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.
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The Ring of Fire is a name that has been given to a planned mining chromite project (The Iron Chromium Oxide extracted from it is used in chrome plating and in the production of stainless steel)...
Six Cree youth and their guide embarked on an incredible 1,600 km journey two months ago to bring a message of unity, cultural pride and hope to Ottawa.
It all started in mid-December when a youth in Whapmagoostui First Nation began thinking of ways to show his support for Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence.
At the time, Spence was in the...
Peawanuck Elder Louis Bird is looking to find new opportunities to share the Omushkego (Swampy Cree) stories he has gathered over the past half century.
“I want to write those stories,” Bird...
The Sachigo Lake youth who walked from their home community to fundraise for the Dennis Franklin Cromarty Student Living Centre in April are the first runner up for Wawatay’s youth story of the...
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...