After a week brimming with Cree culture, the Nemaska Trappers’ Festival welcomed youth returning from the annual healing winter journey to join in the final day’s grand feast on February 22.
It’s well after midnight in Ouje-Bougoumou, when community worker and mother of two Vanessa Gunn is woken by a call.
A three-day training and planning session for Miyupimaatisiiun Committee members was held in Montreal February 20-22 to better align the region's healthcare objectives with local needs. Over 100 professionals from across Eeyou Istchee attended, encouraged by the growing collaboration between communities.
Cree communities are organizing Winter Active activities to encourage regular physical movement and healthy lifestyles during the colder months. The Cree Health Board hopes the campaign will help build a stronger Cree Nation and prevent conditions like diabetes.
The second Dialogue for Life conference of 2023 emphasized the importance of mental health awareness in Montreal November 13-18. The event addressed ways that Indigenous cultural traditions can support struggling communities. Through encouraging healing and self expression, delegates sought to promote life and reduce suicide rates.
In a letter addressed to the Commissioner of Complaints for the Cree Health Board, Sarah Cowboy, Kenny Petawabano expressed concerns about the accommodation provided for his daughter, Sonia Petawabano, following her stroke and subsequent handicap in 2020.
Indigenous firefighters from across Canada gathered at in Montreal for the fourth annual Indigenous Fire Safety Conference September 14-15. Over 200 attendees took part in courses that offered certification in various fields including Auto Extrication, Emergency Operation Centres Essentials and Wildfire Response.
A study suggested by Cree and Inuit leaders has demonstrated that essential oils from dwarf Labrador tea, or Rhododendron subarcticum, are effective against the parasite that causes drug-resistant malaria.
When the first cases of Covid-19 were discovered in China in December 2019, it hit the radar of health officials in Eeyou Istchee, who wondered just exactly what kind of threat this new disease represented for the region.
Former Cree Health Board Chairperson Bella Petawabano was awarded with two distinctions during the past few years, she revealed in an interview with the Nation.
