Janie M PachanoBorn in James Bay, Northern Quebec, in 1940, during a time when there was little resource development and her people still lived out on the land for much of the year, Janie Pachano is among one of the last generations of Eeyou to grow up with a way o life that had sustained her people for thousands of years. Berries were the only fruit available, and, like every Eeyou child, Janie grew up harvesting them alongside the women in her family. Her mother, who continued to enjoy berry picking well into her late nineties, and her grandmother instilled in Janie a deep respect for this traditional practice that remains a vital part of Eeyou culture today. Janie has been actively promoting the retention and transmission of Eeyou cultural knowledge as the Executive Director of the James Bay Cree Cultural Education Center since 1982. Read More Read Less