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A collection of very short - often funny, often moving - stories and vignettes gathered during the writing of The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee that were not included in the main volume appear here in Northern East Cree, Southern East Cree, French, and English. Stories are a rich and timely accounting of contemporary life in Eeyou Istchee, the territory of the James Bay Cree of Northern Quebec. The stories are connected by diabetes, but they a...

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Kimberly Coon of Mistissini . In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Raquel Emmeline Welsch of Wemindji. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Victor Gilpin of Eastmain. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Mary Niquanicappo of Whapmagoostui. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Maggie Happyjack and Simon Etapp of Waswanipi In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.

When Rose was in high school, she saw a girl in the bathroom injecting a needle into her leg. A heroin addict, she thought, right here in my school!. But then she learned about a new disease, creeping into her community. A retrospective on diabetes in Eeyou Istchee. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.

Jennifer's life is falling apart and she escapes into booze, cocaine, and junk food. When they're not numbing enough, she slits a vein and tries to die but that doesn't work either. She has to try something else. A remarkable story about addiction recovery. In Northern East Cree, Southern East Cree, French, and English.

Fifteen-year-old Jonathan Linton is an elite hockey player, headed for the big leagues, when he gets a diabetes diagnosis. If people find out about it, everything changes. He has to keep it secret. A story about sports, hunting, and difference. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.

When Jack is 18, he's diagnosed with diabetes but isn't told he can do anything about it, so he doesn't. He falls into comas, he loses vision and needs eye surgery, his leg is amputated and then amputated again further up, and then his kidneys give right out. Finally, someone at an organ transplant clinic teaches him about diet, substance abuse, and diabetes. A story about bullshit and helping yourself. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern ...

Emily's mom, the most important person in her life, has diabetes and she's getting sicker by the day. She needs a kidney transplant. Emily wants to donate her kidney but the doctor refuses to take it because Emily has diabetes too. A story about birth, loss, and especially love. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Angela Etapp of Waskaganish. In Northern East Cree, French, Southern East Cree, and English.