Wawatay News, May 23, 2013, Volume 40, No. 20

Neskantaga Chief Peter Moonias said the community’s state of emergency has stabilized with the help of visiting trauma teams and the beginning of goose hunting season.

Fort William First Nation declared a state of emergency due to flooding on May 20.

Revered First Nations leader Elijah Harper has passed away.

Windigo Education Authority’s education director recently completed the 9th Annual Winnipeg Police Service Half Marathon along with four other Anishinabe runners from the Sioux Lookout area.

I jumped at the chance when I had the opportunity to visit the northernmost community in Ontario: Fort Severn.

Whitedog’s recent dog spaying and neutering clinic “was a huge success” with about 104 dogs operated on over five days.

Two past Aboriginal Youth Achievement and Recognition Awards winners gave back to today’s youth at the 2013 AYARA award ceremony: Fort William Chief Georjann Morriseau and Moose Cree’s Shibastik.

While laptop computers and even a pickup truck were the big awards at the Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School graduation, many graduates are still focused on their future education goals.

Over 300 people relatives and friends attended the 2013 graduation ceremony at Pelican Falls High School on May 14, to celebrate the success of northern students who overcame so many challenges to get their education.

ᓀᐢᑲᐣᑕᑲ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐱᑕᐣ ᒧᓂᔭᐢ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᑐᑕᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑐᒋᑭᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕ ᑲᔭ ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᑭᐃᐧᑌᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑐᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᓂ ᒪᒋᓇᓇᑕᐁᐧᐣᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ᙮

For the longest time I wondered what it really meant to be Ojibwa...

It is easy to get lost and distracted in this modern world.

As Julia Mogus stood in a residence that houses First Nations youth who attend Pelican Falls First Nations High School, she marvelled at the distance the students have to travel just to achieve their high school diploma.

Two teenage sisters from southern Ontario who have been sending books to northern Ontario communities had the opportunity to meet the readers of those books when they visited Fort Severn First Nation on May 14-15.