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James Benson/Special to Wawatay NewsJordan Wabasse was laid to rest May 16 in his community after his body was found in Thunder Bay. The Webequie teen was missing since early February. After several months of searching, his body was found in the Kaministiqua River by some boaters. Wabasse is the seventh teen in the last 10 years from Nishnawbe Aski territory to have died while attending school in Thunder Bay.

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Jordan Wabasse was laid to rest May 16 in his community of Webequie.

“It was very emotional to be at that funeral,” said Grand Chief Stan Beardy. “It was extremely moving. I think it was especially hard for his immediate family, his parents and his siblings. It really touched my heart because I can relate to how the family feels.”

Beardy lost his own son in tragic cir-cumstances about seven years ago.

“I know how devastated they feel to go through that,” Beardy said.

Beardy said the coffin was sealed and there was no viewing of the body.

“It was a metal coffin and a lot of people signed their comments right on the coffin in magic marker,” Beardy said. “There were a lot of young people that were there and I think they were very emotional. I saw a lot of tears – I think Jordan was very well-liked in the community.”

Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose and two other NAN representatives also attended the funeral, as did repre-sentatives from Matawa First Nations, Matawa Learning Centre and commu-nities throughout the region.

Visitation for family and friends was held May 14 at Jenkens Funeral Home in Thunder Bay.

A memorial service was held May 13 along the Kaministiquia River near the Western Grain Elevators east of the James Street Bridge.

Mourning began for Wabasse May 11 when his body was identified.

Cries broke out that evening when Lillian Suganaqueb – who had led the search for Wabasse for more than three month – told the searchers and others gathered at the Travelodge Hotel Air-lane that the body found May 10 in the Kaministiquia River was confirmed to be his.

“The coroner contacted the mother and made positive identification,” said Suganaqueb, search coordinator of the 50 to 100 volunteers who had been looking for Wabasse since he went missing Feb. 7. “It’s Jordan.”

Webequie Elder Louis Waswa said a prayer for the family and loved ones shortly afterwards.

“It’s been very hard for the family and the community of Webequie,” said Matawa First Nations CEO David Paul Achneepineskum, one of those gath-ered at the Travelodge. “At the same time, now that they know what has happened to Jordan, I think it will start to bring some closure to the families and to the community of Webequie and especially to his classmates at the Matawa Learning Centre. It has been a hard couple of months for them.”

“For us, we pray for the family because it will take some time for them to heal. There are a lot of people in the Matawa communities that are right behind the family.”

Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse described Jordan Wabasse as a young man who was close to his community and loved sports.

“He was a young man pursuing education here in the City of Thunder Bay,” Chief Wabasse said. “He liked hockey and sports.”

Chief Wabasse said it was a long day for his community as they waited for the results of the identification of the body.

“Today the community waited all day and now it is time to move forward and start working on the closure,” Chief Wabasse said.

Initial results of the May 11 post-mortem examination indicate the cause of death was drowning, accord-ing to the Thunder Bay Police. Foul play is not suspected.

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Jordan Wabasse. Kyle Mor-risseau. Reggie Bushie. Jethro Anderson. Paul Panacheese. Curran Strang. Robyn Harper.

They are not just names and not just statistics. There is an unmistakable link between these youth as each was a stu-dent attending school in Thun-der Bay, hundreds of kilometres away from home, when they died.

Each was on the minds of participants at a May 20 gath-ering outside the constituency office of Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Michael Gravelle.

The rally participants were calling for the inquest into Bushie’s 2007 drowning in the McIntyre River to proceed.

“We need to advocate to the provincial government, the minister especially, to pro-ceed with the inquest,” said Anna Betty Achneepineskum, an organizer of the gathering. “We will no longer accept any excuses.”

The inquest had been delayed due to jury issues, but a Ministry of the Attorney Gen-eral spokesman said May 17 it is now back with the coroner to proceed.

A spokeswoman for the Office of the Chief Coroner said they had not yet determined the dates, venue or any details of the inquest as of May 19.

Achneepineskum also called for the development of a com-mittee within the City of Thun-der Bay to address the issues surrounding the deaths of the seven students.

“I also want to honour the families of those young people

who have gone on, the families of Jordan Wabasse, Kyle Mor-risseau, Reggie Bushie, Jethro Anderson, Adrian Spade, Den-nis Fiddler, Sam Achneepins-kum, Paul Panacheese, Curran Strang, Robyn Harper. These are just a few of the young peo-ple who have lost their lives and their bodies were recovered on the streets and rivers of Thun-der Bay.”

Achneepineskum called for people to work together to prevent similar deaths in the future.

“I don’t want to be gather-

ing again next year at this time because we are burying another one of our young people,” she said.

Gravelle said he has heard the message “loud and clear” of those gathered before his office, noting the seven deaths are an issue that touches all people in Thunder Bay.

“I will be going back to Queen’s Park and I will cer-tainly pass this on to Premier (Dalton) McGuinty and to our Aboriginal Affairs minister Chris Bentley,” Gravelle said.

McGuinty has called on

Prime Minister Stephen Harper to hold a First Minister’s summit related to Aboriginal education, Gravelle said.

A Prime Minister’s Office spokeswoman said in an e-mail that while they have not received the summit request from McGuinty’s office, First Nation students are entitled to an education that not only encourages them to stay in school, but will also see them graduate with the skills they need to enter the labour market and share fully in Canada’s eco-nomic opportunities.

“Improving educational out-comes for Aboriginal peoples is a shared responsibility in which governments, commu-nities, educators, families and students all have a role to play in achieving real results,” said Sara MacIntyre, press secretary with the PMO, in the e-mail.

She said the Conservative government has partnered with the Assembly of First Nations to hold an Expert Panel on Edu-cation in order to listen to all interested parties and recom-mend next steps.

“We will continue to work

with Aboriginal communities and provinces and territories to reform and strengthen educa-tion and to support student suc-cess,” MacIntyre said.

Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School principal Jonathan Kakegamic also called for the federal and provincial govern-ments to take action.

“The seven deaths are too much,” Kakegamic said, not-ing that even one death is too much. “After the first death of Jethro Anderson (in 2000), something should have been done. Nothing was. That’s wrong. This is Canada. Some-thing is wrong with our govern-ment and the country we live in when nothing was done.”

Kakegamic said that message has to be sent to the prime min-ister.

“We are still awaiting words from him, his reaction to what is going on,” Kakegamic said. “Too many youth are gone because they left their homes to make a better life for them-selves.”

Kakegamic said he couldn’t imagine losing a son or a daughter because they just wanted to go to school to fur-ther their education.

“I played chess with Reggie Bushie in my office,” Kakegamic said. “Curran Strang, I see you every day. Robyn Harper was only here for three days. She passed away tragically. She was so excited to be here. We need to change things in Canada.”

Anderson’s aunt Dora Morris said his family is still waiting for the results of his death.

“He wasn’t out for a little over a month and he went miss-ing and from this day we never really got the results,” she said.

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsAnna Betty Achneepineskum helped organize a rally May 20 demanding that an inquest into Reggie Bushie’s death proceed immediately. The Poplar Hill student was attending school in Thunder Bay at Dennis Franklin Cromarty when he drowned in the McIntrye River in 2007.

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Thunder Bay Police reported recreational boaters discovered Jordan Wabasse’s body near the Western Grain Elevators just east of the James Street Bridge.

The 15-year-old award-win-ning midget B hockey goalie was last seen Feb. 7 after get-ting off a city bus late that evening one block away from his boarding house. He was reported missing by a guardian the next day.

“Jordan will be remembered fondly for his love of life and especially his love of hockey, which he pursued with skill, dedication and passion,” said Waboose, who holds the NAN education portfolio and spent much of the day with the group of searchers.

Waboose thanked all the volunteers and the three police services that helped search for Wabasse since he went missing.

“We worked alongside with a grandmother,” Suganaqueb said of the searchers. “There were a few volunteers that were there every single day. The grandmother – she just wouldn’t give up.”

Wabasse was the seventh NAN youth to die under similar circumstances since 2000 after relocating to Thunder Bay to attend high school.

“While we do not yet know the full details regarding Jor-dan’s disappearance, we do

know that youth from NAN territory often find themselves without an adequate network of social support in an unfamil-iar environment after moving hundreds of miles away from home,” Waboose said. “Each of these deaths is a tragedy and they must stop. We demand that the governments of Ontario and Canada work with First Nation leaders and edu-cators to ensure that adequate support services are in place for students who must travel away from home for secondary school and to work with us to develop education services in all First Nations that is on par with the rest of Canada.”

Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Bruce Hyer attended the Travelodge gathering to meet with Wabasse’s parents.

“I have a 15-year-old son and I can only imagine what it is like to send your son away to school in a faraway place – I wouldn’t want to do it,” Hyer said. “I enjoy having him around and he enjoys his family. So some-how we have to change things so kids don’t have to go so far away to school.”

Chief Wabasse asked how this could happen to youth who are attending high school in Thunder Bay.

“There are questions of how can you be of more help for our students that come to urban centres,” Wabasse said.

Northern Nishnawbe Educa-tion Council executive director Jennifer Manitowabi called for action to ensure the safety of NNEC students after the May 11 Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School graduation ceremony.

“There are strategic plans in place and those will be announced on our website,” Manitowabi said. “We’re open to ideas. We encourage new ideas and thinking.”

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ᐁᐧᑎ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᑕᔑ ᐊᔭᒥᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 13 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ ᓇᓀᐤ ᑲᒥᓂᐣᑎᑫᐧᔭ ᓯᐱᐠ ᐯᔓᐨ ᑭᒋᐊᑕᓱᓂᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᐸᑕᑭᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᒉᒥᐢ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᐊᔓᑲᓂᐠ.ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 11 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ ᑲᑭᑫᒋᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐁᓂ ᐃᐧᔭᐤ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᒥᑕᐡ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐱᐣᑎᑫᐡᑲᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐃᐧᐃᐧᐣ.ᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᐱ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᐅᓇᑯᔑᐠ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᓫᐃᓫᐃᔭᐣ ᔑᑲᓇᑫᐧᑊ , ᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᑲᑭᐱᒥ ᓂᑲᓂᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᑲ ᑭ ᓇ ᓇ ᐣ ᑐ ᓇ ᐊ ᐧ ᑲ ᓂ ᐃ ᐧ ᐨ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᓂᐦᓱᐱᓯᑦ , ᐁᑎᐸᒋᒧᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑭᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᔭᐤ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 10 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ ᑲᒥᓂᐢᑎᑫᐧᔭ ᓯᐱᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑌᐯᐧ ᒥᐦᐊᐁᐧ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ.�ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐨ ᒥᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐱᑲᓄᓇᐣ ᐅᒪᒪᒥᒪᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑭᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᑯᓯᓴᐣ ,� ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᔑᑲᓇᑫᐧᑊ , ᑲᑭᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ 50 ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 100 ᑲᑭᑕᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑐᓇᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᐊᐱᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᑲᓄᐸᐣ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ 7 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ. �ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐊᐦᐊᐁᐧ.�ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᑭᒋᐦᐊᐃᐧᐡᑲᒪᑫᐨ ᓄᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᐢᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᐊᓂ ᐊᔭᒥᒋᑫᑕᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᑯᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᓴᑭᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ.�ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᑭᐱᐊᓂᒣᐣᑕᒧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐃᒪ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧᐠ,� ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᑌᐱᐟ ᐸᐧᓫ ᐊᒋᓂᐱᐣᐢᑲᑦ , ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑭᐊᔭ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ . �ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᔕᑯᐨ , ᐊᔕ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐁᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐃᐣᑎᓂᐨ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᓄᐣ , ᐊᒋᐦᐃᒪ ᑫᔭᓄᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐊᓂᐸᑭᒋᐡᑲᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᑭᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑎ ᑲᔦ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᒪᐨ ᐃᒪ ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ. ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᑭᐱᐊᓂᒣᐣᑕᒧᐠ ᓂᔓᐱᓯᑦ.��ᐣᑐᒋ ᐊᔭᒥᒋᑫᑕᒪᐊᐧᒥᐣ

ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓴᑭᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᐡ ᓄᒪᑫ ᑕᐃᓯᓭᓂ ᒋᔭᓂᑭᑫᐊᐧᐨ . ᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐅᒪ ᒪᑕᐊᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐅᒋ ᐱᒥᐊᔭᓱᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒥᐊᓂᒣᐣᑕᒥᓂᐨ ᑎᐯᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ.�ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᓀᓂᔭᐢ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐅᑭᑎᐸᒋᒪᐣ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐊᔭᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂ.�ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᔕᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᐁᑭᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᐨ ,� ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ. �ᐅᑭᒥᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᒣᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ.�ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᑭᓀᐧᐡ ᑭᐃᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐸᐱᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᓂᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᒥᔭᐃᐧᓂ.�ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐯᑭᔑᑲ ᑭᐱᐦᐅᓇᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐊᔕ ᑭᑭᐅᑎᑕᒥᐣ ᒋᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑕᒪᐠ ᑭᐸᑭᐣᑌᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ,� ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ.ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒥᑭᑫᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 11 ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒥᔭᐤ ᐁᑭᓂᓴᐸᐁᐧᐨ, ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᒋᒧᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᐡ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᐃᓀᐣᒋᑲᑌᓯᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᓂᐸᑕᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ.ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔕᐠ ᑭᐃᓇᒋᒧᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᐱᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᒪᓂᐠ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᒥᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐅᐃᐧᔭᐤ ᐁᐊᑲᐧᐣᑌᓂᐠ ᐯᔓᐨ ᑭᒋᐊᑕᓱᓂᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᐸᑕᑭᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᓄᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᒉᒥᐢ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᐊᔓᑲᓂᐠ . 15 ᑲᑭᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐸᐣ ᒥᒋᐟ ᐱ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᓂᓂᐃᐧᐨ ᒪᒋᐨ ᑭᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᓂᐃᐧᐸᐣ ᑭᔐᐱᓯᑦ 7 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᓂᐨ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐸᑯᐸᓀᐣ ᑭᒋᐅᑕᐸᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᔭᑭᓀᑭᐱᒋᐨ ᐅᑌᓇ ᒥᑲᓇᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐁᐅᓇᑯᔑᓂᐠ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐨ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ . ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᑎᐸᒋᒧᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ

ᐁᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᑲᓂᐃᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᐊᐧᐸᓂᐠ.�ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᑕᑲᓄᑫᐣᑕᐊᐧᑲᓂᐃᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᓴᑭᑐᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭ ᑭᒋᓀᐣᑕᐠ ᐱᒪᑫᐧᐸᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ , ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐅᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᑲᐡᑭᑐᐣ ᒋᔭᓂ ᓇᑲᒋᐨ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᐱᒥᔭᓄᑲᑕᐠ , ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ, ᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᐱᒥᐃᐧᑐᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐯᑭᔑᑲ ᐅᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ.ᐊᐧᐳᐢ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᑯᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᒥ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐁ ᓇ ᓇ ᑐ ᓇ ᐊ ᐧ ᑲ ᓂ ᐃ ᐧ ᐨ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐃᑯ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᑲᓂᐃᐧᐸᐣ.�ᐣᑭᐱᒥ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᒥᐣ ᐅᑯᒥᒪ,� ᐃᑭᑐ ᔑᑲᓇᑫᐧᑊ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᒧᒪᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑐᓂᑫᐊᐧᐨ . �ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᒥᔑᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐸᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐅᑯᒥᒪ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐳᓂᒋᑫᐨ.�ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐊᒥᐦᐊᐁᐧ ᐊᔕ ᓂᓴᐧᓱ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ ᐁᐅᒋ ᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᑫᑲᐟ ᐃᑯ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᐁᐅᐣᑕᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 2000 ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐊᑯ ᐦᐊᐡ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑲᐱᐃᐡᑯᓂᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ.�ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᔑ ᒥᑐᓂ ᒋᑭᑫᐣᑕᒪᐠ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᑲᓂᐃᐧᑫᐧᐣ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ , ᐣᑭᑫᑕᒥᐣ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲ ᐁᐊᔭᐊᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᒥᐊᔭᓴᐧᐸᒥᑯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᐡ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐊᐧᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂ ᐊᐧᓴ ᑲᔦ ᐁᐅᐣᑐᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓇᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ,� ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐧᐳᐢ . �ᑲᑭᓇ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᔕ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐧᓂᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᒥᑐᓂ ᑭᑕᓂᒥᐦᐃᑯᒥᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒋᑭᑲᑫᐧ ᐳᓂᓭᑭᐸᐣ . ᓂᑲᓄᑕᒥᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪ ᒋᑭᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᐅᓇᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅ ᐱ ᒥ ᐃ ᐧ ᒋ ᐦ ᐃ ᑯ ᐃ ᐧ ᓂ ᐊ ᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᓇᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐦᐊᐡ ᐢᑯᓫ

ᑲᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᓂᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᒋᐅᓇᑐᔭᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᒋᐃᓇᑌᐠ.�ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᒥᓇ ᓴᐱᕑᐃᔭᕑ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂ ᐅᑭᒪ ᑊᕑᐅᐢ ᐦᐊᔭᕑ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐃᔕ ᑲᑭᑕᔑ ᐅᑯᐡᑲᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᑭᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᐊᐧᐸᒪᐨ ᒐᐧᐣᑎᐣ ᐅᓂᑭᐦᐃᑯᐣ.�ᐣᑫᓂᐣ ᓂᑕᔭᐊᐧ ᓂᔭᓄᔕᑊ ᐁᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᐨ ᓂᑯᓯᐢ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᑭᑫᐣᑕᓯᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᓀᐣᑕᑲᐧᓄᑫᐧᐣ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᒪᒋᓂᔕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐨ ᐊᐧᓴ ᒋᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᐨ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᑕᑲᐡᑭᑐᓯᐣ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᑭᐸᐣ ,� ᑲᐦᐊᔭᕑ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ . �ᓂᒥᓀᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐯᔓᐨ ᑲᐊᐧᐸᒪᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᓂᒪᐨ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᑫᑭᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐊᐣᒋᓭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐊᐧᓴ ᒋᑭᐃᔑᓂᔕᐦᐅᐣᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᒋᐊᐣᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ.�ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓂᓯᑕᐁᐣᑕᓯᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᓯᓭᓂᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᓂᐨ ᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ.�ᑕᑲᐧᓄᐣ ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑫᑭᐃᔑ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᑭᑐᐡᑲᑎᓯᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᑲᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑌᓇᐠ,� ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ.ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᒥᐃᐧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐠ ᒉᓂᐱᕑ ᒪᓂᑐᐊᐧᐱ ᐅᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐣ ᐅᑎᑭᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ ᑫᐃᔑ ᐊᔭᐣᑲᐧᒥ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᐣᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐣᐁᐣᐃᓯ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓇᐠ ᐊᐱ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ 11 ᑌᓇᐢ ᑲᕑᒧᕑᑎ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑲᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅ ᑭ ᑭ ᓄ ᐦ ᐊ ᒪ ᑯ ᐃ ᐧ ᓂ ᐊ ᐧ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᒪᑯᔐᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ.�ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᑭᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᔭᓂ ᐃᐧᐣᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᑐᔭᐠ,� ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᓂᑐᐊᐧᐱ. �ᑭᔭᑦ ᐃᑯ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐃᐧᐱᐃᐧᐣᑕᒣᐠ ᐣᑲᐅᑕᐱᓇᒥᐣ . ᓂᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐃᓀᐣᑕᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ.�

Wabasse remembered fondlyfor his ‘love of life’

“There were a few volunteers that were there every single day. The grandmother – she just wouldn’t give up.”

– Lillian Suganaqueb


Questions are being raised about seven Nishnawbe Aski Nation high school students who died since 2000 while attending school in Thunder Bay.

“Why should someone so young, who was just trying to fulfill his dreams, end up losing his life?” said Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse about Webequie’s Jordan Wabasse. “The fact that this is the seventh young life lost, under similar circumstances, is beyond unac-ceptable. It makes me question: why isn’t there more outrage from governments and from Canadians in general, over these deaths?”

Wabasse’s body was discov-ered May 10 in the Kaminis-tiquia River in Thunder Bay. He went missing on the eve-ning of Feb. 7 after getting off a city bus near his boarding house. The 15-year-old Grade 9 Matawa Learning Centre student and award-winning midget B hockey goalie was the sixth high school student from NAN communities to be found deceased in a river in Thunder Bay. The seventh death was allegedly alcohol-related.

Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton asked the provincial government what action it has undertaken over the missing students the day before Wabasse’s body was discovered, suggesting that if seven high school students dis-appeared in London or Hamil-ton, there would be a different

reaction.“Can the minister explain

how seven teenage citizens of Ontario can disappear in a city like Thunder Bay and there’s no reaction from this government,” Hampton said May 9.

After Wabasse’s body was found, Hampton brought up the issue again on May 12 during question period.

“Sadly, Jordan is now the seventh First Nations high

school student, attending high school in Thunder Bay, to dis-appear and die over the last 10 years,” Hampton said. “When I asked you about this issue three days ago, you said, ‘ … an inquest is under way up north with respect to the deaths.’ Min-ister, the inquest you referred to was to get under way in June 2009. It is now almost June 2011. Two years later, young First Nations students are still

disappearing and still dying. How do you explain the two years of inactivity on the part of your government?”

A Ministry of the Attorney General spokesman said in an e-mail message that the Reggie Bushie case is now back with the coroner to proceed with the inquest. Bushie was the fifth student to die in Thunder Bay. He was found deceased in the McIntyre River in Thunder Bay

as was Kyle Morriseau, the sixth student to perish while in Thun-der Bay seeking a high school diploma.

“It is important that the coro-ner’s process be able to move forward so we can all get some answers,” said Brendan Craw-ley, communications branch with the Ministry of the Attor-ney General. “Just to be clear, the issue of whether there would be a further appeal to the

Supreme Court of Canada has now been resolved.”

A spokeswoman for the Office of the Chief Coroner said itt had not yet determined the dates, venue or any details of the inquest as of May 19.

“It fell off the rails because of the legal challenge and now we have to get it back on the rails,” said Cheryl Mahyr, issues man-ager with the Office of the Chief Coroner. “I don’t know when it will be happening but when we do know we will be issuing a news release.”

NAN and the families of Bushie and Jacy Pierre won a landmark Court of Appeals case March 10 recognizing their right to conduct inquiries into the validity of the juries formed in coroner’s inquests into the deaths of their loved ones.

National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo said education should be a tool that empowers First Nations people.

“We cannot lose any more youth this way,” Atleo said. “Our young people deserve the same support, protection and care as other children.”

Toulouse asked how many more First Nations children have to be lost before First Nation issues are taken seri-ously and are given the atten-tion they deserve.

“The deaths, or disappear-ances, of our most vulnerable citizens – because they occur so often – have become accept-able in this society,” Toulouse said. “This is the frustrating and scary reality we continue to face.”

Questions, concerns raised over student deaths

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsFriends and family of Jordan Wabasse gather near the location where the Webequie teen’s body was found May 10 in the Kaministiqua River in Thunder Bay. Since then, area politicians and First Nation leaders have questioned why so many First Nation high school students have gone missing in the city. Since 2000, seven Nishnawbe Aski Nation youth have died. Six of those deaths were by drowning.

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ᓂᐢᑕᑦ ᑲᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ 1974 ᐁᐅᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑭᐧᐁᑎᓄᐠᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑕᐃᑦᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ. ᑕᓱᓂᔓᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ

ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐧᐃ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᐃᐣ ᐅᓇᔓᐧᐁᐧᐃ ᑲᓇᐧᐊᐸᒋᑫᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᒋᐃᔑ ᐸᐸᒥᓯᒪᑲᐠ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᐣ.

I recently travelled to the United Kingdom on a pil-grimage to find my great

grandfather's grave. The good news is that I found

the white stone marker bearing his name John Chookomolin although they had misspelled it Jakomolin.

It was good to kneel at the place where he was buried and to feel the space around me.

My great grandfather and 23 other young Cree boys from Attawapiskat were picked up by a recruiter in the summer of 1917. I am not sure how this military man found his way to the remote shore of James Bay way back then when travel was very difficult and the wilder-ness almost impossible to move about in.

Yet, this man convinced these boys to travel by canoe for two weeks to a place near Nakina, Ont. where they caught a train and travelled to points south for training. By autumn they were boarding a troop ship to Lon-don, England.

They were mostly split up in the UK and sadly my grandfa-ther is claimed to have devel-oped pneumonia and died in September. He was only 22.

My research indicates that the Spanish Flu hit in 1919 and later, so there is some debate as to what it was that killed him in September 1917.

As I travelled on an interna-tional flight to London, I had a lot of time to think about what it must have been like for those young Cree boys.

I realized that they would have had no knowledge about the world outside of their tradi-tional hunting and fishing lands on the shore of James Bay.

They could not speak Eng-lish, they had never seen a train, ship, developed towns, cities or all the infrastructure that went with them.

They had no idea they were off to fight in some great war, worlds away from their own realities.

It would not have been so bad if my grandfather had made it back from that experience but in fact he died in a foreign land

surrounded by strangers. I think he would have been

full of fear and very alone as he struggled to breathe in a field hospital near Egham in England. He would have been thinking about his young wife, Maggie and his little girl, Louise as he slipped away from life.

Our family was not noti-fied of his death and there was never any communication from the government. He just simply disappeared and we knew nothing about him for 80 years. Louise, his little girl, lost her father in that summer of 1917 and a few years later her mother passed away leaving her an orphan. Louise was my grandmother and she passed on in 2007.

Although my pilgrimage to the grave of John Chookomolin was a very sad journey it also gave me an insight into the folly of war.

In the St. Jude's graveyard in Englefield Green, I was sur-rounded by many gravestones of soldiers that died in the First World War.

There were no kings, princes, aristocrats or government and political people in this grave-yard but I saw the headstones of lots of regular men who answered the call to war.

I know now that it is never the rich and powerful that go to war. These people simply start war and usually it has to do with money, power, the desire for resources and dumb bra-vado. The public, the average men and women are the ones put in harm's way to satisfy the powerful few who decide to go to war.

Although my great grand-father John Chookomolin did not return from the war my grandfather James Kataquapit did. He had lots of stories about heading off from Halifax in a huge ship (Cheeman), crossing the great ocean (Kitchi-Kamee) and arriving in the white man's world (Mishtigooshoo Aski) in the UK.

He was split up from his friends in London and he lost track of many of them.

When he was returned to Canada he was taken to the spot near Nakina and simply dropped off at the rail side and told to go home. It was a miracle he made it back to Attawapiskat.

This experience in visiting England and researching my great grandfather's trail has strengthened my opposition to war as a means to any end.

I intend to give John Chooko-molin the voice he never had in writing about him and the other boys that were taken from their home in the summer of 1917.

That will be their legacy.

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I watched a really terrific movie recently. I watch a lot of movies and frankly, there

aren’t many nowadays that have the power to reach out and touch me.

Hollywood has strayed from the art of storytelling to the fascination with flash, technol-ogy and puerile, sometimes senseless action and violence.

That’s okay for those keen on escapism but I’ve always loved storytelling’s power to lift me, transport me, elevate me and take me somewhere I have never been.

So to find a film that got to me emotionally was wonder-ful. I sat back and let if flow over me. I allowed the story to inhabit me and just as I came to inhabit it. Time became unimportant and all that existed was the story come to life on the screen. It wasn’t a big name, big star extrava-ganza nor was it a theatrical stunner. Instead it was anima-tion. Claymation, I believe they call it when the characters are clay and made to move on the screen like real people.

It’s called Mary and Max

and it’s about two people; one a sad, lonely girl in Australia and a sad, lonely old man from New York City.

Both their worlds are glum and woeful and they both suf-fer the weight of isolation and a pitiable lack of friends.

Max is Jewish and Mary is a non-descript white Austra-lian but they share a common yearning for more; more adventure, more experience, more connection to things and people.

But neither of them fit into the worlds they inhabit.

Mary is young, plain and deeply withdrawn. She’s awk-ward with folks and spends all of her time in her room watch-ing television.

Max suffers from Asberger Syndrome and because of that he can’t decipher the world or the people around him. He too, spends all his time with his television and a single gold fish for company. When fate allows them to become pen pals everything changes and they discover the magic of friendship.

In their letters they define themselves to each other. They’re able, through the relative safety of distance and displacement, to let their inte-rior worlds out and to declare and define their personhood in ways their lowly lives will not allow. The letters are

heartfelt, innocent and filled with insights into how lonely people interpret the world and the people around them. They become attached to each other and the arrival of new letters and small gifts become shining lights in their glum worlds.

Then, just like everyone else, life befalls them. Things hap-pen, there are tragedies and changes and misunderstand-ings followed by long periods when they do not write. But they miss each other. They crave the simple joy that comes with communicating with another human being.

Like any real world friend-ship they have to learn to nego-tiate through life. Mary finds love then loses it, Max falls ill and they are both incapable of telling the other how that feels or believing that they will be understood or that friendship itself can be the bridge to a necessary healing connection.

Emotionally, it’s so much like the real world that it’s easy to forget you’re watching a movie or that the characters are clay puppets.

That’s because Mary and Max is deeply funny. That’s because the producers and the writers allow their foibles and idiosyncrasies to shine through and we laugh because we see ourselves in them. We laugh because we recognize humanity and it’s only a great

story that creates that state or relationship between the make believe and the human.

It’s also sensationally sad but in the end as uplifting a movie as I’ve seen.

Sure, the technology that allows a clay puppet to act is amazing but it’s the real emo-tion they display that makes watching it a joy.

See, we need real stories now. At least, I know that I do. We need to see and hear and read stories that allow us to see ourselves in them – to imagine how it would be, how we would be in the same situation. We need stories that open doorways to perception and allow us a peek at our real natures, the sides of ourselves we keep tucked and hidden from the view of those we love and those we can sometimes pretend to really know. That’s the particular magic of good movie making and good story-telling – to open our imagina-tions so that we can see our-selves as we really are.

Mary and Max is awesome. Watch it if you care about sto-ries that reach out and touch you.

Stories that have the power to claim part of your soul and change it, alter it make it more because that, in the end, is what storytelling is all about – bringing us into them and making us more.

Xavier Kataquapit

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‘Cell phones might keep students safe’

Re: Family, friends mourn WabasseWhat happened to Jordan? He was a block from home off the bus and ends up on the other side of town in the river? These questions need to be answered. So many questions. Don’t keep sweeping them under the rug. Let’s talk openly. Also, I would suggest that NNEC and KO should consider buying prepaid cell phones for the students who are going out to school, so they can notify thereabouts to their boarding parents/whoever is responsible for them. Never know the students need them (cell phones) for emergencies. Do you think it’s more important for the safety of the students rather than considering the costs of the cell phones? This should be a total consideration for NNEC and KO to think about.

Anonymous

‘More language options for children needed’

Re: Conference attempts to decode the loss of language issueAnimated television series for children in Anishinaabemowin would be nice. I am a second-language learner, and it would have been nice to be exposed to all the media that taught me English to be in Anishinaabemowin. My mother is a first-language speaker too, but how do you teach a language when so much of another language is available and prevalent.

Ikwe

‘Youth need to stop high-risk actions’

Re: 37 months for HIV exposureIt’s a very unfortunate case, compassion going out to everyone affected by this tragedy and all those living with this deadly disease. Hopefully our young people will read this and take better care of themselves and stop engaging in high-risk behavior. We don’t need anything else to try and weaken our Nation, we need to begin to strengthen it and reinforce that with our children, especially young ones. Peace and love to all.

Anonymous

‘Funds needed for safe student housing’

Re: Family, friends mourn WabasseI hope and pray that seven student deaths will be enough of a sacrifice to satisfy members of parliament to allow funds for safe living quarters beside the school. I also hope that no one is stupid enough to believe that these seven drown were accidental or self-intentional. That thought is ridiculous and fictional. What happened to the great apology of a few years ago for the residential schools? This is almost the same thing isn’t it if they are not going to be pro-vided with residences at school or schools at home? Are these young males victims of a sexual predator? What happened to Jordan?

Bev Pirie

In an earlier article, I dis-cussed the concept of perma-nent loss versus a paper loss

and I also briefly introduced another element of risk, the concept of volatility.

This article will expand on the concept of volatility, as well as discuss other investment risks including inflation and not being able to meet your finan-cial goals.

Volatility can be defined as the total range that an invest-ment or investment portfolio will fluctuate within, from the highest to the lowest value.

However, even though an investment can be very volatile, only when an investor sells the investment below what they bought it for does it become a permanent loss.

That fact is not much com-fort to those who have to put up with the crazy path of a highly volatile investment … one moment you’re extremely happy because it doubled in value, the next moment you’re depressed because it dropped 80 per cent.

When a potential client wants to open an investment account and asks me to man-age their investments, one of the most important facts I try to uncover is how much vola-tility they can handle in their portfolio.

All investors should ask themselves: “How much fluc-tuation in my portfolio can I stomach?”

It’s like asking yourself what type of rollercoaster is appropri-ate for you.

The answer to this question is different for each person and the level of risk that you are willing to take in your invest-ment portfolio is related to the ‘ride’ you are comfortable with. Many investment professionals use a risk tolerance question-naire to attempt to determine an investor’s risk/volatility level.

However, I have found that those results are not always truly reflective of an investors risk tolerance level.

When I first became an investment professional six years ago, I interviewed a woman who completed a risk tolerance questionnaire and, according to the results of that questionnaire, she was a bal-anced investor.

A balanced investor is an

investor who has 50 per cent of their savings invested in the stock market and 50 per cent in bonds or cash – their account is balanced.

However, after several min-utes of conversation, when I asked her how she had reacted to the market crash of 2000, she became very agitated and rubbed her head in her hands when she described how her portfolio declined around one per cent during 2000/2001.

A balanced portfolio, for those who do not know, will drop by 22 per cent during a worst-case scenario market crash so obviously, she was not a balanced investor.

She, in fact, needed an investment portfolio that had no volatility since even a small amount of volatility (one per-cent) caused her such stress that she was unable to sleep at night.

Another risk for investors to consider is inflation.

Inflation is the gradual increase of prices that consum-ers have to pay for goods. For example, back in 1950, a loaf of bread cost around ten cents. Now, a loaf of bread costs about $1.25 or more.

The gradual increase in price over the past 60 years not only means that the price has gone up, but the value of a dollar has dropped.

Back in 1950, a dollar would have bought you 10 loaves of bread, but now it can’t even buy you one.

This means that not only should you, as an investor, be concerned that your invest-ments are increasing in value over time, but that they are at least matching the rate of infla-tion.

If your investment portfolio does not match the rate of inflation, items become more expensive faster than your money grows which means that you can buy less and, in reality, become poorer.

How can you manage this risk and ensure that your pur-chasing power keeps pace with inflation?

For investors who are very risk averse, Real Return Bonds that are backed by the govern-ment of Canada or the prov-inces are an excellent tool to keep pace with inflation.

For those who can handle a reasonable level of risk, a cer-tain percent of the investment portfolio should be allocated to stocks since, historically, the total return of stocks have exceeded the rate of inflation. There are also specific sectors that have historically kept pace with inflation, including real estate and gold.

As a result, I recommend that most investors should have some exposure to these assets within their investment account.

However, in my opinion, the greatest risk for most investors is the risk that they will not be able to achieve their financial goals. In the same way that each person has a specific amount of risk they are willing to take, each person has finan-cial goals that are specific to themselves.

I believe that money should be viewed as a tool that allows you to achieve what you want to achieve and investing is a series of actions, knowledge and strategies whereby you apply the characteristics of money to achieve those goals that are important to you.

For some, that means invest-ing for the future (retirement) and for others it means maxi-mizing the investment income their portfolio will generate at this moment.

An investment portfolio should be designed to achieve your goals, at the level of risk that you are most comfortable with, within your required time frame.

This article is supplied by Gor-don Keesic, a Lac Seul band member working with RBC Global Asset Management Inc. This article is for information purposes only. Please consult with a professional advisor before taking any action based on information in this article.

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Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan announced that funding has been set aside for the construction of a school in Attawapiskat First Nation.

Duncan and his department of Aboriginal Affairs and North-ern Development will be work-ing closely with the community to make comfortable education a possibility, according to a May 19 press release.

Currently, students are attending school in portables after the old school was closed because of an environmental hazard due to leaking diesel fuel that accumulated over 20 years.

“Ensuring that students

in Attawapiskat First Nation receive a quality education is a priority of this government,” Duncan said.

He said the federal govern-ment would be thorough in their efforts to construct an ele-mentary school.

The work plan for the school has three stages: a school capi-tal planning study, for which

$113,000 has been put aside, a detailed design phase and a construction phase.

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence expressed appreciation at the government’s interest in education for her community.

“I am pleased to see that the Government of Canada is delivering on its promise to strengthen education in our community,” Spence said.

The finished school will be just over 5,800 square meters in size.

Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus welcomed the announcement of the new school. However, he still had choice words for the federal government.

“This community’s fight for a decent school has become

a powerful symbol of Otta-wa’s negligence towards First Nations children,” Angus said.

Angus helped launch Shan-nen’s Dream, a campaign aimed at eliminating funding discrimi-nation for education.

“The fight for equal educa-tion rights is far from over,” he said.

Shannen’s Dream is in honour of the late Shan-nen Koostachin, a youth from Attawapiskat. She led a national campaign for a new school in the community. Tragi-cally, she died in a car accident last year.

Attawapiskat has a popu-lation of 1,815 people and is located on the coast of James Bay about 220 kilometres north of Moosonee.

Three-year plan set for newAttawapiskat elementary school


Constance Lake is going to mediation with Zenyatta Ven-tures Ltd. over mineral explo-ration drilling in its traditional territory northwest of Hearst.

“We’re still negotiating with Zenyatta,” said Constance Lake Chief Arthur Moore May 19. “We thought things were going great but we decided to go through the mediation pro-cess.”

Moore will be attending the mediation process May 24 in Toronto, which a judge has been appointed to oversee.

“So we should be able to come up with some solutions, hopefully,” Moore said. “Litiga-tion is costly, so we decided to go the other route. I think we have a strong case to present to the judge.”

Ontario Superior Court Justice Sidney N. Lederman had ordered Constance Lake, Zenyatta and the provincial government to carry on further consultations until May 20, but Moore said there were difficul-ties dealing with the company so the community decided to look at another option to come up with a resolution.

“I’m hoping by late next week (May 23-27) we’ll have a com-plete answer basically where they are ensuring that Aborigi-nal rights are protected and our

traditional lands are protected and Aboriginal treaty rights (are protected),” Moore said.

During Constance Lake’s initial April 29 court hearing seeking to stop Zenyatta from further exploration drilling in its traditional territory, Leder-man ordered the three parties to meet until May 11 to attempt to resolve the issue.

“I am glad to see the court taking these issues seriously,”

Moore said at the time. “We take them very seriously. If exploration is going to occur, it needs to be done right – in

a way that is respectful to the land, to our people, and to our rights.”

Zenyatta announced Feb. 28 the start of a 20,000 metre drill program. Zenyatta is targeting nickel, copper and platinum group metals in a claim cover-ing 300,000 acres.

The company stated in a May 12 press release that if the par-ties do not reach a consensus in the interim, the motion for an interim injunction will be argued May 20.

Zenyatta said it remains com-mitted to on-going good faith dialogue with the Crown and Constance Lake respecting the community’s concerns but will defend its rights and interests. The company’s board and man-agement are optimistic that an agreement can be reached with Constance Lake.

Constance Lake going to mediation

James ThomWawatay News

Lawyers for Mishkeegoga-mang have begun opening remarks in what could be a landmark case over the James Bay Treaty.

After years of legal wran-gling, the case began May 16 in Toronto with the federal and provincial governments, Ontario Power Generation and Ontario Electricity Power Corp. all represented.

The case will explore the

treaty and whether it was hon-oured fairly. The community’s lawyer E. Anthony Ross said in court May 16 that the provin-cial and federal governments have not honoured the deal by moving the Mishkeegogamang people away from the land they had been promised and then allowing the land to be flooded by hydro projects.

Flooding caused bones to wash up from burial grounds, according to the suit.

That is the basis for the multi-million and possibly bil-

lion dollar lawsuit.Allegations listed in the suit

have not been proven in court.Chief Missabay signed the

treaty, written in English – a for-eign language to him – in 1905 with an “X”

The chief had no one acting on his behalf and did not play a role in the determining the terms of the treaty, historical records show.

Apart from treaty payments of $4 annually and the right to hunt and fish, the people of Mishkeegogamang received lit-

tle benefit from the treaty.Unemployment is high as are

the levels of fetal alcohol spec-trum disorder and depression, according to community leader-ship.

The community is seek-ing remedy from Canada for “breach of fiduciary duties resulting in trespass, nuisance, wrongful deprivation of ripar-ian rights, permitting profiteer-ing … in contravention of treaty obligations.”

The trial is expected to con-tinue through November.

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Social planning group aims to end poverty in province by end of decadeRick GarrickWawatay News

The Social Planning Network of Ontario is calling for a pov-erty free Ontario.

“We’re part of a struggle,” said Marvyn Novick, com-munity activist with the Social Planning Network of Ontario.“Aboriginal peoples have their historic dimension to that struggle that has to be honoured, but we also have a struggle about the things in common because all peoples need good wages in the labour market and need to know that the rents they pay won’t take food money.”

Speaking at the Lakehead Social Planning Council’s

annual general meeting May 18 in Thunder Bay, Novick said Aboriginal peoples need institu-tions to end poverty.

“The government of Canada has a fiduciary responsibility to honour commitments made to Aboriginal peoples so Aborigi-nal peoples can develop their collective institutions and work for ending poverty,” Novick said.

He said the federal govern-ment should work with Aborigi-nal peoples to develop strate-gies to end poverty on and off reserve and where to get the powers and resources to do so.

The Social Planning Net-work of Ontario has been hold-ing Moving to a Poverty Free Ontario sessions in 21 commu-

nities across Ontario.The policy agenda for a pov-

erty free Ontario focuses on three key areas: ending deep poverty by upgrading social assistance, ending working poverty by assuring basic liv-ing wages, and protecting food money by phasing in a full housing benefit.

The Social Planning Network of Ontario is aiming to build cross-community support for a poverty free Ontario by the end of the decade.

“Human dignity reminds us that there is a moral issue underlying local poverty,” Novick said.

“We’re now recognizing that poverty is not a condition that we have to accept.”

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsMarvyn Novick, community activist with the Social Planning Network of Ontario, spoke about moving to a poverty free Ontario during the May 18 Lakehead Social Planning Council annual general meeting.


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James Benson/Special to Wawatay NewsNorth Caribou Lake Elder Alec Kenequanash helps himself to food during annual spring thanks-giving feast May 19 hosted by North Caribou Construction Ltd. to show appreciation to the com-munity for the services they provide, such as winter road construction. Various traditional foods such as geese, fish, moose and beaver were served during the day.


Terry Waboose is among 14 people named to the Chancel-lor’s Task Force for the pro-posed Lakehead University Fac-ulty of Law.

Waboose, deputy grand chief for Nishnawbe Aski Nation, will work alongside the others to secure public support and fund-ing to support the operation of the Faculty of Law.

“The chiefs see this as an investment,” Waboose said at the announcement May 18. “There is going to be a lot of development in our territory over the next number of years. In order for us to benefit from that development, we are going to need an educated work-force.”

Waboose, who holds the edu-cation portfolio at NAN, said the organization supports edu-cation and any opportunities members can have to improve their lives through higher edu-cation such as becoming doc-tors, business people, engineers or lawyers.

“That’s why the leader-ship supports the law school, a school that is close to our territory,” Waboose said. “The chiefs have been committed to supporting this law school for many years.”

The school will focus on

Aboriginal law, natural resource law, and small- or single-practi-tioner law. Waboose said it may not be easy to get the law school started but the results will be worthwhile.

“You have to work hard to achieve what you want to do,” Waboose said. “We are always

told no by government. We are told there are not enough resources. But in order to get things done and succeed, you need to persevere.”

Waboose brings that perse-verance to the task force. He will serve alongside Lakehead University chancellor Arthur

V. Mauro, LU president Brian Stevenson, Catherine Beamish, Kristen Bucci, Richard Buset, Cam Clark, Sylvio Di Grigorio, Karen Drake, Maria Dufresne, Lee Gould, The Honourable Doug Lewis, Ross Murray and Rod Shewchuck.

The task force will advocate

for funding from the Ontario government to establish the Faculty of Law.

Other responsibilities of the task force are assessing the proposed next steps including reviewing the proposed time-lines, assisting in developing a strategic plan for fundraising,

and enhancing community out-reach.

“The Chancellor’s Task Force is a fitting mechanism to con-tinue to work toward offering a Faculty of Law that provides educational focus on legal issues related to the resource-based northern Ontario econ-omy,” Mauro said.

He said LU’s Faculty of Law will help redress declining par-ticipation in sole and small law firm practice as well as provide access in northern Ontario to a Canadian law school. It will also emphasize a working rela-tionship with Aboriginal peo-ples to address the legal needs of Aboriginal communities in the north, Mauro said.

It has been a busy spring for the university and its law school plans. The task force was created following a vote by Lakehead University Senate on May 13, at which both the proposed curriculum and the establishment of a Faculty of Law were approved. The Senate vote came on the heels of the Law Society of Upper Canada approval of the proposed cur-riculum in April.

Since 2005, the university prepared to accommodate a yearly group of 55 students at the former Port Arthur Col-legiate Institute, acquired by the university in 2008 after the 100-year-old high school closed.

Waboose named to LU’s faculty of law task force

James Thom/Wawatay NewsNishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose was among 14 people named to the Chancellor’s Task Force for the proposed Lake-head University Faculty of Law. The announcement was made May 18.

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INSPECTIONForest Management Plan InspectionLake Nipigon Forest2011–2021 Forest Management Plan

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc. (LNFMI) and the Armstrong and Nipigon East Area Local Citizens Committees (LCC) would like to advise you that the 2011–2021 Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the Lake Nipigon Forest has been approved by the MNR Regional Director and is available for inspection.

The Planning Process

The FMP takes approximately two years to complete. During this time, fi ve formal opportunities for public and Aboriginal involvement are provided. The fourth opportunity (Stage 4) for this FMP occurred between December 10, 2010 and February 8, 2011 when the public was invited to review and comment on the draft FMP. This ‘Stage 5’ notice is to advise you that the MNR-approved FMP will be available for inspection for 30 days.

FMP Inspection – Final Opportunity

During the 30-day inspection period, you may make a written request to the Director, Environmental Assessment Approvals Branch, Ministry of the Environment for an individual environmental assessment of specifi c forest management activities in the FMP. A response to a request will normally be provided by the Director, Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch, Ministry of the Environment after the completion of the 30-day inspection period.

The MNR-approved FMP and summary are available for inspection during normal offi ce hours for 30 days from June 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011, at the following locations:

MNR public website at ontario.ca/forestplans (The Ontario Government

district and/or area offi ces provide internet access)

MNR staff at the appropriate MNR district or area offi ce to discuss the FMP.

For further information, please contact:

Don Plumridge Dennis LemonArmstrong Local Citizens Committee Nipigon East Area Local Citizens CommitteeP.O. Box 96 P.O. Box 187Armstrong, ON P0T 1A0 Beardmore, ON P0T 1G0tel: 807-583-2288 tel: 807-875-2174e-mail: [email protected]

Chris Leale, RPF Paul Poschmann, RPF General ManagerMinistry of Natural Resources Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc.5 Wadsworth Drive, P.O. Box 970 78 Salls Street, P.O. Box 449Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0 Red Rock, ON P0T 2P0tel: 807-887-5042 tel: 807-886-3024 ext. 1fax: 807-887-2993 fax: 807-886-2641e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] offi ce hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. offi ce hours: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

The approved FMP will be available for the 10-year period of the FMP at the same locations listed above.

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Ginoogaming has been wait-ing more than a year for its wood allocation in order to begin operations at a local mill.

Calling it “vital to support its forestry operations,” commu-nity officials said May 19 they are tired of waiting. The wood allocation would support their Making Ground Forest Products Limited (MGFP) operation.

Ginoogaming has made numerous requests over the past year to the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry (MNDMF) through letters and participa-tion in a provincial wood com-petition.

But the community has been unsuccessful in its bids accord-

ing to Adolph Rasevych, eco-nomic development manager for Ginoogaming.

“It’s been noted in the media that wood is being supplied to Atikokan, White River, Beard-more, Armstrong and more … yet Ginoogaming First Nation is a hub in the centre of all of these communities and our requests have been constantly denied,” Rasevych said. “This is difficult for the company and our First Nation members to comprehend because we do in fact have a major project ready to go that will bring signifi-cant economic investment and employment to the region.”

Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, said he met with the community May 20.

“At this meeting we dis-

cussed future opportunities for the community,” Gravelle said through an email. “It is my hope that they can move for-ward on these projects to build economic development in their community.”

Rasevych said MGFP has three forestry projects under-way including one which has been funded in its entirety.

The only obstacle remaining is the allocation of 50,000 cubic metres of conifer.

“The rest of these projects depend on the initial project getting started,” said Gin-googaming Chief Celia Echum, adding that about 400 jobs could be created. “The Ontario government apparently does not realize the economic poten-tial that a First Nation like Ginoogaming has to offer.”

Ginoogaming forestry operation on hold

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Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsABOVE: The 2011 Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School graduates prepare to enter the gymnasium for their May 11 graduation cere-mony.

BOTTOM LEFT: Wapekeka’s Chelsea Goodman and her mother cel-ebrate her high school graduation May 11 at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay.

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Two parents were among the graduates at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFC) this year.

“It was a full schedule,” said Jordie Kakegamic, the father of a five-month-old daughter and a fifteen-month-old son from Keewaywin. “It was hard, but it was worth it in the end.”

Kakegamic, who has an uncle work-ing with Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, is planning to study police foundations at Confederation College.

Wapekeka’s Chelsea Goodman, a single mother, received help from her mother and staff at DFC throughout the school year as she pursued her education.

“It was difficult, but it made me realize more that I needed an education because I’m the one that has to provide my home for my son,” Goodman said.

Goodman lost her father, Ignace Good-man, during the school year.

“I graduated for my dad – it was his aim for me to graduate,” Goodman said. “I lost him during the school year but I kept on pushing myself.”

Goodman plans to study Aboriginal law

at Confederation College with the goal of eventually helping ensure her son and other First Nations youth have a good education and a good future.

Goodman said the recent discovery of Jordan Wabasse’s body in the Kaministiquia River was difficult for the students at DFC.

“It’s hard for us to realize that one of us can go missing like that,” Goodman said.

The 2011 DFC graduation ceremony was held May 11 in Thunder Bay, with opening remarks by Northern Nishnawbe Education Council executive director Jennifer Mani-towabi and Elder Abe Kakepetum and a per-formance and presentation by Shibastik, a Moose Cree painter and hip hop musician.

Goodman received the $750 City of Thunder Bay Entrance Scholarship while Sandy Lake’s St. John Kakekagumick received the $750 City of Thunder Bay Entrance Award.

Cat Lake’s Naomi Wesley received the $500 Ruth Ann Beardy Memorial Award; Deer Lake’s Mayveline Quill received the $150 Knights of Kaleva Award; Wunnumin Lake’s Storm Keewasin-Edwards received the Fort William Rotary Club Award; Sandy Lake’s Chanelle Keno received the $100 Italian Foundation Bursary; Sachigo Lake’s Esther Barkman received the $100 Da Vinci

Centre Award; Sachigo Lake’s Darlene Bark-man received the $100 Elder Tait Award; and Kingfisher Lake’s Beatrice Mamakwa received the $100 Knights of Kaleva Award and the $100 Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre Award.

Community awards were also presented to the graduates.

“I just encourage those graduates to fol-low their dreams,” Manitowabi said.

Kakekagumick is aiming to follow his dream for a career in graphic design.

“I’m attending Humber College next September,” said the class valedictorian. “I’m intending to take the graphic design program; later maybe I’ll upgrade it into a degree in design.”

Kakekagumick first got involved in design in Grade 8 and later discovered graphic design when he was in Grade 10.

“I’m able to use my skills in art and design and put them into use for people to use,” Kakekagumick said.

Kakekagumick feels the experiences he had while attending DFC will help him when he attends Humber College in Toronto.

“Even though I’ve finished high school, it doesn’t feel over,” Kakekagumick said. “It just feels like I’m starting something new.”

Keewaywin Elder Peggy Kakepetum does not like seeing young people leaving her community.

“I don’t really like our young people going out any-where,” Kakepetum said a week after Jordan Wabasse’s body was discovered in the Kaministiquia River in Thun-der Bay.

She said the only safe place she can think of where Keewaywin students attend school is Pelican Falls First Nation High School just outside Sioux Lookout. The school has on site housing for students.

Wabasse, a Webequie teen attending the Matawa Learn-ing Centre, was missing for more than three months when his body was found.

Kakepetum, who has plenty of grandchildren, questioned the safety of youth in Win-nipeg or Thunder Bay.

“I don’t think it is a safe place to send your kid any-more,” Kakepetum said.

“There’s a lot of things going on, especially nowadays.”

Kakepetum has often thought about the possibility of having a high school in a nearby community, noting that her community does not have a large population of high school students.

Some of the students have been using the KiHS (Keewaytinook Internet High School) to gain their high school credits.

“It’s very small here in our community,” Kakepetum said.

Kakepetum said the stu-dent accommodations under consideration for students at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School would need plenty of staff to look after the students.

“Every time we lose a young person over there, it is always in the water,” Kakepetum said. “I often wonder why they have to go in the water. I think it’s not safe at all.” - RG

Elder questions sending youth to cities

Graduating classReuben Anderson, Wapekeka

Darlene Barkman, Sachigo LakeEsther Barkman, Sachigo Lake

Darrin Fiddler, Sandy LakeChelsea Goodman, WapekekaJordie Kakegamic, Keewaywin

St. John Kakekagumick, Sandy LakeStorm Keewasin-Edwards, Wunnumin Lake

Chanelle Keno, Sandy LakeBeatrice Mamakwa, Kingfisher Lake

Jimmy Monias, Sandy LakeMayvelline Quill, Deer LakeRoseanne Rae, Keewaywin

Jared Sugarhead, KingfisherJordie Turtle, PikangikumNaomi Wesley, Cat Lake

Parents among graduates at DFC

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsKeewaywin’s Jordie Kakegamic and his fam-ily pose for a photo next to a teepee outside Den-nis Franklin Cromarty High School after the May 11 DFC graduation ceremony.


NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND HEARING

FOR LEAVE TO CONSTRUCT TRANSMISSION FACILITIES FOR THE DETOUR LAKE POWER PROJECT

(Phase II – Island Falls to Pinard TS)

Ontario Energy Board

Commission de l’energiede l’Ontario

Detour Gold Corporation ( “Detour”) has led an application with the Ontario Energy Board (the “Board”) dated April 19, 2011 under sections 92 and 97 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c.15, Schedule B (“the Act”). Detour is seeking an order of the Board granting leave to construct a transmission line and associated facilities from Pinard TS to the Island Falls area, where it will connect to a previously approved transmission line supplying the Detour Lake Mine, located 180 km northeast of the Town of Cochrane. Detour also seeks an order approving the form of easement agreement provided in the application. Detour Gold Corporation is a Canadian gold exploration and development company headquartered in Toronto.On July 23, 2010 Detour led an application (EB-2010-0243) with the Board for leave to construct a 138 km 115 kilovolt (“kV”) transmission line connecting the Detour mine site to the provincial grid line C3H at Island Falls (“the Phase I line”). The Board issued a Decision on November 24, 2010 granting Leave.The work which is the subject of this application involves building a new 38 km 230 kV transmission line from Pinard TS to the area of the Island Falls connection point of the Phase I line; severing the connection of the west end of the Phase I line to line C3H at Island Falls, and re-connecting the Phase I line to the proposed new 230 kV line from Pinard TS. Additional work includes modi cation of the Pinard TS switchyard and other ancillary work performed by Hydro One Networks Inc. The complete circuit, approximately 176 km, will be operated at 230 kV. The Board has assigned File No. EB-2011-0115 to this application.Detour submits that the project is required to ensure a dependable power supply for the Detour Lake Project, and projects a 95 MW load when the mine is fully operational. Detour has indicated that Phase II includes alterations to Pinard TS to be carried out by Hydro One, but the applicant is not seeking approval for this work in this application. Other than the Pinard TS modi cations, Detour will construct, own and operate the facilities. The applicant has indicated that it has led with the Board a separate application to become a licensed transmitter in Ontario.Detour advises that temporary and permanent land rights are required during construction and over the life of the project to accommodate the proposed transmission facilities. A map showing the location of the proposed facilities and route is included with this Notice. The scheduled in-service date is April 2012.

Board JurisdictionFor any leave to construct application under section 92 of the Act, section 96(2) of theAct provides that when determining if a proposed work is in the public interest, theBoard jurisdiction is limited to consideration of:

� interests of consumers with respect to prices and the reliability and quality of electricity service, and

� where applicable and in a manner consistent with the policies of the Government of Ontario, the promotion of the use of renewable energy sources.

How to see the Applicant’s Pre- led EvidenceCopies of the application and the pre- led evidence in support of the application will be available for public inspection at the Board’s of ces and at the applicant’s of ces and website.

Written HearingThe Board intends to proceed with this matter by way of a written hearing unless a party satis es the Board that there is a good reason for not holding a written hearing. If you object to the Board holding a written hearing in this matter, you must provide written reasons why an oral hearing is necessary. Any submissions objecting to a written hearing must be received by the Board and copied to the applicant within 10 days of the publication or service date of this notice.

How to ParticipateYou may participate in this proceeding in one of three ways:1. Become an Intervenor

Intervenors participate actively in the proceeding (i.e., submit written questions, evidence, and arguments, and cross-examine witnesses at an oral hearing).A request for intervenor status must be made by letter of intervention and be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the publication or service date of this notice. A letter of intervention must include: (a) a description of how you are, or may be, affected by the outcome of this proceeding; (b) if you represent a group, a description of the group and its membership; and (c) whether you intend to seek an award of costs and the grounds for your cost award eligibility. You must provide a copy of your letter of intervention to the applicant.Everything an intervenor les with the Board, including the intervenor’s name and contact information, will be placed on the public record, which means that all lings will be available for viewing at the Board’s of ces and will be placed on the Board’s website.If you already have a user ID, please submit your intervention request through the Board’s web portal at www.errr.ontarioenergyboard.ca. Additionally, two paper copies must be submitted to the address set out below.If you do not have a user ID, visit the Board’s website under e-Filing Services and complete a user ID/password request form. For instructions on how to submit documents and naming conventions please refer to the RESS Document Guidelines found at www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/OEB/Industry, e-Filing Services.The Board also accepts interventions by e-mail, at the address below, and again, two additional paper copies are required. Those who do not have internet access are required to submit their intervention request on a CD in PDF format, along with two paper copies.2. Send a Letter with your Comments to the Board

If you wish to comment on the proceeding without becoming an intervenor, you may submit a letter of comment to the Board Secretary.All letters of comment sent to the Board will be placed on the public record, which means that the letters will be available for viewing at the Board’s of ces and will be placed on the Board’s website.Before placing the letter of comment on the public record, the Board will remove any personal (i.e. not business) contact information from the letter of comment (i.e. the address, fax number, phone number, and e-mail address of the individual). However, the name of the individual and the content of the letter of comment will become part of the public record.A complete copy of your letter of comment, including your name, contact information, and the content of the letter, will be provided to the applicant and the Hearing Panel.Your letter of comment must be received by the Board no later than 30 days from the publication or service date of this notice. The Board accepts letters of comment by either post or e-mail at the addresses below.3. Become an Observer

Observers do not participate actively in the proceeding but receive documents issued by the Board in the proceeding. There is no fee for observers to receive documents issued by the Board.A request for observer status must be made in writing and be received by the Board no later than 10 days from the

publication or service date of this notice. The Board accepts observer request letters by either post or e-mail at the addresses below.All letters requesting observer status will become part of the public record, which means that the letters will be available for viewing at the Board’s of ces and will be placed on the Board’s website.Before placing the request for observer status on the public record, the Board will remove any personal (i.e. not business) contact information from the request (i.e., the address, fax number, phone number, and e-mail address of the individual). However, the name of the individual and the content of the request for observer status will become part of the public record.Observers may also request documents led by the applicant and other parties to the proceeding but must request these documents directly from the relevant party. Observers may be required to pay for the costs of reproducing and delivering the material.Most documents led in this application will also be available on the Board’s website.

How to Contact UsIn responding to this Notice, please reference Board le number EB-2011-0115 in the subject line of your e-mail or at the top of your letter. It is also important that you provide your name, postal address and telephone number and, if available, an e-mail address and fax number. All communications should be directed to the attention of the Board Secretary at the address below, and be received no later than 4:45 p.m. on the required date.

Need More Information?Further information on how to participate may be obtained by visiting the Board’s www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/OEB/Industry or by calling our Consumer Relations Centre at 1-877-632-2727.

IMPORTANT IF YOU DO NOT FILE A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OBJECTING TO A WRITTEN HEARING OR DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING BY FILING WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO FURTHER NOTICE IN THIS PROCEEDING.

ADDRESSES (for viewing of the Applicant’s submission)

DATED at Toronto May 11, 2011.

ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD

Original signed by

Kirsten WalliBoard Secretary

EB-2011-0115

Ontario Energy BoardP.O. Box 2319, 27th Floor2300 Yonge StreetToronto ON M4P 1E4Attn: Ms. Kirsten Walli Board Secretary

Tel: 1-888-632-6273 (Toll free)Fax: 416-440-7656

E-mail: [email protected]

Detour Gold Corporation Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower200 Bay Street, Suite 2200Box #23Toronto ON M2J 2J1Attn: Mr. Derek Teevan

Tel: 416-304-0800Fax: 416-304-0184


Counsel to :Detour Gold Corporation Mr. Scott StollAird & Berlis LLPSuite 1800, Box 754Brook eld Place, 181 Bay StreetToronto ON M5J 2T6

Tel: 416-865-4703Fax: 416-865-1515



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Peter MoonSpecial to Wawatay News

One uniform stood out dur-ing a two-day national Junior Canadian Ranger marksman-ship competition at Canadian Forces Base Borden, where mili-tary uniforms were the order of the day.

It was the working uniform of Const. Gary Sobestianowich of the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, who had flown 1,500 kilometres south from his base in Fort Severn to support the local Junior Canadian Ranger shooting team.

No one was more delighted than he was that the five-mem-ber Fort Severn team he helped train won third place out of 10 Junior Ranger teams from across the country. Also, one of its members came second in the individual shooting contest.

“It’s great to see them doing so well,” Sobestianowich said. “I’ve been training with them and prepping them this year for this competition. They’ve really enjoyed it and had a lot of fun and they’re learning a lot. I’m proud of them. I’ve enjoyed working with them.”

With 13 years experience as a reserve military police offi-cer, Sobestianowich was famil-iar with the kind of training the Junior Rangers needed to be able to shoot their Daisy air rifles in a national competition.

Master Cpl. Maybelline Mathews, who is in charge of the Junior Ranger patrol in Fort

Severn, asked Sobestianowich earlier this year if he could help her train the team and he read-ily agreed.

“I needed all the help I could get,” she said. “Whenever he had time he helped. Because he’s sometimes the only officer in the community he’s busy. But he made time for us.

“One time he got one of the ladies in the community to make bannock for the kids. He couldn’t join in because his radio came on and he had to rush out on a call. That hap-pened often. The kids get on very well with him and he has really taught them how to shoot.”

Sobestianowich said the Junior Ranger program helps youth develop work skills and self-discipline.

“I think it’s a very good pro-gram,” he said. “The kids take pride in being a Junior Ranger. Being one is a really big thing for them.”

Learning to use a rifle in a safe and accurate manner, he said, is a skill Junior Rangers will benefit from for the rest of their lives.

Many NAPS officers work with the Junior Ranger pro-gram in their communities, he said.

Because the Fort Severn shooting team wanted Sobes-tianowich with them when they competed at Borden, NAPS paid for him to fly to the competition and gave him the time off to attend it.

NAPS officer teaches shooting skills to Junior Rangers

Peter MoonSpecial to Wawatay News

Five Junior Canadian Rang-ers from Fort Severn won top honours representing Ontario at a national Junior Ranger marksmanship competition.

Their team came third out of 10 teams representing some of the best Junior Ranger shooters from across Canada’s north.

The Fort Severn team mem-bers, who all received medals, were Sinclair Childsforever, 16, Tamara Nayotchekeesic, 13, Andrea Kekekaspan, 13, Lau-rinda Miles, 12, and Christa Koostachin, 13.

Childsforever, who was shooting in his first competi-tion, came second to a 17-year-old Junior Ranger from Labra-dor with years of competitive shooting experience.

“Sinclair did extremely well,” said Capt. Caryl Fletcher, the officer commanding the 600 Junior Rangers in northern

Ontario. “He can really shoot. He lost by only one point.”

Nayotchekeesic also scored high points, taking fifth place in the individual standings.

Fifty Junior Rangers par-ticipated in the marksmanship competition. They came from as far north as Ulukhaktok, an Inuit hamlet in the Northwest Territories. They were selected from 3,500 Junior Rangers in 127 remote and isolated com-munities across the north.

They competed with Daisy air rifles, shooting at a distance of 10 metres, while in stand-ing and prone positions on the ground, at a variety of targets, including standard paper tar-gets, falling plates and minia-ture animals.

“Yeah, it was fun,” said Childsforever. “I had a good time here. The army has made me a better shot.”

“This is a vast improvement for the Junior Rangers in north-ern Ontario,” Fletcher said. “We

(haven’t) won anything at the two previous national competi-tions.”

In addition to shooting, the Junior Rangers enjoyed outings to a shopping mall in nearby Barrie, where they watched a 3D movie at a cinema, toured a military museum, went bowl-ing, visited the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto and saw a farm where many of them saw their first cow and horse.

“Everything they did for many of them was something they’ve never done before and, considering where they live, may never do again,” Fletcher said. “The focus was the shoot-ing competition but the true value of the event, in my opin-ion, was the total mix of differ-ent cultures and different life styles they found when they met people from other parts of the north. It was a wonderful experience for them.”

A second team of Junior Rangers from Sachigo Lake

also represented Ontario in the competition. Its members were Willow Beardy, Joshua Muckle, Migisi Munroe, Drew Tait and Myron Tait. The team did well but was hampered by the loss of Myron Tait who became sick at the last moment.

Canadian Ranger escorts

for the two teams were Mas-ter Cpl. Maybelline Mathews from Fort Severn and Cpl. Judy Meekis from Sachigo Lake. The shooting range safety officers for the competition were Sgt. Jacob Anderson of Kitchenuh-maykoosib, Master Cpls. Savan-nah Neotapin and Stanley Ste-

phens from Constance Lake, and Ranger Jacob Anderson of Kasabonika Lake.

Sgt. Peter Moon is the public affairs ranger for 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Cana-dian Forces Base Borden. See www.canadianrangers.ca.

Sgt. Peter Moon, Canadian Rangers/Special to Wawatay NewsJunior Ranger Sinclair Childsforever, 16, from Fort Severn, competes in the national Junior Ranger marks-manship competition. He came within a point of winning first place.

Fort Severn shooters win top national honours


Pelican Falls First Nations High Schoolwould like to congratulate the graduating class of 2011!

Faith Albany .......................................Big Trout LakeShawnkitta Begg ................................Big Trout LakeBernice Bottle...............................................Lac SeulAshley Bull ...................................................Lac SeulMiranda Cromarty .............................Big Trout LakeVerna Kakekagumick ............................... KeewaywinDianne Kanate ................................Weagamow LakeMarsha Kanate ................................Weagamow LakeJamie Keeash ...................................Weagamow LakeChris McKay ........................................ Sachigo LakeAndra Meekis ............................................Deer Lake

Haley Meekis ........................................... Deer LakeHarley Meekis .......................................... Deer LakeHarold Meekis.......................................... Deer LakeJessica Meekis ........................................... Deer LakeRhodena Meekis ....................................... Deer LakeLevius Miles ............................................Fort SevernSamantha Roundsky ..................................WapekekaRoland Shakakeesic .......................... Kingfi sher LakeNico Suggashie .........................................Poplar HillFlorence Th omas .....................................Fort SevernYolanda Winter .........................................Wapekeka


Teachings were held around the sacred fire May 14 at the Grey Wolf Traditional Teaching Lodge’s spring ceremonies.

“We did them right outside this sweat lodge today,” said Cindy Crowe, one of the orga-nizers of the spring ceremonies, held May 12-15 at Centennial Park in Thunder Bay.

After the day’s teachings, Crowe and a group of partici-pants sat around the fire talk-ing while awaiting the evening’s sweat lodge session to begin.

“People were sharing experi-ences of where they grew up, things they learned, teachings they have received from other people,” Crowe said about the day’s teachings. “John Lathlin, from Winnipeg, did a teach-ing here today about the sweat lodge.”

People attended the spring ceremonies from as far as Lab-rador, Wikwemikong and Fort Hope. Many young people from the area also attended the spring ceremonies.

“We had two people in the sweat lodge last night – it was their very first time,” Crowe

said. “It was an amazing expe-rience for them. They shared their stories afterwards.”

Perry Perrault said the teaching lodge and sweat lodge brought back memories of other ceremonies he had attended years ago.

“We had a sweat last night and it was very nice,” Perrault

said. “It was hot. Tonight is going to be even hotter.”

Sweat lodge helper Alex Oombash rediscovered his cul-ture after his son passed away in Thunder Bay a few years ago.

“It took tragedy to bring me to this path,” Oombash said.

Oombash said the teach-ing lodge helps preserve the

Anishinabemowin language and culture and stresses the importance of passing those on to future generations.

“As Anishinabe people we always plan seven genera-tions ahead,” Oombash said. “We don’t plan for ourselves, we plan for seven generations ahead.”

Perrault enjoyed the atmo-sphere at the teaching lodge location on top of toboggan hill.

“Sitting around here is just peaceful, it’s awesome,” Per-rault said. “I know we’re not far from the city but this is home away from home.”

Thunder Bay’s Elizabeth Ladouceur attended the spring

ceremonies as a cross cultural experience to learn more about the Aboriginal community.

“A lot of Native people come to the city and they share in our culture. But what about us going and sharing in theirs and just reaching out. I think it’s time,” Ladouceur said.

The spring ceremonies were the fifth held by the Grey Wolf Traditional Teaching Lodge in the Thunder Bay area.

“It’s been great,” Crowe said. “We’ve had lots of young people up here, lots of helpers. We’ve had people from all over, liter-ally all kinds of cultures up here sharing songs with us and teachings.”

The Grey Wolf Teaching Lodge was developed after the late Elder Albert Mandamin interpreted visions and a dream Crowe had received.

“We’ve been slowly learning about these interpretations,” Crowe said. “We learn some-thing every single ceremony. We get a little bit more knowl-edge about Waabi-ma’iingan (Grey Wolf) and about Ozhaa-washko-giizhig (Blue Sky), the two spirits that govern the lodge and provide the teach-ings.”

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsCindy Crowe, third from the left, and a group of Grey Wolf Traditional Teaching Lodge spring ceremonies participants gathered inside the teach-ing lodge during a break in their May 14 evening discussions at Centennial Park’s toboggan hill.

Spring ceremonies strive to preserve Anishinabe culture

Tim QuequishWawatay News

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo expressed happiness at being able to work with federal Minister of Aboriginal Affairs John Duncan, but much disdain towards the name change.

“This needs to be about real action and change, not a name change,” said Atleo on the Harper government changing Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) to Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada.

Atleo said he looks forward to working with Duncan in the future and recognizes the gov-ernment is trying to bring about positive change for First Nations people.

He also said they will be seeking clarity on the name change from Indian to Aborigi-nal to make sure that none of their treaty-born rights are affected.

“We are not Aboriginal – we are Anishinabek,” said the Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee, who represents 39 First Nations communities.

“How would Stephen Harper like it if he were introduced as Prime Minister of Panamerica?”

Madahbee said since 1763 the Crown had recognized the tribes as nations. He said they were Indian tribes of North America and there was no such thing as an Aboriginal treaty or Aboriginal nation.

He said the Conservative government has started its term by insulting the First Nations communities. Madahbee says he feels that the government is trying to lump the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit together as a group to ignore individual issues.

Madahbee said when Harper apologized on behalf of Canada June 11, 2008 for the residen-tial school wrongings, “his gov-ernment needed to move for-ward in partnership with First Peoples.”

He said Duncan should show an understanding of the Métis, Inuit and First Nations people on an individual basis in order to move forward. Madahbee said that the best way to do that is to “not call us all by the same name.”

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Métis author Beatrice Mosionier visited students at Queen Elizabeth High School May 16 during Native Celebrations Week.

Mosionier was born in St. Boniface, Man., in 1949, being the youngest of four children. Mosionier said she and her siblings were all taken by Children’s Aid and separated into different homes due to her parent’s alcoholism. She said both her sisters committed suicide and a brother went to jail.

She feels most First Nations people that go to jail is the result of alcohol and drug related crimes.

“Alcohol and drugs make you

lose control of who you really are,” she said.

In grade 5, Mosionier was ashamed of being Native because she encountered a lot of racism growing up.

She said she never intended to be a writer until she met an editor who asked her to submit a short story.

Moisonier is best known for her book In Search of April Raintree. The events and characters in the story relate to her life growing up. She described herself as a risk-taker, humorous and lazy; but she says lazy people are inventive.

Beatrice encouraged students to become leaders.

“You should becomes leaders of the future – we need them. Give hope to children of the future,” she said.

Métis author shares personal story with students

Justina Carpenter/Wawatay NewsAuthor Beatrice Mosionier, centre, was in Sioux Lookout May 16 during Queen Elizabeth High School’s Native Celebrations Week May 16-20. Mosionier is the author of In Search of April Raintree, a novel commonly used as a teaching text in high schools across Canada.


Hundreds of people have signed up for Mocc Walk 2011.

The contest, organized annually by the Ontario Native Women’s Association, encourages people to get active.

“We’ve seen this contest get very social,” said ONWA Aboriginal diabetes worker Robert Fenton. “We hear stories about groups of 60 or 70 people going out for nightly walks during the contest. It’s great to hear about.”

The contest, which began as a tool to help combat diabetes, encourages people to get active, get fit and have fun.

Participants, who are asked to sign up at no cost, earn a point for every 10 minutes of walking or running they do.

Participants are given a calendar for May and June to track their progress.

“A lot of people find it easier to stick with something when they are writing down their results,” said Lorene Rego, media and communications officer for ONWA. “It makes them more accountable to themselves.”

The contest began May 1 and continues through June 30.

At the end of the contest, points will be tallied and prizes, including a children’s bike and Ninendo Wii Fit, will be awarded.

“We know not everyone can afford to go to the gym or health club,” Rego said. “But they can afford to go for a walk.”

Though ONWA is holding the event, it is open to women, men and youth, as well as groups of up to four people.

Each participant will get a certificate recognizing their accomplishment.

Fenton has approached schools, friendship centres and health agencies across the province in an effort to match or surpass last year’s participation of 571 people.

Hundreds participating in Mocc Walk

“We know not everyone can afford to go to the gym or health club. But they can afford to go for a walk.”

– Lorene Rego


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This full time position reports to the Clinical Supervisor. The Mental Health Counsellor will be responsible for providing direct Clinical Intervention and Prevention Services to referred clients in the Child and Family Intervention catchment area of Aroland, Fort Hope, Marten Falls, Nibinamik, Neskantaga, Webequie, Mishkeegogamang, Sandy Lake, Saugeen and Mcdowell Lake. The Mental Health Counsellor worker will be based out of the Sioux Lookout offi ce, with considerable travel.

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KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY• Ability to communicate in one of the First Nations dialects of the

Sioux Lookout Zone is an asset;• Ability to manage a case load independently; • Familiarity with working in acute care situations; • Knowledge of community resources;• Knowledge of Microsoft Offi ce Professional Plus 2007.

Experience with a Client Database (e.g. CIMS), Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) & Brief Child and Family Phone Interview (BCFPI) an asset;

• Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently;

• Experience working with youth, a defi nite asset;• Education assistance and training available dependent upon

applicant’s qualifi cations and in accordance with SLFNHA Policies and Procedures.

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

Charlene Samuel, Human Resources ManagerHuman Resource Department

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

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

Fax: (807) 737-1076Email: [email protected]

Closing Date: June 2, 2011

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

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

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY

HUMAN RESOURCES CLERKInternal/External Posting

Permanent Full TimeLocation: Sioux Lookout, ON

Under the supervision of the Human Resources Manager, the Human Resources Clerk will perform a variety of routine and complex, confi dential clerical duties to assist in the day to day operation of the Human Resources Department.

QUALIFICATIONS• Certifi cate/Diploma in Human Resources Management

or Industrial Relations;• Combination of Specialized Training and/or experience

will be considered;• Minimum two years experience in the clerical fi eld.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY• Ability to speak in one of the First Nations dialects in the

Sioux Lookout Zone is an asset;• Knowledge of Canada Labour Code, Human Rights

Code, and other related employment legislations an asset;

• Knowledge of Microsoft Offi ce Professional Plus 2007;• Must have good communication skills; both written

and verbal;• Knowledge of a Human Resources Database an asset

(Insync, Manager Assistant).

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

Charlene Samuel, Human Resources ManagerHuman Resources Department

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300

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

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

Closing Date: May 31, 2011

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

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

Job OpportunityPosition: DIRECTOR

(One year maternity leave contract)

SEVEN Youth Media Network (SEVEN) is a special project of Wawatay Native Communications Society, in partnership with Nishnawbe Aski Nation Oshkatisaak (Young People’s Council). The purpose of SEVEN is to increase youth participation, voice and personal growth in Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities and beyond. The Director of SEVEN will lead youth engagement and media production activities that fulfi ll this purpose. SEVEN media services include a magazine, website and radio programming.

DUTIES:• Recruit, train, direct and evaluate youth contributors

and youth advisory committee members in the various disciplines of media including print, radio, web, photography, video, and editing to support SEVEN media activities.

• Lead systems that will monitor local, regional, national and international trends, programs, services and information that affect youth in order to inform them of emerging issues.Generate and compile story ideas for SEVEN media.

• Chair monthly story, website and program planning meetings.

• Lead and coordinate the production and publication/broadcast of SEVEN media content via web, radio and magazine.

• Establish and maintain collaborative partnerships and partnership projects with youth-serving organizations in order to support the personal growth/holistic health of youth in a wide variety of sectors/disciplines (academia, mental health, sport and recreation, medical, spiritual, etc.) through various SEVEN activities.

• Promote SEVEN youth and sponsor participation through youth conferences, community visits, special events, SEVEN E-Connect, Wawatay media advertising, etc;

• Research and identify youth priorities for personal growth/holistic health;

• Network with youth leaders, youth-led organizations and schools, and engage them in SEVEN activities;

• Travel to Nishnawbe Aski NationI Northern Ontario First Nations as required;

• Solicit youth feedback through surveys, interactive website features, email and direct contact to guide and evaluate SEVEN activities;

• Write activity reports as required;• Contribute to business and sustainability plans and

implementation of those plans.

QUALIFICATIONS• Education and/or experience in media, media skills such

as research, writing, broadcasting, photography, video production and website content management;

• Experience working with Aboriginal youth in Northern Ontario, and knowledge of their priorities for personal growth and holistic health;

• Knowledge of First Nation communities, cultures and languages in Northern Ontario; ability to speak Ojibway, Oji-Cree and/or Cree would be an asset;

• Excellent oral and written communication skills including experience writing marketing and communications strategies and reports; ability to summarize, interpret and synthesize complex information

• Experience with use of social media• Proven track record in communications project

management, including planning and effective implementation of multiple projects

• Demonstrated leadership, supervisory skills and commitment to objectives consistent with Wawatay Native Communications Society’s core values: teamwork; transparency and simplicity in processes; attention to output and productivity; creativity, innovation, initiative and evidence-informed decision-making

• Excellent interpersonal and professional communication with internal and external colleagues and stakeholders

• Able to plan and carry out broad assignments, often involving collaborative efforts; ensuring their timely completion

• Able to resolve complex problems requiring probing for information to determine the nature of the problem; developing unique solutions; comprehension of highly complex material

• Well organized and attentive to detail• Ability to work well in a small, dynamic and highly motivated

team• Highly computer literate• Strong interpersonal skills• A valid driver’s license and use of a vehicle

EFFORT:Requires a highly motivated and organized individual able to multi-task and manage multiple fi les simultaneously over an extended period of time, and willing to contribute to resolving short-term contingencies that may periodically arise

WORKING CONDITIONS:Occasionally required to engage in local or overnight travelOccasionally required to extend hours of work to meet work demands including occasional peak periods on weekends

Interested candidates are asked to submit a cover letter and resume to Brent Wesley, News Director at

[email protected] or by fax at 807-737-3224

Deadline to apply: June 3, 2011.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Chow downJustina Carpenter/Wawatay News

From left, Warren Lac Seul, Harrison Quezance, Lars Trout and Hunter Brisket participate in a pie eating contenst during Native Celebration Week May 16-20 at Queen Elizabeth High School in Sioux Lookout. Brisket went on to win the contest. The week featured many activities for students such as drumming, storytelling, theatre, music and a bannock bake-off.


FIRST NATION POLICE CONSTABLE

The community Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninnuwug First Nation is currently accepting applications from mature, motivated, community-oriented people to fi ll an opening with the Big Trout Lake Police Service. This permanent position works for Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninnuwug First Nation and is administered by the Ontario Provincial Police. The community is about 580 km (360 mi) north of Thunder Bay.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS: • Currently active as a sworn police offi cer / Also accepting new

recruit applicants • Grade 12 with Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma • Valid Ontario Drivers License in good standing • 19 years of age or older • No criminal record for which a pardon has not been granted • Be of good moral character and habits • Must submit a current medical certifi cate and be in good

health, mentally and physically suitable for active full time duty • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: • Diploma graduate of an Ontario credited Law and Security

Program• Other post secondary studies in law and justice or native studies • Preference will be given to a sworn police offi cer. • Further information can be obtained by contacting Sgt. Marty

Singleton (Aboriginal Police Bureau) at (807) 938-8425

DEADLINE: Friday, May 27th, 2011 at 4:00pm.

Late applications will not be accepted. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Submit applications to:Ontario Provincial Police, Attn: Sgt. Marty Singleton 389 Govt. RdDryden, Ontario P8N 2P4 By email to: [email protected] By fax to: (807) 223-4002

NORTHERN NISHNAWBE EDUCATION COUNCIL

Secondary Teacher (Math & Science)Full Time Position

NNEC invites applications for one full time teaching position for the 2011-2012 year at Pelican Falls First Nations High School.

Pelican Falls First Nations High School is a private school operated by the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council under the direction of the Sioux Lookout District Area Chiefs. Pelican Falls First Nations High School is a unique facility that is located on Pelican Lake in the traditional territory of Lac Seul First Nation and within the Municipality of Sioux Lookout, Ontario.

Teaching position is full time with additional teaching assignments. Math and Science teachable areas preferred.

NNEC PROVIDES:• Competitive salary• Extended vacation periods• Established student support staff and counselling network

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS• Certifi cate of Qualifi cations and Intermediate/Senior

qualifi cations in required subject area(s);• Member of Ontario College of Teachers• Experience teaching First Nation students an asset• Special Education background an asset• Computer literacy• Ability to speak a District First Nations language an asset

TERM: August 2011 to May 2012.

Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2011.Fax, email or mail your resume complete with statement of personal philosophy of education, copy of Ontario Certifi cate of Qualifi cation and written permission for NNEC to contact three employment references and a brief cover letter to Human Resources at NNEC Head Offi ce in Frenchman’s Head (807)582-3865 fax, email [email protected] or mail to Box 1419, Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B9.

Only those selected for an interview will be contactedNNEC requires Criminal Background Checks from

those offered positions

www.nnec.on.ca

Shibogama Education SchoolsRequire

- Grades 1&2 and 7&8 teachers in Kingfi sher Lake- Grades 3, 7 and high school teachers in Wunnumin

Position Summary:On behalf of the remote fl y-in only First Nation community of Kingfi sher Lake and Wunnumin Lake, Shibogama Education invites teacher applications for the 2011-12 academic year. Both schools: MaryAnn Aganash Memorial School and Lydia Lois Beardy Memorial School implement the “Languages Together Program” which is designed to promote bilingual and bicultural skills as well as the new “Kwayaciiwin Guidelines”. It is based on community outcomes related to culture and language of the people as well as the expectations of the Ontario Curriculum. The teacher must be very fl exible and adaptable to the learning styles of the First Nations children. Teaching experience in ESL and special education are defi nite assets.

The successful candidate must be a member and in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers or eligible for membership.Recent Criminal Convictions and Child Abuse Registry Checks must be provided. Fluency in the Oji-Cree dialect and experience teaching in a remote First Nation is an asset too.

Applications must include a covering letter, resume, supporting documents and three references including most recent employer.In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, applicants must provide a signed and dated statement authorizing Shibogama Education personnel to contact references prior to the interview date.

Closing Date: Until the positions are fi lled

Applications may be directed to:Matthew Angees, Education Liaison Offi cer

Shibogama EducationP.O. Box 449, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A5

Tel:(807) 737-2662 ext.# 2239cell # (807) 738-1241 or 1-866-877-6057

Fax:(807) 737-1583Email: [email protected]

Thank you for applying. Only those successful candidatesselected for an interview will be contacted.

www.nan.on.ca

Employment OpportunityHEALTH COORDINATOR

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) is currently accepting applications for the position of Health Coordinator within the Health Policy and Planning Unit. Th e Health Coordinator has the primary responsibility to plan, coordinate and support the development of health strategies and provide technical guidance to the Health Policy and Planning department at NAN. Th e Health Coordinator liaises with First Nations, First Nation agencies and the provincial and federal governments to facilitate strategic planning and the development of health programming and initiatives for the Nishnawbe Aski territory.

Applicants are requested to submit a

cover letter and resume. Th e deadline for

applications is 4:00pm EST June 16, 2011.

For complete information, including job

description, qualifi cations and submission

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

or contact Ian Beardy, Human Resources

Coordinator, at (807) 625-4941 or Sabrina

Marion, Human Resources Director, at

(807) 625-4948.

Wawatay wins at newspaper awardsWawatay News earned two prestigious Premier Awards at

the Ontario Community Newspaper Association Awards May 13 in Niagara Falls.

Wawatay placed first in the Best Community Newspaper Wesbite/Webportal category, earning praise from judge Sean Toohey.

“Wawatay News was a clear winner in this category; with its use of multi-lingual and multimedia content,” Toohey said in his comments. “ The Reclaiming Life feature stood out with its great layout and Twitter integration. Overall, I feel this site really captures the spirit of the community.

“Overall, it was community content and spirit that made Wawatay News the clear winner.”

The award validates the time and effort staff put into the website, said Wawatay web developer Bryan Davis.

“The competition is stiff,” Davis said. “Winning first place is the icing on the cake.”

Wawatay’s website is no stranger to awards. In 2008 and 2009, the newspaper received OCNA awards for online innovation.

In addition to the web award, Wawatay News editor James Thom earned third place in the Best News Story, circulation under 9,999 category, for a story about Aboriginal youth being asked to leave a Thunder Bay shopping centre.

Judge Tim Jaques said the story was well-rounded and involved all the right people.

“To be recognized provincially is an honour,” Thom said. “But for this story to be recognized means even more. It is important to bring attention to the issues which were central to the story.”

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay News


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Wasaya Group Inc. has teamed with two partners to buy into the helicopter business.

Wasaya, along with Rainy Lake Tribal Development Cor-poration and Windigo Commu-nity Development Corporation, have purchased a 51 per cent share of V. Kelner Helicopters Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not released.

“We are very excited about the new venture that we have formed with our First Nation partners and we look forward to the many opportunities that present themselves daily in the region,” said Frank Kelner of V. Kelner Helicopters May 18.

Kelner retains 49 per cent ownership.

“Our newest venture V. Kel-ner Helicopters LP is poised to provide a much needed product in an under serviced market-place,” Kelner said.

V. Kelner Helicopters LP

will operate four Eurocopter AS350B3 helicopters which are designed for use in ter-rain found in northwestern Ontario.

They feature a 2,800 pound lift capacity and can oper-ate in rugged terrain and poor weather.

“This helicopter has been

known for a long time. It’s always been used for mining and drilling exploration. This is definitely the choice of most Canadians, this type of air-

craft,” Kelner said. Having a helicopter service

available to the First Nations opens up new business oppor-tunities, Kelner said.

The company is primed to deliver items like drills and equipment used in the mining and mineral exploration sector, he said.

The service could also take contracts in case of flooding or forest fires for rescues or water bombing.

Wasaya Group president and CEO Tom Kamenawatamin is happy the deal was completed. It was originally announced several months ago.

“There are 20 First Nation communities represented in this venture. Our new helicop-ter business has plenty of sup-port to help make it successful,” Kamenawatamin said.

Six Rainy Lake Tribal Group communities, the five Win-digo communities and 10 Wasaya owner communities are involved in the project.

By buying into the helicop-ter company, the communities will see more economic devel-opment and a greater revenue stream coming to them through resource harvesting, said North Caribou Lake Chief Pierre Mor-riseau.

Marten Falls has already pro-vided the new company with a letter of support and is encour-aging businesses coming into its territory to use V. Kelner Helicopters LP for its helicopter needs.

Chief Chuck McPherson, of Couchiching First Nation, is pleased to be involved with such a sound partnership with Wasaya, Windigo and Kelner, who has partnered with Wasaya Airways in the past.

McPherson also serves as president of Rainy Lake Tribal Development Corporation.

“For us to be part of such a high quality service which is regionally owned to primarily serve northwestern Ontario is a fantastic opportunity,” he said.

James Thom/Wawatay NewsFrank Kelner, centre, is flanked by representatives of Rainy Lake Tribal Development Corporation and Win-digo Community Development Corporation during the announcement of a partnership between the three groups and Wasaya Group Inc. to jointly own V. Kelner Helicopters LP.

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Bannock over the fire

Justina Carpenter/Wawatay NewsDuring Native Celebrations week May 16-20 at Queen Elizabeth High School in Sioux Lookout, Elders such as Alice Littledeer spent the week making and showing students how to make ban-nock. Elders also cooked a feast over the fire in a teepee.

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