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CBC Visits a Residential School in 1955

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CBC Newsmagazine ; March 13, 1955
["A New Future" for Children at James Bay Residential School]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Description
Clip filmed at the Bishop Horden Memorial School located in Moose Factory, Ontario. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section. Duration: 2:44.
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Christmas at Moose Factory

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Short film, composed entirely of children's drawings, illustrates life at Christmas time in an old settlement on the shore of James Bay. Duration: 13:08.
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Community Strengths in Addressing Opioid Use in Northeastern Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn Dorman
Brittany Biedermann
Christina Linklater
Zahra Jaffer
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 2, April 2018, pp. 2019-222
Description
Discusses root causes and barriers to treating opioid addiction in rural and remote northern communities; describes success of land and community based healing strategies and issues a call to medical regulators and government bodies to implement these programs alongside opioid agonist therapy.
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Cree Perspectives and Data Collection in Moose Factory, Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stan Louttit
Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 135-145
Description
Shows that Interdisciplinary Health Research Team (IHRT) research goals are positive and contributing to knowledge on nutrition of the Moose Factory community.
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A Decade of Change in the Mushkegowuk Territory (1987-1997): Moving Towards a Self-Governing Health Care System

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J.S. Tsuji
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 233-254
Description
Discusses a new era in health care in the Moose Factory Zone in Ontario since 1996, including the transfer of the regional hospital to First Nation control and a say in the spending of health care monies.
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Housing the Homeguard at Moose Factory: 1730-1982

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Judd
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 23-37
Description
Traces the historical and social aspects of a housing site initially built by employees of the Hudson Bay Company post, which became a Metis settlement.
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Impact On Blood Pb Levels of Maternal and Early Infant Feeding Practices of First Nation Cree in the Mushkegowuk Territory of Northern Ontario, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhona M. Hanning
Ranjit Sandhu
Angus MacMillan
Lorraine Moss
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Evert Nieboer
Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol. 5, no. 2, April 2003, pp. 241-245
Description
Tested the hypothesis that wild game consumed by women of Mushkegowuk Territory may contain lead that might be transferred through blood or breast-milk to the fetus or infant.
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Keeoukaywin: The Visiting Way—Fostering an Indigenous Research Methodology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cindy Gaudet
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, January 31, 2019, pp. 47-64
Description
Examines an Indigenous research methodology practiced by the author during their PhD research with the Omushkego people, the Moose Cree First Nation (Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada). Centers on Métis and Cree ways of being, milo pimatisiwin (the good life), relationality, land-based pedagogy, and Indigenous values. Focuses on decolonizing research by prioritizing kinship and community values.
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Milo Pimatisiwin Project: Healthy Living for Mushkegowuk Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cindy Gaudet
Carmen Chilton
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 20-40
Description
Describes an initiative in the Moose Cree First Nation community which focused on the Cree philosophy milo pimatisiwin (good and healthy living). Discusses program elements which included land-based initiatives, sharing teachings over the local radio, and feedback from youth.
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Moose Factory: Heritage Planning in a Northern Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur J. Ray
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 99-121
Description
Discusses project which explored ways to increase tourism through exploiting connection to the history of the Hudson's Bay Company.
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Off to School

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Description
Short documentary includes footage of the residential school in Moose Factory, Ontario. Duration: 8:32.
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The Prevalence of Diabetes in the Cree of Western James Bay

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David A. L. Maberley
Will King
Alan F. Cruess
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 21, no. 3, 2000, pp. 128-133
Description
Incidence and general demographic data on individuals with diabetes in Moose Factory, Ontario. Scroll to p. 128.
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A Question of Sustainability in Cree Harvesting Practices: The Seasons, Technological and Cultural Changes in the Western James Bay Region of Northern Ontario, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 169-192
Description
Looks at changes in hunting, fishing and gathering patterns and speculates about the future of this way of life while there are also significant weather, technology, nutrition and dietary changes occurring.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 66 Special Consultation: Senator Hotel, Timmins, Ontario

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donald McKinnon
Dennis Prince
Description
RCAP 66 contains files for a special consultation session during a sitting of the Royal Commission for Aboriginal Peoples in the Senator Hotel, Timmins, Ontario. The subject is resource development and Aboriginal land claims. The panel includes Donald McKinnon and Dennis Prince, both previous speakers, and John Farrington serves as facilitator.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Adult Education Issues, Closing Prayer

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an evening session round table discussion on Adult Education issues held at the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. Participants Jane Jackson and Helen Mills discuss post-secondary education concerns (including literacy, upgrading, poverty, and employment issues) with Commissioners Sillett and Wilson. Following the Round Table discussion is a closing prayer which concludes the day's sitting of the Royal Commission.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Education/Youth, Opening Remarks and Slideshow

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Nakogee
John Long
Christina Duffy
Theresa Phillips
Glen Sutherland
Description
File contains an evening session round table discussion on Secondary School issues held at the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. Participants John Nakogee, John Long, Christina Duffy, Theresa Phillips, and Glen Sutherland discuss cultural, jurisdictional, financial, boarding, curriculum, and community concerns with each other and with Commissioners Sillett and Wilson.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Post-Secondary Issues

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virgina Wabano
Shawn Gladwish
Allen Sailors
Larry McLeod
Joe Skouras
Wendy Young
Description
File contains an evening session round table discussion on Post-Secondary Education issues held at the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. Participants Virgina Wabano, Shawn Gladwish, Allen Sailors, Larry McLeod, Joe Skouras, and Wendy Young discuss post-secondary education concerns with each other and with Commissioners Sillett and Wilson.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Chief Norm Wesley, Moose Factory First Nation

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norm Wesley
Description
File contains a presentation by Chief Norm Wesley stating that Aboriginal peoples are bound together by a sense of togetherness, family, equality and sharing, which was given to Aboriginals by the Creator. Elders must work with youth to give them a sense of the past and parents must instill in their children respect for others and themselves.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Emile Nakogee, Attawapiskat First Nation (Via Translator)

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emile Nakogee
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Emile Nakogee stating that Aboriginal peoples should "conserve our lifestyles, our culture, our languages and follow what our Creator created for us within the lands." He is concerned for the problems facing Aboriginal youth and states that parents need to involve elders and the community in raising children.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Ernie Rickard

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Ernie Rickard that briefly discusses a number of issues, including education, justice, economic development on reserves, and self-government. He relates his experience when interviewing for a justice of the peace position with the Canadian government and how his interpretation of the job did not match the government's interpretation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Mary Lou Iahtail

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Mary Lou Iahtail, teacher at Moosonee Public School in Moosonee, Ontario. She describes her experiences at the Fort Albany Residential School in Ontario where she learned to read and write in Cree. Iahtail states that a Cree immersion program is needed at her school and calls for the Commission to fund Cree immersion programs so the Cree language does not disappear.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Peter Nakogee (Via Translator)

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Peter Nakogee, via translator, believing that this Commission will be productive and will result in positive changes for Aboriginal peoples, as opposed to Commissions past. One area of concern lies with programs not being available to off-reserve individuals. Nakogee calls for funding for better housing on reserves and for fire protection and ambulance service in the Moosonee-James Bay area.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Stan Wesley

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stan Wesley
Eli Chilton
Stan Wesley
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Stan Wesley, a 19-year-old man from Moose Factory, focusing on the loss of Aboriginal culture as detrimental to Aboriginal youth in Canada. He feels that youth who leave reserves for the city have no resources to succeed, and reserve youth are lost in the shuffle of bureaucracy as well. Wesley says his generation are the next leaders and they must have complete understanding of their culture. Following the presentation is a lengthy question-and-answer session with the Commissioners and Eli Chilton and Stan Wesley, previous speakers.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Allan Hunter

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allan Hunter
Description
File contains a presentation by Allan Hunter. Hunter is a student from Mushkegowuk Student Services. Hunter discusses the composition of his organization and then introduces the next presenter, Gaby Bird.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Andy Poonae

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Andy Poonae. Poonae discusses some of his personal life experiences with relation to issues facing Aboriginal peoples. Amongst these experiences he describes growing up without knowledge of his own people's cultural traditions, attending a Conference of residential school survivors, and being present at the side of the Mohawks at the Oka standoff.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Brenda Small

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Brenda Small. Small, a member of the Mocreebec community (originally from what is now Quebec) near Moose Factory. Small discusses what she views as the plight of Aboriginal women, and the need for them to have the courage to speak out about the social problems that afflict their communities. Small also stresses the need for Aboriginal men to take responsibility for their actions and help speak out against domestic violence and abuse.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bud White Eye, Daniel Smoke, Native News Network

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Bud White Eye and Daniel Smoke of the Native News Network. White Eye discusses his organization, the state of Aboriginal news media in Canada, problems with misrepresentation and ignorance of Aboriginal peoples and issues in the mainstream media, and some suggestions to improve the situation. Smoke gives a brief structural overview of the Native News Network. Following the presentation Commissioners Sillet, Blakeney, and Wilson discuss some of these issues with the presenters.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Dan Koosees, Kashechewan First Nation (Via Translator)

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Chief Dan Koosees of Kashechewan First Nations in Ontario. He describes living conditions on his First Nations as "below sub-standard" and gives the Commissioners a written proposal relating to a five-year housing and infrastructure construction program on Kashechewan First Nation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Edmund Metatawabin and Cecilia Scott, Fort Albany First Nations

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Chief Edmund Metatawabin focusing on Aboriginal self-government. He states that local First Nations government must be empowered first to oversee health and family services, education, public works and security, police protection, housing, and other issues relating to First Nations on a local level. Once that structure is in place can Aboriginal leaders call for self-government on a national level. Cecilia Scott, youth representative, speaks briefly about the importance of education for Aboriginal youth.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Ignace Gull

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Description
File contains an individual presentation by Chief Ignace Gull. Gull discusses the living conditions faced by Aboriginal people in the area which he describes as third or fourth world. Specifically he discusses water and sewer issues, fire protection, energy, social development, drug and alcohol abuse, and a lack of economic oppotunities and education. Gull also discusses trapping concerns, concerns with the justice system, problems with RCMP and Conservation Officers regarding game law enforcement, proposed hydro developments, and protection of burial sites.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Norm Wesley

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norm Wesley
Description
File contains a presentation by Chief Norm Wesley of the Moose Cree First Nation provides a brief history of the Moose Factory area, mentioning in particular the fur trade and the Hudson's Bay Company. Wesley states that Aboriginal peoples can't go back to their original way of life and calls upon the Elders in the community to keep the traditional ways alive by sharing their knowledge with the youth.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Clifford Trapper

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Clifford Trapper
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Clifford Trapper. Trapper is a Metis man presenting on behalf of his grandfather, a Metis elder of the James Bay area. Trapper's presentation discusses uniqueness of Aboriginal culture and the need for government help with the decline of the traditional economy. It also touches on issues like pollution and self-governance.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Gaby Bird

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Gaby Bird. Bird is a representative of the Mushekegowuk Student Services organization. Bird discusses treaty and educational concerns. Bird sees it as fundamental that non-Aboriginal society be educated in Aboriginal history and culture from an early age to bridge the gaps of ignorance between the two peoples. Following the presentation is a discussion between Commissioners Erasmus and Robinson with Beck and preceding presenter Hunter on their educational programs.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Gilbert Cheechoo, Nishnawbe Aski Economic Development Fund

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Description
File contains a presentation by Gilbert Cheechoo focusing on the loss of Aboriginal culture. He is frustrated that his years of service with numerous Aboriginal organizations have done little to help. Cheechoo feels the Canadian Government needs to abandon the broken system it has in place and settle the land claims and self-government issues. Following the presentation is a lengthy question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Heather Clements

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Description
File contains a presentation by Heather Clements. Clements discusses her experiences as a Scots-English Canadian nurse living on a reserve, and her perceptions of a lack of knowledge in Non-Aboriginal culture of Aboriginal Canadians and why this should be corrected. Clements also discusses health care and educational issues, arguing that Aboriginal peoples should be given control over their own health and educational services and making some suggestions to that effect. Following the presentation Commissioners Blakeney, Wilson, and Sillet discuss some of these issues with her.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by John Beck

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Beck
Description
File contains a presentation by John Beck, an education consultant working with the Moose Cree Education Authority. Beck gives his address however on behalf of the regional educational body. Beck discusses the composition of the regional board, and programming they have undertaken including Native Studies and student centres for youth.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by John Turner

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Description
File contains a presentation by John Turner. Turner presents on behalf of the Mushkegowuk Traditional Harvesters. Turner outlines three reasons why it is becoming increasingly difficult to make a living off the land: the activities of animal rights groups who oppose trapping, the activities of sport hunting groups who oppose subsistence rights to hunt, and the development of hydroelectric projects which negatively impact habitat. Turner then goes on to discuss how Aboriginal people have increasingly adopted European values and look with disdain upon trapping as a career choice.
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