Snow play
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When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
Rick Garrick — Wawatay News
Snowshoe trek
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Nikanishkamowin kakikinwa-amawintwa minoseni e-apachitowach
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Kikinwa-amawakanak Katrina Fiddler shikwa Bethany Durocher kiwichitwawak eki-oshisichikatenik noonkom ka-akiwaninik kikinwa-amatiwikamikoonk Ecole Gron Morgan anishinaaabewi-nimi-itiwin.
“Nitoonchiwawichitwa apane Grade 6,” ikito Fiddler,asha Grade 8 ishipi-ikaso miweti wenchich Nekawisaka-ikanink. “kishipin kikentasiwan aanti kapi-oonchiyan weshkach, nitinentan ekichi-inetakwak apinoonchishak chikikentamowach aanti wenchiwach, aanti ka-ontatisiwach weti otanank.”
Student leaders positive learning experience
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Katrina Fiddler and Bethany Durocher helped organize this year’s Ecole Gron Morgan Cultural Powwow.
“I’ve been (helping) plan this ever since Grade 6,” said Fiddler, a Grade 8 student originally from Sandy Lake.
“If you don’t know anything about your past, I think it’s important for the kids to know where they are from, what they used to do back then.”
Fiddler said her family is “pretty traditional” and they like to hear her talking about the traditional ways of life.
Aboriginal youth to get international experience
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Aboriginal youth now have an opportunity to work in developing countries on Canadian-supported development projects through a new International Aboriginal Youth Internships initiative.
Eabametoong continues prescription drug abuse battle
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Despite a change in leadership, Eabametoong is carrying on with its battle against prescription drug abuse.
Coun. Harry Papah recently stepped in as acting chief of the Matawa community of about 1,200 on-reserve band members after former chief Lewis Nate resigned in late January.
“We’re trying to get back on our feet again,” Papah said. “Right now the band councillors and I are working together to carry out our five-month term.”
Eabametoong’s next band election is scheduled for June 2011.
NSI New Voices seeking Aboriginal talent
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NSI (National Screen Institute) New Voices is seeking Aboriginal talent for potential careers in film and television.
“Sixty Aboriginal students have graduated from the program and are now working in various capacities including as production assistants, editors, and crew members,” said Ursula Lawson, program co-manager with NSI New Voices. “The program continues to grow and develop each year to meet the changing needs of the marketplace and the changing skill sets of the young people applying.”
Scenes from Seven Sacred Teachings conference
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Youth learn how to grow traditional tobacco
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Tobacco teachings were presented Feb. 13 by Laura Calmwind and Phyllis Shaugabay during this year’s Seven Sacred Teachings conference.
“Commercial tobacco has a lot of chemicals – it’s not really good for you when you smoke it,” said Calmwind, youth coordinator with the Chiefs of Ontario.
Calmwind showed the youth a bag of traditional tobacco, noting the differences between the commercial tobacco now sold in stores and the traditional tobacco once grown by First Nations people.
Seven Sacred Teachings a success
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Shannen Koostachin’s battle for a better school for her community was highlighted during a leadership workshop at this year’s Seven Sacred Teachings conference.
“She started the largest child right’s movement in the country of Canada,” said Joyce Hunter, director of SEVEN Youth Media Network and one of the Director’s of Change leadership workshop presenters. “She was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize for taking an idea and making it a reality.”
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When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
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I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...