Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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It was four years ago. I had just gotten back from my month-long annual spring hunt out on the land, during which time I had no contact with the outside world. Upon returning, the first news I heard was that there had been a stream of suicide attempts in my community of Attawapiskat, an isolated Cree village on the coast of the James Bay in Ontario. Everyone was talking about it, and media across the country were covering what was being referred to as a "suicide crisis" in Canada's north. I was...
