Sagatay, December 2008 / January 2009
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In early August, a herd of 15 goats bought by KI from a New Liskard, Ont. farm arrived aboard a Wasaya cargo plane. A pen installed temporarily inside the Hawker Siddely 748 kept the livestock properly contained while airborne. |
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ᐊᐱ ᑲᐊᓂᒪᑕᑭᓱᐨ ᐅᐸᐡᑯᐱᓯᑦ, ᒪᒪᐤ ᓂᔭᓄᔕᑊ ᒥᓴᐳᓱᐠ ᑭᐱᑕᑯᓴᐦᐅᓇᐧᐊᐠ ᐧᐁᑎ ᔕᐧᐊᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐱᔑᑭᐧᐃᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑭᐱᐅᒋᐧᐃᓂᐧᑕ ᐁᐧᑲ ᐃᒪ ᐧᐊᓭᔭ ᐳᓯᑕᓱᓂᐱᒥᓭᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᑭᐅᒋᐱᒧᓇᐧᐊᐠ. |
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Chief Donny Morris of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) says he was “thrown into” a political career that began in 1992. |
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She was surfing the Net, running her name through a search engine, when she got the news. She had been nominated for three Aboriginal Music Peoples Choice Awards: best new artist, best songwriter and single of the year. |
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Mother by day, runner by night. That was life for Racheal Anishinabie heading into the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in August. |
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“People in our community have always been scrambling just to make basic financial transactions. This credit union will help them to look after their financial affairs. This has been needed for a long time – a place to deposit our cheques, open up bank accounts ... We have needed something like this for a very long time and we are pleased the credit union is now open.” –Bearskin Lake Chief Rodney McKay |
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Good day from the skies above northern Ontario! I am writing this message today on-board one of Wasaya’s 28 aircraft that make our many daily departures the lifeline connection to the north. |
Past issues of Sagatay have included some basic Oji-Cree or
Anishininimowen language terms, and we are continuing with our
promotion of indigenous language for our readers in hopes that you will
“use it before we lose it.”
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