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First Nations Will Share Larger Slice of Gaming Volume 18 Issue 3 Published monthly by the Union of Ontario Indians - Anishinabek Nation Single Copy: $2.00 April 2006 IN THE Fontaine NEWS observes Indian school boards? CALGARY (CP) – Indian Af- serious fairs minister Jim Prentice says he wants to create aboriginal school boards in Alberta – a ‘fl aw’ change he contends will help students. They would include OTTAWA – National Chief Phil representatives who were Fontaine says there is a “signifi cant elected and made accountable fl aw” in the so-called “Account- for their decisions. ability Act” introduced by Stephen New water rules Harper’s new Conservative govern- OTTAWA (CP) – Indian Af- ment. fairs Minister Jim Prentice has Since only 17 of 633 First Na- announced new standards and tions across Canada have full self- clean-up plans – but no extra government agreements, the As- cash – to help First Nations at sembly of First Nations leader says risk from dirty water. He said, the new legislation has the effect of 170 of 755 water treatment singling out almost all First Nation systems pose health hazards governments for unnecessary scru- due to lack of training, mainte- tiny of their fi nancial management. nance and standards. “Provincial and municipal gov- Butt-out day May 31 ernments that receive cash transfers Smoking is the primary cause from the government of Canada will of premature, avoidable death not be subject to the same scrutiny and disease in Ontario, respon- from the Auditor General under the sible for 16,000 deaths each proposed legislation,” Fontain said, Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse, Sagamok Anishnawbek FN, and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty year. On May 31, 2006, the “and there is no justifi cation given in sign new agreement that will see First Nations in Ontario gain a share of all provincial gaming revenue Smoke-Free Ontario Act will any of the documentation presented beginning in 2011. protect the health of all Ontar- by the Government of Canada as ians by making all workplaces to why the majority of First Nation and enclosed public spaces governments would be singled out across the province 100% for the application of this aspect of smoke-free. First Nations will share the legislation. Studying governance “If the government of Canada is OTTAWA – The Social Scienc- truly committed to recognizing First es and Humanities Research larger slice of gaming pie Nations rights in accordance with Council of Canada is investing Canada’s Constitution and main- $2.5 million in a fi ve-year proj- TORONTO (CP) – Ontario’s First Nations communi- of court disputes over how much money aboriginals taining the government-to-govern- ect to develop models for Ab- ties have won a bigger share of the provincial gam- should get from the province’s commercial casinos. ment relationships we have worked ing jackpot in a deal that could end years of litiga- In 1998, First Nations launched a court challenge original governance that draw so hard to build, they will ensure this tion over the government skimming proceeds from a of the former Conservative government’s decision to on the best in both modern double-standard is not included in scholarship and ancient tradi- popular aboriginal casino. grab 20 per cent of gross gaming revenues from Ca- Starting in 2011, aboriginal communities will get sino Rama – a so-called “win tax’’ that adds roughly the fi nal version of the legislation.” tions. The project will include Fontaine said First Nations al- 39 researchers from 21 Cana- a 1.6 per cent share of nearly $6 billion in gross rev- $100 million annually to provincial coffers. dian universities. enue collected annually from all provincial gambling, That percentage will still fl ow to the government, ready have operate under strict ac- including casinos, lotteries and racetracks. but the new deal compensates aboriginals who, for countability requirements, fi ling an CTV has 12 internships That’s a windfall believed to be worth about $100 years, have argued the province takes too much from average of three reports a week and TORONTO – CTV National million per year, and will come on top of revenue al- Casino Rama, which sits on Native land. clearing 97% of audits with little or News has announced that they ready earned from another Ontario casino. “Any time we can sit down with the province and no problem. will be funding 12-week Ab- Previously, Ontario’s aboriginal communities work out some kind of agreement...it’s an achieve- “That said, we are willing and original internships at 11 news received net revenue from just one casino – Casino ment,’’ Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse said able to make improvements. The stations across the country this Rama, located near Orillia, north of Toronto – worth following a signing ceremony at the legislature. AFN has recommended that the summer. The internship for Government of Canada assist First Northern Ontario will be in roughly $92 million in the 2004-05 fi scal year. “It shows that both parties are sitting down and First Nations will also get $155 million in bridge listening to one another and agreeing.’’ Nations in developing offi ces of an Sudbury. Check the www.ctv. Ombudsperson and an Auditor Gen- ca website for postings in your funding’’ over the next six years before the deal kicks Aboriginal funds from provincial casinos are area. in. split up between 133 First Nations in the province, eral for application to First Nations The deal between the province and the Ontario where they are used to pay for health care, education governments. First Nations Ltd. Partnership, which still needs to be and other needs, everything from computers to fi re Grand Council Chief’s opinion ratifi ed by year’s end, will effectively end a decade trucks. on Page 13. MOHAWKS WON’T MOVE TORONTO (CP) – At press time, the province was considering whether to compensate developers and housing contractors target- ed by a Native occupation at a southern Ontario construction site. Since Feb. 28, Six Nations protesters had occupied a housing project in Caledonia, southwest of Hamilton, saying the proposed subdivision sits on the Haldimand Tract – six mile-long strips Chimnissing Chi-Hawks on either side of the Grand River granted in 1784 by the British Andrew Carruthers holds Crown to the Mohawks in recognition of their support of Britain Little NHL bantam in the American Revolutionary War. championship trophy. Protesters ignored a March 17 Superior Court injunction to Details on page 7. leave the site. Mohawks protest subdivision being built on land granted in 1784. – Photo by Ariel Hill Page 2 Anishinabek News April 2006 Ipperwash OPP wanted to ‘do’ Dudley George: recorded conversations By Peter Edwards Another tape, recorded at 8:05 “It’s very unfortunate,” Wright rosec said that he had just talked ing with at the time,” said Wright. Toronto Star p.m. on Sept. 6, 1995, referred to said. “I’m sure he’s going to be em- with Wright, but Wright said that “Perhaps better terminology FOREST, Ont. – A day before In- then Staff-Sgt. Wade Lacroix, head barrassed by that.” he had no conversation about plans could have been used,” Wright dian activist Anthony (Dudley) of the force’s crowd management, “He’s not that type of an offi - to “amass a f---ing army.” continued. Wright also dismissed George was killed in a massive or riot squad, who led 34 offi cers in cer,” Wright said. “I’m satisfi ed that I never a suggestion by Kevin Scullion, a police operation, a police sergeant heavy riot gear, including full body Korosec is expected to take the had that conversation with him,” lawyer representing some Stony with the Ontario Provincial Police padding, masks and shields, into witness stand early next month. Wright testifi ed. In other testimony Point Indians, that police were try- emergency response team com- the park that night, accompanied In the taped conversation, Ko- Wright said he was simply speak- ing to appease non-native cottagers mented, “We want to amass a f--- by snipers and police dogs. ing in metaphors when he used mil- with a public show of force when ing army. A real f---ing army and “Lacroix is on his way up to do itaristic terms, like, “We’re going they marched on the closed provin- do this. Do these f---ers big-time.” these guys,” Korosec says in the to war” and “We’re sending in the cial park. The previously unheard tape taped conversation. marines” to fellow offi cers hours “That’s ridiculous,” Wright re- recording was played at the public Julian Falconer, a lawyer for before police marched on the park. plied. George was shot to death by inquiry into George’s death late at Aboriginal Legal Services in To- “You’re really a cheerleader for then Acting-Sgt. Kenneth Deane of night on Sept. 6, 1995, after police ronto, asked Insp. Mark Wright, aggressive action, aren’t you?” Bill the paramilitary Tactics and Res- marched on Ipperwash Provincial who was second-in-command in Henderson, a lawyer for the Kettle cue. Deane, who died in a car ac- Park, which Stony Point Indians oc- the Ipperwash operation, what he and Stony Point band, asked. cident last month, was convicted of cupied in a burial ground protest. thought of the recorded conversa- Wright dismissed the sugges- criminal negligence causing death. The recording was made at tion. tion, saying he was simply using a Stony Point Indians occupied 11:32 p.m. on Sept. 5, 1995, re- Wright, who then held the rank war metaphor. the park on Sept. 4, 1995, saying cording the comments of then Sgt.
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