Nakina Girls Comments: January 30,2011 on the Blockade
This whole thing is confusing me. The media up north seems to be fueling it. However, the natives aren't even discussing it. Even my most radical native friends have not made one comment on it. Bye the way these radicals work in the rof and believe me usually have a lot to say.
I think this may be a ploy to get the government to step up to the plate and begin to get things going. I think the people up north including the natives are sick of all the talk and want to see some action!
Another grerat note from Don
Matawa creates own Ring of Fire coordinator BIG NEWS
With billion of dollars potentially hanging in the balance, Matawa First Nations are aiming to ensure they get a fair share of the resources in the Ring of Fire.
A key step in that process, explains Matawa First Nations CEO David Paul Achneepineskum, was the creation of a Matawa Ring of Fire coordinator position and the hiring of Raymond Ferris to fill it. Ferris, who was previously the mining exploration advisor for Matawa, was introduced Jan. 25.
Ferris is a man with a plan, to work with the communities – Marten Falls, Webequie and Neskantaga – most likely to be affected by possible development in the Ring of Fire, an area potentially worth billions in minerals including the world’s largest chromite deposit.
“Working together as a group will ensure that necessary protocols and resources and implemented to protect our traditional lands, our land-use rights and our way of life,” Ferris, a Constance Lake band member, said.
Achneepineskum said having its own Ring of Fire coordinator was a must for Matawa.
“This position will be vital to the future of our people and is desperately needed to help coordinate relationships between our First Nations, government and industry,” he said. “Matawa First Nations are committed to building economic strength and sustainable development in their traditional territory for the benefit of current and future generations.”
January 18, 2011 Our first tipster!!
I like your Blog, I read an article in wawatay news and as such inquired from my contacts in the pickel lake area what they were hearing about the ontario ice road situation an recieved information that the FNs do not recognize provincial boarders and what is going to happen in manitoba is in the planning stages for northern ontario as well, and is farther ahead than released. Apperantlly the manitoba FNs got their demands from what they saw happening in Ontario.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/reserves-lack-fuel-hope-ice-roads-open-113443404.html
In Winnipeg, Grand Chief David Harper of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which represents more than two dozen northern First Nations, said the fuel crisis underscores the need to "replace the province's winter ice roads with dirt-based seasonal roads, which can be used as soon as the ground freezes and last up to six months"
THX Don
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