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Hundreds of members of the Cree First Nation in Fort Albany on James Bay are trapped by spring flooding at Sinclair Island, unable to access groceries, money, hospital services or the local runway.
Fort Albany last evacuated due to flooding risk in 2023, the same year the community had another evacuation because of a nearby wildfire. Back then, people were taken to hotels in Niagara Falls ...
Today we know them as Fort Albany and Kashechewan—two separate Cree communities on the James Bay Coast. But for centuries they were joined together before being divided along religious lines ...
This summer, Toronto photojournalist Nick Kozak spent six weeks living in Fort Albany, a remote Cree First Nation on the western coast of James Bay. He’d already visited the reserve twice this ...