Wawatay Staff

Wawatay News asked each candidate for Grand Chief to answer three questions. Each candidate was sent the same three questions, and given 100 words for each answer. Their answers are here, transcribed as they sent them.
Brian Davey
WWT: What are the biggest issues facing NAN communities?  

Bacon wrapped venison
Portion size 3-4
2 lbs venison tenderloins (a single deer loin or Moose or Elk or Pork or Beef)
1/2 lb bacon (Plain, thin-sliced Bacon is best)
3 cups dark brown sugar
2 cups soy sauce (Regular NOT low-sodium. You’ll want the saltiness)
1/4 cup white sugar (Optional for added Sweetness)
Directions:
-Mix brown Sugar and Soy sauce together in a bowl. They should combine nicely into a soupy soy liquid.

More than 100 people, including Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull, attended a Dec. 21 Idle No More rally in Sioux Lookout, which was accompanied by prayers, traditional drumming and the Round Dance.
After the rally, Geoff Shields spoke to Bull about his thoughts on the current situation and what effect it would have on the First Nations communities, in particular Lac Seul.
Geoff Shields (GS): How do you think today’s rally went?

Greenpeace is citing two endangered sections of the boreal forest in northern Ontario as needing immediate, long-term protection.
In a new report highlighting five areas of Canada’s boreal forest under threat, the environmental organization points to northern Ontario’s Trout Lake-Caribou forest near Sioux Lookout and the Ogoki forest surrounding Marten Falls as in imminent danger from logging leases.

Respected Elder Peter Barkman of Sachigo Lake passed away on Jan. 31.
Barkman was serving as an Elder member of the Wawatay Board of Directors as well as a member of the Elders Council for the Sioux Lookout Health Centre at the time of his passing.
Throughout his life Barkman provided guidance, direction, support and advocacy to various First Nations organizations in Nishnawbe Aski Nation territory.