The Métis triggered a wave that started in Winnipeg last month, and then rolled right across the country. At the Métis Nation’s annual general assembly in the Manitoba capital November 28, the national council approved a map of a “Métis […]
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First and Last
“We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it.” – President Barack Obama, September 23, 2014 Quite a mouthful to swallow! Considering the world we see changing […]
A sense of entitlement
Last summer, Robert Lepage’s theatre production, Kanata, sparked controversy. The play, a collaboration between Ex-Machina and the French theatre company Théâtre du Soleil, addresses the relationships between Canadians and Indigenous peoples. It focuses on residential schools, missing and murdered Indigenous […]
FabLab Onaki program trains Indigenous youth to use high-tech equipment
The First Peoples Innovation Centre launched the first Indigenous fabrication laboratory in Canada called FabLab Onaki to train Native youth on the most innovative technologies of the 21st century. The grand opening took place on Nov 26 at the FPIC […]
More than 80 hockey and broomball teams compete at Val-d’Or tournament
An annual tradition was renewed the first weekend of December as Cree hockey players and fans from across Eeyou Istchee converged on Val-d’Or for the 38th CREE Senior Hockey and Broomball Tournament. This year’s event was as big as ever, […]
Crees host innovative conference on justice and Indigenous people
Justice continues to be an elusive creature beginning when colonial powers first imposed their systems upon Indigenous peoples around the world. In almost every case it seemed there were two justice systems – one for the colonizers who became the […]
Robert Baribeau battles back from losing a leg
It takes more than the loss of a leg to stop Robert Baribeau. The 48-year-old president of Cree Construction underwent surgery to remove his right leg about six inches below the knee November 21, following a bizarre series of complications […]
Quebec’s new history curriculum is a “one-sided view” that must be replaced, say critics
History textbooks in Canada have long served to justify the unjust treatment of First Nations by the Europeans. According to a report by the province’s largest English school board, that hasn’t changed. Today’s high-school students in Quebec are receiving a […]
Lessons learned from the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) hosted a community gathering in Montreal December 4 to hear from Indian residential school survivors and how they have fared since the Canadian government’s settlement agreement in 2006. Funded by Crown-Indigenous Relations […]
Mikw Chiyâm arts program asks Cree students to reflect on past generations
When Trisha Blackned didn’t feel like going to school, she found motivation in Mikw Chiyâm. “I would get excited to go to class and finish my art projects,” said the Waskaganish resident who participated in the arts program in 2015-2016. […]