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Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the voyage of the Odeyak

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the voyage of the Odeyak

The most important thing about the voyage of the Odeyak 25 years ago was that the Quebec government wasn’t keeping its word in upholding the James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement. That’s the message former Grand Chief Matthew Mukash stressed in […]

A quarter century after the Odeyak

A quarter century after the Odeyak

The Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute plans to commemorate historic journey The great canoe was called the Odeyak because that word represented the mixing of two cultures: “ode” from Cree and “kayak” from Inuktitut. And even if they weren’t even born […]