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19-04-December 30, 2011

Editorial

    Coals in Xmas stockings

     by Will Nicholls The holiday season is upon us and for some the Christmas cheer isn’t so loud. While Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan is quietly glad Parliament is finished until January, the community of Attawapiskat will still be looking at a chilly and sparse Christmas.

Rez Notes

    Is that you Santa?

     by Sonny Orr I recently listened to a good old country Christmas song, “Santa looked a lot like daddy, or daddy looked at lot like him...”, and it made me smile.

News

    Fun on ice

    Taykwa Tagamou Nation’s first Aboriginal hockey tourney scores big

    by Daniel Coyle The CREE Senior Hockey Tournament was not the only tournament held over the weekend of December 8-11. Taykwa Tagamou Nation Recreation also presented its first Annual Aboriginal Hockey Tournament that weekend at the Tim Horton Events Centre in Cochrane, Ontario.

    Changing attitudes

    Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week helps break down stereotypes

    by Irkar Beljaars The Native Women's Shelter of Montreal (NWSM), in partnership with the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network, presented their Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week (AAAW) event in Montreal on December 2.

    A winter gathering

    Cree Nation takes over Val-d’Or for its annual hockey tournament

    by Daniel Coyle The 31st edition of the CREE Senior Hockey & Broomball Tournament took place in Val-d’Or and Senneterre December 8-11. And as usual, the attendance of an estimated 3000+ people from Cree communities across northern Quebec and Ontario transformed Val-d’Or into the Cree Nation capital – at least for a weekend.

    Battling for ice supremacy

    The 31st Annual CREE Senior Hockey & Broomball Championship Roundup

    by Daniel Coyle For the first time in the 31-year history of the CREE Senior Hockey and Broomball Tournament, two non-Native teams faced off in the tournament’s Class A hockey final. After posting identical records of 3-0 with 13 goals for and 3 goals against, Team Val-d’Or and Bar Chez Frid of Amos each won close games against the Wemindji Wolves and Waswanipi Chiefs respectively, to earn a berth in the final.

    Kin power

    For the Coopers, the CREE Senior Hockey Tourney is a family affair

    by Daniel Coyle While it is not unusual for families to get together to attend the CREE Senior Hockey and Broomball Tournament, for the Cooper boys the tourney is truly a family affair. At this year's event, no less than three generations of the Cooper family are participating.

    Dangerous Ice

     One time, I experienced a frightening event out on the bay. I fell through the ice. This happened during the fall way out in the bay.

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     ᐹᔨᒀᐤ ᑮᑆ ᓂᒌ ᐱᔥᐱᓈᐙᒋᐦᐄᑯᓐ ᑭᔮ ᓃᔨ ᐅᑖ ᐐᓂᐹᑯᐦᒡ ᐅᑖ᙮ ᓂᒌ ᑣᔑᓐ, ᓂᒌ ᐱᑭᔥᑎᐙᐱᔨᓐ ᐊᓂᑖ ᑖᔅᑯᒻ ᐊᓂᑖ ᑳ ᐱᑭᔥᑎᐙᐱᔨᔮᓐ ᐋ ᑎᒀᒋᐦᒡ᙮

    Don’t they get it?

    It’s time for the AFN to reassess its role and take a commanding position

    by Daniel David Two symbols stand in stark contrast to each other the moment one enters the Special Chiefs Assembly of the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa. The first symbol is a plains teepee – empty, mute and majestic. It’s also completely out of place in this building, which is the other significant symbol.

    Stimulating emporium

    The Salon des métiers d'art featured a wealth of crafts produced in Quebec

    During the holiday season leading up to Christmas, local craft fairs were popping up all over Quebec. While most were fairly small in size, Montreal hosted the country’s largest professional crafts show at Place Bonaventure throughout December. The 10th annual Salon des métiers d'art du Québec (SMAQ) welcomed over 400 craftspeople who displayed their diverse and contemporary crafts, and featured an art installation involving over 60 First Nations textiles artists.

    Is the current Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan, the best or worst ever?

     by Daniel David Comments from people attending the Special Chiefs Assembly of the Assembly of First Nations. (note: Most people – everyone but one - insisted on anonymity because they feared repercussions if named. In fairness, I mentioned no names to all.)

Under the Northern Sky

    We can make things better

     by Xavier Kataquapit As Canadians we have a good reputation worldwide for giving. In the case of my home community of Attawapiskat and the recent news about the housing crisis, the Canadian Red Cross stepped in to help out.

In Brief

    Attawapiskat’s he said, she said

     While approximately 90 families remain homeless in Attawapiskat amidst the community’s hot button housing crisis, Chief Theresa Spence and Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan are still locking horns over Ottawa’s proposed third-party management of the community.

    UN inquiry for murdered & missing Aboriginal women

     The Native Women’s Association of Canada and the Feminist Alliance for International Action jointly announced that United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has decided to conduct an inquiry into Canada’s lack of action into the cases of over 580 murdered and missing women.

    Goeland project moving along

     It looks like mining companies have finally learned that the only way they can set up shop in Eeyou Istchee is by making cooperative agreements that work with the communities to provide better prosperity and environmental sustainability. The Cree Nation of Waswanipi signed a Pre-Development Agreement (PDA) with Canada Rare Earths to develop the Goeland rare earth mine.

Borderlines

    Dust in the wind

     by Lyle Stewart There's nothing to put one's daily concerns into perspective like reading about a black hole at the centre of the universe that's about the size of four million suns and in the process of swallowing an enormous gas cloud with three times the mass of our planet.
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