has to offer.

One of the most significant differences he’s noticed over the past 12 years, as the annual retreat has grown, is the first

kids who attended the camp are now the ones running and organizing it.

“They got taught in the early years and now they are co-ordinating the whole weeklong camp,” Randy said.

Mike Wabasse passed away in the 2003 plane crash just out-side of Summer Beaver.

“I imagine if he could see it (the camp) now it would make him proud,” Randy said.

“He would be proud of the youths being able to run it and continue his dream. He would be proud to see the youths that were taught in the first couple years now running it,” he said.

“I like what I see,” Randy said. “People still have the inter-est in continuing this the camp year after year.”

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay NewsRandy Wabasse stands in front of a cabin his father Mike Wabasse built in the late 1990s about five kilometres from Nib-inamik First Nation. Randy said his father wanted to bring youth to the bush to start a yearly sur-vival camp where they would be given hands-on training learning to fish, hunt and trap. After 12 years Mike Wabasse’s camp still runs every summer in Nibinamik.

Nibinamik Elder’s dream for youth camp a reality

“If he could see the camp now it would make him proud.”

– Randy Wabasse


The 39-year-old victim of a police shooting in Kenora, Ont., is facing charges relating to the June 7 incident.

Helen Proulx, a Grassy Nar-rows woman living in Kenora, was charged with assault with a weapon, assaulting police with a weapon, uttering threats to cause death and possessing a weapon dangerous to the pub-lic.

Proulx was shot twice by an Ontario Provincial Police officer during what has been described as “an altercation” and was treated at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. Witnesses at the scene said she was shot in the arm and pelvis.

According to police, the female officer responded to a domestic incident on First Street South around 8:30 p.m. when a woman wielding a knife confronted her and shots were fired.

She was later transferred to a hospital in Kenora.

With any incident where inju-ries are incurred as the result of a discharged police firearm, the province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating.

SIU spokeswoman Monica Hudon said every investigation is different and there is no time-table for its completion.

“It’s still under investigation,” Hudon said, adding investiga-tors are trying to put together all the details about what hap-pened.

Proulx charged, SIU continue investigation


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ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊ ᒪᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐅᑭ ᐅᔑᑐᓇᐸᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᓂᔭᓄᑎᐸᐦᐊᑲᐣ ᓂᑲᑌ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᒋ̇ᒪᓂᐠ ᐁᐦᑕ ᐁᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᔕᐃᐧᐢᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ , ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 1990 ᑲᑭ ᐱᒥ ᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ.ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᑭᐃᓀᐣᑕᒧᐸᐣ ᒋᑭ ᐃᔑᐃᐧᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐱᑲᐧᒋᔭᐦᐃᐣᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐅᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑲᐧᒋᔭᐦᐃᐣᐠ.ᐃᒪ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒋᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐱᓂᐢ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑭᐊᓂ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ ᔭᐦᐃ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐃᐧᓯᓂᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᑫᑕᔑᓂᑲᒧᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ . ᐅᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐊᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᑕᔑ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐠ, 1999 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ.

“ᐊᒥᐦᐃ ᑲᑭ ᐃᓀᐣᑕᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐅᔑᑐᐨ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᐁᑭ ᒪᒥᑎᓀᓂᒪᐸᐣ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᐃᐧᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᑲᐧᒋᔭᐦᐃᐣᐠ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᑕᐢ ᑭᐃᓀᐣᑕᒧᐸᐣ ᐱᓇᒪ ᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᕑᐊᐣᑎ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ , ᒪᐃᐠ ᐅᑯᓯᓴᐣ.

“ᐅᑭ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐸᓂᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐣ ᒋᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᒋᑭ ᐊᓂᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᑕᔑ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐊᐧᐸᑕᒣᐠ, ᒋᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᑐᑲᐣ ᒋᓂᐦᑕ ᓇᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ , ᒋᓂᐦᑕ ᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓂᐦᑕ

ᓄᒋᑭᓄᔐᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓂᐦᑕ ᐸᑭᑕᐦᐁᐊᐧᐨ. ᓂᑕᑕ ᑭᐃᔑ ᑌᐯᐧᑕᑦ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᐊᐧᐃᔭ ᑫᑭ ᐃᔑ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᐣᑭᐸᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᑯ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ , ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᒋᑭ ᒧᐦᒋ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐱᐨ ᐱᑯ ᐁᐦᑕ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᑐᑕᐣᐠ.” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ.ᐃᐁᐧ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐅᔑᑐᐨ ᒪᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᓇᐣᑕ ᓂᔑᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᔦ ᓂᐦᓯ ᐱᒧᑯᓇᑲ ᑭᐃᓯᓭᓂ ᒋᐱᒥᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑲᓄᐨ.

“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐸᐯᒋᓭ ᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᔓᑯᐨ ᑕᐢ ᑭᐊᓂ ᐃᓯᓭ ᒋᐊᓂᑭᔑ ᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ,” ᕑᐊᐣᑎ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ.ᕑᐊᐣᑎ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐊᔕ ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓯ ᐊᐦᑭ ᑲᐯᔑ ᐊᐧᓇᒪᐣᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ . ᐊᒥᐦᐃ ᐸᐢᑲᐣ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ ᐁᑭ ᐃᔕᐨ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐅᐧᐊᐦᑭ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥᐸᓂᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᐃᔑ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᐸᐢᑯᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 12-17 ᑲᑭ ᐃᓇᐣᑭᓯᐨ.

“ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐊᓂ ᒥᐦᔕ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᓂᑕᑕ ᑲᑭ ᒪᒋᑐᐸᐣ . ᐊᓂᒥᔑᓇᑎᓄᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐊᓂᐸ̇ᐱᔕᐊᐧᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ.ᕑᐊᐣᑎ ᐅᑭ ᐱ̇ᒋᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓂᓴᐧᓯ ᐊᐧᓇᒪᓂᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᓂᔑᐣ ᒋᒪᓇᐣ ᐁᑭ ᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ . ᐅᑭ ᒥᓴᐁᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᒋᑭ ᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ.ᐃᐁᐧ ᑕᐢ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᐣᐠ ᓂᔓᔕᑊ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐣᐠ ᐊᐦᐱ ᑲᑭ ᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓯᐃᐧ

ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᔕ ᐁᐊᓂ ᒥᔕᐠ ᐊᐱ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᑭ ᒪᒋᐸᐱᔕᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᐢ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐁᐊᓂ ᐱᒥᐸᓂᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ.

“ᐁᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐦᐱᐣ ᐁᐦᐊᓂ ᐱᒥᐸᓂᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᐯᐱᒧᑯᓇᑲ ᑲᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ,” ᕑᐊᐣᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ.ᒪᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᑭᐃᐢᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ 2003 ᑲᑭ ᐸᐣᑭᓯᑭᐸᐣ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᔭᐦᐃ ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ.

“ᒥᐦᐃ ᐁᐃᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᑭᐸᐣ (ᐅᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ) ᓄᑯᑦ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᒋᐣ

ᐅᑕᑭᒋ̇ᓀᐣᑕᒧᐦᐃᑯᐣ ,” ᕑᐊᐣᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ.

“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᑭ ᒥᓄᐧᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐦᐃᑯᓇᐸᐣ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᑲᑲᐢᑭᑐᓂᐨ ᒋᐱᒥᐸᓂᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐱᒧᑐᓂᐨ ᐅᐸᐊᐧᒧᐃᐧᓂ . ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᑭ ᑭᒋ̇ᓀᐣᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᑲᑭ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ

ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐱᒧᑐᓂᐨ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᓂᒥᓄᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᒪᐣ ,” ᕑᐊᐣᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ.

“ᑭᔭᐸᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒥᓴᐁᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐱᒥᓭᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᑕᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ ᑫᐊᐧᓂ ᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ.”

ᕑᐊᐣᑎ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᑭᐁᐧ ᒥᐦᑲᐃᐧ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᐅᐊᐧᓂᐦᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑭᕑᐃᐢ ᑯᕑᓇᑭ/ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣᕑᐊᐣᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᐅᑭᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᐁᐃᐧ ᐃᔑᐃᐧᓇᒋᐣ ᐅᐢᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᐱᑲᐧᒋᔭᐦᐃᐣᐠ ᑕᓱᐊᐦᑭ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐅᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᒋᓂᐦᑕ ᓄᒋᑭᓄᔐᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ, ᒋᓂᐦᑕ ᓇᓇᐣᑕᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓂᐦᑕ ᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐢ ᐊᔕ ᓂᔓᔕᑊ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐱᒪᓄᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐅᐊᐧᓂᐦᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᓱᓂᐱᐣ ᑲᑕᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐃᒪ ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ.


The Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act (Bill S-4) passed through second reading at the House of Commons July 7.

The bill is intended to protect vulnerable Aboriginal women and children, according to law-makers, by having a mechanism to divide assets of the home when a couple split.

The parent who gets to retain the matrimonial home is one aspect the bill seeks to resolve within First Nations communi-ties.

The bill has yet to be passed through the House of Com-mons. In previous versions of this bill (formerly C-8 and C-47), opposition parties were united in their objection to pass the bill.

Many First Nation chiefs and councilors were witnesses dur-

ing the study of the bill by the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights.

They voiced their strong opposition to the bill based on the premise that many com-munities already have avenues in place for dealing with family homes.

Alternative dispute resolu-tion, traditional customs and agreements under the First Nations Lands Management Act are just some of those solutions.

Nevertheless, none of the Conservative senators voted against it.

An additional concern expressed is Bill S-4 is uncon-stitutional as it violates Sec-tion 35 of the Constitution that recognizes the inherent rights of Aboriginal people to self-gov-ernment.

A suggestion voiced by First Nations chiefs, legal experts and Liberal senators to include a non-derogation clause that the bill would not detract from constitutional rights was not inserted into the bill by the Con-servative senators.

Senator Lillian E. Dyck, an Aboriginal senator from the Gordon First Nation in Sas-katchewan, asks: “Is this the government’s way of attempting to undermine the constitutional rights of First Nations people?”

Dyck wonders why the Con-servatives are refusing to listen to First Nations representatives.

Division of matrimonial assets closer to reality

“Is this the government’s way of attempting to undermine the constitutional rights of First Nations people?”

–Lillian Dyck

Brent WesleyWawatay News

Police have charged Jason D. Miller, 26, of Deer Lake First Nation with second degree mur-der in connection with a July 10 death in the community.

Joey Crowe, 27, was pro-nounced dead at the local nurs-ing station where police also found another injured male, Neilson Meekis, 27.

Meekis was treated for his injuries at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Cen-tre.

Miller was also charged with attempted murder in connec-tion to the injuries sustained by Meekis.

Miller was expected to appear in a Kenora court July 19.

NAPS, with assistance from the OPP, continue to investigate the incident.

Deer Lake man charged with second degree murder


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Summer fun at Timmins Street Festival

Steve Elliot/Wawatay NewsAboriginal participation was front and centre at the Timmins Summer Street Festival July 8-10. It’s the first time First Nation organizations participated in the festival, which was broadcast live on Wawatay Radio Network.

TOP LEFT: Two women drum groups, Mushkegowuk Mother Clan Singers and Four Eagle Whistle Women Singers, joined together to perform.

BOTTOM LEFT: Drum group Bearpaws performs on stage.

TOP RIGHT: Timmins Mayor Tom Laughren joined Bearpaws on stage.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Swamp Rockers, featuring Wawatay Radio’s Jules Spence and George Nakogee, kept the crowd rocking.


Bob Starratt,LCC RepresentativeP.O. Box 115Hudson ON P0V 1X0Phone (807) 582-3535

Arne Saari, Area ForesterMNR Sioux Lookout DistrictSioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A6Phone (807) 737-5053Fax (807) 737-1813

Alan Brailsford, R.P.F.C/O McKenzie Forest Products Inc.P.O. Box 428, HWY 516 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A5Phone (807) 737-2522 ext 29Fax (807) 737-2395

The 2011-2021 Lac Seul Forest Management Plan Information Centre to Review the Draft Plan

• Do you use forest access roads to hunt, sh, pick blue berries or collect rewood?

• Do you canoe, hike or snowmobile in the area?• Are you a trapper, logger, camp owner, out tter

or prospector?• Are you interested in how we manage the habitat needs of sh, woodland caribou, moose, marten and

other wildlife?• Are you a rural private land owner in the Municipality of Sioux Lookout?• Are you an Aboriginal person living in or around Sioux Lookout?

The Sioux Lookout Local Citizens Committee would like you to attend an Information Centre to review and provide your input on the Draft Plan for the 2011-2021 Lac Seul Forest Management Plan. Location: Sunset Suites Sioux Lookout on August 5, 2010, 2-8pm.

Your comments and input will contribute to balanced and well informed decisions as we advance through the planning process. Any additional background information that you can provide would also be greatly appreciated. Comments on

the proposed operations for the Lac Seul Forest must be received by Arne Saari at the Ministry of Natural Resources Sioux Lookout District Of ce, by October 4, 2010.

If you are unable to attend but would like further information, please contact one of the individuals listed below.

Kick-Off the 28th Annual Blueberry Festival on July 30th with these Great Opening Day Events!

Bannock Bake-Off SLFSC Blueberry BBQ

Cedar Bay Wagon Rides Northwest Farmers’ Market

Legion Blueberry Dance Party Royal Canadian Legion Steak BBQ

Katimavik Blueberry Pie Eating Competition Blueberry Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament

Back Home for Blueberry Art Show Opening Reception

Celebrate the opening of the 28 t h Annual Blueberry Festival at the Legion Blueberry Kick -Off Party. Come out to the

Legion at 8:00pm and dance the night away to the musical styling's of ‘Pass the Pineapple’. So hurry down to the

Legion, Sioux Travel, or Travel Information Centre and get your tickets today .

Platinum Sponsors: Bearskin Airlines, Canadian Heritage, CIBC, CKDR, CN, Dori’s Sewing Studio & Quilt Shop, Johnny’s Fresh Market, Municipality of Sioux Lookout, Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, Ontario Ministry of Culture, Service Canada, Sioux Lookout Chamber of Commerce, Sioux Travel/Carlson

Wagonlit Gold Sponsors: Abram Lake Park/Lincoln Park Alex Wilson Coldstream Ltd., Forest Inn and Conference Centre, TBAY Tel, The Salvation Army, The Sioux Lookout Bulletin, Wawatay Native

Communications Society Silver Sponsors: All Occasion Cakes by Althea, Andre Tardiff Agency Ltd., DMTS, Makkinga Contracting and Equipment Rentals, Shibogama First Nations Council, Sunset Inn and Suites, The Wellington Centre, Wasaya Airways LP, Bronze Sponsors: Business ABC’s, Calvary Baptist Church, Dick

and Nellies Bar and Grill, Drayton Cash and Carry, H&M c.a.r.s., Old Mill Dental Clinic, Redshift Multimedia, SkyCare Air Ambulance, Sioux Area Seniors Activity Centre, Sioux Lottery “Makin Millionaires Happen”,

Sioux-Per Auto Parts, St. Andrew’s United Church, St. Mary’s Anglican Church Women, Subway, Wilson’s Business Solutions Blueberry Friends: Buck Bust Video, Chicken Chef, The Northern Store

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Where have all the fish gone?

Kerri Man is a city-born First Nation youth with a love of the outdoors.

He has been living on and off in Bearskin Lake First Nation for the past three years. He is 13 years old and as a teenager, he is not driven by sexual hormone fantasies or window-busting gang activities.

For the past few months his concerns have been directed to the decline of the pickerel population along the Severn Lake and river way.

“Hey Joe, remember a few years back, how many fish we use to catch in our net? What’s with the fish, man,” he asked.

It’s a constant interrogation which leaves me to think the unpredictable weather and water levels have some kind of influence on the declining population. In early June the water levels had been extra low but by month’s end to early July they had risen to their desired levels.

It was then I turned to some of the local hunters and anglers who always verify his concern.

“Well yeah,” says Solo-mon Fox, a 50-year-plus gentleman whose tra-

ditional trapping and fishing area is on the Severn Lake area. “They are slowly killing off the fish by their greedy ways of hunting and fishing.”

Peter Mckay, a soft-spoken man in his mid-70s is also see-ing a big change in the activities of the pickerel’s migration and spawning.

“Once the pickerel have fin-ished their time at the rapids they will eventually head for the cooler and deeper waters of the Severn Lake but they haven’t come out yet or maybe they were killed off,” he said.

It’s a painful topic, one com-munity members will not dis-cuss in open conversation, but it is very clear to everyone. For the past few years certain fish-ermen and woman alike have been scooping the pickerel with nets along the main rapids on the Severn River while they are spawning, thus wiping out pick-erel populations before they are able to fend for themselves. Past experiences within our tra-ditional territory have not deterred these people’s actions.

In the mid 1950s our sturgeon populations were completely wiped out by non-Native

fishermen who were given fish-ing licences by the government. They were flown in with boat and motors and spent the whole summer. The local people took very little notice to their activi-ties while plane loads of their harvest were flown from the traditional waters.

It wasn’t till the last plane carrying the last fisherman echoed off into the distance that the local people along with their councillor made their gruesome discovery. They found piles upon piles of sturgeon carcasses deep in the bushes. The non-Native fisher-men were taking only the eggs from the sturgeon, which were then sold as caviar.

The sturgeon never again regained their population at the gravel point along the Severn River and for the past 50-plus years the people of the commu-nity caught sturgeon more than 105 kilometres downriver.

A similar experience had taken place in the late

1970s and early 1980s

with

our whitefish population on the main lake of Michikan. White-fish had always spawned at the west side of the lake where a rapid connecting Knife Lake and Michikan was the cause of excitement every spring. At first it seemed harmless, a tub full of whitefish for each family. But as the years passed the greed of a few took its toll. Scooping up the fish with scoop nets along the rapids while they were spawning wiped out the white-fish population. To this date they have not yet returned.

But every society, buried in their own poised and peaceful neighbourhood, harbours their own bad apples, the ones that see nothing wrong with their extreme actions, only think-ing for today. Our Elders were always the per-fect conser-vation-ists.

They always knew to think ahead and never to abuse the lands and the animals and fish within.

“The Great Spirit gave us laws to follow,” was always my grandfather Sandy Beardy’s speech to us as we travelled with him during the winter trapping seasons and the com-mercial fishing activities of the summer months.

“When the Almighty made the Anishne, he put them in charge of the lands they occupy, to care for the animals, the birds and the fish, never to abuse the cycle of life that was established for them. We always take only what we need to ensure all future generations live in harmony within that bal-anced cycle.”

As I walked and learned from these great hunters of the land it was obvious they followed and obeyed their God-given tasks. Upon approaching a beaver house they could always tell how many beavers occupied this dwelling and they knew how many they could take to ensure a healthier harvest the following year. Even in the com-mercial fishing seasons they would never over-fish a lake. A

few days were the norm to fill their quota from that

lake. Most of our tra-

ditional Elders are gone

now and

the task ahead of us is how we survive within our own environ-ment. Each individual is respon-sible for their own actions and when that cannot be achieved our leadership must take the appropriate steps to ensure our well being and the well being of the animals, the birds and fish within.

Kerri and I still get out on the boat to set nets or just to cast. The most we’ve had this year using a net has been two pickerel and a few suckers. The sturgeon made a comeback this year and we were in the middle of the fishing frenzy bringing home our quota for the season.

It’s a whole new experience for Kerri being out on the land and being able to hunt and eat the food we catch. This past spring he was chosen as one of three students to hunt with some of the men out on the coast near Fort Seven. It’s an experience that never leaves his mind. The last few days he has been studying mosquitoes.

“Why are there so many of these pests and no way of get-ting rid of them, Joe man?”he asked.

I didn’t want to tell him about the lack of dragonflies and frogs in the community. No frogs around here are just fine with me, just spray on more repellent.

Our Elders were always the perfect conservationists. They always knew to think ahead.

Joe Beardy

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Norval Morrisseau’s seven children launched a lawsuit June 30 in a British Columbia Supreme Court against Gabe Vadas, who has been named the sole beneficiary of the famed artist’s estate.

Vadas, who acted as Morris-seau’s business manager, also considered himself to be Morri-seau’s ‘spiritual son.’

Morrisseau met Vadas on the streets in the early-1990s as he went through a period of dark days.

Vadas had been named as the executor, trustee and sole beneficiary in Morrisseau’s will dated July 16, 1999.

However, Morrisseau’s chil-

dren claim their father’s will was executed under suspicious circumstances and they seek to have the court declare his will invalid.

The children contend since their father was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, he was not capable of approving the will’s contents.

In their lawsuit, they seek to exercise control over the right to use their father’s name and images to reproduce his work.

Morrisseau was known as the Picasso of the North and helped to launch the woodland style of painting.

Morrisseau, along with six other Aboriginal artists became known as the Indian Group of Seven. The other six artists are Daphne Odjig, Jackson Beardy,

Carl Ray, Joseph Sanchez, Eddy Cobiness, and Alex Janvier.

Morrisseau’s work is featured in many Canadian prestigious art galleries.

The seven children have cre-ated the Norval Morrisseau Family Foundation to protect their father’s legacy.

This is not the first time the Morrisseau children have launched a legal challenge against Vadas.

When Morrisseau passed away in December 2007 at the age of 75, the children also contested their father’s burial plans. They won the right to have their father’s remains returned for a burial in Keeway-win First Nation so he could be laid to rest next to his wife Har-riet Kakegamic.

Legal battle ensues over Norval Morrisseau’s estate

Wawatay News file photoChildren of the late artist Norval Morrisseau have launched a lawsuit seeking to take control of their father’s estate. Morrisseau passed away in December 2007.


Tom Corston, of Chapleau Cree First Nation, was ordained as the new Bishop of the Angli-can Diocese of Moosonee July 5.

There were seven candidates in the election for a new bishop.

Anglican church leaders from across the province attended the event which was held at St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Timmins to accom-modate the large number of guests.

Archbishop Colin Johnson of the Metropolitan of the Ecclesi-astical Province of Ontario held the service.

Corston is the ninth Anglican Bishop of Moosonee. He will oversee 26 Anglican parishes, including Timmins.

His territory extends from Geraldton in the west to Misi-tissini, Que., in the east, from Kashechewan and Chisasibi in the north to Chapleau and Gogama in the south. Within his diocese, there are 8,500 parish-ioners.

Prior to being named bishop, Corston was an archdeacon with the Diocese of Algoma and Sudbury.

He received numerous calls to put his name forward for consideration.

As a young boy sitting in his home church in Chapleau, Corston was already aware of a presence beyond himself.

“I can go into that building today and sit in the same pew and remember distinctly that childhood moment,” Corston wrote on his website.

During his time as bishop, Corston has a goal of forming a partnership to implement an Indigenous covenant he believes is vital for the future life of the diocese.

“Our Indigenous brothers and sisters have always had so much to teach us from their rich spiritual life and culture and it has been painful to see the church has sometimes taken so long to listen.

“I do know, however, within Moosonee diocese our shared ministry has always been a source of strength.”

Aboriginal Bishop ordained at Moosonee Diocese

“Our Indigenous brothers and sisters have always had so much to teach us.”

– Tom Corston


SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITYClient Services Department

TEAM LEADER(Housekeeping, Laundry,Dietary, Maintenance)

Internal/External PostingPermanent Full Time

Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Under the direction of the Director of Client Services, the Hostel Team Leader will be responsible for the daily coordination of the dietary, laundry, housekeeping and maintenance program services. The Hostel Team Leader will also coordinate the daily shift schedules and will provide daily supervisory duties to front line staff to ensure that exemplary levels of care are maintained to ensure that established policies and procedures are carried out.

QUALIFICATIONS • Degree or Diploma in a Business Administration program and/or five years working experience; • Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills in the delivery of non health care services; • Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills; • Possesses excellent team building and networking skills.

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

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Search of the Pardoned Sexual Offender Registry to:

Charlene Samuel, Human Resources ManagerHuman Resource Department

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health AuthorityP.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street

Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8Phone: (807) 737-1802

Fax: (807) 737-2969Email: [email protected]

Closing Date: August 6, 2010

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

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


HOUSEKEEPERSFull Time (5 Positions) Casual (2 positions)

Internal/External PostingPermanent Full Time

Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Under the direction of the Team Leader (Housekeeping), the Housekeepers are responsible to keep the Hostel and Administration offices at a high standard of cleanliness.

QUALIFICATIONS• Minimum Grade 12 and/or post secondary education;• Ability to lift 20+ lbs;• Ability to stand on feet all day; • Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills;• Possesses excellent team building and networking skills.

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


Charlene Samuel, Human Resources ManagerHuman Resources Department





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

be contacted.



LAUNDRY AIDESFull Time (5 Positions) Casual (2 positions)

Internal/External PostingLocation: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Under the direction of the Team Leader (Laundry), the Laundry Aides are responsible to provide clean laundry for the Hostel.

QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12;• Previous knowledge of institutional laundry an asset;• Ability to stand on feet all day;• Previous experience in a hospitality field an asset;• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs; • Must be independent and self motivated worker;• Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills;• Possesses excellent team building and networking skills.








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

will be contacted.


SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY

Prenatal Nutrition WorkerPermanent Full Time

Internal/ External PostingLocation: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

The Prenatal Nutrition Worker will provide culturally appropriate and community specific nutrition education to women planning to become pregnant, are currently pregnant and mothers of young children. The Prenatal Nutrition Worker is also responsible for providing breast-feeding promotion, education and support to new moms in hospital and at the community level.

QUALIFICATIONS• Minimum Grade 12 or GED;• Experience working in a health field; • Experience working with families; • Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills;• Possesses excellent team building and networking skills; • Must be willing and able to travel extensively to designated communities.

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








be contacted.



SECURITY PERSONNEL Full Time (2 positions) Casual (1 position)


Under the direction of the Director of Client Services the Security Personnel provides security for the Hostel facility, parking lot and other SLFNHA property.

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









be contacted.



This year’s Sioux Mountain Festival July 31 and Aug. 1 will feature a diverse mix of music, from folk to heavy metal, and a wide array of workshops, from belly dancing to comic books.

The music and cultural cel-ebration will have a variety of entertainment, food and work-shops for all.

Musical acts will kick off the first day of the festival with local musicians filling the schedule. Two First Nation bands are also on the bill, Northern Eagles from Summer Beaver and Rez-myth, whose band members hail from a variety of commu-nities. Headlining the music festival are Big Rude Jake, a

jazz musician from Toronto and Marc Ekin, a country musician from Oakwood, Ont.

The second day has a mix of performers and workshops throughout the day includ-ing belly dancing and a comic book workshop. Lac Seul art-ist Ahmoo Angeconeb will also have his work on display. Children activities and perfor-mances are also planned.

As always, events are free for the public.

“It’s one of the best things about the festival,” said Mike Laverty, festival organizer. “All the money goes back to the art-ists.”

Laverty said $200 was raised during a Battle of the Bands music contest July 14. Local musician Tashiina Buswa won the event and the opportunity to pick her performance time at the Sioux Mountain Festival. Other musical acts that night included Tim Ronan, Red Radio and Dressed In Black ‘N Blue.

Wawatay Radio Network will have a live broadcast of the musical acts on July 31.

Sioux Mountain Festival to offer lots of variety

“All the money goes back to the artists.”

– Mike Laverty



DIETARY AIDESFull Time (6 Positions) Casual (3 Positions)


Under the direction of the Team Leader (Dietary), the Dietary Aides are responsible to meet the dietary needs of the Hostel clients.

QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum Grade 12;• Safe Food Handling an asset; • Must have Food Service Worker certification; (or be willing to obtain)• Previous experience in a hospitality field an asset;• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs; • Must be independent and self motivated worker;• Valid Drivers license preferred;• Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills;• Possesses excellent team building and networking skills.









be contacted.


SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITYNodin Child & Family Intervention Services (NCFI)

MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLORInternal/External Posting

Permanent Full TimeLOCATION: BIG TROUT LAKE FIRST NATION

This full time position reports to the Clinical Supervisor. The Mental Health Counsellor will be responsible for providing direct Clinical Intervention and Prevention Services to referred clients in the Child and Family Intervention catchment area of Big Trout Lake.

QUALIFICATIONS• Degree in Social Work/Psychology with relevant clinical/ counselling experience is preferred;• Minimum two years experience in the health services environment;• Specialized courses in specific areas of mental health;• A thorough understanding of the Mental Health Act, Child & Family Services Act and awareness of current issues within Northern and remote Native communities an asset; • Proficiency in clinical assessment skills and client needs;• Experience with video counselling technology an asset; • Travel is a requirement of the position.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY• Ability to communicate in one of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone is an asset;• Ability to manage a case load independently; • Familiarity with working in acute care situations; • Knowledge of community resources;• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007, experience with a Client Database (e.g. CIMS), Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) & Brief Child and Family Phone Interview (BCFPI) an asset;• Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently;• Experience working with youth, a definite asset;• Education assistance and training available dependent upon applicant’s qualifications and in accordance with SLFNHA Policies and Procedures.









SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITYNodin Child & Family Intervention Services (NCFI)

MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLORInternal/External Posting

Permanent Full TimeLOCATION: NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION

This full time position reports to the Clinical Supervisor. The Mental Health Counsellor will be responsible for providing direct Clinical Intervention and Prevention Services to referred clients in the Child and Family Intervention catchment area of Neskantaga.

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

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY• Ability to communicate in one of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout Zone is an asset;• Ability to manage a case load independently; • Familiarity with working in acute care situations; • Knowledge of community resources;• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007,experience with a Client Database (e.g. CIMS), Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) & Brief Child and Family Phone Interview (BCFPI) an asset;• Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently;• Experience working with youth, a definite asset;• Education assistance and training available dependent upon applicant’s qualifications and in accordance with SLFNHA Policies and Procedures.









Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centrein Sioux Lookout, Ontario is seeking a

STUDENT ASSESSMENT RESOURCE WORKER

The Student Assessment Resource Worker acts as a support in the development of the student assessment system for the Sioux Lookout district as part of the First Nation Student Success Program (FNSSP).

RESPONSIBILITIES• Conduct research on the assessment of student learning to encompass both classroom assessments and standardized system wide testing• Contribute expertise and knowledge to the development of a student assessment framework for the District• Develop elements of the student assessment framework including processes, instruments and protocols• Provide ongoing monitoring of student assessment processes across the District and suggest strategies for improvement• Establish and maintain liaison with First Nations • Establish liaison with external experts and possible partners• Develop assessment materials specific to the Bilingual/Bicultural curriculum • Develop communication materials about the system, testing cycle and requirements and coordinate their distribution• Maintain communication with parents and communities • Organize the development and delivery of training for teachers, administrators and others as required• Coordinate the cycle of assessment and assessment process• Develop annual work plan for the Student Learning Assessment components of the FNSSP • Develop monthly, quarterly and annual reports

QUALIFICATIONS• A working knowledge of student learning assessment and the development of student learning assessment systems and tools• Bachelor of Education degree• Administrative and project management experience • Knowledge of First Nations education • Planning, organizational and coordination skills • A demonstrated ability to work with First Nations or in a culturally diverse community setting• Self-motivated, organized, able to work in a team setting • Interpersonal, communications and computer skills• Fluency in Ojibway, Oji-Cree or Cree an asset• Able to travel to district First Nations communities

To apply: Please submit a resume, two references with written permission to contact, and a covering letter to:

Margaret Angeconeb, FNSSP CoordinatorMail: Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre

Box 1328Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8e-mail: [email protected]

Fax: (807) 737-3650

Criminal Reference and Child Abuse Registry check required.

Closing date for applications: August 6, 2010 at 4:00 pm


A small local community radio station in Sioux Lookout and Hudson celebrated 35 years July 14.

The volunteer-run station, CBLS/CBQW, airs twice-a-day broadcasting local news, events, weather, road conditions, job announcements and interviews. The station airs on the CBC sig-nal on 1240AM or 1340AM.

“This volunteer radio station is a vital link between commu-nities and between people from all walks of life,” said Ifka Fili-povich, president of the Sioux-Hudson Community Radio Society.

Using equipment on loan from Wawatay Radio Network, the station first went to air July 14, 1975 from the local friend-ship centre.

Spearheaded by a group of local residents, work began in 1973 to bring the station to air. In order to do so, Hudson resi-

dent Dianne Ayotte successfully lobbied for a CBC relay sta-tion for Hudson, which didn’t receive CBC until that time.

“People in town felt there was no method of communicating information in a timely manner or advising the public of emer-gency situations in the area,” Ayotte said of the need for local content on the radio.

The station continues to be entirely volunteer driven and is now located at the local fire hall after moving to numerous loca-tions in the community.

Filipovich said the station continues to provide an essen-tial role in the community broadcasting emergencies such as school closures, lost chil-dren, fire situations, and health issues.

“All the individuals who have given of their time and financial resources to keep CBLS/CBQW community radio on the air for the past 35 years can be very proud of this community endea-vour,” Filipovich said.


Wasaya Group Inc. is plan-ning a 20th anniversary celebra-tions in Wunnumin Lake July 28 and is offering discounted flight rates for anyone wishing to attend.

The group, first started in 1989, has expanded into a vari-ety of subsidiary businesses aside from its flagship air pas-senger service, Wasaya Airways.

“Our biggest achievement is we have been able to survive for 20 years as a First Nation busi-ness,” said Wasaya Airways LP president and CEO Tom Morris.

“We come from the poorest region in Ontario, yet we are

successful. For us to grow as a company, we had to do it the business way. We did it the right way, the hard way, the business way.”

The celebration, coinciding with its annual general meeting July 27-29, will feature aircraft tours, company displays, live entertainment and a variety of guest speakers.

“This celebration is impor-tant to showcase our com-munity ownership,” said Tom Kamenawatamin, president and CEO of Wasay Group Inc.

“In doing this we want to par-ticularly express to our youth that if they put their minds and energy towards accomplishing their goals, whether in aviation, management or other meaning-ful career paths, that they will be successful too.”

Owned by 10 remote fly-in First Nations, Wasaya Group consists of Wasaya Airways LP, Wasaya Weecheewaywin Inc., Wasaya Petroleum LP, Wasaya Community Economic Develop-ment Corporation, Wasaya Prop Shop LP and Metal Ahnokeewin LP.

Wasaya ownership communitiesBearskin Lake First Nation

Kitchenuhmaykoosib InninuwugWunnumin Lake First Nation

Nibinamik First NationKingfisher Lake First Nation

Keewaywin First NationPikangikum First NationWapekeka First Nation

Muskrat Dam First NationKasabonika Lake First Nation

Wasaya marks 20 years with celebration

Sioux-Hudson radio still on the air after 35 years

“Our biggest achievement is we have been able to survive for 20 years as a First Nation business.”

– Tom Morris


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Notice of Aerial Herbicide SprayingRomeo Malette Forest

Inspection

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the Ministry of Natural Resources approved aerial herbicide spray project(s). As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Romeo Malette Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 5, 2010. The herbicides Vision, Pest Control Product (PCP) number 19899, Vantage PCP 26884 and Forza PCP 26401 will be used.

The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the Tembec Office and on the Ministry of Natural Resources public website at ontario.ca/forestplans beginning August 5, 2010 until March 31, 2011 when the annual work schedule expires and throughout the one-year duration of the annual work schedule. The Ontario Government Information Centre in South Porcupine will provide access to the internet.

Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources Timmins District office to discuss the aerial herbicide project.

For more information or to arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff please contact:

Al Tremblay Nikki Wood, R.P.F.Tembec Silviculture Coordinator Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources175 Planer Road OGC, P.O. Bag 3090, Hwy. 101 EastChapleau, ON P0M 1K0 South Porcupine, ON P0N 1H0Tel.: 705-864-3022 Tel.: 705-235-1339Fax: 705-864-0928 E-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]

or call toll-free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above.

Renseignements en français : Lino Morandin (705) 360-7544.

Notice of Aerial Herbicide SprayingAbitibi River Forest

Inspection

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invites you to inspect the Ministry of Natural Resources approved aerial herbicide spray project. As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands on the Abitibi River Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 1, 2010. The herbicide Vision, registration # 19899 will be used.

The approved project description and project plan for the aerial herbicide project is available for public inspection at the offi ce of First Resource Management Group Inc. and on the Ministry of Natural Resources public website at ontario.ca/forestplansbeginning July 1 until March 31, 2010 when the annual work schedule expires and throughout the one-year duration of the annual work schedule. Ontario Government Information Centres at Cochrane, Timmins, and Kirkland Lake provide access to the internet.

Interested and affected persons and organizations can arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources District offi ce to discuss the aerial herbicide project.

For More information or to arrange an appointment with Ministry of Natural Resources staff please contact:

First Resource Management Group Inc. Ministry of Natural Resources

Wayne Pawson Cochrane District Offi ceP.O. Box 550 Stephen Foley, R.P.F.Englehart, ON P0J 1H0 P.O. Box 730, 2-4 Hwy. 11 SouthTel.: 705-544-2828, ext. 224 Cochrane, ON P0L 1C0Fax: 705-544-2921 Tel.: 705-272-7129 Fax: 705-272-7183

Ministry of Natural Resources

Kirkland Lake District Offi ce Timmins District Offi ceBill Vanschip, R.P.F. Nikki Wood, R.P.F.P.O. Box 910, 10 Government Rd. 5520 Hwy. 101 EastKirkland Lake, ON P2N 3K4 South Porcupine, ON P0N 1H0Tel.: 705-568-3243 Tel.: 705-235-1339Fax: 705-568-3200 Fax: 705-235-1377

or call toll free: 1-800-667-1940 and ask to be forwarded to one of the contacts above.

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The food sources Cheskey refers to include crustaceans, young fish and algae.

Given the enormous envi-ronmental impacts the spill will have in Canada and the U.S., Solomon is surprised Canada’s federal government has spoken little about the incident.

Solomon wonders why poli-ticians are so quiet about the catastrophic environmental impacts.

“It is one of the things that I am very concerned about,” he said. “There is nothing that comes across my desk with regard to the Gulf of Mex-ico–nothing at all. We have to get our government – that has international agreements – to begin studying the impacts of the geese that come through the area.”

Mushkegowuk Council Grand Chief Stan Louttit has been mandated by the Mushke-gowuk chiefs to follow up with the federal government to find out what international proto-cols are in place to address their concerns.

“I think it is up to the United States government to deal with BP (and find out) what they are going to do,” Solomon said. “We keep our fingers crossed they will be accountable for the disaster they created out there.”

On the other hand, there are two Canadian wildlife experts

who remain optimistic that the oil spill will not affect the geese too much.

Ken Abraham, scientist of wetlands and waterfowl with the wildlife research team of the Ministry of Natural Resource said the Canadian geese from the James Bay and Hudson Bay coastal areas are not in jeop-ardy.

“They don’t go as far as Loui-siana. There will not be any impacts. They don’t go to that range,” Abraham said.

However, Abraham has a word of caution with respect to the snow geese from the James Bay and Hudson Bay regions.

“For people interested in the snow geese, these geese do go to the delta of the Mississippi. Some of those could be affected by the oil impacts.”

He explained when the snow geese feed on under-ground plants, there is concern because they cannot get to their food source without submerg-ing their faces in the oil-laden waters.

“They could get oil in that

situation,” Abraham said. “I am not aware of oil as yet getting into the marshes that the snow geese from James Bay and Hud-son Bay use. We will check if it’s likely to happen.”

Cheskey shares the same optimistic sentiment.

“The geese population is unlikely to be too affected by the oil leak right now. It is the diving ducks and loons that will likely be more impacted.

“I know how important the hunt is to the communities. It shows how connected we are – one area that is thousands of miles away from us can have an impact on us. I hope it won’t have a bad outcome, but then, it might too.”

Data released from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service up to June 28 has confirmed the oil spill has so far resulted in 834 dead birds. A further 1,993 birds have been recovered from the affected area.

“The question I ask myself, is this the last time I will see these birds?” Solomon said. “Is the water fowl going to be wiped out because of this environmen-tal disaster of the century?”

After three months of uncon-trollable oil spillage, BP’s efforts to contain the oil spill have taken a positive turn as of July 15.

According to the CNN web-site, the new capping stack BP lowered in place this week is successfully containing the oil.

Geese may not be affected

“The question I ask myself, is this the last time I will see these birds?”

– Jonathon Solomon


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Notice of Aerial SprayingEnglish River Forest

Notifi cation

As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands in the English River Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 5, 2010.

The herbicide Vision, registration number 19899 and VisionMax, registration number 27736 Pest Control Products Act will be used.

More information about this aerial herbicide project, including specifi c locations and maps, is available for viewing at the offi ces of AbitibiBowater Inc. and the Ministry of Natural Resources during normal business hours.

John Coady, R.P.F. Bill Wiltshire, R.P.F. Area Forester Agent of AbitibiBowater Inc.Ministry of Natural Resources RW Forestry Inc.Ignace Area Offi ce 61 Mona StreetCorner of Highway 599/17 Thunder Bay, ON P7A 6Y2Ignace, ON P0T 1T0 Tel.: 807-629-0993 Tel.: 807-934-2255 Fax: 807-939-2251Fax: 807-934-2304 Offi ce Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Offi ce Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]

Please note that collect calls will be accepted.

Renseignements en français : Sylvie Gilbart au (807) 934-2262.

Notice of Aerial SprayingWawa District 2010 Herbicide Program

Notification

As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, selected stands in the Big Pic Forest, Black River Forest and the Nagagami Forest (see map) will be sprayed with herbicide to control competing vegetation, starting on or about: August 1, 2010.

The herbicide containing Glyphosate, registration numbers (PCP19899, PCP26884 or PCP27736) of the Pest Control Products Act will be used.

More information about these aerial herbicide projects, including specific locations and maps, are available for viewing at the offices of GreenForest Management Inc., Jackfish River Forest Management Ltd., and the Ministry of Natural Resources during normal business hours.

Ministry of Natural Resources contacts:

Big Pic & Black River Forests Nagagami ForestDerrick Tirschmann, R.P.F. Zachary White, R.P.F.Area Forester Area ForesterManitouwadge Area Office Wawa District Office40 Manitou Road, Postal Bag Service 48 Mission Road, Box 1160Manitouwadge, ON P0T 2C0 Wawa, ON P0S 1K0Tel.: 807-826-3225, ext. 236 Tel.: 705-856-4715

Forest Company contacts:

Big Pic & Black River Forests Nagagami ForestTracey Bradley, R.P.F. Jerry SmithSilviculture Forester Senior Operations SupervisorGreenForest Management Inc. Jackfish River Forest Management Ltd.P.O. Box 22004 P.O. Box 780470 Hodder Avenue Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0Thunder Bay, ON P7A 8A8 Tel.: 807-868-2370, ext. 223Tel.: 807-343-6459Cell: 807-228-1360

Please note that collect calls will be accepted.

Renseignements en français : Zachary White au (705) 856-4747.

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Ontario’s Aboriginal athletes are disappointed after the 2011 North American Indigenous Games were cancelled.

“It’s a big disappointment – it’s very discouraging to our youth,” said Marc Laliberte, the Thunder Bay athlete who helped organize the last Aborig-inal Team Ontario to go to the North American Indigenous Games in British Columbia in 2008. “They are quite upset.”

The youth Laliberte has talked to since the cancellation of the 2011 NAIG, which were to be held July 10-17, 2011 in Milwaukee, Wisc., are now ask-ing what they can do instead of

the NAIG.NAIG has always been a great

experience for the youth, Lalib-erte said.

“(They) were looking for-ward to having another great experience and meeting kids from all over the continent,” Laliberte said.

Laliberte said the Aboriginal team organizers across Canada have struck a committee to look into the possibility of holding an alternative event to NAIG 2011.

“We are going to go ahead and continue having programs in Ontario,” Laliberte said.

“We can have Ontario events in different sports.”

Laliberte said the cancel-lation sets Aboriginal Team Ontario back in terms of having

a major event to prepare for.“Now we have to look for

alternatives,” Laliberte said. He said a track and field

event will be held in Thunder Bay in 2011 and a baseball skills development clinic for Aborigi-nal youth aged 11-17 will be held in late July.

“It is being held at the same time as the World Champion-ships,” Laliberte said about the 2010 IBAF World Junior Base-ball Championship being held July 23-Aug. 1 in Thunder Bay.

“We already have one national team planning to attend to help with the clinic, that is Chinese Taipei, and we are looking for other teams to attend to help our kids.”

NAIG 2011 cancelled


Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo launched an ini-tiative to support and enhance opportunities for Aboriginal peoples across Canada through active lifestyle, sport and fit-ness.

The program is called IndigenACTION, and was announced July 18 with AFN Youth Council Chairman Joshua Gottfriedson and Olym-pic Waneek Horn Miller during a fun-run event to kick-off the program at the University of Winnipeg.

“Through IndigenACTION, we will harness the spirit of the recent Olympic Games, where Indigenous nations, Canadians and the world came together to celebrate our cultures, sport and competition,” Atleo said.

The AFN will be facilitating the development of a national strategy for IndigenACTION by holding round table discus-sions with athletes, sports insti-tutions, and stakeholders from the public and private sectors to identify opportunities for young Aboriginal athletes and fitness and wellbeing in First Nation communities.

“Through IndigenACTION we reach out to gather the voices of all interested par-ties, engage partnerships and move forward together to build stronger, healthier Indigenous peoples and communities and a stronger, healthier Canada,” Atleo said.

In addition to exploring ways to improve support for Aborigi-nal athletes, IndigenACTION will also help improve opportu-nities for all Indigenous peoples by promoting healthy lifestyles, community togetherness and

economic development oppor-tunities at the community level.

“We’re reaching out to all groups to work together to ensure Indigenous peoples have the opportunities to compete at all levels, to achieve their dreams by growing themselves and their communities through sport and healthy, active life-styles,” Gottfriedson said.

IndigenACTION is led by the AFN Youth Council and Horn Miller, a Mohawk woman who competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in water polo.

“In order for all Indigenous nation to reach our full poten-tial, we need to better ensure all our peoples have the opportuni-ties to achieve optimum health and wellbeing. A healthy and happy individual becomes a healthy contributor to the over-all success of our nations,” Horn Miller said.

AFN launches recreation program

Wawatay News file photoAboriginal athletes from across Ontario are wondering what to do next summer after learning the 2011 North American Indigenous Games in Milwaukee, Wisc., have been cancelled.

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The Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) held their annual charity golf tournament at the Fort Wil-liam Country Club July 9 in Thunder Bay. Over 30 teams registered for the day’s event representing various organizations and businesses in the Thunder Bay area.

TOP LEFT: Shawn Batise, Murray Ray, Bob McLeod and John Shaw playing for the Wabun Tribal Council team won first place at the NADF charity golf tournament with a final score of minus-11.

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