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Since its incorporation in 2004, Niskamoon Corporation has always strived to develop innovative ways to bring our many programs to Cree beneficiaries. Our goal is to promote traditional Cree customs and practices, while at the same time fostering the development of the Cree Nation for the benefit of future generations.  

Thanks to the hard work of our employees and the collaboration of our many partners, we have successfully implemented many different programs, ranging from the training of Crees for skilled jobs with Hydro-Quebec (over 50 Crees now occupy permanent positions), the rejuvenation of Cree community and family fisheries, the support of numerous cultural activities including summer gatherings and the enhancement of goose hunting facilities.  This is not to mention the hundreds of kilometres of snowmobile and ATV trails already built throughout Eeyou Istchee.  

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19-10-March 23, 2012

Editorial

    Spring is in the air

     by Will Nicholls Recently the Nation traveled to Toronto to attend the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention. It was huge and it was great to see so many Aboriginal people there either as communities, businesses or just plain interested individuals looking to network.

Rez Notes

    Planet North

     by Sonny Orr As you look back into our history, let’s say, several hundred years, you’ll see a change of interest of the North in general. The North was always important to the world in those years, when crossing the Atlantic Ocean meant reaching India from the other side.

News

    A new leader

    Davey Bobbish elected as Chief of Chisasibi

    by Akiva Levitas On March 8, the people of Chisasibi elected Davey Bobbish as their new Chief. The race between six candidates began when former Chief Abraham Rupert announced that he was stepping down due to health reasons at the start of 2012.

    Northern treasures

    The annual Prospectors and Developers Association’s conference highlighted the mineral wealth of the North

    by Will Nicholls There are growth spurts and then there are unreal growth spurts but that is what Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) has achieved. Back in the mid 1990s the yearly conference was hosted entirely in one hotel and had perhaps 5,000 participants.

    Pacific Bay Minerals

     by Amy German Based in British Columbia, Pacific Bay Minerals Limited has exploration projects on the go both nationally and internationally with claims in Quebec, BC, the Yukon and Argentina.

    Osisko Mining Corp

     by Amy German A homegrown Quebec company based in Montreal, Osisko Mining Corporation’s flagship is the Canadian Malartic gold deposit in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.

    Eastmain Resources Inc.

     by Amy German Just 50 km south of Goldcorp’s Éléonore mining project and just a few clicks away from EM-1 is Eastmain Resources Inc.’s Clearwater flagship, the Eau Claire deposit.

    Labrador Iron Mines

     by Amy German Boasting that they are “Canada’s newest high-growth iron-ore producer”, Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM) has their efforts focused on the Schefferville Projects, which span from northeastern Quebec over to western Labrador.

    C-Bay Minerals Inc.

     by Jesse Staniforth In November, the newly minted company C-Bay Minerals took over the Lac Doré Complex of eight mines in the Chibougamau/ Oujé-Bougoumou area. C-Bay Minerals Inc., jointly owned by Nuinsco Resources Limited, based in Toronto, and Ocean Partners Holdings Limited, headquartered in London, England, intends to revitalize the region’s copper-mining industry.

    Goldcorp Inc.

     by Jesse Staniforth February was a strange month for Vancouver’s Goldcorp Inc., Canada’s largest producer of gold and the company in charge of opening the Éléonore mining project in the Wemindji area.

    Maps and mining in northern Quebec

     by Daniel David Mining in northern Quebec was once a “hit-and-miss” prospect. Miners might hear stories about shiny or glittering objects found on the surface of the land by Cree trappers. Prospectors would arrive looking to confirm the story.

    May the best dogs win

    Participants brave the cold (and warmth) at First Nations dogsled races

    by Daniel David It may feel like spring in the southern regions of Quebec, but that is not keeping mushers from taking part in two dogsled races this month.

    Cree Hockey News & Notes

     by Daniel Coyle With the 2012 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) fast approaching, tryouts have now been scheduled for the teams that will go to Saskatoon representing Eastern Door and North (EDN).

Under the Northern Sky

    New school in Attawapiskat is a dream come true

     by Xavier Kataquapit In June 2000, I wrote a column on the J.R. Nakogee Elementary School and the fact that it had been closed down due to contamination from an estimated 70,000 litres of diesel fuel over many years of leakage.

In Brief

    Great Whale murder-suicide shocks locals

     On March 13, the funeral of Victor Sam Weetaltuk, 22, the victim of a murder-suicide, was held in the twin Inuit and Cree communities of Kuujjaraapik  and Whapmagoostui.

    DESD creates entrepreneur fund

     The Department of Economic and Sustainable Development (DESD), in conjunction with the Cree Regional Authority, has created the Cree Entrepreneurship Assistance Fund (CEAF) to provide business owners with grants.

    RCMP delays missing persons database

     After the Harper government’s announcement on March 1 that the RCMP’s national missing persons database was to be delayed until 2013, the Families of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS), a grassroots, volunteer, non-profit organization based in the Algonquin territory of Ottawa, have taken it upon themselves to establish their own database of missing Aboriginal women.

    Saganash backs Mulcair

     Romeo Saganash, MP of Abitibi–Baie James–Nunavik–Eeyou, was the first Aboriginal person to run for the leadership of a major Canadian political party. After dropping out of the NDP leadership race in early February, Saganash’s supporters awaited his endorsement of one of the remaining six candidates: Peggy Nash, Brian Topp, Thomas Mulcair, Paul Dewar, Nikki Ashton, Nathan Cullen or Martin Singh.

Letters

    Letter to the editor

    Addressing Cree Education

    This letter is in response to the editorial by Daniel David (“The Cree way”, Vol. 19, No. 06, January 27, 2012). As Chairperson of the Cree School Board, I welcome the opinions and perspectives of others regarding educational issues and the Cree School Board.

Borderlines

    Making a choice

     by Lyle Stewart If the practice of politics is famously known as the art of the possible, the historic success of the New Democratic Party in last year's federal election was a masterpiece of the oeuvre: the perennially minor parliamentary player smashed conventional wisdom with an astonishing breakthrough that the smart money had always rejected as unlikely, if not impossible.
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