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Mamawokamatowak” Saddle Lake Cree Nation “Mamawokamatowak” Whats Inside Saddle Lake Pow Wow 2019 Saddle Lake Western Days Baggage to Bundles Performance and much more! July/August 2019 Edition “Mamawokamatowak” O TANSI N As a band member of the Sad- COMMUNITY HEALTH I dle Lake Cree Nation, I would *Support to access funding for mental health aware- like to express my heartfelt ness and prevention. Note: The second proposal is in H thanks and appreciation for all for additional monies which includes a detox bed. of the progressive work that our *Support the Jordan’s Principle initiative. C previous leadership had under- INFRASTRUCTURE and working with Program Directors/ I taken. Here are some of the Managers highlights that I know of; *Support and negotiation to complete the new Fire K Hall. I COMMUNITY UNITY *Support and negotiation to complete the Bison Auto *The Community Gatherings held every solstice where renovation. S at least one Cultural teaching was shared with our *Support to put solar panels on the Arena. K people. *Support to pave several parking lots which included *Program and Services presentations where all shared the Tribal Administration, Onchaminahos School, the W their visions, activities and budgets. All presentations Fire Hall and Kihew Asiniy School. are public and are in the newsletter and on the new *Support to the “0 Trust” to purchase an apartment in A website. Edmonton. *Programs and Services working together to hold com- *Support and negotiation to expand the Health Centre, P munity gatherings. opening this month. O CULTURE AND TRADITION *Planning stages for a new Elementary School and *Pipe ceremonies and sweat lodge ceremonies before Seniors facility. W every large community event and meeting, bringing *Support to open a Pool Hall and a Bottle Depot. back our traditional practices at all levels. *Began the process of a new N/S road, will take time. I *An increase of knowledge transfer activities and land *New fire truck and water trucks, cost-shared. N based teachings in the school system and in the com- TREATY PROTECTION munity. *Strategic planning to educate the people in the areas *Accessing the knowledge of our Elders by the estab- of Treaty and our history, several meetings and pre- lishment of advisory councils. sentations and information in the newsletter and new *Prayers and pipe ceremonies specifically for the peo- website. ple and the land base of Saddle Lake. *Staying strong on Treaty by not accepting the 10 year TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY grants. *Newsletter, new website, face book page to keep both *Created an alliance with Onion Lake who shared all of on and off reserve members informed. their progressive work in Treaty Based which included *Band meetings presenting the financial audit as well as their laws as a result we are much further ahead due to posted in the newsletter and website. The following are their help. the band meetings we have had during this leaderships *Working on the gathering of our statistical information term; May 15, 2017, June 2017, September 25, 2018, to support our needs-based approach December 21, 2018, January 24, 2019, February 2019 *The draft is completed, and we are almost ready for a and April 10th 2019, and an Emergency Band meeting treasury board submission, for a “Treaty Based Arrange- on May 29th, 2019. ment”, under Health. *Plans were in place to have podcasts, which will likely happen this year. URBAN MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT *Completed the election reform and remained in com- *The start of having a Urban Christmas Party for our pliance with the courts. off-reserve members in Edmonton. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT *The start of having band information meetings in Ed- *Several groups of community members at large who monton and in Goodfish Lake. were established to work on contentious issues such as *A new fb page and website to include information the election reform. sharing with off reserve members. *8 Band meetings, band information sessions (we have CLAIMS had 5), emergency meetings to inform, engage and to *Began the process of Cows and Plows, we are in Phase get direction from the people. one which is the research stage. 2 continued on page 3... *Had an offer for the Gas Cost Plus which the member- FEASIBILITY STUDIES COMPLETED ship rejected for future negotiation. *N/S Road, Waterline Expansion, Elementary School, *Began the process for a Renegade Bands claim. Seniors Lodge/Facility, and 40 Acre/Housing. This means *Escalated“Mamawokamatowak” the land claim. we are shovel ready if INAC (ISC) finds money to fund EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING these necessities of life. *Initiated an agreement with Seven Lakes to employ 70 INITIATED of our band members. *A review of the Saddle Lake Constitution, still needs to *Supported the Direct Hire event, hopefully this“Mamawokamatowak” will be be brought forward to the people for ratification. annual. *Strategic planning in law development. CHILD WELFARE *Wahkohtowin’s“Mamawokamatowak” group home flipped to a family helping Thank you Eddy Makokis, Terry Cardinal, Robbie house (miyo-wihcitokamihk). To support families versus Moosewah, Sam Cardinal, Leslie Stienhauer, Pauline apprehension. Hunter, John Large, Darryl Quinney and Late Herb Cardi- *Started contracting out work to our membership“Mamawokamatowak” nal. (still with Wahkohtowin) to do youth work, parent aid, May Creator bless and honor you for the love that you cultural support and to also provide in home support to have for our people and our home of Saddle Lake. families.“Mamawokamatowak”Let us move forward Saddle Lake. Congratulations“Mamawokamatowak” to the new “Mamawokamatowak” SaddleLake Cree Nation Chief and Council “Mamawokamatowak” Chief Eric Shirt Cherrilene Steinhauer Council Members Pamela Quinn Eddy Makokis James Steinhauer John Large Jason Whiskeyjack Leonard Jackson Darcy McGilvery 3 “Mamawokamatowak” An Observation of the“Executive Sum- mary of the Final Report of the Nation Inquiry into the National Inquiry into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls” by Eric John Large, Saddle Lake Cree Nation – June 2019 Indigenous peoples of their right to culture, health, security, and justice. In regard to confronting the lack of human rights In the heading “Reclaiming Power and Place”, the Final Report “… and ensuring security the Inquiry Report, 36/121 p. 33 of text, calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the cri- notes “An unwillingness on the part of institutions to address sis…” of the devastation on Indigenous communities nationally these issues maintains a status quo that ensures that the crisis through the violence perpetrated on Indigenous women and girls of violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQ1A and 2SLGBTQQ1A people. This is an early signal in the report of chal- people continues”. The Report, 37/121 p. 34 of text, signals to lenges of transforming of ingrained attitudes and practices in current federal and provincial governments and agencies of “The lack legal and social circles. of political will for changes to relevant legislation, policies, and funding…related to ending violence have a direct bearing on In online page 5, p. 2 of the text of the 121 page Executive Sum- the right to safety and security of Indigenous, women, girls, mary, genocide is synonymous with legal scholar Raphael Lemkin’s and 2SLGBTQQ1A”. definition as “…a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, For meaningful change to occur, the Report calls for “Greater with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves”. Through truth interjurisdictional cooperation…to address violence against gatherings and hearings beginning in 2016 the inquiry collected cred- Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQ1A people”, 38/121 ible accounts of violence against Indigenous, Métis, and Inuit women p.35 text. and girls from survivors, family members, and Institutional and -Ex pert and Knowledge Keepers. The inquiry was able to link Canada’s The Inquiry, 39/121 p. 36 text, also studied testimonial evi- role in perpetuating colonial theory and practices such as residential dence that points out how resource extraction works can school and the Sixties Scoop in a cycle of violence, racism, gender increase violence against Indigenous women and girls, for oppression, and socio-economic marginalization of Indigenous peo- example, through harassment and assault, rotational work, ples. Page 19/121 p. 16 of text the Inquiry highlights human rights substance abuse/addictions, and economic insecurity. In re- violations expressed by Inquiry witnesses in regard to international gard to the Call for Justice, the Report notes “Lack of institu- conventions and declarations such as: tional will to change the criminal justice system manifest most clearly in the descriptions of police apathy…involving violence - the International Convention of the Prevention and Punish- against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQ1A people… ment of the Crime of Genocide apathy often in the form of stereotyping and victim blam- ing…” 41/121 p. 38 text. The Report also found that families - the International Convention on the Elimination and Preven- had often observed “…the court processes inadequate, unjust, tion of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and retraumatizing…this experience …magnified by…[so] that families may be forced to seek justice within a process and an - the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights institution that have historically been unjust and that continue to criminalize Indigenous people at much greater rates than - the International Convention on Economic , Social, Cultural non-Indigenous Canadians”, 41/121 p. 38 text. While the Re- Rights port states there are numerous principles of justice in interna- tional human rights law that can support priorities identified - the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimi- by survivors and families, it notes that Canada has the respon- nation Against Women sibility to take all means to “…prevent, investigate, punish, and compensate” violence against women, 42/121 p. 39 text.
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