ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᓯᑕᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐅᑭ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐧᒐᐡᑯᓂᒥᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᓂ.
ᑲᓀᑎᔭᐣ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᐱᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᐅᑭ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐁᐃᐧᑭᒪ ᑕᐧᒥ ᐯᕑᑎ ᐅᒥᑯᐣᑕᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᓂ.
ᕑᐊᔾ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ, ᑲᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᑲᑭᒥᓂᑕᐧ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑕᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᓭᓂ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᓇᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ.
“ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᑯᔭᐠ ᑭᑎᔑᐸᑭᑎᓂᑯᒥᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑫᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᓄᑲᓂᑕᐧ ᐅᒪ ᑲᐱᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑕᐅᐣᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᓂᑕᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᔭᐠ,” ᐃᑭᑐ.
1991 ᑲᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐱᐅᐣᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓱᐡᑲᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑭᓄᐡᑲᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐁᔑᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑲᑲᐧᒋᓭᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᐊᔑᐨ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓂᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᔭᓂᔕᐳᐃᐧᓂᑎᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᑲᐧᒋᓭᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑭᐊᓂ ᒪᐡᑲᐃᐧᑲᐸᐃᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᒐᑯᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᒋᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑌᐯᐧᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᓄᒋᑫᐧᑭᓭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑎᓀᐣᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐡᑭᐦᐅᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᐱᒥᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᓂᑫᐧᑭᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ.
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...