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ᕑᐃᐠ ᑫᕑᐃᐠᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ

ᐊᐣᒋᓫᐃᐣ ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒥᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᐦᐃᔑᒪᑕᓄᑭᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᓇᐦᐃᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐱᒪᒋᐅᐁᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ᙮

“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᓂᑭᐦᐃᑭᐟ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᔭᐣ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᑕᔑᑭᑫᐣᑕᓯᔭᐣ ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᒪᑕᐃᐧᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐢ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓄ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᓇᐧᒋᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᓂᔑᐣ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ᙮ “ᔕᑯᐨ ᐱᓂᒪᑲᔭ ᓂᐃᐧᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᐃᔑᓇᓇᑕᐊᐧᓄᑭᔭᐣ᙮ ᐊᒥᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓇᓄᑭᔭᐣ — ᐁᐅᒋ ᐱᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᔭ ᓂᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ᙮”ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑕ ᑭᐯᔑᑯ ᐃᑫᐧᐃᐧ

ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᔓᔕᑊ ᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐸᑯᓭᓂᒪᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᑭᐊᓂᐦ ᑕᓇᓄᑭᐊᐧᐸᐣ᙮

ᓂᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ

“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᑭᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ,” ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑫᑭᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐠ ᐁᑕ ᓂᑲᑭᑭᐟ — ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᑫᑯᐣ ᓂᑭᐅᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑕᑲᐨ ᑲᓇᐯᐃᐧᓯᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐅᑕᐱᓇᒪᐣ᙮”ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒧᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ

ᐅᓂᒋᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᓇᓇᑲ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᐱᒧᑌᐠ ᑲᑦᐯᕑᐃᔭᐣ ᑲᐧᓫᐊᐨ ᑭᒋᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐯᔑᑯᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᑭᑕᐃᐧᐊᓄᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᐁᐢᑫᕑ ᑕᓇᐳᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐅᑕ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮

“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᓂᐦᓂᒋᓂᓇᐣ

ᓂᑭᐊᐸᒋᑐᒥᐣ ᓇᓇᑲ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᒥᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒧᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣ,” ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ᐊᓫᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ, ᐁᒪᐢ ᒉᑲᑊ, ᐯᕑᐊᐣᑕᐣ

ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ, ᑯᑎ ᒥᑭᓇᐠ, ᑲᐧᕑᐃ ᓂᔑᓇᐯᐢ, ᑕᓫᐊᐣ ᒉᑲᑊ , ᑌᐟᑲᐦᐊᕑ ᒉᑲᑊ , ᓫᐅᐃᐧᐢ ᓱᐱᔭ, ᓫᐃᐊᐤ ᑕᕑᐊᐟᓫᐁᐠ, ᓫᐃᐅᐠ ᒥᑭᐢ, ᓫᐊᐸᐟ ᒉᑲᑊ, ᓫᐅᑎ ᒥᑭᓇᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᓴᐃᒪᐣ ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐊᒥᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ᙮

“ᓂᐦᓂᒋᓇᐣ ᑲᐊᐸᒋᑐᔭᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᒥᓄᓴᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᑕᐱᓀᑲ ᐅᐅᒪ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᐁᐧᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑯᑎ ᒥᑭᓇᐠ᙮ “ᓂᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᐦᐃᑯ ᑲᔭ ᒋᓂᑕᐊᑯᑲᓯᑫᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᓇᓇᑐᐠ ᑲᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐊᑯᑲᓯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮ ᓂᐸᑯᓭᓄᑦ ᑲᔭ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐊᓂᑕᓇᓄᑭᔭᐣ ᑲᔦᐱᑯ ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᑲᐃᐧᐃᔑᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᑫᐨ ᓯᔭᑫᐣ ᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐯᓱᐨ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᒋᐊᓄᐁᐧᐱᔭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒍᒋᐁᐧᑎᓭᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᐁᐧᐱᔭᐣ᙮” ᑭᒋᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃ ᐧᑲᒥ ᐠ ᑲᑦᕑᐃᔭᐣ

ᑲ ᐧ ᓫᐃᐨ ᐅᐊᐧᑲ ᐦᐃᑲᓂᓯᐊ ᐧ ᑕᑭᑕᑯᑕᐸᑌᓂᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ ᑲᑭᑕᑲ ᐧ ᐠ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐁᐧᐱᑫ ᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐅᑕ ᐁᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑲᑫᓇᓂᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ

ᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇ ᒍᒋᒥᓄᓭᐠ ᐊᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᐧ ᐣᑕᐣᐢ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᑲ ᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐊᒋᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧ ᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ 498 ᑕᓱᑎᐸᐦᐊᑲᐣ ᐊᐱᓯᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᐸᓄᐠ ᐃᐧᑫᐧᑐᐣᐠ ᑭᒋᑕᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑫ ᐧᓂᐊ ᐧ ᐠ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒥᓄᓭᓂ ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐡᑯᓄᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ᙮

“ᓂᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᒥᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ ᓂᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ,” ᒥᑭᓇᐠ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮

“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔭ ᓂᑭᐅᒋ ᐸᐯᔑᒋᐦᐃᑎᒥᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐸᐯᔓᐨ ᓂᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᔭᒥᑎᒥᐣ᙮” ᒥᑭᓇᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᑭᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᐣ

ᓂᔓᔕᑊ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐊᑯᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᓂᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᔑᑐᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑭᐊᑭᐊᐧᓂᓂᐠ᙮

“ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᓂᑕᒪᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐣ ᓂᐱᒪᑎᓱᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᓴᑦ ᐁᑭᐱᐊᐧᓇᓭᔭᐣ ᐱᔪᑕᓇᐠ ᔕᑯᐨ ᐊᔕ ᓂᑲᐧᔭᑯᓇᐣ ᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ᙮” ᐅᒉᒥᑲᓂᐱᓯᑦ ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᓂᐅᔕᑊ

ᓀᐃᐧᐨ ᓂᑭᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᐊᐧᑭᓯᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᒪᐤ 240 ᑕᓴᐊᐧᑲᓭ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓀᓯᐠ ᑕᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᑲᑦᕑᐃᔭᐣ ᑲᐧᓫᐃᐨ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓀᓯᐠ 120 ᑕᓴᐊᐧᑲᓭ ᑭᑕᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ᙮

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Mishkeegogamang celebrated the grand opening of the Elders’ Complex on May 4 with a gospel jambouree by Lott Thunder (pictured, left). Above, Elder Eva Skunk cuts the ribbon while Elder George Keesickquayash, Mishkeegogamang Chief Connie Gray-McKay, Regional Chief Stan Beardy, Nishnawbe Aski Grand Chief Harvey Yesno and community members look on.

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ᒉᒥᐢ ᐯ ᐊᓂ ᒪᒪᒋᔭᒧ ᐦᐊᑲᓂᐃ ᐧᐊ ᐧ ᐠ ᐁ ᓂ ᒧ ᐡ ᑭ ᐱ ᓂ ᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ

ᒉᒥᐢ ᐯ ᓇᓀᐤ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᒧᐡᑭᐱᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒥᓯᑲᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐱᒥᐸᑲᐧᐦᐊᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᓇᓂᓴᓂᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᒋᔭᓂᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑭᔐᒋᐊᐧᓄᐠ ,

240 ᑭᒪᒋᐃᐧᓇᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᔭᓂᒧᐡᑭᐱᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᑌᐠ ᐃᐧᑲᐧᐦᐅᐸᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᒧᐊᐧᐳ ᐁᑭᔭᒧᐡᑭᐱᓭᑭᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ.ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᔦ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᐱᐢᑲᐟ

ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᑭᔭᓂᒧᐡᑭᐱᓭᓂ ᒧᐊᐧᐳ ᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᐧᓴ ᑲᑭᔭᓂᒧᐡᑲᐦᐊᓂᐠ.

ᐁᐧᑎ ᒥᓇ ᒧᓱᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒧᐢ ᐸᐠᑐᕑᐃ , ᑭᔭᓂᒧᐡᑭᐱ ᓇᓀᐤ ᒧᓱᓯᐱᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐣᑕᐧ ᒋᔭᓂᒪᒪᒋᐃᐧᓂᑕᐧ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐊᑯᓯᐊᐧᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ.ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐡ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᒪᑕᑲᒥᐠ ,

ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᒋᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐱ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᒥᑲᓇ ᑲᐃᓇᒧᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᓂᑭᐱᐠ.

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Protecting boreal forest

ᑲ ᐃ ᐧ ᒪ ᓇ ᒋ ᒋ ᑲ ᑌ ᐠ ᐱᑲᐧᑕᑲᒥᐠ ᑭᐁᑎᐧᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ

ᑲᑭᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᒋᑭᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐦᑭ

ᒋᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐅᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ UNESCO ᐊᔕ ᑫᑲᐟ ᐅᑭᔑᐅᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᑲᐧᑕᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ , ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᐡ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐠ ᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂ.ᐁᑲᐧ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᑕᑭᐧᒪᑲᓄᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᔕᑯᓱᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒥᓇ ᒪᓂᑐᐸ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ . ᒥᑕᐡ ᐊᔕ ᐁᐯᔕᐧᐸᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᐊᐧᐸᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᑕᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧ ᒪᓇᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ.

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Team Ontario takes national hockey silver

ᐅ ᐣ ᑌ ᕑ ᐃ ᔪ ᐅ ᐱ ᒪ ᑯ ᐁ ᐧ ᐸ ᐦ ᐃ ᑫ ᐠ ᑭ ᐸ ᑭ ᓇ ᑫ ᐊ ᐧ ᐠ ᐅ ᓴ ᐃ ᐧ ᔓ ᓂ ᔭ ᓇ ᐱ ᑯ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᐣ

ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐅᐱᒪᑯᐁᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐠ ᓇᐯᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒪᑕᐦᐁᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑯᐡᑫᐧᓂᒥᑯᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐱᒪᑯᐁᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᔕᐧ ᐁᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒪᐧᔦ ᐸᑭᓇᐃᐧᐣᑕᐧ ᒪᒋᐨ ᑲᔭᓂ ᑲᑫᐧᐸᑭᓇᑎᐊᐧᐨ.ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᑕᑕᐦᐁᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ , ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᒥᓇ ᔕᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᓴᐃᐧᔓᓂᔭᐊᐧᐱᑯ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ.ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒪᑕᐦᐁᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ ᑲᑭᐱᓇᐦᐅᐣᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᑌᐯᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑊᕑᐊᐣᐢ ᔓᓂᔭᐊᐧᐱᑯ ᐸᑭᓇᑫᐃᐧᓂ, ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᓇᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᐃᐧᓀᐦᐊᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᔭᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐊᐧᐸᐣ.

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Woodland art revisited

ᑭ ᒪ ᒪ ᐃ ᐧ ᐡ ᑲ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᑭ ᑭ ᓄ ᐦ ᐊ ᒪ ᐊ ᐧ ᑲ ᓇ ᐠ ᑲᑭᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᐣᑕ ᐦᐃᐁ ᐧᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᐅᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ

ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐯᓫᐃᑲᐣ ᐸᐧᓫᐢ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓇᐠ ᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᐧᐊᐠ ᐁ ᑭ ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᐣ ᑕ ᐦ ᐃ ᐁ ᐧ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᐅᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑲᓂᐊᐧ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ.ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ

ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐅᐡᑲᑭᓱᐨ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ ᐅᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐃᓀᐣᑕᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ.ᐅᓄᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐣ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ . ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓇᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑲ ᑭ ᐊ ᐧ ᐸ ᐣ ᑕ ᐦ ᐃ ᐁ ᐧ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᒪᓯᓂᐱᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑭᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ.

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1 Wawatay News MAY 9, 2013 ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ Wawatay News MAY 9, 2013 ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ 3

Lenny CarpenterWawatay News

Communities along the James Bay coast and northeastern Ontario have been impacted by spring flooding, with states of emergency declared for four First Nations and a James Bay munici-pality and evacuations ongoing.

Sewage plant failures and basement and bathroom flooding in Kashechewan and Attawapiskat resulted in those communities being partially evacuated. A water treatment plant breakdown in Fort Albany has left residents without access to clean water, and forced some evacuations. And high water levels on the Moose River due to break up has resulted in preparations for the evacuation of vulnerable residents from Moose Factory and Moosonee.

Both Attawapiskat and Kashechewan First Nations declared state of emergencies on April 30 after sewer back-ups flooded basements in those communities.

Kashechewan Chief Derek Stephen said that at least 44 homes had been flooded, including four teacher resi-dences, leaving 200 people without shelter. As of May 3, about 240 Kashechewan resi-dents were evacuated to Kapus-kasing.

As the breakup of the Albany River and the threat of flood approached, Kashechewan evoked a stage one evacuation of its community members on May 4, which Stephen called a “pre-caution.” Two days later, about 350 residents had been evacu-ated to Cornwall and about 150 were flown to Thunder Bay.

On May 6, Stephen said more residents would be evacuated to Greenstone, bringing the total number of residents evacu-ated to about 1,000 of its 1,700 members.

Stephen said once most of the ice has flowed out to James Bay, the threat of flooding would be gone and residents could return.

However, it could take longer

for the 200 residents impacted by the sewage backups.

“We are looking for pumps, and they’re not easily as acces-sible as we thought because to order a brand new one it’s 6-10 weeks. And to repair one it’s about two weeks,” Stephen said.

In Attawapiskat, the hospital and school have been closed due to the sewage backup. Andrew Morrison, spokesper-son with Ontario’s department of Justice and Community Safety, said about 140 people have had their homes contami-nated, and although no large scale evacuation is planned “it could still happen.”

In Fort Albany, an equip-ment failure in the communi-ty’s water treatment plant has left many residents without drinking water. Morrison said alternative services are being put in place. The community has declared an emergency as a result of the drinking water shortage.

Morrison said no evacuations are expected in Fort Albany as

repairs should be completed shortly.

Meanwhile, flood coordi-nators in Moose Factory and Moosonee continue to monitor the water levels in the Moose River system.

On May 2, the water had reached critical levels, with water beginning to flood iso-lated low lying portions of Moose Factory Island, including areas near the Weeneebayko General Hospital and the Cree Village Ecolodge.

As water levels continued to rise on May 3, the Town of Moosonee declared a precau-tionary state of emergency and airlifted about 100 vulnerable residents to Sudbury that night followed by another 100 to

Timiskaming the following day.The town also restricted access

to the bridge leading to its airport as the water levels rose danger-ously high along the creek.

On May 4, the Weeneebayko General Hospital in Moose Fac-tory transferred some of its patients to southern facilities as a precaution.

On May 6, Moose Factory Fire Chief Chris Alisappi said there is no state of emergency and no one has been evacuated.

He said there has been a decrease in water levels due to some channels that have opened up on the Moose River, allowing the water and some of the ice to flow out to the bay.

“Right now, I don’t see any possible threat,” Alisappi said. “The best scenario is that the warm weather will help the ice to melt and hopefully move along and help the water move out to the bay, which is what we want to see.”

South of James Bay, Matta-gami First Nation has also declared a state of emergency

as flood waters eroded the only road into the community.

On May 1, 67 residents of Mattagami were evacuated to Timmins. According to a com-munity member, no wash out has yet to occur as of May 6.

Morrison said the flood-ing events are being caused by snow pack run-off combined with the first impacts of spring thaw of the rivers and lakes.

“Our thoughts are with the residents of the communities that have been impacted by flooding events,” Morrison said. “Our number one priority is to ensure everyone’s safety. Emer-gency Management Ontario (EMO) remains in contact with community leadership in affected areas as well as the fed-eral government to coordinate support and resources.”

Morrison said emergency declarations are also in effect further south, including in the Town of Bancroft, City of Kawartha Lakes, Minden Hills and Sagamok First Nation as a result of flooding.

Flooding causes evacuations on James Bay

“We are looking for pumps, and they’re not easily as accessible as we thought.”-Kashechewan Chief Derek Stephen

Rick GarrickWawatay News

About 800 Elders, vulnerable people, pregnant women, youth and their escorts have been evacuated from Kashechewan due to a high risk of flooding on the Albany River.

“They’re not taking any risks this year — they just called for a full-scale evacuation,” said Sheperd Wynne, Kasheche-wan’s youth coordinator for health services and community liaison in Thunder Bay for the evacuees. “We flew in yesterday in four flights. It was already planned; no rushing.”

Wynne said about 150 com-

munity members were evacu-ated to Thunder Bay and about 350 to Cornwall on May 5. About 240 community mem-bers had previously been evacu-ated to Kapuskasing on May 1 after Kashechewan declared a state of emergency on April 30 over flooded basements in 40 homes from sewer backups.

“And the planes are prob-ably in the air going to Cornwall (today with more evacuees),” Wynne said on May 6.

Emergency Management Ontario announced that about 350 people would be evacuated to Cornwall on May 6 and plans were being drafted to evacuate most of the about 760 remain-

ing community members. “It was tiring because you

had to wait long and the flights were delayed,” said Jennifer Wynne, an IV coordinator, about the May 5 evacuation to Thunder Bay.

Although Jennifer’s children were enjoying the swimming pool at the Victoria Inn, she was waiting for her parents to arrive from Kingston.

“I just want to thank Thunder Bay for taking us in in a time of crisis,” Jennifer said. “And thank you to everybody who is helping out in our situation.”

William Nakogee, a former Canadian Ranger, questioned why the community was not

Flooding, sewage backups threaten Kashechewanmoved to higher terrain upriver on the Albany or out to the Tim-mins area.

“We could have been sitting peacefully now, no worries about the evacuation,” Nako-gee said. “Me and my family, we wanted to move either down south or upriver where the higher ground is.”

Nakogee said the upriver location is about 20-30 kilome-tres up the Albany River, and still on reserve land.

“It’s higher there, safer,” Nak-ogee said.

Nakogee said this year’s risk of flooding is higher due to higher snowfalls over the winter.

“Last year was OK because the river wasn’t that bad,” Nak-ogee said. “But this year the water went up all of a sudden. There was a lot of snow this year and lots of water coming down, but there was hardly no ice on the river.”

Nakogee said the 2006

evacuation lasted from April to August.

“That was the major breakup in Kash,” Nakogee said. “I hope it’s not going to be that long — I’m going to miss my food.”

Meanwhile, the federal gov-ernment committed on April 8 to provide funding to Kasheche-wan, to be finalized after a competitive tendering process, to support a study of flood miti-gating options on the Albany River.

Photo by Colin WapacheeExtremely high water levels on the Moose River threatened Moose Factory’s Ecolodge on May 4, while causing the evacuation of community members all up the coast. The Moose River has since receeded. See more photos of the flooding on page 5.


Time passing

From the Wawatay archives

Wawatay News archivesOgoki, March 1981.

All suicide needs attention

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ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ 1974 ᐁᐅᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᐧᐁᑎᓄᐠᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑕᐃᑦᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ. ᑕᓱᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐧᐃ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᐃᐣ ᐅᓇᔓᐧᐁᐧᐃ ᑲᓇᐧᐊᐸᒋᑫᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᒋᐃᔑ ᐸᐸᒥᓯᒪᑲᐠ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ.

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After the recent bombing attacks at the Boston mar-athon that injured many

and killed three people, I noticed a lot of commentary via social media focusing on a particular topic regarding the tragedy.

While the incident itself was very terrifying and unbelievable, there were commentators out there who asked the questions “what about all of the bombings that occur on a daily basis in war-torn countries? Why aren’t you as shocked and appalled by those?”

This ignited debate between many social-media users on what was considered more shocking and harrowing: a bombing hap-pening in a place like the United States of America where they hardly ever occur, or one of many bombings in a place like Syria for example where civil war has left thousands upon thousands dead.

Some commentators went as far as to say “bombings in third world countries are more com-mon, so they’re not that surpris-ing.”

When you read something like 63 dead after a bombing in Afghanistan, is it less deplorable than hearing of three Americans killed by homemade explosives in Boston?

The people who die in coun-tries across the sea are still people – they are children, wives, sons, cousins, lovers, and friends whose deaths still have the same affect on their loved ones as any death here in North America would.

But why is there still desensiti-zation towards their deaths?

Canada’s remote and isolated First Nations communities are often referred to as third-world countries with less than stellar living conditions and overwhelm-ing poverty. You have to wonder what labels like that do to the psyche of the community mem-bers.

Recently, Neskantaga First Nation declared a state of emer-gency after experiencing seven suicides in ten months, two of which occurred within days of each other. The community is said to average about ten suicide attempts per month.

A story like this is not uncom-mon in First Nations communi-ties across Canada. Yes, First Nations people have a higher rate of suicide in comparison to other ethnicities here. Things like hopelessness, depression, anguish, poverty, and substance abuse are all contributing fac-tors to completed suicides, and there is a huge lack of resources available to the people in these communities.

The communities ask for help, but does help ever really come? After generations of high suicide rates across First Nations people, it is starting to seem like noth-

ing is really being done to tackle and prevent the attempts or the deaths. Communities just do not have enough resources or fund-ing to pay for suicide prevention methods.

Around the same time Nes-kantaga declared its state of emergency, a young Caucasian teenager from Nova Scotia took her life over a year after she was sexually assaulted and exploited by a number of her classmates at a party. She had experienced depression from bullying after the assault, and moved around a lot trying to find peace again but to no avail. Her father said he and his family did everything they could to save her but could only stand back to watch her die; even with the access to anti-suicide programs and mental health treatment programs some com-munities only dream of having available to them, this young girl wasn’t able to keep on living.

It was not long after her death that the Prime Minister of Canada had a “heartfelt meeting” with the young girl’s parents to discuss possible changes in legis-lation regarding bullying.

The young girl’s death caught the eye of the Prime Minister of Canada and he immediately swung into action and arranged a meeting with her family to address the issue of bullying and suicide. Now the federal govern-ment wants to expedite a review of “gaps” in the Criminal Code and introduce legislative reforms to address cyber-bullying,” according to news reports.

It makes me wonder how long it would take the PM to meet with the parents and families of every single First Nations person who committed suicide to discuss the issue and preventative mea-sures to stop another loss of life.

It makes me wonder how much he values the lives of our Anishinabe people here in Canada in comparison to other citizens.

The lives of our youth, our people, are not worth less than anyone else. Our people’s lives matter. The loss of our people’s lives is not just another num-ber to contribute to a high rate of suicide; suicide is not to be expected of us like the deaths from bombings in far away coun-tries are sometimes referred to as “expected.” The suicides that have happened on reservations are just as shocking and dreadful and have devastating effects.

The loss of life to suicide in First Nations communities needs just as much attention as a non-First Nations suicide does, and even more assistance because of the lack of resources available to the people.

I hope one day our people will get the help they need, that a suitable and culturally appropri-ate way to deal with depression and suicide will arise and we will see the suicide rate of First Nations people decline.

Our lives are just as valuable as anyone else’s, and some people (namely the ones in power) need to be more aware of that.

Stephanie Wesley

SPECIAL TO WAWATAY NEWS

I’ve come to love predictabil-ity. There’s comfort in days that roll easy on their own

energy and an accompanying satisfaction in knowing that all the hard work getting to here has been worth it. Sure, there could always be more money, a tad less anxiety over details, maybe other folks being more predictable, but for the most part I have no complaint. At 55, you kind of get to want that.

It hasn’t always been that way. No, for years there were waves of titanic change; some good, some not so good. But I emerged intact from all of them. Now, it can get to feel as though I’m settled, feet firmly planted on the ground of my living. Around me is a house that’s a home, a half acre of land in the mountains overlook-ing a lake, a wife, a passable dog, good friends, community and work that engages and delights me. Lucky? Maybe. Grateful? Definitely.

I remember 25 years ago,

talking with an Elder who’d seen his fair share of change. He lived in a small, shabby apartment in Winnipeg. It was far from where he’d been born and the noise and scurry of the city was a far different rhythm than he’d grown up with in the far north.

He talked of home. He missed it. He told me how 50 years ago there was not any-thing in his territory like there is now. Truth was, he probably wouldn’t even recognize it if he could make it back there. There wasn’t much chance of that. They said he was retired and he didn’t much care for the word. His life had always been spent working on the land and he said an Ojibway could never retire from the land. Retire-ment meant just being put away somewhere.

Arthritis had got him, finally. His hands didn’t work so well anymore and it was hard for him to walk because of his hip. But his mind was clear and he could remember everything about the life he’d lived in the bush.

He recalled the times that his friend old Stan Jack and he would stand on the dock of the marina they guided fishermen for. They’d watch the sun go down every night. They’d stand

together and watch that sight, both of them nodding and not speaking, because as he said, “We see things like that us Ojib-way and there’s no words big enough to say.”

They were just happy watch-ing the land and feeling all easy with each other like you do when you come to know a man a long time. He was gone old Stan but he talked about how they used to walk together out of the town site on the reserve, into the bush and out onto the land.

Places never had names back then. They never needed names. As boys they had learned to hold a place in their memory for what it gave to them, just like his people had done forever. When you call it something, you change it, he said, and they never wanted to change anything out there. That’s what he said.

They were so familiar with things it was though they knew their way around by feel. Like how the wind feels coming through a gap, how rapids sound, how the voice of each of them is different depending on the direction you’re approach-ing them from, and the sudden cool you feel on your face step-ping into the shadow a ridge throws all on you.

“Yes, that land - it’s a feel-ing, my boy.” That’s what he told me. Or least it was at one time. But eventually they came and put in roads, houses, big cut lines for hydro through the trees, marinas, lodges, clusters of cabins on even remote lakes and rivers and there were dif-ferent kind of memories for the people then.

He spoke of driving into town back in 1959 and seeing a girl looking for a ride into town. Her climbing up into the cab and grinning at him with a face like sunshine. He stayed in town four days that time. It was the first time he ever for-got the bush. The first time he ever knew he could. Funny, he said, how fast something like a truck and a girl can change you. Change everything.

He married her, and they set-tled down. But five kids bring a heap or responsibility and it wasn’t long before he was doing more work at the mill in town than he was out on the land. The kids grew, his wife died and he came to dwindle away, alone in a city far removed from everything.

Changes. They take all of us away. But sharing the story of them brings us together. He taught me that.

Richard Wagamese

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Mishkeegogamang celebrates Elders’ ComplexRick GarrickWawatay News

Mishkeegogamang Elder George Keesickquayash is enjoying his new home in the community’s recently opened Elders’ Complex.

“It’s nice and peaceful — nice and quiet,” said Kee-sickquayash, who had previ-ously been living in a home in the Osnaburgh area of Mish-keegogamang. “I moved in on Feb. 14.”

Mishkeegogamang cel-ebrated the grand opening of the Elders’ Complex on May 4 with a gospel jambouree by Lott Thunder and visits by Grand Chief Harvey Yesno and Regional Chief Stan Beardy. The Elders’ Com-plex opened in January with

Charles Bottle, Sr. as the first resident.

“We feel it is really impor-tant and a priority for us to look after our Elders,” said Mishkeegogamang Chief Con-nie Gray-McKay. “It’s within our customs and beliefs that Elders (are) given the importance because they laid the founda-tions of our challenges and they are the ones that transmit cul-ture and knowledge to us.”

Gray-McKay said many community members were brought up with the assis-tance of their Elders, noting that she was raised by her grandparents.

“I really value what they instilled in my spirit as an Anishinabe-kwe,” Gray-McKay said. “I remember their teachings. We need to

love our Elders and take care of them.”

While some Elders may need to leave the community due to medical reasons, Gray-McKay said the band council decided to keep the Elders who can stay in the commu-nity there as long as possible.

“They should be able to stay home and have a peace-ful quiet environment that nurtures them until their last days,” Gray-McKay said. “Today I’m really proud that we can say Mishkeegogamang has supported and funded its own Elders home.”

Gray-McKay said the Elders’ Complex is for assisted Elders, who can still move around and do not require intensive medical help.

“This was funded through

our Casino Rama funding,” Gray-McKay said. “The Home Care program does have an

office here so they can take care of the Elders’ medical needs. But the running of the facility and the workers after office hours are (provided) through band support.”

Although Keesickquayash is

currently the only resident in the Elders’ Complex, the com-munity is looking to bring in more residents.

“The original vision was to have two trailers,” said Patri-cia Keesickquayash, coordi-nator of the Elders’ Complex. “One side was supposed to be for the male residents and the other side was supposed to be for the female residents and then (there was supposed to be) a big common area to join the two buildings.”

Yesno said it is important to keep the Elders in the com-munity as long as possible.

“This is a good thing for families to be able to have their Elders in the commu-nity, at least (while) they’re healthy and they’re not at a point where they need medi-

cal/professional support that other homes are able to offer,” Yesno said. “Usually an Elder is a great grandfather or a great grandmother, so that connec-tion with the community is also good.”

Yesno said today’s Elders are probably the last link First Nations people have with another way of life — when First Nations people still lived off the land.

“Our young people today need to hear the stories about how the land, the wildlife and fish really helped with survival in those days, which was really tough,” Yesno said. “That is something Elders can provide to our young peo-ples to preserve, at least in memory, the way of life that existed then.”

David Neegan/Wawatay NewsMishkeegogamang Elder Eva Skunk, left, cut the ribbon during the community’s May 4 grand opening ceremony for the new Elders’ Complex. The facility allows Elders in the community to stay at home rather than move south for care. Lott Thunder helped open the building with a gospel jamboree.

“I really value what they instilled in my spirit as an Anishinabe-kwe. I remember their teachings. We need to love our Elders and take care of them.”

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A Gull Bay Elder has been forced out of his home for the past two months due to a sew-age backup that has made the house unlivable.

Norman Bouchard Sr., 87, has been living with his son Roderick Bouchard in Thunder Bay for the past eight weeks, as efforts to have his Gull Bay house cleaned up and repaired continue to get passed between federal departments and the Gull Bay band council.

Complicating the situation, Bouchard Sr. suffers from dia-betes that limits his mobility, and his son’s house in Thunder Bay has a steep flight of stairs he is unable to navigate.

“My dad’s an Elder, and he wants to go home,” Roderick Bouchard told Wawatay. “He’s lived in Gull Bay his whole life, for 87 years. And now that he’s sick too, he just wants to be at home.”

Roderick Bouchard was a Gull Bay councilor for the past two years, before losing his seat in an election earlier this year.

The sewage problems were noticed in Bouchard Sr.’s home on March 4. An electrician came to Gull Bay soon after and determined that the sew-age pump under the house was not working properly. Despite requests for assistance from Aboriginal Affairs and North-ern Development Canada (AANDC), Health Canada and Gull Bay chief and council, Rod-erick Bouchard said he had no choice but to bring his father to Thunder Bay once the sewage began to pool in a crawlspace in the house.

“It was starting to smell, and when I went to go to the crawl-space everything was backfill-ing on the ground,” Bouchard said.

This is not the first time a sewage backup has occurred in Bouchard Sr.’s house, which was built in 2008. In 2009 the sewage pump also broke, and had to repaired.

Gull Bay councilor Louis Biz-ard, Bouchard Sr.’s nephew,

holds the First Nation’s housing portfolio. Bizard told Wawa-tay that he has been told the First Nation has no money to deal with the repairs needed to Bouchard Sr.’s house.

“The way it looks now, chief and council are not going to do anything about it,” Bizard said.

Gull Bay Chief Wilfred King confirmed that the chief and council were not plan-ning to repair the house. King said that the family was informed in 2008 that the location it wanted to build the house on was not suit-able, as it would not connect to the sewage lines in the community. Yet, King said, they went ahead and built the house anyways, and the problems with the sewage have been a result.

“The house shouldn’t have been built where it was built,” King said. “If I build a house on my own in Thunder Bay, I shouldn’t expect the band come and fix any problems I have with it.”

King added that Roderick Bouchard has a house in Gull Bay sitting empty, and that one possible solution could be to move Bouchard Sr. into that home.

Meanwhile, Bouchard said he is getting no help from the federal government on getting his dad a proper place to stay during his time in the city.

When Bouchard requested to Health Canada for funding to put Bouchard Sr. in a hotel room during this ordeal, he says he was told it was a housing situation and to talk to AANDC. Then, he said, he was told by AANDC that the sewage backup is a health issue by AANDC’s regional office in Thunder Bay. And both departments told him to go to Gull Bay council with the problem, Bouchard said.

“It’s like they are all passing the buck,” he says.

Bouchard said his house in Thunder Bay is unfit for his father’s needs, as a steep stair-case leads to the bedrooms and washrooms on the second floor. Bouchard Sr. is not comfortable climbing those stairs without

assistance, and so he has been sleeping on a couch in the living room.

Bouchard would like for his dad to at least have a hotel room of his own, where he can relax rather than feeling like a guest in someone else’s home while the sewage problem gets dealt with.

But most importantly, Bouchard wants the sewage problem cleaned up so that his dad can return to the com-munity where he has lived his entire life.

“If he wasn’t sick, he would never ask for help,” Bouchard said. “But he’s an Elder, and in our culture Elders are supposed to treated with respect. And all that he wants is to go home.”

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New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake Environmental Assessment Wataynikaneyap Power

As part of the planning process for the New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake Project (the Project), a Terms of Reference has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for review, as required under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. If approved, the Terms of Reference will serve as a framework for the environmental assessment (EA) of the Project. This Notice is to inform of the submission of the Terms of Reference and the start of a 30-day public comment period on the Terms of Reference. Wataynikaneyap Power has completed an engagement program on the Draft Terms of Reference, including collecting feedback on corridor options. Feedback from this engagement program was incorporated into the Terms of Reference that has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment. The New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake ProjectWataynikaneyap Power is proposing the Project, which consists of a 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line in Northern Ontario, in support of Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan. The Project will improve existing power supply in the Pickle Lake region and potentially enable the connection of remote First Nation communities currently serviced by diesel generation. Wataynikaneyap Power is a new transmission company that has been formed between the Central Corridor Energy Group (CCEG), representing 13 First Nations, and Goldcorp Canada Ltd. The main Project components include a 2-km-wide transmission corridor, 230 kV transmission line to be located within the corridor, a transformer station at Pickle Lake and a connection facility at Dinorwic. The transmission line will extend approximately

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Webequie celebrates Mining Essentials graduatesRick GarrickWawatay News

Webequie’s Angeline She-waybick is looking forward to a career in mining after graduat-ing with the highest marks in Oshki-Pimache-O-Win’s Mining Essentials program.

“I tried really hard to study because I really wanted to do well,” said Shewaybick, who was awarded a laptop computer for her high marks during the May 2 graduation ceremony in Webequie. “My goal after this is finishing my education and hopefully getting into the mining industry. That’s where I want to work — it’s so close to home.”

Although Shewaybick was the only woman in the 12-week pre-employment training pro-gram, she encouraged other women to consider mining as a career.

“It was a great experience for me,” Shewaybick said. “All I can say is take it — it was a great experience and I’ve learned a lot and you don’t have to be a guy to do it.”

Shewaybick enjoyed the hands-on pre-trades training activities in the Cambrian Col-lege mobile trades training trailer and the week-long job shadowing placement at the Cliffs Esker Camp in the Ring of Fire.

“It was more hands on and I really enjoyed that part,” She-waybick said.

Alec Wabasse, Amos Jacob, Brandon Shewaybick, Cody Mekanak, Corey Neshinapa-ise, Dylan Jacob, Edgar Jacob, Lewis Sofea, Leroy Troutlake, Luke Meekis, Robert Jacob, Rudy Mekanak and Simon She-waybick, all from Webequie, also graduated from the pro-gram.

”The hands-on training was very perfect for me because that is how I like to learn,” said Cody Mekanak. “I learned how to weld — arc weld and braising. I’m hoping to work in the min-ing industry with Cliffs (Natural Resources), hopefully nearby so I can have some downtime here when I am on break.”

Although the Cambrian College trailer was originally scheduled to travel over the

winter road to Webequie for training in the community, poor winter road conditions forced a change of location to Constance Lake’s Eagles Earth facility, located about 489 kilometres east of Thun-der Bay on Hwy. 11, where the students had a unique oppor-tunity to learn together as a group.

“We moved as one unit, the whole students,” Mekanak said. “We were more closer to each other because we were living near each other.”

Mekanak plans to work on finishing his last year of high school over the next year.

“This whole course was life changing for me because I was on a different path before; now I’m setting everything straight.”

Held from Jan. 24 to mid-April, the program included 240 hours of classroom training in a portable classroom and 120

hours in the Cambrian College trailer.

“It was a challenge,” said Alec Wabasse, noting he had previously worked as a plumber and electrician. “I learned a lot (about) mechanics, plumbing and electrical.”

Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse said the graduates now have skills they can use in the future.

“I think it will be a good benefit for them in the future,” Wabasse said. “We need to bring training to our communi-ties, even a ceremony like this to the community instead of going to urban centres where the community is not involved.”

Wabasse said the commu-nity-based graduation cer-emony encourages other com-munity members to pursue fur-ther education.

“I think it’s going to send a message to our young gen-

eration that we are moving forward,” Wabasse said. “It will encourage our young people to take a serious look at the future. Training initiatives are very important and we should continue to support those pro-grams for the benefit of our communities.”

Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy also applauded Oshki for holding the graduation cer-emony in Webequie.

“What we saw here is a step forward for all of us, not just those people here, not just the graduates, not only the commu-nity, but all of us First Nations people,” Beardy said. “I think we’re making a big step for-ward.”

Beardy said First Nations people need to have greater influence and control over how education services are deliv-ered.

“Cultural identity is impor-

tant so it has to happen in their own environment,” Beardy said. “I think that is where we are headed provincially, nation-ally. That is called Indian con-trol of education: people decide what they want to learn, how it should be delivered and what they expect to get out of it.”

Co-owned by the Mining Industry Human Resources Council and the Assembly of First Nations, the program was funded in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs.

“This is a great example of partnerships in action,” said David Zimmer, minister of Aboriginal Affairs. “The min-ing industry is changing. With an aging workforce, it’s critical we continue to attract qualified individuals.”

Cliffs’ objective in hosting the students at the Esker Camp was to provide them with an oppor-

tunity to learn about Cliffs’ potential operation in the Ring of Fire and to experience the operations of a remote mining camp.

“Cliffs Natural Resources is committed to working with First Nations communities to enhance current training pro-grams, and develop new train-ing options for these commu-nities,” said Dana Byrne, vice president of Public Affairs at Cliffs. “With the development of the Cliffs Chromite Project, the Mining Essentials program is a wonderful opportunity for our company to work directly with First Nations students from surrounding communi-ties.”

Cliffs plans to provide the 14 graduates with due consid-eration for open positions as its Ring of Fire mining project progresses to construction and operating phases.

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsWebequie held a graduation ceremony for the 14 graduates of Oshki’s mining essentials program on May 2. The grads took pre-trades training and employment and life skills workshops.

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ᐊᓫᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐱᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᔭᐱᓂ ᐅᑭᐊᐧᐁᐧᔑᑐᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᔭᐱᓂ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᐸᐱᑫᓇᐣ᙮ “ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᓂᑭᑭᑫᐣᑕᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᔭ ᑊ ᑲᐊᔭᓂᑯᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᓇᓇᐸᐱᑫᓂᑲᑌᐠ᙮”ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᐧᕑᓀᓫᐃᔭᐢ

ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔕ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᑫᑯᓂ ᐅᑭᑫᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᓂᑲᐣ ᒋᐊᓂᐊᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ᙮

“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᑲᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᐦ ᓂᑲᐣ ,” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐅᔕ ᓇᑕᐁᐧᓂᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓂᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᐱᒋᐃᐧᐣ ᔕᐊᐧᓄᐠ ᑕᔑᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓴᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᑫᑯᓂᓂ ᐁᐸᐸᒥᓯᐨ᙮”ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ

ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲ ᑕ ᔑ ᑭ ᑭ ᓇ ᐧ ᒋ ᐊ ᑯ ᓄ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᑲᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ

ᐅᑐᒋᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒥᐡᑯᐨ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑭᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᐃᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ᙮

“ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓂᑎᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒋ ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᔕ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐁᐃᐧᐊᓂᒪᒐᓂᐊᐧᐠ ,” ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑲᔭ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐅᑎᒋᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᐊᓂᐦ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᐦ ᓂᑲᐣ᙮ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᔭ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᓄᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐱᑯ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᒪᑭᐣ᙮”ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ

ᐃᐡᑕᐣ ᐯᔭᑎ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᑯᒪᐣ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᑲ ᑭ ᑕ ᔑ ᑭ ᑭ ᓇ ᐧ ᒋ ᐊ ᑯ ᓄ ᐊ ᐧ ᐨ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ᙮

“ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ

ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᑐᒋᑭᑭᓄᔑᓂᒥᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᐊᓂᐦ ᒪᒐᔭᐠ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᐁᑕ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐁᑕ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᔕᐱᑯ ᑲᑕᓯᔭᐠ ᑲᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒥᓯᐃᐧ ᑲᐊᔭᔭᐠ᙮” ᐯᔭᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᓂᑎᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᑲᔭ ᐊᔕ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᒋᒪᒐᔭᐠ᙮”ᐯᔭᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ

ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᓂᐦ ᑎᐯᓂᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐃᔑᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ᙮

“ᒋᑭᑫᐣᓂᒥᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑕ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑕᑭᐅᒋᐊᓄᑭᒪᑲᐣ ,” ᐯᔭᑎ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᓂᑎᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᔕ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐁᐃᔑᒪᒋᐃᐧᑐᔭᐠ” ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᑕᓀᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑫᑯᓀᓂᓂ ᑫᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐃᔑᐱᒧᑌᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑯᓀᓂᓂ ᑫᐅᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ᙮ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫ

ᒥᓇ ᑭᐅᒋᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᐯᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑕᓇᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒧᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᑕᑲᐧᐠ᙮

“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑌᐱᐟ

ᓯᑦᒣᕑ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ᙮ “ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᒪᔭᑭᐡᑲᒪᑲᐣ᙮ ᐅᑕᓄᑭᐠ ᐊᔕ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐦ ᑭᑌᐊᑎᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᒥᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᒋᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐯᐸᓂᓂ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ᙮”

ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᑲᑭᐃᔓᓇᐨ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑫᕑ ᑕᓇᐳᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐁᐃᔑᓭᐠ ᑲᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᒋᓄᐱᒥᐠ᙮ “ᑭᓫᐃᑊ ᐅᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧ ᐅᐱᒧᒋᑫ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒋᐊᔭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑲᑕᓯᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑕᔭᐣ ᐯᕑᐣ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᑫᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ᙮ “ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑲᐦᐃᑭᑐᒥᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᔭᑲᐧ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑕᓯᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ᙮”ᑭᓫᐃᑊᐢ ᐅᐃᐧᐸᑭᓇᐣ ᐅᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ

ᓂᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᑲᑭᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᓂᐨ ᒋᐊᓄᑭᐊᑲᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐃᐧᐊᓂᐦ ᒪᒋ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᑲ ᐱᑯ ᐊᓂᐦ ᒪᒋ ᐊᐧᐁᐧᑕᐦᐃᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᔑ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮

ᓂᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ

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In loving memory of Cal Kakegamic. July 12, 1955 – February 20, 2013. Cal Kakegamic was born in Sandy Lake, Ontario and passed away at Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-win Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Rhoda (nee: Fiddler) of 36 years, two sons: Samuel (Gwen Boyce), Jonathan (Randi Roundhead); one daughter: Kalyn; grandson Chance; father Hector Kakegamic; two brothers: Douglas, Eddie; three sisters: Ida, Charleen, Elizabeth (Lid); grandmother Janisse Kakekapetum; in-laws, numerous aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins. He was predeceased by his mother Samelia Kakegamic and grandfather John Kakekapetum. Cal committed his life to the Lord Jesus Christ in July 1976. He loved his Lord right to the end. Cal was a pastor, counselor, workshop presenter and teacher. He worked for Tikinagan Child and Family Services for many years. His work took him to many northern communities where he made lots of friends. His duties as a pastor included performing marriages and funerals. One of Cal’s greatest gifts from God was his ability to be an interpreter of God’s Word. Cal also co-taught family life and fathering workshops with Amos Esh at Beaver Lake Camp (Dryden) and in northern communities. He also presented workshop material at S.O.S. conference in Wapekeka. His passion in his work as a counselor and his love for God allowed him to become friends with many. Cal was a great father, husband and desired this for others. He worked at Scott Mission, Toronto, for 5 years and graduated from Providence College, Otterbourne MB, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993. He worked with Gary Quequish as leaders of Min Web Bon First Nations Church in Sioux Lookout. We will surely miss Cal! Meeg-Wetch (Thank You) From Cal Kakegamic’s Family. Thank you for the comfort of your presence in our time of sorrow: Gary Quequish and Joe (Rosemary) Kakegamic for the Sioux Lookout viewing service. Friend Sanadius Fiddler, Sharon Mckay, Amos Esh, Evelyn Meekis and Jackie Rae for the Sandy Lake funeral service. Family and friends for visits and phone calls at home and while Cal was in hospital. Especially Amos & Verna, Georgina Harper, Bob & Mary Linklater & Families. Tikinagin Child & Family Services: Thelma Morris & Rachel Meekis Bridge and staff at Sioux Lookout; Martha Rae & Annie Anishinabie & staff at Sandy Lake; Fred Sky & staff at Red Lake; staff at Keewaywin, K.I., Deer Lake and Thunder Bay. Georgina Neshinapaise of Summer Beaver and Elsie Fox of K.I. Thanks for the ways you’ve helped me and my children. Dr. Kelly, Denise for patiently accepting my many phone calls! Dr. O’Driscoll, Dr. Morgan and staff especially Amy at Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre for the compassionate care you gave my husband Cal. Sandy Lake First Nations Band that I was able to bring Cal home. My sisters and their families: Martha Rae, John Rae, Mary Jane Fiddler-Young, Evelyn Meekis, Kalena Quill, Ruth Rae and Ida Fiddler. Ida for letting us bring Cal to your home. Bello Kakegamic & crew and Sandy Lake home care staff for getting room ready. Cal’s dad Hector Kakegamic, brothers Doug & Eddie, sisters Ida, Charleen & Liz and their families. Ida – My friend & sis-in-law for supporting my heart! Gitchi meeg wetch for your prayers & songs, friendship and many kindnesses you’ve shown us because of our loved one, Cal Kakegamic. God bless each one of you. Sincerely; Rhoda (Mrs. Cal), Samuel, Jonathan & Kalyn Kakegamic.

First Nations protecting boreal forestChristian Quequish Special to Wawatay News

A project to protect the boreal forest for future gen-erations, known as the Pima-chiowin Aki World Heritage Project, began in 2006. Seven years later that project may result in northern Ontario’s first UNESCO world heritage site, if an expected decision falls the right way.

The project aims to “achieve international recognition for 33,400 square kilometres of land in Manitoba and Ontario as a UNESCO world heritage site,” and a decision from UNESCO is expected any day now.

Alex Peters, a member of Pikangikum First Nation and co-chair of the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage project said the project was initiated by the community Elders.

“They wanted to designate a site for the whole world to see that our land is beautiful,” said Peters. “Our Elders went down river to see if there was any other interested communi-ties that would join hands with us and we found our relatives down river from us at Little

Grand Rapids, Pauingassi, Pop-lar River and a couple years back Bloodvein River.”

Together, the five commu-nities approached the Mani-toba and Ontario provincial governments to secure “world heritage status for the largest protected-area network in the North American boreal shield,” according to the press release.

Peters said that despite the provincial backing, they have had no support from Aboriginal Affairs.

“The department that is sup-posed to help us, INAC, hasn’t put a cent towards this project. A couple of years back we met with them and we asked them if they would support this proj-ect,” said Peters. “They said no. No, and no. They gave us three no’s. We’ve managed to come this far without their support, we’ve been at this since 2006, so almost 10 years.”

Peters said they should expect an answer from UNESCO any day now.

The press release reads that the UNESCO nomination pro-cess includes community con-sultations, research, mapping and land management plan-ning.

The nomination for this proj-ect was sent in January of 2012, and “the decision-making pro-cess generally takes 18 months.”

Gord Jones is the project manager for the Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage project. He said the First Nations people came together among the thou-sands to cooperate with the provincial government towards protecting their land and sup-porting their culture.

“With their leadership, a for-mal partnership was formed in 2006 and these groups have been working together through a non-profit corporation to complete a UNESCO world heritage site nomination pack-age,” said Jones. “There’s been a process of evaluation going on and there is a meeting with the world heritage committee in June this year where there will be a final determination.”

He said this is an opportu-nity to conserve the area for the future and that is part of the communities’ motivation,

to take care of the land and pro-tect it. He added that by doing this, they are able to maintain their cultural traditions and use of their land for hunting, fish-ing, gathering and for spiritual purposes.

“I am pleased that Ontario and Manitoba are working together to protect and man-age the proposed Pimachiowin Aki site in conjunction with our First Nation partners in both provinces,” said David Ora-zietti of the Ministry of Natural Resources Ontario. “This area of boreal forest provides an important habitat to a num-ber of species and holds great significance to the traditional Aboriginal way of life. Ontario is proud to support Pimachio-win Aki as a UNESCO World Heritage site.”

Manitoba’s minister of con-servation and stewardship, Gord Mackintosh said the agreement between the two provincial governments and the five First Nation communities is “an important step toward ensuring the heart of the last intact forest of its kind left in the world is protected and man-aged for generations.”

Shoal Lake water sales rejected by IJCShawn BellWawatay News

Shoal Lake #40 received a boost in its struggle to prevent the City of Winnipeg from sell-ing Shoal Lake water last week, as the International Joint Com-mission (IJC) ruled that Winni-peg does not have legal author-ity to sell the water.

Shoal Lake #40 Chief Erwin Redsky told Wawatay that the decision supports what the First Nation has been saying for years.“We’ve been saying this all

along. This confirms that Win-nipeg does not have the legal authority,” Redsky said.

In the April 18 letter to Win-nipeg from the IJC, a joint US-Canada body that regulates water resources, it was stated that “Winnipeg would be in non-compliance with the IJC order should it transfer Shoal Lake water beyond the City of Winni-peg’s municipal limits.”

The IJC order was issued in 1914, allowing Winnipeg to build an aqueduct to provide water to the city from Shoal

Lake.After Winnipeg’s plans to sell

Shoal Lake water to neighbour-ing municipalities was released in late 2011, Iskatewizaagegan #39 First Nation filed a judicial review against the city. Shoal Lake #40 later joined the judi-cial review.

While Redsky acknowl-edged that the IJC ruling was described as ‘preliminary’, he said any change to the ruling will be quite complicated.

“It will only get more com-plicated for Winnipeg,” Redsky

warned. “After meeting with us, the Kenora City Council also wrote to the IJC requesting hear-ings before Winnipeg is allowed any change in water usage.”

Redsky also warned that going to the IJC was only the first of many options that the First Nation has to block the sale of Shoal Lake water.

Yet he reiterated his position that Shoal Lake #40 is willing to sit down with Winnipeg and the federal and provincial govern-ments to reach an agreement on the city’s plans.

“We want to be at the table, to get that balance for our rights,” Redsky said. “The federal gov-ernment has its economic action plan, well we want to part of it too.”

Redsky said that although he has not heard from Winnipeg regarding the water sale since the IJC decision, his “door is always open” to the city.

The city of Winnipeg has not commented on the decision.


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Sweet aroma of successGeoff ShieldsSpecial to Wawatay News

On April 5, the doors of the new Tim Horton’s in Sioux Lookout opened to the pub-lic. The business is owned and operated by Lac Seul First Nation and the proprietors are Tabatha Jourdain and Les Car-penter. Geoff Shields caught up with Jourdain during a lull in an otherwise very hectic pace of the business and asked her about how things have been progressing since they opened.

Wawatay (WWT): Whose idea was it initially to open a Tim Horton’s in Sioux Lookout?

Tabatha Jourdain (TJ): I believe it was Lac Seul First Nation who looked into the pos-sibility of getting a Tim Horton’s and pursued it. They actually wanted to create employment opportunities for the area.

WWT: What prompted you both to take up the managerial position?

TJ: We were interested in working with Lac Seul First Nation they wanted a couple to partner with them. It was posted in the Band office and we applied for it.

WWT: I understand you went for training; what qualifi-cations did you need to manage the business?

TJ: We had to learn the in-house training; the production; management of running a res-taurant. We had some courses in human resources, maximiz-ing the profitability training. Les and I both went through seven weeks of training and had to have First Aid/CPR Course before we left for the train-

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WWT: A lot of the staff seem to be still going through the learning process - are you satis-fied with their progress?

TJ: Lot of them, yes but majority of them have pro-gressed quite well and there are some that are still coming on that are new and a thirst for learning. We also had a chal-lenge with baking production. The first few days after the trainers left, they needed to pick up the pace, learn to maxi-mize ovens to prepare products faster and to have a complete showcase by 6:00 a.m.

WWT: Since opening how has the reception been from the local community?

TJ: We’ve had some good days and bad days, most of all it’s been good. We’ve had a few angry customers and we’ve been dealing with that in trying to make them happy.

WWT: The official opening is May 14th, are you planning anything special for the event?

TJ: Yes, we are ordering a special cake and we’re going to have a ribbon cutting ceremony and some dignitaries are going to be here; the Mayor of Sioux Lookout; Chief and Council of Lac Seul First Nations, eco-nomic development officer Chris Angeconeb and not sure who else.

Tabatha Jourdain is operating the new Tim Horton’s in Sioux Lookout, which is owned by Lac Seul First Nation.

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Aboriginal paintings introduced at Thunder Bay hospitalRick GarrickWawatay News

Aboriginal paintings and an Aboriginal Advisory Com-mittee were recently intro-duced at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, but ongoing efforts are needed to improve Aboriginal health care.

“Visually, I think it’s some-thing very nice to see for the northern patients coming down to Thunder Bay, just to see that their culture is being recognized and being shown to them that they are welcome to the hospital — it ’s a good first step,” said

Jason Beardy, Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s health policy and planning director and a member of the Aboriginal Advisory Committee. “I’d like to see greater incorporation of First Nations input, just in terms of being able to look further into the existing poli-cies and establishing some committees that will look into some of these issues in greater detail and to be able to make some contributions to the policies.”

Beardy was one of 25 members of the Aboriginal Advisory Committee who were introduced by TBRHSC on April 22. The others

are: Abe Kakepetum, Sam Achneepineskum, Brenda Mason, Daryl Ottertail, Ernie May, Francine Pellerin, Fred Sky, Louise Thomas, Mona Hardy, Robert Fenton, San-dra Cornell, Shelly Whitney, Stanley Sainnawap, Susan Fitzpatrick, Teresa Trudeau, Tina Armstrong, Kanita Johnson, Susan Anderson, Carmen Blais, Merv Wilson, Tracie Smith, Lori Marshall, Mark Henderson and Andrée Robichaud.

“When our current strate-gic plan was being developed, we recognized that Aborigi-nal health needed to be a pri-ority, and so it was identified

as of our four strategic direc-tions,” said Robichaud, presi-dent and CEO of TBRHSC.

“The committee helps us to engage with the Aborigi-nal community on initiatives such as developing culturally appropriate health plans, and creating a more welcoming environment for Aboriginal

patients and their families.”In addition to the intro-

duction of the committee and the Aboriginal paintings, Blais, Aboriginal engagement lead and patient advocate, Johnson, Aboriginal liaison, renal services, and Ander-son, Aboriginal liaison and translator, Centre for Com-plex Diabetes Care were also introduced as TBRHSC staff.

Anderson said many First Nations people run into “a lot of difficulties” when arriving for appointments at TBRHSC.

“A lot of them don’t under-stand the medical terminol-ogy, and that is what I am

there for,” said Anderson, originally from Kasabonika. “Also, I work as an advocate/liaison and a navigator for First Nations people.”

Anderson often accompa-nies First Nations patients to their first appointment at TBRHSC, noting that many have a hard time navigating through the system.

“After that pre-op, you go with them to their surgery,” Anderson said. “And once again, when it comes time for their (release), you have to think about their medi-cations, their accommoda-tions and their travel. That’s where you help them out.”

“Visually, I think it’s something very nice to see for the northern patients coming down to Thunder Bay.”

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Team Ontario male earns silver at National Aboriginal Hockey ChampionshipsShawn BellWawatay News

Team Ontario male started the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship with three straight losses. The team was discouraged and disappointed. But their coaches knew that they were a talented group of players – they just needed to put it all together.

In the playoff round, that is exactly what happened. Team Ontario first played Quebec’s Eastern Door and the North in the qualifying game, the same team that had beaten them in game two of the round robin. But this time the result was dif-

ferent, as Ontario got its first win of the tournament with a big upset.

But Team Ontario’s biggest upset was yet to come. In the semifinals the team took on perennial powerhouse Alberta, the top seeded team, a monu-mental task. Ontario got off to an early lead, only to watch Alberta storm back and tie the game to send it to overtime. Overtime solved nothing, but in the shootout Lac Seul’s Jonathon Carpenter scored to send Ontario to the gold medal game.

Although the male team lost in the gold medal game 5-3 to Team British Columbia, the silver medal was a great finish

for the team made up of First Nations, Metis and Inuit play-ers from across northern and southern Ontario.

“We thought the boys weren’t going to make the medal round,” said Marc Lal-iberte, chair of the Aboriginal Sports and Wellness Council of Ontario (AWSCO). “But by the fourth game, when they started playing together and started buying into the system, they performed very well and shocked everybody.”

On the female side, Team Ontario had a successful week but ended up losing to Quebec’s Eastern Door and the North by one goal in the bronze medal game.

Laliberte said the team was disappointed with the finish out of the medals, since it was a very talented group of play-ers with high expectations. He said the coaches and supporters were proud of the way the girls played all week.

“We knew the girls were good, and it was nice to see them make it to the medal round,” Laliberte said.

He noted that Roberta Mamakwa of Wunnumin Lake was one of the best players at the tournament, and that she impressed the entire staff with her leadership on and off the ice.

On the male side, Laliberte highlighted the play of Daniel

McKittrik of Coral Harbour, Nunavut, who played forward for Team Ontario and earned a spot on the tournament’s all-star team. He noted the play of Fort William First Nation’s Dal-ton Demerah, Team Ontario’s goalie.

He also pointed out how well behaved the Ontario teams were, once again.

“We have the best behaved athletes, and we’re very proud of that,” Laliberte said.

In the end however, Lalib-erte said the results prove once again that more support is needed for Ontario’s Aboriginal athletes.

British Columbia, the gold-medal winning team, receives

$2 million per year from the provincial government to build its Aboriginal hockey program, over ten times what the Ontario teams receive, Laliberte said.

“It really shows what addi-tional funding can do,” he said. “We need the chiefs to go to bat for us.”

In the meantime the ASWCO continues to recruit volunteer coaches and managers for the 2014 tournament, which will once again be held in Kahan-awake.

Laliberte said the organiza-tion wants to return to having a north and south Ontario team at next year’s tournament. That decision will be made over the coming months.

Submitted photosTeam Ontario female, left, finished fourth after a one-goal loss in the bronze medal game. Team Ontario male, right, suprised the field by upsetting two of the favourites to get to the gold medal game.


Art show celebrates Woodland artistsChristian QuequishSpecial to Wawatay News

Queen Elizabeth District High School students and Pelican Falls First Nation High School students came together to present Northern Expres-sions, an art exhibition featur-ing Northern Nishnawbe Edu-cation Council’s expansive art collection May 1.

“This is an art exhibition that incorporates the artists and their style of painting, which is woodland art,” said Micah Wil-liams, a Pelican Falls student. “We gathered them together to show the people.”

Lance Hildebrand, an art teacher at Queen Elizabeth said the idea came to him in the fall of 2012 – he recalled, dur-ing his time as an employee of Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC) that the orga-nization had a huge collection of art that no one had seen. He said he learned that QE had been given funding from the arts council of Ontario and decided an art show would be a

good way to teach the students real world skills.

They used the funding to hire Laurel Wood, a local artist from Sioux Lookout who acted as

curator artist for the exhibition. She acted as a guide, coming to both high schools, he said.

“Other than sports teams getting together, I don’t think

there has been a collaboration between Pelican and Queen Elizabeth,” said Hildebrand. “We went out to Pelican Falls with my students and brain-

stormed an idea for the show.”The results were Pelican

Fall’s students looking into the research, documentation and writing as it fit into their native

English writing course, run by Sylvia Davis, a teacher at Peli-can Falls who helped collabo-rate on the art show.

“I’m the native studies teacher, so this was passed onto me,” said Davis.

Shanah Southwind is a Grade 10 student at QE who took on a Grade 11 art course.

“We took on the part of designing posters and hanging them and advertising for the show in Sioux Lookout and the surrounding area,” said South-wind. “I feel honoured to have brought them here.”

Aaron Kakepetum, a Grade 11 Pelican Falls student from Keewaywin was part of the research team.

“It felt good to be a part of something Pelican helped to make happen—I feel proud of the work we put into this proj-ect,” said Kakepetum.

Queen Elizabeth students helped collaborate in many ways, providing food and music for the community.

The art show will be running until May 15.

Christian Quequish/Wawatay NewsFrom left to right: Shana Southwind, Delaney Necan, Meagan Machimity and Lance Hildebrand. Students at Pelican Falls and Queen Elizabeth collaborated on hosting an art show at the Centennial Centre in Sioux Lookout May 1.

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