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KWAAY!, which means "HI!", My name is Angel Louisa Mianscum a Cree of Eeyou Astchee, which means "Cree Territory" (James Bay territory of Northern Quebec), I am 14 years of age. I was born in Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada on August 23, 1982. But now I live in Ouje-Bougoumou, Quebec, Canada.

These are the three Musketeers,
from left to right - Amy Mianscum, Me and Joy Shecapio Blacksmith
Me and my buddies.
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This is a map of the province of Quebec and the location of Ouje-Bougoumou.
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Ouje-Bougoumou.

Ouje-Bougoumou is a Cree community about 45 minutes west of Chibougamau. Ouje-Bougoumou which means "The place where people gather" has about 600 to 700 people and it is about 7 years old. There are 9 Cree communities in Eeyou Astchee (James Bay Territory of Northern Quebec).

There are three languages spoken in our community, English, French and the most spoken language is Cree, it is our mother tongue. I speak all three languages, the language I speak the most is Cree then French and the language I speak the least is English.

My community is one of the newest communities of Canada. It is really nice. Our mayor is called a Chief. Our Chief runs the community similar to a mayor.

In our community there is a baseball field, a football field, track and field, our Cree Administration building is like a town hall, we also have a store, a business office, a restaurant, a motel, a healing center, a fire hall, a police station, a municipal garage, a new basketball court, a new tennis court and new in line hockey rink, they are going to build a new recreation center (arena) soon.

A Teepee at our Culture Village, made of birch bark.

Before and still now we live in cabins, teepee or in tents in the bush. We use wood to heat up our cabins, teepee or tents, in a stove or on an open fire and our floors are made of bows of pine trees. We use to go hunting for food, but now we eat almost just like you, Chinese food, Italian food , etc... but we still eat traditional food like geese, beaver, bear, moose, caribou, duck, fish, etc... Our clothing was made of moose hide and caribou hide but now we dress like, you but we still wear the moose hide clothes on special occasions.

My family and our dog at home on the couch.
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I live with my family and my father's name is Sydney Coonishish, he is a Project General Manager, my mother's name is Sarah Mianscum, she is an employee at our Arts and Craft Shop, I have a sister, her name is Amy Mianscum and I have a little brother, his name is Katejun Coonishish, he's a motocross racer. My dog's name is Robo, he is a Labrador.

I am going to be in grade 10 this fall "97", at Waapihtiiwewan School here in Ouje-Bougoumou, Waapihtiiwewan means Vision. I want to graduate from High School and after I finish I want to be a Engineer or an Architect. I go to school in French, my favorite subjects in school are Math and Art.

Things I like to do is to play Basketball, I play on a basketball team we are called the "MAHEECUNS" which means the Wolves. I also like Volleyball, Hockey, Baseball, in-line hockey, Cycling, Ski-dooing, Shopping, watching motocross races, etc...

My favorite food is Chinese and Greek, my favorite colors are black, red and white. My favorite sport teams is the COLORADO AVALANCHE in hockey, CHICAGO BULLS in Basketball. My favorite hockey player is JOE SAKIC and my favorite goalie is PATRICK ROY (THE BEST). My favorite basketball player is MICHAEL JORDAN. My favorite movie actor is WILL SMITH and actress is JULIA ROBERTS. My favorite type of movies are action or romance. My favorite cartoon show is Looney Tunes and my favorite cartoon character is TWEETY BIRD "I thought I taw a putty tat". My favorite music groups are, NO DOUBT, PINK FLOYD and PUFF DADDY and FAMILY. I like all kinds of music, rock, dance, rap, slow etc... My favorite singers are JON BON JOVI, TU-PAC and GWEN STEFANI.

If you ever think of visiting, or having information sent to you about Ouje-Bougoumou, you can call or E-mail Gaston Cooper our tourism officer.

Call toll free, number - 1-888-745-3905
E-mail address -tourism@ouje.ca

MEEGWETCH!
which means "Thank-you".

WACHIYA!
which means "Bye".