[NAEP] Fwd: FW: Article - Oldest Cree man passes away - FYI

[Dawn Wiseman]

>Oldest Cree man passes away
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>Last updated Feb 16 2006 12:03 PM CST - CBC North
>
>The oldest known Quebec Cree man, and possibly one of the country's 
>oldest citizens, died on Wednesday.
>
>Matthew Coon Come Sr., grandfather of the former Cree Grand Chief 
>and head of the Assembly of First Nations, Matthew Coon Come, was 
>believed by his family to be 114 years old.
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>If that was so, it would make him only a few months younger than the 
>oldest Canadian, and among the oldest people in the world.
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>The elder from Mistinissi is survived by five generations of family 
>members, including his wife.
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>While there are apparently no official records of Coon Come's birth, 
>Mistinissi resident Sydney Loon says there are records of him in the 
>community dating back to 1896.
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>Loon says Matthew Coon Come Sr. will be remembered throughout Eyou 
>Istchee, the Cree lands of northern Quebec.
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>"This elder was very well known in the community," he says. "He was 
>also the type of person who really respected and liked people for 
>who they were.
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>"He was also very loving towards people. That's what he was like."
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>Coon Come Sr. died in hospital in Chibougamau.
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>Julie Winnefred Bertrand, born Sept. 16, 1891, is the oldest living 
>Canadian and sixth oldest person in the world.