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CREE TALES
These are Cree legends told by elders that have been recorded and translated by Brian Webb. The Woman who Turned Canibalistic |
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VOLUME 11 Volume 11, No. 26 • november 12, 2004 ARTICLE Wind power could blow away hydroelectricity Hydro Quebec better watch out, the wind is blowing and it might just blow them off the map. A number of leaders have been flirting with the idea of bringing alternative energy sources – especially wind power – to Eeyou Istchee.
Sun and wind powers bush pilot’s operation Dave Peace is taking what nature offers for free and turning it into electricity. Peace has a small solar and wind energy operation set up for his small air base.
Chisasibi mother works through the pain of son’s suicide The Nation recently sat down with Chisasibi resident Sally Herodier to discuss what she and her family have gone through the last 15 months without their son Ernest.
Algonquins want better agreement with Quebec government A logging blockade by the Algonquins of Lac Simon and Winneway is forcing the forestry giant Domtar to shut down two sawmills – one in Malartic and another near Val d’Or – on November 19.
New Cree minor hockey league to hit ice Raymond Shanoush is excited about the prospects for the Cree Nation’s young hockey prospects. Shanoush is the president of the newly created Cree Hockey League that is taking its first shots across Eeyou Istchee.
PULSE OF THE NATION Getting wound up over wind power Roger Orr of Nemaska says wind power and other sources of energy are “the way to go these days. The world is starting to look at eco-safe alternatives of retrieving energy.
REZ NOTES Hanging a few chads in Eeyouistan The recent re-election of George W. Bush in the Divided States of Amerika (DSA) reminded me that we, the divided Cree Nation, also have an election for Grand Chief coming up very, very soon. It might not be for the most powerful office in the world but I hear there are amazing benefits and young, chubby female interns galore included in the deal.
EDITORIAL The Wind Never Sleeps in Eeyou Istchee Recently an email made its way into my inbox. It was from a self-styled “Cree Nation Dude with Latest News and Dirt in the Cree Nation.”
Volume 11, No. 25 • October 29, 2004 ARTICLE Cree School Kids invited to Ottawa by Renegades Football Coach For kids who were watching their first live professional football game, they sure didn’t look out of place. approximately 70 screaming and cheering youth from Mistissini descended on the city of Ottawa October 8-10 to attend an Ottawa Renegades CFL game.
Logging barricades close sawmills Barricades thrown up by members of the Algonquin Nation at Lac Simon are being blamed for the closure of two nearby sawmills.
PULSE OF THE NATION Goose & Moose Break This week we look at Moose and Goose Break. Along the coast of James Bay people are out goose hunting and further inland they are out Moose hunting. We asked people their observations and of course how they like their goose or moose cooked.
EDITORIAL The Wind Never Sleeps in Eeyou Istchee If there was ever a saying that goes “you can’t see the world by standing in one place”
Volume 11, No. 25 • October 29, 2004 ARTICLE Cree School Kids invited to Ottawa by Renegades Football Coach For kids who were watching their first live professional football game, they sure didn’t look out of place. approximately 70 screaming and cheering youth from Mistissini descended on the city of Ottawa October 8-10 to attend an Ottawa Renegades CFL game.
Logging barricades close sawmills Barricades thrown up by members of the Algonquin Nation at Lac Simon are being blamed for the closure of two nearby sawmills.
PULSE OF THE NATION Goose & Moose Break This week we look at Moose and Goose Break. Along the coast of James Bay people are out goose hunting and further inland they are out Moose hunting. We asked people their observations and of course how they like their goose or moose cooked.
EDITORIAL The Wind Never Sleeps in Eeyou Istchee If there was ever a saying that goes “you can’t see the world by standing in one place”
Volume 11, No. 24 • October 15, 2004 ARTICLE Reverend Sealhunter leaves Chisasibi on a one-year sabbatical Years of dealing with other people’s problems has led Chisasibi’s first Cree Minister, Jacob Sealhunter, to seek a temporary respite far away from home.
Nathaniel Bosum: The last time I saw Nathaniel Bosum in action he was at the Molson Centre and was 11 years old.
Grieving husband speaks as charges are finally laid in deadly 2003 Chisasibi crash The allegedly drunk driver of a car that crashed on its way back to Chisasibi, causing the deaths of three passengers, has only now been charged in the incident – over a year later.
Four-year-old caller helps grandfather bag three moose! Last year on a return trip from Caniapiscau (along the James Bay highway) my son Emmett shot his first moose.
Two Inuit men sentenced in bat killing Justice in Puvirnituq has been served – in a big way.
PULSE OF THE NATION Khayden Otter: In this edition of Pulse of the Nation we talk to several women from some of the communities about Khayden Otter Rupert’s tragic incident back on February 8.
REZ NOTES Seasons As I sit by the window contemplating what I could write for Rez Notes, I try to find some source of personal inspiration or motivation. Politics? Education? Health issues? The NHL lockout? Nope, none of these topics kick me into gear...
EDITORIAL Don’t buy those marshmallows quite yet The price of sanity is the realization that you are walking in the dark, holding a candle and hoping there is no wind. The darkness is ignorance. Ignorance takes many forms and they creep up upon you without warning...
Volume 11, No. 23 • October 1, 2004 ARTICLE Snowboy throws in the towel The truth, it seems, is not an easy thing to find. Harry Snowboy found that out in an all too painful way after being brought along with the proverbial carrot on the stick by the Chisasibi band council.
Khayden tours Eeyou Istchee Khayden Otter-Rupert marked the beginning of his triumphant return to Eeyou Istchee with a smile.
Feds to invest $700 million in Native healthcare Prime Minister Paul Martin has promised that an additional $700 million directed toward Native health care in the coming years.
Nemaska students pay last respects to late principal A busload of students and community members left Nemaska Friday, September 3, for Toronto. Their mission was to meet the Rana family and pay their last respects in person to their former principal, Farrukh Mahood Rana.
PULSE OF THE NATION Tourism: he Pulse of the Nation for this issue is to examine how and if Crees see tourism as a viable part of the Cree economy. Many Cree businesspeople are still learning how to tap into this growing market. There is still a lot of training and planning needed. Overall, however, the response we found is that tourism is or could be a big part of the Cree economy.
REZ NOTES Traveling Man On one of my few forays out of the cold white north, I ventured down to seek out new life forms and technologies to bring back to my home town. I discovered some things look new, but are really the same old things packaged in flashy wrappings.
EDITORIAL Hungry lion or well-fed kitty cat? National Chief Phil Fontaine says he wants input from the grassroots First Nations peoples wherever they may be in Canada. The AFN wants to know what you think of the organization that claims to represent First Nations to the federal government.
Volume 11, No. 22 • September 17, 2004 ARTICLE Waswanipi hit with the Blues If you love the blues, then you would have loved to hear George Leach play his guitar. The Waswanipi Youth Centre was filled with locals and out-of-towners to see this marvelous man play his many guitars August 12.
Karate: A personal experience My interest in martial arts began when I saw the movie Return of the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee. I was captivated by his fighting style and his skill and tenacity. Nearly 30 years have passed since Bruce Lee made his final bow, but the interest in martial arts he instilled in me has never left my heart.
Karate for everyone For the past three years, I’ve witnessed a growing interest in karate from the Native communities near Chibougamau (Mistissini and Oujé-Bougoumou). We now have more than 25 native members aged 6 to 50 training two or three times a week, and as many women as men.
Archaeologist searches for Big River House Christian Roy is looking for a house, but it’s a house that no longer exists. Roy is a historical archaeologist who specializes in fur trade archaeology and he wants to find the site of Big River House, the trading post of the Hudson Bay Company that was built in front of old Fort George in 1803.
REZ NOTES Righting Wrongs Someone once told me that all I do is complain, complain and complain about every little thing. That I tend to point out all the things that are wrong or that will go wrong. However...
Volume 11, No. 21 • September 3, 2004 ARTICLE 30th AGA GCC Thirty years have passed since Cree leaders dissatisfied with the Indian Brotherhood’s assistance in the fight against the La Grande Complex created the Grand Council of the Crees.
Khayden comes home The three-year old boy that brought the Cree Nation together after he suffered a horrible assault is back in Eeyou Istchee, safe and sound.
Chiiwetaw The Beatles wrote and sang about many great events, and for this particular road trip, their words have specific meaning. Chiiwetaw, Waswanipi Old Post – a nation explored.
The Pig Farm: By now almost everyone must have heard of the giant industrial pig farm to be built in the southern territory of Eeyou Istchee. The Nation interviewed a number of people in each of the Cree communities that will be most affected by it.
REZ NOTES Down-loading We are cyber-Cree from the hinterlands of the north.
Volume 11, No. 20 • August 20, 2004 ARTICLE Inaugural Mistissini golf classic exceeds expectations Chibougamau was invaded by Crees recently, yet surprisingly there were no dangerous incidents, despite the fact that they were all wielding clubs.
Grand Council celebrates anniversary The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) celebrated its 30th anniversary with a ceremony in Eastmain August 8.
Tragedy strikes Chisasibi The community of Chisasibi was shocked recently by a terrible tragedy when a 13-year-old girl took her own life.
Cultural healing behind bars When people think of prison, they tend only to focus on its negative aspects. Sometimes, however,...
Maamowedow reclaims Fort George The Cree Nation of Chisasibi held their traditional 16th Annual gathering at Fort George Island from July 28 to August 2
REZ NOTES C.O. What does that stand for
EDITORIAL Volunteers: the glue that keeps a community together The Nation is very proud to announce that two of its employees, Dana-Marie Williams and Tiffany Deer, have been elected to the board of the Native Women¹s Shelter of Montreal
Volume 11, No. 19 • August 6, 2004 ARTICLE The new way of dam-building: Crees fill big part of workforce It was almost as hard as my first trip into the bowels of the La Grande Complex when the Nation first started up...
The trials and tribulations of EM-1 Mary Ann Blacksmith finds the days long but the money good.
Working at EM-1and loving it Work camp may be Abraham Salt's best chance...
Fundraisers dangled Cheechoo's name But NHL star wasn't available for gala event...
REZ NOTES Beware of sharks Summer is finally here in the north, where people actually suffer when the heat goes over 15 degrees Celsius...
EDITORIAL Scammers This isn't an editorial so much as it is a warning...
Volume 11, No. 18 • July 23, 2004 ARTICLE Seven Eenouch Last month seven guys from Eeyou Istchee traveled to Ottawa and Montreal to prove that no matter how big your goals are, they are always worth shooting for.
Cree Company Launches Rezolution Pictures International, a Cree production company co-owned by Ernest Webb of Chisasibi, is trying to become a part of television history.
AirCreebec: Anyone who has flown with AirCreebec today, yesterday or tomorrow, will notice the positive improvements throughout the company.
Murder suspect gets bail Mistissini resident and murder suspect Emmanuel Blacksmith has been released on $2,000 bail...
Nemaska trapper to walk against Rupert diversion Freddy Jolly says enough is enough. The Rupert’s River diversion must be stopped and he is looking for support from as many people as he can to help him in his quest.
REZ NOTES All kinds of country I wandered into the smoke-filled bar and heard the familiar songs of Conway Twitty crooned out by the svelte voice of Gordon Polson...
EDITORIAL Seventy and counting There is a mysticism that we humans give to numbers. We'll put on a gala for the 10th, 20th or 25th anniversary of an event...
Volume 11, No. 17• July 9, 2004 ARTICLE Mistissini Grad Samantha Coonishish of Mistissini is this year’s winner of Quebec’s Lieutenant Governor’s award.
Squatters: a growing problem in Eeyou Istchee Squatters are like moss; they appear in places where they’re least wanted. The problem with squatters in Eeyou Istchee has reached epidemic proportions of late, and the Grand Council of the Crees has called on the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) to set guidelines for dealing with illegal cabins.
REZ NOTES Oh, the opulence… Misquoted minor politicians, who reportedly claimed, then later disclaimed, that we as Cree live in opulence...
EDITORIAL Respect is a two-way street In the last issue we did a story about the Journal de Montreal’s news piece on Chibougamau. In the article the people interviewed seemed to show a distinctly racist attitude towards the Cree....
Volume 11, No. 16 • JUNE 28, 2004 ARTICLE Elders unhappy over Paix des Braves cash Members of the Elders’ Council feel neglected. They recently received $100,000 under the Paix des Braves allocation, but at least one Elder says the amount is not enough.
Tembec hopes to harvest halo by courting Crees Tembec, the international forestry conglomerate based in Temiscaming, is appealing to Crees for help in gaining certification with the Forest Stewardship Council of Canada (FSC). Certification is important for the company because it would enable them to sell their timber at a higher price to large multinational retailers such as Home Depot.
CLIP gets shaved While they may not be thinking about the next school year already, students at Mistissini’s Voyaguer Memorial School will be getting a new lease on learning come September.
First Peoples Festival Kicks off Fest Season in Montreal Opening night for the Rezolution Pictures’ screening of Dab Iiyyuu at the Land Insights Festival was hot. Notables included filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, who was on hand to see what the Crees were up to.
REZ NOTES $hock and awww The digital readout kept on climbing and climbing and my excitement level rose to an all time high. The numbers rose past 100, 150, 195, and edged over the $200 mark. Hands shaking, I reached for my pocket, my adrenaline soaring. No, I wasn’t at the casino or in front of a smoked-filled bar’s VLT, I was at the cash register at one of the stores that are scattered throughout the sparsely populated north.
EDITORIAL Moses responds A letter sent to Danny Doucet, the editor of the Montreal Journal by Ted Moses. The story concerned statements made by residents of Chibougamau. Dear Sir:
Volume 11, No. 01 • NOVEMBER 28, 2003 FEATURE Ted Moses: When it comes time to write the history of modern-day Cree trailblazers, Grand Chief Ted Moses will have his own chapter...
ARTICLES NHL Rookie, Jonathan Cheechoo The pride of Moose Factory, Ontario...
Violet Pachanos Overcoming the traditional Gender Barrier...
Margaret Cromarty Cree Renaissance Woman
Whapmagoostui Art Factory: a success story Volume 10, No. 26 • November 14, 2003, 2003 BOUMDAADAOU: LET’S WALK The Cree aboriginal community of Chisasibi is located on the Quebec shore of James Bay, at the mouth of the La Grande River, known as the source for the mega hydroelectricity installations that were built in the 1970s. It was on account of these hydroelectric dams, built by the provincial government, that the community faced its first of many challenges, as the community, originally on the Island of Fort George, had to move to the area, which now accommodates Chisasibi. Volume 10, No. 25 • October 31, 2003
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