ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒥᑭᓯᐃᐧᐱᓯᑦ 31 ᐁᐧᑎ ᒧᐢ ᐸᐠᑐᕑᐃ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᐁᑭᑭᔑᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒪᐡᑭᑯ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ.
ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᑐᐨ ᒉᕑᐊᑎᐣ ᑯᐯᐣᑐᕑ, ᐁᑲᑫᐧᑭᐁᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᑕᐠ ᐅᑎᔑᑭᔐᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐸᒋᑐᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐁᐱᐊᐊᐧᔑᔑᐃᐧᐸᐣ.
“ᓂᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐃᔑᑭᔐᐧᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᐦᐊᔾ ᐢᑯᓫ ᑲᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᔭᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᒋ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᑕᐡ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᔭᓄᒋ ᑭᒋᓀᑕᒪᐣ ᓇᐱᐨ ᒪᐡᑭᑯᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᒥᓄᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐁᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑭᔐᐧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ,” ᑭᐃᑭᑐ. “ᐊᑎᑲ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐃᑭᑐᐃᐧᐣ, ᒥᐱᑯ ᐃᐁᐧ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐁᐅᒋᐊᓂᒧᑕᒪᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐁᐧᒥᑎᑯᔑᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᔑᐣ ᐃᑭᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᑌᐊᐧᐣ.”
ᐧᒐᓯᓫᐃᐣ ᒋᒍ ᑭᐃᓇᓯᓇᐦᐃᑫ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᐁᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐠ ᑲᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐅᒋ ᒋᑭᐡᑲᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᑭᑫᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᔑᑭᔐᐧᐃᐧᓂ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐅᑯᒪᐣ ᒐᓂᐢᑫᐧ ᑲᑭᐱᐊᐸᒋᑐᓂᐨ.
“ᓂᑲᓄᑫᐊᐧᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᒥᓄᑕᐊᐧᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᑕᑎᐸᒋᒧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐸᐸᑲᓂᐁᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᓂᐊᐃᑭᑐᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᔦ ᑲᐊᐧᐃᐧᔭᓴᒋᒧᐨ, ᒥᓇ ᑲᒐᒋᑲᒋᒧᐨ,” ᒋᒍ ᐅᑭᐃᓇᒋᒪᐣ ᒐᓂᐢᑭᐊᐧᐣ. “ᓄᑯᒥᑫ ᐣᑐᓯᓴᐠ ᐅᑭᐱᐸᐱᑌᐁᐧᔑᒪᐊᐧᐣ ᑲᑕᑎᐸᒋᒧᓂᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᔑᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓂᑲᐅᒋ ᓄᑕᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑲᐅᒋ ᐸᔭᑌ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᓇᐣ.”
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.



When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
I grew up...
I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...