Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, on behalf of the Executive Council, expressed heartfelt condolences following the recovering of a body of 14-year-old Josiah Begg in Thunder Bay:

Thomas Doherty, a teacher with the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Board of Education has been recognized by the Prime Minister’s Awards (PMA) for Teaching Excellence. Mr. Doherty is one of eleven national-level recipients who received the 2016/2017 PMA for Teaching Excellence Certificate of Excellence from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at an awards ceremony held in Ottawa May 03, 2017 to celebrate Canada’s top teachers and early childhood educators. This is the national level award and is considered the highest honour for teachers and early childhood educators in Canada.

Wawatay Communications Society is profoundly saddened by the passing of acclaimed Ojiway author and journalist, Richard Wagamese. Wagamese was a long-time contributor to Wawatay News. He was 61.

Wagamese, from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, has been a professional writer since 1979. Many of his writings were inspired by the legacy the residential school system has had on First Nation communities and its citizens. His writings also drew heavily on his own childhood experiences.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum acknowledged a commitment yesterday from the Government of Canada to seek a negotiated settlement in the Sixties Scoop class action lawsuit:

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum is calling on all members of parliament to support a motion that will be introduced by the New Democratic Party (NDP) this week calling on the Government of Canada to comply with the historic ruling of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to end discrimination against First Nations children.

The motion passed on November 1 in parliament, with 302 yeas and 0 nays.