Over the past weeks, many people gave me feedback on my columns, especially youth. I’m happy my words echo throughout the territory because it makes me feel closer to my people. A lot of you are asking me to write […]
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Crees offer solidarity to Finnish Indigenous communities
For many Indigenous groups fighting to maintain their culture, it can often feel like a lonely, uphill battle. Standing up to corporate interests is never easy, but the rise of an interconnected world can support international resistance. Facing dispossession of […]
“I’m only six years old, I can’t travel alone” Cree parents prevented from accompanying son on medevac to Montreal
Seriously ill, Pelle Loon Jr. couldn’t understand why he was boarding an airplane to Montreal all by himself, as his mother tearfully tried to explain what was happening on the tarmac in Chibougamau. The six-year-old boy was being medevaced to […]
Powwow goes ahead despite “No” vote in Waskaganish referendum
The results of the referendum in Waskaganish are in and it’s not what many were expecting. A solid majority voted to reject a powwow in the community. However, while 2014 ballots were made available, only 426 votes were cast. A […]
Grand Chief Abel Bosum invested into the Order of Canada
After a successful career as a Cree negotiator and a victorious bid for the office of Grand Chief of the Council of the Crees in 2017, Abel Bosum can now add an Order of Canada to his impressive list of […]
How rumours almost led to an evacuation of Chisasibi
Chisasibi Public Safety Officer Brian Wadden was settling down at home to watch a movie just before 9 pm September 1, when he received a call from his mother telling him there was a problem with the LG-2 dam. “She […]
Annual suicide prevention conference held in Chisasibi
Whether or not it’s affected your life directly, suicide is a difficult topic. “It’s not something you discuss in your home,” said Doris Bobbish, a Social Services Coordinator for the Cree Board of Health of Social Services of James Bay […]
Historic inaccuracies
I am writing about an article published in the Nation (Vol 25, No 21) August 17, “Oral history prevails; Hudson Bay Company’s first trading post is where the Cree said it was,” by Felix von Geyer. There are numerous mistakes […]
Vincent MacDonald’s football journey from the James Bay Eagles to the McGill Redmen
It was a hot and sunny afternoon September 15 at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium in Montreal when the McGill Redmen and Concordia Stingers faced off for the 50th annual Shaughnessy Cup, a trophy awarded to the winner of a football […]
Singing and drumming hope
I feel a greater sense of hope and optimism these days for the future when I talk to many of our young First Nation people. There are still many hurdles and difficulties they have to overcome, but in many ways, […]