David Suzuki Visits Nibinamik, Advocates Culture and Land

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photo by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News David Suzuki meets with community members who attended his Sept. 23 Townhall Meeting with David Suzuki: Strengthening Environmental Rights in Ontario in Thun- der Bay.

Rick Garrick support,” Suzuki says. “But they need Wawtay News a unified group there that will fight photo by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News for the common thing, which is to pro- Environmentalist David Suzuki recently visited Nibinamik to talk about the land and environmental concerns. He also visted the The Nature of Things host and envi- tect that land and the forests and the old community site, the 2003 crash site and the Breathing Grounds camp for youth as well as getting in some fishing. ronmentalist David Suzuki encouraged water.” Nibinamik to join with other commu- Suzuki encouraged the community nities to protect their traditional lands not to “put up with crumbs.” during a Sept. 21-22 visit. “The government is going to come area. win and Ryerson University was on the a tour of the old community site and on “My recommendations are: ‘Talk in and give you a few crumbs,” Suzuki “It was beautiful,” Suzuki says. “Fly- agenda. The MOU calls for ecosystems a fishing trip. to your neighbours and form a united says. “This is your land. Why is it the ing out of Pickle Lake, for a long time to be conserved during development “He really enjoyed going fishing group,’” Suzuki says. “And make sure people who own that land are the you see untouched forest and water, processes in the area so that the pro- and being out on the land,” Beaver that you elevate your culture, the cul- poorest people in the country. That water everywhere, no roads. There vision of ecological services and the says. “When we came back we had a tural values, the water, the air. All of land and everything on it is yours. I aren’t many places on the planet like traditional Aboriginal ways of life are cookout at Go-Go’s Point. And we had that is at the top and then everything think that’s the message they need — that, but the south is coming. They’re maintained. a community feast for him and every- else underneath is how do we do the they have to begin to negotiate by say- coming because they are hungry for “When he was here we took him to body was welcome to join the feast.” other things.” ing: ‘OK, what are you willing to (do what they’ve got there. Be prepared for the places where we have our impor- Beaver says Suzuki appreciated the Suzuki says the community showed to) come into our land. How are you it and be prepared to fight for the val- tant places, like the (September 2003 fact that community members still him a list of their current needs, which going to guarantee you are not going to ues that you believe are important to Wasaya Airways) crash site and the speak their language and that the com- include more housing and a better destroy the values.’ They need to take pass on to your kids.” Breathing Grounds (O-ma-day-na- munity is isolated from the outside water treatment plant. He made the the driver’s seat. And for a small com- Nibinamik Deputy Chief Ina Bea- moh-win-nik),” Beaver says. “(O-ma- world. comments after the Sept. 23 Townhall munity of 300, that’s really hard to do.” ver says the visit was focused on the day-na-moh-win-nik) is a camp where “When he was speaking during Meeting with David Suzuki: Strength- Suzuki was amazed by the environment, noting that the Memo- we take our youth every summer to his speech, he was saying language is ening Environmental Rights in Ontario untouched landscape of lakes and for- randum of Understanding the com- teach them about cultural and survival important,” Beaver says. “He mostly in Thunder Bay. ests he saw while flying up to Nibin- munity signed with the David Suzuki skills.” spoke about the land and the environ- “They are desperate for economic amik, noting it was his first flight in the Foundation, Mamow Ki-ken-da-ma- The community also took Suzuki on ment.” ᑌᐱ ᑭ ᑭᑭᑌ ᓂᐱᓇᒥ ᐃ ᑲᐃ ᐃᐸᑐᔦ ᑭᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ, ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᓇᓂᐊᐧ ᐅᑌᐃ ᐊᑭ. ᑭᑕᒥᑦ. ᐊᑕ ᐃᐧ ᐁᐅᒋᐃᓯᓭᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᒪ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒋᑭᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧ. ᑲᑭᑕᐸᒋᑐᔦ ᑭᑎᓇᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ, ᓂᐱ ᒥᓇ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᓀᑕᒥᓭᐊᐧ ᒋᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐃᑕᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᑲᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧᐃᐧᓯᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧ ᓱᓱᑭ ᒪᐊᐧ ᐅᑭᒪᒪᑲᑌᑕ ᒥᓂᑯ ᑲᒪᓯᓇᑌᓭ ᐊᑯ ᑲᐊᓂᒧᑕᑭ ᑲᐅᒋᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᓇᓂᐊᐧ. ᐊᓂ ᐅᓀᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᓂᔭᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐃᐧᓂ ᐃᓀᑫ, ᒪᐊᐧ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐁᑯᐸᒋᓭᐊᐧ. ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕ ᒣᑲᐧ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂ ᐁᐅᒋᓇᐱ ᐊᑭᑲ ᑫᑯᓇ ᑲᔭᒪᑲᑭ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐯᑕᑲᐧᓄ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐃᑭᑐ ᓱᓱᑭ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯ ᐃᓯᓭᓂ ᐊᑭ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑫᑯᓇ ᐃᒪ ᑲᔭᑭ ᑭ ᑲᓂᔕ ᓂᐱᓇᒥ ᐁᐱᒋᑭᒋᒥᑕᐃ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᓂᒧᑕ ᐊᑭ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᒪᓇᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᑫᑯᓇ ᒐᐸᔑ ᑲᐊᔭᒪᑲᑭ ᐊᓂ ᒋᑭᔑ ᑲᑫᐧᑕᑭᐧᐊᐧᐸ ᐅᑭᐧᓄᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂ ᔕᐃᐁᐧ. ᒥᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧ ᐁᐱᑲᐧᑕᑭᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᓇ, ᒥᓇ ᐊᒥ ᑌᐱ ᓱᓱᑭ ᓂᐱᓇᒥ ᑲᑭᐅᑌ ᒣᑲᐧ ᑫᑭᑐᑕᒪᑭᐸ. ᑫᑭᐅᒋ ᒪᒥᑲᓱᑕᒪᑯᐊᐧᐸ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ ᑫᑯᓇ ᒋᔑᐃᐧᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭᔭᓂ ᐁᑫᐧᓇ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐁᐃᔕ ᐃᓀᑫᑲᒥ. ᐊᐧᑌᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 21 ᒥᓇ 22 ᐁᑲᐧ ᓱᓱᑭ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐃᔕ ᑲᐱᒥᒪᒥᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧ, ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᒧᑕᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧᐸ ᒋᑭᑐᐊᐧ: ᐊᐊᓴ, ᒪᐊᐧ ᒥᓇᐧᔑ, ᓱᓱᑭ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᐊᔭᒥᐃᐁᐧ ᐁᑭᐃᓇ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᔑ ᑭᒥᓇᑲᓂᐃᐧ ᐁᐱᓂᑌᓯᓇᐃᑲᑌᑭ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧ, ᐱᑲᐧᑕᑭ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐱ. ᐊᓂ ᑕ ᐊᐧᑲᑫᐧᑐᑕᒪ ᓂᑕᑭᒥ. ᐅᑲᓯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂ ᓂᑭᐅᒋᒪᒋᑯᒋ, ᓇᐱ ᑲᑫᐧᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐸ ᑯᑕᑭᔭ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇ ᑫᑯᓇ ᑲᓇᓄᑌᓭᐊᐧ, ᐊᔑ ᐊᐧᑲᐃᑲᓇ ᓱᓱᑭ ᐅᑭᑲᓄᓇ ᐃᒪ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓂ ᐊᓂ ᑫᑐᑕᒪ ᑫᒋᓇ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑲ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑭᓀᐧ ᓂᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕ ᐸᓂᑫᐧ ᐁᓄᐱᒥᐊᐧ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᒪᓇᒋᑐᐊᐧ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐊᐧ. ᒥᓇ ᒋᒥᓇᐧᔑᓂ ᑲᐅᑕᐃᐱᐊᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧ ᐁᑲ ᒋᔑᓇᐁᑕᒧᐊᐧ ᐸᐸᑭ ᓂᔑᐊᐧᓇᒋᑐᔭ ᑫᑯᓇ ᑲᑭᑕᐸᒋᑐᔭ ᒥᓇ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᓇ, ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᐊᒥ ᑕ ᐁᔑᐃᐧᑕᒪᐃᐧᓇᑯ ᐅᐁᐧ: ᑕ ᐅᑭᔭᓂᒧᑕᓇ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᑲᐧ ᑫᑯᓇ ᑲᒥᓂᑕᐧ. ᐊᑭ. ᐊᔭᒥᐃᑯ ᑲᐅᒋᐯᔕᐧᐸᒪᑕᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱ ᓇᑭᑲᐊᐧᑲᓄ ᑌᐱ ᓱᓱᑭ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧ ᐅᑲᓂᑐᑕ ᒋᐱᔕ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓇᐱ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᔕ ᐃᓯᓭᓂᐸ ᒋᓂᑲᓂᐱᒥᐸᒥᑕᐧ Con’t on page 2 ᒋᐅᓂᓂᑎᔦ ᒋᐅᑭᐧᓄᐅᑎᔦ,ᓱᓱᑭ ᑕᑐ ᐯ ᒣᑲᐧ ᐊᐧᑌᐸᑲᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ ᐸᑭ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐸᐱᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧ ᑕᐃᓀᑕᑲᐧᓂ ᑫᑯᓇ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓇᐱ ᐊᑲᓯ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐃᑭᑐ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᒋᓇ ᒋᑭᐁᐧ 2: ᒋᒪᑲᐃᐧᓯᒪᑲ ᐊᑭ ᒋᒥᓇᐧᔑ ᑲᐱᑲᑫᐧᒥᓂ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᓱᓱᑭ. ᑭ ᔕᐅᐁᐧ ᑕᓇᐱᐃᐧᓇ 00 ᐁᑕᓯᐊᐧ, ᒪᐊᐧ ᑕ

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Rick Garrick can work at my own pace, so I goals. Robinson Treaty area.” Wawatay News can be done as fast as I want to “What makes this concept Julie Harmer, the Niigaa- be done.” unique is that we are inclu- naabda Adult Education Proj- Aroland’s Edward Narcisse Narcisse, Kokokons and sive to all who may have fallen ect teacher, says the project has looks forward to completing about 10 other students are through the cracks of the tra- been “fantastic.” his Ontario Secondary School currently participating in the ditional education school sys- “We’ve got nearly a dozen Diploma through Fort William’s Niigaanaabda Adult Educa- tem,” Ogima says. “Generally students who have started newly launched Niigaanaabda tion Project, which is held what is happening right now, working on their Grade 12 and Adult Education Project. from Monday to Thursday in is that individuals are being it’s been a busy hub,” Harmer “I just started but I’m very a classroom at the Fort Wil- trained and cannot apply for says. “Some of them are work- excited about it,” Narcisse says. liam Community Centre. About the job because they do not ing on Grade 9 and 10 credits, “It sounds like a good oppor- 32 students registered for the have the proper prerequisites. some of them are working on photo by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News tunity to get an education and project, which includes OSSD It is our goal to motivate and just the last couple of cred- Aroland’s Edward Narcisse, left, and Whitesand’s Ryan Kokokons, a Grade 12. I don’t know even course work, flexible schedul- ensure that the students are its they need for graduation. centre, look forward to completing their Ontario Secondary School what I’m going to do after- ing, pre-employment/life skills ready for the industry in which We have some people who Diploma through the Niigaanaabda Adult Education Project that wards, but we’ll do that when workshops and on-going case they want to be employed in.” have come down just for some was recenly launched by Fort William partnership with the Margaret we get there.” management. Ogima says the Niigaa- employment counselling.” Anderson Foundation. Whitesand’s Ryan Kokokons “The students are starting to naabda Adult Education Project The Niigaanaabda Adult only for our young people but the working world nowadays, says the Ontario Secondary come in,” says Vernon Ogima, was three years in the making. Education Project was launched also people who dropped out of everybody looks for a Grade School Diploma he is working project coordinator through the “Now that we are back in by Fort William in partnership school a few years back or 10 or 12. This is a great partnership; towards through the Niigaa- Margaret Anderson Founda- Fort William, we get to run this with the Margaret Anderson 15 or whatever it may be,” says I look forward to many more naabda Adult Education Proj- tion. “Tomorrow we will prob- project not as a pilot project Foundation to provide adult Fort William Chief Peter Collins. partnerships of this nature and ect will provide him with more ably see more of them.” but as a proven project that has learners with career planning, “We’re trying to give people the hopefully we can develop a pos- options in the future. Ogima says the students ini- some success,” Ogima says. “We a Grade 12 education and pre- opportunity to create a lifestyle itive outcome for a lot of people “I’ll be able to go a lot further tially did assessments to see were in Gull Bay before, we did employment and life-skills that is positive for themselves in our communities.” a lot quicker through this pro- where they are with their edu- some projects here in town and workshops. (and) develop the opportunity Niigaanaabda means we are gram,” Kokokons says. “And I cation and their employment we did some projects out in the “We’re working on this not to get their Grade 12 because in all looking ahead. Michelle Derosier screens award-winning animated film

Rick Garrick Lake citizen, worked with Sonja of find a way. The story just grandson of Naamowin. “The Wawatay News Lacroix, production designer/ wouldn’t kind of let me go, so other people that worked on illustrator, George Renner, ani- that was when we thought we it were instrumental as well in Michelle Derosier’s award- mator/editor, Fred Suggashie, would do it like an animation bringing out the story, so it was winning animated film, The story consultant/translator, and we would do it sort of like a good.” Grandfather Drum, features a Dave Clement, story editor, children’s storybook.” After the release of Truth and true story about a healing drum Elizabeth Hill, composer, and The Grandfather Drum was Reconciliation Calls to Action from the upper Berens River. It Zoe Gordon, sound production, screened on at the Finlandia last year, Suggashie says it is an was one of 45 films screened at on the film, which took about Club in Thunder Bay. An Offi- important time to create films this year’s Bay Street Film Fes- three-and-a-half years to make. cial Selection of the 2016 Sun- like The Grandfather Drum. tival. “It was a labour of love,” Der- dance Film Festival, the film “Most of the recommenda- “With The Grandfather osier says. “Sonja and I had to follows the story of Naamowin’s tions the (Truth and Recon- Drum, I had a moment with apply for a few different grants drum, a drum revered for its ciliation) Commission made the Thunderbird while I was because it is a little bit more healing powers by the Anishina- really brings out the need for writing,” says Derosier, who expensive to make because it bek of the upper Berens River. us to preserve our language and wrote and directed the 15-min- is much more labour intensive. After the death of his grand- preserve the traditions of the photo by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News ute film. “That’s always been Sonja did every single one of son, Naamowin built a heal- Aboriginal people,” Suggashie The Grandfather Drum director and writer Michelle Derosier speaks a very spiritual process for me those drawings.” ing drum to save his grandson says. “It is good for us to bring with the audience about her award-winning animated film after it was and the few years of making Derosier was originally and his people from sickness. out that film to the communi- screened on at the Bay Street Film Festival in Thunder Bay. that film was a journey and it approached to do a documen- Naamowin was given the heal- ties because sometimes people taught me a lot. That particular tary about the grandfather ing drum, which can restore tend to forget about our culture. great, great grandfather, I River region and when you tell story has taught me the most drum. life, in a dream. It will be good for the kids to knew the history from the sto- stories like these that are posi- about myself and my place in “It does live in a museum and “We worked on it for three see this film and learn from it.” ries from my community about tive, it will do good for the com- the world as an Indigenous this is based on a true story,” years and we tried to get as Suggashie got involved in the Naamowin and what he did munities that are involved. In woman.” Derosier says. “But it just wasn’t accurate as we (could by) ask- film after Derosier asked him for his community,” Suggashie the long run, in the future, it Derosier, co-owner of Thun- the time. The drum was still in ing people the history,” says for information about the drum. says. “We knew that he was will keep that history alive and derstone Pictures and an Eagle a museum, so we had to kind Suggashie, who is a great, great “Since Naamowin was my actually a healer in the Berens it will do good for the people.”

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North Spirit Lake Celebrates Community Members’ Achievements

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UNDER THE As northerners we have NORTHERN SKY the gift of living through four seasons. We live in change and we adapt well to what Mother ell, it looks like win- Nature has to offer. Right now Where’s the tea? ter is just around the leaves on the trees around Wthe corner. I am town are lighting up in colours day. You could always count on rooted in their traditional cul- The current gap we are fac- surprised that the leaves are of orange, yellow and red. All Xavier a cup of tea, a bite to eat and a ture. ing has to do with the passing changing colour in mid Sep- of our northern communities Kataquapit chat with any of our Elders in Myself and my siblings, of so many of our Elders who tember but then again I am are coming alive in vibrant fall Attawapiskat. cousins and friends were the were more or less the glue we in the north and that should colours. UNDER THE Even though as children we first wave of Cree from the could count on that kept us be expected. After one of the I am putting away my sum- NORTHERN SKY were influenced by television coast to really venture out into connected to our traditions and warmest summer’s ever I am mer wear and pulling out and radio to a degree we still the southern world. Many of culture. When I was home this looking forward to cooler days sweaters, pants and jackets. lived in a community that was us went to secondary school summer for my mom’s funeral and nights. I am even thinking it is time very much grounded on nature, in southern cities in our teen I made sure to drop in on some Ask any Cree or Ojibway soon for my long underwear. the land, the water and crea- years. We began to move of the still surviving Elders person from northern Ontario I don’t fool around when it hen I was a boy liv- tures around us. With so many around more and obtained and I found many of them very and they will tell you they pre- gets cold as I learned from ing back home in problems in terms of drugs driver’s licenses then vehicles weak and aged. It shocked me fer winter to summer. my mom and dad that cold WAttawapiskat there and alcohol it is amazing that so that we could discover more as I remembered these men In remote communities this weather is just fine as long as were some things that were most of us actually survived. of the outside world. A lot of us and women as strong, vibrant comes from the freedom that you are dressed for it. constant in my life. My mom The credit for a good part of found work in southern towns Elders who took us out on the winter brings with ice on the One of the best things about Susan and dad Marius always our survival as teens had to do and cities and although we land, cared for us and showed rivers and lakes and snow cov- living in the north is that any made sure myself and my sib- with the guidance and direction still had a lot of our traditional us how to survive. ered land so that we can snow- of us can get to a quiet piece lings had a roof over our head we got from our Elders. Most knowledge and culture that had It was difficult for me to find shoe, snowmobile and drive of land, a wonderful lakefront and food to eat. Back then in of them were still hurting from been passed down from our myself wandering around the out of the community. setting, a rushing river or little the 1980s and early 90s the the experiences of residential Elders, time and distance meant community without being able In the summer we are mountain perch with just a community was impoverished school system and coping with more assimilation for us. to see my mom, dad and many mostly landlocked in remote short trip by car. We can ski, and we did not have many of drug and alcohol addictions. These days many of our of the Elders I grew up with. northern First Nations, sur- trap, hunt, fish and skate in the normal services that most Still, they had a ground in tradi- Elders are passing on and I can Strangely enough that realiza- rounded by muskeg and both- winter without a very big towns and cities enjoyed across tions that helped them go on see the affect that is having on tion had a lot to do with the fact ered by billions of mosquitoes. effort to do so. Canada. with their lives and assist we our remote First Nations up that I had a hard time to find The winter is clean, bright We can also do it for free We were and still are a younger ones with our paths. the coast. Our young people any household still having a pot and has traditionally been a most of the time. Rarely, do remote First Nation community Those Elders I knew in the are confused and don’t have of tea on the stove. time of movement on the land. we have to line up for a hockey and accessible only by air or community back then were enough hope for the future. All I began to crave a cup of tea Northerners are a tough game, arts entertainment or by summer water barge. In part of the first generation of kinds of new drugs are find- more for the nostalgia and com- bunch. Towns and cities like restaurant. the winter we have an ice road Cree of the James Bay who had ing their way up the coast and fort that I had grown up with Kirkland Lake, Timmins, Iro- Things are easy to get to for but depending on the weather accepted a more modern life our vulnerable and rudderless but I realized of course that this quois Falls, Cochrane, Kapus- we northerners. it cannot be used for many with permanent moves into youth are getting lost in a world had been a part of our Elders kasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Winter is very good for months. Somehow we all coped First Nations like Attawapiskat, that makes no sense. world and there was no room Chapleau, Larder Lake, Temis- young people and those who with these realities and mostly Fort Albany, Moose Factory and Still, many are also getting an for it in a new more fast paced kaming Shores, Sudbury and are middle aged, however because as children we did not Kashechewan. Their parents education, finding work in new lifestyle. North Bay offer up all kinds of seniors do have more chal- know first hand any other type before them had mostly been mining operations and other I would have given anything winter fun and activities that lenges this time of the year. of life. The main ingredient living in the wilderness on their opportunities. and everything to be able to are easy to access and either at I think we should be putting that kept us together and func- traditional lands. They still had Yet, there is still a large sit with my mom and dad over no cost or very little. You can together more programs in all tioning as a community had to a very traditional lifestyle, they percentage of our youth that is a cup of tea and maybe some go to a hockey game in any of our northern communities do with the large number of spoke the Cree language flu- fragile and living difficult lives. bannock and jam. I am making of these northern communi- to make sure that our elderly traditional Elders we had living ently, survived mostly on wild Even though things are better a point these days to keep a pot ties and if you want to have a neighbours can enjoy their with us at that time. I fondly meat and fish and although in some ways financially there of tea steeping on the stove just friendly little game you can homes in even severe winter recall that every household they began to follow many non is still inadequate housing and in case. still play for fun on a local rink weather. had a large pot of tea steeping native beliefs and realities they little direction for the upcoming or even on the snow covered We need programs where on the stove at all times of the still did it on their own terms generation. www.underthenorthernsky.com street. we offer a snow cleaning All of these communities service to our Elders and and most First Nations also transportation that is afford- have sports complexes with able and easy to get for trips arenas, some even have pools to the grocery store or a visit CONTACT US and curling rinks. or an outing to the local coffee Many communities in the shop. 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(807) 737-2263 Rick Garrick dance performances and live in life lives in our Elders and SALES REPRESENTATIVE Xavier Kataquapit theatre. we should be doing a lot more Timmins Tom Scura Kayla Rae Winter is anything but bor- to honour them while also Office Hours: 8:30-4:30 EST Phone: 807 622-6000 ing up here in the north land. benefiting from their advice. Fax: 807 622-6010 The coffee shops and restau- Life is good here in the Phone: ...... (705) 360-4556 [email protected] rants are busy much of the north and once again we are Toll Free: .....1-877-929-2829 time as people feel the need changing with the seasons. Fax: ...... (705)360-1601 CIRCULATION/PRINTING to get out and about and enjoy Safeguard Thunder Bay the social interaction around www.underthenorthernsky.com town. Although the highways can Wawatay News OCTOBER 15, 2016 ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇ 5 Business First Nations sign MOU for new transmission line

Rick Garrick any possibility for large indus- Wawatay News trial start-ups. Our First Nations want to work with the govern- A group of eight First Nation ment to ensure that this project communities have signed a moves forward.” Memorandum of Understand- The Greenstone-Marathon ing (MOU) to pursue the devel- Integrated Regional Resource opment of a new high volt- Plan, released by the Indepen- age transmission line into the dent Electricity System Opera- Greenstone region. tor in June, identified the elec- “We started working on this tricity needs for the region over power line back in 2010, maybe the next five years and referred earlier, when we were work- to large industrial clients that ing on the Little Jackfish River had desires to join the grid but project,” says Red Rock Indian due to the lack of current capac- Band Chief Edward Wawia. ity would be forced to establish “Several of the First Nations self-generation. photo by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News along the line, Rocky Bay, “If we don’t meet the elec- Red Rock Indian Band Chief Edward Wawa, left, and members of the Greenstone Transmission Project working group met on Sept. 29 at the BNA (Bingwi Neyaashi Anishi- tricity needs of these potential Matawa First Nations office in Thunder Bay about developing a new high voltage transmission line into the Greenstone region. naabek), AZA (Animbiigoo customers with stable infra- Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek), have structure, it could mean the loss (electrical power) projects that of major projects in the region they wanted to bring online and and will really constrain eco- without this new line there was nomic growth,” says Aroland not enough (capacity) to feed Chief Dorothy Towedo. “With anything that we wanted to several of our communities bring online.” participating in similar develop- Have you received a

ments, the working group offers innovative and unique ways First Nations have... (to) see the construction of this concerns about the transmission line completed in reliability of the current a timely matter. Work we have juror questionnaire? completed to date can save a infrastructure... significant amount of time and funding for the Greenstone – Chief Edward Wawia Transmission Project.” Ontario juries need representatives from Indigenous Greenstone Mayor Renald Beaulieu says the Greenstone Transmission Project is an communities. Your experience as an Indigenous Aroland, AZA, BNA, Rocky important step forward for Bay (Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging the Greenstone region, noting person would provide a valuable perspective on a Anishinaabek), Ginoogam- that the project will help create ing, Long Lake #58, Red Rock and maintain well-paying jobs Indian Band and Whitesand throughout the area. jury at a trial or inquest. signed the MOU to establish a “We’ve been working at this working group with a vision to for four years within the Munic- collectively develop the trans- ipality of Greenstone and we’ve mission line and have com- met many times with the differ- menced discussions with gov- ent ministers,” Beaulieu says. ernment and industry about the “It’s not just the fact that we’re Between September and November, juror need for the line to provide sig- looking to generate power, the nificant transmission upgrades fact is that we’re talking safety across the Greenstone region. for our people in our communi- questionnaires are being mailed to one in 12 people “With this, it opens up a ties. When you have times that pretty good chance for some you run out of power for 24 living in Ontario. If you receive one, please fill it out new economic development in hours, imagine if it was in situ- the area,” Wawia says. “Hope- ations at 40 below zero, how fully we can continue to work serious would that be.” and return it. together.” AZA Chief Theresa Nelson The working group met with says the Minister of Energy representatives from Watayni- needs to identify the Green- kaneyap Power on Sept. 29 to stone Transmission line as a pri- discuss best practices. Watayni- ority project. kaneyap Power is in the process “Our MOU symbolizes the Filling out the questionnaire doesn’t mean you’ll be of developing a transmission First Nation route communi- project north of Dryden and ties’ commitment to working into the far north. together to pursue this much chosen for jury service automatically, but it increases “Our First Nations have col- needed development,” Nelson lective concerns about the reli- says. “With a current unreliable the chances that Indigenous voices will be heard in ability of the current infrastruc- system and frequent outages ture and the potential loss of for communities in the region, major developments and new failure to move forward with the justice system. opportunities,” Wawia says. the Greenstone Transmission “The new transmission line will Project will result in significant provide stability and increase economic loss across the north.” If you receive a questionnaire and need help filling it NEW Closing Sale 40% o out or have any questions about jury participation, Moose Parka please call the Indigenous Jury Coordinator & Deer at 1-866-869-4484 or the Provincial Jury Centre Hides SALE at 1-800-498-8016. Beaver

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Nibinamik’s Rodney Sofea had no trouble plugging two holes in a fuel drum during the Fuel Handling: Spill Response mock fuel spill at the Northern Ontario First Nation Environ- ment Conference. “It was easy — I practice a lot at the power house at my reserve,” says Rodney Sofea, a power plant operator in Nibin- amik. “And whenever I hire a guy to replace me, I get him to do the fuel training to know what tools are available to use in case of a fuel spill. I let him know where the pads are, the before containing the spilt fuel. ence, which was held Oct. 4-6 that grid to decide which direc- photo by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News spill kits. I make him carry them “Try to stop the flow,” Stu- at the Best Western Plus Nor- tion it is flying. I want to either LEFT: Nibinamik’s Rodney Sofea, centre right, plugs a leak in a fuel around wherever he goes to do art says. “Stopping the flow Wester Hotel and Conference cut against the wind if it is drum during the Fuel Handling: Spill Response mock fuel spill at the a fuel handling.” could be by plugging the hole. Centre near Thunder Bay. going really fast or go with or Northern Ontario First Nation Environment Conference. Sofea used two wooden It could be by shutting off the A drone demonstration was against the wind if it is slower.” wedges and some plug putty pump. Always shut off the elec- featured on the last day of the Wagenaar says the drone can ABOVE: Aroland’s Mark Bell and Four Rivers’ Gord Parker demon - to seal the two holes in the fuel trical right away. Eliminate the conference during the GIS Data gather “sharp and crisp” images strate an electric device used to gather fish during their Baseline drum. sources of ignition.” Collection Techniques presenta- that are much clearer than sat- Sampling presentation. “Wood wedges are good,” Stuart encourages people to tion by Four Rivers staff Char- ellite images. Sofea says. “I make my own report any spills they have seen lene Wagenaar and Jennifer “That’s really great for com- wood wedges and just have or noticed afterwards. Duncan. munities when they are doing ment officer, and Gord Parker, develop a project that will help them as a spare in the spill kit. “If you do see something that “I used an app on my tablet their own community plan- Four Rivers’ environmental preserve the species and allow You’ve always got to have rags is unsafe, you need to report it,” to point out an area, draw a ning,” Wagenaar says. “They projects and training officer. for future generations to keep and socks.” Stuart says. “Report it to your polygon where I wanted (the need updated imagery to see “We received two years fund- harvesting the resources out of Doug Stuart, fuel systems supervisor, report it to your drone) to fly and how high to where there are still houses, ing to do a study to look at the river.” management trainer with manager. If you are not working fly,” says Wagenaar, a geomat- where there are empty lots. We populations, health of the spe- Other presentations Ontario First Nations Technical for (them), report it to the chief ics technician with Four Rivers. might take it out with commu- cies and general health of the included: Environment Monitor Services Corporation and the and council.” “Once you draw the polygon, nities if they are doing cleanups river,” Bell says. “We’ve been Training; The Far North Land mock fuel spill organizer, says The mock fuel spill was held (the app) determines the grid of old mine sites or something working with Matawa Four Riv- Use Planning Initiative: Knowl- it is best to stop the leak first on the first day of the confer- (to fly) and then I can rotate like that to get a really good lay- ers and Shared Value Solutions edge in Action; Safety at the out of the land.” to develop a project that will Pumps; Carbon Cap and Trade: A study of the sturgeon on help the community to develop Opportunities and Risks; Ben- the Ogoki River was highlighted a management plan and just thic Invertebrates and Water on the first day of the confer- get an idea of the health of the Dialogue: A Pilot Project in Col- ence during the Baseline Sam- species in the area as our com- laborative Podcasting. INSPECTION pling presentation by Mark Bell, munity uses the Ogoki River Conference details are available Notice of Slash Pile Burning Aroland’s economic develop- quite regularly. So our goal is to online at: www.nofnec.ca. Trout Lake and Red Lake Forest

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) invites you to inspect the MNRF approved prescribed burn plan for slash pile burning that will be carried out in the Trout Lake Forest and Red Lake Forest (see map). As part of our ongoing efforts to regenerate and protect Ontario’s forests, some recently harvested Business Systems by Herman Hanschke areas have been selected to be burned under the strict Tel: 807-344-2983 Toll Free: 877-544-2983 guidelines of the MNRF [email protected] Prescribed Burn Planning www.safeguardthunderbay.com Manual. The prescribed burn will reduce the area covered in slash piles while increasing the area available for regeneration and reducing the fire hazard. The burn is scheduled for ignition Customized between November 1, 2016 Solutions and December 15, 2016. Information about this prescribed burn project, Promo & including specific locations Apparel Computer and maps, is available Services for public viewing at the offices of Domtar Inc. for the Trout Lake Forest and the Red Lake Forest Management Company for the Red Lake Forest during normal business hours and the MNRF public website at www.ontario.ca/forestplans beginning November 1, 2016. For more information or to arrange an appointment with MNRF Office Print staff to discuss the prescribed burn project, please contact: Supplies Delivery TROUT LAKE FOREST Kyle Myschowoda, Management Forester Holly Aggas, Silviculture Forester Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Domtar Inc Filing Commercial Red Lake District Office Dryden Office Cabinets P.O. Box 5003, 227 Howey St 1 Duke St., Postal Bag 4004 Printing Red Lake, ON, P0V 2M0 Dryden, ON, P8N 3J7 & Systems tel: 807-727-1337 tel: 807-223-9309 fax: 807-727-2861 fax: 807-223-9401 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Design RED LAKE FOREST Cheques Services Kyle Myschowoda, Management Forester Robert Partridge, R.P.F. Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Red Lake Forest Management Co. Ltd. & Forms Red Lake District Office P.O. Box 1338, 138 Howey Street P.O. Box 5003, 227 Howey St Red Lake, ON, P0V 2M0 Red Lake, ON, P0V 2M0 tel: 807-727-3320 tel: 807-727-1337 fax: 807-727-1142 fax: 807-727-2861 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

ᐧᐃᓐᑕᒪᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᒃ ᐧᐊᑌᓂᑲᓂᔭᑉ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᔭᐱᑫᐧᐃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᓂᐧᔕ ᒪᑕᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ: 17 ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᒃ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓇᓐ ᑕᐊᓂᐧᑲᐱᑫᒧᒋᑲᑌᐧᐊᓐ

ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ: ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᐧᐊᑌᓂᑲᓂᔭᑉ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᔭᑉ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᒪᓯᓇᐃᑲᓀᓯᐧᐊᓐ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ ᐊᐱᑕ ᐅᑎᐯᑕᓇᐧᐊ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ. ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒃ ᑲᑎᐯᓐᑕᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᐅᓐᒋ ᑎᐯᑕᐧᑲᓐ 22 ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ, ᑕᑯ ᑲᔦ ᐸᑭ ᐅᒋᑎᐯᑕᐧᑲᓐ ᑭᒋᐊᓄᑭ ᐸᐸᒥᓯᐧᐃᓂᒃ FortisOntar- io Inc. ᑲᔦ RES Canada (Fortis-RES). ᓂᐧᔕ ᑲᐧᐃᐊᓂᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᑕᑐᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᓇᐱᑫᒧᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᑯᒋᐱᑯ 1,500 ᑭᓚᒥᑐᕐᔅ 115 kV ᑭᓗᐳᑦ ᒥᓇᐧᐊ ᑕᔥ 44 kV ᑭᓗᐳᑦ ᒋᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᒃ ᐃᔥᑯᑌ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᔭᓂᐧᑲᐱᑫᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᑭᐧᐁᑎᓄᒃ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐅᑲᓯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᑲᔦ ᒥᔅᑯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᐧᐁᑎ 17 ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓇᓐ ᒣᐧᑲ ᓄᑯᒻ ᑲᐱᒥᐊᐸᒋᑐᐧᐊᒡ ᐱᒥᐱᑌᒋᑫᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᓐ ᑲᐅᒋᐧᐊᓴᑯᓀᒋᑲᑫᐧᐊᒡ, ᐧᐁᑎ ᑕᔥ ᒪᔭ ᑭᒋᐃᔥᑯᑌᑫᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᒃ ᑕᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᐧᑲᐱᑫᒧᒋᑲᑌᓂ ᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᐧᐊᒡ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂ. ᓂᑕᒻ ᐃᑕᔥ ᑭᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐸᓐ ᐅᑲᓯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᑲᔦ ᒥᔅᑯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᒃ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᐧᑲᐱᑫᓂᑲᓂᐧᐊᒃ. ᑭᑭᓇᐧᐊᒋᒋᑲᓂᒃ 1 ᑭᑭᓇᐧᐊᒋᐱᐃᑲᑌ ᐊᓐᑎ ᑫᐊᓂᓇᐱᑫᓂᑲᑌᒃ. ᓂᑲᓐ ᑕᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᑭᓇᐧᐊᒋ ᐅᓇᐸᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᑫᑭᐃᓇᐱᑫᓂᑲᓂᐧᐊᑭᐸᓐ. ᑫᐃᔑ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᒪᑭᐧᔕ ᑫᔭᐱ ᑕᐊᒋᐧᐃᓂᑲᑌ ᒣᐧᑲ ᐊᐱ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᓐᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ (EA) ᐱᒥᐊᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌᒃ.

ᒥᐅᐧᐁ ᐯᔑᒃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᑭ ᑭᑭᓇᐧᐊᒋᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᐱᒋ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᐧᑲᒃ ᒋᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᑭᐸᓐ ᐅᓐᑌᕆᐅ ᐅᑭᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᓇᑐᐸᓐ ᐊᓂᓂᑲᓐ ᒋᐱᒥᔥᑲᒪᑲᒃ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃ ᐅᓇᒋᑲᓐ. ᒥᑕᔥ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᐅᓀᑕᐧᑲᒃ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᒃ ᒋᐅᓂᔑᔑᓂᒃ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐸᔦᑲᒃ ᑫᐱᒥᐊᐸᑕᒃ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐧᐁᑎ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᑲᒃ ᑲᑕᐧᑲᑭᓐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑲᔦ ᒣᔥᐧᑲᒡ ᒋᐊᐸᒋᑐᓯᐧᑲ ᐱᒥᐱᑌᒋᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ, ᒥᐅᒪ ᑲᔦ ᑫᑭᐅᓐᒋ ᐧᐃᒋᐃᐧᐁᒪᑲᒃ ᒋᐧᐃᓂᒋᑫᒪᑲᓯᓄᒃ ᐅᑕᑭᒥᐧᐊᒃ, ᑲᔦ ᐅᑲᑭᐅᓐᒋ ᒥᓄᓭᐃᑯᓇᐧᐊ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐧᐃᓂᐧᐊ ᑲᔦ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᐃᔑᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐧᐊᒡ.

ᑲᐱᒥᐊᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ:

ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᓐᑕᐧᐁᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᐱᒥᓂᔕᐃᑲᑌᒃ ᑲᐃᓇᑯᓂᑲᑌᒃ ᐅᓐᑌᕆᐅ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᓐᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑕᑯ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐅᔑᐱᐃᑲᑌᒃ ᐸᑫᐱᐃᑲᓂᒃ 67 ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᓐᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐧᐃᓐ, 2012 ᑲᑭᐧᐃᓐᑌᒃ ᑲᐧᐃᐃᓇᐱᑫᐃᑲᑌᒃ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓂ ᐊᑭᑲᒃ. ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑕᐊᓄᑲᑌ ᑕᑯ ᑲᔦ ᑕᐱᒥᓂᔕᐃᑲᑌᐧᐊᓐ ᑲᐃᓇᑯᓂᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᐅᓄ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᓐ ᑫᐃᓇᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ: ᑭᑭᓇᐧᐊᒋᐱᐃᑲᓐ 1: ᑫᑕᓇᓄᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ • ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᒃ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᑲᓭᓐᑕᐧᑲᑭᓐ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ (ᑕᐱᔥᑯ 115 kV ᒋᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᑭᓐ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᑫᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᓐ ᑲᔦ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᓐ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᑫᑯᓇᓐ): http://www.hydroone.com/Projects/Docu- ments/class_ea.pdf;

• ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᒃ ᐧᐃᔭᓯᑫᐧᐃᑭᒪᒃ ᑲᐸᒥᓇᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᐊᑭᐧᐃᐸᒥᓂᑫᐧᐃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑲᔦ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᐊᑭᑲᒃ (Category C) (ᑫᓂᔑ ᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃ ᐊᐸᒋᑕᑲᓇᓐ ᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᒃ 44 kV ᒋᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᑭᓐ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᑫᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᓐ ᑲᔦ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᓐ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᑫᑯᓇᓐ) : http://www.downloads.ene.gov.on.ca/ les/eaab/ mnr_class_rsfdp_document.pdf;

• ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᒃ ᐅᑭᒪᐧᐃᓐ ᐅᑎᐸᐊᑭᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ (Category C) (ᑫᓂᔑ ᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃ ᐊᐸᒋᑕᑲᓇᓐ ᒋᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᒃ 44 kV ᒋᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᑭᓐ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓂᑫᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᓐ ᐅᑭᒪᐧᐃᓐ ᑎᐸᐊᑭᑫᐧᐃᓂᒃ): https://www.ontario.ca/page/class-ea-provincial-parks-and-conservation-reserves; and

• ᐅᑭᒪᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐸᒥᓇᒃ ᑭᒋᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃ ᐅᓇᒋᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ (ᑭᔥᐱᓐ ᐊᓐᑕᐧᐁᑕᐧᑲᒃ, ᑫᓂᔑ ᐅᓀᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᒋᐊᓂᒪᑕᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ):http://www.infrastructureontario.ca/Templates/Buildings.aspx?id=2147487991&langtype=1033.

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ᐧᐊᑌᓂᑲᓂᔭᑉ ᐅᓂᓯᑕᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᐁᑭᒋᓀᑕᐧᑲᒃ ᒋᐊᔭᑲᑌᒃ ᐧᐁᐧᐁᓂ ᒋᔑᓭᑭᓐ ᐅᒪᐧᐊᒋᐃᐧᐁᐧᐃᓂᐧᐊ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒃ ᑲᔦ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᑭᐸᒥᓇᒧᐧᐊᒡ. ᐅᑲᑲᓱᒪᐧᐊᓐ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑕᔑᑫᐧᐊᒡ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ, ᐧᐁᓀᓇᒃ ᐃᑯ, ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫ ᐸᒥᓂᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑲᔦ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᒃ ᑲᐃᓀᑕᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᐅᐅᒪ ᒋᐧᐃᒋᐃᐧᐁᐧᐊᒡ ᑲᐧᐃᐊᓂᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐁᐧᑲ ᑕᔥ ᒋᔑᓭᑐᐧᐊᒡ ᒋᔕᐧᐊᒡ ᑫᑕᔑᒪᐧᐊᒋᐃᐧᐁᓇᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᑫᒪ ᑲᔦ ᒋᑭᑲᓄᓇᐧᐊᒡ ᐊᓄᑭᐊᑲᓇᐃ ᑫᑯᓐ ᐧᐃᐧᐃᓐᑕᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᑫᒪ ᑫᑯᓂ ᐧᐃᑲᐧᑫᐧᑌᐧᐊᒡ. ᐧᐊᑌᓂᑲᓂᔭᑉ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᑕᒪᐧᐊᒋᐃᐧᐁ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᓂᑲᓐ ᐃᔑᐱᒥ ᓂᓱᑭᓯᔅ ᐁᑯᑕᔥ ᑲᐧᐃᑕᓄᑭᒪᔭᒃ ᑕᐧᐊᐧᐃᓐᑕᒪᑫᐧᐊᒃ ᑲᔦ ᐅᑲᓇᓇᐧᑫᑐᓇᐧᐊ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ ᐧᐃᑲᐧᑫᑌᔭᓐ. ᑕᐧᐃᓐᒋᑲᑌ ᐧᐃᓐᑕᒪᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᓂᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᔑᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᒃ, ᑲᐧᐃᐃᓇᐱᑫᒧᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐧᐊᓯᑲᓐ ᓂᑕᒻ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ, ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐧᐁᒋᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑲᔦ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᐊᓂᐱᒥᐊᓄᑲᑌᒃ, ᑕᑯ ᑲᔦ ᒋᓇᑐᒪᑲᓂᐧᐃᐧᐊᒡ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓇᓐ ᑲᑕᐧᐊᒡ ᑲᔦ ᐧᐁᓀᓇᒃ ᐃᑯ ᒋᑕᔑᓐᑕᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᑫᓂᐱᒥ ᐯᐱᑭᔑᑕᔑᓐᑌᑭᓐ ᑲᐧᐃᐊᓂ ᐱᒥᐊᓄᑲᑌᑭᓐ. ᒥᓇᐧᐊ ᐅᓄ ᓂᑲᓐ ᑫᓂᐧᐃᓐᑕᒪᑫᓇᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ, ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᔦ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑕᐊᒋᑲᑌᐧᐊᓐ ᒪᒪᑲᑕᐱᑯᒃ ᐅᐅᒪ: http://www.wataypower.ca.

ᑭᐸᑯᓭᓂᒥᑯᓇᐧᐊ ᒋᐱᐧᐃᓐᑕᒣᒃ ᑲᐃᓀᓐᑕᒣᒃ ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᑲᐱᒥᑕᔑᓐᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ, ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᑭᐱᒥ ᒪᐧᐊᒋᐃᑎᓇᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᐊᔕ ᒋᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᒪᑯᔐᑭᔑᑲᓂᑭᓯᔅ 2016. ᑫᔭᐱ ᑫᑯᓐ ᐧᐃᑭᑫᑕᒪᓐ ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᔦ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ, ᑲᔦ ᒪᔭ ᑲᐧᐊᐧᐃᓐᑌᑭᓐ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ ᒪᓯᓇᐃᑲᓇᓐ, ᑫᑯᓐ ᐧᐃᐃᑭᑐᔭᓐ ᑫᒪ ᐊᓐᑕᐧᐁᑕᒪᓐ ᒋᐅᔑᐱᐃᑲᓱᔭᓐ ᐊᓐᑎ ᑫᑭᐱᔑᐊᓐᑐᔥᑲᑯᔭᓐ, ᐃᓇᐱᓐ ᒪᒪᑲᑕᐱᑯᒃ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐃᔑᐅᔑᐱᐃᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᒋᐅᒋᐧᐊᐸᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐅᐅᒪ www.wataypower.ca ᑫᒪ ᑲᓄᓂᒃ ᐅᑯ ᒐᐸᔑᔥ ᑲᐅᔑᐱᐃᑲᓱᐧᐊᒡ: ᒪᑲᓇᑦ ᑭᓂᐧᑲᓇᔥ ᐧᒐᓐ ᕆᑦ ᑉᕃᑦ ᐧᑕᒻᓴᓐ ᐧᐊᑌᓂᑲᓂᔭᑉ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐸᒥᓇᒃ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑕᒃ 81 King Street, P.O. Box 449 ᐅᔥᑭ ᒪᒋᑕᒪᓱᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᒪᐧᐃᓄᐧᐊᒡ ᑯᓪᑐᕐ ᑲᐧᐃᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐧᐊᒡ ᐊᓄᑭᐧᐃᓐ Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A5 P.O. Box 186 6925 Century Avenue, Suite 100 ᑭᑭᑐᐧᐃᓐ: 807-737-2662 Metcalfe, ON K0A 2P0 Mississauga, ON L5N 7K2 ᐱᐧᐊᐱᑯᒃ: [email protected] ᑭᑭᑐᐧᐃᓐ: 613-238-5353 ᑭᑭᑐᐧᐃᓐ: 905-567-4444 ᐱᐧᐊᐱᑯᒃ: [email protected] ᐱᐧᐊᐱᑯᒃl: [email protected]

ᑲᑭᓇ ᐧᐁᓀᓇᒃ ᑲᐃᔑᓂᔕᐊᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐧᐃᓂᐧᐊ ᑭᔥᐱᓐ ᑲᑕᑯᐱᐊᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᐅᑎᔑᓂᑲᓱᐧᐃᓂᐧᐊ, ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐧᐊᒡ, ᐅᑭᑭᑐᐧᐃᓂᐧᐊ ᑲᔦ ᐊᓐᑎ ᐁᔑᑕᐧᑲᑭᓐ ᑲᑎᐯᓐᑕᒃ ᐅᑕᐧᐃᓐ - ᐧᐃᓇᐧᐊ ᑕᔥ ᐅᒪᐧᐊᒋᑐᓇᐧᐊ, ᐅᑲᓇᐧᐁᑕᓇᐧᐊ ᑲᔦ ᐅᐸᑭᑎᓇᓇᐧᐊ ᐊᑭᐧᐃᑭᒪ ᐁᔑᐊᐸᒋᑐᐧᐊᒡ ᒪᐧᐊᒋᐃᐧᐁᐧᐃᓂᒃ. ᐅᓄ ᑲᐊᓐᑕᐧᐁᑕᐧᑲᑭᓐ ᐧᐁᓀᓇᒃ ᐅᐧᐃᓐᑕᒪᑫᐧᐃᓂᐧᐊ ᐅᓐᒋᐅᑕᐱᓂᑲᑌᐧᐊᓐ ᒋᔑᐊᐸᑕᑭᓐ ᐊᑭᐧᐃ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᑫᒪ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒋᐅᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᐧᐁᓀᓇᒃ ᒋᐅᒋᐧᐊᐸᓐᑕᒧᐧᐊᒡ ᑲᐃᓇᑌᒃ ᒋᔑᐱᒥᓂᔕᐃᑲᑌᒃ ᐅᓇᑯᓂᑫᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᑲᑲᓇᐧᐁᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᐧᐁᓀᓇᒃ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐧᐃᓂᐧᐊ. ᐊᐱ ᑕᔥ ᑲᐱᒋᓂᔕᐊᒪᓐ ᑎᐱᓇᐧᐁ ᑭᑎᐸᒋᒥᑎᓱᐧᐃᓐ ᑕᑭᐃᔑᓭ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐧᐊᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᓐ ᑭᔥᐱᓐ ᐁᑕ ᐧᐃᓐᑕᒪᓐ ᒋᐧᐊᐸᑕᐃᐧᐁᓇᓂᐧᐊᓯᓄᒃ ᑭᑎᐸᒋᒥᑯᐧᐃᓐ. ᑫᔭᐱ ᐧᐃᑭᑫᑕᒪᓐ ᐊᓂᓐ ᐁᓇᒋᑫᐧᐊᒡ ᐅᐅᐧᐁ ᐅᒋ, ᐃᔑᑭᑭᑐᓐ ᑭᒋᐊᑭᐧᐃᑭᒪ ᐅᔑᐱᐃᑫᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᒃ ᒪᔭ ᒋᐧᐃᓐᑕᒪᑯᔭᓐ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐃᔑᑭᑭᑐᓐ 416-327-1434. 8 Wawatay News OCTOBER 15, 2016 ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇ

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project Phase 2: Connecting 17 Remote First Nation Communities

The Project: Wataynikaneyap Power L.P. is a licensed transmission company majority owned by First Nations. The First Na- tions ownership interest is equally owned by 22 First Nation communities, and a minority interest in the partnership is owned by FortisOntario Inc. and RES Canada (Fortis-RES). The Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project Phase 2 (the Project) includes approximately 1,500 km of 115 kV and 44 kV transmission lines and associated facilities for subsystems north of Pickle Lake and Red Lake that will connect 17 remote First Na- tion communities, currently powered by diesel generation, to the provincial electrical grid. Preliminary proposed corridors have been identi ed for the Pickle Lake and Red Lake subsystems. Figure 1 identi es the Project location and the preliminary proposed corridors. The preliminary study area follows the preliminary proposed corridors. The preliminary study area may be further re ned during the environmental assessment (EA) process.

The Project has been identi ed as one of the priority projects in Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan. Its principal purpose is to provide safe, accessible and clean electrical power to remote First Nation communities and to decrease reliance on diesel-powered generation, which, in turn, will provide environmental, economic, social, quality of life and health bene ts.

Environmental Assessment Process:

The Project is subject to the Ontario Environmental Assess- ment Act and to section 67 of the Canadian Environmental As- sessment Act, 2012 for the portions of the transmission line on First Nation reserve lands. The EA will be carried out accord- ing to the requirements of the following Class EA processes:

• Class Environmental Assessment for Minor Trans- mission Facilities (for applicable 115 kV sections and associated infrastructure): http://www. hydroone.com/Projects/Documents/class_ Figure 1: Project Location ea.pdf;

• A Class Environmental Assessment for MNRF Resource Stewardship and Facility Development (Category C) (disposition of resources for applicable 44 kV sections and associated infrastructure): http://www.downloads.ene.gov.on.ca/ les/eaab/mnr_class_rsfdp_document.pdf;

• A Class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves (Category C) (disposition of resources for applicable 44 kV sections within Provincial Parks): https://www.ontario.ca/page/class-ea-provincial-parks-and-conservation-reserves; and

• Ministry of Infrastructure Public Work Class Environmental Assessment (if required, disposition of resources for applicable sections): http://www. infrastructureontario.ca/Templates/Buildings.aspx?id=2147487991&langtype=1033.

Engagement:

Wataynikaneyap recognizes the importance of meaningful and respectful Aboriginal and stakeholder engagement. As such, Wataynikaneyap strongly encourages members of Aboriginal communities, the public, agencies and other interested persons to actively participate in the EA by attending engagement meetings and contacting sta directly with comments or questions. Wataynikaneyap will be holding meetings in First Nation communities over the next three months where representatives will be available to provide project information and respond to your questions. Information will be provided on the Project, the corridor routing study environmental considerations, and the EA approval processes. The EA approval processes include engagement opportunities for members of Aboriginal communities and the publicAnnouncements, Project and EA information will be made available on the Project website: http://www. wataypower.ca.

We welcome your feedback on the Project during this engagement round, preliminarily scheduled to be completed in December 2016. For further information on the Project and the EA, for key documents, to provide comment, or be added to our contact list, please visit the project website at www.wataypower.ca or contact one of the following persons:

Margaret Kenequanash John Reid Brett Thompson Wataynikaneyap Power EA Engagement Coordinator EA Specialist 81 King Street, P.O. Box 449 New Economy Development Group Golder Associates Ltd. Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A5 P.O. Box 186 6925 Century Avenue, Suite 100 Telephone: 807-737-2662 Metcalfe, ON K0A 2P0 Mississauga, ON L5N 7K2 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 613-238-5353 Telephone: 905-567-4444 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

All personal information included in a submission – such as name, address, telephone number and property location – is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s.37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain con dential. For more information, please contact the Project Ocer or the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at 416-327-1434. Wawatay News OCTOBER 15, 2016 ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇ 9

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project Phase 2: Connecting 17 Remote First Nation Communities

Environmental Assessment Process:

Engagement:

All personal information included in a submission – such as name, address, telephone number and property location – is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s.37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain con dential. For more information, please contact the Project Ocer or the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at 416-327-1434. 10 Wawatay News OCTOBER 15, 2016 ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇ Health Grassroots harvest held in Fort Sustainable solution William First Nation provides fresh Rick Garrick produce to North Wawatay News

Fort William celebrated the success of its Gaa-Azhe-Anishi- Caribou Lake naabeyaayang (Back to our Ways) Community Garden with a ribbon cutting and feast. Wawatay News no longer fresh once they arrive “This is an exciting day for us into the fly-in community. as it was in the spring when we Nishnawbe Aski Nation “I stopped eating fresh veg- kicked off the Community Gar- (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief etables because it became too den,” says Fort William Chief Derek Fox says a community expensive to buy them at the Peter Collins. “When I look at garden shows how First Nations store,” said community member the numbers of the participants are beginning to regain food John Kanate. that took part in helping to self-determination. The garden began as part of grow the Community Garden, The Hunters’ Festival the aftercare program for the it has been very exciting. If you wrapped up in North Caribou patients at New Horizons Treat- look at some of the product Lake First Nation last Sunday ment Center. The aftercare pro- that is coming out of the land with seven moose, 40 par- gram is community-based and there now, it’s great to see. It’s tridges, one beaver, one swan governed by the giving the young people and and a boat load of pickerel and Prescription Drug Abuse the people that travel through ducks. The festival has been treatment program. There are the opportunity to participate running for 26 years with this similar programs in 15 other to help grow and see the fruits year being the first year to have communities in Northwestern of their labour at the end of the fresh vegetables to add to land Ontario. day.” based traditional foods. Fort William partnered with “The project in North Cari- Roots to Harvest, an incorpo- bou Lake First Nation demon- rated, not-for-profit organiza- strates how a small amount of An important part of tion based in Thunder Bay, to funding can have major impacts our work is helping develop the Community Garden on community food self-deter- this past spring. mination. Projects like this our clients get their “As an organization we are need to be developed and sup- life skills back and really happy to be involved in ported across NAN territory,” gardening is a wonderful this project and to be welcomed photos by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News said Deputy Grand Chief Derek into the creation of it,” says TOP: Fort William celebrated the grand opening of its Gaa-Azhe-Anishinaabeyaayang (Back to our Ways) Fox. “The Nutrition North tool to do so... Stuart Oke, community grower Community Garden with a ribbon cutting and feast. Canada food subsidy program – Edna Quequish with Roots to Harvest. “It’s and other government initia- something we really strongly ABOVE: Roots to Harvest staff, including Miranda Nigidja, second from left, and Erin Bottle, right, worked tives need to support these on believe in, in linking people and on a variety of community garden projects in Fort William and across Thunder Bay this summer. the ground community driven “An important part of our community to food and food initiatives and work with us to work is helping our clients get production.” because we are out with differ- out with the rest of my crew them back into their commu- find innovative alternatives to their life skills back and garden- Roots to Harvest employed ent partners at different com- on making it happen,” Nigidja nity and do some work on the the current food subsidy. There ing is a wonderful tool to do a group of First Nations staff to munity events.” says. “We’re almost done right reserve here and get a chance to needs to be a shift away from so. Next year I hope we plant a work on the Community Gar- Bottle says the staff were now. It’s kind of sad but I’m work with the partners and the profit-driven models currently potato garden like my grandfa- den and other Roots to Harvest taught different methods and glad I had this experience with community participants here. in place.” ther used to have,” said Edna projects across Thunder Bay different planting practices over my co-workers and my bosses.” So it was a great success.” With funding from NAN, Queqish, coordinator of New throughout the growing season. the growing season. The 265-foot by 40-foot The Community Garden fea- North Caribou Lake was able to Horizons Treatment Center. “In the initial stage we broke “This overall project has been Community Garden was tures raised beds with wooden- develop their first community North Caribou Lake invited the ground and we sodded the a very successful one in terms of planted with a variety of fruit box frames for the vegetables garden and the first harvest of Steven Vassallo, a gardener ground (for the Community youth participation and reten- and vegetables over the sum- and a fence to prevent animals vegetables was shared and pre- from Markdale, Ontario to help Garden),” says Erin Bottle, lead tion,” Bottle says. “We hooked mer, including five dwarf apple from eating the plants. pared in moose stew eaten dur- facilitate the garden project. He supervisor for the five-month them up with community part- trees, blueberries, raspberries, “The boxes look sharp and ing the festival. arranged for the gardening sup- adult agricultural program at ners where they got a chance to honeyberries and more than 16 they are a little bit easier to tend “There are too many nega- plies to be shipped over the ice Roots to Harvest. participate in customer service different vegetables, including for the variety of participants tive stories about Native people in the winter and tilled the bog “The youth were part of and public relations speaking.” onions, potatoes, peppers and that were involved in helping in the media and this garden is by the band office in the spring. creating the (raised) beds and Whitesand’s Miranda Nigidja cabbages. care for this space,” Oke says. a good news story,” said North “There are some soil chal- the layout of the beds. They enjoyed working with Roots to “The project was really excel- “And we can really choose Caribou Lake First Nation Chief lenges here but the suitability of transplanted all the seedlings Harvest over the past two-to- lent, especially with some mem- what soil goes in there and Dinah Kanate. the bog peat has been improved that went to that garden site. three months. bers of Fort William First Nation what additives go in there, so it A small bag of baby carrots with a little fish compost and We actually have not been at “I love it — it’s fairly thera- who are staff with us,” Oke allows us to grow in a more effi- sells for $8 in North Caribou minerals creating a great base that site in the last few weeks peutic for me to be able to help says. “It was a great way to link cient and managed way.” Lake First Nation and they are for a wide range of vegetables.” Wawatay News OCTOBER 15, 2016 ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇ 11 Health Traditional foods encouraged at national diabetes conference

photos by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News Rick Garrick would live at Trout Lake during RIGHT: Trout Lake’s Kaaren Dan- Wawatay News the winter months and migrate nenmann and daughter Marney to Lac Seul during the summer Vermette at the National Indig- Trout Lake’s Kaaren Dannen- months. enous Diabetes Prevention mann shared her knowledge of “They were away maybe Conference, held Sept. 27-28 in traditional foods at the National three months of the year, but Thunder Bay. Indigenous Diabetes Prevention before they left they planted Conference, held Sept. 27-28 at (their crops),” Dannenmann BOTTOM RIGHT: Family doctors the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay. says. “One of their crops was Janet Smylie and Barry Lavallee “I wanted to show how tradi- potatoes, and in the fall when delivered presentations at the tional foods are healthier for us they came back they would National Indigenous Diabetes than the modern foods,” Dan- harvest the potatoes and keep Prevention Conference. nenmann says. “I also wanted them in one of the beaches on to show especially how refined the lake. In the wintertime, they foods, the foods that our people would be able to dig for them.” can most easily access and eco- Dannenmann delivered her nomically access, are so poi- opening keynote on the second are not asked, then we have sonous to us, just full of sugar, day of the conference, which no answers, because insulin everything refined, and there’s included another opening key- might not be the answer, more nothing for us.” note by Pays Plat’s Christopher food might not be the answer. Dannennmann says spiritual- Mushquash on Truth and Rec- I believe if this government or ity is an important component onciliation: Moving Forward to this state is going to improve in obtaining traditional foods, a Healthy Lifestyle, a plenary the health of First Nations peo- either through hunting game or session on Cultural Compe- ple, it has to smear in an equal harvesting plants. tency; a variety of panels and way all resources that come “Ceremony is a huge part of workshops; and four commu- from our homelands. By doing it and it keeps us connected to nity tours by bus for Medicine so, we can have a chance and a the land,” Dannenmann says. Walk, Community Garden and hope to actually in three or four “It keeps us connected to all our Cooking Demonstration, Sugar generations reduce the rates of relations on the land.” Bush and Wild Rice Harvesting chronic disease and improve Dannenmann says the people demonstrations. our health.” at Trout Lake, which is located Barry Lavallee, a family doc- Janet Smylie, a family doc- northwest of Lac Seul and east tor and Metis citizen from Win- tor, researcher and Metis citi- of Red Lake, used to live on nipeg, spoke about how the zen from Toronto, spoke about what they could harvest from relationship between Canada racism as a problem for Indig- the land. and First Nations has conse- enous people that impacts on “And they were very quences in the form of chronic their health and ability to access healthy,” Dannenmann says. diseases such as type 2 diabetes health care during her presen- “They had to walk many miles during a panel on Patient Right tation on Racism in Health Ser- to get their food often, and it to Care. vices. didn’t come prepared. They “One of the things I ask peo- “I think the majority of actually had to prepare it them- ple to do is to question why is it (health care providers), not all selves. And that wasn’t just that we have high rates of type of them, are not even aware of exercise, it was also in compli- 2 diabetes and, futhermore, it,” Smylie says. “So all of a sud- ance with the teachings not to why is it that diabetes kills First den their diagnostic skills and waste anything.” Nations people and maims their clinical skills go down the Dannenmann says the people them much more than other drain. We really have to chal- at Trout Lake followed a migra- people,” Lavallee says. “So the lenge people and help them be tional lifestyle, where they fundamental questions, if they aware.” Don’t fear the pap smear: A simple test could save your life

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Rick Garrick directed me to go after mate- Wawatay News rial for the language and to start handing out reading mate- Nishnawbe Aski Develop- rial for the whole community. photo by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News ment Fund’s Comprehensive Our community is a mix of … Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Lakehead University’s newly appointed Community Planning (CCP) Ojibwa, Oji-Cree and Cree, so chair on truth and reconciliation, spoke about doing external rela- workshop was a hit with leaders you’ve got all the different dia- tions locally, regionally and nationally as part of her new role on from across northern Ontario. lects that we’re trying to bring Sept. 12 at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law in Thunder Bay. “I’m quite excited about it — back.” I’m hoping that we can go talk Wauzhushk Onigum (Rat to people back home and see Portage) Chief Chris Skead Lakehead appoints if we can try to get something says comprehensive community like this going,” says Roy Kake- planning is similar to his own gamic, Sandy Lake’s economic approach to planning. development officer. “For me, “I’ve been doing it in more of photo by Rick Garrick/Wawatay News first chair on truth it’s a great tool that we can a hands-on approach, but noth- First Nation representatives from across northern Ontario learned utilize as a community for our ing really in writing,” Skead about comprehensive community planning during a three-day work- planning. It would help our says. “So a workshop like this shop held by Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund at the Airlane Hotel chief and council provide direc- definitely puts the nuts and and Conference Centre in Thunder Bay. and reconciliation tion for them, with things to bolts together in regards to the work on.” administration component.” use planning,” Koostachin says. all outlook of a community by Rick Garrick tion, on the history, training, Doug Moses, Pays Plat’s eco- Skead says there were also “It’s pretty similar. I’ve been properly planning (their) real- Wawatay News teaching, engaging. I work with nomic development officer, says some representatives from doing land-use planning for ity going forward. So that is youth right across the country.” the CCP workshop was “very Indigenous and Northern about three or four years.” extremely important because Lakehead University’s Cyn- The new chair on truth and insightful” about what has to be Affairs Canada on hand to help The CCP conference was without proper planning in the thia Wesley-Esquimaux looks reconciliation position was done on a First Nation. with any questions on funding. held at the Airlane Hotel and community, it’s hard to become forward to fulfilling her new established to highlight and “I have taken previous com- “They definitely had the per- Conference Centre in Thunder self-sufficient economically or responsibilities after being further the work guided by prehensive courses back in the sonnel on hand to answer those Bay. Comprehensive commu- from a business perspective.” introduced as Lakehead’s first Lakehead’s Strategic and Aca- 1990s,” Moses says. “I’m kind sort of questions,” Skead says. nity planning is, in most cases, Melanie Harding, NADF’s chair on truth and reconcilia- demic Plans, and to ensure that of glad to see that it’s back “All in all, I’m really enjoying a four-stage process for commu- senior community planner, says tion on Sept. 16. Lakehead responds appropri- because you can actually plan myself out here at this work- nities to collectively envisage, the CCP workshop provides “I am going to be doing a lot ately and effectively to the rec- every aspect of a First Nation shop they are providing. They plan and work towards their participants with an opportu- of the external relations locally, ommendations outlined in the and what you want to do with mentioned that the model is desired future. The four stages nity to learn about comprehen- regionally and nationally,” says Report on Truth and Reconcili- it and just making sure that it is working out west in the B.C. are: pre-planning, planning, sive community planning and to Wesley-Esquimaux, who was ation. there for future generations and communities. It’s something I implementation and monitor- share stories of success. previously Lakehead’s vice pro- “There is already lots of for my grandkids.” would definitely like to bring to ing. “People are pretty receptive vost (Aboriginal Initiatives). activity; I know we have a long Moses says the language my own community.” “We’ve been asked for a num- to the process,” Harding says. “We do a lot of conversations way to go and I know there aspect of comprehensive com- Fort Severn Deputy Chief ber of years to be involved in “They knew what they were anyway right across the board. are still some really challeng- munity planning is important Chris Koostachin says compre- some way of developing capac- getting into coming in and were We meet with other universi- ing opinions and commentary for his community. hensive community planning ity in the communities,” says eager to learn and start a com- ties, we meet with the presi- in places,” Wesley-Esquimaux “We’re trying to bring back will be a “useful toolkit” for Brian Davey, NADF’s executive munity planning process in dents of universities, we meet says. the language so that we can community members to use. director. “Comprehensive com- their communities that’s really with faculty, we do a lot of work actually speak it more,” Moses “It’s pretty much what we’ve munity planning is a tool that is led by the community and that with ministries, we do a lot of says. “Council has already come across before with land- out there to improve the over- honours the community voices.” conversations on reconcilia- see OPPORTUNITY page 14 FIMUR 2014/20 ASSISTED HOME OWNERSHIP & HOME REPAIR

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Rick Garrick ineskum, whose brother died in Thunder Bay,” Leona says. Housing and Infrastructure Reform Wawatay News on the streets of Thunder Bay “He was into addictions and November 1-3, 2016 – RBC Convention Centre – Winnipeg Manitoba about two years ago. They went I wanted some peace for my Deputy Grand Chief Anna without food and water for the family and some healing for my Betty Achneepineskum was entire 48-hour fast. family. So while sitting here I The Assembly of First Nations is hosting a Housing encouraged by her experiences found that he had a family here after completing a fast and 48 at the shelter. A lot of these peo- and Infrastructure Forum and would like to invite you to hours of prayer on the grounds ple stay together and they help register and attend this important event. The forum is of Shelter House Thunder Bay. It was very encouraging each other and I saw that while intended to be engaging and informative and will seek “It was very encouraging to to see the support we sitting for 48 hours. And that your input on how to reform the current housing and see the support we were get- were getting from the puts my heart at ease.” ting from the community,” Ach- Leona says it was an honour infrastructure delivery processes. neepineskum says. “I saw the community... to be a part of the fast. interaction between the staff “Like every other ceremony, and the (clients), so it was very – Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty it is different for everybody,” Who should attend? encouraging to see that there’s Achneepineskum Leona says. “The fast for me • Chiefs or their identified representative very nice people working here. was an eyeopener. I saw a lot of • Housing Directors and technicians And there was a lot of traffic “It was amazing,” Mack says things that I didn’t know went going through here. Apparently about the fast. “We had a sweat on here in the city and I’m really • Financial and funding institutions that (path near the fast area) lodge before and after. I’ve just happy that I was able to partici- • First Nations organizations, Tribal Councils is a shortcut that’s used quite gotten out of the sweat lodge pate.” • First Nations Leaders often.” a few minutes ago and it was a The fast was also held to hon- • Consultants and other non-government entities Achneepineskum says very powerful experience.” our the memory of Leslie Moo- despite all the noise she heard A sacred fire was manned nias and Otis Perkins, recent that are involved in housing management and in the area, including people by rotating shifts of firekeepers victims of violence, and all the delivery services who were cursing and swearing and the fasters shared a small people who have been lost over • Expert thinkers and solution driven individuals with and others who may have been roofed shelter. the years. experience in the field of housing and inebriated, nobody approached “We had lots of visitors, “Homelessness is all-too the fasting site. drummers, singing — it was prevalent in Thunder Bay and infrastructure “The residents seemed to be amazing,” Mack says. “Lots of many urban centres across encouraged that someone was people (were) stopping by. We northern Ontario, and vulner- Provide your views on: coming here to address this of course were not able to talk able members of these com- • Reforming housing and infrastructure delivery issue,” Achneepineskum says. with anybody, but it was great.” munities are often victims of “Hopefully now our next step Mack says he asked Achneep- violence and other forms of • Be part of the dialogue on infrastructure and is to go to the government to ineskum if he could fast with abuse,” Achneepineskum says. management and services say that this place needs to be her when she enquired about “There many contributing fac- • Improving financial management enhanced in terms of program- fasting on the grounds of Shel- tors including rigid policies on • Safe Drinking water and proper sanitation ming for the clients. It was sad ter House Thunder Bay. housing and social assistance, to hear that every day they rely “She was very gracious and court and legal issues, racism, on the donations to feed the allowed me to join her,” Mack mental health and addictions. 200 people that come through says. “We were doing it to raise This 48-hour fast will help raise here every day to be fed. And awareness and to really pray for awareness about the need for For more information, contact the Assembly they max out in terms of pro- all the people we have lost and services and resources to help viding shelter for people in the the people that are suffering the less fortunate.” of First Nations at 613.241.6789 or by email at night.” right now.” NAN supports the work at [email protected]. Achneepineskum fasted Leona Achneepineskum Shelter House Thunder Bay, with Shelter House Thunder joined the fast due to the loss of and staff and members of the Bay executive director Gary her brother. 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