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Wemindji’s annual youth canoe expedition celebrates 25 years
With winter fast approaching, we find ourselves reminiscing over fond summer memories. For many youth, a favourite memory from this…
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Clay harvested from Nuuskan Island for pottery revives ancient tradition
Pottery shards dating back over 1000 years [have been unearthed] at Nuutamesanan (Smokey Hill). People boating past Nuuskan Island on…
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Internship fund aims to bring grads back to Eeyou Istchee
The Cree Nation Government (CNG) recently announced a new $1 million internship fund to help bring post-secondary graduates back home…
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NISK intergenerational project takes flight in Montreal
“We are in the time of prophecy: the youth are going to take Indigenous wisdom and resurrect it through their…
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Every year the Nation shows up at La Grande Dégustation de Montréal. It’s a great show for the budding connoisseur,…
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Our Columnists
Gillian Blackned & Kristy Franks
Gilliam Blackned is a Participatory Action Researcher from Concordia University and Kristy Franks is a 17-year old Cree woman from Wemindji. Both writers participated in the Canoe Expedition.
Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash
Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash is Cree from Waswanipi, and is the Nation’s newest columnist. She is an activist and writer who also has a regular column in Montreal’s French Metro Newspaper.
Sonny Orr
Sonny Orr is Cree from Chisasibi, and has been a columnist for the Nation for over 20 years. He regularly pens Rez Notes from the cozy social club in Whapmagoostui where he resides.
Xavier Kataquapit
Xavier Kataquapit is Cree from Attawapiskat First Nation on the James Bay coast. He is a writer and columnist who has written about his life and Indigenous issues since 1998.