Millions announced for Indigenous law reform will ‘breath life back’ into nations says Samson Cree Nation lawyer
Marc Miller calls new initiatives ‘the wings to flight’ for restoring Indigenous laws.
Jamie Pashagumskum
Originally from the Cree Nation of Chisasibi on the eastern coast of James Bay, Quebec, Jamie has lived in Ottawa since 2015. Trained in journalism at Carleton University, he has worked as a freelance print journalist and as a writer/researcher for the Cree unit of CBC North out of Montreal. Jamie was hired as the reporter/correspondent for the Ottawa bureau in October 2019.
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