Archive for March, 2014

Caribou confiscated over poaching suspicions

Caribou confiscated over poaching suspicions

Chisasibi hunter James Hill didn’t think he was breaking any laws when he shot 20 caribou to share with Innu residents of La Romaine reserve on the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They wanted to provide their […]

Waswanipi’s last paradise: Crees and Greenpeace fight for park in Broadback Valley

Waswanipi’s last paradise: Crees and Greenpeace fight for park in Broadback Valley

Crees and environmentalists are teaming up to force a vital conservation issue onto the agenda of the provincial election campaign: protection of a key part of the Broadback Valley in a new provincial park. During a snowmobile journey through the […]

N’we Jinan hip-hop project tours Eeyou Istchee

N’we Jinan hip-hop project tours Eeyou Istchee

Montreal hip-hop artist and youth worker David Hodges is bringing hip-hop beats and rhymes to Cree youth across Eeyou Istchee. Cree Nation Youth Council is using the tour to provide young Cree with musical aspirations the opportunity to collaborate with […]

Mamtunaata SNAP project evolves into a permanent program

Mamtunaata SNAP project evolves into a permanent program

Introduced in Eeyou Istchee in 2011, the Mamtunaata SNAP program teaches life skills to elementary school children and has since ushered in a world of behavioural improvement and support for families and kids alike. According to Donald Nicholls, the Director […]

Jim MacLeod’s economic and environment leadership honoured with award

Jim MacLeod’s economic and environment leadership honoured with award

As president of EnviroCree and JA MacLeod Exploration, Jim MacLeod lends his vast experience in mining to help protect the environment, train workers and develop the Cree economy.  For these reasons MacLeod is the recipient of this year’s Skookum Jim […]

Environmental panel hearings set to begin hearings on uranium mining and exploration

It was an announcement everyone had been expecting for nearly a year. On March 3, Quebec’s Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks, Yves-François Blanchet, confirmed that the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) had been given the mandate […]

Something new in OL’CD

Earning a living as an artist is not easy, but most of the time the rewards are amazing. Money is not the big motivation for me as a writer. Most writers in this country just get by. However, I find […]

PKP and the PQ

Even before he announced he would be a Parti Québécois candidate in the April 7 provincial election, this campaign was already all about Pierre Karl Péladeau and his Quebecor media empire. As the owner of almost half of all media […]

Roundtable Rock Stars

Greetings from Wemindji! The Roundtable on Capacity Building will have traveled to more than half of the Eeyou towns by the time this hits the stands. I am telling you these trips into your communities have been incredibly educational. We […]

Ancestral legends hit the stage in Whapmagoostui

Ancestral legends hit the stage in Whapmagoostui

Cree folklore played out on stage for the first time this month, as the theatrical production Mind’s Eye premiered in Whapmagoostui to a multi-generational audience. As the lights in the Whapmagoostui gymnasium dimmed, Oujé-Bougamou’s Redfern Mianscum moved to the centre […]