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.”
The Sixth Annual Every Child Matters Pow Wow brought together traditional people, Elders, youth and community members of every background for a day



This past month, I was happy to attend two Pow Wows I hadn't been to in years. I attended the Mattagami First Nation Pow Wow and the Matachewan First Nation...
I was happy to see my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast announce the opening of the new St Francis Xavier Parish Church on August 25....