Rick Garrick — Wawatay News

Thunder Bay Police Const. John Walmark and artist Patrick Cheechoo have created a set of seven sacred teachings flash cards to educate youth about their culture.
“We need to create understanding and what better way than to start with the young and start with something that engages them and they love to do,” Walmark said during the June 19 launch of the cards. “They can colour the image on the front and they can learn about the teachings (on the back) and go through them with their parents.”

Native Language Instructors Program fourth-year student Martin Tuesday is determined to complete his studies even though he has difficulty seeing due to complications from diabetes.
“I’m behind in my work right now but I want to finish the NLIP,” Tuesday said. “It’s very hard for me in class right now because I can’t see as a result of my diabetes. I can’t see with my left eye and part of my right eye.”
Tuesday first developed diabetes about 27 years ago, but after following a traditional healer’s treatment, he overcame the disease.

ᐊᒥᐁᐧ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐃᐧᔭᑭ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐦᐊ ᐅᑎᐡᑯᓂ ᒪᑎᐣ ᒍᐢᑌ ᐁᐃᔑᓂᑲᓯᐨ ᐁᐃᐡᑯᓄᓂᑕᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᑐᐨ ᐁᐃᐧᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐊᓇᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑌᐯᐤ ᐁᐊᐧᐱᐨ ᐅᓴᑦ ᑲᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐨ᙮
“ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᔭ ᒥᔑᓇᑎᐣ ᓂᑕᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᒪᔑ ᐁᔭᓄᑲᑕᒪᓂᐣ ᔕᑯᐨ ᓂᐃᐧᑭᔑᑐᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᓂᑕᓂᒥᐃᐧᑐ ᐁᑲ ᐅᑕ ᑌᐯᐤ ᑲᐊᐧᐱᔭᐣ ᐊᐦᐃ ᐅᑕ ᓂᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑐᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ᙮ ᓇᐸᓀᒐᑊ ᐊᔕ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐊᐧᐱᐊᐧᑫᔭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐸᑭ ᓇᐱᐨ ᑯᑕᐠ ᓂᒪᒋᔭᐱᐊᐧᑫ᙮”
ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᓂᓴᐧᓱᔕᐱᔭᑭ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᒪᒋᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐨ ᒍᐢᑌ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐃᐧ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᓂ ᐅᑭᐊᐸᒋᑐᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐁᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ᙮
“ᐊᐱ ᓂᓱᒥᑕᓇ ᐁᐃᓇᓀᐃᐧᔕᑊ ᑲᑕᓴᐧᑭᐃᐧᓀᔭᐣ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᑭᒪᒋᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᔭᐣ,” ᒍᐢᑌ ᐃᑭᑐ᙮ “ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᑯ ᑭᑭᒋᐊᓂᒪᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐁᑭᑭᒋᐡᐱᓭᐨ ᓂᔓᑲᑦ᙮”

The Treaty Three Police Service board executive has announced that it does not intend to close down the police service.
“It is not nor ever will be the desire of the board of directors, executive or our member-representative communities to close our police service,” said the executive in a July 10 press release. “In addition, we want to make it equally clear that our deficit was not attributed to financial mismanagement or irresponsible spending of funds, as clearly stated in a recent financial audit.”

A visit to check out the Legend of Green Mantle at Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park was one of the highlights in William Esquega’s Anishinabemowin language course.
“We touched base on that even though it was summertime — I don’t like to do any legends during the summer,” said the former Confederation College language instructor originally from Sand Point. “We focused more on the story so we were able to do that.”