I can fluently speak my Cree language and I know how to survive on the land. I owe these skills to the fact that I grew up surrounded by my parents and Elders in my home community of Attawapiskat. How […]

The Cree School Board (CSB) will be offering the most cutting-edge language-teaching technology in Quebec, if not the whole country, when three pilot projects begin in Chisasibi, Nemaska and Oujé-Bougoumou this month. The Cree Syllabics Virtual Reality (CSVR) project, called […]

As a child, I wanted to learn the traditional spiritual teachings of my Mi’kmaq ancestors. No one in my family was a particularly traditional or spiritual but I found a book in my aunt’s library called Mi’kmaq Hieroglyphics. I was […]

It has been a hot and humid summer in northern Ontario. However, the political climate for First Nation people in this province and right across Canada has been refreshing. Good things are beginning to happen for First Nations in education, […]

David and Anna Bosum of Oujé-Bougoumou realized a longtime dream April 1 with the official opening ceremony of their new eco-tourism site Nuuhcimi Wiinuu, located on Scott Lake about 20 kilometres from the community. Nuuhchimi Wiinuu Cree Cultural Tours is […]

The weather was thawing, so it seemed like a good night for a dialogue. But film director Dominic Gagnon never arrived as expected to a scheduled public discussion of his controversial documentary of the North. Earlier on March 9, Montreal […]

My people have come a long way in obtaining a life with more opportunity and hope. Through education First Nation people all over Canada are moving into leadership roles in government and private enterprise, in both Native and non-Native initiatives. […]

I have been performing since I was a little girl. It has always been a part of who I am. First it was piano recitals, then cello, orchestra, lip-synching and then finally singing my own songs with my guitar and […]