Wawatay Online, November 12, 2009, Volume 36, No. 23

Stroke patients who live outside larger centres in northwestern Ontario can now receive follow-up care in their own communities, thanks to a research project funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.

Numerous awards were handed out to northwestern Ontario Aboriginal community members, including The Whitefish Bay Singers, during the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards in Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 5 and 6.

Seven Nishnawbe Aski Police Service communities will receive new detachment buildings through a $20 million federal-provincial investment in First Nations policing infrastructure.

Mariah Wesley, 18, was murdered Nov. 8 as a result of a stabbing at Mishkeegogamang First Nations Territory, located 40 kilometre south of Pickle Lake, Ont.

Windigo First Nation Council (Windigo) and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) have brought a motion before Chief Justice Winkler of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, which seeks to add Stirland Lake and Cristal Lake Residential Schools to the list of recognized schools under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSS).

“Remember when we were kids and about this time each year partridges just covered every roof top of each house in the community,” was Ziggy Beardy’s comment as I strolled with him down a dirt road in the back bushes of Bearskin Lake.

Persistence has paid off for Chief Norman Brown of Wapekeka First Nation.

Traditional teacher Gerry Martin spoke about the challenges of living with diabetes at the Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness and Prevention Day, held Nov. 5 in Thunder Bay.

Roberta Keesick no longer has the threat of charges hanging over her.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service acting Chief of Police Robin Jones, left, speaks about NAPS police bikes, which are now used in some of the communities to increase outreach among the community members,

A bulldozer being used to build up a section of the road between Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) and Wapekeka sits on the shoulder of the road.

Diabetes. Whenever I hear this word, I shudder a bit. Now the beautiful thing about that word is the fact I get to hear it constantly, as it was something I was soon diagnosed with. I have Type 1 diabetes.

Gerry Martin wants to raise awareness of diabetes among the youth.

Kashechewan has been hit by an H1N1 flu outbreak.

Douglas Semple has been chosen to serve as the new interim CEO of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.

Weightloss reality TV show offers glimpse of getting healthy

I was born and raised in a small, remote First Nation community and I can tell you it was all about survival of the fittest.

Gordon Albany, left, and Michael Cromarty prepare a water line for a Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug home located across from the community’s arena on Post Island.

Gull Bay’s Casimir King is looking into a policing career.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Sgt. Jackie George, centre, and Ontario Provincial Police Sgt.

Larry Anderson reaches up with a staple gun in one of five new band houses being built in Kitchenuhmaykoosib this year.

Lakehead University’s Dr. Aicheng Chen has won the W. Lash Miller Award for his invention for the control and treatment of diabetes.

Wawatay News writer/photographer Rick Garrick stopped for an early-morning photo along the Thunder Bay Expressway in late October while pedalling his bike to work at Wawatay’s new offices in the

Everyone has same food needs despite diabetes

Eating well is one of life’s greatest pleasures.

Defending a win

Hammarskjold High School Grade 11 student Jeremy Kakegamic (79) tried to break free of a lineman to chase down a ball carrier during an Oct. 23 senior football game in Thunder Bay.

Quick pass

NAPS 1 reached the final of the Law Enforcement Tournament but came up short, falling 4-1 to the OPP. But it was all in good fun.

Wrong side up

Defenceman Kalan Ewald of the Sioux Lookout Flyers gets upended by a hip check delivered by Randall Hanlan of the Fort William North Stars. Later in the game, Nov.

Treaty 3 condemns consultations for new Mining Act

The process which led to and the substance contained in the new Mining Act were criticized by Treaty 3 Ogichidaakwe Diane Kelly.

Japanese delegation tours Webequie

A group of eight Japanese journalists and editors visited Webequie First Nation Oct. 21.

Delegation of journalists from Japan

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy (centre right) and Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse (centre left) met with a delegation of journalists from Japan who visited the remote First Nation Oct.

2 degrees tour on climate action

“We all have to play our part.”

Rangers erect grave markers

The formerly unmarked graves of three Canadian Rangers in two communities in northern Ontario now have permanent military grave markers, thanks to the Last Post Fund.

Dedicating a military grave stone

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White wants to be a positive role model

Ryanne White of Naotkamegwanning First Nation (formerly Whitefish Bay, Ont.) has been crowned as Miss Manito Ahbee 2009.

Ryanne White of Naotkamegwanning First Nation

Ryanne White of Naotkamegwanning First Nation was crowned Miss Manito Ahbee 2009.

Ready to lead

Gull Bay First Nation hosted 12 participants from the First Nation communities of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek, Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay First Nation) and Bingwi Neyaashi Anishin

Rocking the house

Billy Joe Green, performing during Aboriginal Music Week in Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 3-7, won best blues CD at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards.

The Whitefish Bay Singers

The Whitefish Bay Singers drum group won the Best Powwow CD – Contemporary category at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Awards in Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 6

Mental, physical costumes at DFC

Dennis Franklin Cromaty High School had an overnight two-day Halloween Party Oct. 29-30 at the school. 

Stan Beardy attends royal celebration

It was a crowning moment for Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) when Grand Chief Stan Beardy attended a reception for Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall Nov. 4 in Toronto.

Throwin' down mics in Sandy Lake

C. Jay Fiddler “CJAY” performs during rap battle. CJAY won first place in the single performance category, earning the support of the audience who judge his performance.

Throwin' down mics in Sandy Lake

Jay R. Fiddler and Jocelyn Mawakeesick known as “Baby J” perform during Sandy Lake First Nation’s second annual Rap Battle Fri. Nov. 6.

Prize-winning partridges

Alex Bundy Fiddler and Llyod Nothing hold their prize-winning partridges.

Indigenous Sovereignty Forums want your support

These forums are intended to create more understandings about the sacredness of Nationhood, Indigenous Sovereignty, our Aboriginal Rights, the James Bay Treaty – Treaty 9 and our Treaty Rights plus our Treaty Obligations.

Boom box memories

A small group watches a softball game in Sachigo Lake in 1993. They brought a boom box with them for entertainment.

No survivors of Lockhart Air crash near Cat Lake

Two of the three people who died in the Nov. 6 Lockhart Air Services crash near Cat Lake have been identified.

NAPS representatives meet with Wapekeka Chief Norman Brown and council members

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service representatives meet with Wapekeka Chief Norman Brown and council members Nov. 5 in Wapekeka concerning a lack of police services in the community.

Marking a grave

Canadian Ranger Peter Fiddler, an Elder, uses an eagle feather to smudge the new military grave marker for Ranger Delilah Meekis of Sandy Lake.