Lenny Carpenter — Wawatay News

‘LA fever’ in Garden River

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Barbara Nolan of Garden River First Nation said the community’s experiencing ‘LA fever’ these days.
“Everybody’s got ‘LA, LA’ on their Facebook,” Nolan said. “It’s just the big fever in Garden River.”
With the Los Angeles Kings leading 3-0 against the New Jersey Devils in the NHL Stanley Cup Final, there are a lot of reasons for the community to be experiencing LA fever. Garden River’s Jordan Nolan is part of the Kings team that has dominated these playoffs, utilizing his speed, size and physical play on the team’s fourth line.

Mattagami forced to evacuate due to forest fire

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Mattagami First Nation Chief Walter Naveau said it was a trying time for his community when they were forced to evacuate as a forest fire threatened to converge on the reserve on May 23.
“It’s very hard to see your people (go through this),” Naveau said on May 25 in Kapuskasing. “Some of them are crying when the debriefing began,”

Kwandibens completes cross-country photography tour

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Nadya Kwandibens of Northwest Angle #37 First Nation has been on the road since January.
“Whenever I think about my apartment, I think about my bed,” she said on May 31 during her weeklong stay in Thunder Bay. “I just can’t wait to relax.”
The 34-year-old was in the midst of a cross-country tour where she stopped in eight cities beginning in Vancouver and ending in Montreal to do photo shoots.
The sole owner and operator of Red Works Studio, Kwandibens goes on a photography tour twice a year: across Canada in the spring and in various U.S. cities in the fall.

Project George teaching youth, saving lives

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About five years ago, an Elder named George E. Echum went up to Moose Cree Deputy Chief Charlie Cheechoo to talk about the youth.
“And he told me, you guys have to start taking kids out in the bush,” Cheechoo recalls. “Too many of them are not doing anything. They have nothing to do. They’re bored. All there is here for them is drugs and alcohol.”
Cheechoo thought about it but was unsure on how to go about starting a program or initiative. Then about three years later, a young man named George Cheechoo approached the deputy chief.

Moosonee nets funding to install public docks

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The Town of Moosonee has received funding to install the public docks on the Moose River front, weeks after residents have raised health and safety concerns.
Wakenagun Community Futures Development Corporation said it will provide $5,000 to install and maintain the docks for the summer of 2012.
Prior to the announcement, Moosonee mayor Victor Mitchell remained adamant that more boat taxi drivers on the Moose River front needed to pay a $400 docking fee in order for the town to install public docks.

Hardisty reelected Moose Cree chief

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Norm Hardisty Jr. has been reelected as the chief of Moose Cree First Nation.
Hardisty barely won the election against seven other candidates, eking out a victory by four votes. Hardisty received 159 votes while the next candidate Patricia Faries received 155 votes. Harry Rickard had 131 votes while David Fletcher had 111 votes.
Earl Cheechoo was elected as the deputy chief with 249 votes, beating out incumbent Charlie Cheechoo who had 191 votes and Vern Cheechoo and George Lazarus.

Bearskin member meets Prince Charles

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Matthew Poulin of Bearskin Lake First Nation was in disbelief when an Aboriginal organization told him he had an opportunity to meet royalty.
Poulin, who grew up in Sioux Lookout, was looking for volunteer opportunities from Miziwe Biik, a Toronto-based organization that provides training and employment opportunities for Native people, after completing his first year of a computer studies program at George Brown College. Weeks later, they called him back.

Duo canoeing to Hudson Bay reach Wunnumin Lake

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It took them two weeks but the duo canoeing from Pickle Lake to the ice floes of Hudson Bay have completed the first leg of their journey.
Sam Hunter of Weenusk First Nation and Kevin Vallieres of Hearst, Ont., reached Wunnumin Lake First Nation on June 6 after embarking on their 1,500-kilometre journey from Pickle Lake on May 23.
“Reaching Wunnumin Lake is breathtaking,” Hunter said in an email to Wawatay News. “Water and islands as far as the eye can see which only makes you feel real good inside.”

Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin speaks to artists on ‘art of listening’

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Aboriginal filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin believes there is one basic rule for all works of art.
“For me, the rule is called love,” the 79-year-old told a group of artists of various disciplines on May 9. “I think what drives us is the love we have, of the land, of the people, of the traditions, the way people speak. It brings people home.”
The Abenaki documentary filmmaker believes that artists are the voice of the country.

Joint inquest into NAN youth deaths ‘atypical,’ says chief coroner’s office

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The joint inquest into the seven Nishnawbe Aski Nation youth who died while attending school in Thunder Bay is an “atypical” case because of the number of deceased, said a representative in the Office of the Chief Coroner.
Cheryl Mahyr, an issues manager in the Office of the Chief Coroner and Ontario Forensic Pathology Unit, said most inquests involve one death though it is not unusual to involve more than one.
“We haven’t had an inquest with seven deceased for quite, quite some time,” she said.

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