I think I heard “angels of the James Bay Highway” shout for joy when my namesake Josh at Cree Radio Network interviewed our Grand Chief regarding the $97,500,000 to redo the infamous JBH over the next five years. I have […]

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada held a closing event in Ottawa (Algonquin Territory) between May 31 and June 3, beginning with a five-kilometre healing walk across the bridge from Gatineau, Quebec. On June 2, the Commission released the […]

Photos by Brendan Forward. Emerging from the teepee with the help of his big brother Kenny MacLeod, 18-month-old Logan MacLeod made his walking out into the world and onto the land May 23, continuing a sacred Cree tradition. Having had […]

There was much excitement during the inaugural general assembly for DestiNATIONS in the cavernous atrium of the Gaston-Miron building of the Maison du Conseil des arts de Montréal. The names of great writers engraved on the upper echelons of the […]

Eastmain’s Jamie Moses is joining the struggle against diabetes in the Cree Nation, one kilometre at a time. The 33-year-old participated in his second half-marathon with Team Diabetes last month in Ottawa, raising hundreds for medical research in the process. […]

Every year around this time I get to say a job well done to all the Nation staff for the great work we’ve done over the past year. Though the writers get all the awards it would not be possible […]

Canada is well known on the international level for producing great artists in writing, music, painting and dance. In a unique way, First Nations artists have played a very important role on the international stage. We have so much to […]

Winter finally let us go, at least south of the 55th parallel. The ice out on James Bay slowly crushed itself apart, allowing canoes to head out and catch the first days of summer. Fishhooks and nets appeared and the […]

While expecting mothers may not feel like it at times, exercise can actually be one of the best things for both mom and the baby to be. Unless a physician has told you that you are in need of bed […]

Assisted by two local residents, an Eeyou-Eenou Police officer carried a mother and two children, aged 6 and 3, to safety from their burning house in Waskaganish May 25. Officer Bruce Wapachee was on his routine morning patrol when he […]