February 28, 2013 Volume 40 Number 8
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Patrick Cheechoo/Special to Wawatay News
Brandon Rae, right, won a financial management award for an essay he submitted to a national contest.
Patrick Cheechoo/Special to Wawatay News
Brandon Rae, right, won a financial management award for an essay he submitted to a national contest.
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Fort Albany’s photovoice participants were given cameras and tasked with photographing their homes and community, and then put a caption to the photo. The caption is: “... I have a little niece that stays with us, she’s like two... she might get like shocked or something... it’s dangerous...”
All the photos from the project, including these two photos, will be displayed during the Fort Albany community meeting on March 6.
The caption reads: “Oh this is where our stove used to be connected; our wood stove. So it kind of, you know... there’s an empty hole up there which we did kind of patch up but now this is how we know what the weather is like outside cause it rains or snows inside”.
Fort Albany’s photovoice participants were given cameras and tasked with photographing their homes and community, and then put a caption to the photo. The caption is: “... I have a little niece that stays with us, she’s like two... she might get like shocked or something... it’s dangerous...”
All the photos from the project, including these two photos, will be displayed during the Fort Albany community meeting on March 6.
The caption reads: “Oh this is where our stove used to be connected; our wood stove. So it kind of, you know... there’s an empty hole up there which we did kind of patch up but now this is how we know what the weather is like outside cause it rains or snows inside”.
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Fort Albany’s photovoice participants were given cameras and tasked with photographing their homes and community, and then put a caption to the photo. All the photos from the project, including these two photos, will be displayed during the Fort Albany community meeting on March 6.
Fort Albany’s photovoice participants were given cameras and tasked with photographing their homes and community, and then put a caption to the photo. All the photos from the project, including these two photos, will be displayed during the Fort Albany community meeting on March 6.
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Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
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Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
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Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
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Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
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Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
Photos submitted by Melanie Bykkonen
Students at the John C. Yesno Education Centre in Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) recently celebrated 100 days of school.
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Rick Garrick/Wawatay News
Lakehead University students march in protest to changes to a Faculty of Law indigenous course.
Rick Garrick/Wawatay News
Lakehead University students march in protest to changes to a Faculty of Law indigenous course.
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A map shows the proposed railway line between the Ring of Fire and Nakina. A new study funded by KWG Resources determined the railway would be cost-effective in the long term than building an all-season road. However, the initial costs of constructing the railway is high.
A map shows the proposed railway line between the Ring of Fire and Nakina. A new study funded by KWG Resources determined the railway would be cost-effective in the long term than building an all-season road. However, the initial costs of constructing the railway is high.
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David Zimmer was named Aboriginal Affairs minister in new Ontario Premier Kathlene Wynne’s cabinet.
Submitted photo
David Zimmer was named Aboriginal Affairs minister in new Ontario Premier Kathlene Wynne’s cabinet.
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Geoff Shields/Special to Wawatay News
Over 150 people turned up for the final day of the Sioux Mountain powwow, a great turnout for the powwow which is in its second year.
Geoff Shields/Special to Wawatay News
Over 150 people turned up for the final day of the Sioux Mountain powwow, a great turnout for the powwow which is in its second year.
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Rick Garrick/Wawatay News
A group of DFC students held a panel discussion during the FNSSP conference at the high school.
Rick Garrick/Wawatay News
A group of DFC students held a panel discussion during the FNSSP conference at the high school.
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Rick Garrick/Wawatay News
Acting NAPS Police Chief Bob Herman says NAPS needs a legislative framework similar to other policing services if it is going to provide the services that people in communities deserve.
Rick Garrick/Wawatay News
Acting NAPS Police Chief Bob Herman says NAPS needs a legislative framework similar to other policing services if it is going to provide the services that people in communities deserve.
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NAN Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler at the Sandy Lake NAPS detachment.
Rick Garrick/Wawatay News:
NAN Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler at the Sandy Lake NAPS detachment.
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The struggles faced by NAPS officers on the ground in communities largely relate to funding and the lack of legislation governing the force. Those issues are being highlighted by NAPS Acting Police Chief Bob Herman as well as leaders in Nishnawbe Aski Nation, as First Nations struggle to make the provincial and federal governments step up when it comes to First Nations policing.
(Pictured is a NAPS officer patrolling the streets in Kashechewan with a K9 police dog).
Chris Kataquapit/Special to Wawatay News
The struggles faced by NAPS officers on the ground in communities largely relate to funding and the lack of legislation governing the force. Those issues are being highlighted by NAPS Acting Police Chief Bob Herman as well as leaders in Nishnawbe Aski Nation, as First Nations struggle to make the provincial and federal governments step up when it comes to First Nations policing.
(Pictured is a NAPS officer patrolling the streets in Kashechewan with a K9 police dog).
Chris Kataquapit/Special to Wawatay News
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Jorge Barrera/APTN News
Rebecca Iahtail reacts to seeing the injunction posted by a sheriff on Feb. 15 along the winter road between Attawapiskat and the De Beers Victor Mine, where Iahtail and several other community members had been blockading the road. The injunction was extended by a Timmins judge on Feb. 22 and ordered Ontario Provincial Police officers to make arrests if it was not followed. The blockade peacefully ended that night.
Jorge Barrera/APTN News
Rebecca Iahtail reacts to seeing the injunction posted by a sheriff on Feb. 15 along the winter road between Attawapiskat and the De Beers Victor Mine, where Iahtail and several other community members had been blockading the road. The injunction was extended by a Timmins judge on Feb. 22 and ordered Ontario Provincial Police officers to make arrests if it was not followed. The blockade peacefully ended that night.
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Fort William’s Marlene Pierre wants First Nations people on the jury at the new inquest into her 27-year-old son’s death in jail.
Rick Garrick/Wawatay News
Fort William’s Marlene Pierre wants First Nations people on the jury at the new inquest into her 27-year-old son’s death in jail.
Rick Garrick/Wawatay News
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Brent Wesley/Special to Wawatay News
Joan Jack speaking at the WahkaWiiwin Conference in Sioux Lookout on Feb. 21. The gathering provided discussions on international law, treaties, legislation and Aboriginal law. Videos of the presentations can be found on Wawatay TV’s YouTube channel.
Brent Wesley/Special to Wawatay News
Joan Jack speaking at the WahkaWiiwin Conference in Sioux Lookout on Feb. 21. The gathering provided discussions on international law, treaties, legislation and Aboriginal law. Videos of the presentations can be found on Wawatay TV’s YouTube channel.
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Elijah Sugarhead of Nibinamik First Nation speaks during Ryerson University’s Idle No More rally on Feb. 4 in Toronto.
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Elijah Sugarhead of Nibinamik First Nation speaks during Ryerson University’s Idle No More rally on Feb. 4 in Toronto.
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Smiling during a skating drill.
Smiling during a skating drill.
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A mother or kookum helps a young player gear up for her practice session.
A mother or kookum helps a young player gear up for her practice session.
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Resting between drills.
Resting between drills.
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Waiting to take the ice.
Waiting to take the ice.
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Youth take part in a practice drill.
Youth take part in a practice drill.
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