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ᑲᓴᐸᓇᑲ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣ ᐅᑭᔭᓂᒧᑕᐣ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑎᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᓂ ᐊᐱ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᓂᐦᓱᔕᑊ ᐁᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᐸᐣ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑕᑯᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑲᓴᐸᓇᑲᐠ.

“ᐊᒥ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᓯᑐᑕᒪᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᐁᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᐨ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧᑕᐸᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᔑᐳᓯᐦᐊᐨ ᒋᑕᓇᐡᑭᓀᓂ ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣ . “ᐊᔕ ᓂᔓᔭᑭ ᓇᐣᑕ ᓂᐦᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᑐᒋᐊᔭᓯᒥᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑫᑭᐃᔑᑭᐸᐦᐅᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ . ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᔐᒋᐊᐧᐣ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᑲᑭᐊᓄᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ , ᐊᒥ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭ ᑲᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐣᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᒪᔑ ᑯᑕᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ , ᒥᐱᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ.”ᓫᐃᐅᓇ ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣ ᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱ

ᑲᓴᐸᓇᑲᐠ ᑭᐅᒋ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑕᑯᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᐡᑲᑭᓱᓂᐨ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᒧᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ

ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒪᒪᓂᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᐃᑫᐧ. ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᓂᐦᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐊᐧᐸᓂᐣ $50,000 ᐅᔓᓂᔭᒥᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒧᒋᐱᒥᑕᐸᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒋᐃᓇᐧᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔑᐨ

ᐃᒪ ᒋᐃᓇᐸᑕᑭᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑕᑯᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᔭᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ , ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔑ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᐣᑎᑫᑯᓯᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂ . ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣ ᑭᑭᐁᐧ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓂᐃᐧ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᒥᐡᑲᐧᒋᐡᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᓄ ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣᓄᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᑭᒪᑲᓄᐸᐣ.

“ᐁᐧᓇᐠ ᐣᑭᐃᓀᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᐠ $50,000 ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᒋᔭᓂᑲᑫᐧᐅᐣᑎᓇᒪᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (ᑲᐱᒥᑕᐸᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᒋᐃᓇᐧᑌᐠ),”ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣ . “ᐊᔕ ᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᐦᓱᔭᑭ , ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐁᐱᐦᐅᔭᐣ ᐁᒧᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ.”ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑕᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐠ

ᐸᐣᐟ ᐊᐸᐢ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᔭᓇᐊᐧᓯᐣ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑲᑕᑯᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ.

“ᑲᐧᐃᐣ ᑲᓇᑫ ᒪᔑ ᒋᔭᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᔭᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣ. “ᒥᑕᐡ ᐁᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᑲᐅᑕᐱᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐱᐣᒋᑕᐸᐣ ᐁᔑᐊᓴᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑕᓇᐡᑭᓀᓂᐨ. ᒥᑐᓂ ᑕᐡ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐡᑫᐧᐱᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᒋᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ , ᒥᐱᑯ ᐃᒪ ᐱᐣᒋᑕᐸᐣ ᐁᔑᐳᓯᐁᐧᐱᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐊᔭᓂᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᓇᑫ ᐅᐸᑭᑎᓇᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᔭᓂᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧᐨ , ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐡ ᐅᓇᓂᓴᓂᐦᐊᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ.”ᐊᐣᑐᕑᓴᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ

ᐊᔕ ᓄᒪᑫ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᑲᐧᔭᐣᑕᐣ ᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ , ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔕ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑭᓇᐸᐱᑫᓯᑐᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᓂᐱᓂ ᒥᓇ

ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᔭᐱᓂ. ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂ ᒪᐃᑯ ᐃᐧᓫᓴᐣ ,

ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ , ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᒥ ᐁᐃᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐃᑫᐧ ᑲᑭᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ.

“ᐊᒥ ᐁᔑᓂᓯᑐᑕᒪᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐁᐧᐸᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᑕᑯᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐁᑭ ᐅᐣᒋᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ , ᐃᓇᔓᐊᐧᑌ ᑕᐡ ᐃᒪ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᐣᒋᑕ ᐱᑯ ᒋᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᒋᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐧᓫᓴᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ 5.ᐃᐧᓫᓴᐣ ᐅᐱᒥᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ

ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᒋ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᐃᑫᐧ.

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ᑲᓴᐸᓇᑲ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᐃᑫ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑕᑯᓇᑲᓄᐸᐣ

Idle No More has come to an impasse, as the movement takes a breath to reflect on its groundbreaking first months and figure out where to go from here. Wawatay News looks at the impact of Idle No More on one participant on page 9, the future of the movement on pages 10-11, and reflections from AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo as well as an APTN journalist on pages 12-13. Idle No More: what next?

Nadya Kwandibens/Special to Wawatay News

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THIS WEEK IN WAWATAY NEWS...ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐃᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᐸᑯᐡᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᑎᐱᕑᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᐣ

ᓂᔕᐧ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ ᐃᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᑭᐸᑯᐡᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᑎᐱᕑᐢ ᐱᐠᑐᕑ ᔓᓂᔭᐊᐧᓯᓂᐃᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᐦᐊᐸᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪᐣ. ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐸᑯᐡᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᑎᐱᕑᐢ ᑲᐃᓇᒧᐠ ,

ᑭᒪᒋᑭᐸᑯᐡᑭᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ 5 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ , ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᐦᓱᑯᐣ ᑭᐱᒥ ᑭᐸᑯᐡᑭᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᑯᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᓇᑭᐡᑲᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᑭᒪ, ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᑎᐯᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑭᐸᑯᐡᑭᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ 10 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ ᑭᑭᐸᑯᐡᑭᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔑ

ᑫᑯᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑌᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓇᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ.

Attawapiskat members blockade Debeers

Two separate blockades of the Debeers’ Victor diamond mine by Attawapiskat members have highlighted issues between the com-munity and the mining company.

The first blockade of the road leading to Debeers, which started on Feb. 4, lasted three days before a meeting between the company, the First Nation and the members involved in the blockade resolved the dispute.

A second blockade started on Feb. 10 and was unresolved at press time.

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ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑐᓇᑐᐣ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐊᐣ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒪᒪᐤ ᓂᐦᓴᐧᓱ ᐅᑐᐡᑲᑎᓯᒥᐊᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑲᑭᑕᔑ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑕᐧᐸᐣ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑭᐃᓇᐧᑌ ᒋᔭᓂ ᑲᐧᔭᒋᐃᐦᑕᐧ

ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᔭᓂ ᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ, ᐊᔕ ᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᐊᓫᐱᐣ ᐱᐟᓫᐊᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ

ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑕᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥᐊᓱᐡᑲᒪᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ , ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᑕᐡ ᓂᑲᐣ ᒋᑭᔭᓂ ᑲᑭᑫᓂᒥᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᐊᓂᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ.

NAN plans for inquest

Nishnawbe Aski Nation held a gathering last week to bring the families of seven youth who died while attending school in Thunder Bay together.

The gathering was intended to prepare the families for the joint inquest into the deaths, of which planning is underway now.

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ᑲᐧᐣᐢᑎᐣᐢ ᓫᐁᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ

ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐧᐣᐢᑎᐣᐢ ᓫᐁᐠ ᐊᓂᓇᐣᑭ ᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂ. ᒪᒪᐊᐧᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂ

ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ, ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᒋᓂᑕᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᒋᐸᑯᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᒋᐊᑕᐊᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐊᐧᔭᓇᐣ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᐊᓄᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᒋᐦᐊᐠ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ

ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒥᔑᓇᐧᔦᐠ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᐠ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑲᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐃᔑᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ.

Constance Lake youth

Students in Constance Lake are getting a more traditional educa-tion option.

Mamawamatawa Holistic Education Centre is offering a trapping course for high school credits, where students learn trapping, skin-ning and selling animal furs.

The program is involves Elders as teachers and includes many outdoor skills.

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ᐱᐊᐧᓇᐠ ᐱᑲᐧᑕᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᓇᓇᑐᓇᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᐧᓂᔑᓂᓂᐨ ᐅᑭᐱᒪᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᔑᓂᐨ

ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᓂᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᓇᐠ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᕑᐁᐣᒍᕑᐢ ᑲᐃᓂᑕᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐠ, ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐦᓴᐧ ᐁᐱᒪᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᐱᐳᓂᐠ. ᓄᑯᑦ ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒪᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᕑᐁᐣᒍᕑᐊᐧᐣ. ᒉᓴᐣ ᒥᑕᑕᐊᐧᐱᐣ ᐊᐱᑕ ᐅᑕᐱᓴᐧᐸᑕᓇᑯᐸᐣ ᒋᔭᓂᑕᑯᔑᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᓇᑯᐠ

ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋᒪᒐᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐁᔑᑭᐁᐧᐨ ᐊᐧᔕᐦᐅᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐁᑭᓄᑌᐱᑯᑕᐸᓀᐨ. ᐃᒪ ᐱᑯ ᓇᐣᑕ -40 ᑭᔭᐱᒋᑕᑲᔭ ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ -60 ᑭᔭᐱᒋᑕᑭᓄᐁᐧ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ. ᐊᐱ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑭᔭᓂᑫᐧᓇᐃᐧᐱᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑕᑯᐱᓱᓂᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᔕᐦᐅᐠ,

ᒥᐊᐱᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᓇᐠ ᕑᐁᐣᒍᕑᐢ ᑲᑭᓄᓱᓀᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᑲᓇᓂ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᐱᓱᐨ ᒥᑕᑕᐊᐧᐱᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑌᐯᐧ ᐅᑭᒥᑲᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ.

Peawanuck Rangers rescue Ranger

The Peawanuck Canadian Rangers rode to the rescue again last week, the group third rescue so far this winter.

This time it was another Canadian Ranger who had to be saved.Jason Metatawabin was halfway home from Peawanuck to his

home in Fort Severn when his snowmobile broke down. The tem-perature was -40, with a windchill of -60.

After relatives worried he was overdue in Fort Severn, the Peawanuck Rangers took to the trail and found Metatawabin.

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ᐱᒪᑯᐁᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐣᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᒪᑲᐣ ᒋᑭᑫᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ

ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐱᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒋᔭᓂ ᓂᑕᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑐᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᐠ. ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐅᑭᒋᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫ ᒐᐧᐣ ᔕᐦᐳ ᑭᐃᔕ ᐁᑭᓇᑕᐃᐧ

ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑐᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᔑᐨ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒋᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᑲᐡᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑭᐊᔭᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓂᑕᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᒋᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᔭᓂᑭᐁᐧᐃᐧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂᑭᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ.

Hockey as healing

A Right to Play program bringing hockey skills to youth visited a Thunder Bay prison last week.

Former NHL player John Chabot brought his skills and teachings to young men in the correctional facility, intending to develop lead-ership skills and communication skills with the youth so that they can take the skills to their communities when they return home.

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“ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᐣᑲᐃᔕ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᒋᔭᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᑲᐧ ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐧᓫᓴᐣ.ᐃᐧᓫᓴᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐁᐧ

ᑲᐃᓇᒋᒧᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑫᐃᔑ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑕᑯᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᔦ ᑫᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ.

“ᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐸᔭᑌᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᒋ ᓇ ᓇ ᑲ ᑕ ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᒋ ᑲ ᑌ ᐠ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᑕᑯᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᑐᑕᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒥᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐣ ,” ᐃᐧᓫᓴᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ.ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ

ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᑭᑲᓄᓇᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᔭᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᓄᑲᑕᓯᓇᐊᐧ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐃᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐅᓇᔓᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ , ᒥᑕᐡ ᐁᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᑭᒋᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᐊᔑᒋᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᓂᑐᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ , ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᒋᒪᑭᐦᐊᑲᓄᐨ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐁᑭᑎᐸᒋᒧᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᔑᑲᐧᒋᑐᑕᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐁᑭᐃᔑᐊᐧᓂᑐᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ.ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ 3 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ

ᑭᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᒥᔭᐤ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᓇᐧᕑᐊ ᐅᐣᑌᓫᐃᔪ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒪᒪᓂᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐠ.ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᐊᔭᑫᐧᐣ

ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐃᔑᑎᐸᒋᒧᔦᐠ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

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Kasabonika Chief Gordon Anderson is highlighting his com-munity’s lack of a jail cell after a 23-year-old woman died while in police custody in Kasabonika.

“I guess the NAPS (Nish-nawbe-Aski Police Service) officer had to detain her for a while and put her in a police vehicle,” Anderson said. “We haven’t had a jail cell for the last two or three years. After (the Kashechewan inquest) they dis-mantled our cells here and we haven’t had anything, only the (NAPS) office.”

Leona Anderson of Kasab-onika First Nation died while in police custody after being detained by a NAPS officer in the community on Feb. 1.

The Ontario Provincial Police’s Criminal Investigation Branch is conducting an investi-gation into the death.

Anderson said the com-munity invested $50,000 into a modular unit police station with jail cells for NAPS to use about three years ago when he was serving a previous term as chief, but NAPS had not yet moved into the building. Ander-son was re-elected as chief this past March after Eno H. Ander-son served the community for the past term.

“I gladly contributed $50,000 towards getting this place (modular unit police station) in as soon as possible,” Anderson said. “But after three years now, I’m still waiting here just look-ing at the building.”

Anderson said NAPS is cur-rently using a police office with-out jail cells located in the band office building.

“(The modular unit police station) is still not being used,” Anderson said. “All they do is keep (people in custody) in a police vehicle. It’s very frus-trating. People who are intoxi-cated or that need to be looked after, they just keep them in the police vehicle for a while and then take them home, which is also very dangerous.”

Anderson said the modu-lar unit police station has been ready for use for some time, adding that the public works department had installed water and hydro.

A NAPS spokeswoman said NAPS has operational holding

cells in Kasabonika, but at the time of Leona Anderson’s death the holding cells were not oper-ational.

Dr. Michael Wilson, regional supervising coroner in Thunder Bay, said there will likely be an inquest into the woman’s death.

“It is my understanding of the case that she was in custody at the time of her death, so an inquest is mandatory under the Coroners Act,” Wilson said on Feb. 5.

Wilson has since been corre-sponding with the OPP investi-

gators and the community lead-ership on the woman’s death.

“As well, I am going to be personally travelling to that community in the next few weeks to have further discus-sions,” Wilson said.

Wilson said the allegation that there are no jail cells in the community would be looked at.

“Clearly, how people who have been taken into custody are treated would be something that we would be looking at,” Wilson said.

A NAPS spokeswoman said

the OPP were called in to do the investigation because NAPS does not operate under the Police Services Act of Ontario, which stipulates that the Spe-cial Investigations Unit is responsible for investigating circumstances involving police and civilians that have resulted in a death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

A post mortem was con-ducted on Feb. 3 in Kenora with the assistance of the Kenora OPP Forensic Identification Unit.

Kasabonika chief questions police custody death

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The DeBeers winter road has been blocked twice over the past week, an ongoing blockade that began on Feb. 10 and another from Feb. 4-6.

The first blockade was over employment rates among com-munity members and the use of Attawapiskat’s traditional terri-tory, while the second blockade was over a lack of compensation for the mine’s impacts.

“It’s the same issue as with (the first blockade),” said Danny Metatawabin, Attawapiskat’s impact benefit agreement coor-dinator, about the second block-ade. “They have a trapline there

along with the other family.”Metatawabin said the issues

would be sorted out at meeting with DeBeers representatives.

“The mine manager is on his way tonight, so hopefully we’ll sort it out by tonight,” Metataw-abin said on Feb. 11. “As per the agreement, the membership was supposed to have been informed that we’re not supposed to be doing any blockades.”

Metatawabin said the block-ades prevented the delivery of fuel to the DeBeers Victor mine.

There are less than a dozen people on the second blockade, he said, noting there has been a mixed reaction to the blockade from community members.

“We’re trying to work with the

families or the people involved on the blockade,” Metatawabin said. “Hopefully, once we have a meeting tonight with them, we’ll bring this to a resolution. The main message here is we all need to work together.”

Tom Ormsby, DeBeers’ direc-tor of external and corporate affairs, said the IBA has been in place since 2005.

“Any compensation that is directed towards those who may be impacted for a trapline, that compensation is paid to the community and the community is responsible for the distribu-tion of that money to those who may have been impacted,” Ormsby said. “So it’s not actually something that we would do.

We just make that payment to the community and they distrib-ute, so they’ll know better who’s got the traplines in the area and who may be impacted and who may not be.”

Ormsby said DeBeers repre-sentatives had already met and worked through the issues of the people on the first blockade.

Ormsby added that DeBeers has been working with the com-munity since last July on how to maximize the benefits available in the IBA.

Metatawabin said the first blockade began with four indi-viduals before other community members joined in support.

He said the chief and council do not support the blockade,

since the IBA the community signed with Debeers allowed the company to set up the Vic-tor Mine, the winter road, and ensure that its trucks could move on the roads without inter-ference.

Metatawabin said for the last six months, the chief and council have been working with Debeers to address issues related to the memberships’ concerns.

“We do have a renewed rela-tionships working group repre-sented by some council members and Debeers officials,” Metataw-abin said on Feb. 6, before first the blockade ended. “So we’re very close to resolving those issues that suddenly surfaced coming from the blockade.”

Attawapiskat members blockade Debeers winter road twice

Kasabonika First Nation band office.Wawatay file photo

“People who are intoxi-cated or that need to be looked after, they just keep them in the police vehicle for a while and then take them home.”

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There is no doubt the Idle No More movement has magnified the racist

undertones within this country.Just scroll down on any

online news story related to the movement to read the comments that are bred from ignorance.

And then there’s the First Nations woman who was abducted in Thunder Bay. The perpetrators told her that Idle No More would fail and that “you deserve to lose your treaty rights.”

That statement – that we “deserve” any mistreatment we get – is perhaps the core thought behind all the racism First Nations people encoun-ter.

After all, when settlers first arrived to Turtle Island centuries ago, most tribes still lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. The settlers per-ceived us as being intellectu-ally inferior – or “dumber.” This justified them taking a moral high ground and they proceeded to use their tech-nologically superior weapons to massacre, dominate and suppress our people over the centuries.

The mindset of those early settlers is one that continues to exist today as we struggle to claim our inherent rights to this land and water, this Mother Earth we so dearly love.

That mentality of superi-ority affected me during my teen years, and I had this underlying shame about our people that I bottled up.

As I learned in my his-tory classes about the great technological advances and innovations of the Egyp-tians, Romans, Greeks, and Chinese, I could not help but wonder why our people were unable to develop intellectu-ally as these cultures over-seas.

And I saw the struggles our people have today, with the alcoholism, low employ-ment and graduation rates. I was proud of the traditions of our culture, but ashamed at how we seem to be inferior to the rest of Canada.

Then I read Jared Dia-mond’s “Guns, Germs and Steel.”

In his Pulitzer-prize win-ning book, Diamond asserts that the indigenous peoples of Africa, Australia, the Phil-ippines, and Turtle Island are not intellectually inferior

compared to the rest of the world.

Instead, the people of what is now Europe and Asia benefited from geography and environmental factors.

For instance, they had access to domesticated ani-mals like horses, cattle, pigs and chicken, animals that continue to be the source of our meat.

The Incas of South Amer-ica domesticated the llama for transportation, but almost no animal indigenous to Turtle could be tamed, let alone domesticated (the key difference being breeding in captivity).

For vegetation, the Eur-asians (people of Europe and Asia) had wheat, barley and rice. They could be planted and harvested with relative ease.

The most notable agricul-tural product on this side is maize, but it was more dif-ficult to plant. Where wheat and barley could be strewn over fields, maize had to be planted individually by hand.

These are among some of the advantages that allowed the Eurasians to establish settlements and advance themselves intellectually at a higher rate than indigenous peoples in other parts of the world, who mostly had to worry about day-to-day sus-tenance than sit around and work on ideas.

That is not to say that indigenous peoples had no innovations. The Mayans are the most notable example, thanks to doomsday prophe-cies in recent years.

And since the settlers have dominated our cultures and enforced racist policies like the Indian Act and the resi-dential school, we have taken a while to “catch up,” to show the settlers that we are very much capable of being their intellectual equal.

In my journalist career, and my life experience in general, I have met many of our people who are lawyers, doctors, judges, psycholo-gists, engineers, artists.

It has taken centuries but our people are awaken-ing, showing that we are not intellectually inferior, that we do not deserve to be dom-inated by a foreign entity.

Idle No More is part of that resurgence, that uprising of our culture, as our people are stepping up.

The colonial attitude shown by those early settlers is alive today, but it is an exciting time for our people and I hope the momentum carries on because we do not “deserve” this continued mis-treatment.

Lenny Carpenter

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I’ve heard it said that morning is the universe shrugging itself into wakefulness. I like

that thought. I like it because it suggests that it’s possible to be part of that event every day. I like it because it promises a fresh start, with a new approach and a new spirit to every day. Just like waking up from a good, sound sleep, you become aware and then you rise and move into the day with hope, acceptance and open mindedness.

Or at least, you may. I remember days when mornings were painful haze. Some days were totally lacking in direction, motivation or inspiration. There were times in my life when a morning represented yet another in a line of bleak, despairing days devoid of anything resembling energy. But that was then. These days in our mountain home morning is a reconnection experience like none I’ve ever known.

See, in our home we start every day with meditation,

prayer and a smudge with ceremonial medicines. Before we do anything we do this. We use sweet grass, sage, cedar and tobacco. It’s held in an abalone bowl, lit with a wooden match and fanned with a traditional eagle wing fan. It represents the creative, nurturing, healing energy of the universe. Creation. Creator. Harmony. It represents our earnest desire to be a part of that vital affirming energy.

I bless my wife with it and then myself and then, in slow, measured, solemn steps, I carry that sacred medicine around the rooms of our home. I say a prayer as I have been taught. I offer thanks for everything that is pres-ent in my world and ask for noth-ing more. As I make that solemn walk through our home I connect to everything. I recognize it. I reclaim it. I comprehend that it is all a gift and I am grateful and I am filled with the knowledge that I walk in a particular grace.

That part of our mornings is special. Not only because we are approaching life in a spiritual manner but because we do it together. Another thing I’ve heard said is that spirituality expresses itself most strongly in community. It doesn’t matter whether that community is two or 20. What

matters is a gathering of spirits, a meeting of hearts and minds in a purposeful approach to the energy of Creation. We are joined. We are made more. We are strengthened.

Then when life gets hold of us, when the busyness and the issues of our life lays hold of us and tugs it in wholly different directions, we’ll walk through a waft of that sacred smoke and remember. We remember how we started the day. We reconnect to the idea of prayer, meditation and peace – and we’re calmed.

That’s the particular gift of medicine – its lingering scent reminds us that we went into ceremony, we went into prayer, we went into peace and it allows us to bring those moments into the ongoing moments of our days and our lives. Or, at least to try our best to. We’re human. We have failings. We are prone to choosing a different sort of energy at any moment and we forget. But the gift of medicine is in our home to return us to that morning place.

The smoke and scent inhabit a room. It lingers on your clothes. It clings to your hair. When the travels of the day get you weary or irritated or anxious, there’s always that frail scent of medicine to bring you to

ceremony one more time. I’m grateful for that. It’s easy to be spiritual in a quiet room. It’s out in the world where the real tests are. The presence of medicine always returns us to our natural state – harmony. That’s not just a natural state for Native people. It’s true for all of us.

Medicine burns when touched by fire. The smoke climbs higher, curling into the corners of the room where you sit watching it, following it with your eyes and there’s a feeling like desire at your belly and a cry ready at your throat. There’s a point where smoke will disappear and the Elders say that this is where the Old Ones wait to hear you, your petitions and your prayers, the Spirit World where all things return to balance and time is reduced to dream.

It vanishes. There’s a silence more profound than any words you’ve ever heard or read and when you close your eyes you feel the weight of ancient hands upon your shoulders and your brow and the sacred smoke comes to inhabit you and in its burn and smolder, a returning to the energy you were born in - and the room and the world is filled with you.

That’s the gift of medicine.

Richard Wagamese

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Bringing this economy to its knees, then raising it back to its human feetCharles WagameseSpecial to Wawatay News

We might be the ones most qualified for that raising up. Haven’t we had that bended knee experience happen to our oikos/economy twice already - once by visitors and more recently by ourselves?

Thomas Paine and others who experienced our indigenous economic culture unsullied were amazed at its lack of rich and poor based in individual or class privilege. They took that back to Europe which sparked an age of enlightenment.

They however have never been able to fully translate that to the societal level we achieved.

It is interesting that the essen-tial ingredients of our sacred duty to land and water is what is most mentioned by Idle No More (INM) on placards and in spoken transmissions.

Little mention is made to the First Nations Financial Transpar-ency Act and the proposed First Nations Property Ownership Act.

To me, it is amazing how gen-erous and patient INM is with those aspects. Like the major-ity of us grassroots we continue to await our sharing ways to be strengthened and implemented by elected leaders who instead seem to move us further and fur-ther away.

What we have allowed to go on, may sacrifice our collec-tive essence, this generations’ responsibility to leave intact for

those yet unborn. In the maelstrom of toxic

changes that befell us it is under-standable that our grip on what we are got loosened.

Oikos is a long ago Greek word meaning household appar-ently. Neimin, - to manage - got added to the word Oikos to form the word ‘economy.’

What the Europeans encoun-tered on Turtle Island was a means of societal providing that collectively put the interests of every single wigwamin and the people in them always…

It hurts me deeply as an Anishinabe to be culturally corrupted enough to abide poverty within my own small lodge and extended family…that money road we pave by our patience is the only one running through our economic communities today.

We have, however, ways and means to bring this false economy to its knees.

George Erasmus, described as a moderate, as head of AFN once warned Canadians we could do that nationally. This was back in the mid 80’s. So we know that already.

Not that it needs us to do it. That oikos neimin is on its knees already - in fearful prayerful pose of shooniah/money at all costs.

On its knees morally - as it kneels on a permanent and growing underclass of poverty globally.

The real challenge is how to raise it up off its knees - to walk

in upright human dignity.Is the demographic tsunami

economists speak of this spiritual portal?

The Canadian baby boomer labour force is fast retiring. Who will replace them? The youthful population of Aboriginal people are the only internal source numerical enough to do that.

That leverage will vault us into a position as an absolute critical force we have not enjoyed since the fur trade and military alliance stages of our relationship with non-Turtle Islanders.

Will that opportunity however simply turn our young people into middle class wage slaves?

Will those youth instead remember their sacred duty and help steer this country away from its death road of climate change?

To me, unless we also address the poverty rampant amongst us first, immediately today like our nearby relatives already do in actions like the White Earth Land Recovery, we will likely just end up eating protest for sustenance. From Graumeen banks, to perma culture, to earth ships the ways and means to provide our own necessities without ransoming our essence already exists.

A study once done of oil rich reserves concluded that it would take more than money to repair ourselves.

Instead of Gross National

Product let us at least consider the Happy Planet Index.

In 2006 the Happy Planet Index listed the south sea island, Vanuatu, as the happiest country in the world. Living according to tradition, the Vanuatu have a unique relationship to the land. Their strong sense of culture and community played a significant role in putting them at the top of the index.

GDP hypnotized countries with high rates of resource consumption rated as sad and

rich comparatively.Could INM be a tipping point?Or will it instead fall prey

to those interests who need so desperately to co-opt it?

Will its prayers and songs be appeased by adding to the 10 billion already spent annually and relatively fruitlessly in convincing us capitalism is the only choice there is?

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Anonymous continues pushing police on assaults on First Nations women

Stephanie WesleyWawatay News

On Jan. 28, Anonymous launched phase 1 of Operation Thunderbird – #OpThunderbird on Twitter – which many people thought would unleash an onslaught of embarrassing information on the members of the Thunder Bay Police Services (TBPS).

However, instead of divulging any information on TBPS, Anonymous posted a lengthy essay in which they explained that they “don’t need to d0x and hack – yet – condemning evidence is available a plenty in the public domain.”

The term “d0x and hack” refers to obtaining a person’s information, their documents, and Anonymous used the essay not to expose any documents but to shine a light on the public missteps that they feel TBPS and the justice system has made regarding First Nations people.

The essay was dubbed phase 1, with phase 2 surfacing later in the form of an interactive crime map that can be viewed online. The map documents occurrences like sexual assault, missing women, murdered women, and unidentified remains in Canada.

The essay starts off by speaking of an assault against a First Nations woman in Thunder Bay in February of 2008 that was similar to the one that took place this past December.

The assailant was caught and in February 2009 he was sentenced to a year in jail, then released after six months.

Anonymous lists off several occurrences in Thunder Bay involving the police service and First Nation people to help back their claim that the TBPS are apathetic towards cases involving First Nations people.

Overrepresentation of First Nations people in Thunder Bay’s murder statistics, mock-press releases sent out to the media making fun of the death of a Thunder Bay First Nations man, an officer on the Thunder Bay Police staff making a First Nations student remove Aboriginal-themed clothing during a field trip to police station, the drowning’s and deaths of seven First Nations youth in the city while attending high school, and the incident where a Thunder Bay officer dropped a First Nations student off in the outskirts of the city are all incidents listed

in the essay that Anonymous feels paints a picture of the relationship between TBPS and First Nations people in Thunder Bay.

In the essay, Anonymous reiterates why they are so adamant with exposing what they feel is a lack of justice and responsibility towards First Nations women on the part of TBPS. “Many people have asked what Anonymmis (sic) wants in Thunder Bay and elsewhere. It’s really simple. We tweeted it out with a half dozen or so other Anon twitter accounts with the first announcement of the video: catch rapists or get out,” Anonymous said in the essay.

On Jan. 31, Anonymous posted another entry to their journal entitled “All Suspect Information” where they have posted tips that have come in from the public.

Phase 2 of Operation Thunderbird was launched on Feb. 5. Anonymous released an interactive crime map that shows various crimes against Indigenous women in North America, where they took place, and the status of the reports. The crimes listed are unsolved murder, solved murder, hopeful messages, unsolved verbal assaults, unidentified remains found, unsolved missing, and unsolved sexual assault (unsolved sexual assault numbers all races of women since police do not reveal the race of the victim).

The map also lists official and mainstream news stories relating to missing, murdered, and assaulted women, and gives users an option to report and map their own incidences. There are 506 reports on the map as of Feb. 12.

Anonymous is now also in the process of distributing post-ers promoting the safety of indigenous women to various First Nations organizations and businesses, as well as shelters, in hopes of encouraging more women to come forward with any experiences they may have had regarding assault and abuse instead of remaining silent.

Anonymous’ original video has amassed over 28,000 views on Youtube since its release, and the groups Missing and Murdered Indigenous Wom-en’s Twitter account has nearly 1,000 followers to date.

In a Twitter interview, Anonymous stated that phase 2 is ongoing with phase 3 coming sometime in the near future. No word yet on what phase 3 will consist of.

https://missingsisters.crowdmap.com/bigmapMissing sisters crowd ‘crime map’ shows the number of cases that include unsolved murders to unsolved sexual assaults in Canada.


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Families prepare for upcoming inquest into youth deathsShawn BellWawatay News

The families of seven Nish-nawbe Aski Nation youth who died while attending school in Thunder Bay gath-ered to begin preparations for the joint inquest into the deaths.

A three-day meeting was held from Feb. 12-14 to allow families to meet each other, educate themselves on the process of the inquest and offer suggestions as to elements that should be included.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said it is impor-tant for the families to not only be prepared for the inquest, but to be ready to support each other during what is sure to be an emo-tional and painful ordeal.

“This was a good oppor-tunity to get to know each other, these families who have the common experi-ence of losing a loved one,” Fiddler said. “There will be other supports in place (dur-ing the inquest), but they’ll be the main ones to support each other.”

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Wawatay News archivesA Dennis Franklin Cromarty student says fairwell during a ceremony to honour the students who died in the McIntyre River since 2000.

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The Thunder Bay police plan to revamp its Aborigi-nal Liaison program in an attempt to have more cul-tural sensitivity training for all officers on the force.

Police Chief JP Levesque said that the department will soon approach the Aborigi-nal Liaison Advisory Com-mittee with two new job descriptions for the two Liai-son officers.

Under Levesque’s plan for the Aboriginal Liaison Unit, one officer will continue with the public advocacy role currently employed by the unit. The other officer’s position will be shifted away

from public advocacy into creating a diversity-training package and conducting cultural sensitivity training for officers on the force.

“Once we redo the diversity training package, we’ll offer it to everybody (on the force),” Levesque

said. “As soon as a new officer comes in the door, that will be one of the things we do.”

Levesque added that he has reached out to a num-ber of Aboriginal leaders in Thunder Bay to help the Thunder Bay police with its diversity training, and has received positive response.

“One of the things I’m hearing from the Aboriginal leadership is to offer more of this kind of training from a historic sense, of this is why we’re here and this is how we got here,” Levesque said.

NAN Legal CEO Celina Reitberger, who has been spearheading her organiza-tion’s push to bridge the gap between First Nations

people in Thunder Bay and the city’s police force, said the efforts to revitalize the Aboriginal Liaison Unit are good, but should be done in conjunction with the Aborig-inal Liaison Advisory Council (ALAC).

Levesque agreed, and acknowledged that he has not taken advantage of the ALAC as much as he should have so far during his time as police chief.

“We’re looking at cer-tainly getting ahold of that committee,” Levesque said. “And I don’t believe there’s a member of Nishnawbe Aski Nation on that committee, and there should be, so we’ll be making that invitation as well.”

between 2000 and 2011 while attending school in Thunder Bay. An inquest into the death of Reggie Bushie of Poplar Hill was halted in 2011 due to jury roll issues in Thunder Bay, at which point calls for a broader inquiry into the deaths of all seven youth came from NAN.

While the joint inquest, which was called on May 31, 2012, was originally expected to start in the spring of 2013, northwest Ontario regional coroner Dr. Michael Wilson told Wawa-tay that a spring 2013 start date is unlikely.

“With the number of inter-views and amount of investi-gation that is being done, it is likely not going to start in the spring of this year,” Wil-son said.

While he would not com-mit to a start date, he did say it is in everyone’s best inter-est to have the inquest start as soon as possible.

Wilson said the meeting with families was a good opportunity to start the process of communication that is so vital to having the inquest succeed.

“It is very productive that the families have every

opportunity to have their voices heard,” Wilson said.

Also at the meeting was Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detective inspector Peter Loree, who is overseeing the OPP’s reopening of the inves-tigation into the seven deaths.

As for NAN’s role in the inquest, Fiddler said the organization will be there to do everything possible to ensure the families have all the support they need as the process unfolds.

And once the inquest

wraps up, Fiddler empha-sized that NAN leaders will have an obligation and a duty to ensure that the rec-ommendations result in effective change.

“As leaders, we owe it to the youth that have passed

on that we will do everything we can to press the Canadian and Ontario governments to work with us on implement-ing the recommendations,” Fiddler said. “We’d like to see broader, systematic changes.”

Thunder Bay police revamping Aboriginal Liaison Unit

“One of the things I’m hearing from the Aboriginal leadership is to offer more of this kind of training from a historic sense, of this is why we’re here and this is how we got here.”

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Garden River member sent hate mail over Idle No More action


Lesley Belleau of Garden River First Nation has received hate mail after taking part in Idle No More-related activities and giving interviews about the movement to the local Sault St. Marie media.

“The letter was delivered to another woman, a, L. Belleau who just so happens to live on the same street I did in Garden River,” Belleau explained. Belleau is currently in Peterborough working on her PhD. “The letter was then delivered by L. Belleau to my sister Belinda, who lives in Garden River.”

“My sister opened the letters at my request,” Belleau explained. “She said the letter looked suspicious.”

Upon opening the letter, Belleau’s sister was horrified to find what was inside.

“There were newspaper clippings of the articles and interviews I did for the local papers, they were defaced. There was a photo of Shawn Atleo in there with crude sexual drawings all over it.”

“I was horrified and dis-gusted,” Belleau said of the envelope’s contents. “To think that someone would take the time to cut out these articles and mail them, to put these extremely racist remarks on the articles. They even wrote ‘Les-ley Belleau, stay away from the SOO or else’ with a picture of a gun drawn beside it.”

Belleau did not take the incident lightly.

“I didn’t take it as a joke, especially with the rape of a First Nations woman in Thun-der Bay that just happened,” she said. “It was grotesque, and it shows the extent of violence against Indigenous women.”

Belleau reported the incident to the Ontario Provincial Police as well as the Anishinabek police in Garden River.

“They’re still working on it, finger prints have been sent off but no word so far on whether there’s been a positive identifi-cation,” she said.

Belleau explained that other First Nations organizations and people have also received similar hate mail, which they believe is being sent by the same person.

“Letters were sent to the chief of Garden River, another to the Sault Indian Friendship Center, and another delivered to Rankin reservation, which is close to Sault St. Marie,” Bel-leau said. “The letters came

in the same envelope, like a Christmas one with holly on it.”

“Whoever did it put a lot of time and effort into it,” Belleau said.

Even though receiving the letter was unpleasant, Belleau is not letting it coerce her into stepping away from Idle No More and other First Nations-related activities.

“The whole ordeal just shows how there are people out there who oppose anything related to Indigenous people and speaking the truth,” Belleau said. “It absolutely did not make me want to step away from Idle No More.”

On blogsite DividedNoMore.com, owned by artist Christi Belcourt, Belleau posted an essay in response to the incident in which she said “it is important to let the perpetrators of such hate crimes to know that their actions are being monitored and does not create a bigger gap of silence for us as Indigenous people. This type of attack will never stop me from speaking.”

“Indigenous women need to start stepping forward and speaking out more,” Belleau said. “The perpetrators are trying to create fear to further silence Indigenous women and Indigenous people.”

“Be aware that there are people out there like this,” Belleau said about the person responsible for the hate mail. “But it’s important to keep exposing it as well. Keep speaking out.”

“The whole ordeal just shows how there are people out there who oppose anything related to Indigenous people and speaking the truth...”

– Lesley Belleau

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On Jan. 28, Idle No More (INM) supporters convened at Parliament Hill in Ottawa for what was called the INM National Day of Action. Cheryl Suggashie of Pikangikum First Nation, and her friends from her university’s jingle dress pro-gram made the journey down to Ottawa for the protest.

“It sounds weird, but I was dreaming about it,” Suggashie said. She described seeing a sea of jingle dress dancers in three of her dreams throughout Decem-ber.

Suggashie said she saw a “call for all jingle dress dancers” for the protest in Ottawa on Jan. 28 online. “That’s when it clicked. I thought, that’s where we have to go,” Suggashie said.

She called her friends who were in the Sault St. Marie jingle dress program with her, some having moved to different areas of the province, and four of them made the trip to Ottawa with their dresses.

Suggashie said she felt ner-

Pikangikum jingle dancer joins Idle No More rallyvous before they left for Ottawa.

“The night before we left I could not sleep because I was way too excited and nervous. I was thinking about all those dancers, and also meeting new people,” Suggashie explained. “I was also thinking about Chief Spence; how I could not meet her yet but happy she was home with her family.”

Suggashie and her friends went to Victoria Island, the site of Spence’s hunger strike, when they arrived in Ottawa in the evening of Jan. 27.

“You could still smell the fire and tobacco, the burning medi-cines. I thought about the lone Jingle Dress dancer who danced in the legislature building when she was asked to wait outside, but she danced in the lobby, and I thought about all the women across Canada,” Suggashie said.

Suggashie and the other jin-gle dress dancers awoke early the next day to get ready, as she explained that it takes about two hours to do their hair and sort out the regalia.

“We drove downtown and it started to snow, we walked

out to Wellington and the wind picked up,” Suggashie said. “We stood in the National Archives building to warm up, it was a very quiet building so every time we moved our jingles would make a lot of noise echo-ing throughout the lobby,” she laughed.

The dancers then walked to Victoria Island, and were instructed to go to Parliament Hill to await the drummers and all of the other INM partici-pants. “We waited for about 20 minutes and then the marshalls came and told us to go on the road. It was time!” Suggashie said.

“My anxiety kicked in along with crocodile tears. My stom-ach was in knots while we lined up to wait for the drummers to come closer. I could see them about 30 feet away coming closer and closer, and then the women started shouting and singing. I waved my fan up and never felt prouder,” Suggashie said.

Once the drummers arrived, the marshalls instructed the jin-gle dress dancers to turn around and march in front of them up

Parliament Hill.“It was loud. We all danced

and drummed in harmony, it was amazing,” Suggashie said. “We slowly got to the steps of Parliament Hill and stopped. We were told to do the Healing Dance while Parliament was in session. We danced to a side

step song while our Elder was in the middle with her Eagle Staff, another proud moment I will never forget.”

After the dances, there were speakers which included INM founders, NDP party members, event coordinators, and the national chief.

“At this time my mind was still in awe about what had just happened that my ears were not paying attention to the speakers. I wanted to keep dancing,” Sug-gashie said.

Suggashie remembered dur-ing one of the round dances that she was holding hands with a non-Anishinaabe man from out east who was fascinated with the whole event. He told her he had never been to a round dance before.

“When it was over he shouted for joy, clapped his hands and shook our hands, and he said thank you. I never realized there are people out there who never heard of a round dance, who think it is just for First Nation’s people but it is for anyone,” Sug-gashie said. “I realized then that there is still a lot of work to be done.”

Since her experience in Ottawa on Jan. 28, Suggashie said she wants to learn more teachings about the jingle dress, carrying the Eagle staff proto-cols, and especially fasting.

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Cheryl Suggashie was one of four Jingle Dancers to travel from Sault St. Marie to Ottawa for the Jan. 28 Idle No More rally. Suggashie said she’s “never been prouder” than dancing at the rally.

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Idle No More: What happens next? Idle No More timeline of events:

Oct. 18: Bill C-45 is introduced to Parliament with the title, “A second Act to implement certain provisions of the bud-get tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012, and other mea-sures.”More than 400 pages in length, it is also known as the sec-ond omnibus budget bill and changes the legislation con-tained in 64 acts or regulations, including the Indian Act, Nav-igation Protection Act, and the Environmental Assessment Act.

Late-October: Four women in Saskatchewan (Jessica Gor-don, Sheelah McLean, Sylvia McAdams and Nina Wilsonfeld) begin exchanging e-mails about Bill C-45. They express con-cern that the bill would erode indigenous rights.They decide to hold an event in Saskatoon to protest the bill and turn to Facebook. They call the page “Idle No More” as a motivational slogan.

Nov. 4: Gordon is the first to use the #idlenomore hashtag on Twitter. Within weeks, it trends on Twitter and spreads over to other social media.

Nov. 10: The first Idle No More event, a teach-in, is held in Saskatoon.

Mid-November: More events are held in Regina, Prince Albert and North Battleford, Sask., and Winnipeg.

Dec. 5: Bill C-45 passes third reading and goes to Senate.

Dec. 10: National Day of Action. A month after the first Idle No More event, rallies are held in cities across the coun-try, including Vancouver, Toronto, Thunder Bay, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Regina, Whitehorse and Winnipeg.

Dec. 11: Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence begins her hun-ger strike on Victoria Island in protest of Harper government eroding treaty rights. Demands meeting with prime minis-ter and “the Crown,” represented by the governor general. Spence is only aware of the Idle No More movement but is not an organizer or spokesperson.

Dec. 14: Bill C-45 is passed and receives royal assent. It is now known as the “Jobs and Growth Act, 2012.”

Dec. 21: Ottawa holds its first Idle No More rally, with a march that begins on Victoria Island. Rallies are also held in differ-ent parts of Canada.Meanwhile, members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation in south-ern Ontario blockade a CN railline in protest of Bill C-45. They later announce support of Idle No More and Spence and declare blockade will end once Spence’s demands are met.

Mid-late December: Events continue over Christmas holi-days, with many flash mobs and round dances taking place in malls during the shopping season.

Dec. 27: It is reported that there had been 30 Idle No More protests in the United States, and solidarity protests in Stockholm, Sweden, London, UK, Berlin, Germany, Auckland, New Zealand, and Cairo, Egypt.

Jan. 2: Idle No More founders release mission statement and manifesto. The movement declares First Nations to be sover-eign and that treaties were made on nation-to-nation basis; that First Nations receive unequal share of benefits from resource development; and that resource development leads to “poisoned water, land and air.”

Jan. 3: After two weeks and after two court injunctions are filed, the Aamjiwnaang rail blockade is dismantled.

Jan. 4: Prime Minister Stephen Harper agrees to meet with a small group of First Nations leaders on Jan. 11 but does not mention Spence or Idle No More. Spence announces she will boycott meeting since the governor general is not involved.

Jan. 5: Protests shut down multiple border crossings through-out Canada, including Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia, Interna-tional Bridge in Cornwall, and the Peace Arch crossing in Sur-rey, B.C.

Jan. 11: Rallies are held in cities, towns and communities across Canada and various parts of the world.In Ottawa, marchers gather outside building where Harper is meeting with chiefs but the rally proceeds peacefully to Parliament Hill. Spence and chiefs later meet with governor general. Spence leaves unsatisfied with meeting and contin-ues hunger strike.

Jan. 12: Council of Canadians National Chairperson Maude Barlow, author/activist Naomi Klein, and singer Sarah Slean return their Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals as a sign of solidarity with either Spence, Idle No More or both.

Jan. 16: The Journey of Nishiyuu begins. Six youth from Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuaraapik, located along the Hudson Bay coast in Quebec, set out on a 1,500 km journey to Ottawa in support of Idle No More.

Jan. 24: Spence officially ends her hunger strike after 44 days after she and First Nations and federal opposition leaders sign 13-point declaration of commitment to press govern-ment to address longstanding issues.

Jan. 28: World Day of Action. Rallies are held in at least 30 cities. In Ottawa, the rally gathers outside Parliament Hill as MPs return to the House of Commons after a month-and-a-half break.

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On the surface, it appears that the Idle No More move-ment is waning in its support and momentum.

Following a flurry of activi-ties in December and Janu-ary that involved rallies, round dances, marches, flash mobs, blockades, fasting, and national days of action, Febru-ary is quiet. Very quiet.

The top hit of a Feb. 11 Google news search, after two months of the movement making headlines with ral-lies, fasts and blockades, was a report that showed online activity related to Idle No More dropped by 84 per cent in the last four weeks.

but the lack of media atten-tion and online activity is not indicative of where the move-ment is currently at, says one of Idle No More’s co-founders.

“If we’re talking about corporate media space, Idle No More looks like it’s not going too well,” said Sheelah McLean, one of the four women from Saskatchewan who began the movement. “If we’re talking about what I’m hearing about what’s activat-ing communities, and coali-tion building, and how it’s just starting globally in differ-ent spaces…it’s growing and becoming more powerful.”

The idea that the movement is dying leaves some organiz-ers in Winnipeg “bemused.”

Michael Kannon is one of more than a dozen activists who organizes events in the Manitoba capital in the name of Idle No More. Speaking to Wawatay News on Feb. 7, he noted that the last national day of action was Jan. 28.

“That was 10 days ago,” Kannon, a 47-year-old mem-ber of brokenhead Ojibway Nation, said with a laugh. “We still have our active partici-pants and we’re expanding.”

Indeed, in media terms, 10 days feels like eons, especially after the frenzy of activities that followed a month after the first Idle No More event in Saskatoon on Nov. 10.

McLean, Jessica Gor-don, Nina Wilson and Sylvia Mcadam organized a teach-in weeks after they learned that bill C-45, also known as the second omnibus budget bill, was introduced into the House of Commons.

They were worried it would impact First Nations treaty rights since it changed aspects of several acts that affect First Nations. They also learned the bill was written with little to no consultation with aborigi-

nal communities.Wanting to raise aware-

ness about the bill, they orga-nized the teach-in and turned to social media to spread the word. They created a Face-book page and called it “Idle No More.” a movement was born.

a month later, rallies and events adopted the name in various cities across Canada as part of a national day of action.

The next day, on Dec. 11, attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence began her hunger strike. Citing poor living con-ditions and the pain she sees in the youth, she called on the prime minister and the Crown to meet with First Nations leaders to talk about their treaty relationship.

Over the following weeks, thousands of community members across the country, aboriginal and non-aboriginal alike, joined in on rallies and blockades. Many had taken up Spence as a figurehead or icon in the movement.

Organized over social media, f lash mobs and round dances occurred seemingly everyday in malls and other public places during the holi-day shopping season.

The rallies culminated on Jan. 11, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with a small contingent of chiefs in Ottawa to discuss First Nations issues. Harper had agreed to the meeting without mention-ing Idle No More nor Spence’s hunger strike, and Spence boycotted the meeting since the governor general would not be present.

Thousands rallied that day in at least 30 Canadian cities, and more in smaller commu-nities. In Ottawa, more than 3,000 people marched to Par-liament Hill and converged around the building where Harper was meeting the chiefs.

The meeting did not pro-duce any positive or concrete results.

Less than two weeks later, Spence ended her fast.

a global day of action took place on Jan. 28, but most would say not with the same fervor and zeal that accompa-nied earlier rallies.

Now, a country waits to see where the movement goes from here.

Impact of hunger strike

When Idle No More began to gain momentum, it gar-nered criticism from media and politicians for its lack of focus and direction.

being a grassroots move-ment, there was no central voice or base for organizers to follow.

and then Spence began her hunger strike.

Though she never spoke for or organized an event in the movement, Spence would be indelibly linked to Idle No More over the course of her fast.

Idle No More support-ers saw a figurehead to rally around. Many showed up to rallies and events with signs expressing support for Spence and thousands made the pil-grimage to Victoria Island to see her.

but Spence also provided politicians and pundits a fig-ure to attack and discredit in hopes of negating the rising intensity of the movement.

Two of the movement’s co-founders have mixed feelings about Spence’s hunger strike and its impact on the move-ment.

both McLean and Gordon agree that Spence was instru-mental in bringing some of the issues behind the Idle No More movement to the national spotlight.

“For her to ask Harper and the governor general to meet with chiefs and have a dia-logue...it was essential to see how that consultation process isn’t happening,” McLean said.

but as people questioned the validity of her fast and her leadership’s financial account-ability, Spence brought some negative press to the move-ment.

“The downfall of her hun-ger strike is the targeting of aboriginal people and aborig-inal stereotypes,” said Gor-don, a member of Pasqua First Nation, located in Treaty 4 territory The co-founders also feel that Spence’s fast nearly overshadowed the movement.

“While I think it was essen-tial, it started to look like it wasn’t a movement of thou-sands of people,” McLean said. “I don’t think (the Canadian

public was) easily making con-nection between her callout to address these issues and the same callout by grassroots people.”

When Spence ended her fast, many wondered how the movement could sustain with-out a figure to rally around.

but Gordon feels the end of the fast has re-empowered grassroots people and given them the opportunity to exam-ine themselves and their role within Idle No More.

“It’ll push people to look on their own inside,” she said. “What are the issues that I hold dear? What should I do?”

In transition

The Idle No More move-ment is a mere four months old and Gordon feels the

movement is still developing.“It’s always so far been in its

baby stage,” she said. “We’re slowly building up, figuring out better structures and how to mobilize people.”

One of the co-founders of the Thunder bay chapter of the movement agreed that Idle No More is regrouping.

“The movement is now strategizing, in tandem, with organizers from across Can-ada,” said robert animikii Horton, a member of rainy river First Nations. “We are not divided, but actively diver-sifying our strategies.”

That is not to say the move-ment has been inactive since the Jan. 28 rally. Horton recently travelled to several communities in Treaty 3 terri-tory in northwestern Ontario to provide teach-ins about

“the legislations, our sovereignty and treaty rights that protects the lands we share from massive envi-ronmental degradation.”

Meanwhile in Winnipeg, Kannon said there are always three to four active members of the local group leading teach-ins within the city.

The founders have called for Feb. 21 to be National Indigenous rights education Day, when they hope grassroots organizers will hold teach-ins about indigenous rights.

a look at the events listed on the Idle No More website show a num-ber of events are planned in various cities and communities across the country.

The movement is also building alliances, as environmental and activist groups press to support the cause.

but Kannon emphasized that despite many non-aboriginal sup-porters joining the cause because of its focus on environment issues, Idle No More at its core is an indig-enous movement.

“It’s about First Nations using constitutional rights and duty to consult to stop the Crown,” Kan-non said. “It hinges on First Nations rights to help protect the environ-ment, which affects everybody.”

and while bill C-45 has since

been passed, Horton said there are more bills being read.

“Canada is completely forgetting or downplaying bill S-6, The First Nation education act, bill S-2, bill S-207, bill S-212, bill C-428, bill S-8, and bill C-27, which all func-tion together like a jigsaw puzzle that takes direct aim at First Nation people, our sovereignty, and our treaty rights,” Horton said.

Branching off

The movement also appears to have branched off in some areas of the country.

angela bercier was asked to help organize the Dec. 21 rally in Ottawa, but the 31-year-old from Long Plain First Nation was com-mitted to helping Spence in her hunger strike.

and while she would help to organize the Jan. 11 and Jan. 28 Idle No More rallies in the city, ber-cier said her experience on Victoria Island with Spence was a “spiritual awakening” and felt that Idle No More is more than the legislation being discussed on Parliament Hill.

“It’s about Chief Spence and that spiritual awakening and carrying on her work,” bercier said.

Idle No More maintains that it

is a grassroots movement and some organizers in different regions have eschewed the participation of elected chiefs in their events.

but during her fast, Spence said the grassroots people and the leaders need to unite, together with the youth, in order to achieve their goals.

bercier had helped to organize a youth summit in Winnipeg on Feb. 5. It was initially under the Idle No More banner but as the sum-mit approached, its name was changed to Indigenous Nation Movement youth Forum to better fit with Spence’s vision, according to bercier.

The organizers had invited chiefs to the forum to engage the youth.

“I respect what the (Idle No More) founders are doing, keeping it grassroots,” ber-

cier said. “but we all need to all work together. We can’t exclude leadership and show division.”

bercier said any events she

plans in the future will be in line with Spence’s work.

Looking to spring

When Idle No More began to emerge, some compared it the Occupy movement that began in September 2011 in New york City.

Most involved in the Idle No More felt it was not a fair com-parison, including Kannon.

“The Occupy movement died down as winter set in,” he said. “We started in the dead of winter.”

The upcoming spring has many excited for the move-ment, especially the founders.

“If we’re able to mobilize

this quickly, and this big in the dead of winter, can you imagine spring is going to look like?” Gordon said. “There’s going to be tons of people out there.”

McLean said grandmoth-ers have told her they would be more active when tempera-tures warm up, while noting that classes will end in april, enabling more youth to be more involved.

Gordon said she is looking forward to seeing what actions and activities the movement will take in the upcoming months.

“I really like the rallies and round dances, but we should target more places like indus-tries, banks and corporations,” she said.

The founders have never spoken for or against direct actions like blockades, so long as they are peaceful.

“It always comes down to people and their heart, what they feel is best for their com-munities,” Gordon said. “It’s not us to say yes or no. I’m sure when the time is right, it will be time for certain actions.”

Lenny Carpenter/Wawatay NewsDrummers help to pump up the crowd before commencing the march from Victoria Island to Parliament Hill on Dec. 21, the first Idle No More rally in Ottawa. The movement seems to have died down over recent weeks but two Idle No More co-founders and organizers say it is in transition as organizers regroup and re-strategize. Idle No More began began in the dead of winter and co-founders Jessica Gordon and Sheelah McLean look forward to seeing more participation and direct action in the spring and summer months.

Movement in transition as organizers re-strategize, build alliancesPundits argue that Idle No More movement is dying but co-founders and organizers say it is in transition and they look forward to a resurgence in the spring and summer months

“If we’re talking about what I’m hearing about what’s activating com-munities, and coalition building, and how it’s just starting globally in different spaces…it’s growing and becoming more powerful.”

-Sheelah McLeanIdle No More co-founder

“It’s about First Nations using constitutional rights and duty to consult to stop the Crown. It hinges on First Nations rights to help protect the environment, which affects everybody.”

-Michael Kannon, an organizer in Winnipeg on the core of the Idle No More movement

“If we’re able to mobilize this quickly, and this big in the dead of winter, can you imagine spring is going to look like?”

-Jessica GordonIdle No More co-founder


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Wawatay (WWT): How would you describe the Idle No More movement, and what it has done to date?

National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo (SA): It is an amazing and inspiring accomplishment of coming together of our people, of the idea that we may be very diverse. In the events I have attended, it’s not just First Nations citizens, it’s been other indigenous peoples from the Metis and Inuit communities, it’s been mainstream Canadian citizens who are concerned and supportive.

I know that our leaders for decades have been struggling to have our issues be on the forefront of the national consciousness and there has always been a real thirst for our people to be helping to drive the change required. So I think all of those are incredibly important aspects — the idea of being very self-aware about

the issues that face each and every single one of us as First Nations, as indigenous peoples.

WWT: How has leadership been trying to connect to grassroots people since the Idle No More movement took off?

SA: I know there has been deep respect for the grassroots nature of the movement — that is just that, it is a movement. So I know leaders have had discussions amongst themselves as well as with the grassroots about their place, welcoming invitations as I have when rallies have been held. I have been proud to march in support of the people as they have brought their messages to the public and to Parliament Hill. I’ve been thankful to speak with groups and have discussions with them about how we capture the old ways of inclusiveness and that leaders have always throughout

the history of our peoples recognized that the strength of each leader is only matched by the willingness to listen and to follow what it is that the people want.

I believe that with the external imposition of things like the Indian Act, the disconnection of our people from their homelands, the artificial provincial and territorial boundaries that have been placed, and the lack of things like funding for homes and schools in our villages have helped to create divisions and that our people are saying we must be united in overcoming these divisions, including between ourselves and between the people and the leadership.

So this moment is an opportunity for us all to consider how it is that we continue to rebuild and strengthen our nations, to rebuild and strengthen

the connections between our people as well as with leadership and the people, and using new ways to do that. I think it is a very powerful moment for all of our people to think about and act on — the reconnecting of our people and overcoming divisions we didn’t create.

WWT: Why do you think grassroots people feel the leadership has let them down?

SA: There is a shared sense of the frustration about moving forward and accomplishing the changes that are required that go back now really for decades if not generations. You’ll recall that back in 2010, the Auditor General at the time, Sheila Fraser, had finished doing a 10-year audit and said at the time that the conditions were getting worse in our communities. That Amnesty International released a report just two months ago that said there was “a grave human rights crisis facing First Nations in Canada.”

So while the rest of the world and the rest of the country is beginning to understand about our frustrations and challenges, our people have been feeling these frustrations for a long, long time. And right now First Nations leaders in each village and each community receive transfer payments, receive funding that is on a grant basis on the part of government, and receive this in a very arbitrary manner. So it’s created, I think, a very difficult cycle that has us really facing incredible difficulties to achieve change.

There’s been a pattern of finger pointing and blaming, especially on the part of governments to First Nations, for things like accountability. It still seems to be the pattern on the part of government to blame First Nations, when I witness First Nations leaders doing everything they can, every single day, very often being faced with really impossible decisions like

whether to fund resources for clean drinking water when housing is required, or to have the school repaired when there is needs for child welfare funding. It’s been a near impossible pattern that we have been subjected to and I think all leaders have been making good faith efforts.

This movement is really the external extrusion of frustration that we’ve been feeling for a long time and in fact so many of us have known that especially with the growing youth population that this country needs to recognize that it must invest in those young people.

And for us as First Nations, it means finding a way to recognize and respect our diversity and to support one another in our efforts. That poses a challenge too, but it’s always something that the Elders encourage us to come back to.

WWT: What do you see in the future with Idle No More movement and some of the issues they have raised?

SA: One of the powers and strengths of Idle No More is its grassroots nature and raising awareness between and amongst all of us as First Nations citizens and as people of nations will continue to be very important. I believe that this momentum and the strength of our people standing up will continue until

the day when we feel that our rights are being recognized, respected and implemented, until the day when our people are enjoying a standard of living that we know that we deserve, when we receive a fair share of the wealth and resources of our lands, when our children are supported to learn their language and culture, when those most vulnerable, especially the women and children and Elders, that they feel safe and secure in their homes and in their communities, and when our nations are being rebuilt in a manner that reflects our history.

I think that we have reached a tipping point or turning point at this juncture and should all be thankful for it. Of course it’s challenging, because achieving real change, it must be challenging. And we must be prepared to rise to the occasion, to accept the challenges that pushing for change demands of all of us. Becoming aware of our own rights and responsibilities is really the important first step and then acting on those to take care of both our territories and to take care of each other within our communities becomes most critical, recapturing those laws and re-implementing them and knowing that no outside government, including a Canadian government, they can’t and will not stand in the way of our people exercising our rights and our laws.

An ‘amazing, inspiring accomplishment’ AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo has been involved in some Idle No More rallies, and watching from the outside on others. But as he tells Wawatay’s Rick Garrick, through it all he has been inspired by what the grassroots people across the nation have accomplished so far.

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Wawatay News (WWT): To go back to the beginning, in December when Idle No More first got going, what were your thoughts on how much momentum it might have?

Tim Fontaine (TF): Person-ally, I was sort of cynical about it. I didn’t know where it was going to go, or how far it was going to go. I thought well, it’s another one of those flash in the pans. I think it was a few weeks after that, when it wasn’t slow-ing down over Christmas, that was when I really knew some-thing very large is going on.

WWT: I remember hav-ing the same thought, after Christmas, after New Years came, and it was still going, maybe something big is hap-pening…

TF: I think the Aboriginal media, even they didn’t know. But we covered it and we stuck with it, and then the main-stream media sort of picked up on it. Suddenly it had become a big story, but it had been there for quite awhile. And then it just kept growing and growing. Cer-tainly I didn’t expect it to get to

the size it is now. And the scale, and sort of going international. I don’t know what indication it is when something goes inter-national like that, but to see the name and the word Idle No More being mentioned in other countries is pretty amazing because it doesn’t happen all that often.

WWT: You covered some of the big rallies in Ottawa. What was the sense on the ground there, and what was it like to be there as a reporter?

TF: You got a sense of the scale of this movement when you saw literally thousands of people walking down Wel-lington to the Prime Minister’s office. You realized, something big is happening here. It was anger and frustration at a sys-tem that wasn’t working any-more. And I don’t mean just the government. I’m talking about First Nations governments, the AFN, about all these things, there was frustration about the way life is for First Nations. That was the sense I got from it, and that was what made it dif-ferent as well.

A lot of the times there is anger directed at one thing. C-45 is the easiest target. C-45 was an indication of what

people perceive as the govern-ment’s stance on First Nations. We’re going to make changes and there’s nothing you can do

about it. But that wasn’t just what the anger was directed at. There was anger over every-thing, over every aspect of First Nations life. That’s when I real-ized that this movement isn’t just about politics, it isn’t just about legislation or anger with the government. It’s anger with the status quo, anger at what’s happening in our communities, what’s happening in our towns, our communities and our fami-lies. It is about changing every-thing. And I think all media is having a hard time with that, because we want the simplest possible explanation. Say in one

line what it is you guys are mad about. That was what I heard somebody say. And it can’t be done like that. I think that’s the most frustrating thing for reporters covering it, is to have to realize there isn’t just one thing, there’s no one leader, no one spokesperson, it’s a move-ment coming from within com-munities. It’s a pretty amazing thing to see.

WWT: After having been in Ottawa and then going back to Halifax, do you get the sense there’s a similar thought process about Idle No More, a similar vision that ties it across the country?

TF: No, I don’t think so. I know that the situation in Mic-mac communities is very differ-ent than what is happening in Manitoba. Just in terms of eco-nomic development, the rela-tionship with chiefs, all of that is very different. In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, I think we saw elected officials purposely excluded from Idle No More. You’re seeing a divide there, there’s a lot of labeling going on. He or she is an Indian Act chief, and we’re the people and this is a people’s movement. That’s still being worked out. I don’t see that sort of division happen-

ing on the east coast. In the very beginning they invited the chiefs not to lead the movement here but to stand with the people. A lot of chiefs responded to that. So when you go to Idle No More movements here you’ll see the chiefs standing with the people. And some of the aims of Idle No More in this area, it’s a lot more about bringing both Canadians and First Nations together to look at an unjust system. It’s not so much that we’re mad at Can-ada as a whole, at least on the east coast.

WWT: The number of ral-lies has tapered off over the past month. Do you think the energy of Idle No More has peaked?

TF: I don’t know. We at APTN were discussing that as well and trying to figure out if that’s what it was. And I don’t think so. It’s almost like a moment of reflec-tion. People feel that this move-ment has to evolve, that there has to be a next step. I think that’s what is going on right now. There’s a bit of reflection, and a bit of looking back and saying how do we move this for-ward? I think that’s what they’re trying to figure out here.

I hate saying Idle No More as a whole, because I don’t think

it’s a whole. It’s not one large movement. Its one banner that they can all carry, but in each region I think it’s very spe-cific for what’s going on there. Speaking for what I’ve seen here, I think that’s what’s hap-pening but it could be far dif-ferent in BC, Alberta, Saskatch-ewan.

WWT: As a reporter, what are you guys looking for in terms of next steps?

TF: Well we’re also doing a bit of reflecting ourselves, and thinking how do we cover these things now? We can’t have the same story of a rally every night. As reporters we’re look-ing for the next step, what are some goals and other things? People want change. Report-ers want change too, because we don’t want to keep telling the same stories. I think we’re looking for how they’re going to advance this movement. I think we’re going to be hearing that pretty soon. Personally I don’t think it’s going to go all in the same direction. I think each region, each nation is going to start figuring out ok, this is what we want. And I think that’s probably what should happen, because we’re not one people.

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‘There’s anger with the status quo’Tim Fontaine, a reporter with APTN’s Halifax bureau, was born and raised in Winnipeg and spent a number of years living in Ottawa before moving to the east coast. He has been covering the Idle No Movement since its early days, and offers his perspective on the movement itself and where it may go from here.

Continued from page 9“People were commenting on

the weather that day,” Suggashie said. “Sure it snowed hard but we were all reminded it is another form of water, and that weather would not stop First Nations from doing what they have to do, that our ancestors had survived through in all types of weather conditions.”

Suggashie also wants to pay more attention to her dreams. Since her time in Ottawa, she feels that she dreams differently now.

Her trip to Ottawa taught her more about grassroots move-ments, and she learned that that they can be started by anyone.

“While living in Sault Ste. Marie, I used to wait for people to organize this or coordinate that, only because the thought of not being from this area I thought I was not allowed to. But it is quite the opposite; one of the local chiefs reminded me of that,” Sug-gashie said.

Suggashie said that she went to Ottawa mostly for her chil-dren, whom she wanted to show

that they are capable of doing anything and also for her late great-grandmother.

“I remember her being on APTN saying that no one wanted to learn the Traditional teachings anymore; I would want her to be proud of me too,” Suggashie said.

“I think this event is one of my most inspiring, I doubt it will be the last. I’m more motivated now, not as scared as I used to be, and I also found out who my main supporters and true friends are,” Suggashie laughed. “It’s a great feeling.”

Jingle Dancer inspired by Ottawa rally

“I don’t think its going to go all in the same direction. I think each region, each nation is going to start figuring out, ok, this is what we want. And that’s prob-ably what should hap-pen, because we’re not one people.”

-Tim Fontaine

Peter MoonCanadian Rangers

With the rescue of one of their own, Canadian Rangers in Peawanuck have completed their third successful search and rescue mission of the year.

Ranger Jason Metatawabin set out to travel back to his home in Fort Severn on February 6 after spending several days visiting relatives in Peawanuck. He was about half way through the usual six-hour journey when his snowmobile broke down.

The temperature was –40C with heavy winds driving the windchill down to about –60C.

“I wasn’t too worried,” he said. “I didn’t have the spare parts for my machine I usually carry but I had everything else.

I had my pots, emergency gear, and I had caribou meat.”

To get out off the frigid wind on the open tundra, he made two trips on foot and carried the survival gear he needed into the tree line, which was about three kilometers away, and where there was plenty of firewood.

He built a big fire to melt the deep snow to the ground and spread the embers, placed spruce boughs on the warm ground to retain the heat, built windbreaks, made tea, cooked some caribou ribs, and settled down in his sleeping bag to wait for the rescuers he knew would come looking for him.

The search for him began when worried relatives contacted the police and the Rangers and said he was

overdue. The Rangers set up command posts in both Fort Severn and Peawanuck and a two-person Ranger search team set out from each community.

Master Corporal Mike Koostachin and Ranger Thomas Mack from Peawanuck found Metatawabin’s abandoned snowmobile at 1.50 a.m. and followed his tracks into the tree line, where they found him comfortable and warm next to his fire. The Rangers took him back to the nursing station in Peawanuck where he was quickly released unharmed.

“Jason had been exposed for 20 hours to minus 40 degree weather with strong winds,” said Sergeant Matthew Gull of Peawanuck. “He had everything with him for an emergency. He had a chain saw, axe, food,

everything. He’s a Canadian Ranger, he knows how to travel. He was unharmed. My two Rangers finished up with some minor frostbite. It was a good outcome.”

“That he was unharmed is a rarity,” said Sergeant Jamie Stirling, provincial search and rescue coordinator with the Ontario Provincial Police. “When you look at those temperatures and the environment he was in that’s

incredible. But he was well prepared for an emergency and well trained by the Rangers. Everyone travelling in the North should be as well prepared as he was for an emergency.”

The OPP had a search team and a helicopter ready to join the mission at first light, he said, but the successful nighttime search made their involvement unnecessary.

In January, Rangers in Peawanuck participated in two successful search and rescue missions that saved the lives of three men from the community.

(Sergeant Peter Moon is the public affairs ranger for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden.)


REVIEWReview of Proposed Operations: Information CentreWhiskey Jack Forest 2012–2022 Forest Management Plan

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), the Kenora Local Citizens Committee (LCC) and the Red Lake Resource Management Committee invite you to an information centre. This information centre is being held as part of the detailed planning of operations for the first five-year term of the 2012–2022 Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the Whiskey Jack Forest.

The Planning Process

The FMP takes approximately two years to complete. During this time, five formal opportunities for public and Aboriginal involvement are provided. The second opportunity (Stage 2) for this FMP occurred on December 14, 2011–January 31, 2012 when the public was invited to review and comment on the long-term management direction. This ‘Stage 3’ notice is:

o the details of access, harvest, renewal and tending operations for the first five-year term; and

o the proposed primary and branch road corridors and the proposed harvest areas for the second five-year term of the plan; and

How to Get Involved

To facilitate your review, information centres will be held at the following locations on the following days and times:

Kenora Best Western Lakeside Inn Monday, March 4, 2013 3 – 7 p.m. Sioux Narrows Community Hall Tuesday, March 5, 2013 4 – 7 p.m. Red Lake Super 8 Wednesday, March 6, 2013 3 – 7 p.m.Ear Falls Legion Thursday, March 7, 2013 3 – 7 p.m.

The following information may be obtained at the information centre:

o the planned areas for harvest, renewal and tending operations for the first five-year term of the plan;

o the proposed harvest areas for the second five-year term of the plan; and o the proposed corridors for new primary and branch roads for the 10-year period of the

plan.

In addition to the most current versions of the information and maps, which were available at Stages 1 and 2 of the public consultation process, the following information will be available at the information centres:

hours for a period of 60 days from March 4, 2013 to May 6, 2013. Comments on the proposed operations for the Whiskey Jack Forest must be received by May 6, 2013.

concerns with a planning team member, please contact one of the individuals listed below:

Kurt Pochailo, RPF Kenora Local Citizens Committee Red Lake LCC Plan Author c/o Wayne Bruce c/o Dutchie Loman

Forest Management Planning Manual (2009).

Stay Involved

The tentative scheduled date for submission of the Draft FMP is July 2013. There will be two more formal opportunities for you to be involved. These stages are listed and tentatively scheduled as follows:

Stage 4 August 2013Stage 5 December 2013

If you would like to be added to a mailing list to be notified of public involvement opportunities, please contact Lil Anderson at 807-468-2578 or e-mail: [email protected].

Crown Forest Sustainability Act. Any personal information you provide (address, name, telephone, etc.) will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; however, your comments will become part of the public consultation process and may be shared with the general public. Your personal information may be

use of your personal information, please contact Stephen Duda at 807-468-2543.

Canadian Rangers rescue one of their own“Everyone travelling in the North should be as well prepared as he was for an emergency.”

– Sergeant Jamie Stirling, OPP

NEWS BRIEFS

Thunder Bay-Superior MPP Michael Gravelle is taking over as minister of Ontario’s ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM).

Gravelle was announced as MNDM minister on Feb. 11, as new premier Kathleen Wynne was sworn in and her new cabi-net announced.

Sudbury MPP Rick Barto-lucci had previously announced he would be stepping down as minister and leaving politics at the end of his current term.

Wynne also announced that Ontario’s ministry of Aboriginal Affairs would become an inde-pendent ministry in her govern-ment.

David Zimmer, MPP for the Toronto riding of Willowdale, becomes the new minister of Aboriginal Affairs.

Gravelle’s previous position at Natural Resources will be filled by David Orazietti, the MPP for Sault Ste. Marie.

Gravelle takes over Northern Development and Mines

All parties in the Canadian parliament have agreed to make the economic outcomes of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people a central focus of Budget 2013.

An opposition motion moved by the NDP critic for Aboriginal Affairs was passed Feb. 5 with all party support.

The motion stated “that the House, recognizing the broad-based demand for action, call on the government to make the improvement of economic out-comes of First Nations, Inuit and Métis a central focus of Budget 2013, and to commit to action on treaty implementation and full and meaningful consultation on legislation that affects the rights of Aboriginal Canadians, as required by domestic and international law.”

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo said the parliamentary support is wel-come for First Nations, as bands across the country continue to seek “transformative” change in the relationship with Canada and Canadians.

“First Nations have clearly dem-onstrated that the government of Canada cannot continue to make decisions and pass legisla-tion without full and meaningful consultation regarding its impact on Treaties and Aboriginal rights,” Atleo said in a press release. “This approach only furthers unilateral-ism that contributes to the broken system we must swiftly act now to move away from.”

Atleo added that in his view the government’s motion affirms calls to improve the relationship between First Nations and Can-ada.

“I urge the government of Canada to provide tangible invest-ments and movement on its com-mitments to First Nations in Bud-get 2013,” Atleo said.

Canada’s finance minister Jim Flaherty has gone on record say-ing that Budget 2013 will avoid “risky spending” and keep taxes low.

Canada agrees to emphasize First Nations in Budget 2013


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Junior ranger patrol opens in North Caribou LakeBy Peter MoonSpecial to Wawatay News

Parents, relatives, friends and community members filled the Sena School gymnasium in North Caribou Lake for a ceremony marking the opening of the community’s new Junior Canadian Ranger patrol.

“This is an awesome moment for our community,” said Coun-cillor Swanson Kenequanash. “It is going to help our youth to keep out of trouble. It will teach them the traditional uses of the land and how to look after themselves.

“They are going to train with an older group, our Canadian Rangers. That’s going to be a really good thing for the com-munity.”

The opening of the patrol in North Caribou Lake brings the number of Junior Rang-ers to 750 in 20 communities across northern Ontario. Across Canada there are 3,450 Junior Rangers in 126 remote and iso-lated communities.

The program emphasizes safety on the land and water and in personal lifestyles for youth aged 12 to 18.

Lieutenant-Colonel Morley Armstrong, commanding offi-cer of the Canadian Rangers in northern Ontario, welcomed the 35 new Junior Rangers and said the patrol’s opening was “a great day” for north-ern Ontario. He urged the new Junior Rangers to have fun while they took part in their training.

“I’m hoping to have a lot of fun,” said Junior Ranger Myles Halfaday, 12. “It’s been a lot of fun so far. We’ve already been snowmobiling, setting traps, and got our new uniforms. A lot of my friends have joined. Yeah, it’s going to be fun.”

All the new Junior Rangers received a surprise gift of $50 at the opening ceremony. “That shows the appreciation of chief and council,” said Councillor Kenequanash. “We are showing our gratitude to them for what they have completed during their first days of training and lets them know that we believe in them.”

Master Corporal Ivan Wapenisk was appointed the Canadian Ranger in charge of the new Junior Ranger patrol. “I’m looking forward to working with them,” he said. “I believe it will be good for them and for our community. To be involved in a program like this will do something good for them on the inside. This will be our big-gest youth program.”

Captain Caryl Fletcher, offi-cer commanding Junior Rang-ers in northern Ontario, said the community response was impressive. “I was surprised and happy at seeing so many people turn out,” he said. “The gym was full, five members of the band council turned up, and a lot of Canadian Rangers were there, too. It’s a great start.”

Rangers and Junior Rangers worked together to prepare the food for the feast that followed the inaugural ceremony.

The Junior Rangers’ first four

days of training included snar-ing, snowshoeing, snowmobil-ing, building improvised emer-gency shelters, and different methods of outdoor cooking.

The uniform issued to each Junior Ranger included a distinctive green Junior Ranger sweatshirt, parka, pants, t-shirts, hat, and gloves.

(Sergeant Peter Moon is the public affairs ranger for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Bor-den.)

“It is going to teach our youth the traditional uses of the land and how to look after them-selves.”

- Swanson Kenequanash

Junior Canadian Ranger Melody Chikane, 12, is congratulated by North Caribou Lake Councillor Paul Johnup on becoming a new Junior Ranger.Peter Moon/Canadian Rangers


The On Call Weekend Counsellor reports to the Intake Supervisor

rotating schedule. The On Call Weekend Counsellor will provide mental health counselling and monitoring service4s from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm Saturday, Sunday & during Statutory holidays.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONSBackground in Mental Health;

Experience working with the First Nations Communities;A valid Ontario Driver’s License will be an asset;Must provide a Criminal Record Check;

is essential.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITYA thorough understanding of the Child & Family Services Act and Mental Health Act;Good working knowledge and experience in time management, organizational skills and local resources;Ability to provide emergency assessments and provide written recommendations for follow-up;Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout District will be an asset;Must work independently and with limited supervision.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Vulnerable Person’s Sector Check to:

Human Resource DepartmentSioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority

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

Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969Email: [email protected]

Closing Date: February 22, 2013

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

**Please ensure the SLFNHA receives your Criminal Reference Check as soon as possible to avoid delays in processing your

application. **

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

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

________________________________________ON CALL WEEKEND COUNSELLOR

Internal/External PostingCasual Position

Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

The Laundry Aide is responsible to provide clean laundry for the Hostel facility.

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Grade 12 or GED;Previous knowledge of laundry processes an asset;

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

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

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



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

Email: [email protected]

Closing Date: OPEN

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

be contacted.


SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITYClient Services Department

LAUNDRY AIDEInternal/External Posting

Casual EmploymentLocation: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Under the direction of the Contract Supervisor, the Scheduler is responsible for the scheduling of physicians by completing and distributing physicians monthly work schedule in consultation with the Medical Director.

QUALIFICATIONS

Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working

The ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITYAbility to communicate in one or more of the First Nations

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

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Vulnerable Person’s Sector Check to:



Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969Email: [email protected]

Closing Date: February 22, 2013

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

**Please ensure the SLFNHA receives your Criminal Reference Check as soon as possible to avoid delays in processing your

application. **


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SCHEDULERInternal/External Posting

Full Time Position Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) is a non-profit, independent, Aboriginal-owned and operated financial institution that provides business, financial and economic development services to Aboriginal people living in northern Ontario.

NADF is seeking a qualified individual to join its team as the Human Resources Manager.

Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Human Resources Manager is responsible for supporting effective management of employee recruitment, selection, retention, health and safety and performance assessment/development, and training.

In addition, the Human Resources Manager provides analytical support and opinions on relevant regulations with regards to personnel issues.

Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field with minimum 3 to 5 years experience. CHRP designation is an asset.Demonstrated knowledge of labor laws, including relevant employment standards.Experience working with formal salary band rating systems.Strong organizational skills.Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Internet Explorer.Excellent interpersonal and communications (written and verbal) skills.Knowledge of and commitment to the services provided by NADF.Ability to speak Ojibway, Cree Oji-Cree would be an asset.

LOCATION: Thunder Bay, ONCLOSING DATE: Friday, February 22, 2013 at

4PM (EST)APPLICATIONS: Please send a resume, including

three (3) work references to:

Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund200 Anemki PlaceFort William First Nation, ONAttn: Dawn Willoughby, Executive Assistant Fax: (807) 622-8271E-mail: [email protected]

We thank all those who apply however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Constance Lake students earn credits while learning trapping from EldersPatrik Lowen and Martin MacPhersonSpecial to Wawatay News

Mamawamatawa Holistic Education Center in Constance Lake First Nation is offering its students a more traditional option while earning credits towards their high school diploma.

The vision of the course is

to introduce students to the culturally relevant process of trapping, skinning, and selling animal furs while involving Elders as teachers to the youth. It has become much more. Students are learning outdoor skills like preparing for winter hiking trips and recognizing animal tracks but also learning about conservation regulations and policies that are in place to

sustain animal populations. Student Sonny Sutherland-

Taylor says that he “ really likes to make his own traps and catching marten.”

So far students have been able to trap weasels, marten, mink, fisher, and beaver. Students also made a field trip to the Annual Fur Harvesters Auction in North Bay where the students were able to witness

the fur market culture first hand.

The program has built positive relations between the youth and elders in the community and students are getting to use their visual and experiential learning skills. The school is now hopeful that the youth will carry on the tradition of trapping in the area.

photo submitted by Patrik Lowenfrom left Chief Roger Wesley, Gavin Wesley, Shane Wesley,Gabriel John-George, Dalton Baxter, Corey Stephens, Sonny Sutherland, Ken Neegan, Brandon Taylor. The students are learning traditional bush skills and earning high school credits for their efforts.


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Youth grow through hockey programLenny CarpenterWawatay News

Youth held in custody at a Thunder Bay youth detention centre had the opportunity to learn hockey and life skills from a former First Nations NHL player from Feb. 4-6.

John Chabot, who played in the NHL for nine years in the 1980s, instructed about a dozen First Nations youth at the Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre.

The hockey camp was part of the Hockey for Develop-ment program, which was created out of a partnership

between Right to Play and the Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS).

By learning the game of hockey, Chabot said, youth in secure custody can develop important life skills, includ-ing fitness, nutrition, team-work leadership and goal set-ting.

“The level of hockey is good, the understanding and acceptance is good,” Chabot said as the youth practiced behind him. He said one youth only knew how to skate but never played hockey before the camp.

“Now he’s learned how

to shoot, handle the puck,” he said. “His confidence has grown.”

Chabot is a member of Kiti-gan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec but grew up in urban areas. But while most of the youth in the camp are from isolated communi-ties, he said they faced similar challenges as individuals.

Hockey, and sports in gen-eral, is a way to allow the youth to share more common ground.

“Hockey is great equalizer that way,” he said. “We teach them hockey can be used to tool as something else. So for

us, (the program) would be a success no matter what.”

Lauren Simeson, sport for development manager at Right To Play, said the pro-gram was successful after see-ing the youth develop skills and participate in off-ice leadership skills activities.

“They’ve developed strong leadership skills, and they’re coming out of their shell and setting goals for themselves,” she said.

The program is the second time Right To Play and MCYS have partnered up to provide a sports camp for youth in the centre. Last September,

they organized a week-long lacrosse camp, where profes-sional lacrosse players were brought in to work with the youth.

Zoltan Kovacs, a proba-tion manager with MCYS and former Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds coach, said the lacrosse program went “very well” and said they plan on holding it again but this time at a youth detention centre in Fort Frances in June.

“The ministry is excited about our partnership with Right To Play,” he said. “We want to help these kids who are in conflict with the law.”

The Hockey for Develop-ment program is part of Right to Play’s Promoting Life Skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) program, which is offered in communities across Ontario.

Simeson said the PLAY program was held recently in Atttawapiskat, Webequie and Sachigo Lake. Following the Hockey for Development camp in Thunder Bay, Sime-son said the PLAY program was heading to Big Trout Lake.

“They’ve been so successful and there are a lot of inspira-tional stories that came out of it,” she said.

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsFormer NHL hockey player John Chabbot brought his skills and teach-ings to the Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre in Thunder Bay.

Lenny Carpenter/Wawatay NewsYouth at the Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre had a chance to learn the game of hockey last week, as Right to Play hopes to inspire them to take the lessons of sport back to their communities when they go home.


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Tournament season arrivesRick GarrickWawatay News

Little Bands Native Youth Tournament

A brand new 2013 Chevrolet pickup truck is up for grabs at the Little Bands Native Youth Hockey Tournament, being held from Feb. 11-17 in Dryden.

Chevrolet Canada donated the pickup truck for a shoot-out event, which involves con-testants whose name has been drawn shooting a puck from centre ice at a five-inch by four-inch hole in the middle of a hockey goal. The shootout is scheduled for 8 p.m. on the final day of the tournament, just before the midget A-side final game.

The 79-game round-robin event kicked off on the morn-ing of Feb. 11 with a Pool A pee-wee game between Sandy Lake Team 1 and Round Lake.

Three novice teams, three atom teams, 13 peewee teams, six bantam teams and nine midget teams are scheduled to play during the tournament, which will be played on two ice surfaces.

Four imports are allowed for the novice teams and two imports are allowed for the atom, peewee, bantam and midget team.

Playoffs are scheduled to begin on Feb. 15 at 11:30 a.m.

Northern Bands Tournament

The Northern Bands Hockey Tournament has been reestab-lished for 2013 with two for-mer National Hockey League

players invited to attend: Wayne Babych and Thomas Steen.

“It’s just for an attraction — just to have somebody there,” said Robert Kakegamic, one of the tournament organiz-ers from Sandy Lake. “First time it (the Northern Bands Hockey Tournament) was in Red Lake in the olden days, ... in the 1960s. Then they moved to Sioux Lookout. Then about 10 years ago or something like that they moved to Thunder Bay, (where) they had it for a couple of years and then they stopped at that time.”

Twenty-four teams have signed up as of Feb. 8 for the tournament, which is scheduled for March 11-16 in Dryden. Tournament organiz-ers are looking for 28 teams to compete for $65,000 in cash and prizes, with the A-side champions taking home $25,000, the A-side runners-up $15,000, the B-side champions $10,000, the B-side runners-up $7,000, the C-side champions $5,000 and the C-side runners-up $3,000.

The tournament’s eligibil-ity rules stipulate that it is open only to previous North-ern Bands Hockey teams from remote communities in the Tikinagan Child and Family Services catchment area.

All team players must be band members of the commu-nity they are playing for, with permanent residency. Team players with permanent resi-dency who are currently resid-ing out of the community due to education and/or employ-ment are eligible.

“You can’t bring in hockey players from down south who have been playing sort of semi-

pro hockey,” Kakegamic said. “That’s not fair to the people who are living in the north. It’s not fair to be competing against those kind of players.”

Kakegamic said the tourna-ment gives hockey players from the northern communities an opportunity to have “excite-ment” and exhibit their hockey skills.

“It’s just to have fun out there,” Kakegamic said.

Northern First Nations Tournament

The 13th Annual Northern First Nations Hockey Tourna-ment is scheduled for March 11-17 in Sioux Lookout, with 13 teams on the confirmed list as of Feb. 9.

Tournament organizers are looking for 32 teams to com-pete for $44,000 in prizes, with the A-side champions tak-ing home $18,000, the A-side runners-up $12,000, the B-side champions $5,000, the B-side runners-up $4,000. the C-side champions $3,000 and the C-side runners-up $2,000.

The Lac Seul Eagles won the A-side championship in 2012 5-4 over the Michikan Mav-ericks, the Sandy Lake Chiefs won the B-side championship 9-8 over REZ 64 and the Bam-aji Ice won the C-side champi-onship 7-4 over the Pikangi-kum Moose.

The Lac Seul Eagles won the 2011 A-side championship over the Bushtown Jets, the Scream-ing Otters won the 2010 A-side championship over the Lac Seul Eagles and the Bush-town Jets won the 2009 A-side championship over the Obishi-kokang Islanders.

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The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is inviting comments on a Draft Environmental Study Report (ESR) regarding alternatives for the future of the Hardy Dam, located on the shoreline of the Rawn Reservoir, within the Township of Atikokan.

The draft ESR is prepared in accordance with the requirements for Category C projects as per the Class Environmental Assessment for MNR Resource Stewardship and Facility Development Projects document. It describes the process for the analysis of alternatives, selection of a preferred option, the development of a site plan, and an evaluation of environmental effects.

A copy of the draft ESR will be available for review during normal business hours at the MNR Atikokan

MNR will host a Public Open House for the project on Thursday, February 21, 2013, from 2:00 - 8:00 pm at Riverview United Church Hall, 169 Pine Crescent, Atikokan. Visitors are welcome to view displays, examine background reports, and discuss the project with MNR staff.

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ᑲᑭᒋᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᑎᓭ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᐠᕑᐃᐠ ᑫᕑᐃᐠᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᐡᑭᑕᐸᐣ 2013 ᑲᑌᓴᐧᓇᑭᑎᔦᐨ ᑕᑲᑫᐧ ᐸᑭᓇᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒐᑲᐧᑭᓯᐨ ᐱᓯᑦ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᑊ ᓀᐃᐧᐨ ᓂᓴᐧᓱᔕᑊ ᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑐᕑᐊᑎᐣ᙮ᔐᐳᓫᐁ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑫ ᑲᑌᓴᐧᓇᑭᑎᔦᓂᐨ ᐅᐡᑭᑕᐸᓇᐣ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ

ᒋᑲᑫᐧᐸᑭᓇᑲᓂᐊᐧᓂᓂᐠ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑕ ᑫᒥᑯᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᑲᑫᐧᑕᑲᐧᐁᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᐊᐱᑕᐦᐃᐧᓯᑲᐧᑦ ᑕᐅᒋ ᒪᒋᑕᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᐃᐧᒥᒋᒐᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓂᔭᓄᒥᒋᒐᐣ ᑕᔭᐱᒐᓂ ᑫᐃᔑ ᑲᑫᐧᐱᓇᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ᙮ ᐁᐃᓇᓀᐤ ᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐊᐣᑎᐱᑲᐠ ᐃᐡᑲᐧᔭᐨ ᐁᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᐁᐧᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐸᐢᑲᐣ ᑫᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᒪᐧᔦ ᑭᒋᒧᓀᐃᐦᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᓂᓴᐧᓱ ᒥᑕᓇ ᓴᑲᓱᔕᑊ ᒪᒪᐤ ᑕᓴᐧ ᑕᒧᓀᐅᑎᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᑊ ᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᓯᐨ ᑕᐅᒋᒪᒋᑕᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᓂᐦᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᑲᐃᔑ ᑕᑎᐸᓂᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐠ ᑕᒧᓀᐅᑎᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐱᒪᑕᐦᐁᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑕᔭᐸᑕᓄᐣ᙮ ᑭᔭᑦ ᐱᑯ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᐅᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᔭᑲᔐᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᒥᑎᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᔭᑦ ᐱᑯ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ᙮ ᓂᔭᓄᔕᑊ ᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᑊ ᒥᓇᐱᑕ ᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᑕᐃᔑ ᒪᒋ ᓴᓴᑭᑕᑯᐁᐧᐸᐦᐅᑎᐊᐧᐠ᙮

ᑲᑭᒋᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ

ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ 2013 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐳᑕᓇᐠ ᐅᑭᒋᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐧᐣ ᐸᐦᐊᐱᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑕᐧᒪᐢ ᐃᐡᑎᐣ ᑕᐱᔕᐊᐧᐠ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᑯ ᒍᒋᒪᒧᐣᒋᑫᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑕᔑᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᓫᐊᐸᐧᐟ ᑲᑭᑫᑲᒥᐠ ᐊᒪᐧᐁᐧ ᐱᔑᐠ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᓀᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᒋ᙮ “ᓂᐡᑕᑦ ᒥᐢᑯᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᐱᒪᑕᐦᐁᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐅᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᐳᑕᓇᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ 1960’s ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑭᐃᔑ ᐊᑎᓂᑲᑌᐸᐣ᙮ ᒥᑕᓱᔭᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑕᐣᑕᐯ ᑲᑭᐃᔓᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓇᐱᐨ ᐊᒋᓇᐃᐧᐢ ᑭᒣᑕᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧᓄᐸᐣ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᐱᒋᓭᑭᐸᐣ᙮” ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᓂᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᐊᔕ ᓇᑯᑕᒥᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐁᐃᓇᓀᐤ ᑲᑭᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᓯᐨ ᐱᓯᑦ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᑊ ᓀᐃᐧᐨ ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓱᔕᑊ ᒥᑭᓯ ᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᐧᔑᒣᑕᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᐅᑐᓇᒋᑫᐠ ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᐁᐃᓇᓀᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᐅᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐣ ᐊᔕ $65,000 ᐊᔭ ᒪᒪᐤ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑫᔭᐸᑎᓯᐨ᙮ $25,000 ᑕᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᒋᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ $15,000 ᑲᐸᑭᓇᐃᐧᑕᐧ᙮ $10,000 ᑕᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᓂᐊᓂᑫ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ $7,000 ᑲᐸᑭᓇᐃᐧᑕᐧ᙮ $5,000 ᑕᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒐᐸᔑᐡ ᑲᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ $3,000 ᑲᐸᑭᓇᐃᐧᑕᐧ᙮ ᑎᑭᓇᑲᓂᐤ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑕ ᑕᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒧᓀᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒧᓀᐅᑎᐊᐧᐸᐣ᙮ ᑲᐃᐧᒧᓀᐅᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᒍᒋᑎᐯᓂᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒋᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ᙮ ᑭᔭᑦ ᐱᑯ ᑲᔭ ᐊᐧᓴ ᑲᐅᑕᒥᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᑕᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐨ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐱᑯ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒍᒋᑎᐯᓂᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐸᑭᑎᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒋᒧᓀᐃᑫᐊᐧᐨ᙮ “ᔕᑯᐨ ᔕᐊᐧᓂᐃᐧ ᐅᐱᒪᑕᐦᐁᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᑭᒧᓀᐃᑫᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑫᑲᐟ ᑲᑭᑌᐱᓇᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐡᐸᐠ ᑭᒋᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᑫᑲᒥᐠ᙮ “ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒋᒥᓂᓴᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐁᓇᐃᓂᐨ ᔕᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᓂᐨ᙮” ᑲᑭᑫᑲᒥᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᒥᓀᐣᑕᒥᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒧᓀᐃᐧᑎᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒋᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ᙮

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ᓂᐦᓱᔕᐱᔭᑭ ᐊᔕ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᒋᑭᒋᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᑭᓯ ᐱᓯᑦ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᑊ ᓀᐃᐧᐨ ᓂᓴᐧᓱᔕᑊ ᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᐃᔓᓇᑌ ᒋᐃᔑᒣᑕᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᓂᐦᓱᔕᑊ ᐊᔕ ᐅᓇᑯᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐃᐧᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᓴᑲᓱ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᑭᓯᐨ ᐱᓯᑦ᙮ ᑲᐅᓇᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᐦᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᓂᔓᔕᑊ ᐅᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᒋᐱᒧᓀᐃᑫᓂᐨ ᐊᔕ $44,000 ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐊᔭ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑫᔭᐸᑎᓯᐨ᙮ $18,000 ᑕᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᒋᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ $12,000 ᑲᐸᑭᓇᐃᐧᑕᐧ᙮ $5,000 ᑕᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᓂᐊᓂᑫ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ $4,000 ᑲᐸᑭᓇᐃᐧᑕᐧ᙮ $3,000 ᑕᒥᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒐᐸᔑᐡ ᑲᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ $2,000 ᑲᐸᑭᓇᐃᐧᑕᐧ᙮ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᓇᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᒋᑲᓂᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓀᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᓇᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᓂᐊᐧᐣ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐱᒪᒋ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᓇᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᑦ ᒧᐢ᙮ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᓯ ᐱᐳᓂᐠ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐸᓂᐠ ᐁᐦᐊᐣ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᓇᐊᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᓂᐊᐧᐣ᙮ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᑦ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᓇᐊᐧᐸᓂᐣ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ 2010 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᐃᔭᐱᒪᑐᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᓇᐊᐧᐸᓂᐣ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ 2009 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ᙮


WE’VE CERTIFIED 100% OF THE WOODLANDS WE MANAGE TO INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT STANDARDS.

We’ve created an innovative line of paper called AlignTM that has a much smaller environmental footprint than competitive papers, and uses 50% less wood fiber, as well as less energy and chemicals.The result? A dramatic reduction in our customer’s carbon footprint and products that are both friendly to budgets and to the environment.We protect and preserve the natural resources in our care while supporting our other valuable resources – our employees and the communities where we live and work.To learn more, visit resolutefp.com/sustainability

Richard Garneau, President and Chief Executive Officer

THIS IS HOW OUR PAPER CAN PROTECT TREES.

February 14, 2013 Volume 40 Number 6

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