The Cree of James Bay (2006)

Hydroelectric development in James Bay and the impact on the Cree culture.

[@sleepingqunnao2330]

My Dad use to have casette of that guy singning it brings childhood memories ...i'm not Cree myself but i was going to school with some Cree children and even learn how to count in Cree at school. Thank you for sharing the video.😊

[@curtischapman4705]

thanks for sharing this. I grew up in Chibougamau in the seventies. we used to live at Campbell Point at the Campbell mines site on Lake Doree. I used to see the cree live off the land. I really feel for the ones affected .Its a shame to see the land disrespected. I went to school with some of them, Mathew Cooncome was one of them. it brings back a lot of memories , I used to fish as a kid out on some of the lakes. the last time I was there was in 1980.

[@crystalglass7106]

Reminds me of the recent Land of Lakes butter packaging issue. The old logo was of an Indian maiden. They removed the Indian from the logo but kept the land

[@macdrew77]

Ooof.

[@Me-lb8nd]

Fascinating documentary, fascinating people. More power to the Cree!

[@HobbitHomes263]

it might be interesting to see a follow up in 2020

[@OneyButtwillies]

I really feel bad for these men and the cree people that are screwed over by big business with no concern for how drastically it affects them and future generations.

[@josephtriplett7788]

Oney Buttwillies truth they destroyed there entire lively hood which is why I'm ashamed to be a white man raised in a crooked world of illusion and disillusion!

[@roscoep.coltraine6344]

It's a sin all for nothing but straight greed god sees

[@randybedker1584]

The native people have been getting shafted by invading people for centuries. I feel sorry for all the native bands on the north American continent.

[@HobbitHomes263]

As my Grnadmother (born 1892) "When you lose your ways, you lose your way"

[@skid5523]

Hello to my Cree brothers all the way from Fort Severn Cree nation in Ontario’s most northerly settlement.

[@worthymartin4008]

what a gem! and what fine people. very glad to see this

[@kevintucker3354]

40 below 0 which is the same whether Celsius or Fahrenheit is extremely cold to be working in. I work in a freezer warehouse which is -24 Celsius and no wind at all and it can be painfully cold if you don’t stay moving and working hard constantly!

[@douglasking2730]

I enjoyed my canoe ride into the Arctic Ocean with My Cree guilds and the friendship..........Can't wait to get back........Bon jour mon ami----Douglas King

[@charlesmills6621]

Only one friend? "bon jour mon ami" Try bon jour mes amis.

[@barrycardinal1193]

I enjoyed the video and understood some of the cree words, good to see the brotherhood, sad to see the destruction of land and the cree people feel the sadness to see our lands and way of life that is disappearing, pretty soon we will not be able to eat fish or other animals, this is our sad future...

[@roscoep.coltraine6344]

It's just wrong

[@annahkurtin9665]

A majority didn't vote for the destruction of a way of life. A very wealthy minority decided the Cree needed flush toilets.

[@HobbitHomes263]

My Grnadmotehr taught me "When you lose your ways, you lose your way"

[@HobbitHomes263]

CHainsaws, 4 wheelers, helicopters, float planes...no water filters...

[@andrewbrown8216]

Thats what I was wondering ...mo consistancy!😐😕

[@andrewbrown8216]

I wonder if Harry Jolly is related to Ronnie Jolly from a NFB prod. Filmed in 1974?😎

[@daveyhofer7926]

thanks for sharimg your story it is very interesting

[@mareknosek996]

Super documentaire , merci Roger!

[@Charlimarteli]

I love Native culture..

[@HollyN04]

why thank you!

[@matthewmann8969]

All that snow, ice, glacier, and tundra

[@Hotsauce-cj7kj]

I love our native Indian heritage here in Canada. For the record, I’m not native Indian lol.

[@glencarson2635]

Today, there are likely 3 casinos, 14 pot shops (from the Creator of course) and 25 "cheap smokes" shops.

[@RommelsAsparagus]

Not up there. There's the reservations, Hydro installations and Chibougamau. The rest is pretty pure subarctic. Been there.

[@charlesmills6621]

At 3 min. 22 sec. That music sounds like it could have been recorded at Erath, Louisiana.

[@charlesaanonson3954]

I think the language that most of these people were speaking was basically an offshoot of French. Much the same situation as in Louisiana. I think many of these people are what I call "Metis".

[@pinkiesue849]

@@charlesaanonson3954 it is good music, I wonder what Metis means

[@jq4136]

Métis are people lol . English and Cree mix blood

[@jexifyy5206]

That’s my joomshum (grandpa) singing

[@intheblinkofaneye2630]

great video

[@mentalname3528]

I see you

[@mentalname3528]

in the blink of an eye, Our history may came from a struggling battle but Our story does not end there....

[@tanker1960]

Beautiful!

[@kevintucker3354]

Well done Roger Murray!!

[@thejadashow1039]

Lol the dude with the saw

[@Dan-qt7kq]

Oh it’s so so sad to have their way of life altered because of greed. I’m sorry, I have native roots in moose factory, and feel for everything that is taken away for profit.

[@jq4136]

I love the song at 50:23

[@redcanoe9810]

We fought forest fires and the govt. hired Cree. All useless tools. The Alberta first nations were also there. What a great bunch of workers and great folks that know the land. I don't know what has happened to the Cree but man...

[@RommelsAsparagus]

There are Cree in Alberta too...

[@trashiestpotato673]

They did this before.

[@serget2168]

The Cree people DIDN'T AGREE WITH IT. Your lieing being deceptive and the jobs that they were given was the hardest

[@andrewbrown8216]

The Cree did agree with as they signed it off!

[@nameredacted6111]

Were they qualified for "easier" jobs though?

[@HobbitHomes263]

Moving metal thru an electrical field creates electrical current. AN aluminum boat becomes a battery

[@user-rm5xu1lc5i]

บ้านญี่ปุ่น บ่อน้ำพุ ร้านอาหารแพร่พิทยา หาดใหญ่ บางพลัด

[@dimidomo7946]

Wonderful production. Hydroelectric power has negative and positive effects on the land, people and animals. The Cree, like most Indian nations as well as other peoples, are predisposed to alcohol consumption.

[@roscoep.coltraine6344]

Beaver defication will seem like an awful small issue once corporate greed is finished deficating on the land the very people who should have complete control over it and every living thing that god has put on it these people are evil and I know that they will be held accountable for their sins when their time is up

[@joeyjimiken8589]

Are you still alive Roger? If yeah you should try to come to check out the " Eeyou estchee" When you were there Try to visit again when you were taking videos

[@lawrencesamson2045]

he died last year if i'm correct

[@markjaycox7524]

@@lawrencesamson2045 :(

[@emerypookie]

NUCLEAR. Just saying

[@joeyjimiken8589]

Hello

[@mariecrier737]

Joey Jimiken

[@morrisl7]

why do they need all that electricity in that barren place?

[@gr1mrea9er82]

It wasn't the Cree that needed the electricity... The hydro dams built in the Northwestern part of Quebec were part of the Canadian Governments plan to establish a long term power infrastructure, in order to supply the Southern and eastern, more populated parts of the province of Quebec, with power.

[@nicolasartheau822]

Lars Grimstad and provide électricity for the production of aluminium enormous plants that allows Alcan to be come the greatest productor in the world destroying and polluting this land and the Life of his people.

[@myriamhill8347]

​ @Lars Grimstad Canada sells most of the electricity produced in the Cree territory to the USA. It powers most of the North East, from Maine to New York, and maybe more. It is a shame that this power is used to produce heat, increasing global warming in the polar region. I visited Waskaganish in Feb 2017, and it was warmer than in Connecticut! The Crees joked, asking if I had brought the heat with me to keep myself warm.

[@michaelthomas7178]

Ziogreed.

[@trashiestpotato673]

Living off land they have vows not moos

[@HobbitHomes263]

Why diod the Cree used to refuse to speak French?

[@RommelsAsparagus]

The English Hudson Bay company dealt with them first, and so they used to be primarily Anglican, and still wear somewhat Victorian wedding attire during ceremonies. They're mostly pentacostal now. The neighboring Attikamekw (formerly tete de boule), also speak an Algonquin family language but traded fur with the French first and speak French. So it's historical.

[@ronnaveau4801]

The narrator is really French his English 😂,,should of got Jerry nakogee,,too talk in English and Cree,,,would make a better documentary ehh Jerry 😅

[@itsnotsage]

Jerry is my mooshum 🤣

[@tiredredneck8159]

Hes suffering from forgetting his whiskey at home

[@andrewbrown8216]

Whisky is too expensive! They normally drink beer!

[@user-rm5xu1lc5i]

หัวปลี ใบตอง ชุดกิโมโน

[@user-rm5xu1lc5i]

เครื่องสำอางอภัยภูเบศร

[@mariepatricia-lynnthomas144]

🕊🦅🦥

[@fmrgt12]

WHAT A PITY :(

[@HollyN04]

it is truly is... sadly the new generations are losing their native tongue and ways

[@andya857]

The Drunks of James Bay...sad...

[@oldndayzd9281]

Really Dude That's what you came away with 🤔

[@francisdoran8992]

Go fuck yourself

[@redpilledsupak9979]

Hahaha

[@redpilledsupak9979]

Haha

[@redpilledsupak9979]

@@andya857 waaahhhh!! Wahhhhh! Wahhhhh!