RAINY RIVER
FIRST NATIONS
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INSIDE EDITION
REZ REPORT
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C & C Community
Meetings
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RRFN’s Program &
Community Notices
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Call For — Financial
Trustee Application
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Employment
Opportunities
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Various
Informational
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Ojibway Learning
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/inventor-from-rainy-river
-first-nation-seeks-national-distribution-for-rip-n-go-sheets-1.3095195
Inventor from Rainy River First Nations seeks national distribution
for Rip n' Go sheets. Adrian Campbell and his wife invented Rip n' Go because they got tired of changing the crib sheets.
A member of the Rainy River First Nations hopes his company's patented special bed sheets will soon be available in stores across Canada.
Adrian Campbell says he and his wife invented Rip n' Go because they got tired
of changing the crib sheets every time their baby daughter's diaper leaked.
Rip n' Go is a fitted sheet with a removable pad made of thicker, waterproof material. The removable pad is attached to the rest of the sheet with Velcro.
The pad can also be washed hundreds of times at high temperatures.
Program Calendars
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Users can change the pad in a crib or bed in about 20 seconds without changing
the rest of the bedding, Campbell said.
http://
rainyriverfirstnations.com/
upcoming-events/
Elder’s Calendars
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Rip n' Go sheets are available for cribs, children's beds and adult beds.
Birthday Calendar
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National Distribution
Adult & Child
Puzzle Pages
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RRFN’s
Communications
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Campbell and his wife received funding from the Rainy River First Nations Trust
to help get the product to market. The money paid for manufacturing, patents, a
website and marketing materials.
The company now has a marketing team and sales force with plans to get the
product onto shelves in baby and home health stores across Canada and eventually the U.S.. The company recently signed a deal with a nation-wide distributor,
Campbell said.
He said the company also supplies units of Rip n' Go sheets to the Rainy River
First Nations for children and the elderly.
Awesome News!! There are some of these sheets at the medical building.
Please call Juanita or Laura at 807-482-2479, Ext. 240 to inquire.
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RRFN Community Meeting Schedule
Chief and Council will hold
Community Meetings the 1st
Wednesday of every month.
Schedule up to December 2015
July 8, 2015 ~ August 5, 2015 ~ September 2, 2015
October 7, 2015 ~ November 4, 2015 ~ December 2, 2015
MEMBERS OF RAINY RIVER FIRST NATIONS
If you have not yet filled out a Membership Contact Form with your current contact information,
PLEASE DO SO, even if you believe we have your
current address. The form is what we require.
This contact form can be found on Rainy River First Nations Webpage,
www.rainyriverfirstnations.com/contacts/ . You will find it close to the
bottom of the page under Rainy River First Nations—Membership Contact
Form—Online Version.
This form can be printed from the web and can also be filled out from the
web. To send the form, save the .pdf, and attach it to an email, or print it,
and mail it or fax it. Forms may also be picked up at the Band Office.
To update your contact information or options please contact
Kathy @ (807) 482-2479 Ext. 222.
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Rainy River First Nations
is
Seeking ON & Off
Reserve Members
to Apply and Serve on the
Message from RRFN’s
Social Services Department
We are looking to form a
Trust Selection Committee
for
Rainy River First Nations Trust
DAYCARE WORKING GROUP,
If Interested
Interested individuals can write a letter
of interest to
Please Submit your Resume
To the Attention of:
Chief and Council
RE: Trust Selection Committee
P.O. Box 450
EMO, Ontario, P0W 1E0
Fax: 807.482.2603
Email: ea.rrfn@bellnet.ca
consisting of 3-4 members.
Jennifer Rodegard
Social Services Caseworker
807.482.2479 Ext. 257
Notice to Community
After a lengthy trial, a trial judge gave notice of the “Jim Cardy Decision”, which will take place Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 9:00 am @
the Winnipeg Provincial Court - 408 York Avenue, Wpg., MB.
At the last community meeting of May 6, 2015, Chief & Council
have approved members to attend these proceedings.
If you have questions or want to attend, please contact Ag Grover
@ (807) 482-2479 Ext. 234, no later than noon, Friday, June 12.
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What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
BILL CURRY
OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
The TRC was created as a result of the largest class action in Canadian history. When former students of Indian residential schools decided to settle out of court with the federal government and
four national churches, the launch of a TRC was part of the terms of settlement. The former students wanted to ensure their stories were not lost by settling out of court. The commission’s mandate was to gather the written and oral history of residential schools and to work toward reconciliation between former students and the rest of Canada.
How much did the commission cost and where did the money come from?
The commission was paid for with money from the out-of-court settlement, which included contributions from churches and the federal government. The settlement agreement provided the TRC with a
five-year mandate and a $60-million budget. The mandate was later extended for one additional
year.
Did former students receive direct financial compensation from the out-of-court settlement?
Yes. The settlement awarded a so-called common-experience payment (CEP) to former students of
the schools, regardless of whether they’d suffered physical or sexual abuse. As of last September,
79,272 applications for payments were paid and 23,892 were deemed ineligible. The average payment was $20,452 and total payments were $1.62-billion.
In addition to the CEP, former students could seek damages for claims of sexual abuse or serious
physical abuse through a system called the Independent Assessment Process. As of last September,
29,384 claims had been resolved (including 4,712 that were not admitted or withdrawn). The average payment was $114,179 and the total amount of payments approved under this process was
$2.552-billion.
What has the commission done?
The TRC held seven national events between 2010 and 2013 where they gathered stories from former students. The TRC has collected more than 6,200 statements from former students and most
were recorded on video. It has also led a “Missing Children and Unmarked Graves Project” in an attempt to document the number of deaths of children at the schools.
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What is the commission expected to accomplish over the long term?
All of the documents and videos gathered by the commission will be kept and managed by a new National Research Centre on Indian Residential Schools at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. They
will be accessible to the public.
More broadly, commissioners hope that if Canadians have more knowledge of indigenous history they
will have a better understanding of the background behind current policy disputes between governments and aboriginals over natural resources, education and child welfare.
What are Indian residential schools?
Church-run residential schools began to receive funding from the federal government in the 1870s,
setting the stage for a national program that would run for more than a century. The last schools
closed in the 1990s.
The churches and the federal government shared the common goal of assimilating Canada’s indigenous population into the dominant culture of European and Christian immigrants. More than 150,000
aboriginal children were taken from their homes, sometimes by force with the assistance of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police, to attend the schools.
What was wrong with the schools?
While many teachers and supervisors were well-intentioned, the residential nature of the schools left
young children vulnerable to child predators working in the system. Commissioner Marie Wilson describes the situation in a video posted on the TRC website.
“[The schools] happened in situations where the children were ripe for abuse in cases where there
were any deviants in their midst, and so there was a tremendous amount of physical abuse,” she
said. “There was a far greater amount of sexual abuse than anybody ever knew when we started
having this national conversation.”
A 2012 interim report by the TRC outlined what commissioners had heard to date.
“Many people came with stories of harsh discipline, of classroom errors corrected with a crack of a
ruler, a sharp tug of the ear, hair pulling, or severe and frequent strappings. The Commission heard
of discipline crossing into abuse: of boys being beaten like men, of girls being whipped for running
away. People spoke of children being forced to beat other children, sometimes their own brothers and
sisters. The Commission was told of runaways being placed in solitary confinement with bread-andwater diets and shaven heads. People spoke of being sexually abused within days of arriving at a residential school. In some cases, they were abused by staff; in others, by older students. Reports of
abuse have come from all parts of the country and all types of schools.”
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Isn’t this a problem from a long time ago?
A common concern raised by former students is the intergenerational impact of the schools.
“It has left devastating impacts in communities and in families,” said Ms. Wilson. “Because many of
those learned behaviours are the very ones that those children brought in to their own adulthood
and then – as the courageous ones are able to say – they did the very same things to their children
in many cases, as had happened to them.”
Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future
(Released June 2, 2015)
Summary of the
Final Report of the
Truth and Reconciliation
Commission of Canada
http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/
Exec_Summary_2015_05_31_web_o.pdf
A National Indian Residential School
Crisis Line has been set up to provide
support for former Residential School
students. You can access emotional
and crisis referral services by calling
24-Hour National Crisis Line:
1-866-925-4419
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Crossword Puzzle - Have Fun - Hand In
Answer Key will be in the next issue of the newsletter on June 18, 2015
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To the Members of Rainy River First Nations
Boozhoo,
June has arrived and I hope you are all doing well. Let
the summer fun begin!
15 Days till RRFN Summer Powwow.
Answer key from May 21, 2015 Sudoku Puzzle.
Email Distribution List
Would you or someone you know like
to receive “The Rapids Review”,
news about programs & services provided by the Administration of RRFN’s?
Please contact Kathy at the numbers
listed below and I will
be happy to add you.
Phone: 807-482-2479 Ext. 222
Fax: 807-482-2603
E-mail: communications.rrfn@bellnet.ca
Webpage: www.rainyriverfirstnations.com
Capital Planning Survey Results are in!! Have a look and
please follow the link below:
http://www.rainyriverfirstnations.com/wp-content/
uploads/2013/06/Capital-Planning-Survey-Results-June2015.pdf
Reminder: We are looking for all Band Members!!
Please let your family and friends know we are searching for all Rainy River First Nations Members.
All newsletters can be found on Rainy River First Nations webpage. www.rainyriverfirstnations.com/
newsletters/ .
Don’t forget to submit your puzzles/coloring pages.
Until next newsletter, keep on smiling!
Miigwech ~ Kathy Bombay-Lyons
Community Communications Officer
“Ode’imini-giizis” - June
“Niibin” - Summer
Gizhaate- Hot
“Giizis” - Sun
“Gimiwan” - Rain
“Manidoonsikaa” - Many Bugs
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