AGA 2010: The Cree Way
This year's Annual General Assembly of the Grand Council of the Crees (the 35th edition) and the Cree Regional Authority (32nd), held August 11-13, was unusual in a number of respects. For starters, it was perhaps the first time in the history of the AGA that it actually finished on time. Usually they go far past the schedule to finish in the wee hours of the morning.
Draft 2010 AGA Resolutions
These are working drafts of the resolutions passed at the 2010 AGA. Final copies can be requested from the Grand Council of the Crees.
Resolution 2010-07
Subject: Concerning the Request for Adequate Financial and Human Resources to Address the Issue of Bootlegging and Drug Dealing
The era of the electronic leash
Once again I might date myself in an editorial. That doesn't mean this rant is any less pertinent to our lives, however. That's because, my dear technologically enslaved readers, we need to travel further back in time, back to the beginning, to understand what a dinosaur I am, and how a little Jurassic attitude could benefit us all.
Seismic Battle
The Qikiqtani Inuit wins a round in its war against offshore seismic testing
The Qikiqtani Inuit Association won a court injunction August 8 that put a temporary halt to government-imposed seismic testing in Lancaster Sound, located near the eastern entrance to the Northwest Passage.
A quarter century of youth politics
Youth Chief Stacy Bear is optimistic about the next 25 years of the Cree Youth Grand Council
At an age when most young people, if not all, have taken on the respect, responsibilities and privileges of adulthood, the Cree Youth Grand Council (CYGC) is likewise celebrating its growing influence in Cree politics.
Hear them roar
Cree women of Eeyou Istchee Association prepare to change history
The modern Cree women's movement is gathering steam, with all Cree communities now to be represented at the upcoming Annual General Assembly of the Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association (CWEIA) in Val d’Or September 18-19.
A former Chief runs again
A look at what Paul Gull says he can do for Waswanipi
Paul Gull is back. After a period during which the former Waswanipi chief (1998-2002) and one-time Deputy Grand Chief (2002-2005) withdrew from active politics to care for his ailing wife and then to mourn her passing, Gull says he is ready to serve again. The political veteran left last summer's election contest for Grand Chief when her health took a sudden turn for the worse.
Boréades de la danse
Native dance festival emphasizes our connection to the earth
For the first time in its 20-year run, the First People’s Festival was held in the heart of downtown Montreal. The Place des Festivals, home to such large-scale events as the Montreal Jazz Festival and the FrancoFolie, was transformed to showcase indigenous culture from varying parts of the world.
Cree boys hone skills at Habs' hockey school
Two Chisasibi boys worked hard on their on-ice talents during the Montreal Canadiens hockey school in Brossard recently. Darius Neacappo, the son of Patricia Neacappo and Jean-Louis Pelchat, and Gerald House, son of Sally and Jerry House, sweated through a demanding program to make their parents proud.
Beating the heat in the muskeg
I took some time this summer to travel to southern cities and towns in Ontario. Unfortunately for me, I timed my visits during some of the hottest days of the year. I also drove an older vehicle that did not have air conditioning. I was miserable most of the time as I slowly crawled along in the bumper-to-bumper, Southern Ontario traffic under blisteringly hot conditions.
