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

[beck]

Hi Dawn,

We are loosing our elders each and every day and with them goes so much 
knowledge, wisdom and life experience.  Thanks for letting us know so we can 
honour these people.

Another of our elders, Peter O'Chiese also passed on to the spirit world 
last week  He was thought to be somewhere between 107 and 110 years old.
Miigwech,
Becky
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From: "Dawn Wiseman" <dawn at nativeaccess.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:46 AM
Subject: [NAEP] Fwd: FW: Article - Oldest Cree man passes away - FYI


> >Oldest Cree man passes away
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>The elder from Mistinissi is survived by five generations of family
>>members, including his wife.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Loon says Matthew Coon Come Sr. will be remembered throughout Eyou
>>Istchee, the Cree lands of northern Quebec.
>>
>>"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.
>>
>>"He was also very loving towards people. That's what he was like."
>>
>>Coon Come Sr. died in hospital in Chibougamau.
>>
>>Julie Winnefred Bertrand, born Sept. 16, 1891, is the oldest living
>>Canadian and sixth oldest person in the world.
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