Chief, why don't you write?

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Dear Editor:

Re: The editorial "Where are you chief?" in your July issue of Windspeaker.

I am not surprised at all that you have problems contacting Chief Coon Come, because I have been writing to him since he was with the Grand Council of the Crees, and to this day he has yet to respond to any of the letters that I wrote to him.

Although he may have been a busy man, I believe that he should make the time to respond to his own people when it concerns important issues. What kind of a leader is he if he does not take the time to respond to his own people?

I sometimes question myself to why he may do this. It has been about 10 years that I have been writing quite consistently to my leaders at the grand council, including Chief Coon Come.

Although, I may be small potatoes compared to some of the people that they deal with on a daily basis, I consider myself a somebody when I write things out of concern. I know that some of my points are good, and some may be not so good. In the past, I have even asked for help, but again, no response.

I am a Quebec Cree member and I am sure that some of my fellow Crees will not like what I am doing, but I know that the point I am making is true. Our elected leaders need to be in contact with the very people that they represent.

For myself, I will continue to write letters to my leaders, and hopefully they will wake up to begin to answer some of their letters. If not, then maybe they do not belong where they are today.

Christopher Herodier Snowboy