On the trail of discovery and healing
When I was invited to an event featuring Jesse Thistle, a Métis Cree author and assistant professor at Toronto’s York University, I had just a faint idea of who the man was.
Voices
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Searching for the spirit
It’s nearing that time of the year again when you are filled with the spirit of giving and hoping for a bit of receiving. I know that Santa does exist – as a hybrid of parents, uncles and aunts, and grandparents all sharing to give to the offspring that fill our world with lifelong memories and treasures to fill the scrapbook of life.
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
The phone rings and we dash around looking for it, a bit too late as the answering machine picks up. Damn, I think out loud. Then a foreign accent plays on the machine, and I realize that it’s a scammer.
For the love of our Elders
My uncle Cheekanish passed away in Attawapiskat November 24 at the age of 88. Uncle Cheekanish’s English name was Leo Kataquapit. My family mourned his passing, but we also celebrated his long, full life that he filled with as much fun, happiness and goodness as he could.
Modern conquistadors
I’ve been closely watching the ongoing protests in Chile.
International Children’s Day
My eight-year-old granddaughter bursts into the room declaring that it’s International Children’s Day, saying that means she is free to do what she wants.
Drowning our values
One must wonder at what is happening with the Cree these days. Everyone talks about the Cree way of life, ensuring that it continues and protecting the land.
Scary celebrations
Halloween, Christmas and Ramadan are my favourite religious holidays because they’re weird, fun and frightening.
Attawapiskat loses a good friend
Attawapiskat suffered a tragic loss October 29 when Father Rodrigue Vézina, Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, passed away in Richelieu, Quebec, aged 87 years.