In the past few years, I have been able to spend more time at the cottage where I get to enjoy the use of a wood-burning stove. Starting a fire, gathering logs and splitting wood is a very familiar activity […]
Archive for November, 2008
Sexual Revolution
Though it may not be apparent to them, high-school students within the Cree School Board are a few steps ahead of the rest of the province when it comes to getting comprehensive healthy sexuality education through the Chî kayeh program. […]
Monitoring sugar levels
Did you know that there were 1,583 Cree living with diabetes as of July 1, 2007? Or that 100 Cree were diagnosed with diabetes over the past 12 months? That on average, one Cree is diagnosed with diabetes every 3.5 […]
Vying to be the “biggest loser” in Chisasibi
With diabetes on the rise in the Cree communities along with a whole host of other health complications relating to obesity, Chisasibi’s recreation technician Tommy Sam found inspiration from reality TV to help remedy the problem. For many seasons now, […]
No Resolution
Four arrests and one hospitalization later, the people of Barriere Lake still cannot believe the brutality they faced at the hands of the Sûreté du Québec when their barricade on Highway 117 was violently dismantled October 6. “We are still […]
Scary bedtime stories
As the new millennium approached back in 1999, we still told scary stories to the kids, just to keep them in bed and hopefully not too scared to stay awake all night – but just enough to keep them quiet. […]
Barriere Lake: Out in the Cold
Remember a number of years back when Canada was shocked to learn of the charming Saskatoon tradition called the starlight tours? This practice, you might recall, was favourite of that city’s police officers, who would arrest Aboriginal men and drop […]