Constance Lake students earn credits while learning trapping from Elders
Create: 12/01/2015 - 19:26
Mamawamatawa Holistic Education Center in Constance Lake First Nation is offering its students a more traditional option while earning credits towards their high school diploma.
The vision of the course is to introduce students to the culturally relevant process of trapping, skinning, and selling animal furs while involving Elders as teachers to the youth.
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