Dave Scott is an Elder in Swan Lake First Nation in Manitoba. This past spring, he recorded an interview with us from the community health center. He spoke with us while wearing a mask, as with underlying health conditions Dave …
Smoki Sumac, ʔamaʔkis Ktunaxa (Kimberley, BC) I adopted a Rez puppy (Kootenay Lou), and we spent the day with my aunty, sibling, niece and nephew harvesting niqamȼu, one of our traditional foods/medicines, the way our ancestors have for centuries, (of …
This picture is of my Kookum Helen Stevens, she is 82 years old and to this day has no running water. My kookum is the strongest purest and gentlest soul I have ever met on this planet. Her family protected her during the attempted …
A Rankin Inlet student at the University of Manitoba has described the concerns and fears that his home community has expressed due to Covid-19. Connor Faulkner reported that the week of March 15th, when counter measures were being administered nationally to flatten the curve of …
Isolation Carol is from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN), which is based in Nelson House, about nine hours north of Winnipeg and one hour west of Thompson, with a total population of about 4,600. She is a First Nations safety officer …