Authors: Contents: Dante Bjornson Silent No More Goodbye Hazel Taylor Eastman Treaty days Isabella Echavia Talent Show Stella Garcia Summer Activities Kismat Gupta Books To Read Riana Recones The Lemonade War Alyssa Sampang Grade 6 Badminton Hazel Wallace Gold Eyes Games Nikko Zapata Mortal Combat Editors: Arts in the Park Miles MacFarlane Sarah Wiebe Silent No More Hazel Wallace, Grade 8 Recently we celebrated treaty week at Leila eventually it was met. The journalists were very North, in case you don’t know what treaty days are, caring and did not force the young ladies into treaty days are when we celebrate the founders of this answering anything they did not want to answer. land. The whole school learns about indigenous They did not make them feel uncomfortable if cultures. There are also workshops you could sign up anything they made them feel safe and confident with for like: Ojibway language, Tipi making, and all sorts the article. In Danielle’s article they talk about how of things. We have also had some very special guests; they feel about suddenly being judged based on their we had dancers, singers, elders, storytellers, and culture. authors. We also had some very lovely ladies from Maples Collegiate come and talk to some of our Danielle lives at home with her two loving schools’ journalists about an article they were parents and her siblings. Her parents are married and recently interviewed for. Here is some information on are living together. Danielle is also an honors student the girls I got to meet. Bianca: Bianca is 17 and grew at school. Yet people are often surprised by this. up at God’s River; but the schools on the reserve only People think that just because of their culture she went up to grade ten. So she moved to Winnipeg to must be in the foster care system. This shows on how continue her education. She heard about Maples quick society can judge a book by its cover. How Collegiate and how she can continue her education in society looks at people in general groups instead of as Winnipeg with a school only ten minutes away from individuals. her grandmother’s home. This really helped her out. In Bianca’s article she talks about her move to Danielle: Danielle is 15, she is the eldest of five Winnipeg and how she continued with her education siblings and loves to play guitar. Her guitar was given at Maples Collegiate. She already graduated on the to her from her grandfather and she plays it often; her reserve and is preparing to graduate again except at family is the most important thing in her life. She Maples Collegiate with the support of her family and often enjoys babysitting her younger siblings, and friends. She also talks about how she wants a better does whatever she can to help out. Liberty: Liberty is future for herself. Bianca has lost a lot of friends due 15 and grew up in her grandmother’s care. Her to murder and overdoses, and she looks up to her mother was very young and her father unfortunately mother as a role model because she motivates her to had passed away. Her grandmother is an aboriginal be a better person. Bianca aspires to go to Red River elder-in-residence at Maples Collegiate and at Seven College and become a nurse. Oaks School Division, her grandmother aides with supervising the aboriginal curriculum. Her aunt also Liberty’s article talks about how safe she feels works at the school as the vice principal. This is all of being in public place. Liberty feels unsafe because their experience in making that article. she is a young aboriginal woman; she is often targeted or looked at as weaker. She often feels A teacher asked a couple of young aboriginal girls unsafe walking by herself or taking the bus by if they would like to participate in a photography herself. This is very common to all females no matter workshop. At first they thought they would be what race. Any female walking by herself does not working behind the cameras not in front. “Little did feel safe. And the fact of her culture and the recent we know, that we will be in a worldwide article” – incidents of tons of missing aboriginal women it just Danielle. When they walked in that morning they met scares everybody. some very talented journalists from Toronto who wanted to write about the aboriginal culture from a I encourage everybody to go and read this article different perspective, the perspective of young (http://news.nationalpost.com/silent-no- aboriginal ladies. The process was flowing, it may more#sthash.aurBIM1G.dpuf ) it is very inspiring and have taken some time to gain that trust, and interesting to see another perspective on this subject. 1 It is very well written and very unique and different. Women you’ll find. It is one of the best articles about Young Aboriginal Treaty Days Alyssa Sampang, Grade 6 Treaty Days is a week full of fun activities that you want. The first thing we all made was an arrow you can do with your class. On the Monday of Treaty head. After that we got to make anything we wanted Days we had an assembly where we talked about and the instructor had some nice examples that he what was going on that week and other things. Mrs. made for us to look at. Most of the class didn’t finish Biggar chose for the class to make dream catchers, their second soapstone carving but the instructor said soapstone carving, and drumming and all the classes we could finish it at home using a file. Another made key chains. On my first Treaty Day I made activity I did was drumming. Drumming was a lot of dream catchers out of a metal hoop, string, and beads. fun. We listened to stories and sang a couple of It was hard at first but after a while it was really easy. songs. The last thing we did in the classroom. We I think the dream catchers are supposed to give you made key chains out of leather and beads. Treaty good dreams and take away the bad dreams. Another Days was a lot of fun to have going on all week and I activity I did was soapstone carving. In soapstone can’t wait until we do it again next year. carving you carve a piece of soapstone into anything Talent Show Isabella Echavia and Stella Garcia, Grade 7. Hey what’s up Lions? Today I’m going to be Now that Stella has written her point of view talking about the talent show and all my favourite on the talent show, I will now explain my experience acts. My top 5 favourite acts were Isabella who sang in performing. So, because it was my first time I’m not the only one by Sam Smith, Kennah Co who performing in the Leila talent show, I was really sang Stay With Me by Sam Smith, Lee Angela Igne nervous because I didn’t know what was going to who did Sikaran and Rafael, Minchah, Melody, and happen. The thoughts constantly running through my Keila who sang a mashup. I wish I could do more but head were “What if I mess up?” and “I cannot do I have a lot of favourites, everyone did an amazing this.” Thankfully I made it through the performance job. without running out screaming, so I did fine. Joining the talent show was an untradeable experience I would give them a 10/10 for being so because I had so much fun performing in front of the confident to perform in front of a lot of people. I’m whole school, as nerve-wracking as it was positive that the next talent show will be great as well and remember just because your name wasn’t on the And since this is the last article of the year, we list doesn’t mean I did not like it, everyone was want to say goodbye. It has been such a fun year and fantastic, good job to everyone who was involved were going to remember this school year for a long with the talent show. Good luck next year but you time. Until next year’s fall article! probably won’t need it because you all will do great. 1 Summer Activities Dante Bjornson, Grade 6. Courses, Beach Volleyball, Snow Tubing, 1: Sights Snowboarding Terrain Park, Cable Snowboarding, Ice Skating, and much more. Their clubhouse The Canadian Museum of Human Rights includes a restaurant with a massive deck, 6 TV's, This museum was architect extraordinaire showers, and equipment rentals for all your needs. Antione Predock, Canada’s newest, most eye- catching attraction dominates the Winnipeg skyline, The Zoo shining like a beacon. This would be a great place to Come on down, to Chinatown! Actually, rather visit in the summer, especially if you’re into human than eating sushi all day, why not spend a day at the rights. zoo! It is a great place for animal lovers, and will make your day much better! You can also go to a The Forks restaurant, yes, the zoo has a restaurant, so eat away! There are many things to do in the Forks, like Oh, and say hi to Hudson for me! going to the 3 museums there, well, technically 4, which I highly recommend, especially for those who THE FINALE: are into history, facts, etc. Finally, we have Fort Whyte.