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Ermineskin Newsletter August 27, 2020 Neyâskweyâhk Acimowin Ohpahowipîsim Nîstanaw Tepakohposâp Akimaw Anohc

ᓀᔮᐢᑫᐧᔮᐦᐠ ᐊᒋᒧᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐦᐸᐦᐅᐃᐧᐲᓯᒼ ᓃᐢᑕᓇᐤ ᑌᐸᑯᐦᐳᓵᑊ ᐊᑭᒪᐤ ᐊᓄᐦᐨ

A ugust 26, 2020—Ermineskin Cree Na-tion held the Council Election for four (4) Councillor positions at the Ne-

yaskweyahk Okimaw Kamik from 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. There were 1072 votes. At the conclusion of the voting, a physical recount was done as per Section 29 (d) of the Er-mineskin Cree Nation Custom Law: “Where there is a difference of five or less votes be-tween candidates a recount of votes shall be conducted automatically and immediate-ly.” The recount concluded at 9:15 p.m and “it was determined that there was no change to the results of the elec-

tion.” (Voting results memo, Loretta J. Pete Lambert—Chief Electoral Officer).

The elected Councillors will begin their 3-year term on October 1, 2020. The four elected Councillors are Jason Makinaw, Joel Mykat, Stephen Ermineskin, and Nina Makinaw.

Full results are in the table below.

There were guidelines in place to protect staff and voters during the election, such as sneeze guards, masks, and separate entrance and exits, as well as each voter receiving a new pen to keep.

Congratulations to the new Councillors!

ECN Council Election Results

Jason Makinaw 315 Sheldon Smallboy 165 Cheyenna Minde 98

Joel Mykat 257 Cory Littlechild 146 Erik Smallboy 93

Stephen Ermineskin 237 Roshelle Giroux 139 Wilda Listener 76

Nina Makinaw 221 Neil Littlechild 120 Lee Littlechild 76

Trudy Whitebear 220 Karoyle Weinhandl 110 Judy Littlechild 75

Cheryl Montour 212 Daniel Makinaw 108 Laurelle White 74

Brian Lee 192 Michelle Littlechild 106 Andrea Rain 58

Sam Minde 181 Charlene Roan-Shirt 106 Kevin Morin 56

Daniel Wildcat 173 Terry Littlechild 103 Ken Small 35

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“I won gold in my class at the blackmore open Open championship!! I am [grateful] to shoot along side such amazing people and marksmen this week-end!!! Three days of shooting, It was fun and it’s exhausting!! The staff was amazing, got a lot of tips from everyone and thanks to Martin for intro-ducing me to the sport. Hoka!!! @ Blackmore Shooting Sports” -

Josh Littlechild

I ntroducing Stay Rooted ᑲᓇᐁᐧᔨᐦᑌᑕᐣ ᒥᑐᓴᐠ Stay Rooted is an Indigenous owned apparel & cloth-ing shop, operated out of Treaty 6 Territory.

We specialize In Indigenous Inspired apparel deeply root-ed in the land. Stay Rooted was created by Nêhiýaw (Cree) Mother daughter duo Kiya Bruno and Barbara Dumigan-Jackson their mission is to help spread awareness to help save our kikâwînaw askiy (Mother Earth). We are called " Stay Rooted " because we don't just want to plant trees and protect our nipiy (water), but we are also rooted within our culture, teachings, stories and traditions. We want to share the Importance of em-bracing culture through meaningful designs and apparel. Being rooted provides us with a sense of belonging and helps us remember who we are and where we come from as Nêhiyaw ( Cree) people, and as Nêhiýaw people we are people of the land. It’s important we stay rooted In the land and we believe we have a responsibility to protect and preserve our kikâwînaw askiy (Mother Earth) & nipiy (Water). Our hope is to Inspire and motivate others on their journey to continue giving back to the land, protecting our nipiy (water) and help end the First Nation water crisis within Canada. We strongly believe that everyone should have the right to clean drinking water. With your purchase, " Stay Rooted " is able to take ac-tion and give back to our people and kikâwînaw askiy (Mother Earth). For every item you buy we will plant 5 trees, we also started a nipiy (water) fund where we will

donate 10 percent of proceeds made so we can provide a family with a water filtration system in a First Nation community. Our goal for the future is to plant thousands of trees across Canada and provide more than one family with a water filtration system. We hope you will follow our jour-ney. Hiy Hiy (Via Stay Rooted FB)

Local Victory at Blackmore Open

Indigenous Owned Apparel in Treaty Six Territory

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R egistration is open (for the Maskwacis Minor Hockey Associa-tion). The safest way to register is

to print and scan the registration form and send to the registrar. We are currently set-ting up an etransfer address for payment. The registration deadline is October 1st. Due to covid restrictions we are unable to take any registrations after that date. For more info you can contact either Myrna or Gayle at the Samson Arena at 780-585-3771 from 9am to 3pm but closed for lunch.

If you would like an emailed copy of the registration form please email maskwaci-shockey@gmail.com

(via MMHA FB)

Maskwacis Minor Hockey

Association Gears Up for Season

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Help Fundraise for Kids with Cancer!

Councillor Ryan Ermineskin has started a cycling challenge to fund-raise for the SickKids Foundation and will be cycling 300 km during his challenge this August.

All funds raised will support Sick-Kids Foundation to provide care, develop treatments and find a cure for childhood cancers.

https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/RyanErmineskin/d

Applications are available for school fees & supplies for the 2020/2021 school year, K-12 students.

If the student lives on reserve and attends school in Ponoka or Wetaskiwin, contact MESC for school fees & supplies support.

EETF continues to support off reserve K-12 students with supplies & fees.

Applications are still being accepted for the Chief Dan Minde Award ( Grade 12 or GED completion ) & High School Credit Incentive.

Email: Coordinator@eetf.com Phone: 780 585 2135. Please leave a message & Katharine Allison will get back to you. ~Katharine Allison—EETF~

School Supplies Information

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Chanel Ayewastin K5 Grad Kendrick Minde K5 Grad

Tenzin Minde K5 Grad

Congratulations to the Kindergarten Graduates of 2020!

Francis Lynch Jr. K5 Grad

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Riley Beebe at the 2020 Wetaskiwin Composite

High School Graduation and at his Kindergarten

Graduation in 2008.

Trinity Graham from Northern BC

graduating High School with Honours!

She will be attending the University of

British Columbia this September in

their Kinesiology Program.

“Now go, and make

interesting mistakes, make

amazing mistakes, make

glorious and fantastic

mistakes. Break rules. Leave

the world more interesting

for you being here. Make

good art.” ~Neil Gaiman

“Fall forward. Every failed

experiment is one step

closer to success. You've

got to take risks.”

~Denzel Washington

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Tayce White-Roan graduated grade 12 at

Wetaskiwin Composite High School

“ **Very Proud of you Tayce !! Coming

from The White and Roan Family.”

Darren Morin

Grade 12 graduate at

Ermineskin Junior Senior

High

Wynne Whitebear High-school Graduate

Pigeon Lake Regional Highschool

Kaliya Jade Minde Grade 12 Grad at

Ermineskin Jr/Sr High School

“Start where you are. Use what you have.

Do what you can.” ~Arthur Ashe

“Intelligence plus character —

that is the goal of true education.”

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Every person you

meet knows

something you

don’t; learn from

them.” ~H. Jackson

Brown, Jr.

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Congratulations to 2020 the Post-Secondary Graduates!

Deirdra Cutarm

Deirdra was a summer student for the Wetaskiwin Heritage Museum for a

few summers and they allowed her to have a grad walk and photo oppor-

tunity for herself and family. It was a great experience to celebrate Deirdra

and her hard work, as she walked with live pow wow music.

Deirdra is a role model for Ermineskin and Maskwacis Youth with all her

achievements while being a student at the U of A. She was the president of

the Aboriginal Student Council and she's also featured on the brochures for

the Indigenous First Nation, Metis & Inuit Handbook. Our family is very

proud of her and its awesome that the Nation is also recognizing and cele-

brating graduates.

University of Alberta Graduate - Bachelor of Arts, Degree in Sociology and

Native Studies with a Certificate in Indigenous Governance and Partnership.

Nigel Wildcat

Bachelor of Business Ad-

ministration – Ac-

counting, (BBA) 2020

Northern Alberta Insti-

tute of Technology

(NAIT)

Nigel has been offered a

position as a CPA arti-

cling student with MNP.

Amanda Schwartzbaum

Fashion Institute of Design and

Merchandising—San Francisco

“There is nothing more beautiful than finding your

course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current.

Wouldn’t you know that your path was there all along,

waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become.

This path does not belong to your parents, your

teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is

your character defining itself more and more everyday

like a photograph coming into focus.”

~Jodie Foster

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Matthew Wildcat

Doctoral defence at UBC, Feb

2020

Doctor of Philosophy in Political

Science (PhD) 2020

University of British Columbia

Matthew is an assistant profes-

sor of Political Science and Na-

tive Studies at the University of

Alberta.

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.

Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” ~Henry Ford

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