Lenny Carpenter — Wawatay News

The discovery of the diaries of Treaty 9 commissioners by the Mushkegowuk Tribal Council appears to confirm what many First Nation leaders have been saying all along: that many oral agreements were made between the government and the First Nations that were not reflected in the treaty written in 1905.
“We’re finding the treaty commissioners … said many, many things to our forefathers in regards to the treaty for the purpose of getting that X,” Mushkegowuk Grand Chief Stan Louttit said.

This year’s annual Great Moon Gathering will take place in Fort Albany from Feb. 16-17.
The Great Moon Gathering is an annual conference that brings together educators from all of the eight Omushkego Education Authorities and surrounding communities to engage in professional development, share resources and ideas with one another.

I still remember opening the Christmas gift with my sister when I was a wee lad and being so excited to find a brand new Nintendo Entertainment System. Thus began the video game aspect of my life as I immersed myself in the playing of Blades of Steel, Contra and of course the eponymous Super Mario games.
This transferred to subsequent systems: NHL’94, and the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and the Lost Vikings on the Super Nintendo; Goldeneye and Star Fox on the Nintendo 64; and
Metal Gear Solid, Syphon Filter and the Driver games on the Playstation.

ᒣᒣᑫᐧᔑᐃᐧᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᐨ ᑕᕑᓯ ᑭᓯᐠ ᐅᒪᒥᑐᓀᑕᓇᐸᐣ ᐁᐃᐧ ᐁᐧᐸᐦᐊᑯᓀᐨ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᓴᑭᒋᐱᓱᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒉᐣᐁᐧᕑᐃ ᐱᓯᑦ 9 ᐁᑭᔐᐸᔭᓂᐠ.
ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᑭ ᑭᒋᐱᐊᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᑲᑎᐱᑲᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᑭᓯᑭᐸᐧᐣ ᑲᔭᓂᑭᔐᐸᔭᐠ.
ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᔭᓂᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᒥᑕᓱᑎᐸᐦᐃᑲᓀᔭᐠ ᑲᑭᔐᐸᔭᓂᐠ, ᑭᓯᐠ ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐊᐧᑲᓇᐣ ᓱᓴᐣ, ᐊᔕ ᑭᒪᑕᓄᑭᑯᐸᐣ ᐊᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᑫᑕᑕᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋ ᐱᐣᑎᑫᐸᑐ.
ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐸᐣᑭᓯᐣ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.
ᐃᐁᐧ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ 231, Piper PA 31 Navajo, ᑭᐱᐅᐣᒪᒐᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᐧᓂᐯᐠ 7:51 ᑲᑭᔐᐸᔭᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᐳᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᒧᒋᐳᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐱᒥᓭ.
ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᑭᒪᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑭᐢᑐᐣ ᐱᒥᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒪᒐᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒋᑭᐅᒋᐃᔑᒪᒋᓭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᒪᒋᑭᑐᐃᐧ ᓇᑐᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᑭᐱᐅᒋᑭᑐᐨ ᐊᐱ ᐃᐧᓂᐯᐠ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᒪᒋᑯᒋᐠ ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐅᐱᒥᓭ.

Attawapiskat has become a household name across Canada, since the attention of the country focussed on the James Bay community in November 2011.
From outpourings of donations from across the country, to continuous media coverage, to political responses from all parties, Attawapiskat has finally received the attention that a five-year-old housing struggle warrants.