Niska Tah-mah-nah-oon (the goose hunt)
One of the last hunting trips I took with my father Marius Kataquapit was out onto our traditional lands next to the opening of the Attawapiskat River on the James Bay coast.
One of the last hunting trips I took with my father Marius Kataquapit was out onto our traditional lands next to the opening of the Attawapiskat River on the James Bay coast.
The Hudson’s Bay Company is on its way to being lost to the history books.
The pavement crackles under my wheels. The salt, crushed into a soft talc, clings to my vehicle like sticky sand on wet feet.
I grew up on the James Bay coast and from a young age I learned that we were more or less on our own when it came to medical emergencies.
Winter flu season is causing all kinds of sickness, notably for our senior citizens and those with compromised immune systems.
As Greenland draws international attention amidst a takeover push from US President Donald Trump, the independence movement is growing among its predominantly Inuit population.
Lately, I’ve noticed that there’s been a surge in the number of men taking bubble baths after a long hard day at work, or outdoors.
Attawapiskat First Nation is my home community. It was where I was born and raised with my family.
My father Marius Kataquapit, a hunter, trapper and traditional person from Attawapiskat
In almost every person’s life there is a “that one”.