Nibinamik First Nation (Summer Beaver) held its 12th annual summer Youth Wilderness Retreat program July 12-17. The retreat was held at the O-ma-day-na-moh-win-nik (Breathing Grounds), which is located on the lake about 5 kilometers by boat from the community. Activities for the youth included moose tracking, gun safety, traditional food preparation, fish netting and drum teachings.
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
I grew up...
I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...