While his paintings have become quite coveted by their lucky owners throughout the Cree nation, never before has Tim Whiskeychan been bestowed with the honour of having one blown up large scale and reproduced on tiles for a mural at […]
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United by light and sorrow
Five years ago Bridget Tolley walked into the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) because her mother had been struck and killed by a Sûreté du Québec vehicle as she walked home along the highway through her community. Tolley felt […]
Reconnecting with paddling
The canoe is one of my earliest memories as a form of Cree transportation. As a child, canoeing was something I really enjoyed. I remember my parents paddling to our trapline to make smoked fish in summer or in fall, […]
Eulogizing Billy Diamond
Blazing the trail as the first major Cree leader in the modern world, Billy Diamond’s capacity for leadership is responsible for so much of the life Crees know and enjoy today. In this respect, it is no surprise that some […]
Losing a legend
Born in a tent on May 17, 1949 near what once was Rupert House, former Grand Chief, Chief of Waskaganish, Quebec negotiator for the Grand Council of the Crees, businessman, father and grandfather, Billy Diamond was the first leader of […]
Farewell to the Chief
Even in death Billy Diamond still had the ability to hold a crowd in thrall. The moment came early during the funeral service, at the end of a hastily cut film celebrating the man’s many achievements. “I told my sons […]
Aboriginal awareness
The Cree Indian Centre in Chibougamau (CICC) opened its doors on September 25 to Natives and non-Natives to promote Aboriginal awareness. The annual Journées de la Culture takes place throughout Quebec from Sept. 24-26. The activities at the CICC included […]
More fish contaminated
According to new information that the Public Health Department of Cree Health Board and Social Services of James Bay (CBHSSJB) received from Hydro-Québec, there has been a significant rise in mercury in some fish found in the Eastmain-1 and Opinaca […]
Hockey’s Cool in Mist
For seven grueling weeks this summer Cree boys and girls from ages 8 to 17 were taught how to get in deep, get in on the fore-check and, of course, get the puck in the net. And from the sounds […]
Defining social wellness
How Crees define social wellness is going to be a topic of discussion for many months to come in the Cree nation, starting this November. Mandy Gull, a programming and research officer for the Cree Board of Health and Social […]