When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
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ᐊᒋᑯᓴᑲᐃᑲᓂ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᑭᑕᑲᐧᐦᐊᑐᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐦᑯᐱᐳᓂᒥᑲᓇᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐁᐃᓇᐦᐊᑐᐊᐧᐨ 1,000 ᑭᓫᐊᒥᑐᕑᐢ ᐊᐱᓯᓇᑲᐧᓂ ᐅᐳᒧᓭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐁᐃᐧᔓᓂᔭᑫᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐁᐱᒧᓴᑌᐠ ᐅᐡᑭᒪᒋᑕᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ.
“ᐊᐱ ᑲᐊᓂᐊᐱᑕᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᑫᐧᓂᐠ ᓂᑭᐱᑲᓄᓂᑯᐠ ᐊᔕ ᐁᑭᒪᑌ...
ᓂᔑᐣ ᐁᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᒧᐗᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐎᓂᐗ ᐁᑲ ᐁᐃᓯᓭᐠ ᐯᔑᑯᑕᐗᑌ ᐃᐃᒪ ᓀᐡᑲᐣᑕᑲ ᐃᐡᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᓀᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐗᐨ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓇᒧᐗᐨ ᐅᑎᑭᑐᐎᓂᐗ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ ᐁᐊᓂᒥᓭᐗᐨ ᐁᑭᓇᐎ ᐃᓯᓭᐗᐨ ᐁᓇᑕᐌᑕᒧᐗᐨ ᒋᐎᒋᐦᐊᑲᓀᐗᐨ᙮
ᓀᐡᑲᐣᑕᑲ ᑭᐃᑭᑐᐗᐠ ᐃᓯᓭᐎᓇᐣ ᐁᐊᓂᒥᓭᐗᐨ ᒣᑾᐨ ᐊᐳᕒᐅᓬ 17, ᐯᔑᑯᑭᔑᐠ...
ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐅᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᐣ ᓇᐦᑯᒥᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᓯᑐᑕᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᐨ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑎᐢᑯᓂᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᐢᑭ᙮
ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᓇᑭᒧᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᑌ ᒥᑲᐧᐨ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᐠ ᑲᑭᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᒪᑕᐧᑲᒥ...
ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᑲᐯᔑᓇᑯᑎᓂᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐗᐨ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ ᐅᑕᓂᑭᑫᑕᓇᐗ ᑲᓂᓯᓭᐠ ᑲᓂᑭᔡᔭᐠ ᐅᐅᒪ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ᙮
ᑲᑲᑭᑫᑕᑯᐠ ᑫᓂᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᐊᓂᐅᒋ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐗᐠ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᔭᐗᐨ ᒋᒪᓂᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᐱᐠ, ᑲᔭᔭᐣᒋᓭᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᒣᑾᐨ ᑲᐱᐳᐠ ᓂᓂᑌᑕᑯᐣ ᑲᐸᐸᒥᔭᔭᓂᐗᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑭᑎᒥᑯᒼ...
ᐊᐣᒋᓫᐃᐣ ᔑᐁᐧᐱᐠ ᐁᐧᐱᑫᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒥᓀᐣᑕᐣ ᐊᐦᐃᐠ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᐦᐃᔑᒪᑕᓄᑭᐨ ᐊᐱ ᑭᔑᐡᑯᓄᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑭᓇᐦᐃᐨ ᑲᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐱᒪᒋᐅᐁᐧᐣ ᐱᐊᐧᐱᑯᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ᙮
“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᓂᑭᐦᐃᑭᐟ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑯᓄᔭᐣ...
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
I grew up...
I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...