The Secretariat to the Cree Nation Abitibi-Témiscamingue Economic Alliance (SCNATEA) held its 2022 annual conference in Mistissini June 8-9, the first time it was able to hold its event in-person since the beginning of the Covid pandemic.
With the July 13 deadline fast approaching to apply for the Indian day school class-action settlement, many are expressing concerns with the compensation process. According to the $1.47 billion agreement reached in 2019, former students qualify for a range of compensation between $10,000 and $200,000, based on abuse suffered.
National Indigenous Peoples Day is a time to reflect on the past, celebrate the present and inspire hope for the future. In Montreal, a series of performances will lead up to the big event on June 21.
A new study highlights on the disproportionate impacts of public health violation tickets across Quebec – especially on Indigenous people.
Eeyou Istchee is moving toward the minimum and maximum prices on milk that the rest of Quebec already enjoys. The initiative from the Cree Nation Government’s Social and Cultural Development department and the Cree Health Board responds to recent price hikes that reduce the affordability of nutritious foods.
Eeyou Istchee saw a dramatic drop in the number of active cases of Covid, as similar health metrics from across the province showed the sixth wave declining. The Cree Health Board reported May 4 that there were 270 active cases and five people hospitalized, compared to 519 cases two weeks earlier.
Despite Hydro-Québec’s history of environmental devastation and exploitation of Indigenous communities, the crown utility is promoting its growing collaboration with First Nations to promote expansion into markets in the United States.
Eeyou Istchee, along with much of Canada, appears to be in a sixth wave of Covid infections. Cree health authorities reported 623 active cases April 11, close to a 70% increase over the previous two weeks, when 369 cases were reported.
First Nations leaders are applauding a Quebec Court of Appeal decision that maintained key parts of a federal law on First Nations child welfare in effect since January 1, 2020, against a challenge by the Quebec government. The law, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families, recognizes First Nations’ authority over child and family services.
After the discovery of unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools shocked the country, federal and provincial governments are committing tens of millions of dollars to First Nations groups working to “identify, investigate, protect and commemorate” residential school burial sites across Canada.
