Category: News
Rama Mnjikaning First Nation Mother’s Day Powwow
Saturday May 10, 2008
Grand Entry at 12:30 PM and 7:00 PM
Sunrise Ceremony Saturday morning
MASK Arena
6147 Rama RD.
Rama Ontario (1 KM North of Casino Rama)
Master of Ceremonies: Chris Pheasant
CO-MC: Gerard Sagassige
Arena Director: Allen Manitowbi
Host Drum: Young Guns
Head Veteran: TBA
Head Female Dancer: Jessica Devost
Head Male Dancer: ...
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How can I type in Cree on my computer? How do I install the Cree typing tools on my new computer? How can I convert from Cree syllables to Cree roman orthography and vice-versa?
Responses to these frequently asked questions can now be found in the form of training videos available ...
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Alice Olsen Williams is asking people to send her quilt blocks. She is creating a quilt to help Native communities across Canada heal from the devastating effects of residential schools.
“Each block is to be about what you want to express regarding residential schools. It can be about what you experienced, ...
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CHPH 99.7 FM Wemindji is increasing its directional ERP signal to 14,000 watts.
The improved transmission frequency will reach over 125 kilometres of the vast territory throughout the Cree Nation of Wemindji.
RTS Canada will act as project manager in CHPH’s overhaul, which includes the addition of new studios to the station.
“Our ...
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Mathew Coon-Come, Billy Diamond, Ted Moses, Albert Diamond, Tania Pash, Robert Kanatewat and Philip Awashish have been named as the members of the Cree Trust.
The Cree Trust will oversee the administration of the $1.4 billion transferred from the federal government following the signing of the New Relationship Agreement with the ...
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A fire destroying the home of Tamela Bobbish and family is the second fire in Chisasibi within the past two months where the families involved lost everything.
According to the Bobbish family, one of their children was playing with matches in the basement at the time the fire started on Friday, ...
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The new Neoskweskau Sports Complex in Mistissini has won an award in the Mechanical Electrical Buildings category at the Annual Quebec Engineering Association Awards, March 27.
Mistissini picked up the award for the innovative geothermal heating system of the sports complex.
Mistissini Chief John Longchap says the geothermal technology they used can ...
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The Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue will hold its 6th Annual First Nations Symposium on May 28 at the Forestel Hotel in Val-d’Or.
The symposium is designed to make participants aware of Native perspectives and realities. The hope is that this new awareness will encourage co-existence and co-operation between Aboriginal and ...
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Rusty Cheezo beat out Edward Gilpin with 145 votes to Gilpin’s 111 to become Eastmain’s new Chief. In the race for Deputy Chief, Johnny Tomatuk defeated incumbent John Brown by an overwhelming majority of 176 votes to Brown’s 82 votes.
The March 20 and 21 election for Chief and Council of ...
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The communities of Kuujjuarapik and Whapmagoostui are in mourning as two Elders were struck by a snowmobile March 14. Mina Tooktoo Meeko died instantly from her injuries. Mary Angatookalook Fleming was rushed to the Montreal General Hospital but succumbed to her wounds the following morning.
Family members say that Meeko, 70, ...
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Documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin will accept the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in a ceremony May 3 in Ottawa.
A member of the Abenaki Nation, Obomsawin is honoured for her lifelong achievement in documentary film, including over 30 documentaries which have inspired audiences throughout Canada and internationally. ...
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Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris and Council members face six months in jail as their fight against Platinex Inc. continues.
In a decision March 17, the Ontario Superior Court sentenced the Kl chief and councillors to a six-month prison term for contempt of court. The Kl leaders defied an October 25 ...
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In a strange twist to an increasingly bizarre story, Eastmain Chief Lloyd Mayappo has tendered his resignation after originally asking for Deputy Chief John Brown to quit after calling into question his conduct.
The January 23 meeting was called to “expose and explain” the situation of what some are calling a ...
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Four Chisasibi families who lost everything in a fire February 1 are still accepting donations through the Anglican Church of Eeyou Istchee.
Chisasibi’s Assistant Fire Chief, Morris Napash, confirmed the blaze was caused by a seized motor in the ventilation system of one of the apartments on the road behind the ...
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Over $3 billion in revenue sharing from Ontario’s lotteries and casinos will be directed to Native communities throughout the province, over the next 25 years.
The newly inked agreement will see the money earmarked for community health care, education and infrastructure.
In total, 134 Aboriginal communities will get $201 million immediately, and ...
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High above the streets of Montreal at the five star Delta Centre-Ville in a rotating restaurant, a small group of young entrepreneurial pioneers were discussing the future after seeing former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore do his presentation on climate change. Many ideas were thrown around at this supper meeting. The ...
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Students of Chisasibi’s James Bay Eeyou School are set to learn the ins and outs of tracking the weather in their community.
They will be using an MK-III Wireless Weather Station which has been installed on the roof of the school courtesy of the Elephant Thoughts Global Development Initiatives organization. The ...
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The 10th Annual Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest has announced that the First Nations Prize will total $10,000 this year. The contest is organized by the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Economic Development Commission and funded by the Secrétariat aux Affaires Autochtones and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
The ...
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Rezolution Picture’s Moose TV took home the best comedy Indie Award at the inaugural Canadian Film and Television Awards ceremony, held in Ottawa February 20. The Showcase series won out over tough competitors Corner Cas and Little Mosque on the Prairie.
Producer Ernest Webb dedicated the award to his father during ...
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Jonathan Cheechoo won’t be the only Cree from Moose Factory at the March 3 Canadiens game in San Jose. Eastmain’s Marilyn McLeod will be singing the national anthem in Cree, English and French at the game.
“Singing the national anthem at a hockey game has been a dream of mine for ...
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CKUT, McGill University’s campus radio station, held its sixth annual Homelessness Marathon outside the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal February 20 to dramatize the plight of people with nowhere to go in the cold.
Designed as a consciousness-raising event, the marathon began at sundown and ended at 7 am. It provided ...
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The Cree Nation Youth Council has organized walks for suicide awareness in four communities in Eeyou Istchee. The daytime walks will be followed by a healing circle in the evenings where all are encouraged to share their experiences dealing with suicide. The “Journey Through the Heart of Eeyou Istchee 2008 ...
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Aboriginal country music sensation Shane Yellowbird has picked up a Juno nomination for Best Canadian Country Album for “Life Is Calling My Name.”
Yellowbird’s debut album immediately shot to the top of the charts with hit singles like “They’re all about you,” and, “Pick up truck.”
Yellowbird is no stranger to pan-Canadian ...
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According to a law recently passed by the Quebec government, selling dishwashing detergents containing more than 0.5% phosphates will be outlawed in 2010. Phosphates are a main cause of the blue green algae contaminating a growing number of Quebec lakes.
The Jean Coutu chain of pharmacies isn’t waiting. It will voluntarily ...
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Robert Bosum of Ouje-Bougoumou passed away January 24, only three weeks before his 91st birthday (February 15). He was the oldest man living in Ouje.
Bosum and his wife, Emily Capissisit, were known for their generosity, said his daughter Anna Bosum. They adopted many children of the community in the traditional ...
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Two young girls, Santana Pauchay, 1, and Kaydance Pauchay, 3 were found frozen to death in snowdrifts not far from their home on the Yellow Quill First Nation in Saskatchewan January 29. They left their home after midnight with their father, Christopher Pauchay, 25, and headed to their neighbour’s house ...
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