The James Bay Cree Telephone Book is an indispensable communications tool for community members, organizations and businesses in Eeyou Istchee. If you would like to ADD your cell phone number to your listing or REMOVE your phone number from the […]
Archive for October, 2013
Fontaine letter ignites discussion on genocide
The following is a letter sent by the undersigned to James Anaya, UN special rapporteur on indigenous rights: Professor Anaya: Genocides rarely emerge fully formed from the womb of evil. They typically evolve in a stepwise fashion over time, as […]
Rex Murphy clueless on Aboriginal issues
This is a response to an op-ed that Rex Murphy published in the National Post on October 19, 2013. Not surprisingly, like so many other white commentators on Aboriginal issues, noted climate change denier Rex Murphy conjures up an entirely fictional […]
Eeyou Istchee’s most powerful business entities merged into the Cree Development Corporation
Over the coming months there will be massive change to Eeyou Istchee’s economic structure. Twelve years after the signing of the Paix des Braves, the Grand Council of the Crees has announced that the implementation of a major component of […]
Southern Hospitality: The Nation’s Fall/Winter Tourism Guide
As fall’s colder weather settles in and the mornings glitter with frost, the Cree begin another season of nesting and indoor warmth. For some, the urge to get away from it all grows too strong to ignore. For people like […]
Sacred laughs: Native comic Don Burnstick heals with humour
To Don Burnstick, laughter is a sacred act and he’s been helping people with this medicine for the past 20 years. For a comedian, Burnstick has followed an unconventional path to stardom. He didn’t work the bar or club circuit […]
Supporters mark the 8th annual march for vigil for missing and murdered Aboriginal women
There’s nothing happy about this anniversary: on Friday, October 4, supporters came together in hundreds of rallies across Canada (and around the world) for the 8th Annual Sisters in Spirit March and Vigil for Missing and Murdered Native Women. The […]
Idle No More protesters brave weather and police repression
First came the storm, then the police. Montreal’s Idle No More action October 7, on the eve of the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Proclamation, succeeded despite the adversity. organizers Melissa Mollen-Dupuis and Widia Larivère recognized that the day’s activities […]
RCMP social media campaign targets the missing and murdered
The RCMP is collaborating with Native groups on a social media awareness campaign to invite public help in resolving cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women. The Assembly of First Nations and the Native Women’s Association of Canada are cooperating […]
Dolly Parton contributes to Manitoba youth literacy
Country music superstar Dolly Parton is opening the door to lifelong learning for Manitoba’s First Nations children one book at a time as part of her literacy foundation, Dolly’s Imagination Library. As an advocate for children’s literacy, Parton has teamed […]