My mother, Lucy Bosum, wept as she heard the decision of my grandparents. The answer was “No!” My biological father, Cyprien Caron, had proposed to marry my mother, but my grandparents could not overlook the clash of their cultures […]
In The Issue
N’we Jinan : The story behind the music
Soulful song goddesses, cutting-edge rappers, precocious kids, metal dudes, scribes of prose and poetry, rockers with a cause, unlikely hip-hop heroes and community activists are some of the labels for Eeyou Istchee’s newest superstars; the youth whose voices, songs and […]
Devotions to Dad: Three Crees talk about life, love and learning from their fathers
For most of us, Dad was the first man that we really get to know and love. He was often our childhood hero and the man we rushed home to every June with our homemade Father’s Day cards. Whether or […]
Sustainable forestry in Eeyou Istchee
About 200 people attended the Working Together for a Sustainable Forestry conference May 27-28 at the Forestel Hotel in Val d’Or. Organized by the Secretariat to the Cree Nation Abitibi-Témiscamingue Economic Alliance (SCNATEA), the event gathered representatives from the Cree […]
The Mistissini Runners’ Club leads the trend in physical fitness in the Cree Nation
The first time I ever went for a run, it was because my runner girlfriend dared me to do it. She told me to set the pace and said she’d catch up to me; in about 10 seconds she told […]
A people’s march says no to tar-sands pipeline
On a Saturday morning in early May in the sleepy bayside village of Cacouna, mist floats dreamily in the broad skies and winds of the St. Lawrence River. We wake from our sleeping bags at a youth centre to share […]
A logging corporation at war on several fronts over loss of coveted FSC certifications
In today’s forest industry, a certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is worth money, big money. Created in 1993 to allow companies and the public to identify products coming from responsibly managed forests, the FSC provides a trusted seal […]
Coon Come opens BAPE consultation on uranium mining as issue heats up
With a new, pro-business Liberal government, the beginning of a provincial consultation process on uranium extraction and new legal manoeuvres by Strateco, the battle over uranium mining in Quebec is reaching a tipping point. Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come was […]
Power struggle heats up: Tug of war over control of Cree assets between BoC and CDC
An ongoing publicity campaign by the Board of Compensation and Creeco, in the pages of the Nation and elsewhere, has raised the ire of the Grand Council and the Cree Development Corporation just as the CDC is supposed to assume […]
Saganash reacts to the Anaya report, looming FN crisis
Last October, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya visited Canada to see how its First Peoples were faring. Not well, it appears. His report released May 12 highlighted a looming “crisis.” Citing the “jarring […]