The Cree School Board launched an arts residency program for high school students at Mistissini’s Voyageur Memorial School in September. Dubbed the Mikw Chiyâm project, the program is a collaboration between N’we Jinan Records founder David Hodges and CSB director […]

Recently, the local news heralded the reopening of Chez Willie in Val-d’Or, which is now located a little ways from downtown. This is good: the poor homeless have a daytime sanctuary from the harsh realities on the streets of an […]

The Cree Nation Government is launching efforts it hopes will address the crisis-level lack of decent, affordable housing. CNG hopes to more than double the existing housing stock by building 5250 new units over the next 15 years. “It’s a […]

At this critical time, a reassessment of the past is needed to reinforce a future that we as a people want to see. Since the 1930s, when the Cree involvement as slaves-on-chains in forestry began it can rightly be said, […]

Air Creebec is part of a winning bid to provide medical evacuation services in Quebec. Air Creebec President Matthew Happyjack announced February 5 that the company had joined forces with Rouyn-Noranda-based Propair Inc. to provide emergency medical evacuation (often abbreviated […]

I sliced the fresh caribou meat thin with a razor-sharp beaver knife; so thin the meat looked translucent. The recipe for this dish was evolving as I delicately cut the meat into mouth-sized pieces. A little leftover wine and honey-garlic-sauced […]

He left this life where he began it: on the land he loved. Oujé-Bougoumou Elder Lawrence Shecapio passed away at his hunting camp Saturday, January 16, at the official age of 79 years, eight months. “Official,” because birth records for […]

“The Cree people of Waswanipi have occupied, governed and protected the land in Waswanipi Eenou Istchee since time immemorial,” said Waswanipi Chief Marcel Happyjack addressing a COMEX hearing in his community on January 19. “As occupants of the land…we have […]

“I’m so happy to see these young people smile and have fun – that’s the motivation that keeps me going,” said Eastmain Culture Coordinator Jamie Moses, who with his team has recently been working long into the night to flood […]

Recent events in Eeyou Istchee have once again put the caribou population of northern Quebec in the spotlight, leading the Cree Nation Government (CNG) to renew its pressure on provincial authorities, which appears to have resulted in the implementation of […]