Post Tagged with: "Cree Nation"

Regional diabetes conference gets at the root causes of a Cree epidemic

by Amy German – When the first Cree Regional Diabetes Conference was held in 2006, the plan was to make it an annual event, said organizer Janis Neeposh. Unfortunately it would take until 2015 and for the community of Oujé-Bougoumou […]

The ins and outs of the Cree Nation’s 2015 AGA

The ins and outs of the Cree Nation’s 2015 AGA

Oujé-Bougoumou hosted this year’s Grand Council/Cree Nation Government Annual General Assembly in a beautiful setting marred only by the on-and-off rain. More than a few members thought we would be flooded out but thanks to quick thinking, plastic and sand […]

Crees fight for faster internet service

Cree internet subscribers are increasingly fed up with the inferior telecommunications services provided to their communities. Now the Cree Nation Government (CNG) and the Eeyou Communications Network (ECN) are taking action to improve broadband access for the Crees. A CNG-ECN […]

Friends and colleagues say goodbye to Lawrence Jimiken

Friends and colleagues say goodbye to Lawrence Jimiken

On July 4, the Cree Nation lost another member of the team that negotiated the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and would continue to play an influential role in the development of Eeyou Istchee. At the time of his […]