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Gathering moves back to Obabika Lake The annual fall aboriginal Changing of the Seasons has been moved from Wakimika Lake to Obabika Lake. This year's event had been scheduled for Wakimika Lake, but organizers cited logistical problems. The event had previously been held on Obabika Lake and will now return to the original site on Red Pine Point. Teme-Augama elder Alex Mathias hosts the traditional aboriginal gathering during the fall equinox on his tribal land on Obabika Lake.
Participants for the
Contact
Amber Ellis at Earthroots for more
information at 416-599-0152 ext 11.
First Nation graduates
first doctor The first member of the Temagami First Nation to
become a medical doctor burst through the bannock barrier. Zhiish Tracy
McKenzie graduated this spring from She was not the
first to cross the barrier. The first lawyer did that. McKenzie finished its
demolition.
McDonald is the
daughter of Linda and George Mathias. Who's next?
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AUGUST Potts out, Ayotte in
Today for the fourth time in
a year, Roxane Ayotte entered the Temagami First Nation offices as chief,
and for the first time, Gary Potts wasn't sitting in the chief executive's
chair. He had bucked overwhelming opposition from his own people for a year,
but this time,
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The election poster refers to two elections that Ayotte won last fall, but were ignored by Potts. PHOTO: JOHN TURNER |
Her second term was short-lived. She quit in outrage after he brushed aside the constitution. Once out of office, she found herself leader of a movement that fought to restore it. But Potts' cavalier attitude fed public anger and that catapulted her into the election. John McKenzie, the TAA chief, became second chief by defeating the incumbent, Peter McKenzie, 95-60. With 83 per cent of eligible voters casting ballots, it is believed to be a record turnout.
On July 30, at 8:30 p.m. in the community centre, as the Ayotte-McKenzie victory was announced, the hall erupted in applause. Normally the crowd at the announcement of results is small, but over a third of eligible voters were there. Apparently anticipating defeat, neither Potts nor Peter McKenzie had attended. In an unusual move the crowd called for Ayotte and McKenzie to speak. With tears, she thanked everyone. McKenzie called it the "people's victory." The chiefs plan to move on amending the constitution, restarting negotiations, and focussing on the financial hit of legal fees from the court battle.
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