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.
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....