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Victoria Chilton of Moose Cree, pictured, has never sat on a jury. As a First Nations woman, she is not alone in that. A report released last week on the state of jury rolls in northern Ontario hopes to change the under-representation of First Nations on juries, by ensuring that First Nations are accurately considered on jury rolls. Other people argue that improving jury rolls is not enough, and more systematic changes are needed. Either way, as the numbers of First Nations people being incarcerated continues to rise, the state of the justice system continues to gain importance. See coverage of the Iacobucci report on jury rolls starting on page 6, systematic issues with juries on page 8 and one example of a First Nations self-government solution to justice on page 9.

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First Nations people rarely end up on juries. Some blame jury rolls, others, systematic problems such as racism. Regardless, the issue

raises troubling questions about the meaning of justice in Canada

ᕒᐃᐠ ᑫᕒᐃᐠᐗᐗᑌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ

ᒥᐡᑭᑯᑲᒥᐠ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᑳᓂ ᐠᕒᐁ ᒪᑫ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒋᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐎᒋᐎᑎᐎᐣ ᑲᑭᐎᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐯᐱᐌᕒᐃ 26 ᐃᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ᙮ “ᑭᔑᐎᒋᑫᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᐃᐌ ᓂᑕᒼ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᕒᐃᑎ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑫᑯᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒫᒋᓭᑭᐸᐣ ᐎᒋᐎᑎᐎᓂᐠ,” ᐠᕒᐁ ᒪᑫ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᐅᑭᐗᐸᑕᓇᐗ ᑭᒋᐦᐊᒥᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᐱᐦᐅᑎᓱᐗᐨ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᑎᕒᐃᑎᐣ -- ᐃᐃᐌ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᐎᒋᐎᑎᐎᐣ᙮ ᑭᑭᔭᔭᒥᐣ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᒥᔑ ᑲᐱᑕᑯᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᐌᒥᒋᑯᔑᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᓂᓯᑕᐎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ᙮ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑕᐡ ᐯᔑᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ᙮” ᐠᕒᐁ ᒪᑫ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐃᐌ ᓂᑕᒼ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᐣ, ᒋᑭᐅᓇᐱᐗᐨ ᑫᐊᐱᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑫᐃᔑ ᒪᑕᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᓀᒋᑫᐎᐣ, ᐁᑭ ᐅᒋᒥᓉᑕᐠ᙮

“ᑭᐗᐸᑕᐣ ᐁᑭᐱᓯᑕᑯᔭᐠ,” ᐠᕒᐁ ᒪᑫ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐱᑕᐠ ᑭᒋᓇᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫ ᐸᕒᐊᐣᐠ ᐊᔭᑯᐳᒋ, ᐁᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᐠ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᐯᐱᐌᕒᐃ 26 ᐃᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ᙮ “ᑲᐎᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐱᓯᑕᐠ ᐅᑕᐗᑲᐠ: ᑭᐅᒋ ᐱᓯᒋᑫ ᐅᑌᐦᐃᐠ ᑲᑭᔑᐎᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ᙮”

ᐊᔭᑲᐳᒋ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᑲᐅᓇᐸᒪᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᐁᒪᒋᑲᐸᐎᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᐣᒋ, ᐃᑭᐌᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᑕᐡ ᒪᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐗᐨ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ᙮“ᐁᑭ ᐅᑕᓴᒪᐱᑕᑎᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᐗᐸᒪᑾ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ 32 ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᒥᓯᓭ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ, ᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᓂᐗᐣ 17 ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ, ᐃᓇᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐃᓀᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᒋᑭᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓂᐠ ᑲᐱᒥᐎᒋᑲᑌᐠ,” ᐊᔭᑲᐳᒋ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑐᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᓄᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᐊᐗᔑᒣ ᑕᑭᒥᓄᓭ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᑲᐱᓯᒋᑫᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ

ᑲᐱᒥᐎᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ, ᑎᔑᑌᐺᑕᐣ, ᒋᑭᒥᓄᓭᐠ ᑫᐅᒋ ᑌᐱᓇᒧᐗᐨ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐗᐎᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᐌᓂ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ᙮”

ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᑭᑕᑯᓂᑲᑌ ᒋᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᒪᑕᓄᑭᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐅᓇᒋᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᑫᐅᒋ ᐎᑕᒪᐗᐨ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᑭᒋᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ᙮

ᑭᒋᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐢᑲᐠ ᒑᐣ ᑫᕒᐃᐟᓴᐣ ᐅᑭᑌᐺᑕᐣ ᐎᐸᐨ ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑭᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑭᐎᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ᙮

“ᐁᑲᒋᑭᒥᓄᓭᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒋᑭᐎᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᐎᒪᑕᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒋᑭᑕᑯᓇᑲᓀᐗᐨ, ᑲᐅᓇᓴᒥᐣ ᑫᒪᑕᓄᑭᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᒋᑕᑯᓇᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐠ,” ᑫᕒᐃᐟᓴᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ, ᐊᐗᔑᒣ ᐁᑭᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᒋᐅᓇᐱᐗᐨ ᐅᐣᐟᕒᐃᔪ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᐱᑕᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ᙮

ᐊᔭᑯᐳᒋ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᓂᐠ

ᐁᑭᑭᑫᑕᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔕᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᔑᑲᐯᔑᐗᐨ ᐁᑭᐸᔭᑌᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᐎᑕᒪᑫᐎᓇᐣ: ᒥᑕᐦᐃ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐣᒋ ᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒪᒪᓂᐎ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓂᐠ ᒋᔑᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᑭᑕᑯᓇᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ᙮

“ᐃᐃᐌ ᑕᐡ ᑲᓇᑲᐡᑭᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᒋᑭᑕᑯᓇᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲ ᐊᐱᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᓭᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᒪᒪᓂᐎᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᐃᐌᓂ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐎᓂᐗ, ᐅᑎᓇᑎᓯᐎᓂᐗ, ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᒋᑲᓇᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᐅᑎᓇᑯᓂᑫᐎᓂᐗ ᐅᐅᐌᑎ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ,” ᐊᔭᑲᐳᒋ ᐃᔑᐱᐦᐃᑫ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᓂᐠ᙮ “ᑭᐊᓂᓂᔑᑕᐎᓇᑯᐣ ᑲ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐊᑾ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ, ᑭᒋᔭᔭᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑲᓂᐗᐠ᙮ ᒪᒪᐤ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐗᐸᑕᒧᐗᐨ, ᒋᐊᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᒪᓂᐎ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ, ᐃᐃᐌ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᐣ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒋᐎᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐎᐣ ᑕᑭᒥᓄᓭᓯᐣ᙮”

Continued on page 7

ᐎᐸᐨ ᐅᓀᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᓇᑕᐌᑕᑯᐣ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐅᓇᐸᒪᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ

Frank Iacobucci

A jury of peers

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THIS WEEK IN WAWATAY NEWS...Family waiting on new inquest

ᑎᐯᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᐸᐱᑐᓇᐗ ᐅᐡᑭ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐎᐣᒉᓯ ᐱᐁᕒ ᐅᑯᒥᒪᐣ, ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐡᑾᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᒣᑾᐨ ᐁᑭᐸᑳᐦᐊᑲᓀᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ

ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᐎᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓂᓂ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᑕᑭᐊᓂ ᒪᒥᓄᓭᐗᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ᙮

ᒫᕒᓬᐃᐣ ᐱᐁᕒ ᑭᓴᑲᐦᐊᒧᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᐅᓯᓴᐣ ᑲᑭ ᐃᐡᑾᐱᒪᑎᓯᓂᐸᐣ ᐁᑭᑲᑴᑭᑫᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᓇᑭᒪᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ᙮

ᓂᔭᓄᐊᐦᑭ ᐊᔕ ᐱᐁᕒ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑎᐯᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑭᔭᐸᐨ ᐸᐱᐦᐅᐗᐠ ᑯᑕᑭᓂ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐎᐣ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐎᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᐠ ᐃᔭᑯᐳᒋ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᑕᑭᐎᒋᐦᐃᑯᓇᐗ ᒋᑭᑫᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒥᓄᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ᙮

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NAN joins LU Law debate

ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᐎᒋᑐᓇᐗ ᐎᑴᑐᐠ ᑭᒋᑭᑭᓄᒪᑎᐎᑲᒥᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᐊᓂᒧᒋᑫᐎᐣ

ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑎᓂᑕᑶᐗᐠ ᐅᑎᑭᑐᐎᓂᐗ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓄᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᑕᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᐃᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐎᑴᑐᐠ ᑭᒋᑭᑭᓄᒪᑎᐎᑲᒥᐠ ᑲᐎ ᐅᐡᑭᒪᒋᑕᓂᐗᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑎᐎᑲᒥᐠ᙮

ᑭᑭᓄᒪᐗᑲᓇᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐎᑴᑐᐠ ᑭᒋᑭᑭᓄᒪᑎᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐅᑭᑲᓄᑕᓇᐗ ᐃᐃᐌ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᐎᐣ ᒋᑭᑕᑯᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᑭᑫᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐊᐱᑕ ᐊᐦᑭ ᐁᑕ ᒋᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑭᔑᐅᓇᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐯᔑᑯᐊᐦᑭ ᒋᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑫᓇᓂᐗᑭᐸᐣ, ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ᙮

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Sandy Lake student receives army award

ᓀᐣᑲᐎᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᐗᑲᐣ ᐅᑭᑌᐱᓇᐣ ᐅᓄᒋᒋᑫ ᑭᑭᓇᐗᒋᒋᑲᐣ

ᓭ˙ᐨ ᒪᐗᑭᓯᐠ ᑭᑭᒋᓇᑭᒪᑲᓀ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑫᓂᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᕒᐁᐣᒍᕒᐢ ᑲᑭᔑᐗᐎᒋᑐᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᑲᐦᐃᐌᐗᐨ ᓀᑲᐎᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᓂᐱᐠ, ᓯᓵᓱᔕᑊ ᑲᑕᓱ ᐊᐦᑭᐎᓀᐨ ᒍᓂᔪᕒ ᕒᐁᐣᒍᕒ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᑭᐎᒋᑐᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᐸᐦᐃᐌᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᑭ ᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᑭᐃᓀᑕᒼ ᒋᑭᑐᑕᑭᐸᐣ᙮

ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᐗᐨ ᐁᑭᑭᒋᓀᑕᐠ ᑲᑭᐎᒋᐦᐊᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᓂᐨ᙮Page 15

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ᑲᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑲᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑕᒥᓄᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ 2014 ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐅᑕᒥᓄᐎᓇᐣ ᒣᑾᐨ ᐅᑐᓀᓂᒪᐗᐣ ᐊᐗᓀᓇᐣ ᑫᐎᒋᐦᐃᑯᐗᐨ ᑲᐎᐅᑕᒥᓄᓇᓂᐗᐠ᙮

ᑲᐅᑕᒥᓄᐗᐨ ᒥᓯᐌ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᑲᓀᐗᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᒪᐗᑐᐡᑲᐗᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐅᑕᒥᓄᐎᓇᐣ ᐁᓂᐯᔑᓇᑯᐠ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑭᒋᐅᑕᒥᓄᐎᓇᐣ᙮

ᑲᓇᐗᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᑎᐯᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐎᓇᐗ ᐅᑲᑲᓇᐗᐸᑕᓇᐗ ᒥᓯᑌᑲᒥᐠ ᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐎᐣ ᐅᑕᒥᓄᐎᐣ ᒋᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᐳᕒᐅᓬ 28᙮ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᐃᑴᐗᐠ ᑲᐱᒪᑴᐸᐦᐃᑫᐗᐨ ᐅᑲᑴᐸᑭᓇᐗᑕᓇᐗ ᐅᓴᐗᐱᑯᐢ ᑲᑭᑌᐱᓇᒧᐗᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᐊᐦᑭᐗᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᓇᐯᐗᐠ ᑕᑲᑴᐸᑭᓇᑫᐗᐠ ᑭᑭᓇᐗᒋᒋᑲᓂᓂ᙮

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First Nations police deal not adequate, NAN saysRick GarrickWawatay News

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler does not welcome the federal government’s Feb. 4 announcement to maintain funding over the next five years for policing agreements with First Nation and Inuit commu-nities under the First Nations Policing Program.

“There was no details given on the announcement, there was no indication of any increase (in fund-ing), there was no indica-

tion that the Police Officer Recruitment Fund would be renewed,” Fiddler said the day after the announcement was made. “We see it as a status quo, an extension of the old model that has been in place for NAPS (Nish-nawbe-Aski Police Service) since 1994.”

The federal government announced a five year exten-sion to First Nations and Inuit policing services on Mar. 4.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said the federal government is committed

to keeping “our streets and communities safe.”

“Today’s announcement pro-vides stable multi-year fund-ing for policing services in First Nation and Inuit communities,” Toews said. “Our government will continue to support First Nation and Inuit policing.”

The agreement provides five years of guaranteed funding for police forces such as Nish-nawbe-Aski Police Services, although it fails to address the calls for First Nations police forces to be legislated like pro-vincial and municipal forces.

Fiddler and Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Acting Chief of Police Bob Herman had both recently called for NAPS to be operated as a legislated police service instead of the program it currently operates as.

“We would be obligated to meet those (legislated) stan-dards and we would need proper resourcing to meet those standards,” Fiddler had said.

Fiddler said NAPS has been operating for the past 18 years, since it was founded, as a pro-gram subject to capped funding and funding cuts.

Herman also called for an increase in funding, noting that NAPS has not had a significant increase in funding since 2009.

“Other police services are properly funded and each year can actually get their funding increased to meet their needs,” Herman said.

National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo welcomed the announcement by Toews.

“An immediate renewal of funding and then a com-mitment to working towards long term sustainability is very important,” Atleo said.

“Now we must turn our atten-tion to all jurisdictions work-ing together to strengthen and secure First Nations policing through partnership and inno-vation. It is essential that we promote and deliver on safety and security for all of our com-munities.”

The First Nations Policing Program supports professional, dedicated and culturally-responsive policing services to First Nation and Inuit commu-nities. The program provided funding to 163 policing agree-ments in 2012-13.

NAN chimes in on law school debateRick GarrickWawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is calling for Lakehead Univer-sity to re-implement a full-credit indigenous course in the new law school’s course of study, as students continue a sit in protest.

“Nishnawbe Aski Nation supports the position of the students — I don’t think it is right to minimize the impor-tance of the Native people from a full-credit to a half-credit,” said Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic. “After close analysis of the situation, NAN demands the university follow the original course curriculum that was approved by the Senate, the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Education.”

NAN had been involved in the final approved pro-posal for LU’s new law school

after LU’s first proposal was rejected.

“Lakehead University would be a trailblazer and fore runner in indigenous learning and legal education not only nationally but inter-nationally by offering the original course that focuses on Indigenous worldviews,” Kakegamic said.

Lee Stuesser, dean of the new law school, said the course was changed to a half-credit to accommodate the inclusion of a criminal law component that had not been in the law school’s proposed curriculum that was origi-nally accepted by the Federa-tion of Law Societies of Can-ada in 2011.

“We had to make some changes and property law was one course that I felt we could cut from six credits to three,” Stuesser said. “And then we took a good look at the Native Canadian World View course

and I thought it could run very well as a half course, complementing at the same time, a course called Founda-tions of Canadian Law, which is the western perspective. We’ll see the Aboriginal per-spective in the one and the western perspective in the other.”

Kakegamic said there are plenty of indigenous issues

that could be studied in a full-credit indigenous course, noting that Lakehead Univer-sity is located in the middle of First Nations territory.

“We want our students and other students to know our rights,” Kakegamic said. “A lot of them will also practice in our territory, so I think the dean needs to know some of the principles why the medi-cal school became so success-ful. They reached out to the First Nations; they got First Nations involved.”

Kakegamic said he only learned about the half-credit indigenous course through the media.

“There was no collabora-tion,” Kakegamic said. “There was no consultation whatso-ever.”

Meanwhile, the students were on the eighth day of their sit in next to Stevenson’s office on March 5.

“Nishnawbe Aski Nation supports the position of the stu-dents — I don’t think it is right to minimize the importance of the Native people from a full-credit to a half-credit...”

– Goyce Kakegamic.

First Nations economic impact on Thunder Bay raised by NAN

Rick GarrickWawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is planning an open house for April 19 to identify the economic impact NAN and its associated organizations have on Thunder Bay.

“Sioux Lookout would be a ghost town if it wasn’t for Aboriginal people,” said Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic. “And in the city of Thunder Bay, you would be surprised when you begin to analyze how many Native people are in the city that contribute to the economy of Thunder Bay.”

Kakegamic said there are more than 30 Aborigi-nal organizations in Thun-der Bay, including Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute, Nishnawbe Aski Develop-

ment Fund, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, Matawa First Nations and Wasaya Air-ways.

Kakegamic said the employees of the Aboriginal organizations in Thunder Bay earn millions of dollars while some of the organiza-tions pay significant rents for their office spaces and others pay property taxes on their office buildings. He also noted that Wasaya owns three different companies in Thunder Bay.

“Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, how many staff do they have?” Kakegamic said. “They own the building, so they are paying (property) tax.”

Kakegamic said Keewayti-nook Okimakanak owns two buildings in Thunder Bay.

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As Native people we have to deal with so many addictions. That

makes life more difficult than it should be. We are relatively new to the concept of money as compared to other cultures who have been dealing with financial systems for hundreds if not thousands of years.

One of the big obstacles in our way has been a very naive understanding of how the money system works.

That confusion combined with our attraction to gam-bling leads to very negative consequences for many First Nation people. However, this is not affecting only Native people as the average Cana-dian does not get much edu-cation when it comes to the financial system and how the money system works.

Most of us are primarily indoctrinated through edu-cation and propaganda to become good workers who are dedicated to being out of control consumers. We are convinced that if we invest money with financial institu-tions that they will help us grow our money. At the same time we are also raised in a culture where it is normal to play games of chance and risk such as bingo or so many other forms of gambling.

Casinos have become big business in many First Nations communities.

As is the case in all areas of gambling the odds are always against us. That goes for our interest in gambling at all lev-els including investment areas like the stock market and banking promotions.

The financial institutions use language most of us do not really understand and often we are pulled into investments that we think are safe but in fact are not if something goes wrong with the economy.

It is depressing to think about it but life is really too much about money. We are convinced to get a good edu-cation so that we can get a good job and most of us are groomed to be indebted con-sumers. The first thing that most of us do after graduating is to buy a new car. I noticed some graffiti in my recent travels to a city that read ‘I work so I can pay my car so I can go to work’.

The next big thing we as consumers do is buy a house and that is where the debt really kicks in. For some reason we find it normal to

become involved in 25-year mortgages at high interest rates so that we can have a home and roof over our heads.

Everyone thinks that every First Nation person has a free house but that is not the case.

Many people living off the reserve either have to pur-chase or rent a home. Those living on First Nations across the country face a housing cri-sis mainly because adequate funding as agreed upon by government has not been suf-ficient.

So, instead of owning their own home, people on remote First Nations are caught in living conditions where they share space in crowded condi-tions with poor water quality and in many cases inadequate sewage infrastructure.

With development taking place on First Nation lands across the country, there is an opportunity for my people to receive training and to go to work.

You have to understand that for many remote First Nations, this is the first time in history, that these opportunities have become available.

In the past to a large degree, Native people were not involved or did not receive any benefits from resource development on First Nation lands. If governments are will-ing to settle land claims fairly and to put together a system where First Nations across the country can benefit from resource development hap-pening on their lands, then we would be better off in terms of participating in the money system.

First Nation people won’t be able to adapt to these new relationships overnight and it may take a generation or two until we have learned enough skills to be able to deal with life as most Canadians know it.

No matter what, First Nation people and non-Native people have to demand that the necessary skills to understand and deal with the money system is taught in our schools. Right now, all of the power and knowledge in our financial system rests with a small percentage of people that control a huge amount of wealth, the banks and to a large degree our governments.

If you ever think that it is only First Nation people who have a problem with money, all you have to do is consider the fact that federal govern-ments over the last hundred years have given us a debt of over $600 billion dollars in Canada.

You can view that changing amount at www.debtclock.ca. That amount continues to rise every day and has accelerated in the past decade.

Xavier Kataquapit

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The cost of living

Funding sets things up to fail

Editor,Re: Chronic underfunding

of NAPS leaves communities at risk, Wawatay News Feb. 28

Government funding has always been enough to fail, albeit enough to identify the problems in a more systematic manner.

Until the applicable govern-ments begin real and honest dialogue with the First Nations leadership neither side will have a good understanding of how to move forward.

The process will require patience and persistence on both sides to overcome misun-derstandings, prejudices, and to build trust, goodwill, and sup-port from all of our communi-

ties.I would like to add that it is

very hard to be patient when you are continually dealing with crisis’ due in large part to the systems in place and the chronic underfunding of those systems.

My prayers are with the First Nations and Canadian govern-ments.

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Process ore in regionEditor,Re: Rail cheaper than road

for Ring of Fire, Wawatay News Feb. 28

Perhaps all of the process-ing should be done in the mine area. The First Nations could actually build, own and oper-

ate local hydro-electric dams to supply power with any excess possibly sold to Ontario Hydro. If Ontario Hydro does not agree, sell it to Quebec. The milling and refining could be done on site and provide an additional 500+ jobs to the area. Perhaps shipping the raw material to Sudbury for processing was only a politi-cal maneuver so (former min-ister) Bartolucci could brag of the jobs he stole from the First Nations and gave to Sudbury. Shipping out only the finished product would greatly reduce the transportation require-ments. If the deposit proves to be as big as Sudbury, which many say it is, this is a very seri-ous consideration for the local First Nations and they should

be allowed to retain as much of the benefit as they desire. The next eight to 10 years leading up to development would allow for training of First Nations and should give time for develop-ment of hydro dams. If the gov-ernment screws up the mine, the First Nations could still sell the power which would provide a steady revenue for them.

Submitted online

Whiteman affairs?Editor,Re: New Aboriginal Affairs

minister named, Wawatay News Feb 21

There needs to be a minister of whiteman affairs, lol.

Submitted online

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Fort William to host mining conferenceRick GarrickWawatay News

Fort William First Nation is looking to prepare commu-nity members for the expected northern Ontario mining boom by hosting a mining conference from March 25-26.

“We want to get our commu-nity members, as many as we can, involved with the mining sector,” said Michael Pelletier, Fort William’s director of eco-nomic development. “A lot of the jobs that come up in mining are specialized and you need training, so (with) a couple of years of school or the training required, hopefully we can have our folks ready when things are booming.”

Pelletier said the community also wants to work with Thun-der Bay to develop the area as a hub for mining.

“A lot of things have to come through Thunder Bay to get to the north, so we’d like to ready here in Thunder Bay and Fort William so we can help with some of the support services and all the other industry that needs to happen to make min-ing work.”

Pelletier said everyone is wel-come to attend the Fort William First Nation Mining Conference, which will be held at the Fort William First Nation Commu-nity Centre.

The conference will feature

mining company presenta-tions by a number of compa-nies, including Bending Lake Iron Group, Cliff’s Natural Resources, Noront Resources and Treasury Metals.

“The main thrust of this came out of a study done by Lakehead University on min-ing in northwestern Ontario,” said Walter Bannon, Fort Wil-liam’s communication officer. “That was when we spawned the idea of making sure that we understood the importance of mining in the future and how we were to make sure that our people and the people of north-western Ontario were educated in what was coming in terms of mining and what business opportunities were available in the future.”

Presentations on Women in Mining, the Fort William First Nation Mining Strategy, Aborig-inal Involvement in Mining, Mining Essentials and a round-table discussion will also be held during the conference.

“Mining really is the focus of things happening up here in northwestern Ontario,” Pel-letier said. “We really want to educate our youth, our women, our community as well as Thun-der Bay about some of the min-ing opportunities coming up and give them a little bit of a how-to in how to get involved in mining.”

People interested in attend-ing are encouraged to register online at www.fwfnmining.com.

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Mishkeegogamang Chief Connie Gray-McKay is calling for a focus on partnership after the First Nations Representa-tions on Ontario Juries report was released on Feb. 26 in Thunder Bay.

“It reflects on the original intentions of the treaty that anything that goes forward has to begin as a partnership,” Gray-McKay said. “That was envi-sioned by our Elders when they signed the treaties — that it’s a government-to-government relationship. We had systems there before contact and those have to be recognized. And one of those was the system of jus-tice.”

Gray-McKay said the report’s first recommendation, on estab-lishing an implementation com-mittee, was an inspiration to her.

“It shows me that he lis-tened,” Gray-McKay said about former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci, who deliv-ered the report on Feb. 26 in Thunder Bay. “He didn’t listen with his ears; he listened with his heart to the concerns of our First Nations people.”

Iacobucci said the justice sys-tem and juries process is in a state of crisis for Ontario’s First Nations people, particularly those living in the north.

“As a result of our face-to-face meetings with leaders and community members from 32 First Nations across Ontario,

we developed 17 recommenda-tions that will help ensure that the cultural values, laws and ideologies of First Nations are better reflected in the Canadian justice system,” Iacobucci said. “Implementing the recommen-dations to improve Ontario’s juries and justice system will, I believe, make great strides in improving the access and par-ticipation of First Nation peo-ples in Ontario’s justice system.”

The report’s recommenda-tions include establishing an implementation committee and establishing a First Nation advisory group to the Attorney General.

Attorney General John Ger-retsen agreed to immediately work to address those two rec-ommendations.

“Since no solution to increas-ing First Nation representa-tion on jury rolls can occur without working directly with First Nation partners, we will form an implementation com-mittee that includes represen-tatives from the First Nations community and from various government ministries,” Ger-retsen said, adding that a pro-vincial advisory group will also be established to focus on First Nations justice issues.

Iacobucci stated in the report that the prevailing message he learned from every First Nation he visited was very clear: sub-stantive and systemic changes to the criminal justice system are necessary conditions for First Nations participation on juries in Ontario.

“The most significant sys-temic barrier to the participa-tion of First Nations peoples in the jury system in Ontario is the negative role the criminal justice system has played in their lives, culture, values, and laws throughout history,” Iaco-bucci wrote in the report. “This became very apparent in discus-sions with First Nations lead-ers, Elders and others during the engagement sessions. They uniformly expressed the posi-tion that, until significant and substantive changes are made to the criminal justice system, the issue of jury participation will not improve.”

Leaders across the north called for quick action on the recommendations.

Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell said the provin-cial government cannot afford to take its time in implementing the recommendations.

“If the justice system contin-ues to fail us, First Nations will never be willing participants in it and the problem will move beyond the realm of jury repre-sentation,” Campbell said.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Dep-uty Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler called for action on the recom-mendations, noting the imple-mentation committee estab-lished after the 2007 Ipperwash Inquiry is “only halfway there” to implementing recommenda-tions.

“We want to see some solid markers,” Fiddler said. “We want the implementation committee to be formed fairly

quickly in consultation with our communities and to be properly resourced with a clear mandate to move forward.”

NAN began pushing for a review of jury rolls after it was revealed during the Kasheche-wan Inquest that not a single member of Kashechewan had ever been included on a jury roll and the Kenora Judicial

District jury roll only contained names of First Nations peo-ple from 14 of NAN’s 49 First Nations.

“This report draws an impor-tant linkage between the nar-row question of First Nations exclusion from the jury system and the broader alienation of First Nations from the justice system,” said Julian Falconer,

NAN’s legal counsel. “Justice Iacobucci has been clear about the way forward. It is only through respectful government-to-government relationships that justice and jury issues can be resolved.”

Falconer said it is not enough to simply fix First Nations rep-resentation on jury rolls, not-ing that First Nations youth are being disproportionately jailed and First Nations police ser-vices are operating without a regulatory framework and are “grossly” underfunded.

“These impact directly on the willingness of First Nations to engage in the justice system,” Falconer said. “All of these pieces fit in together — one can’t be touched without the other.”

NAN and two First Nation families won a landmark Court of Appeal judgement in March 2011 recognizing their right to conduct inquiries into the valid-ity of the juries empanelled in the Thunder Bay Judicial District. The appeals followed the refusals by the presiding coroners at the Inquest into the Death of Reggie Bushie and the Inquest into the Death of Jacy Pierre to summons the court official responsible for assem-bling the Thunder Bay jury roll, to give evidence as to whether First Nations people were ade-quately represented.

Iacobucci’s full report is available at http://www.attor-neygeneral . jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/default.asp#RPTS.

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The issue of First Nations rep-resentation on juries in Ontario transcends the discrete issue of juries and lies at the heart of the proper administration of justice.

That was the message deliv-ered by former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci during his Feb. 26 presentation of the First Nations Representations on Ontario Juries report.

“Very early in this engage-ment period, I quickly came to appreciate that the central problem was not simply the question of identifying the most appropriate list from which to obtain names of First Nations people living on reserves for the purpose of assembling a jury roll,” Iacobucci said. “The matter is much more complex. To properly address the issue of First Nations people on jury rolls, we cannot overlook the impact that the justice sys-tem has had on First Nations throughout history and in contemporary times, which together has created profoundly negative perceptions and expe-riences and barriers for First Nations participation.”

Iacobucci said it has become “abundantly clear” to him that the justice system as it relates to First Nations is currently in a crisis, particularly in northern Ontario.

“Despite the efforts of many individuals, access to justice, the administration of justice,

the availability and quality of legal services, the treatment of First Nations peoples in the justice system, all are wanting in northern Ontario,” Iacobucci said. “In this context, it stands to reason that if the justice sys-tem has and continues to fail First Nations people, they will be reticent to participate in the process to assemble the jury roll or to serve on juries. These unfortunate circumstances lie at the heart of the problem of the juries issue.”

Iacobucci said the time for lofty words and speeches is over — it is time for urgent, substan-tive and meaningful change.

“I feel compelled to be clear on this next point: my

report does not purport to be a panacea, a cure all for all the changes necessary to improve the justice system for First Nations people,” Iacobucci said. “Rather, it is my sincere hope that it will serve as a catalyst for such a change. In total, I offer 17 major recom-mendations I view as a top priority for the Attorney Gen-eral and the government of Ontario.”

Iacobucci said First Nations are all too familiar with the plethora of studies and reports that sit on shelves and have no real impact on their lives.

“Therefore, prompt imple-mentation will be critical to instill trust that this report will not fall by the wayside,” Iacobucci said. “For this rea-son, I have recommended that as soon as practicable, the Attorney General create an implementation commit-tee comprised of First Nation representatives, government officials and people who could lend their experience to the process. This committee would oversee the implemen-tation of the recommenda-tions in the report.”

Iacobucci said another top priority is to establish an advi-sory group to the Attorney Gen-eral to address matters affect-ing First Nations and the justice system and to create within the Ministry of the Attorney General an assistant minister position responsible for First Nations justice matters.

First Nations representation at heart of justice report

Rick Garrick/Wawatay NewsFrank Iacobucci’s report has 17

recommendations to make the justice system more equitable for First Nations

ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᑲᔑᐅᓇᐸᒪᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑭᐎᒋᑲᑌᐗᐣFrom page 1ᐅᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᒥᓯᓭ ᑭᐌᑎᓄᐠ

ᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ ᐎᐸᐨ ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ᙮

ᑫᓄᕒᐊ ᕒᐁᓂ ᓯᐱ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᑲᔭᐱᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᓭᕒᐊ ᑲᒼᐯᓬ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐣᑌᕒᐃᔪ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᑲᐎᐣ ᑕᑭᐹᑕᐎᒪᒋᑕᓯᐗᐠ ᐅᓄᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ᙮

“ᐃᐃᐌ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᒪᒋᓭᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ, ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐎᐣ ᑕᐎᐎᒋᑐᓯᐗᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᐣ ᑲᐎᐣ ᐁᑕ ᑕᑲᓇᐗᐸᒋᑲᑌᓯᓄᐣ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ,” ᑲᒼᐯᓬ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᑭᒋᐅᑭᒪᑲᓀᐢ ᐊᓬᐱᐣ ᐱᑎᓬᐅᕒ ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᑕᓄᑭᐎᐣ ᒋᔭᔭᒪᑲᐠ ᐃᓂᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ, ᐁᑭᐎᑕᐠ ᐃᑭᐌᓂᐗᐠ ᑫᒪᑕᓄᑭᑕᒧᐗᒋᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ ᑭᐅᓇᓴᑲᓀᐸᓂᐠ 2007 ᐃᐳᕒᐗᐡ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐎᐣ “ᐊᐱᑕ ᐁᑕ ᐃᓯᓭᐗᐣ” ᒋᒪᑕᓄᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐎᓇᐣ᙮

“ᓂᐎᐗᐸᑕᒥᐣ ᑫᐅᒋ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐎᐣ,” ᐱᑎᓬᐅᕒ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᓂᓇᑕᐌᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᒪᑕᓄᑭᐗᐨ ᐎᐸᐨ ᓇᐗᐨ ᒋᐅᓇᐱᒪᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᒋᐎᑕᒪᑯᔭᐠ ᑫᓂᓇᐎᐟ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐅᓇᓴᑲᓀᐨ ᔓᓂᔭ ᑫᐅᒋ ᒪᑕᓄᑭᐗᐨ᙮”

ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑭᑲᒋᓂᔕᐦᐊᓇᐗ ᒋᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᐅᓇᐸᒪᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐅᒋ ᒥᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐃᐌ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᐣ ᑲᔕᒋᐗᐣ ᓇᓇᑐᑭᑫᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᑲᓇᑫ ᐯᔑᐠ ᑲᔕᒋᐗᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐁᑭᑕᑯᓇᑲᓀᐨ ᑲᐃᔑ ᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑫᓅᕒᐊ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᑎᐯᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑲᔑᐅᓇᐸᒪᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐅᓴᒼ ᐃᑯ ᐁᑕ 14 ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ ᐃᔑᓂᑲᓱᐎᓇᐣ ᑕᑯᓂᑲᑌᐗᐣ ᑲᐅᔑ ᐅᓇᐸᒋᑫᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐊᓂᐡ 49 ᑕᓯᓄᐗᑊᐣ ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓇᐣ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐌ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᐎᐣ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᑯᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓴᑭᓯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑲᑲᑕᑯᓇᑲᓀᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑲᓇᑲᒋᐦᐊᑲᓀᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓂᐠ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ,” ᐃᑭᑐ ᒍᓬᐃᔭᐣ ᐸᓬᑯᓄᕒ, ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᐅᑕᔭᒥᑕᒪᑫ᙮ “ᐅᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫ ᐊᔭᑲᐳᒋ ᐅᑭᐸᔭᑌᐎᑕᐣ ᑫᓯᒪᑕᓄᑭᓇᓂᐗᐠ᙮ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐣ ᒋᔑ ᑲᓇᐗᐸᒥᑎᓇᓂᐗᐠ ᐎᒋᐎᑎᐎᐣ ᑕᑭᒥᓄᓭ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒪᒪᓂᐎᐣ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑕᑭᒥᓄᓭᐗᐣ᙮”

ᐸᓬᑯᓄᕒ ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᑲᐎᐣ ᑕᑭᒥᓄᓭᓯᐣ ᒋᒥᓄᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ

ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒋᑕᑯᓇᑲᓀᐗᐨ, ᒥᓇ ᐎᑕᒪᑫ ᐃᑭᐌᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᒥᔑᓄᐗᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᐸᐦᐅᑎᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᔑᒪᑲᓂᔑᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐁᐱᒥᐎᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᒥᓇ “ᐁᓄᑌᓭᐗᐨ” ᔓᓂᔭᓇᐣ᙮

“ᐅᓄᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ ᐅᒋᓯᓭ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐁᐎᐎᒋᑐᐗᐨ ᒪᒪᓂᐎ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᐱᒥᐎᒋᑫᐎᓂᐠ,” ᐸᓬᑯᓄᕒ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᑲᑭᓇ ᐅᓄᐌᓂᐗᐣ ᓇᓇᐱᓭᐗᐣ -- ᑲᐎᐣ ᑕᑭ ᐯᐯᓯᑯᐊᓂᒧᑌᓯᐗᐣ᙮”

ᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ ᒥᓇ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐤ ᑎᐯᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᑭᐸᑭᓇᑫᐸᓂᐠ ᑫᐌ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᐃᓇᑯᓂᑲᐣ ᒣᑾᐨ ᒫᕒᐨ 2011 ᐁᑭᓂᓯᑕᐎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐁᑎᐯᑎᓱᐗᐨ ᒋᑭᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐗᐨ ᑲᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᒋᑭᐊᐱᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᐣ ᑎᐯᒋᑫᐎᓂᐠ᙮

ᑭᐌᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᑭᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑲᑌᐗᐣ ᐁᑲᐅᒋᐱᓯᑕᐠ ᑲᐊᐱᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐎᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑾᐱᒪᑎᓯᐸᐣ ᕒᐁᒋ ᐳᔑ ᒥᓇ ᓇᓇᑲᒋᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑾᐱᒪᑎᓯᐨ ᒉᓯ ᐱᐁᕒ ᒋᓇᑐᒪᑲᓀᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫ ᐊᓄᑭᓇᑲᐣᐠ ᑲᐅᓇᒋᑫᐗᐨ ᑲᐅᓇᐸᒪᐗᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕒ ᐯ ᑫᐱᓯᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑎᐸᑯᓂᑫᐎᓇᐣ, ᒋᑭᐎᑕᒧᐗᐸᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᓇ ᑕᑯᓇᐗᐠ᙮


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Jury rolls just one part of issue with justice system

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In 1977, David Kairys authored a study on the under-representation of African-Amer-icans on juries across the United States.

The study examined why, nearly two decades after the start of the civil rights move-ment in America, African-Amer-icans were still proportionately far less likely to serve on juries than their white peers.

When Kairys was shown

the recent Iacobucci report on underrepresentation of First Nations people on Ontario’s jury rolls, released Feb. 26, he noted that the parallels to the work he and others had done in America were striking.

“It sounds very much like the situation we have,” Kairys said, on the phone from his office at Temple University in Philadel-phia where he works as a pro-fessor of law. “It applies to Afri-can Americans, also Latinos, and in a more general sense, poor people as well.”

The African-American expe-rience with juries and the courts is well documented in history and in popular culture. Famous books such as To Kill a Mockingbird or Hollywood movies such as A Time to Kill explored the issue of what con-stitutes a jury of peers when it comes to racial divides.

In reality, the issue of how to represent all of society on a jury of 12 people is extremely complex. But one truth seems to hold – minority populations across North America remain vastly underrepresented when it comes to sitting on juries.

Kairys noted that the prob-lem of underrepresentation on juries is generally related to two factors: potential jurors not being included on the jury rolls; and even when minority candi-dates get on the list, systematic race-based exclusion within the jury selection process in the court.

He said legal systems have a choice to make when it comes to jury representation: is the mandate to get equal represen-tation of society on jury rolls, or does it go further to ensure that actual juries are representative of the entire society?

The answer to that question goes a long way in determining how much trust the public puts in the system, he said.

“If an African-American per-son is convicted by an all-white jury, it casts doubt on the whole system,” Kairys said. “It causes the public to doubt the whole process.”

First Nations jury rolls report highlights needs

The Iacobucci report that found the majority of northern First Nations are not included on jury rolls brought up some well-received recommendations

on how to improve the jury roll record.

The question remains, how-ever, of whether more accurate jury rolls will actually result in more accurate representation on juries.

In the eyes of a number of lawyers who work on Aborigi-nal legal cases, the two issues are clearly separated. And the distinction becomes very clear when examining whether First Nations people living in Cana-dian cities find their way onto juries.

Wendy Whitecloud, from Sioux Valley in southern Mani-toba, is a professor of law at the University of Manitoba. In 1999, Whitecloud was named a commissioner on the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry Implementation Commission, tasked with imple-menting some of the recom-mendations of a report done on the issue in Manitoba in 1991.

Whitecloud said it remains rare to see a First Nations per-son on a jury in Winnipeg, despite the city’s Aboriginal population, estimated at over 23 per cent in the 2006 census.

She said the problem often relates to the veto that prosecu-tors and defense lawyers have when it comes to selecting jury members.

“The old stereotypes tend to kick in,” Whitecloud said. “Lawyers seem to assume that because you’re Aboriginal, somehow you’re not going to be objective.”

Besides the juries, White-cloud said the lack of Aborigi-nal lawyers, judges and police officers in the courts is another aspect of the problem.

“The systematic stuff, its still really strong,” Whitecloud said. “Go to the court today – how many people would you see who are First Nations working as lawyers, judges, police offi-cers? Not very many.”

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As Aboriginal people continue to represent a disproportionate number of the prison popula-tion across Canada, First Nations communities and tribal councils are trying to find ways to bring the numbers down.

One tribal council in northern Quebec has found success by establishing its own justice and corrections department.

It took more than 30 years, but in 2008 the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) finalized the agreement on its own Department of Justice and Corrections.

The department’s mission statement asserts that its pur-pose is to “represent the people it serves, help create the condi-tions for safe communities and harmonious relationships, and ensure that fundamental justice rights and practices are pro-tected.”

The department arose out of the historic James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, which was signed in 1975. The agreement called for compensa-tion of the James Bay Cree and Inuit communities in northern Quebec that would be affected by the James Bay Hydroelectric Project.

While the agreement allowed for increased support or estab-lishment of departments in the areas of economic development, education, local government and health and social services, Section 18 – which covers justice – went largely unimplemented until 2007.

“It was supposed to be on building facilities, ensuring peo-ple who came into our territory knew the Cree ways to ensure any delivery of justice respected that,” said Donald Nicholls, director of the department and a member of Mistissini Cree Nation who was born in Moose Factory.

It also called for more pro-grams and services for the nine Cree communities along with the establishment of a judicial advisory committee.

In 1998, Nicholls was hired to be the first coordinator of jus-tice but it did not meet the crite-ria set out in the agreement. In 2002, Nicholls said the council renewed its relationship with the province and the parties reexamined parts of the agree-ment that was unimplemented, which was mostly in the area of justice.

In May 2007, they signed an agreement with Quebec and established the judicial commit-tee, which is composed of mem-bers of the province and the Cree nation, before establishing the department the following year.

One of the key points raised was to build a justice centre in each community, which would employ local members and have its own community justice offi-cer. Originally the centres would only hold criminal courts but it was augmented to have civil tri-als and arbitrary hearings.

“We’re able to offer what every legal system can offer,”

Nicholls said, adding that con-struction on the last centre will be completed in the summer.

The centres were designed to have elements of Native tradi-tions.

The department invited Que-bec’s minister of justice to attend the opening of one centre and the minister was bewildered at the design of the courtroom.

“He said, ‘how do my judges judge in here?’ And I said, ‘what do you mean? We hold court in here all the time,’” Nicholls recalled. “He said, ‘Yes, but I’ve never been in a round court-room before.’”

Nicholls explained to the min-ister that the circle is an impor-tant part of Native traditions.

“No issue gets trapped in a corner,” said Nicholls. “It’s a flow and there’s a sense of respect. For us to put that ele-ment in, it was important. It rep-resents us.”

The council also designed its mediation rooms to be oval.

“So our courtrooms are pretty unique,” Nicholls said.

To develop programs, the department toured the institu-tions that held their members.

“We found that there was a language barrier,” Nicholls said.

“And so we found that our mem-bers could not to go into reha-bilitation programs, academic upgrade, anger management, and what have you.”

The department worked to ensure that all Cree members would have access to translators.

“It was important we get into the detention facilities to ensure they were processed and treated right,” Nicholls said.

One of the first programs the department developed was the Jobs Not Jails program.

“We did a number of intakes where whenever a Cree mem-ber was going into a facility, we asked them about their back-ground,” Nicholls said. “We wanted to get a full picture, and we asked, if you weren’t here, where would you like to be?”

The department processed over 140 intakes in one year to develop the program. They then contacted local businesses about

employing members who have been released.

Another program is the tra-ditional foods program, where the department approached detention centre administrators to bring traditional foods to the Cree inmates at least four times a year.

The administrators said there were complaints from the prison population that the Cree mem-bers had an “extra benefit” but the department said it is not a benefit but a part of rehabilita-tion.

“We want to remind them that they are not forgotten, that they are still part of the commu-nity,” Nicholls said. “The land is healer. If they can’t go out on the land, we can at least bring the land to them.”

The department also brought in the Stop Now and Plan (SNAP), a program targeted at children ages 6-11 who have vio-lent or aggressive tendencies.

Developed in Toronto, SNAP is used in various parts of the world and is usually imple-mented in large urban areas, but Nicholls said the department insisted on trying the program in their communities.

If a community member, teacher, or police officer identi-fies a child to have aggressive tendencies, they can be referred to the program. The child is taught life skills to deal with emotions.

Since it was implemented three years ago, Nicholls said it has shown to be effective.

“When we talk to principals and schools, they tell us children used to come in 10-15 times a month and now they never see them again,” he said.

Nicholls said it is difficult to gauge exactly how successful the department’s services and programs have been since they do not have the data to compare incarceration or arrest rates.

But he feels the department has made a lot of headway since its inception.

“Since it’s founding, it’s been an enormous success in provid-ing services to the communities and getting implementation in improving the support that’s there,” Nicholls said.

He said one of the reasons for that success was because the department employs many com-munity members.

“It’s predominately Aborigi-nal, which is very rare,” he said. “The majority of the staff are from the communities them-selves.”

“I think that largely, for the foundation we built, and the enhanced service delivery, we’ve been successful so far.”

Submitted photoA round courtroom is one of the unique design aspects of justice centres that have been built in most of the Eastern James Bay Cree communi-ties. The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) in northern Quebec established its own justice and corrections department in 2008 after more than 30 years of waiting for the province to implement it from the historic James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement signed in 1975.

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A number of lawyers in Thunder Bay said that White-cloud’s observations about Win-nipeg apply equally to Thun-der Bay. It is rare to see First Nations people on juries, they said, despite the city’s growing percentage of Aboriginal people that some organizations esti-mate at 20 per cent of Thunder Bay’s total population.

Like Whitecloud, Evelyn Bax-ter of Marten Falls, who in 1991 became the first Nishnawbe Aski person to become a law-yer in Ontario, pointed to the veto power that lawyers have to strike people from juries as one of the major barriers to First Nations participation on juries.

But Baxter noted that it is extremely difficult to prove the lawyers are making race-based decisions on potential jurors, since they do not have to give reasons why a person has been struck from the list.

Restorative justice may offer solution

NAN Legal’s CEO Celina Reit-berger believes the conversa-tion around First Nations rep-

resentation in the legal system has to involve ways of giving control back to First Nations.

NAN Legal is pushing for a re-introduction and expansion of the restorative justice pro-gram, which was discontinued due to government funding cuts.

“The mainstream justice sys-tem is not working for Aborigi-nal people,” Reitberger said. “We need more money to be diverted into the restorative justice program, as part of an overall comprehensive plan to fix the justice system and make it more culturally appropriate.”

Restorative justice involves bringing offenders before their own community to discuss con-sequences, sentencing and how the community can help a per-son change.

Reitberger said the restor-ative justice approach also works for people coming out of jail, as a way of helping them reintegrate back into their com-munity.

The Iacobucci report also rec-ommended a reintroduction of the restorative justice model, citing the program’s positive effect on justice as a whole.

“First Nations leaders were unequivocal that re-introducing restorative justice programs would have multiple benefits at

the community level,” Iacobucci wrote. “Such benefits include the delivery of justice in a cul-turally relevant manner, greater understanding of justice at the community level, increased community involvement in the implementation of justice and, finally, an opportunity to edu-cate people about the justice system and their responsibil-ity to become engaged on the juries when called upon to do so.”

Societal changes also necessary

A 2012 study of juries in the USA state of Illinois found that, for the first time since the study was started in the 1960s, juries in the state contained a pro-portionate number of African Americans.

The Illinois context does not represent the entire country, as Kairys was quick to point out, and does not reflect the challenges that other minor-ity groups are facing when it comes to getting adequate representation on juries. But it does show that in a specific case, after decades of efforts, the situation has changed for

the better.Kairys said that in places

where the most progress has been made, governments, social organizations and grassroots groups have put a lot of effort into targeted efforts at getting jury rolls to accurately reflect populations of cities and dis-tricts.

He said those efforts have been helped by a number of legal challenges aimed at the composition of juries in crimi-nal cases – usually led by defen-dants who felt they did not receive a fair trial because the jury did not reflect the makeup of society as a whole.

Kairys also emphasized that the problems with underrepre-sentation on juries and in the legal system in general still exist across America. But, he noted, in the places that have seen progress, the result on juries has been profound.

“There’s no question it affects the results of the legal cases,” Kairys said. “Just the presence of minority people on a jury, it changes the tenor of the dis-cussion. If you have no First Nations person (on a jury), it is much more likely that the jury does not understand the context, and the history, and it is much easier for the negative stereotypes to creep in.”

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Jacy Pierre’s family hopeful jury report will lead to changeRick GarrickWawatay News

The grandmother who walked out of a coroner’s inquest on her grandson Jacy Pierre’s death is happy with the recommendations in the First Nations Representations on Ontario Juries report.

“I am and I believe Lisa (Jacy’s mother) are very sat-isfied with his recommenda-tions,” said Fort William’s Marlene Pierre, who won a landmark Court of Appeals case in 2011 along with Nish-nawbe Aski Nation and the family of Reggie Bushie for a judicial review into the repre-sentativeness of the jury roll in the District of Thunder Bay. “We were very happy with the tone and the wording of all of the recommendations.”

Pierre said her family has waited for over five years for another coroner’s inquest into her grandson’s death from ingesting powdered metha-done while in the Thunder Bay District Jail. She walked out of the first inquest in 2009 over the coroner’s refusal to issue a summons for Robert Gordon, director of court operations for the North West Region, so the family could find out how the jury roll in the District of Thunder Bay was established.

“It’s been hard to do that as a family and still go on with life,” Pierre said. “Even with today’s release, we know this still has to go before the Attorney General. We know what the process is going to involve: it could take well over a year before we get an inquest date because they’re not going to call the date for our family and the other families involved until they do have a process very clearly outlined.”

The Court of Appeals deci-sion called for a new inquest into the death of Pierre’s grandson over the coroner’s refusal in the first inquest to inquire into the representa-tiveness of the jury roll.

“I would order that a sum-mons be issued to Mr. Gordon (or his successor) to appear at the Reggie Bushie inquest and the Jacy Pierre inquest,

and give evidence about the establishment of the jury roll in the District of Thun-der Bay, and especially about the efforts to comply with s. 6(8) of the Juries Act and the results of those efforts,” stated Justice John Laskin in the Court of Appeal decision.

Pierre said the new inquest will likely be a difficult time for the family.

“Then we will come out with other recommendations, which will take an eon of time to implement,” Pierre said. “We want to know how and why drugs get into the Thun-der Bay District Jail. We want to know what the District Jail has done over the past five years to improve that.”

Pierre said the family wants to see justice done in Jacy’s name.

“And we want to see justice for Aboriginal people and all the young people who end up in these institutions,” Pierre said.

Bushie was the fifth of seven NAN youth who died while attending secondary school in Thunder Bay. An inquest into his death has still not been heard.

A 15-year-old youth from Poplar Hill who was attend-ing high school in Thunder Bay, Bushie went missing in the fall of 2007 and was found a week later in the McIntyre River in Thunder Bay, where he had apparently drowned.

The coroner ordered the inquest under s. 20 of the Coroners Act, which authorizes the holding of an inquest where doing so “would serve the public inter-est.”

The inquest was aimed at examining the circumstances surrounding Bushie’s death and how First Nations youths are affected when going to school far away from their home communities.

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Yet Laliberte is not focused on his busy schedule, but the excitement that comes with sending youth to life changing national sporting events.

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KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY• Outstanding interviews skills – using various techniques;• Innovative thinker, able to use and develop new sources for recruitment;• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines;• Ability to develop and maintain lasting working relationships with business

partners, educational institutions and employees;• • Must possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;• Knowledge and experience in employment negotiations;• Solid interpersonal skills that allow for one to work effectively with

different managers, candidate personalities;• Ability to attend and conduct job recruitment fairs.

OTHER• Travel is a requirement of the position;• Required to works days and sometimes evening and weekends, if

necessary;• Must be willing to relocate to Sioux Lookout.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up to date Criminal Reference Check:

Human Resource DepartmentP.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street

SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ontario P8T 1B8Tel: 807-737-1802 Fax: 807-737-2969Email: [email protected]

Closing Date: March 15, 2013

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our website at www.slfnha.com

Anishnawbe MushkikiEmployment Opportunity

DIETITIANTemporary Full Time Vacancy

(Maternity Leave Commencing in April)

Under the direction of the Nurse Practitioner Lead of Anishnawbe Mushkiki Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic, the Dietitian is responsible for providing dietitian services to individuals / families and for planning, organizing, conducting and supervising culturally sensitive programming in nutrition, diet and food services that emphasizes a holistic approach to health promotion, disease prevention, and treatment. The Dietitian functions as a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Skills / RequirementBachelor’s Degree from an educational institute recognized by the Canadian Dietetic AssociationMinimum 2-3 years relevant work experience in a community-based and/or primary health care settingMembership in good standing with the Dietitians of CanadaRegistration with the College of Dietitians of Ontario

settingAbility to counselAbility to build and maintain effective therapeutic relations with a diverse range of individualsAbility to work with a high degree of independence while collaborating with an interdisciplinary teamAbility to problem solve, exercise independent judgement and assess situations

are essential

essentialUse of a private vehicle, valid driver’s licence and appropriate insurance are an assetSatisfactory Criminal Records Check including Vulnerable Sector Screening CheckKnowledge and experience in identifying community-based programs, services and resourcesKnowledge of culture, urban Aboriginal community and experience working with Aboriginal personsAbility to speak Ojibway / Cree is an asset

Please submit your resume, cover letter, proof of

Ms. Charlene BaglienHuman Resources / Program Manager

[email protected]

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITYSHORT TERM ASSESSMENT TREATMENT PROGRAM

RESIDENTIAL COUNSELLORInternal/External Posting

Full Time Position Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Residential Counsellor is required for full time position. The Residential Counsellor will be responsible for carrying out daily programming, facilitating groups, case conferencing and supervision of clients.

QUALIFICATIONSMinimum Grade 12 or equivalents;Child and Youth Worker diploma and/or related discipline an asset;Experience working with youth in a residential treatment setting; Excellent time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work independently;A thorough understanding of the Child & Family Services Act and

Knowledge of child development and therapeutic modalities in working with youth.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITYAbility to take direction and facilitate individualized treatment plans;Ability to communicate in one or more of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout District will be an asset;Must have knowledge and understanding of Native culture, and of the geographic realities and social conditions within remote First Nation Communities;Must be willing to do shift work;Must be willing and able to relocate to Sioux Lookout.

Please send cover letter, resume, three most recent employment references and an up-to-date Criminal Reference Check with a Vulnerable Person’s Sector Check to:

Human Resources DepartmentSioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority

61 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1300Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B8

Phone: (807) 737-1802 Fax: (807) 737-2969Email: [email protected]

Closing Date: March 22, 2013

The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.

Please ensure the SLFNHA receives your Criminal Reference Check as soon as possible to avoid delays in processing your

application.

For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our Web-site at www.slfnha.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Communications Coordinator

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) is looking for an energetic, highly motivated individual to be a part of the NAN Communications department. As Communications Coordinator, you will provide strategic communications planning support to the NAN Director of Communications, NAN Executive Council and NAN Chiefs. You will perform a variety of duties including writing, concept design, copy/photo editing and website updates, and be responsible for the coordination of NAN events, advertising and promotional materials as well as assisting with media-relations.

The deadline for applications is 4:00pm EST March 18, 2013. For complete information, including

please visit www.nan.on.ca or contact Rod Geddes, Human Resources Assistant, at (807) 6254948.

Continued from page 3“We spent hundreds upon

thousands of dollars for sec-ondary students to go to high school,” Kakegamic said about his former employer, Keeway-tinook Okimakanak Secondary School Services.

Kakegamic began looking into the issue after hearing concerns about NAN community members being a “drain” on Thunder Bay.

“I don’t know what kind of glasses they are wearing to see the reality of how much we are contributing,” Kakegamic said. “So it’s more like public educa-tion. I firmly believe in pub-lic education; that promotes empowerment and understand-ing between the two cultures.”

Kakegamic said the open house location was chosen to provide the public with an oppor-tunity to see the DFC students in school.

“So it’s basically promoting awareness where we are and to promote tolerance and under-standing of who we are,” Kakeg-amic said.

Although NAN is concentrat-ing on their own organizations in the open house, Kakegamic estimates that the other Aborigi-nal organizations in Thunder Bay would be spending triple the amount of the NAN organiza-tions.

“I think it would be nice to work together as First Nations, (Thunder Bay Indian) Friend-ship Centre, Treaty 3, Union (of Ontario Indians), Robinson Superior — let’s come together,” Kakegamic said. “That would be amazing. But now we are just going to start with NAN.”

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Filmmakers seek youth actors in northwestern OntarioLenny CarpenterWawatay News

Filmmakers from Toronto and Thunder Bay are seeking Aboriginal youth to act in an upcoming feature film that will be shot this summer in northwestern Ontario.

Adam Garnet Jones of Toronto is set to direct the film, tentatively titled “Wild Medicine,” that he wrote about First Nations youth.

The film centres on Shane, an academically successful student who is planning to go to university. However, his sister commits suicide. So Shane must decide whether to pursue his education or stay home and support his family.

“I went to high school in the west coast and (the film) was inspired by things that happened to me when I was a teenager,” said Jones, who is of Cree and Metis heritage. “The issues in the film happen all over the country.”

The film is set in a

fictional community and the filmmakers plan on shooting in Wabigoon Lake and Fort William First Nations.

Jones has teamed up with Michelle Derosier and Dave Clement of Thunderstone Pictures in Thunder Bay to shoot the film.

Jones was impressed with Derosier and Clement’s previous work and met with Derosier last fall at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival to discuss the project.

“She was really supportive of the project and from that meeting, I thought I have to make it with these guys,” Jones said. “They’re so passionate about the material and they’re great at working with young people. It just seems like a natural fit.”

The filmmakers are looking for young First Nations people ages 16-20 to audition for the film.

They are holding a casting call at the Lakehead University powwow Mar. 15-17 and encourage all youth to audition.

For more info on the film, you can like their Facebook page “Wild Medicine” for character breakdowns.

You can also e-mail Jones at [email protected] to book an audition.

“The issues in the film happen all over the country.”

-Filmmaker Adam Garnet Jones

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Obituary

Nancy Linklater passed away at the Northwood Lodge on December 22nd at the age of 104. She is survived by her family Irene Meekis, Lillian Rae, Eva Rae, Edward Linklater, Marion Campbell, Fred Linklater, Lorraine Meekis, Bob Salter, Calvin Rae, Mary Meekis, and Clara Rae, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Kenese and son Toby. Nancy had a passion for the outdoors, which included snaring rabbits and trapping. She had a strong faith in God, and her family meant the world to her. She celebrated the lives of her husband and son by having a feast in their memory every year. The family is at peace knowing they have been reunited. A funeral service was held December 27th with Pastor Kevin Miller officiating. Donations in her memory were sent to the Northwood Lodge through Herold Funeral Home “The Red Lake Chapel” Box 237, Red Lake, ON P0V 2M0

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Calling all northern artistsinterested in arts education skills

With Ontario Arts Council (OAC) support, the Royal Conservatory is offering a 30-hour Artist-Educator Foundations Course in Sioux Lookout. If you are an artist interested in working in a school or other community settings, this course is for you!

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Centennial Centre, 54 Front StreetMay 3 - 5 and May 10 - 12Fridays 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.Saturdays and Sundays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ontario artists pay only $60 with the OAC subsidy. The regular costfor the course is $600.

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Sandy Lake youth receives army awardLenny CarpenterWawatay News

Sage Mawakeesick was only doing what he felt was his duty when he volunteered to help dur-ing Sandy Lake’s evacuation last summer.

As a forest fire threatened his community, Mawakeesick stepped up and volunteered his services to the local Canadian Ranger patrol sergeant after an evacuation was declared.

“As soon as I heard, I imme-diately knew I had to do some-thing,” the 17-year-old said. “As a Junior Ranger, I just had to do it.”

On Feb. 28, Mawakeesick was commended for his efforts by the commanding officer of the Canadian Rangers in northern Ontario.

Lt. Col. Morley Armstrong said Mawakeesick, who is a DFC High School student, was a “great assistance” and “huge factor” in the successful operation of the evacuation.

“He worked tirelessly for his community, carrying baggage for the sick and elderly, and loading aircraft that were transporting the evacuees,” Armstrong said as he read the commendation over DFC’s public address system. “Sage’s professionalism, matu-rity and dedication in this time of

great need are a testament to him as an individual.”

Mawakeesick has been involved with the Junior Cana-dian Rangers since he was 12, fol-lowing the tradition of his father, who was a Canadian Ranger.

“It’s been extraordinary and very fun,” he said. “We learn sur-vival skills and we just go camp-ing and have fun.”

Mawakeesick said he felt proud as he helped his fellow community members, including helping a wheelchair bound man onto a plane.

He does not recall feeling fear as forest fires threatened his com-munity.

“I guess you can say I’m that kind of person,” he said with a laugh.

What struck Mawakeesick the most was the noise.

“They started getting irri-tating, the planes coming and going,” he said.

Upon graduating high school, Mawakeesick plans on becoming a Canadian Ranger like his father.

Armstrong said it is impor-tant to recognize individuals like Mawakeesick.

“What is important to do when someone steps up and performs beyond the call of duty is to rec-ognize that performance,” he said.


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