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PM#0382659799 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974 Blending Tradition with Technology 6000 copies distributed November 15, 2018 Vol. 45 No. 11 www.wawataynews.ca Neskantaga and Eabametoong stand up to Doug Ford First Nations Veterans celebrated Chris Kornacki sionate speeches about sovereignty, don’t understand us,” he said. people and for the people,” he said. Wawatay News land use, consultation, and Treaty Moonias said that the province still “They are the ones with a direct link to on National Aboriginal Rights. needs free, prior and informed con- the land and to the culture.” Nearly 60 community citizens from “To bring change to our area, our sent to move forward with any type of John Cutfeet, who’s a citizen of KI Veterans Day both Neskantaga and Eabametoong territory, is going to take a long time,” development in Neskantaga’s territory, and has been at the forefront of the First Nations gathered for a fundraiser Chief Atlookan explained. “Any devel- “no government should be able to con- community’s plight against mining in and rally against Ontario Premier opment that is going to happen in our trol another government,” he said. his territory gave his full support for Wawatay News Doug Ford’s recent statements about territory is going to benefit us, and be “Free, prior and informed consent is Neskantaga and Eabametoong. He told the Ring of Fire. under our control.” not an option, it is something that must his communities story of resilience and Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne The event “Into the Ring with Ford” “We are not anti-development. We be done,” he went on to say. “We want determination and gave a message of Archibald celebrated First Nations Vet- was held at Ryerson University in just want to do it in the right way,” she discussions to take place in a meaning- hope and resistance. erans on National Aboriginal Veterans Toronto on November 9th. It was orga- said. ful way.” “We have a mandate, a spiritual Day. It is estimated that around 12,000 nized by the Yellowhead Institute, and Chief Moonias said that his commu- Chief Moonias also explained that, mandate, to protect the land,” Cutfeet Indigenous Peoples of Canada volun- was live broadcast on Wawatay Radio nity has been in a state of emergency for him, any changes in his community said. “Land, air, water, spirit, they spell teered to sacrifice their lives for the Network and Wawatay News Online. since 2013 due to a suicide epidemic. must be done with the full involve- out ‘laws.’ And those are the directions freedom of all during WWI and WWII. Premier Ford said he would drive a “And we have these politics and laws ment and input of all the community’s we are given.” “We recognize National Aboriginal bulldozer to the Ring of Fire himself to imposed on us by other people…they citizens. “We want things done by the Veterans Day, which began on Novem- get the mining process started, without ber 8, 1994 as a way for Indigenous any concern for consultation from the peoples of Turtle Island to celebrate First Nations in the area. our own and through our traditions. With the discovery of large chro- On behalf of the Chiefs in Ontario, I’d mite deposits, First Nation homelands like to acknowledge the contributions in northern Ontario are now highly made by all First Nations Veterans on sought after. Extracting the chromite is Nationals Aboriginal Veterans Day and a massive project that will open up the Remembrance Day. these lands for the first time; threat- As we know, First Nations veterans ening the rivers, fish, wildlife and the who served during these wars had to way of life. The Ford government con- give up their Treaty Rights by forced tinues to ignore First Nations and is enfranchisement and although they desperate to see this Northern Ontario were not subject to conscription dur- mega project go ahead. Premier Doug ing these wars, many volunteered with Ford has even vowed to open up the generosity, bravery and willingness to Ring of Fire to extraction even if he has fight for the freedom for all. We say to “hop on that bulldozer” himself. thank you to our warriors who have “Nothing is going to happen with- served and to those who have passed out our involvement, that is the bot- on to the spirit world; your accomplish- tom line of our message,” said Eabam- ments are remembered and deeply etoong Chief Elizabeth Atlookan. appreciated by everyone as your deep Chief Atlookan was joined by Nes- and abiding love for your families, kantaga Chief Wayne Moonias and KI’s communities and all of Canada are Chief Elizabeth Atlookan Chief Wayne Moonias John Cutfeet Hayden King Shiri Pasternak John Cutfeet, all of whom gave pas- with us.” ᑌᕑᐃᐠ ᐸᐧᐠᐢ ᑭᐃᐧᑕᒪᑫ ᑲᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ Northern Lights ᐳᑕᐊᐧᓇᐱᑯᐠ ᑫᑭᓯᓯᑲᑫᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᐦᓴᐣ ᑲᐊᐸᑕᑭᐣ photo contest Communities can send in ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᒋᑯᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑭᓯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐊᐸᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ. ᑭᑭᑫᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᒧᐡᑭᐱᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᒥᐣ ᑕᐡ their best pictures of the ᐳᑕᐊᐧᓇᐱᑯᐠ ᒋᐳᑕᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᐦᓴᐣ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᐅᒋᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓂᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᓂᐸᐸᑲᓂᐁᐧᐸᐠ ᑕᓱᔭᑭ.” ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᓂᔓᔭᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐳᑕᐊᐧᓇᐱᑯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭᑭᓯᓯᑫᐃᐧᐣ Northern Lights and Wawatay ᑲᑭᒪᒪᐃᐧᐡᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑭᐱᐊᐧᓂᐦᐊᓇᓂᐠ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑫᑭᔭᓂᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᓇᓇᑲᑕᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ Communications Society ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐊᐦᑭᑲᐠ ᑲᐊᐸᑕᑭᐣ 2018 ᐁᐧᑎ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ, ᓀᑲᐃᐧᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ, ᑲᐅᒋᓴᑭᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ.” ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐧᐃᐧᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑭᐱᔕᐊᐧᐠ will use it on our logo. ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐁᐧ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᐊᑎᑯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ, ᐊᐸᒪᑐᐠ, ᐊᐧᐃᐧᔦᑲᒪᐠ, ᐸᐧᐠᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᑦᐳᕑ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᑌᕑᐃᐠ ᐸᐧᐠᐢ ᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᑕᒪᑫ ᒥᐦᓴᐣ ᑲᐊᐸᑕᑭᐣ ᐅᐸᓴᑎᑲᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᓇᒪᐣᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂᐠ. ᐊᔭᑲᐧᒥᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐊᓫᐃᐠᓴᐣᑐᕑ ᓴᐣᑯᕑᐃ, ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐅᐨ ᐦᐃᕑᐢ Winner will recieve an iPad. ᐳᑕᐊᐧᓇᐱᑯᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᑲᑫᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ. “ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᓇᑯ ᓇᐣᑕ ᓂᔓᑯᓇᑲ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐅᒋ ᒪᒥᑲᐃᐧᑕᐃᐧᐨ ᑲᓇᑕ, ᑲᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑲᑕᒥᐣ ᑭᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ Deadline is January 15th, “ᒥᔑᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᓂᐱᒥᐃᐧᑐᓇᐣ, ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᓂᑭᐱᐃᐧᑕᒪᑯᒥᐣ ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓂᔭᓄᐱᓯᒣᐨ ᐊᑦᐳᕑ ᐢᑕᕑᐊᐣᐠ, ᐊᐁᐧ - ᐯᔑᑲᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑕᒪᐠ, ᒥᓇ 2019 and the winner will ᑐᑲᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒥᓄᔭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᑲᑭᐡᑲᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐯᔑᐠ ᒪᒪᐤ ᓴᑲᓱ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᐳᓂᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐊᐣᐟᕑᐃᔭ ᐃᐧᐣᐟᓱᕑ, ᑲᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᓯᓯᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ be announced in the ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᒥᔕᑭᐣ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᑕᒪᓂᐣ, ᐁᑲ ᑲᐃᔑᓇᓇᐦᐃᓭᓂᑭᐣ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᑭᓴᑭᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐱᑲᒋᑲᒥᐠ. ᐱᐢᓴᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ, ᑲᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᓯᓯᑲᓂ ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑕᓄᑲᑕᒥᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᒋᑫᐨ, ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐁᑭᒥᓂᑯᔭᐠ “ᓂᐸᑯᓭᑕᒥᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐯᐦᐃ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᑫᐊᐸᑕᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. 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Patty Hajdu meets with Chamber of Win an all expense paid trip to Timmins to watch an NHL alumni game on Commerce about Indigenous employment November 22. Tune in every morning from 8-9 to the Jules Spence morning Show and be the winning caller. Each day the winner will be entered into the final winners draw. Contest only open to James Bay coastal communities. Rick Garrick But don’t worry, there will be another contest open to the rest of NAN for Wawatay News the February 17th alumni game in Thunder Bay. Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Min- ister Patty Hajdu stressed the importance of getting more Indigenous people involved in the economy during a meeting with the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce. “Today as I addressed the Chamber, I talked about the investments we are making in Indigenous skills training, SUPPORTING: whether it is directly through organizations like Oshki, but Rick Garrick/Wawatay News also through the Indigenous Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Patty Hajdu, minister of Employ- Skills (and Employment Train- ment, Workforce Development and Labour, speaks with the media ing Program), which we man- after addressing the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce about the CELEBRATING Budget Implementation Act 2018, No. 2, which was tabled in Parlia- SP S ECIAL OLYMPIC aged to increase by 57 per cent in Budget 2018,” says Hajdu, ment. MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North. “It’s really important to Hajdu met with the Thunder are from the community, their make sure we tap into every Bay Chamber of Commerce to teachers are from the commu- ounce of talent in this country. discuss the Budget Implementa- nity.