First Nations Student Deaths Inquest
A joint inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students is running Thunder Bay, Ont. All of the students died between 2000 and 2011 while attending high school in the city, hundreds of kilometres away from their remote First Nations where access to education is limited.
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When told other witnesses said he hung around with Kyle a lot, Masakeyash says 'what? No, no, no." #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:39:21 PM -
Lawyer asks: do u have issues w/relation to alcohol? Masakeyash: what do you mean issues? Lawyer: an addiction?
Masakeyash: yes #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:34:36 PM -
'The boy [Kyle] said he was in trouble, he needed something to protect himself,' Masakeyash says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:30:45 PM
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Masakeyash says the group was drinking under the bridge near the Shoppers Drug Mart in the intercity area #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:29:11 PM
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Masakeyash says he agreed to buy alcohol for the students because "I wanted to drink too, I needed a fix.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:25:59 PM
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Masakeyash says he met Kyle at the intercity mall 'looking for a runner', someone of age to buy alcohol #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:24:43 PM
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'I met the boy [Kyle] that night there,' Masakeyash says. 'Before that I never met him, after that I never met him.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:22:13 PM
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Masakeyash says he never went to high school, came to #tbay when he was 16 yrs old with 'my baby's momma' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:20:16 PM
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Masakeyash is from Mishkeegogamang First Nation. He is 1 of the people last seen w/Kyle Morrisseau #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:17:58 PM
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Next witness is Ivan Masakeyash, testifying via video conference from Sioux Lookout #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 7:16:54 PM
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'All the boarding parents wanted training, but the training that we got was about an hour,' Malcolm says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:52:10 PM
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Asked about her actions the night Kyle disappeared Malcolm says: 'I didn't know he wasn't going to come home any more.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:50:30 PM
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'I don't have to agree w/everything you people did at the school,' Malcolm tells lawyer NNEC. 'I just work and do my job.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:45:50 PM
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'I heard over the t.v. that it was the boarding parents fault students where falling in the river,' Malcom says w/voice rising #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:43:48 PM
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Lawyers remind Malcolm 2 other times Kyle came home late. 'He never came home really late + when he did, he wasn't really drunk' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:34:46 PM
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Lawyer for police telling Malcolm about Kyle's grandfather Norval Morrisseau. Malcolm: that's great, why don't they tell people? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:28:53 PM
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First time I've seen lawyer for city of #tbay ask a question. Malcolm suggests the mayor have a 'big party' to welcome students #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:19:23 PM
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'People fall between the cracks, it's not intentional, but it happens,' Malcolm says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:15:59 PM
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Malcolm says another student on 1st day at her house, came home drunk, had fallen in the river 'he could have died that day' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:08:31 PM
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'I don't know how to get [students] ready to come here,' Malcolm says. 'They don't seem ready for the size + all the people' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 5:03:02 PM
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'You can't read these kids,' Malcolm says. 'They keep everything to themselves, they're very quiet.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:35:30 PM
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Malcolm says boarding parents got name of the student, their birth date, their phone # and their parents names, no other info #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:33:40 PM
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'I thought if I had 50 students and 5 graduated, then I did something,' Malcolm says, remembering one student who did graduate #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:30:46 PM
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Malcolm says she was a boarding parent to about 50 students. 'I enjoyed having them around,' she says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:29:50 PM
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Malcolm says Kyle's uncle called everyday to check on Kyle and got together with him once a week to paint #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:27:12 PM
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Malcolm says she knew Kyle's family was artistic but doesn't know who Norval Morrisseau was or that Kyle was related to him #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:25:16 PM
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'To be a boarding parent, I have to get police checked,' Malcolm says, but boarding parents get limited info about students. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:23:16 PM
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'I felt I was qualified as a boarding parent because I had already raised six children,' Malcolm says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:16:51 PM
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Malcolm: I never had to phone [support workers] for Kyle, he was into art, Native art, his uncle was teaching him how to paint #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:12:08 PM
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'I think boarding parents are doing a good job for the most part, ' Malcolm says. 'But they need support.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:08:27 PM
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Malcolm is the sister of ALma Hasting, a student support worker who has testified previously at the inquest #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:03:23 PM
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The night Kyle didn't come home, Malcolm says she was worried because 'he never did that' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 4:01:34 PM
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Malcolm says she knew Kyle drank 'but he never came home tripping up the stairs' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:59:47 PM
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As a boarding home parent Malcolm says she knew Kyle 'thought the world of his parents, he really cared about his family' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:57:23 PM
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Next witness is Barbara Malcolm. She was Kyle Morrisseau's boarding home parent when he disappeared in 2009 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:52:21 PM
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Kakepetum has kids of his own now, is raising them in #tbay . 'I just like it here better than home,' he says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:48:57 PM
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Kakepetum says he didn't drink at home in Keewaywin but started drinking in #tbay b/c 'it was easy to get' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:45:26 PM
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Kakepetum says students call Pelican Falls high school near Sioux Lookout 'prison for children' b/c of isolation #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:42:49 PM
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'I wanted to play hockey when I first came out [to the city] but I kind of got side-tracked by drinking,' Kakepetum says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:37:46 PM
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Kakepetum says the last time he saw Kyle was at school about four days before Kyle went missing #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:36:01 PM
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Kakepetum says he drank while he was away from home at school in #tbay because there was 'nothing to do' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:34:08 PM
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Kakepetum says he + Kyle Morriseau are the same age, grew up together. Kyle was interested in break dancing, he says with a smile #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:31:14 PM
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Kakepetum says he attended both Pelican Falls high school near Sioux Lookout and DFC in #tbay , preferred DFC b/c 'more freedom' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:28:41 PM
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Juror has arrived. #tbinquest resumes on Monday. 1st witness is Kaine Kakepetum, Kyle Morrisseau's boyhood friend #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 3:24:04 PM
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First Nations student death inquest was scheduled to resume at 9:15 on Monday, delayed by late arrival of a jury member #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 12/14/2015 2:37:05 PM