Since this fall, Oujé-Bougoumou has been in an uproar over spirituality, recently banning all forms of Native traditional practices within their communty. Having expressed a desire to share his feelings with all of Eeyou Istchee, the Nation decided to grant […]

ᒍᓯᕝ ᑯᐙᓂᔥ ᐋ ᒌ ᐋᑎᔫᐦᒑᑦ ᑳᐙᐙᒋᑲᒫᒡ ᐱᕌᔨᓐ ᐌᑉ ᑳ ᐃᑣᔥᑎᒫᑎᐦ ᐋᑎᔫᐦᑳᓐ ᑮᑆ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ᙮ ᐊᐃ ᓂᑭ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᐤ, ᒋᔖᔮᒄ᙮ ᐋᐅᒄ ᐊᓐ ᑳ ᒌ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑦ ᒍᐦᑯᒥᓂᐤ, ᐋ ᐐᒋᒫᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᐙᔑᔥᐦ᙮ ᒀᑖᑎᔫᐦᑳᓂᐎᒡ ᔨᐤ᙮ ᐃᑖᔨᐦᑎᒽ ᒋᔖᔮᒄ, ᐙᔖ ᒨᔥ ᓂᐹᔨᑯᔑᓈᐙ, ᐃᑖᔨᐦᑎᒽ ᐃᑖᐤ᙮ ᐊᑐᒡ ᑳᑭᔮ ᓂᑭ ᒌ […]

The parents of Lana Wapachee, whose sweat lodge was recently dismantled in Oujé-Bougoumou, feel both insulted and persecuted by their community, chief and council after having the lodge, along with any other form of traditional spirituality, banned from the community. […]

About 100 Algonquins from Barriere Lake and many of their supporters took to the streets of Ottawa on December 13 to once again show to Canada that they will not accept Section 74 of the Indian Act being imposed on […]

The Agora of the Centre d’étude supérieures Lucien-Cliche at the Cégep de l’Abitibi Témiscamingue in Val-d’Or was almost full for a special graduation ceremony on Thursday evening, December 2. Laurie Ann Georgekish (of Wemindji) and Joni Saganash (of Waswanipi) received […]

Dakota House recently visited Nemaska Cree Nation in northern Quebec during the opening of Luke Mettaweskum School’s new building addition. The event was filled with numerous artists, such as actor Nathaniel Arcand, who teamed up with House and held a […]

Oujé-Bougoumou’s Redfern Mianscum just days ago witnessed his community tear down a sweat lodge he built with his bare hands earlier this fall. The community did so under a new bylaw that was passed in late October banning all traditional […]

The purpose of the evening was to acknowledge those who had left their communities and moved to Montreal to pursue higher learning. Deputy Grand Chief Ashley Iserhoff and CREECO’s communications officer Jonathan Saganash rounded up Montreal’s top-performing Cree students for […]

While the verdict might be in from the Cree of Mistissini to reject Strateco Resources’ bid to build a uranium exploration ramp deep down into the Otish Mountains, just a few kilometres down the road the town of Chibougamau is […]

For eight years now the Dialogue for Life Network has been bringing together First Nations from Quebec, Labrador and around the world to discuss suicide, its implications on First Nations communities and how better to help those affected by it. […]