Cree Future
Amanda Grant
Age: 12
Grade 6
Chisasibi
When I grow up I want to finish high school in Chisasibi. When I pass every grade I’m going to be 16 or 17 years old when I finish school.
And I want to work in the recreation office. Because it’s very fun there they have all the information about sports and they are in charge tournaments like volleyball, basketball and some other sports. And I would like to have a car when I’m older. I want to travel all over Canada and United States maybe in Russia and some other cities. Than I will go to college and maybe to become a doctor.
Cree Future
Rosalind Snowboy
Age: 12
Grade 6
Chisasibi
I would like to finish high school, college and university. I want to be just like my mom Elizabeth Pash Snowboy, I just might make good money and live in a big house. I might get a summer job when I turn 13. But when I finish University I would like travel around the world and meet a lot of people and see a lot of different places. Perhaps I will decide to stay in one place instead.
Learning in the bush
Kathryn Fireman Age: 12
Grade:6
Chisasibi
Every spring and fall, my family and I always go in the bush. We use a plane to get to our trapline which is quite far away. In the spring time when we use the plane we land on the water but in the fall and winter we have to land on the ice. I learn something new everyday in the bush. In the fall my father and my uncles make beaver traps. My mother also taught me how to skin a beaver. They would bring a beaver everytimne they check their traps, sometimes we take long walks. On the walks my parents teach me what kind of trees there are. My mother and I would be sitting at the teepee plucking geese and she would teach me how to cook the geese over the fire. When it is nice and warm outside. My father would take us to the rapids, and we would go fishing. We would build a teepee in the mornings and chop some wood for the fire, just before the sun would come up or just before everybody wakes up.
The importance of having a family
Tanya Coon
Grade:4
Mistissini
Families are so special because they celebrate Christmas, Easter and all that. And also they have fun together like go to the beach or they have a family ride. Of course families care and love each other. What we do in my family is we do good stuff like help each other or we go to church together, or we make jokes and laugh. I love my family because they care about me and they love me. Families are really special to me.
