Beyond grief, Part 2: A history of violence

This is the second part of our series on Uashat and Maliotenam, sister Innu communities near Sept-Îles where five people took their lives in the span of nine months last year. Despite great pain, residents invited three Montreal Gazette journalists last December. They wanted to share their struggles, but also the reasons they’re hopeful for the future. We continue this week with some of their stories.

This article contains material about suicide that may be disturbing to some readers.

UASHAT — On the morning of Nadeige Guanish’s funeral, Sylvie Jourdain waited outside the church in her pickup truck. She couldn’t bring herself to walk inside and stand over the 18-year-old’s casket. Nadeige was just four years older than Jourdain’s daughter Shanet.

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/beyond-grief-part-2-a-history-of-violence