Travelling on the James Bay Highway this past month brings back several memories. From the small wolves to the supersized ones, from dodging herds of caribou with our vehicle while going to tournaments and even stopping to gaze at the […]

It was the end of the 1980s when he arrived in Chisasibi. The wizened and wise Jewish man standing before us didn’t look like an ordinary teacher. Perhaps a science teacher in a white trench coat might have suited his […]

My daughter rushes around to get ready for her second year of college. Getting around the campus and planning to buy furniture is also on the schedule for the day. I point out that she didn’t bring her books with […]

My father is a great man with a history of stories that should be in a book. He used to tell us of how he had to walk miles to his school in four feet of snow, how he used […]

The fast, swirling stream glittered in the sun. The sky, free of everything but blue. The wind was light to the touch. Bugs voraciously attacked every bare inch of skin, but they were ignored because a nice brook trout was […]

We’ve seen a lot of campaigning over the past year, a year that was kicked off by the elections of our new Grand Chief and Deputy Grand Chief, Abel Bosum and Mandy Gull, respectively. This, of course, was an exciting […]

One of the things that I feel responsible about is the use of alcohol. You notice that I said use not abuse. I consider myself to be a moderate or light drinker with a tendency to party hearty. I can […]

The end of winter finally arrived with the spoils of the year slowly exposed from the melting snow. Yes, I’m talking about garbage taking over my once-pristine yard. At least, it had been pristine with all the snow to cover […]

The culmination of two teams’ deep runs made this a playoff worth remembering. With their bandwagon pretty full, the Winnipeg Jets took us all the way to the Western Conference Finals. But alas, they had to bow out to the […]

The waters are rushing off into swirls of pools glisten in the noonday sun. It’s like a desert in intensity, yet there’s water everywhere, trapped in its frozen form and rendered into the life of the earth – water. It’s […]