The Grand Council of the Crees (DGM Module 1-4)

http://www.gcc.ca/

This website serves as a central online location for all information having to do with the Cree peoples of Quebec and Ontario. As such, it has the potential to be a personal learning tool for both Cree and outsiders. While not overly interactive, the site does its best to present information about Cree traditions, history, spirituality, etc. through the use of photographs, some video, and short narratives. Culture is a thing to be preserved here, but not as a historical artefact. The short narratives concerning Cree traditions all show how those traditions, such as a strong connection to ‘the bush’, are being lived and are vital to the Cree identity.

Amongst the many links and resources available on the site are the following educational links:

Cree/ Aboriginal Education and Culture

• Rupert River Legacy Canoe Trip
• Nation Magazine
• Arctic String Figure Project
• Arctic Circle
• Canyon Records
• Cree School Board
• James Bay Cree Culture: creeculture.ca
• Native North American Art Links
• Chisasibi & LG-1 Road
• Build an Authentic Cree Tee-Pee
• East Cree Language Web
• The University of Tromsø Indigenous Studies Centre for Sámi Studies

This last link, to the University of Tromsø, is quite intriguing – I’m curious to discover what similarities there may be between the Cree and Sámi peoples.

David