Sagatay, August / September 2008
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ᑲᕑᓂᐟ ᐊᐣᒋᑯᓀᑊ ᐅᒋᑎᐯᑕᑯᓯ ᐅᐱᔑᑯᑲᐠ ᐁᐧᑲ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐧᐊᓂᓇᐧᐊᑲᐠ ᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑ. ᑭᐱᐃᐡᑯᓄ ᐯᓫᐃᑲᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᐧᑲ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ 1998 ᑭᐱᐅᒋᐧᐊᐧᐃᒋᐧᑕ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐧᐃ ᓇᑕᐧᐃᐦᐃᐧᐁᐧᐃ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐧᐊᐨ. |
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Garnet Angeconeb is an Anishinaabe originally from the Lac Seul First Nation and now living in Sioux Lookout. He attended Pelican Indian Residential School and has been an active member of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) board of directors since 1998. |
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Georgina Wabano is a teacher’s assistant in her home community of Weenusk, located on the shores of Hudson Bay. Last summer, for the second year in a row, Georgina worked as a camp counsellor with the Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps, hosted by her community, instead of taking a much needed break after the school year. |
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The Native counsellor at her high school says she has a quiet dignity about her. The director of an anti-racism play she acted in calls her absolutely wonderful. “I don’t really feel I’m any different than anyone else,” Ginger Beardy, 16, says in a shy but confident voice. “I just try hard.” |
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Stye Quequish, a Weagamow Lake member living in Sioux Lookout, is a prolific rap artist, although his music is still more hobby than career. Rapping under the name Sunsetting Kidd, he has recorded five solo albums, sold more than 1,000 CDs and hundreds of fans have listened to his songs and watched his music videos online. |
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