Lenny Carpenter — Wawatay News

DFC students overcome numerous obstacles to graduate

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It was a day of celebrating the overcoming of adversity when 15 Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School students graduated on May 16.
Janice Kakegamic of Sandy Lake First Nation moved to Thunder Bay to attend DFC when she was in Grade 10.
“Being away from my family was challenging,” the 20-year-old said. “It was weird being in a new environment.” Janice said she also had to endure peer pressure to drink alcohol, but she did not succumb to it. Now she has a high school diploma with plans to attend Confederation College in the fall.

Weenusk member to canoe from Pickle Lake to Hudson Bay

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Sam Hunter of Weenusk First Nation is taking the trip he has wanted to do all his life.
On May 21, Hunter and his friend Kevin Vallieres of Hearst, Ont., embarked on an estimated 1,500-kilometre canoe trip on the Pipestone and Winisk River systems, beginning near Pickle Lake and ending among the ice floes of Hudson Bay.
“I’ve done a lot of long trips in my life and a lot of them were solo,” Hunter said a few days before the trip. In the past, the 46-year-old traveled from Moosonee to Peawanuck both by canoe and ski-doo.

ᐊᓴᐸᐱᐡᑯᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᐃᓇᐦᐊᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ

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ᐊᐱ ᐁᐟᒪᐣᐟ ᒐᐠ ᐁᓂᓱᔕᐳᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᐸᐣ, ᑭᑕᑭᐧᐸᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᓇᐦᐊᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᐅᐱᒧᓭᐠ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᐡᑯᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᒋ ᐅᑭᒋᔭᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᓇᑭᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ.
ᐊᐱ ᒐᐠ ᑲᑭᔭᓂ ᑕᑯᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᒋᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐣ ᐁᑭᑕᑯᓇᐠ ᐅᓂᒪᑲᐧᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ, ᐊᒥ ᑲᑭᐃᑯᐨ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊᐠ ᑌᐯᐧ ᐱᑯ ᐁᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓇᑯᓯᐨ ᐁᐅᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐃᐧᓂᐨ ᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ.
“ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ, ᐊᐱ ᑲᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᒋᐃᔑᑲᑫᐧᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ, ᐃᓯᓭ ᐱᑯ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᑐᑕᒪᐣ, ᐊᓂᐡ ᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᒋᑐᑕᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᐢ 17 ᐁᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᐨ.
ᒐᐠ ᐅᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᓂᐅᔭᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔭᓂᓯᓭᓂᐠ, ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐃᐧᒋᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐣ 2,000 ᑭᓫᐊᒥᑐᕑᐢ ᒋᐃᓇᐦᐊᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑐᕑᐊᐣᑐ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᑫᐣᑕᒧᓂᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᒋᐳᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐊᔭᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓴᐸᐱᐡᑯᓯᐊᐧᑲᐣᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ.

Grassy Narrows youth talking mercury on 2,000 km walk

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When Edmond Jack was 13, he joined a group who walked from Grassy Narrows to Toronto to raise awareness on a serious issue affecting his community.
After Jack led the youth with the eagle staff into Toronto, Elders told him he was natural leader.
“They said, ‘When you feel something needs to happen, you gotta do something, because chances are nobody else is gonna do it,’” the 17-year-old recalled.

Last Mattagami residents evacuated

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The last of the Mattagami First Nation residents who stayed behind to protect the community pulled out on May 24 as a forest fire burned north of the reserve.
Mattagami Chief Walter Naveau said at about 2:30 p.m, he and more than 30 residents began to evacuate the community after police told them they had to leave.
Within a half-hour, the community members rode out north on Highway 144 under a police escort as the forest fire called Timmins No. 9 continued to burn west of the highway.

Mattagami evacuated due to forest fire

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A 23,000 hectacre forest fire burning southwest of the City of Timmins has forced the evacuation of Mattagami First Nation.
The forest fire, called Timmins No. 9 by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), began on May 20 in an area southwest of the Highway 101 and 144 junction near Timmins. By May 23 the fire, with a width of more than 40-kilometres, drew closer to the Mattagami reserve, located 80kms south of Timmins.

Garden River’s Jordan Nolan closing in on Stanley Cup

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Jordan Nolan of Garden River First Nation was playing hockey in the minors when he got the call to join the big club in February.
Now the 22-year-old is part of the underrated Los Angeles Kings team that is closing in on its first trip to the NHL Stanley Cup Finals in 19 years.
After playing several seasons for the Erie Otters, Windsor Spitfires and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League, Nolan was drafted by the Kings in the seventh round in 2009.

Flowering Moon Gathering brings artists together

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It takes a lot of courage for artists to put their work out to the world, says Winnipeg-based filmmaker Kevin Burton.
“There’s always going to be somebody who doesn’t like what you’re saying, no matter what,” said Burton, a Swampy Cree from God’s Lake Narrows First Nation in Manitoba.
When looking at a piece of work, Burton said one group of people might say, “you’re being too negative, try to focus on the positive,” while if the work is positive, some will say “you’re not fighting hard enough.”

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,”

Nearly 50 youth acknowledged

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It is important to recognize what young Aboriginal people are doing in the community, said Sharon Smith-Baxter.
“There’s so much going and having so much positive stories about the challenges they overcame and how they’ve faced adversity and how they did with it, what they’re doing with their art and culture,” she said. “So many students are shy and acknowledging them makes a huge difference not only those students but for people watching and admiring them.”

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