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Past Recipients of Aboriginal Partnership Research AwardL to R: Tim Pile and Beverly

Sabourin, present award to

Dr. Rhonda Koster, Kristine

Metansinine; and Omer

Belisle (accepting award

on behalf of Chief Pierre

Pelletier)

Call for Nominations:

Aboriginal Partnership Research Award

T he Offi ce of Aboriginal Initiatives at Lakehead University celebrates growing partnerships

between Lakehead University researchers and Aboriginal communities and organizations by

offering an annual award for Aboriginal Partnership Research. Nominations may be submitted

by members of the University and the broader communities. The Lakehead University Aboriginal

Partnership Research Award will be jointly awarded to a Lakehead University researcher or

research team and a representative from their Aboriginal partner, be it an individual, community,

or organization.

The inaugural award was presented during Research and Innovation Week 2010 to Drs. Harvey

Lemelin and Rhonda Koster, as well as their Aboriginal partners, Chief Pierre Pelletier and Kristine

Metansinine, both from the Red Rock Indian Band.

Nomination forms and additional details regarding award criteria are available on the Offi ce of Aboriginal Initiatives website. If you would like information about the award itself, please contact Beverly Sabourin,Vice-Provost (Aboriginal Initiatives) at 807-766-7177, or [email protected].

Nomination forms, letters, and supporting letters must be submitted by

January 21, 2011 to:Offi ce of Aboriginal Initiatives

Ashley Dokuchieemail: [email protected]

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Economic summit will bring NAN togetherRick GarrickWawatay News

Mineral resource develop-ments across Nishnawbe Aski Nation will be discussed a NAN Economic Summit to be held Feb. 22-24 in Thunder Bay.

“How are we part of the economy?” said Deputy Grand Chief Les Louttit, describing one of the topics to be discussed during the Economic Summit. “How did we evolve to where we are now since signing the treaty? And how are we going to fit into the overall provincial and national economy as we go forward into the future?”

Louttit said 11 other topics have also been selected for dis-cussion over the three-day con-ference, including developing capacity for First Nation eco-nomic development, negotiat-ing fair and equitable economic resource development and busi-ness deals, how does the global economy affect the economy in the NAN territory, legal aspects that will maximize the best deals for NAN First Nations and youth engagement in develop-ing the NAN economy.

“We are going to have pre-senters from our NAN ter-ritories, we’re going to have

facilitators from our NAN terri-tories,” Louttit said. “We’re try-ing to limit the involvement of external consultants or advisors that have previously provided presentations that have not gone forward.”

Louttit said NAN is trying to involve people from the NAN communities to give them direction on economic con-cerns.

He said some of the impend-ing developments that are being planned on NAN territory are “major, major developments worth billions and billions of dollars.”

The Economic Summit is designed to focus on engaging participants rather than provid-ing lectures, with a final report to be developed along with a regional strategic plan that includes objectives, resource persons, deliverables, timelines and implementation to be pre-sented at the 2011 NAN Winter Chiefs Meeting for ratification. .

Louttit said the youth engagement discussion is an important topic.

“The youth are the future of our nation,” Louttit said. “We need to start engaging them in the things we do here at the NAN level.”

New Arrival

submitted photoNoah Meekis weighed a healthy nine pounds, nine ounces when he was born Jan. 1 at the Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout. He’s the first New Year’s delivery for the new hospital. Mom Megan Meekis is from Deer Lake First Nation.

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OPP helps patrol Aroland

James ThomWawatay News

Ontario Provincial Police from the Greenstone detach-ment spent several weeks in December policing Aroland First Nation.

That didn’t sit well with at least one community member.

Mark Bell, the community’s economic development officer, said in published reports he’s felt like a “drug courier going on a run,” when he’s been driv-ing in or out of the First Nation.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Ser-vice Sgt. Jackie George con-firmed the OPP were in the community from Dec. 8-19 and NAPS resumed its service in Aroland Dec. 20 but only until Jan. 8.

“The OPP had been covering day-to-day policing in Aroland,” George said. “This was some-thing they were doing in assis-tance to NAPS.”

With its transport officers – the NAPS staff who transport accused people to their court hearings – laid off due to fund-ing issues, NAPS redeployed its Aroland First Nation officers to help the situation.

The Aroland officers have also been covering shortfalls in other NAPS communities.

“There’s not one specific place they’ve gone,” George said. “They have provided cov-erage where needed.”

George said the reason Aro-land’s officers were selected was because of the commu-nity’s close proximity to Green-stone. It was a convenient loca-tion for the OPP to cover with its officers.

While Bell has been vocal in his disapproval of the OPP, neither George nor OPP Green-stone Sgt. Thomas Hunt have received complaints from Aro-land band members.

“There’s been a constant police presence in Aroland, just the same as if NAPS was pro-viding the service,” Hunt said, adding the only difference com-munity members would notice is the difference in uniforms.

Hunt said anyone taken into custody was taken to the cells in Greenstone, just as they would have been if NAPS were polic-ing the community.

George said if community members are upset or would like to provide feedback about the service from the OPP, they are more than welcome to do so.

Neither NAPS representa-tives or the OPP could confirm who will be policing Aroland after Jan. 8.

NAPS juggles ‘shortfalls’

Sgt. Jackie George

Diabetics get reminders via cell phoneRick GarrickWawatay News

Don’t 4get 2 inject!Keewaytinook Okimakanak-

K-Net’s DiabeTEXTS project has been sending diabetes educa-tion messages reminding diabe-tes patients to inject their insu-lin since beginning operations last month in five KO communi-ties.

The pilot project is working in Fort Severn, Deer Lake, Kee-waywin, North Spirit Lake and Poplar Hill.

“We’re trying to give all the diabetes workers in the KO communities cell phones so they can send educational texts to their patients,” said Michael Mak, the McMaster Univer-sity global health student who developed the DiabeTEXTS project during his recent three-month placement at KO-K-Net. “So, for example, (we’re send-ing) information about what kind of food or the amount of exercise they should have per day. They (community diabe-tes workers) can also answer patient questions through tex-ting.”

Mak said the specific mes-sages being sent out depend on the community diabetes worker and the needs of the commu-nity.

“They are the ones who know their community best,” Mak said. “For example, if you need to take insulin for type 1 diabe-

tes or later stages of type 2 dia-betes, you can get text messages reminding them to inject at a certain particular time of day.”

The community diabetes workers can also text messages about community events that would be beneficial for their patients, such as events that focus on exercise or walking around the community.

“Hopefully more people will come out to the events to learn,” Mak said.

Eventually, as more commu-nity members become involved in the project, Mak expects them to begin sending Diabe-TEXTS to the community diabe-tes worker as well.

“Other people are involved, like the health directors in each of the communities,” Mak said. “Eventually it’s all the commu-nity members because if they are the ones sending texts to the community diabetes worker, then more information hope-fully can get circulated around.”

Brian Beaton, K-Net’s coor-dinator, said the DiabeTEXTS mobile health initiative is a great opportunity to demon-strate the effective use of the new cellular phone service.

“With the tools being used in this project, other applica-tions can be developed and supported by community mem-bers,” Beaton said.

The DiabeTEXTS project involves the use of a computer program that distributes cellu-

lar SMS text messages through the community diabetes work-er’s cell phone to many patients at once rather than just one at a time. Messages are sent accord-ing to a schedule, including a weekly reminder of the goal set in clinic and a daily message providing tips, information or reminders to reinforce the goal.

“If they have a question, they can just text their community diabetes worker or call them,” Mak said.

Mak is looking for the project to increase the patient’s aware-ness of their condition as well as promoting a greater involve-ment in their treatment activi-ties.

“I’m hoping this (project) can get the word out about dia-betes because it’s really hard to prevent complications later unless you do have a healthy lifestyle such as eating the right amounts of food,” Mak said. “Hopefully we will be able to see more awareness around that.”

Mak is also interested in extending the project to other communities once they have cell phone service installed.

“Hopefully we will be able to continue expanding this to other communities,” Mak said, noting there other communities that also use cell phones besides the KO communities. “We are trying to get them involved as well, but again, the project is relatively new.”

Free educational software inspires youthRick GarrickWawatay News

Free open-source educational resources and educational soft-ware are now being used in Sandy Lake, Pikangikum, King-fisher Lake, Fort Severn and Poplar Hill.

“There are a lot of positive responses, not just from the teachers who are pretty sur-prised there is this amount of software available for free, but also from the kids,” said Michael Mak, the McMaster University global health student who installed the resources and software in the five com-munities as part of the ELDERS project he developed with Keewaytinook Okimakanak, K-Net and Kwayaciiwin Educa-tion Resource Centre over the past three months. “The kids are really engaged in using the computers for learning instead of just going onto Facebook or going onto other sites on the Internet. Now they have actual games they can play, not only as fun but it can also help to pro-

mote learning in a particular way.”

Mak said the resources and software are all designed to operate on a Linux operating system and available for free on the Internet.

“Hopefully this educational software will be used in the classroom for teachers,” Mak said.

But there are also fun activi-ties, he added, such as Tux Math, a math arcade game, Tux Paint, a children-oriented paint game, and Tux Typing, a typing arcade game.

“Hopefully this software will promote literacy, numeracy and IT education,” he said.

Mak and members of the ELDERS team installed a Linux operating system called Ubuntu on computers at schools in the five communities while also updating and repairing some of the One Laptop Per Child computers in the communities. They also repaired some old school computers to operate on the Linux platform to give the schools more equipment to use

the software on.“A lot of the teachers find it

very useful to have this kind of software,” Mak said. “So we’re trying to get the kids to play the activities and learn to use the software and develop computer skills, not necessarily just going onto the Internet.”

Mak said the ELDER project will run for as long as people are willing to install the Linux operating system and open-source resources and software onto computers.

“In January, we will be train-ing the youth workers on how

to install the software in the computers,” Mak said. “You don’t need to pay for this soft-ware so it builds the type of capacity where there is no dependency on corporations or corporate software.”

Brain Beaton, K-Net’s coor-dinator, said the ELDER project provides community members with new choices and strate-gies for delivering different pro-grams and teaching options.

“Michael’s work in develop-ing the www.ELDERproject.knet.ca site supported the development of a great online sharing resource for using these tools in the classroom as well as supporting the use of these tools in several First Nations,” Beaton said.

The ELDER project is just one of the six new web-based initia-tives Mak developed while on his three-month placement at KO-K-Net. The other projects were DiabeTEXTS (see related story), One Laptop Per Child Little Green Machines, Here for You, KO Health Careers and the KNET Videoconferencing Site.

The OLPC Little Green Machines project assists educa-tors and students to maximize the learning potential of the XO laptop, which was designed and built especially for children in developing countries, in their classrooms as well as promoting the five principles of the One Laptop Per Child organization: child ownership, low age range from six to 12, digital saturation in a given population, connec-tion with other nearby comput-ers and free and open source tools.

The Here for You project is a sexual health and wellness cir-cle which contains: workshop materials for educators; sexual health information for First Nations teens and parents; HIV and Me, a First Nations guide to HIV and AIDs for youth; a col-lection of useful print outs for health professionals as well as educators; an anonymous ques-tion form that goes directly to a nurse at Northwestern health clinic; and links to important organizations and other web-sites for more extensive info.

University professor examines century-old treatyJames ThomWawatay News

Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905 is a new book by Nipissing Univer-sity professor John C. Long.

Published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, the book examines the history of the treaty.

It includes the neglected account of a third commissioner and tracing the treaty’s origins, negotiation, explanation, inter-pretation, signing, implemen-tation and recent commemora-tion.

For more than a century, the vast lands of northern Ontario have been shared among the governments of Canada, Ontario and the First Nations

who signed Treaty 9 in 1905. For just as long, details about

the signing of the constitution-ally recognized agreement have been known only through the accounts of two of the commis-sioners appointed by the Gov-ernment of Canada, according to the author.

Long sets out to restore nearly forgotten perspectives to the historical record.

He outlines how many cru-cial details about the treaty’s contents were omitted in the transmission of writing to speech, while other prom-ises were made orally but not included in the written treaty.

The book also reveals contra-dictions that suggest the treaty parchment was never fully explained to the First Nations who signed it by reproducing

the three treaty commission-ers’ personal journals in their entirety.

“This is a definitive work that makes a groundbreaking con-tribution to our understanding of Canadian Aboriginal Treaties and sheds enormous light on the circumstances of the Indige-nous communities presently liv-ing in northern Ontario,” David T. McNab, professor of Native Studies at York University said in a review quote.

“John Long’s understanding of both Western-based knowl-edge and Indigenous knowl-edge, as well as the written and the oral traditions have enabled him to write a piece that will forever change our understand-ing of Treaty 9.

“This book is a labour of love which succeeds brilliantly.” Treaty No. 9 explores the signing of the 1905 treaty.

“The kids are really engaged in using the computers for learning instead of just going onto Facebook or going onto other sites on the Internet.”

– Michael Mak

This year just before Christ-mas, while I was travel-ling in some bigger city

centres in southern Ontario, I noticed just how crazy this holi-day season has become.

There were long streams of traffic going from mall to mall and every store I visited had lineups of people at the cash. A normal part of this shopping frenzy seemed to be made up of screaming moms and dads and crying kids.

I could feel the stress on peo-ple everywhere I went. Every-body was preparing for the Christmas event and spending money had a lot to do with it.

It didn’t look to me that many of these people were happy and most looked like they would need a vacation after this holi-day.

Every time I turned the TV on, I saw multi advertisements on gift ideas and most of them were aimed at children. I guess the idea is if you can get the children to ask for the gift then guilt becomes a big factor in purchasing the right products.

There was an obvious differ-ence in the types of people that were shopping at lower end dollar stores as compared to medium or high end malls.

Although we Canadians like to pride ourselves as a classless society, it becomes evident at the retail shopping level that there really is a situation of haves and havenots.

I saw many sad scenes where down trodden parents were doing their best to find some-thing for their children at the dollar stores.

Most of these people I saw seemed to be new arrivals from other countries. On the other hand, a more middle class or affluent class of people were shopping at the brand stores in the big malls.

They were dressed well and their children seemed to be very demanding.

It occurred to me, while shopping during the Christmas rush, that people weren’t really participating in this because they wanted to.

Millions of dollars is spent on advertising leading up to this time of year to convince people that buying the right gift for

their loved one at Christmas will make somebody happy.

The problem is I have never really seen any long-term hap-piness come out of that Christ-mas gift giving.

Over the decades, billions of dollars have been spent to develop a buying public. The only gift that I remember receiving when I was young was a handmade pair of moose hide gloves from my mom.

All the electronics and toys are forgotten. None of them meant much to me.

Before the coming of the Europeans and their religion, Native people didn’t have these types of focused events where we felt obliged to give anyone else a gift. Life was hard and we lived off the land.

We shared what we had to survive. There was no alcohol or drugs.

Our stress came from dealing with our daily life in cold tem-peratures on the land.

I have this recurring dream where I am on a river in a canoe. The water is shimmering like diamonds under the sum-mer sun. I am headed to the shore where there is a commu-nity of wigwams and shelters.

There is smoke rising from the fires. Children are running and playing in the tall green grass.

There is a smell of sage and sweet grass in the air. Noth-ing seems complicated here in my dream and I am calm and grounded. I don’t know why I have had this dream all my life.

Perhaps it is part of my DNA and it just keeps popping up in the back of my mind from time to time. Maybe it is just wishful thinking on my part to return to a more simple and meaningful time.

Then again it might just be a recurring dream.

With New Years right around the corner, my wish for every-one I know is that in some way, they can simplify their lives and be more conscious of the industries at work in the back-ground driving us to be mad consumers.

I am going to try and do my best to live a more simple life in 2011. I will try to spend less time at the computer and the television. I will do my best to live my life with some meaning, purpose and less duty.

I hope to cut back on a rich and dangerous diet. Maybe some of these changes could make me happier. Happy New Year and I hope you find some serenity in 2011.

Looking ahead to 2011

Recess smiles

Wawatay News file photoChildren in Pikangikum First Nation.

Commentary

Time to wind down

‘Let’s try to live a simple and meaningful life in 2011’

Well, another year has come and gone and we step into the year

2011 with the usual expecta-tions, optimism and a handful of resolutions to be better, more focused, deliberate, healthy and considerate.

That actually sounds a lot like last year to me but you get used to that after a while.

I turned 55 in 2010. I cel-ebrated my thirty-first year as a person who gets paid for writing and my seventeenth as a working author. I haven’t smoked in 28 years. I’ve been a Boston Red Sox fan for 45 years now, a Chicago Black-hawks fan for 46 and aware of how much I love the land for 53. Time passing has an elastic quality eventually and you give up really noticing by my age.

If you count decades I’ve been alive and conscious of it through six of them. I arrived in the mid 1950s, started school in the 1960s, left school in the 1970s, started my career in the 1980s, branched out into being a novelist in the 1990s and continued that through

this past decade. The students I workshop with these days only get to read about those decades as history now.

But I’ve lived through incredible history. I’ve been around for the birth of rock’n roll, can actually recall watch-ing the label spin on 45 records of Roy Orbison, Del Shan-non and The Coasters. I lived through the break-up of the Beatles and watched a kid named Hendrix change the face of music yet again. Some-how I survived disco, punk, metal, and new-country, redis-covered jazz in my 40s and saw digital downloads replace store bought CDs and albums.

I watched on TV as a presi-dent was assassinated, a box-ing champ was dethroned for choosing peace, and a man walked on the moon. I saw the end of the mini-skirt, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of Apartheid and the Soviet Union. I saw a cartoon become the most watched TV show in history and the television set itself become color, then a flat screen, then high definition and now 3D.

I’ve been around for the evolution of the Telex machine to a fax machine to an email and now a mobile linkup. I’ve watched computers move from two story giants to half inch lap tops. I’ve moved from posting

letters to posting tweets and gone from being eyeballed to being Googled. I was taught from the Good Book and ended up on Facebook. I watched technology become the linch-pin of the world.

Here at home I watched Canada turn a hundred. I watched her become a world leader in human rights despite the struggles of First Nations people to question that by vir-tue of their ongoing struggles. I watched an apology in the House of Commons for residential school abuses and a huge payout to survivors of that abuse. I also watched as thousands of our young people graduated from universities and became doctors, lawyers and yes, Indian chiefs.

The Grateful Dead once sang, ‘what a long, strange trip it’s been.’ It has. But it’s also been a wonderful experience. Because these last 55 years have been so rich and full of invention and tremendous human experience that time has been reduced to its com-mon denominator; wonder. You can’t look at our journey without being overwhelmed by our potential as a species. Looking ahead at 2011 gives me hope for an even better future.

Sure there are a lot of naysayers who grouse and

complain and worry that we’ve gone too far in the wrong direction to ever straighten our course. There are those who say we’ll never find true justice, equality or community. They say that we’ve ruined the planet and soiled our home for-ever. They say the way ahead is marred by the trail behind us. I choose to believe otherwise.

For me 2011 represents an opportunity to do something really simple to change the planet. It’s an opportunity to reach out and share more stories with more people. That might sound juvenile and not well thought out but when we do that, when each of us risks being known and allows ourselves to embrace another person or another culture, our whole community becomes bigger and better. We increase ourselves exponentially.

All that we have and all that we are is the story of our time here. Our goal as individu-als, communities and nations should be to work together to create the greatest collective story that we can. I believe we can do that. I believe the desire resides in each of us, in each cultural community and now we have a whole new year to practice in. So Happy New Year to everyone, I hope it turns out to be a great story; yours, mine and ours.


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ONE NATIVE LIFE


Risk: avoiding permanent loss

One very important concept in the field of finance is the relation-

ship between risk and return. Generally speaking, the

higher the return you want, the more risk you must take because there is a higher prob-ability of loss.

There are mathematical and statistical methods for calculating the risk of a specific investment and an investment portfolio, but we do not wish to describe those methods in detail.

Rather, we want to describe risks people should consider when evaluating their invest-ment strategies and investment portfolios.

The most obvious investment risk is the risk of permanent loss – loss of principal.

Loss of principal occurs when you buy an investment and sell it for less than you bought it for. If you do not sell that invest-ment and it is lower than what you bought it for, it is a paper loss and that loss is not realized (does not become permanent) until you actually sell it.

Ever since the unusually large market crash took place in 2008, many people want to talk about how they have losses in their portfolio and one of the first things I will ask them is if they have sold those invest-ments and turned those paper losses into real losses.

This is an important principle because if the whole idea of investing is to make money, then losing money is what we want to avoid. We only want to realize those paper losses in specific situations.

Practically, this means avoid-ing certain types of investments. For example, we all know that certain penny stocks can double or triple in value within a very short period. However, many of those investments will drop to zero in value. Investors who wish to avoid permanent loss will stay clear of investments that have a high likelihood of becoming worthless.

The difference between a paper and an actual loss requires me to describe another element of risk that needs to be considered – volatility. When investment professionals speak of volatility, they are referring the range that an investment or an investment portfolio will fluctuate within, from the high-est value to the lowest value without necessarily being sold.

Even though there is no

actual loss in the investment, the fact that it can drop so much in value can cause you to feel very nervous and uneasy. For example, you may buy an investment for $10, but if it declines to $5 this paper loss can cause you to feel very uncomfortable and even scared. Now you face a decision. Should you sell the investment and permanently realize this loss which would be a loss of 50 per cent or should you continue to hold this investment and not sell it because you believe the investment will eventually be worth more than the price you initially paid for it?

This question is useful because it allows us to consider a number of key points. First of all, not all investments go up in value.

Poor investments can not only drop significantly in value, they can become worthless. Secondly, since one investment can become worthless, you can reduce the possibility of your total investment portfolio becoming worthless by having a number of investments within your portfolio. This practice is commonly referred to as the concept of diversification and it is intended to reduce invest-ment specific risk.

If, by chance, the investment does become worthless or goes down significantly in price, it will not affect your investment portfolio to the same degree since you also have other invest-ment holdings in your account.

Thirdly, you should have a certain amount of investments within your portfolio that are less risky than others. The pro-cess of holding different types of investments within your investment account is referred to as asset allocation.

For example, investments such as government bonds which are issued by the govern-ment of Canada are considered among the safest investments because the chance that the government will default is very low. If they are in danger of defaulting, they can raise taxes to meet their obligations.

While the methods listed above can lessen the risk of

permanent loss, careful study and analysis of the investment opportunity before you make the investment is also required. To be able to successfully evaluate a potential investment requires certain skills which can be learned or as most people prefer to do, left in the hands of a capable professional. These skills can be defined as ‘finan-cial literacy’ and require an understanding of how capital markets work, the ability to analyze financial statements and also the technology to act upon the results of the analysis.

I wish there would be a magic formula to direct you to so that you will never experi-ence a permanent, investment loss, but this is not the reality. Even the most successful inves-tors in history like Warren Buf-fett or Peter Lynch lost money on certain investments.

Since we know that every investor will experience loss at some point what is the point of this article? The point of this article is that various invest-ment risks, including the risk of permanent loss, can be man-aged by using some of the con-cepts and habits listed above.

In the same way that you drive on the right side of the road and buckle your seatbelt to reduce the risk of a serious accident on the road, you can also reduce the risk of irrecov-erable loss in your investment account by avoiding opportuni-ties that have a high probability of becoming worthless, proper diversification, appropriate asset allocation and careful study.

In life as in investing, risk cannot be completely elimi-nated – risk must be managed and reduced by following certain principles, actions and habits.

This article is supplied by Gor-don Keesic, a Lac Seul band member and an Investment Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities Inc. Member CIPF. This article is for information purposes only. Please consult with a professional advisor before taking any action based on information in this article.

Gord Keesic

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2 010 Y E A R I N R E V I E WTOP NEWS STORIES OF THE YEAR

Brent WesleyWawatay News

For the second straight year, prescription drug abuse is Wawatay’s top news item of the year.

Prescription drug abuse con-tinues to be the most consistent item covered by Wawatay just as it consistently continues to plague First Nation communi-ties in the region.

Early in the year, a rise in suicide stats in the James Bay area prompted Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy to speculate prescription drug abuse is a possible cause for the

increase in suicides.“Prescription drugs are cre-

ating chaos,” Beardy said, explaining some communities are facing prescription drug abuse rates as high as 70 per cent of the population. “The chiefs are telling me there just isn’t enough food (in some homes). Their next meal is a challenge for some of the chil-dren.”

Beardy said some prescrip-tion drug abusers are selling most of their possessions and not buying food in order to buy more prescription drugs to feed their addiction.

The situation prompted a

Sandy Lake youth to speak out. Jonathan McKay, who now lives in Thunder Bay, said it’s time to take action against prescription drug abuse.

“It’s really hard to do some-thing but you’ve got to make an effort to do something,” McKay said explaining that young and old are abusing prescription drugs. “It affects all ages.”

Prescription drug abuse con-tinued to be front and centre during NAN’s annual chiefs meeting in June. NAN also focused on the issue at its Day of Prayer event in November.

Other organizations have been working to tackle the

problem as well. Keewaytinook Okimakanak’s health depart-ment was in Muskrat Dam in late April to deliver a workshop. KO also held their second Chiefs Forum in November to discuss prescription drug abuse. At that forum, two youth came forward to talk about their addictions.

“I am a Grade 11 student at DFC and I use Oxycontins,” said Anita Meekis, a student from Sandy Lake who started using codeine and Percocets three years ago when she was 16. “I’m just a teenager and I have (had) a lot of issues for the last few years.”

Meekis, who attends school at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, said she didn’t seek help for her addiction because she was ashamed. But during her pre-sentation at the Chiefs Forum, she said she’s now seeking help to overcome the problem.

Wasaya Airways has also taken steps to curb the flow of prescription drugs into First Nation communities the com-pany flies to.

Wasaya has developed a framework to improve security and cut down on contraband.

Steps include:• purchasing, installing,

manning and maintaining bag-gage screening in Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake and Pickle Lake pending partner-ships;

• adding a $2.50 fee for each

flight booking and $0.25 per shipment to offset the security measures;

• requiring recognizable photo ID for all passengers, shippers and consignees;

• specialized training for air-line staff on contraband detec-tion, complete with reporting policies and procedures;

• airline staff will be required to acquire Transport Canada security passes where neces-sary; and

• establishing or participat-ing in a community security authority group with all stake-holders to exchange ideas, information and updates and security measure progress.

Wasaya Airways’ John Beardy said they plan to install baggage and cargo screening machines to screen baggage and shipments at the Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, Pickle Lake and Red Lake airports.

“The plan here will affect all the communities we service,” Beardy said. “We plan to screen every bag and every shipment that goes through the airline.”

Shibogama First Nations Council is financially support-ing the scanners, donating $16,000 to fast track the ini-tiative. Windigo First Nations Council also supports the idea.

Over the summer, the Ontario government announced an initiative to track prescription drug abuse.

The strategy will see tracking

of prescriptions through a data-base that would flag unusual patterns of prescribing and dis-pensing.

In instances of inappropri-ate activity, responses could include educational support and resources, reporting to the appropriate regulatory college and in extreme circumstances, law enforcement. The strategy also includes more education to patients about the appropriate use of prescription narcotics.

“We know that there is a seri-ous narcotics abuse issue facing many Ontarians and their fami-lies throughout our province,” said Health and Long-Term Care Minister Deb Matthews. “We are taking a range of steps that reflect the severity of the issue.”

However, Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse criticized the plan. He said a one-size-fits-all approach would not address the epidemic of prescription drug abuse in First Nations.

“First Nation communities have to be involved in determin-ing what approaches will work for them,” Toulouse said. “Their readiness to support change will help them advise funding agencies as to what resources and supports will be required to address the programming needs for a First Nations strat-egy.”

With files from James Thom and Rick Garrick

Prescription drug abuse continues to devastate communities

Wawatay News file photoSandy Lake youth Jonathan McKay says one-80 milligram OxyContin tablet can cost users about $320.


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Contentious bill passed into lawBrent WesleyWawatay News

When Bill 191, the Far North Act, passed in the Ontario legislature Sept. 23, First Nation leaders in northern Ontario said they would refuse to recognize the legisla-tion.

With such widespread opposition to the contentious bill, the Far North Act is among Wawatay’s top news stories of the year.

The Ministry of Natural Resources touted the bill as a means to initiate progress and positive change in Ontario’s Far North.

The legislation is supposed to protect up to 225,000 square kilometres of Ontario’s Far North, an area made up of mostly Nish-nawbe Aski Nation (NAN) communities.

The MNR said it would work with First Nations in the Far North to determine which areas will be protected under the act and which areas will be open to development. But it will be up to First Nations to initiate the land use plans.

“Bill 191 provides the foundation for First Nations and Ontario to work together to develop new approaches to protected areas in the Far North,” a ministry spokesman said after the bill was passed.

Despite being passed, chiefs from the area said they would issue their own auton-omy over the land.

Shibogama First Nations Council said its concerns were not addressed or reflected in Bill 191 and that they never gave their free, prior and informed consent to Bill 191.

“The people of Shibogama will continue to exercise our Aboriginal and treaty rights using the inherent right principles given to us by the Creator,” said Wawakepewin Chief Joshua Frogg. “Any and all land and resources planning will be based on our inherent jurisdiction, our principles and our responsibilities.”

Leading up to the act being passed, NAN had staged an anti-Bill 191 campaign. A pro-test was held outside the Ontario legislature Sept. 15.

Opposition to the bill had even come from the Assembly of First Nations, the Ontario New Democratic Party, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce.

Despite the opposition, Natural Resources Minister Linda Jeffrey said the Far North Act is ambitious and exceptional.

“Together we are entering a new era of social prosperity, economic certainty and environmental protection in the Far North,” she said. “It is our responsibility as global citizens to make wise land use decisions for this vast and unique part of the province and the world.”

The government said land use plans are key to developing the Far North, including the region known as the Ring of Fire, which contains one of the world’s largest depos-its of chromite, a key ingredient in stainless steel.

With files from Rick Garrick

Ring of Fire a hotbed of activity and controversyBrent WesleyWawatay News

Ongoing mineral exploration activ-ity in an area known as the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario came under public scrutiny after Webequie and Marten Falls First Nations staged a protest Jan. 18.

The Ring of Fire is considered one of the largest potential mineral reserves in Ontario, by some esti-mates covering more than 1.5 million hectares in the James Bay Lowlands. It’s at the centre of a hotbed of activ-ity in recent years because of the potential for huge deposits of chro-mite, a mineral used to create stain-less steel.

The Ontario government is encour-aging development in the area because of the potential for jobs and

enhanced economic development. Michael Gravelle, minister of north-ern development, mines and forestry, said a mine could potentially open in five years.

“It would take everything to move forward perfectly (to meet the five-year timeframe),” Gravelle said in August.

More than 35 mining and explora-tion companies are active in the area. With all the activity, First Nations in the area started to express apprehen-sion over environmental concerns. It prompted the blockade at Koper Lake near Marten Falls, the site of an air-strip being used by companies explor-ing the area.

“The purpose of this action is to draw attention to our concerns of what is happening here in our terri-tory,” said Marten Falls Chief Eli Moo-

nias during the protest.Moonias also said he wanted to

ensure his community benefited from the potential explosion of activity that could happen.

He and other Nishnawbe Aski Nation leaders have said they wanted to make sure any development or activity that occurs in the area must be with the consent of First Nations.

When it was announced early in the year that a railroad feasibility study into the area would be taking place, NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy said First Nations should provide con-sent before any work is done in the region.

“It’s exciting,” Beardy said, “but we have to take measures to make sure that we benefit but also protect the environment as much as possible. The most important thing is that this

time around First Nation people must benefit.”

After the blockade ended in March, companies once again started drilling in the area.

Discussions between Marten Falls, Webequie and the province contin-ued over the summer and in Sep-tember, an agreement was signed to resolve issues around the Ring of Fire.

In October, Ontario also announced the hiring of Christine Kaszycki as coordinator for the Ring of Fire region.

It was a decision that disappointed Beardy. He said the province failed to consult NAN First Nations despite continuous talk of a new relationship with First Nations.

With files from Rick Garrick and James Thom

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsWebequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse, Marten Falls Chief Eli Moonias and a group of Webequie and Marten Falls protesters man the landing strip blockade Jan. 20 on Koper Lake in the Ring of Fire. With so much going on in the area, the Ring of Fire has been one of Wawatay’s top news stories of the year.


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Major Duties and Responsibilities1. Responsible for implementation of policies, procedures and program criteria/systems for effi cient and effective delivery of

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assistance of the executive coordinator.5. Responsible for development and implementation of internal and external communications strategies including reports,

updates, schedules and presentations.6. Can be assigned the duties of the project offi cer for Native Organizations/First Nations as needed.7. Performs any other related duties as required to ensure the effi cient operation of SLAAMB as requested by the executive

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Standards of Performance1. Ensure effi cient and effective delivery of all SLAAMB programs and services.2. Ensures effective administration of projects and allocations.3. Supervises staff appropriately and consistently.4. In all contacts, treats clients and the public in a professional and courteous manner.5. Treats confi dential information appropriately.6. Works effectively with a minimum of supervision and is proactive in identifying and solving problems on his/her own.7. Works productively and professionally as a member of the SLAAMB team, actively participating in meetings as requested

and maintaining co-operative working relationships with all SLAAMB staff and clients.8. Is willing to acquire new skills and knowledge required to fulfi ll the position’s roles and responsibility also sees learning and

development as a part of his/her job.9. Manages time effectively (manages workload effi ciently, punctual, reliable attendance).10. Travels when required and must be available to work in the Sioux Lookout offi ce.

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the necessary protocols.3. Must be assertive and willing to take risks.4. Minimum of one year experience in program administration/management with supervisory responsibilities is required.5. Must have knowledge of employment/training programs and funding agencies and proposal preparation skills.6. Must have proven skills in fi nancial management, personnel supervision, offi ce management, program/service delivery

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communities in the Sioux Lookout Area.11. Must have knowledge of the people, culture and geographic area of SLAAMB area.12. Ability to speak Oji-Cree, Ojibway or Cree is an asset.13. Must live within commuting distance of Sioux Lookout.

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Send Resume with three (3) references (marked confi dential) to:Bob BruyereSLAAMB CoordinatorSioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management BoardP.O. Box 56, 80 Front StreetSioux Lookout, ON. P8T 1A1

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Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing First Nation

Position: Director of HealthLocation: Morson, Ontario

The Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing is seeking a Director of Health. The successful candidate reports directly to the Director Administration and is responsible for all staff and program functions within the organiza-tion; prepares and/or reviews all budget and nancial reports; manages and oversees the community health services function to ensure effective and ef cient delivery of services and will also be responsible to address the broader issues of health policy and identify, determine existing and emerging health and wellness concerns in the First Nation. Quali cations:1. A university degree or college diploma in a Health related eld with a

minimum of 3 years work experience as a policy analyst; And:2. Proven track record in the preparation of brie ng notes, position

papers, project proposals, workplans, reports in involvement of government policy analysis and health policy planning;

3. Demonstrated ability to approve, review, evaluate program work-plans; program activity reporting and program nancial reporting;

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to complete tasks/lead projects independently; ability to work within tight deadlines;

6. Knowledge of policy analysis, family healing, health care develop-ment including legislative changes;

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applications; 10. Thorough understanding and knowledge of the Aboriginal culture,

customs, language and beliefs is considered an asset; 11. Access to a vehicle and ability to travel as required; 12. Must possess a valid drivers license. Salary: Commensurate with quali cations and experience. Candidates are requested to state their salary expectations in their letter of application. Applications must include a cover letter, resume and 3 letters of professional references. Incomplete applications will be returned unopened. Please send applications to:

ATTN: Randy Councillor, Director of AdministrationMail: P.O. Box 335 Morson, ONT, P0W 1J0Fax: (807)488-5756Email: [email protected]

Deadline Date: Friday, January 21, 2010 by 12:00 pm CSTOnly those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Five Nations Energy Inc. is one of Ontario’s fi ve licensed electricity transmitters in Ontario, and operates a high voltage transmission line from Moosonee to the commu-nity of Attawapiskat along the western shore of James Bay.FNEI is a nonprofi t corporation jointly owned by the Attawapiskat Power Corporation, Fort Albany Power Corporation and the Kashechewan Power Corporation. Th e President carries out his/her duties on behalf of the Board of Directors.

Qualifi cations: • Experience with the electricity industry • Experience in public relations • Leadership qualities • Knowledge of the Mushkegowuk Communities • Ability to speak Cree an assetIf interested, please forward your resume with cover letter by January 28, 2011, by 4:00 pm, outlining your qualifi cations and experience to: Mr. Derek StephenInterim Chief Executive Offi cerFax: (795) 268-0071 or adminassistant@fi venations.ca

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Year in Review: 2010 in pictures

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay NewsABOVE: From left, Jorge Hookimaw’llillerre, Christopher Paulmartin and Patrick Etherington Jr. were part of a group the Truth and Reconciliation Walkers who walked from Cochrane, Ont. to the TRC’s national event in Winnipeg, Man. in June.

LEFT: Members of Couchiching First Nation roll out a toll booth on Highway 11, which runs through the community, and charged vehicles passing through. The First Nation was raising awareness about issues of contaminated soil that forced residents to relocate housing.

Joe Beardy/Special to Wawatay NewsBOTTOM LEFT: Students from the Michikan Lake school Walk for Sobriety. The event took place during the community’s Health Week in November.

Tina Kakepetum-Schultz/Special to Wawatay NewsBELOW: Deer Lake Chief Roy Dale Meekis, left, with Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy open Deer Lake’s new health centre June 9. The new centre combines all health services in Deer Lake under one roof.


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Brent Wesley/Wawatay NewsLac Seul celebrated the open-ing of a new elementary school in Frenchman’s Head Nov. 20. From left, Elijah Harper, Kenora MP Greg Rickford, Grand Coun-cil Treaty 3 Ogichidaakwe Diane Kelly, Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull, Janelle Manitowabi and Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan.

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay NewsLac Seul’s Chris Southwind gets stopped on a breakaway by Sandy Lake’s goaltender Tre Fiddler during the 2010 Little Bands hockey tournament midget A-side championship game. Lac Seul defeated Sandy Lake 11-1.

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James Thom/Wawatay NewsSharon Johnston, left, wife of Gov. Gen. David Johnston, Ruth Ann Onley, wife of the Lt.-Gov. of Ontario David Onley, and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy were in Eabametoong shortly after Chief Lewis Nate declared a state of emergency Oct. 22 following a rash of murders, arson, violence and animal mutilations in the commuity. Nate said at the crux of the problems is prescription drug abuse.


Violence, death, drug abuse and arson.

All these things over-whelmed Eabametoong (Fort Hope) First Nation culminating in Chief Lewis Nate declaring a state of emergency, Oct. 22, making it one of Wawatay’s top news stories of the year.

In the past year, Eabam-etoong has faced the murders of three community members, numerous cases of arson and several incidents of animal mutilation.

“The people of Eabame-toong are committed to work-ing together to do whatever is needed to bring safety and order back to our community,” Nate said.

“But we can’t do it alone. We are desperate for outside help.”

He said at the root of all the problems is prescription drug

abuse, affecting the community in all areas of life.

The plea for help prompted support and visits from area chiefs and leaders, government officials, and the head of Nish-nawbe-Aski Police Service.

The community also received funding to increase security and to repair the community’s school, which was damaged by a fire.

“This is short-term assistance to help us restore order in the community, but we also need necessary resources to pro-vide long-term solutions to the larger issues, such as the drug epidemic that triggers much of the crime occurring in the First Nation,” Nate said.

Despite the overwhelming situation, the community has developed a seven-point action plan to follow in addressing the problems plaguing the First Nation of about 1,200 people.

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declaration of a state of emer-gency.

The rest of the plan includes developing an emergency response plan, political advo-cacy and lobbying, long-term planning, improved commu-nication between community leaders and members, ongo-ing monitoring and evaluation, and community development of strategies to build a brighter future for the community.

“We are not going to just sit back and wait for help. We need to get our community orga-nized,” Nate said. “We know what the problems are, but what I am telling the people of Eabametoong First Nation today, is that we have to stop blaming each other and move forward. We need to be willing to work together and it has to come from the heart.”

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For being chosen by her own peers to lead the northern Ontario region of the Anglican Church, Lydia Mamakwa of Kingfisher Lake is Wawatay’s female newsmaker of the year for 2010.

In May, in her own com-munity, Mamakwa was conse-crated a bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada.

The northern Ontario region is part of the Keewatin Diocese, which is headed by Archbishop David Ashdown. By amending its laws, it’s the first time the church has allowed a region within a diocese to choose its own bishop.

It’s a role Mamakwa wasn’t she sure she wanted at first. When originally asked to run for bishop, she declined. But a conversation with her hus-band, Chief James Mamakwa, changed her mind. He said it was too important not to con-sider the nomination.

Her consecration is the ful-fillment of a long-term vision of Elders in the area. As bishop,

Mamakwa says she wants to continue carrying this vision forward. The goal is that some day the northern Ontario region will be its own diocese – a First Nation ministry.

Mamakwa says Aboriginal people want to adapt church laws, or canons, to suit the needs of Aboriginal people and their communities, or as she describes, “make it our own.” She’s quick to add the Aborigi-nal delegates do not want to leave the church, but rather cre-ate their own place within the church as servants of God.

“Our people treasure the gos-pel,” she said.

And the Anglican Church welcomes her leadership.

“We see in you what it means to be a faithful servant of Jesus,” said Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Can-ada, during Mamakwa’s conse-cration.

Mamakwa will have a seat alongside other bishops from across the country.

“I believe the national House of Bishops will be blessed by your quiet spirit … your gentle ways,” Hiltz said of Mamakwa.

Mamakwa female newsmaker of the year

Brent Wesley/Wawatay NewsKingfisher Lake’s Lydia Mamakwa is the first area bishop of the northern Ontario region of the Keewatin Diocese. It’s the first time the Anglican Church has allowed a region in a diocese to choose its own bishop. The northern Ontario region consists mostly of First Nation communities.

Lewis Nate male newsmaker of the yearJames ThomWawatay News

For leading a proactive battle against the ills of prescription drug abuse, Eabametoong Chief Lewis Nate is Wawatay’s male newsmaker of the year for 2010.

Nate made headlines throughout the year, first speaking up about the steps necessary to curb the prescrip-tion drug problem and later in declaring a state of emergency in his community because of violence and other issues stem-ming from the same problem.

“We still have a lot of (pre-scription drugs) coming into our community,” Nate said in January, explaining the com-munity has tried to stop the flow of prescription drugs by increasing searches at the air-port. “They find ways to get the drugs through.”

He said the police do a good job of slowing the flow of drugs but more steps were neces-sary. He said traffickers are clever in finding ways to bypass searches.

Nate said the drug traffickers would pass their drug packages

over the airport fence to accom-plices whenever they knew there was a search in progress.

“We need money to put more people at the fence,” Nate said, especially when it’s “really hec-tic” when two aircraft arrive at the same time.

Nate estimated that about half of his community of 1,200 to 1,300 is currently abusing prescription drugs.

Things came to a head in October when Nate made the bold move to declare a state of emergency related to the ram-pant prescription drug abuse problem which prompted violence, a rash of arson and two cases of murder this year. The state of emergency was declared Oct. 22.

Two weeks later, Nate opened the community up to visitors including Sharon John-ston, wife of Gov. Gen. of Can-ada David Johnston, and Ruth Ann Onley, wife of the Lt.-Gov. of Ontario David Onley, along with national media representa-tives to see first-hand the issues Eabametoong was facing.

Rather than hide the prob-lems, Nate tackled them in

plain view. Even at the risk of having the

community’s story played in a negative light, Nate has stead-fastly said it is important for the rest of Ontario and Canada to see the dangers of prescription drug abuse and the other ills of his community.

Nate was appreciative of the support his community received including funding for private security and necessary equip-ment since the state of emer-gency was declared.

The community has hosted its Matawa Tribal Council coun-terparts, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chris Bentley and now-former NAPS Chief Robin Jones several times.

“Other Matawa First Nations leaders have immediately come to our community and have helped us create a larger voice,” Nate said. “This crisis is not exclusive to Eabametoong First Nation, it is a situation that many First Nations can face or have dealt with in the past.”

While Eabametoong was not alone in its crisis, Nate stood out as the man doing whatever it took to right the community.

James Thom/Wawatay NewsEabametoong First Nation Chief Lewis Nate earned male newsmaker of the year honours for taking a stand against prescription drug abuse in his community.


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A Sandy Lake member’s ambition to help the homeless in Winnipeg is one of Wawa-tay’s youth stories of the year.

Sheena Rae helped raise over $1,800 in her community to donate to the Siloam Mis-sion in Winnipeg to assist the city’s homeless. The community matched her donation.

Rae was inspired to do some-thing for the homeless after she saw a news story about a home-less woman who froze to death

in a bus shelter in Winnipeg.“I don’t want that to repeat

itself,” Rae said as she spent the entire day at Sandy Lake’s radio station taking donations of money, imperishable foods, and clothing. “That’s why I’m doing this.”

Chief Adam Fiddler was among one of several volun-teers who sat with Sheena for a couple of hours at the radio sta-tion collecting donations.

“There are many homeless people in many cities and towns who don’t have warm clothing or a place to stay,” said Fiddler.

“Sheena knows there are people in our community who don’t have enough money for food or warm clothing too. But what we do have in Sandy Lake is compassion – she sees that all the time. Whenever there is a need in the community, people come together and share what-ever they have.”

Rae was grateful for the sup-port.

“I can’t thank everybody enough for coming together as a community,” she said.

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Shannen Koostachin’s cam-paign for a new school in Attawapiskat, her accidental death in May and the Shannen’s Dream Campaign is among Wawatay’s youth stories of the year.

“Shannen was tireless in her fight for equitable school rights for First Nation children,” said Timmins-James Bay MP Char-lie Angus during the Nov. 17 launch of the Shannen’s Dream campaign. “She became the face of a generation of forgotten First Nation school children. We are carrying on the work she started so that other children will not be left behind.”

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo emphasized this past June that First Nations students receive on average $2,000 less in educational support than other students in Canada.

A young First Nation activ-ist from Attawapiskat who was nominated for an Interna-tional Children’s Peace Prize, Koostachin passed away May 31 in a car crash.

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“Shannen’s advocacy helped us see very clearly the impact of underfunding by the fed-eral government on schools in First Nations communities,” said Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario. “We’re challenging teachers and stu-dents in elementary schools to support the Shannen’s Dream campaign to ensure that every young Canadian – no mat-ter where they live – realizes the same fundamental right to decent schools and education in order to reach their full poten-tial.”

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Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsNishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy helps a group of youth unveil the new logo and name of NAN’s youth council during the Seven Sacred Teachings Youth Gathering. The council’s new name is Oshkaatisak – Nishnawbe Aski Nation Young Peoples Council.


The unveiling of the Osh-kaatisak – Nishnawbe Aski Nation Young Peoples Coun-cil new name and logo at the Seven Sacred Teachings Youth Gathering has earned a spot as one of Wawatay’s youth stories of the year.

“The crane represents lead-ership,” said youth council spokesman Jason Smallboy, explaining the logo features a large crane designed by Matawa First Nations’ Patrick

Cheechoo. “That is what the youth council is about – young leaders leading the way and paving the way for the future of the youth.”

Smallboy said the Youth Council realized they needed a new name and logo as the past decade was coming to a close.

“We talked about some of the different goals and did a planning session on things we wanted to do for the future,” Smallboy said.

Grand Chief Stan Beardy helped a group of youth unveil the new logo during the begin-

ning of the Seven Sacred Teach-ings Youth Gathering held Jan. 25-29 in Thunder Bay.

“The youth council is impor-tant, not only for professional and personal development, but it is something for our youth to feel a sense of belonging,” Beardy said. “It’s a chance for the youth to be themselves, to network and to support each other. The new symbol and name gives a sense of identity to youth in their own society.”

The Seven Sacred Teach-ings Youth Gathering featured workshops on bullying and

self esteem, building a posi-tive self image after residential school, lands and resources, fur and licensing, fish and lakes, forestry, Elder teach-ings on tobacco and medicines, in-depth Seven Grandfather teachings, Elder teachings on tobacco and medicines, a roots and shoots program, regalia making, a pipe ceremony and discussion, a keynote speech on respect/wisdom/truth, speeches on the Seven Sacred Teachings and romantic notions on love and respect, a sacred fire and a sunrise ceremony.

Oshkaatisak Young Peoples Council leads the way

Following a suicide preven-tion conference in January 2000, Nishnawbe Aski Nation chiefs committed to their youth and declared 2001-2010 to be the NAN Decade for Youth and Development.

A council was quickly formed in 2001 to fulfill the chiefs’ mandate of addressing more effectively the problems of young men and women and to increase opportunities for their participation in NAN communi-ties.

The council was also tasked with enhancing awareness, pro-moting, and providing a voice for youth in the NAN territory.

In the past 10 years, council members came and went but the message stayed the same.

They offered programming including the Girl Power pro-gram, enhanced awareness

of the situation of youth and increased recognition of the rights and aspirations of youth and helped get the youth more involved in the decision-making processes at all levels.

Since its inception, NAN Decade for Youth has travelled to most, if not all, the NAN com-munities to connect with youth, organized annual or special youth gatherings and increased awareness of youth rights and aspirations.

Seeing the importance of the council, NAN chiefs voted to permanently extend the coun-cil’s mandate during the win-ter chief’s assembly March 12, 2009.

As the decade drew to a close, the council was rebranded at the 2009 Keeway-win Conference.

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The Celebrating the Creators exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery is among Wawatay’s arts and culture stories of the year.

Lakehead University art stu-dent Candace Twance exhib-ited an acrylic on canvas piece called Surrender, which speaks about her struggles with anxi-ety, during the April 3-May 23 exhibition of 53 Aboriginal art-ists and craftspeople.

“It’s kind of like an overbear-ing figure which came to repre-sent what I was struggling with in my life at that time,” Twance said. “I think you just have to accept your life the way it is and work with what you have.”

The exhibition was a snap-shot of the art production of Aboriginal artists over the past year and the culmination of a

yearlong project lead by Jean Marshall.

Marshall is a Kitchenuh-maykoosib Inninuwug band member who was arts outreach liaison at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.

Musician-actor Ira Johnson exhibited three acrylic on paper pieces.

“Two of them are about the vision quests we go on to clear our minds and to get on a clear path,” Johnson said. “The idea of the starry sky and the night sky and the mountain tops,

those are very harsh elements. When you look at them you don’t know what it is, but when you go on a vision quest and you clear your mind you actu-ally see the harshness of those elements.”

Wawatay Native Communi-cation Society’s Adrienne Fox and Brent Wesley screened their portrait series I am Indige-nous during the opening recep-tion, which was attended by about 400 people.

Ahnisnabae Art Gallery owner Louise Thomas was over-whelmed with the work.

“It’s amazing to see this many artists together in one place,” Thomas said. “I’m just over-whelmed to see such wonderful work, to see what our artists are painting. It’s good to see what they see.”

The exhibition also featured an April 10 Celebrating the Cre-ators Arts and Crafts Sale.

Celebrating the Creators ‘amazing, overwhelming’

ARTS AND CULTURE STORIES OF THE YEAR

Mystic Passage, an acrylic on canvas painting by Cal Kenny of Sioux Lookout, was one of many pieces from Aboriginal artists at the Celebrating the Creators exhibit at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsElliot Doxtater-Wynn jams out during the Celebrating the Creators Arts and Crafts Sale April 10 at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. Doxtater-Wynn had a piece in the showcase of Aboriginal artists and crafters.

“I’m just overwhelmed to see such wonderful work, to see what our artists are painting.”

– Louise Thomas

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The Misiwe Minoyawin project is holistic approach to healthy living aimed at

demonstrating to Aboriginal people--especially youth--how healthy lifestyle choices can boost well-being. The project will focus on 5 target issues: substance/alcohol abuse, tobacco use, healthy eating, active lifestyle and mental health.

Funding provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion through the Healthy Communities Fund

Submissions welcome! For more info or to submit to the Healthy Lifestyles Book contact:

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Healthy Lifestyles BookHealthy Lifestyles BookSubmissions welcome to promote

culturally appropriate nutrition and life choices! Send us your teachings, legends, stories, artwork, traditional

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Shy-Anne Hovorka’s win at the 2010 Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards, PSEUDO album release and tour of the James Bay coast is one of Wawatay’s top arts and culture stories of the year.

Hovorka was surprised to win Aboriginal female enter-tainer of the year at the 2010 Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards Nov. 5 in Winni-peg.

“Unreal, literally unreal,” said the Aboriginal Thunder Bay-based singer-songwriter who also won best producer/engineer at the awards. “I was just happy to be up in the top three but when they called my name, when I stood up, my legs went weak and I almost fell down out of shock.”

Hovorka “spoke from the heart” during her acceptance

speech, where she described her upbringing as a foster child adopted at the age of six.

“I spoke a lot about kids who were in care and being told that you were nothing and to be able to fulfill your dreams and have faith in yourself,” Hovorka said. “I think that hit a lot of people. There’s been a lot of talk about the speech itself.”

Hovorka released PSEUDO at the Paramount Theatre May 29 in Thunder Bay and has since released a music video for the song Can’t Change the World.

The album, her second, is a mix of musical genres from pop to blues and jazz and the themes of the songs focus largely around issues surround-ing today’s Aboriginal youth.

Hovorka and musicians Don Amero and Rob Benvegnu brought their music and posi-tive messages of healthy living and following your dreams at all costs to Moosonee, Moose

Factory, Attawapiskat and Kashechewan during the Jan. 27 to Feb. 8 James Bay coast tour.

“We want to expose these youth to a positive message,” Hovorka said. “We all want to show the youth you can be suc-cessful with clean music.”

The tour also included a tal-ent search in each community.

“The students will be judged on talent but also the message their music has,” Hovorka said. “It must have a positive mes-sage.”

Hovorka is currently plan-ning to travel to Brazil in April, where she will lead a group of Aboriginal singers at the 2011 Earth Day celebrations in Rio de Janiero and to do a winter road tour to remote fly-in commu-nities across northern Ontario this winter.

With files from James Thom


The Thunder Mountain Sing-ers’ win at the 2010 Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards, new album release and City of Thunder Bay award is among Wawatay’s arts and culture sto-ries of the year.

The Thunder Mountain Singers won the best powwow CD – traditional for their latest album One Voice One Nation at the 2010 Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards Nov. 5 in Winnipeg.

“We were really amazed and shocked,” said David Wilkinson-Simard, a member of the Thun-der Bay-based drum group. “We were really surprised that we won.”

Simard said the reaction from fans and friends has been great.

“We were just swamped on Facebook,” Wilkinson-Simard said. “It’s been non-stop with congratulations from people right across the world, in fact. It’s not just people in Ontario and Canada, it’s been into dif-ferent countries.”

The group had also been nominated for best duo or group at the awards ceremony.

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

“It’s good for the commu-nity, good for Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Robinson Superior treaty area, Treaty 3,” said Ryan Gustafson.

The Thunder Mountain Sing-ers celebrated their album One Voice One Nation Oct. 15 and 16 during A Celebration of One Voice One Nation at Magnus

Theatre in Thunder Bay.“It features songs and dances

from our album and from past work we have done,” Simard said. “We have friends and fam-ily who have come out to show-case the dancing and we have a narrator, Nathan Moses, who is providing story lines with the songs and dances and explain-ing the history of the drum group.”

The group, which performs an average of one show per week, won a Thunder Bay Arts and Heritage Award in June.

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

The Thunder Mountain Sing-ers performed Jan. 3 during the ceremonial arrival of the Olym-pic Torch at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.

With files from James Thom

Shy-Anne wins female entertainer of the year

Thunder Mountain Singers enjoys successful year

James Thom/Wawatay NewsThunder Mountain Singers won best traditional powwow CD at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards Nov. 5 in Winnipeg, Man. Pictured are, clockwise from centre, Clement Gustafson, guest drummer Elliott Doxtater-Wynn, Dave Simard, Owen Gustafson and Ryan Gustafson.


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The Pikangikum Screaming Otters pounded the Lac Seul Eagles 7-1 in the final of the 2010 Northern First Nations Hockey Tournament in what was widely called a huge upset.

But those close to the Otters hardly thought so.

Screaming Otters head coach Alex Peters was confident in his team’s chances before the team even left Pikangikum for the March 15-20 tournament in Sioux Lookout.

“We played our very first game of the tournament Mon-day morning at 7 a.m. and my boys wanted to close it off by

playing in the last game of the tournament,” Peters said. “We were ready to win right from day one.”

The tournament took on a special tone for the Otters who were playing for Peters’ mother, who died just days before they hit the ice.

“Our family told us to go ahead and keep playing because she always came to support the team and to sup-port the youth of Pikangikum,” Peters said. “She was a great supporter of our young people so we wore black and white rib-bons on our red jerseys for her.”

Otters captain Kyle Peters, said the death of his grand-mother during the tournament

made the week a very emo-tional ride.

“But it feels great to win, because we did it all for her,” he said.

The Otters opened the final with three quick goals to chase the Lac Seul netminder. The change hardly affected the out-come. After the first period, the Otters were up 4-0 and the crowd, mostly comprised of Lac Seul band members at the Memorial Arena, were silenced.

Other tournament action saw the Bushtown Jets and Hudson Bay Cree from Fort Severn play a spirited contest for the B-side crown.

The Hudson Bay Cree took an early 4-0 lead, but the Jets

quickly tied it up in the second period with four unanswered goals.

The third period saw the scoring go back and forth between the two teams, but Fort Hope edged an 8-6 victory for the B-side championship title.

In the C-side championship game, the Obesahdekong Ice Dogs (Poplar Hill) defeated the Kasabonika Islanders 6-3 for the title.

The game was tied 3-3 until the last four minutes of the third, when the Ice Dogs net-ted three quick goals to secure a victory over the Islanders.

With files from Chris Kornacki

Otters overcome Eagles in tourney final

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay NewsThe 2010 Northern First Nations hockey tournament champions, the Pikangikum Screaming Otters celebrate. The Otters defeated the Lac Seul Eagles 7-1 in the A-side championship game March 21 at the Memorial Arena in Sioux Lookout.


From National Hockey League sniper and scoring champ to minor leaguer, life has changed for Moose Cree band member Jonathan Cheechoo.

The past year was a tumultu-ous one for the one-time Rocket Richard Trophy winner, several seasons removed from posting goal totals of 56, 37 and 23.

He played in 61 games for the Ottawa Senators in the 2009-2010 season and notched 14 points.

The final year of Cheechoo’s contract was bought out by the team June 29.

Cheechoo was set to make $3.5 million in the 2010-2011 season. Buyouts are typically worth two-thirds of the contract value.

“Jonathan is a quality person and hockey player,” Senators general manager Bryan Murray said to NHL.com in June. “We hoped that things would have worked out with the Senators. In the best interest of us both, we have decided to move on. We wish him all the best.”

The buyout made Cheechoo a free agent but he failed to catch on with an NHL team this fall.

He is still looking for a shot in the NHL. He signed a tryout contract with the Dallas Stars Sept. 4 but was cut Sept. 26 before the end of training camp.

“He’s a good player, he’s

played well but you’ve got to be better than the people that we’ve got in the top positions,” Stars coach Marc Crawford told ESPN. “No dis-respect, but our guys in the top positions said to us that no one is taking our spot. You really have to outplay some-body. It’s unfortunate, but that’s where it is.”

Cheechoo is currently play-ing with the San Jose Sharks American Hockey League affili-ate in Providence, R.I.

He said he still loves the game and wants to go back to the NHL.

“I feel I can still play at a high level. As long as that desire is there for me I’ll play. For sure I’ll know when I’m done. You sense it anyways and my biggest sup-porters will let me know. I want to have the passion to contrib-ute at the level I expect of me.”

Cheechoo said he is working harder than ever to earn that chance.

“I think you got to look at it like there’s only 700 or so spots open in the NHL. How am I going to set myself apart from others? The same way I did when I was breaking in. Physi-cal fitness, extra drills, shoot some more pucks, work on my release. It’s those little extras you can do will help you where you want to go and that’s not just in hockey, but in life.”

With files from Philip Paul-Mar-tin, Native Hockey News

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LAC SEUL FOREST, 2011-2021 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANThe Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), McKenzie Forest Products Inc. and the Sioux Lookout Local Citizen Committees (LCC) would like to advise you that the 2011-2021 Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the Lac Seul Forest has been approved by the MNR Regional Director and is available for inspection.

The Planning ProcessThe FMP takes approximately 2 years to complete. During this time, ve formal opportunities for public and Aboriginal involvement are provided. The fourth opportunity (Stage 4) for this FMP occurred on August 5, 2010 to October 4, 2010 when the public was invited to review and comment on the draft forest management plan. This “Stage 5” notice is to advise you that the MNR-approved forest management plan will be available for inspection for 30 days.

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The MNR-approved forest management plan and forest management plan summary are available for inspection during normal of ce hours for 30 days January 12, 2011 to February 11, 2011 at the following locations:

• McKenzie Forest Products Inc. of ce, HWY 516 Sioux Lookout Ontario, Alan Brailsford (807) 737-2522 ext. 226

• MNR public website at https://ontario.ca/forestplans. (The Ontario Government Information Centre in Toronto and the appropriate communities of the MNR region, district and/or area of ces provide internet access.)

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For further information, please contact: Arne Saari, Area Forester Alan Brailsford, R.P.F. Bob StarrattMNR Sioux Lookout District Green Forest Management Inc. LCC RepresentativeP.O. Box 309, 49 Prince Street P. O. Box 428, HWY 516 P. O. Box 115Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A6 Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A5 Hudson, ON P0V 1X0 Phone (807) 737-5053 Phone (807) 737-2522 ext 226 Phone (807) 737-3535Fax (807) 737-1813 Fax (807) 737-2329

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The 2009-10 school year fea-tured several changes at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School.

None were greater than added student participation in more sports, joining other dis-trict high schools in curling, indoor soccer, volleyball and hockey.

After a seven-year hiatus, curling was reintroduced as a varsity sport at DFC last winter.

About two dozen students committed to the sport with a handful of others joining the team as necessary.

Sachigo Lake’s Nancy Bark-man, who usually plays third for the girls team, was one of the first to sign up.

“It seemed like an interesting

sport to try,” she said. “I’d never curled before but it looked fun so I wanted to join.”

Others were quick to join her. Stanley Barkman, also of Sachigo Lake, also signed up.

“I wanted to try it since I’d never played before this year,” Stanley, who also plays volley-ball and hockey at the school, said. “I like that you can yell in this game. It’s a good sport if you can yell.”

DFC principal Jonathon Kakegamic credited teachers Alyssa Saj, Katie Adams, Aaron Guthrie and Ken Liddicoat for bringing curling back to the school.

“It’s easier to provide a sport when teachers are interested in coaching,” he said. “We try to provide whatever the stu-dents want. As long as there are

teachers willing to coach, look-ing forward, I’d like to see curl-ing continue.”

Once the curling season wrapped up, students joined the indoor soccer league.

The students demonstrated an aptitude for the game but were generally overmatched in their games.

As the season moved for-ward, the team gelled and their performances improved.

When the 2010-11 school year opened, tryouts were held for boys and girls volleyball.

Nearly a dozen students started the season on the teams.

Several students also joined the cross-country running team.

Both Charlissa Bottle and Kevin Smith finished races this year in the middle of the pack in senior competitions.

DFC gets more sportive

Chris Kornacki/Wawatay NewsDennis Franklin Cromarty High School student Randall Barkman throws a stone during a teachers versus students curling game Jan. 28.



In 2009, when chiefs from James Bay coastal First Nations suspended involvement to inte-grate health services in the area, it looked like it would not happen.

Peawanuck, Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Moosonee, MoCreebec, the Town of Moosonee, and provin-cial and federal health minis-tries signed a framework agree-ment in 2007 to establish an integrated health care system.

Two years later, Kasheche-wan, Attawapiskat and Fort Albany suspended involve-ment in the integration process because little progress had been made.

But by the fall of 2010, the federal Weeneebayko General Hospital in Moose Factory was integrated with the provincial James Bay General Hospital in Moosonee.

The integration saw the for-mation of the Weeneebayko Area Heath Authority (WAHA). It means that health services provided by two separate hos-pitals now comes under one administration.

Lawrence Martin, director of communications and com-munity relations for WAHA, said patients and users could expect more efficient and cul-turally appropriate health care services.

He said a community-based regional board would govern WAHA.

With files from James Thom and Debbie Mishibinijima

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority launched

HEALTH STORIES OF THE YEAR


The Municipality of Sioux Lookout and First Nations in the area had much to celebrate Nov. 7 when the doors to the new Meno Ya Win Health Centre officially opened.

It was a day decades in the making.

The state-of-the art facility, with a price tag of $106 mil-lion, is a blend of old and new, a merging of modern technol-ogy with traditional First Nation principles.

It’s a concept Frank Beardy, co-chair of the Meno Ya Win board, said was needed to make patients feel as comfortable as possible when seeking treat-ment. Because 80 per cent of patients served by Meno Ya Win are Aboriginal, it was important to include First Nation concepts of health, healing and wellness to provide culturally-sensitive health care.

“The holistic nature of how we look at our health has to be a part of the healing process,” Beardy said.

The new hospital will serve traditional foods such as moose, thanks to a change in legisla-tion, and will also have a space set aside for ceremonial healing practices and medicine.

The completed hospital is the result of four levels of govern-ment coming together to make it happen, Beardy said. It was a long process and one First Nations resisted at first.

During the 1980s and 1990s, when the idea of amalgamat-

ing the federal Sioux Lookout Zone Hospital with the pro-vincial Sioux Lookout General Hospital was being discussed, First Nations weren’t keen on the concept. Beardy said First Nations wanted to maintain its relationship with the fed-eral government. First Nation jurisdiction falls into the hands of the federal government and includes such responsibilities as housing, education and health. He said by entering into an agreement with the province, First Nations felt it would water down their relationship with the federal government.

But, it was the vision of the Elders and First Nation leaders to have quality health care for First Nation people in the area.

After much debate, First Nations agreed to amalgam-ate and proceed with one new hospital. In 1997, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Sioux Lookout, the Ontario government and the federal government signed the Four Party Agreement.

That agreement set the stage for amalgamation in 2002 and for securing funds to build the new hospital. Both the federal and provincial governments committed funds for construc-tion, which was completed in October.

“The hopes and dreams of many years have finally become a reality,” said Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy in a press release announc-ing the opening. “All people of Sioux Lookout, and our north-ern communities, will benefit from this new centre.”

Meno Ya Win opens new facility

Brent Wesley/Wawatay NewsThe Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre held grand opening celebrations Oct. 15 and 16. The state of the art 140,00 square feet facility features 60 beds and combines services provided in seven locations in Sioux Lookout. The facility officially opened Nov. 7.

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Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services

Native Women’s Association of Canada

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What if the terms of release confl ict with an order

from family court?

A family court order may say that your abuser has the right to

spend time with his children, but if

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you and the children. When this happens, it

can be very hard

to know what to do. Get legal advice as soon as possible. Tell

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abuser is doing. Th is person is called a surety. Th e surety may

have to pay a cash deposit before the abuser is released. Th e

surety must tell th

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release. If your abuser violates the terms of his release, you

should report this to the police, not th

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What happens if your abuser does not obey?

If an accused person does not fo

llow any of his terms of release,

he may be charged with a new criminal off ence. Th e new

charge will be added to the charges fro

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lease the

court can decide that his bail should be taken away. In this case

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him in jail if he does something that shows he may be planning

to hurt you, like buying a gun.

3. Get a Peace Bond

If you have been threatened or assaulted, you may be able to

get a peace bond. You can also apply for a peace bond if your

abuser threatens or attacks anything that belongs to you. A

peace bond will say that your abuser must stay away fro

m you,

your family and your property for up to a year. A peace bond is

not a criminal charge, but disobeying a peace bond is a crime.

When to use a peace bond

A peace bond is a good idea if you do not w

ant to involve the

police, or if you have told the police about th

e abuse and they

did not lay a charge.

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To get a peace bond, you have to talk to a J

(JP). You will have to swear to tell th

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JP why you are afraid of your abuser. Th

that you have asked for a hearing to get a peace bond. Your

abuser can go to the hearing and give evidence. Th

listen to both of you and then decide what to do. H

ere is what

can happen.

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she will order your abuser to sign a peace bond. Th

bond will say that your abuser must stay away fro

m you,

your family and your property for up to a year.

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dismiss your application. O

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peace bond. Th is means that both of you must stay away

from each other. Y

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promise to follow what it says.

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example, you can ask for the peace bond to say that your abuser

must not go near your workplace.

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anadian

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will not charge him with

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Tune-in for 72-hours, starting at 6PM CST January 14th, of guest speakers, music, live

entertainment and topical discussion!

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) and Wawatay Native Communications Society are partnering to present a platform for youth to discuss issues close to the heart. Through this Radiothon, we are holding a fundraiser to support two causes: Mikinakoos - the short-term assessment and treatment unit run by SLFNHA, and Seven Youth Media run by Wawatay.

Both of these worthy causes are in need of funds to keep running. We are asking for pledges throughout the radiothon to support our youth and this can only happen if YOU take part. During the 72-hour Juvenescence Radiothon, Wawatay and SLFNHA will be hosting guests, comments, ideas, music requests, live entertainment, poems, short-stories and other creative additions. If you have a point you want to make or to comment on some of the content you hear airing, we invite your thoughts and opinions!

Stay tuned for more coverage and information leading up to this event at www.sevenyouthmedia/radiothon and at wawataynews.ca. Or visit www.slfnha.com/radiothon

Why Pledge Donations?For Mikinakoos

emotional, mental and spiritual needs of Northern Ontario Aboriginal youth who require residential services due to dysfunctions that can not be addressed at the community level.

· The program provides cultural, clinical, educational and recreational supports which empower residents to recognize their strengths and develop skills to continue on the path of healing.

· The program has been working wonderfully and has been at capacity for most of its existence.

· There is a need to save this vital program, which promotes rehabilitation to the youth.

For SEVEN Youth Media Network

goal of giving Nishnawbe youth, aged 13-30, a voice; a place to have their voices heard, advance their issues and share and connect regardless of distance. We are

radio show and through workshops.

ment awards as well as respect from youth and youth-serving agencies for the powerful and engaging forum it has created to support the youth it serves.

the good work is does is going to expire and support from the community is needed to ensure it continues running.

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