What started out as a tailing pond bursting due to abnormally heavy precipitation in the beginning of the summer has evolved into an ongoing saga of head-butting, improper testing and, finally the bad news, that it ain’t over yet. Though […]
Archive for November, 2008
The Nation Timeline part 2
Jan. 24, 2003: Cree legal eagles join bigger flock – James Bay Cree lawyers Mainville & Associates sign up with Montreal’s Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Feb. 7, 2003: SNC-Lavalin to build artillery test site in Cree territory – Non-Native James […]
The Nation Timeline part 1
Dec. 15, 1993: Hydro job creation myth – Hydro-Québec agreed, in 1986, to create 154 person-years of employment for Crees, only 10 to 20 achieved Jan. 20, 1994: The land is our dictionary – The Cree School Board’s Paul Gull […]
Addressing the State of the Cree Nation
From where the minor weaknesses lie within the Cree Nation to what makes the Crees stronger than any other Aboriginal community in Canada, Grand Chief Matthew Mukash straight talks with the magazine about the nation’s health and welfare, economics, sovereignty, […]
Further Containing the Contaminants
On June 23, a tailings pond at the defunct Opimiska mine burst, washing out a nearby road and flooding Slam Creek with large amounts of metals and the toxic chemicals used in their extraction. Slam Creek flows directly into the […]
Further Containing the Contaminants
On June 23, a tailings pond at the defunct Opimiska mine burst, washing out a nearby road and flooding Slam Creek with large amounts of metals and the toxic chemicals used in their extraction. Slam Creek flows directly into the […]
In the beginning…
The discs turned out fairly unscratched sounds and the beat increased to a frenzied rhythm. Some feet were itching to try out the unusual music. Some ears were sensitive to anything different. Whatever the music was, it was new and […]
15 years
No one would have known anything about the fight except for yet another man looking on with pen and notepad in hand. He quickly runs to an office and begins to write the story. This is cowboy journalism. A man […]
“Savage”-gate?
Though he has since publicly apologized for the remark, many are still calling for the resignation of Vancouver Olympic Committee board member and McGill University Chancellor Richard Pound over a remark he made regarding Canadian Aboriginals in an August 9 […]
Huron-Wendats Seek Big Bucks in Land Claim Settlement
The Huron-Wendat First Nation is seeking a large sum from both the federal and provincial governments in a claim settlement for a 24,000-sq.-km allotment of land that includes the cities of Trois-Rivières and Quebec City as well as most of […]