Manishan Edmonds used to take it for granted that her mother would always be around to sing those songs. Akat Piwas has been singing them forever. It feels like forever, to Edmonds, as long as she can ...

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Innu are losing their lives to drugs and not enough action is being taken, says Adele Piwas, a mother and grandmother in Natuashish. “The community is in crisis [and] only the chief and council can do ...

Akat Piwas sings from an Innu-aimun hymn book. She's one of the last original church leaders in Natuashish. (Gary Quiqley/CBC) Manishan Edmonds used to take it for granted that her mother would always ...