Eeyou Itschee News Today

Leaders of several Cree organizations have signed a historic agreement they say will help address some long-standing health and social issues, like intergenerational trauma, chronic illnesses and high rates of addictions.

This year marks 50 years of radio broadcasting for the CBC Cree Unit! Longtime broadcasters, Betsy Longchap and Dorothy Stewart share what it means to them to broadcast in their ancestral Cree language across Eyou Itschee - the original name for the Cree territories across Northern Quebec. They share some stories from some of the Cree Unit radio archives - segments they remember hearing in their youth in Mistissini and Wedminji. And newest host on the radio team, Marjorie Kitty, shares why she ...