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VOLUME 14
Forgotten heroes War is something we all wish would not happen, but sadly, war is part of life. Today, literally hundreds of conflicts around the world are eclipsed by the big war against terrorism, in which a constant media barrage downplays the fallen soldiers who return home in caskets. This hasn’t really affected us personally, but soon, our young may one day have to go. Grand Council distances Romeo Saganash is in hot water after delivering an anti-hydro rant in Burlington, Vermont, without the consent of his employer, the Grand Council of the Crees. editorial: Lucky 13 It’s our 13th anniversary. Some might consider that an unlucky number, but I think it’s a significant date for this Aboriginal magazine. Thirteen consecutive years in business makes this one of the longest-lived publications in the Aboriginal media world. UTNS: Pie in the sky As I finished having a meal of roast pork recently, I got the bright idea to turn my leftovers into a meat pie. However, I had to deal with the fact that I have never made a pie crust before. I was not afraid to try. My mom Susan baked many pies and as far back as I can remember she showed my brothers and sisters and I the steps in making a piecrust. Sleight of hand The Municipalité de la Baie James has many powers over category 2 and 3 lands thanks to a law passed in the Quebec National Assembly in 2001, the Grand Council has recently learned. The legislation effectively handed over control to the MBJ from the Societe de Development de la Baie James, or SDBJ. Feds green light Rupert diversion Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has given the go-ahead to the controversial $4 billion EM1-A Rupert River Diversion hydroelectric project that would effectively see one of North America’s last great virgin rivers reduced to little more than a creek. Life in a box Hi, my name is Xavier and I am a video game addict. Now of course I am joking but video games can be addictive. I broke away from video games for many years because I considered them childish. Mirabel lands set to be stolen all over again Stephen Harper’s Conservative government missed a chance to right a wrong in the Mirabel Airport fiasco when it announced that the land will be sold back to the Mirabel farmers who were paid for it in the 1969 federal expropriation. That land belongs to the Mohawks. Last days... This year was a tumultuous one, with the waves of progress beating on our shores of contentment and washing up the froths of excitement and or discontent. Whichever way you look at it, the last year is still memorable. Hard luck truck jinxes lawyer FOR THE RECORD:
The Eeyou Economic Development board fired its lawyer Jocelyn Geoffroy during a board meeting December 7. The firing is the latest chapter in a long story of bad luck for a Waswanipi businessman that has people scratching their heads. Vern Cooper an OHL star in Plymouth, Michigan Vern Cooper of Waswanipi is playing for the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League after being taken in the first round (13th overall) of last year’s Ontario Hockey League player draft. Team management and scouting had said that if they had the first pick, they still would have selected Vern as he was their only choice. Social club for Mistissini? If one ambitious band councilor has his way Mistissini might soon be adding a social club, making it only the second community – behind Whapmagoostui – to have a bar on category one land. Sequoia Entrepreneurship was never what she had in mind when she started working, but Kahnawake native Michaelee Lazore is beaming with pride, having just opened up her second Native-run and inspired bath and body shop under the moniker Sequoia.
Rupert River goes to gallows The only thing left was the funeral procession as politicians from Quebec, the Cree and other non-native James Bay communities congregated in a roomful of media types to witness the surreal scene of a river being executed. Editorial: 'Hang onto these words' I recently asked for a book that I knew would interest me. I didn’t know when I started to read how much it would influence me. The words that Johnny said were so close to the words I grew up with I couldn’t put the book down. The words of an Elder named Johnny Davis from right across Canada in B.C. echoed the words of my great-grandfather and others. The book is called, “Hang onto these words,” Johnny David’s Delgamuukw Evidence. Let me introduce you to a few of his words. A Dream Trip for Dancing Water The Make a Wish Foundation granted the wish of a little girl named Dancing Water Wapachee this year. Her name was submitted by doctors and nurses who operated on her during her last stay at the hospital. Her wish was to go to Disney World to meet Mickey Mouse with her family. Wahgoshig First Nation signs gold mine deal A golden opportunity has been announced with an agreement between Wahgoshig First Nation in Northern Ontario and the Apollo Gold Corporation. A sobering experience Eeyou Istchee is a little smarter after nine women graduated from a thought-provoking and insightful three-year Cree Family Life Education course that helped them to grow as people and as educators of Cree youth. Wemindji, Chisasibi race for supremacy For the second time in the last three years, the Northern Store in the smaller community of Wemindji has outsold its counterpart in Chisasibi in a race for diabetes awareness and, hopefully one day, a cure. North West Company employees run diabetes marathon Why would someone who has never run or walked distances before sign up to do a marathon? For 17 brave souls who made up the North West Company’s Team Diabetes contingent at the 2006 Honolulu Marathon on December 10, 2006, the reasons were many, and personal. UTNS: All about babies I met a new member of the family this past week. My younger brother Paul and his partner Theresa are proud parents of a new baby they named Lynniah Lacy Victoria Stephens. Lynniah was born at 8:48 am on January 19 and she weighed eight pounds and six and a half ounces. At birth she was 19 inches in length. Lynniah’s older brother Liam will now have a playmate to spend time with.
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