First Nations hockey team gets NHL treatment from St. Louis Blues
A young First Nations hockey team enjoyed the NHL treatment earlier this month, courtesy of St. Louis Blues star Ryan O’Reilly.
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Waskaganish’s Andrea Mcleod takes the Crown to reign for two years
A pageant very much unlike the ones on television, the Miss Eeyou Eenou Nation was put on by the Cree women of Eeyou Istchee Association (CWEIA) on March 2nd in Chisasibi, crowning Waskaganish’s Andrea Mcleod as the new Queen, Theresa Gunner of Mistissini as the first runner up, Erin Gull of Ouje-Bougoumou as the second and Mina Tapiatic of Chisasibi as the fourth participant.
Mikw Chiyam students from Mistissini participate and perform at WE Day Montreal
Known for celebrity-endorsed fundraising and enthusiastic motivational speakers, the WE children’s charity shifted gears this year at the live WE Day event in Montreal.
Cree Nation Youth Council organizes first health conference
Delegates from the Cree Nation Youth Council and health professionals across the Cree Nation gathered in Nemaska February 12-14 for the Cree Nation Youth Council’s inaugural health conference.
Website launched to preserve Indian residential-school survivors’ testimonies
The Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat is calling for survivors who made claims during the Independent Assessment Process to decide what to do with their records and testimonies before they are destroyed
A dog’s life
Those eyes again! The same as last week. Piercing through the brush, watching.
Why even the young need to do estate planning
While everyone loves to make plans for the weekend or their next vacation, many of us avoid making arrangements for what we’d like to happen when we die.
Cree leaders reflect on 2018 and plan for 2019
The older you get, the faster time goes, always marching on to the quickening beat of the drum. For many, the holidays are a time to look back on what we’ve lived through and to set our aspirations for the future
FabLab Onaki program trains Indigenous youth to use high-tech equipment
The First Peoples Innovation Centre launched the first Indigenous fabrication laboratory in Canada called FabLab Onaki to train Native youth on the most innovative technologies of the 21st century
Sophie Bosum on life and loss after being recognized for her contributions to Eeyou Istchee
It hasn’t been an easy year for Sophie Bosum. Between personal health battles and the sudden loss of her youngest son Nathaniel in a motocross accident, she has faced adversity and overwhelming grief.