Wawatay Staff

Anishinabek Nation Deputy Grand Council Chief Glen Hare is wondering why Indian and Northern Affairs Canada spent more than $40,000 in Europe since 2006.
“They’re supposed to be representing our interests – we’re not aware of any First Nations in England,” Hare said. “We have plenty of funding problems in our own back yard. We don’t need INAC dollars spent in Europe.”

Age: 74
Member of Seine River First Nation
Where were you born?
“In Seine River, someplace close to here, on the trapline.”
How many children and grandchildren?
“Four sons, one daughter – maybe 100 grandchildren,. I don’t know, a lot.”
What jobs have you had?
“Cutting pulp, guiding, working in the sawmill, river drive, commercial fisherman and trapper.”
What is the biggest change in the community?

Indigenous Peoples’, human rights, and faith organizations are calling on Canada to ensure that indigenous peoples can freely decide for themselves whether and when resource development projects will take place on their traditional lands and territories. 
In a statement released on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, indigenous peoples’ and civil society organizations say it is time to end the colonial practice of imposing development decisions on indigenous peoples.

ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐠ ᓂᑲᑌᐢᑲᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ
ᒥᔑᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐸᐣ ᒋᐃᐢᑯᓄᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱ 25 ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐦᐃᐁᐧᐠ ᑲᑭ ᒪᒐᓂᐣᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲᓂᐠ.
ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐦᐃᐁᐧᐠ ᐅᑭ ᒪᒥᑎᓀᐣᑕᒧᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑲᐊᑲᐧᑯᔑᐊᐧᓂᐣᐠ ᑲᔑ ᑲᐯᔑᐧᐊᐨ.
ᑫᑲᐟ 700 ᑭᑭᓇᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐸᐣ ᒋᐅᐣᒋᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑕᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ, ᑲᔦ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐃᑫᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐢᐸᓂᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐣᐠ ᑲᑕᔑ ᐃᐢᑯᓄᐊᐧᐸᐣ. 17 ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐠ 12 ᑲᐊᑯᐢᑲᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐣᐠ ᑲᑲᑫᐧ ᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ, ᒥᑕᐢ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐁᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᒋᐸᓂᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᔦ ᐊᐸᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑭ ᑭᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ.

The Matawa First Nations are dropping a legal challenge and instead engaging in negotiation over Ring of Fire environmental assessments.
The communities announced this week that they will rely on negotiation and working with their hired negotiator Bob Rae instead of a judicial review of the Cliffs chromite project federal comprehensive study environmental assessment (EA) process.