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Aboriginal services, between provincial and federal
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term. Ovide Mercredi, former national Chief of the
Assembly of First Nations,
is current president of the
Manitoba NDP.
At least 18 Indigenous
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Manitoba New Democratic, Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties in
the upcoming provincial election — a number up slightly
from the 2011 election.
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The NDP has 31 of 57 candidates nominated. The Progressive Conservatives have
52 of 57 candidates nominated. The Liberals have 32 of 57 candidates nominated. The
Green Party has five of 57 candidates nominated. Nominations are continuing.
The NDP intend to field at least six indigenous candidates (up two from the last election), while the Liberals aim to run a minimum
of seven (up one from 2011) and the PCs are
running at least five indigenous candidates.
High Profile
First Nation Candidates
Nahanni Fontaine is seeking the New
Democratic Party nomination in the Winnipeg St. Johns constituency, following Gord
Mackintosh's decision to bow out of the upcoming election. Fontaine, who built a reputation as being outspoken during her time
as justice director for the Southern Chiefs
Organization, has been a member of the
Winnipeg police advisory board, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, and the
United Nations Working Group on the Draft
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples. Fontaine is currently employed as
special advisor on aboriginal women’s issues
for the Indigenous Issues Committee of the
Manitoba provincial cabinet, with a special
focus on missing and murdered indigenous
women and girls (MMIWG).
CBC personality, author, and hip hop
artist Wab Kinew has been nominated as
the NDP’s candidate in Fort Rouge. Kinew
is from Onigaming First Nation in north
western Ontario, and is running against
Rana Bhokari, Leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party. The seat has elected an NDP
MLA for the last twenty five years or more.
Jennifer Howard decided not to run in this
election and is moving to Ottawa.
Kinew credited the NDP government
with making post-secondary education
more accessible to First Nations, but noted
issues of racism still need to be resolved for
indigenous citizens in Manitoba.
"I know the work of a progressive agenda
in this province is unfinished - there still are
things left to do," Kinew said at the announcement of his intention to run in the election,
while flanked by Selinger, and Howard. Indigenous people were hurt by “a very adversarial relationship under Stephen Harper,”
says Kinew, who warns Manitoba PC leader
Brian Pallister is a person “who’s very closely
ideologically aligned with Stephen Harper.”
The Manitoba NDP announced Eric
Robinson will seek re-election this spring as
MLA for the Keewatinook constituency.
Robinson is from Cross Lake First Nation in
northern Manitoba. Robinson, who since
2009 has served as deputy premier and minister responsible for the East Side Road Authority, said an inquiry into missing and
murdered indigenous women is a key issue
he wants to champion. He also wants to finish the road network to isolated communities on the east side of Lake Winnipeg.
Kinew and Fontaine join Eric Robinson,
Assiniboia candidate Joe McKellep, finance
minister and Selkirk MLA Greg Dewar, The
Pas MLA Amanda Lathlin, and Kevin
Chief, who is the current jobs and economy
minister and MLA for Point Douglas as
aboriginal candidates for the NDP.
Chief is up against indigenous candidate
Althea Guiboche, known as the "Bannock Lady." Guiboche is running for the
Liberals in Point Douglas, saying she is
hopeful having more indigenous voices at
the table will make a difference.
"Get our people ahead a little bit, get
Manitoba into honouring all their people
— everybody counts," she said.
Six other indigenous candidates are running for the Liberals across the province,
including Jordan Fleury in Riding Mountain, Judy Klassen in Kewatinook, Leslie
Beck in Flin Flon, Noel Bernier in St.
Johns, Stefan Jones in Selkirk and Tyler
Duncan in The Pas.
Niigaan Sinclair, acting head of the native studies department at the University of
Manitoba, said regardless of the party, having more indigenous candidates involved
will influence public policy.
Rock the Vote
A group of determined indigenous activists
plans to rock the indigenous vote in the
provincial election.
Indigenous Rock the Vote was active
during the federal election last year. These
activists registered voters and encouraged
indigenous citizens to vote. Indigenous
voter turn out climbed significantly in several Manitoba federal seats.
Organizer Della Mason told the Winnipeg
Free Press "I just think people are more
aware of the issues and are more interested
in voting and knowing they have a voice
after what happened in the federal election.”
In Manitoba about 17 per cent of the
population identify as aboriginal — Indigenous Rock the Vote hopes to hold forums
featuring candidates and help get people
registered to vote.
In northern Manitoba, Rock the Vote
organizer Rhonda Head is working to get
northern communities to the polls in April.
In the 2011 election, northern Manitoba
constituencies, with high aboriginal populations, had the lowest turnout in the
province. Flin Flon, Thompson, Kewatinook and The Pas all had voter turnout
less than 36 per cent.
"Everyone’s vote is important, and we
want to vote in a government that works
with indigenous people,’ said Head, who
lives in The Pas constituency currently held
by New Democrat Amanda Lathlin, the
province’s first female First Nations MLA.
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The Indspire Awards were created in 1993 to
represent the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own achievers, in conjunction with the United Nation’s International
Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
The Awards recognize Indigenous professionals
and youth who demonstrate outstanding career
achievement. They promote self-esteem and pride
for Indigenous communities and provide outstanding role models for Indigenous youth.
This year an Elder from Winnipeg is being recognized for all her hard work and years of service to
her community.
Elder Mae Louise Campbell is one of two recipients receiving a 2016 Indspire award for culture, heritage and spirituality.
An Ojibway Metis Elder, Campbell has dedicated her life to teaching the values of kindness,
humility and love — leading thousands of sharing and healing circles across Canada. An advocate of traditional teachings, she has been an Elder in Residence at Red River College for
the past 10 years.
Earlier this year, she was appointed to the City of Winnipeg’s new Mayor’s Indigenous Advisory Circle, which aims to build bridges between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities
in Winnipeg.
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Publisher’s Note
Manitoba election is on april 19, 2016.
Grassroots News begins our coverage and commentary about the upcoming Manitoba election starts with this issue.
We will be covering the parties, candidates, especially aboriginal candidates, in upcoming issues of Grassroots News.
also we will be sending the leader of each political party in the election a set of questions to answer about their policies
and commitments to Indigenous Peoples in Manitoba. you will see both the set of questions and the answers received
in the pages of Grassroots News.
brokenhead Ojibway Nation turning opportunities into success
For the past couple of years, the Winnipeg Police Service
has been making an effort to enhance the Treaty relationship
here in Treaty 1 territory. We recognize that the Chiefs of
the seven Treaty 1 communities have rights and responsibilities that stem all the way back to August 3rd, 1871 when
the Treaty was signed with the Crown. Despite being over
140 years old, we feel that it is still the foundation upon
which our communities can thrive.
One of the communities that has been leading this partnership is the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, about 40 minutes north east of Winnipeg. Chief Jim Bear and his Council
have expressed, and proven, their willingness to establish
close ties with our Service and the City of Winnipeg. They
believe, as we do, that it is a mistake to think that each of
our interests end at the Perimeter Highway. Many residents
of their community travel to and live in the City of Winnipeg. Certainly many Winnipeggers travel through their
community every day and have the potential to positively
impact their economic and social prosperity.
As only one of many examples of Chief Bear’s commitment to this process, in April 2015 their Council approved a list of 6 priority items to work on that serve as a
guide to our joint partnership. They are: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, providing a safe environment to live, work, and play, the development of a
critical incident notification process, accommodations for
wellness, housing and apartments, employment and training, and the development of Kapyong Barracks. Each of
these is certainly important for Winnipeg’s future and we
welcome these challenges.
It was with this, and many other examples of Brokenhead’s leadership that on January 19th Chief Clunis and I
travelled there to show our thanks and support for all that
Chief Bear and Council were doing. Upon our arrival, we
were joined by members of the RCMP. Chief Bear then
took us on a tour of his community. First, we went to the
Sergeant Tommy Prince School where we had a chance
to meet with the staff and students. Chief Bear obviously
takes education seriously and his words to the students
were heartfelt and warming. He encouraged all of them to
dream big and understand that they could do anything they
wanted to in life.
After some group photos with the students, we were
then taken to see the new grocery store and medical center that is just about to open. We were introduced to the
community member who will be managing the complex,
Mr. Kyle Tanner. Together, Kyle and Chief Bear gave us
an overview of their Business Plan and how their goals
were to have a grocery store in the community that would
provide fresh produce, address the health concerns within
the community, and provide a full range of medical services. This will include a full service pharmacy and even
a designated spiritual room. At the same time, they intend
on attracting consumers from the Interlake and surrounding areas who otherwise need to travel farther south to
Selkirk to obtain their goods. We loved hearing this type
of competitive mindset and it reminds me of the type of
language I have heard from Chief Clarence Louie of the
Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) in British Columbia. The
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OIB is an economic powerhouse and sets the bar for
Indigenous success in Canada.
After this we took a short drive through the community to see a number of housing projects underway.
Chief Bear stated it has always been a dream of his to
see good housing within his community and this was
proof of things to come.
Upon returning to their band office, we had a
meeting with close to 20 different program coordinators and staff from the community. A number of them
spoke with us about the important work they do and
how they felt we could work more closely together. I
wished we had brought along many other senior staff from
the City of Winnipeg who could also have learned about
the opportunities before us all.
The Brokenhead Ojibway Nation is on the move both
socially and economically. Our hopes are to establish similar partnerships with each of the six remaining communities within Treaty 1 territory. Chief Bear and his community
are setting the example for all of us to follow in that journey.
Andy Golebioski is a Staff Sergeant in the Community Relations Unit of the Winnipeg Police Service. All
columns are approved by the Chief of Police.
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Pipelines in Manitoba – then and Now
Short pipelines in Manitoba operate only in
Manitoba, and are a provincial responsibility.
though there are no public standards for the licensing of pipelines inside Manitoba, recent new
lines have been laid and been granted a Manitoba
environment licence.
Corridors Full of Old Pipelines
Two main corridors in Manitoba contain the natural gas,
and oil products pipelines that cross our province.
The Enbridge Line 3 replacement project
would be built in a corridor of multiple pipelines
which enters Manitoba from Saskatchewan, travels east south of the TransCanada Highway, turns
south and leave Manitoba at Gretna. Enbridge
Pipeline owns the other pipelines in this corridor.
Most of the pipelines are forty to fifty years old.
Line 3 is through most of its NEB processes, and
hearings. The National Energy Board will make
its recommendation about Line 3 to Cabinet in
May 2016. In Canada the federal government
cabinet makes final decisions about pipelines. The
majority of interveners in the Line 3 NEB review
are First Nation or aboriginal.
The TransCanada Pipelines corridor crosses
Manitoba from the east near Kenora and crosses
the province exiting to Saskatchewan and other
provinces east of Manitoba. The pipelines in this
corridor are also forty to fifty years old. Energy
East is becoming a longer timeline, with TransCanada pipelines being asked to update and reorganize the filings it has provided to the NEB.
Some early hearings have been held, but to date
there is no schedule for resumption of hearings.
The majority of interveners in Energy East NEB
proceedings are First Nation or aboriginal.
Energy East is a project to repurpose a
pipeline from natural gas use to oil products. Diluted bitumen from Alberta oil sands would
travel on this repurposed pipeline, being pushed
along by Manitoba Hydro electricity by nine
pump stations. Energy East continues as an old
pipeline being repurposed through Ontario. It
would be a new pipeline in Quebec, and across
Atlantic Canada. The current Line 3 pipeline
would be decommissioned and left in place.
Currently Line 3 is operating at a reduced flow
due to safety concerns and age of the pipeline.
Provincial Responsibilities
Provincial governments claim that pipelines are completely
a federal responsibility, and federal regulatory decisions. Of
course any leaks, spills etc would involve provincial emergency personnel. The environmental assessment of pipelines
was changed in the 21012 Omnibus Budget Bill and the National Energy Board took on this responsibility from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.
Manitoba government would issue easements, work permits, drainage permits, leases on public lands, and various
other permits depending on the situation.(archeological or endangered species, heritage site permits etc.)
Manitoba Hydro would require permits or environmental
licenses for transmission line hook ups, access roads etc. The
estimate of revenue per year Manitoba Hydro would receive
from Energy East is $ 640,000.00 per year.
Risky business
Public information about the recent frequent pipeline
breaches, spills and leaks – including in brand new pipelines
– is affecting public confidence and creating new concerns about these pipeline projects.
Water systems are all connected, and in Manitoba a
breach of a pipeline could mean that oil products would
end up in rivers, and in Lake Winnipeg. There are questions about the many pump stations involved and how
secure these are. There are questions about medicinal
plants being affected, and species moving away due to
construction phases.
Many question whether Canada has an energy plan,
and whether there is a planning and pre-assessment
process before numerous pipeline projects go into the
regulatory process. Today there are more pipelines under
review in Canada than in 50 years. In short are the companies planning their route to profits or are Canadians
planning the exploration, use, and market for Canadian
natural resources?
First Nations continue to use crown lands not in the
government system to hunt, trap, and gather right across
southern Manitoba. These include all lake and riverbeds,
shorelines in some instances, road allowances, ditches
etc. Often, the aboriginal right to hunt is exercised on private land, with permission. Many Manitoba First Nations have treaty land entitlements where they are not
finished with their land acquisitions of both private and
crown lands. Pipeline projects could affect Aboriginal
rights in several ways.
Climate Change
Any pipeline that would carry oil sands bitumen is
carrying the most green house gas intensive oil product
in the world. Add the emissions from the mining process,
the transporting process, and the refining or shipping
process. First Nation voices in British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and Atlantic Canada are voicing their message. Leave it in the ground, do not impact traditional
territories any further, stop these pipeline projects, and
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Ralph Ketel of Pine River, Mb intends to sell private lands:
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If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser please
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homes in the following northern communities:
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• Churchill (Tadoule Lake)
• Garden Hill
• God’s Lake
• God’s River
• Granville Lake
• Ilford
• Lac Brochet
• Little Grand Rapids
• Oxford House
• Pauingassi First Nation
• Red Sucker Lake
• Shamattawa
• St. Theresa Point
• Wasagamack
• York Landing
Canvassers are visiting these communities to gather information for Census 2016 – information
that will help the government plan housing, education and job creation needs in Northern
Manitoba. It will also be of assistance to First Nation entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Do your part for the community
Please take the time to invite these canvassers into your home so they can help you complete
your census form. Remember to make sure everyone in your home is counted, including yourself
because the census is important to Manitoba.
That’s because for every person who is ultimately missed, Manitoba loses $46,000 in federal
transfer payments over the next five years.
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the Red Indians
Grassroots News is continuing to provide
content from the Red Indians, by Dr. Peter
Kulchyski, who is a professor at the university
of Manitoba.
the north of the Great Lakes to rebuild that city. Two treaties were
signed with Anishinabwe Peoples to get access to that territory.
The main negotiator, William B. Robinson, followed the procedures set down in the Royal Proclamation of 1763. The treaties
he concluded are known today as the Robinson Treaties. They
became the models for the numbered treaties.
Rupertsland
In 1869 the Hudson’s Bay Company( HBC) agreed to sell
its rights to northwestern Canada, then called Rupertsland, to
Canada. The purchase was supposed to take effect December 1,
1869, but Louis Riel put a stop to that by turning the appointed
governor back at the border. This led to the first Riel Rebellion.
The Rupertsland Purchase was supposed to give Canada title
to most of the northwest, but native people disagreed when they
heard about the arrangement. They complained, saying the land
was not the HBC’s to sell. The government decided to deal with
their complaints through the treaty process.
Numbered treaties
Dr. Peter Kulchyski
Part II
as long as this land Shall last
Between 1870 and 1921 the government of Canada negotiated the numbered treaties, 1 to 11, with the first nations of the
north and western part of Canada. There are two main reasons
the government negotiated these treaties. First, for more than
200 years, native peoples and Europeans in this part of the Americas had negotiated with each other through the fur trade. There
was a long history of peaceful bargaining. This was very different from what went on to the south, where the first Spaniards
and then the United States cavalry dealt with Indians as obstacles
and enemies, waging ruthless warfare against them.
Secondly, in 1763 the King of England’s royal proclamation
promised to respect native people’s land rights and recognized
that native people had title to their land. It could be surrendered
or ceded only through negotiations with the government, in
which a fair price must be paid.
Robinson treaties
After the great Chicago fire in 1850 timber was needed from
As land was needed for settlement, railways, or resource development the government would meet with aboriginal peoples
of that area and negotiate a treaty with them. The eleven numbered treaties signed between 1871 and 1921 covered a
huge area of Canada. Seven of the treaties were negotiated
at the rate of one per year between 1871 and 1877.
treaty Making
Treaty making was a fairly straightforward process,
following the forms that had long been used during the fur
trade epoch. A treaty commission would travel to a particular area and let it be known they were there to negotiate
a treaty. Native people would gather and designate a
leader or leaders to speak for them. Both sides would make
long speeches, mostly about how they wanted to live in
peace together. A peace pipe would be smoked. Then
terms of the treaty would be discussed. In the early treaties
the process would take days and discussions were long
and involved.
Even though the treaties were prepared in the east before negotiations, change could be made. For example in
treaty 6 for Saskatchewan, there is a provision, put in at
the insistence of the Plains Cree, that the Indian Agent
keep a medicine chest on hand. In later treaties, such as
Treaty 11 in the NWT, the process didn’t take much more
than a day in each community, and the commissioners did
not make any changes to the prepare document – though
they probably promised to.
Written treaties
In the written treaties, native people give the government two
things: they surrender most of their land and they make a promise
of good behavior . In exchange the First Nations were promised
reserves, annuities, and teachers, hunting and fishing rights on
non-surrendered territory, money and supplies to help with farming, and an initial payment of: money, clothes, supplies, and
medals.
Most treaty texts are only three or four pages long. Based on
reading these written words, the government goes about handing
out as little as possible, ignoring hunting rights, administering
the poverty it has created and funding research reports to try and
figure out why things are so bad on so many reserves.
More than these Written Pages
But the treaties are more than these few written pages. They
involve what was said during the speeches or negotiations: oral
promises; a spirit of respect; a spirit of peaceful co-existence; a
spirit of mutuality; a spirit of fairness; a spirit of justice; a spirit
of recognition. These spirits are so subtle they quietly lie in for
the day when it may re-emerge to mend the wounds torn into so
much flesh by broken promise after broken promise after broken
promise. Some day the treaties will be more than lies.
(See Part I of The Red Indians in February 10 issue of
Grassroots News.)
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Manitoba Hearings, Regulations, Consultations, licences
think environment, lands, Waters, and
Consultations – Its election time !
Provided by Gaile Whelan Enns, senior writer
lake Winnipeg
the data for their reports.
We know now the Manitoba government decided not to issue the final licence for regulation
of Lake Winnipeg until all Aboriginal consultations are completed. In the meantime Manitoba
Hydro seems to be ignoring the recommendations in the Clean Environment Commission’s (CEC)
report from about Lake Winnipeg Regulation.
The CEC has been mandated to hold community meetings with affected communities, and to
then hold meetings in Winnipeg. The meetings still include a full transcript, filings and evidence.
Funding is available. But communities around Lake Winnipeg will be scoped out as not affected.
Could it be our government has not adopted those recommendations? Why is there no response
from the Manitoba government about the results of the hearings, especially when most of the participants were First Nation and Metis ?
Applications for CEC funding deadline must be in by March 31. Information is on the CEC
website. The pattern of Aboriginal participants in CEC hearings is growing stronger, and stronger.
It will be important for these meetings also.
A final licence would be backdated to 1976 based on when the JenPeg dam started operations.
It is 50 years duration, so in 2026 we have another Lake Winnipeg licensing decision to make.
The CEC has recommended actions that need to happen now, and are part of the preparation for
the next round of decisions about Lake Winnipeg.
lake Winnipeg
and the new Federal Government
Before the start of the Harper federal government a joint federal-provincial committee about
Lake Winnipeg, chaired by Norm Brandson for Manitoba and Terry Duguid for Ottawa, held
workshops, commissioned technical studies, and made recommendations. A plan for the future of
Lake Winnipeg was in place !
Some of those recommendations are in the CEC report about Lake Winnipeg Regulation.
It is time for the new federal government to return to action for the future of Lake Winnipeg. Liberal
election platform materials mention Lake Winnipeg. Lets all urge the Liberal MPs from Manitoba to
find the funding, and the political will to save the lake, the fishery, and communities affected by ‘management’ of Lake Winnipeg.
Churchill River Diversion (CRD)
The same situation exists for the Churchill River Diversion, which connects and speeds up the
Churchill, Burntwood, and Nelson rivers to generate hydro electricity at northern dams.
Promise for an environmental bill of Rights
The Manitoba government has signed onto the Blue Dot Campaign, which seeks to have
provinces, towns, and organizations agree we need environmental rights for citizens in Canada.
It is not clear whether we will see a Bill in the Legislature during the short session of the Legislature that starts next week. The session will be short, ending third week of March. There was
a short online survey for comments about such a Bill. No public registry, no workshops, one press
release only to announce the intention and the comments period. So far there has been no comment
from the Official Opposition about this promise by the NDP.
We have been hearing comments about how such a Bill of Rights cannot interfere with Aboriginal constitutional and treaty rights. Statements are also being made about how this Bill must
include and confirm Aboriginal rights.
If a Bill is tabled in the Legislature then it goes to Committee where speakers can register with
the Clerk of the Legislature office and come in to speak to the Bill. The committee is made up of
all three parties in the Legislature.
environment act Review and amendments
There is no word whether the changes to the Environment Act will be tabled in the short March
session of the Legislature. If this happens then the Environment Act will also go to Committee in
March. No law, agreement, regulation made by the Manitoba government should interfere with
or contradict the Aboriginal and Treaty rights of Manitobans.
Manitoba Hydro applied for the final licence for the CRD in 2010. No public reviews or hearings happened. As we noted here before the Aboriginal consultations about CRD impacts on communities have begun. Unless well funded, with community participation and appropriate resources
for affected communities these ‘consultations’ will not assist the Crown in making its decisions.
First Nation, Metis and northern affairs communities are affected by Environment Act licences, hearings and proposals. This Act affects the communities on an almost daily basis, including on reserve.
Manitobans are all affected by the CRD as it is the engine of the Hydro system of dams. The
lack of any Winnipeg open house, while Lake Winnipeg Regulation had 9 weeks of hearings is
more than an oversight, it is avoidance. Why?
The public registry for the Environment Act
holds some comments, and a report. The Law Reform Commission report is on their website.
Regional Cumulative effects assessment
This Effects Assessment applies to the basins for the same three rivers in the CRD. Manitoba Hydro has posted inaccessible reports, with no methodology provided, and no access to
We recommend that Aboriginal speakers watch
to see if there is a Bill, review it and register to
speak to the Committee at the Legislature.
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President’s Message
culture is an important part of Canadian history, and
I encourage everyone… to learn more about Métis.”
The steps taken at the exhibit go hand in hand with
our objective to restore the Métis Nation’s rightful
place in history – from being Canada’s Forgotten
People to recognition as the Founders of Manitoba
and Canada’s Negotiating Partners in Confederation.
We are pleased Library and Archives Canada is
helping to bring back into our collective memory
the history and stories of our people before that
knowledge vanishes by the passing of our Métis
Elders.
It has been an exciting couple of weeks! First I was
invited to the opening of the “Hiding in Plain Sight:
Discovering the Métis Nation in the Collection of the
Library and Archives Canada” event in Ottawa on
February 10th. As the Honourable Carolyn Bennett,
Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs said,
“Experiencing Métis art and culture while showcasing
talented Métis artists not only enriches our lives but
also provides us with the opportunity to experience
the world from a new perspective. Métis art and
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On Louis Riel Day, Métis Elder Ray St. Germain
gave a performance at the Canadian Museum for
Human Rights. Manitoba Metis Federation Minister
Andrew Carrier brought greetings on behalf of the
Métis government and our Métis Citizens. Many of
our locals also celebrated the day with their families,
participating in traditional Métis activities and
cultural events.
This past weekend I was at The Pas for the Northern
Manitoba Trappers Festival. On Saturday morning I
helped begin the world championship dog race with
a shotgun start. Saturday night I was at the Métis
Family Night at the Métis Hall. The place was jam
packed with people enjoying good food and great
Metis entertainment. It was great to see many of
our Métis Citizens out enjoying themselves doing
what Métis people to best – having fun with family
and friends. I want to thank all the volunteers and
the entertainers for all their hard work. I also want to
thank our Local and Regional elected representatives
for their leadership in making the evening a great
success.
I invite you to take a look inside this issue of Le Metis
MMF P
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over the past couple of weeks. I also invite each
Métis Local to get in touch with our communications
department so we can share good news and events
happening in your Local and throughout our Métis
community. Send us some pictures and stories
of what’s happening! You can reach the MMF
communications team at communications@mmf.
mb.ca or by calling the Home Office at (204) 5868474.
In closing, I offer my best wishes for those who are
sick or shut-in. May they be blessed with healing,
health, and peace. I pray and share my heartfelt
condolences and deepest sympathies for all our
neighbours, friends, and families who have lost loved
ones.
Meeqwetch,
President David Chartrand, LL.D. (hon), O.M.
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15 Successful Years of Celebrating Métis Culture
It’s that Métis-time of year again in The
Pas! On February 19th and 20th, the
Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) The
Pas Region hosted their 15th Annual
Métis Family Day in conjunction with
Métis Family Night. This free event
coincides with the Northern Manitoba
Trappers Festival which takes place
every February in The Pas.
Métis Family Night takes place in
the evening at the Métis Hall in The
Pas the day after Métis Family Day.
Métis Family Night is planned around
local events so visitors to The Pas can
also participate in and be introduced
to Métis Culture and Tradition. This
has led to a growth in the number of
participants who attend each year.
Métis Family Day is hosted at The Pas
Friendship Centre. The event is set for
children and their families to spend
time together while participating in a
variety of traditional Métis activities.
Some of these popular games includes
leg wrestling, animal calling, and face
painting. The Northern Manitoba
Trappers Festival Youth Jigging, and
Moose and Goose Calling contest is
also a fun part of Métis Family day.
“Métis Family Night was first hosted
at the Friendship Centre. We’ve had
to move the location to the Métis Hall
because it kept getting bigger,” said
Vice President Mayer. “It’s a huge
success now.”
“It’s the one venue where kids can be
kids.” said MMF Vice President Judy
Mayer.
The Youth Jigging contest is separated
into three age groups with first, second
and third ranking for each group. Moose
and Goose Calling is a hunting tactic
used to imitate the sounds of animals
to draw an animal in closer. Some of
the calls mimic an animals mating call.
Moose and Goose Calling also have a
first, second and third ranking for each
category based on accuracy of the
sound they are imitating.
The event offers a variety of
entertainment including live dancers
and great food served by local Métis
Youth. Guests also enjoy authentic
Métis fiddle music, something that isn’t
currently showcased at the Northern
Manitoba Trapper Festival.
Since 2015 the MMF has been raising
funds by having bake sales and 50/50
draws throughout the year to offset
the cost of hosting the annual Metis
Family events. Prior to 2015, HRD
provided funds for the event, but due
to a change in guidelines funding is
no longer available for cultural events
and activities. To help support cultural
activities, guests are also able to make
donations during events. In true Metis
Fashion, local citizens continue to band
together to help make sure this event
remains a great success in bringing
family and friends together to celebrate
Métis Culture and Tradition.
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tain our rights, lands, and waters. Certain First Nations are
entering into funding agreements with pipeline companies.
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Carr & McKenna Make New Commitments
It is being pointed out by the Environment Commissioner
of Ontario, and over 80 mayors in Quebec that the risk is
greater than any benefits from the Energy East pipeline. Some
First Nations also say there appears to be no real benefits to
their people.
National energy board & aboriginal Peoples
The NEB is responsible for the certification of pipelines,
and then the monitoring of operations through the lifetime of
a pipeline approved by cabinet. The NEB essentially makes
sure that the conditions of certificate of operation are fulfilled.
The NEB also conducts the administrative tribunal proceedings for new projects in the energy sector. These may take
up to 2 years.
Hearings are held to hear traditional knowledge from First
Nations. For the Line 3 hearings First Nation interveners were
blocked from providing evidence or expert testimony in any
other area beyond traditional knowledge.
Few Canadians believe it when they are told that pipeline
companies don’t actually have to present their project, or be
cross examined in a hearing. Interveners can present, depending on the procedures for that pipeline hearing. The experience in British Columbia with the NEB has been shocking to
interveners and resulted in court cases.
No Real Hearings
traditional Knowledge Definition
The NEB definition of traditional knowledge is being challenged across Canada. In Manitoba the Assembly of Manitoba Chief filed a motion during the Enbridge Line 3
proceedings regarding this definition, indicating it was out of
step with First Nations, and with other judicial and tribunal
guidelines and definitions.
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The NEB commissioners, who are appointed to the Panel
for specific project, are often from an industry background.
In summer 2015 an additional appointment was made without the NEB’s knowledge. A Kinder Morgan consultant was
appointed to the NEB for that Panel. The NEB took a step
back, cancelled evidence the consultant has worked on and
required new evidence.
Canadians have lost confidence in the NEB. They do not
understand why there are so many pipeline projects under review and potentially adding risk to our economy and our natural world, all at the same time.
environment Minister Catherine
McKenna and Natural Resources /
energy Minister Jim Carr of the
trudeau government for Canada released interim or transition policies
and principles regarding pipeline reviews and approvals in Canada as of
January 27, 2016. Prime Minister
trudeau tasked them both with this
responsibility in the mandate letter
sent to them when they were appointed to cabinet.
Together the ministers made it clear these new transition polices and principles are to bridge the time between
current pipeline reviews, and the promised changes to
the NEB Act which could take up to 2 years. The cabinet
has doubled the time to six months to review any recommendation from the NEB, and extended the NEB
timeline six months to 21 months for reviews. This totals to 27 months.
transition Principles
The announcement appears to only apply to Energy East
and Trans Mountain pipeline in BC. A commitment to First
Nations concerning the Energy East pipeline was made to:
“Undertake deeper consultations with Indigenous peoples potentially affected by the project and provide funding to support
these consultations.”
“The following principles are intended to provide greater
certainty as to how the Government of Canada will be guided
in the application of its discretionary decision-making authorities for projects being assessed during the review of environmental assessment processes:
1. No project proponent will be asked to return to the starting line — project reviews will continue within the current
legislative framework and in accordance with treaty provisions, under the auspices of relevant responsible authorities
and Northern regulatory boards;
2. Decisions will be based on science, traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples and other relevant evidence;
3. The views of the public and affected communities will
be sought and considered;
4. Indigenous peoples will be meaningfully consulted, and
where appropriate, impacts on their rights and interests will
be accommodated; and
5. Direct and upstream greenhouse gas emissions linked
to the projects under review will be assessed.
During the interim period, timely decisions on individual
projects will depend upon the provision of sufficient information and evidence in accordance with these principles. Where
required, steps will be taken to gather additional evidence.”
Minister Carr Speaks
to aFN energy Forum February 10
Text below taken from the official speaking notes for Minister Carr
“We've made meaningful Indigenous engagement a cornerstone of our new interim approach for assessing major resource projects already in the review process.
“That's why we announced a transition process last month
that features two important principles relevant to discussions
here. First, that Indigenous peoples will be meaningfully consulted and their rights and interests accommodated. And second, that decisions will be based on science and evidence and
that evidence includes traditional Indigenous knowledge.
“Two essential principles, one common theme to restore
trust in how we develop our natural wealth sustainably and
responsibly.
“We've opened the door for a new way of doing things, and
I want to invite you in.”
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Hockey League. He was also the Huskies MVP. He was a member
of the 2014 aboriginal Team Manitoba that finished fourth at the
National Aboriginal Hockey Championship in Kahnawake, Que.
Jared Courchene
By Scott Taylor
Among the Manitoba lacrosse community in Manitoba, Jared
Courchene is considered an exceptional player.
The sophomore star at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrowgate, Tenn., was one of the top players with the Manitoba Blizzard
this past season and has already started strongly with the Lincoln
Memorial Railsplitters in 2016.
“Jared started playing lacrosse when he was eight-years-old,”
recalled his dad, Myles. “he played most of his minor career at Sagkeeng. He played for the Shamrocks in his first year of junior and
then started with the Blizzard last year. He also played at Sturgeon
Heights Collegiate and won a provincial high school championship.
“But don’t forget, he was also a good hockey player.”
Courchene, who hails from Sagkeeng but played most of his
lacrosse in Winnipeg, was among the 14 athletes and two coaches
who were awarded Manitoba Aboriginal Sport and Recreation
Council (MASRC) NAIG Legacy Scholarships for 2014.
The scholarships were created through the generosity of the
2002 North American Indigenous Games Legacies. The Athlete
Scholarships ($500 each) are awarded yearly to Aboriginal athletes
in Manitoba who have shown athletic leadership within the
province through well-rounded participation as both athletes and
students and who are also active in the community at large.
That year, Courchene was named Male Varsity Athlete of the
Year at Sturgeon Heights and was the Most Valuable Player of the
Platinum Promotions Division of the Winnipeg High School
On the lacrosse field, Courchene led the Huskies to the MLA
provincial high school lacrosse championship. At 6-foot-2, 210
pounds, he has become a tower of strength at Lincoln Memorial.
Courchene is just another example of how good the lacrosse
program is in Manitoba and is also a tribute to the exceptional athletes being turned out in Manitoba’s indigenous community.
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It’s getting down to the nuts and bolts of the 2015-16 Manitoba
Junior Hockey League season and the OCN Blizzard are right in
the race for the first round bye.
The Blizzard have locked up a playoff spot but now it just depends on what type of playoff will it be. Will the Blizzard surpass
the Swan Valley Stampeders and reach the Top 6 – the six teams
with a first-round bye. Or will the Blizzard finish seventh and face
the Waywayseecappo Wolverines in the best of three Survivor’s Se-
Two full seasons ago, back during the 2013-14 campaign, Win-
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Memorial university
lacrosse
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Heights Collegiate)
This year, however, it’s the “old” Kyle Birch. Now 25 and in
his final season at NAIT, Birch leads the ACAC goaltender’s stats.
In nine games, he has a 1.84 GAA and a solid .929 save percentage.
He’s also helped the NAIT Ooks grab first place with an incredible
record of – yes, it’s true – 26-0-0-0. The Ooks will head into the
playoffs at the end of the month with an undefeated record, unheard
of in the competitive ACAC.
“Kyle is just about finished with his business degree,” said his
father Michael, a member of Garden Hill First Nation, last week.
“He’s had a pretty remarkable hockey career at NAIT. He even got
a couple of pro offers, but his degree is his No. 1 priority. For the
last few years, he really got his act together and while I’m proud of
his hockey accomplishments, I’m even more proud that he stuck
to his guns and will get his degree this year.”
nipeg’s Kyle Birch was the talk of the Alberta Colleges Athletic
Conference. It was a remarkable season in which the former Manitoba Triple A Midget star allowed only 12 goals in 20 games and
had an 0.65 goals against average to go with his eye-popping .970
save percentage.
Last season, as Birch worked toward completing his business
degree at Edmonton’s Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, he
had a rough year. Injured for most of the season, he played only
nine games and had a 2.69 goals against average to go with a
mediocre .894 save percentage.
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ries. The two teams that win the Survivor’s Series get to be the seventh and eighth seeds for the first round of the “official” playoffs.
That’s why the Blizzard wants to finish sixth and get that bye.
The Blizzard has four games remaining on its schedule: This
Friday night OCN plays host to first-place Portage and that’s going
to be a tough one. It’s also the Blizzard’s final game in the month
of February. They’ll play host to Dauphin on March 1 and 2 and
then wrap up the season at home against Selkirk on March 5.
It’s going to be a great finish and it will be a real credit to Coach
Jason Smith and his staff if this year’s Blizzard can reach the Top 6.
Congratulations to Blizzard rearguard Brady Keeper of Cross
Lake. Keeper was named the MJHL’s Defenseman of the Month
for January and is nominated along with Zach Whitecloud of the
Virden Oil Capitals for MJHL Defenseman of the Year.
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PeGuIS, OCN FaVOReD
IN NORtH
The OCN Storm and Peguis Juniors continued their tremendous
battle for first place in the North Division of the Keystone Jr. B
Hockey League right up until the final weekend of the season.
When the dust cleared, the Juniors were 28-4-0-2 and in first place
with 58 points while the Storm was 27-6-0-1 and in second place
with 55 points. It was a tremendous race to the finish put on by two
outstanding First Nations teams.
Now it’s on to the second round of the playoffs. At press time,
the best-of-three Survivors Series were well underway and will be
done by the time this issue goes to press. In the North, it was Fisher
River against Norway House while in the South, it was Arborg and
North Winnipeg. The winner of the North series will face Peguis
in the second round which begins this weekend while OCN and
Cross Lake were already slated to meet. The winner of the South
Survivors Series will face the two-time defending champion Selkirk
Fishermen while the St. Malo Warriors and Lundar Falcons have
been waiting to start the second round.
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Circle your calendars. One of the biggest and best hockey tournaments in Manitoba is on its way.
From April 8-10, 2016, at the Jonathan Toews Arena at 118
Dakota Street in Winnipeg and at the Ile Des Chenes Arena,
630 Rivard St. in Ile Des Chenes Man., it’s the Manitoba Aboriginal Sport and Recreation Council’s 2016 Indigenous Minor
Hockey Tournament.
There are five divisions: Squirts (2009-2010), Novice (20072008), Atom (2005-2006), PeeWee (2003-2004) and Bantam
(2001-2002). The entry fee is $525 per team, and remember, no
spot is guaranteed until payment is received.
The format is modified double knockout and it is open to all
aboriginal athletes. The deadline for entries is March 18, 2016 and
the final draws will be made before the end of March.
Vendors are also welcome. Vendor costs are $150/table for the
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hockey families to get a first look at cutting edge new equipment,
innovations in fitness and nutrition and meet leaders in hockey
training from across North America.
Held within the new wing of the RBC Convention Centre in
Winnipeg, this will be a larger than life hockey experience for
hockey families in Manitoba.
“The sport of hockey has evolved from a recreational sport into
a year round endeavor and today's hockey parent and athlete are
looking for a competitive edge." Said Hannah a founding partner
of the Canadian Hockey Expo. “The Canadian Hockey Expo will
be the best opportunity to make all of your registration and purchase
decisions for the 2016/17 season over one weekend.”
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No. 91 lodie Ipeelie of the
OCN Storm, third in scoring
This season, the 10-team Keystone Jr. B Hockey League, split
into two divisions. In the North, there are five First Nation’s teams
– the defending league finalists Peguis Juniors, Fisher River Hawks,
Norway House North Stars, the expansion Cross Lake Islanders
and the OCN Storm.
The Storm, a team that wasn’t even founded until 2012, were
the North Division leaders for most of the year, but Peguis just
kept adding top level players and got better and better as the
season progressed.
The playoffs should be outstanding. Cross lake and OCN started
on Tuesday night, Selkirk and TBA open up on Thursday night at
the Rec Centre while Lundar and St. Malo get rolling in St. Malo
on Friday. The Peguis-TBA series is still to be scheduled.
Meanwhile, congratulations to Mitchell Tilley of the OCN Storm.
Tilley won the league scoring championship with 42 goals and 43
assists in 33 games. Braeden Boschman of the Cross Lakes Islanders
was next with 48 goals and 35 assists in 31 games and Lodie Ipeelie
of OCN was third with 38 goals and 40 assists in 23 games.
From March 25-27, the Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre’s 29th annual Indigenous Minor Hockey Tournament
will be held at the MTS Iceplex.
This year there will be squirt, novice, atom, peewee, bantam and
midget divisions and there will be female hockey accepted if
enough entries come in to have an event.
The entry fee is $600 per team and for more information, call
204-942-0228 or just click on [email protected].
CaNaDIaN
HOCKey
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Jarret Hannah and Chad Balmer want Manitoba to have the best
time of their hockey lives.
On June 11 and 12, the two Winnipeg-based organizers, hope
this province will be home to the largest consumer hockey trade
show ever. It’s a fully immersive, interactive hockey experience
called “The Canadian Hockey Expo” and it will be a chance for
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