The success of years of tuberculosis prevention and control has left Eeyou Istchee with one of the lowest TB rates among Indigenous populations in North America. According to Dr. Kianoush Dehghani of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services […]
In The Issue
Snow racers blast cross-country in James Bay
The last couple weekends have been busy for snowmobile enthusiasts in the James Bay region with two major cross-country races: one as part of the Festival Folifrets in Chibougamau on February 26 and the annual Mistissini Cross-Country on March 6-8. […]
Oujé’s Sam Bosum recognized for his success in the industry
In the late 1950s, a teenaged Sam Bosum began helping his father and brother in the bush as they and many other Crees from Oujé-Bougamau, Mistissini and Waswanipi began working in the mining industry. It was there that he first […]
The Nation’s best finds at the 2015 hunting and fishing show
To help you trick out your outdoors experience, The Nation visited the Hunting, Fishing & Camping Show at Place Bonaventure February 19-22, where we checked out what’s new in gear, guns and gizmos. The event featured 250 exhibitors, sprawled out over […]
The SQ help creditors track down those in debt
No one likes to receive a surprise call from the police – especially not if the police are calling to ask about money you owe someone. But it’s even stranger when the police officer won’t give their identity. That’s what […]
Movement works for repeal of Papal Bulls of Discovery
Justice Murray Sinclair, the Ojibway chair of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is considering endorsing a growing movement among Canada’s Indigenous communities to call upon the Vatican to repeal the Papal Bulls of Discovery, which granted explorers in the 15th […]
Montreal protest march brings new meaning to Valentine’s Day
Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, a grassroots Montreal campaign, shifted the focus of Valentine’s Day away from flowers and Hallmark cards this year to address the mistreatment, violence and disappearance of Native women across the country. Hundreds of […]
Reflections on the life of Matthew Iserhoff, Sr.
On the morning of February 6, 2015, my wife Danielle and I received the news that Matthew Iserhoff, Sr. had passed away that morning. He was the father of our son-in-law, Matthew A. Iserhoff. Our hearts were broken. I first […]
Montreal conference discusses business in the new era of Aboriginal title
The Conference on Business Partnerships with Aboriginal Communities, held in Montreal February 10 and 11, wasn’t the usual grip-and-grin networking event. Instead, it was a direct response to the last summer’s historic Supreme Court Tsilhqot’in judgment. The immediate response to […]
To be Cree, or not to be Cree: An update on the 10-Year Clause Resolution
At the annual General Assembly in Waswanipi on August 7, 2014, the members of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)/Cree Nation Government (GCC(EI)/CNG) adopted, Resolution 2014-10: Resolution Regarding Adoption and Implementation of Uniform Interpretation of 10-Year Clause in […]