Cree internet subscribers are increasingly fed up with the inferior telecommunications services provided to their communities. Now the Cree Nation Government (CNG) and the Eeyou Communications Network (ECN) are taking action to improve broadband access for the Crees. A CNG-ECN […]
Archive for August, 2015
Wabun Youth Gathering inspires hope
Life for a young person today is a challenge. They live in such a fast-paced world where much is expected of them. Back when I was a boy in my home community of Attawapiskat, I was outside most of the […]
Space oddities
Looking at the moon, clean and bright against the sunny sky in the crisp, deep blue openness of a July moment, made me remember Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. It was July 20, 1969, and even though […]
And they’re off
By the time you read this, Stephen Harper will have triggered the longest, and most costly, federal election in Canada’s history. Under the Conservative’s fixed-election law, which Harper ignored back in 2011, the next vote is scheduled for Oct. 19. […]
Artist Shane Perley-Dutcher weaves the strands of modern Indigenous identity
Shane Perley-Dutcher weaves things together. As a Maliseet man who grew up largely off the Nekootkook (Tobique) First Nation to which he belongs, Perley-Dutcher has woven strands of his ancestral identity with experiences of present-day Maliseet culture, as well as […]
In Memory of Kevin Loon
My Baby Bro! My brother was a gift from God! Not only a gift from God but a gift which Diane, Kevin’s biological mother, made possible. Diane, your gift to us allowed us to love him unconditionally. Many in the […]
Annual Wabun Youth Gathering changes lives
The Wabun Youth Gathering celebrated its 9th year at its wilderness setting in Elk Lake’s Eco Centre Lodge July 13-24. Dozens of Wabun youth attended the event. Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Harvey Yesno attended the gathering July 23 as […]
BAPE report rejects uranium development
A long-anticipated report from Quebec’s Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) says that authorizing uranium develop- ment in the province would be inap- propriate in the present context. Released July 17, the report follows months of public consultations throughout Cree […]
The Nation spends several days getting back to basics at Mamoweedow
It is early morning on Fort George Island, and 87-year-old Jade Matthew is building a teepee with her husband. Grabbing two long birch poles tied together at one end with bright red rope, they place the bottoms in the soil, […]
Big Rock Fishing Derby successful despite controversy
Mistissini’s second annual Big Rock Fishing Derby offered competitors a shot at close to $100,000 in cash and prizes July 17-19. The top three finishers in the main Walleye category – Eric Menard, Ian Langdon and Martin Boisvert – walked […]