The Ties that Bind: Anishinaabe Boy Makes Snowshoes
Eight-year-old Tevai Terry walked up to the base of a black ash tree and carefully examined the length of its trunk for any large bumps...
Wild Traditions
The Value of Mentorship
Late last year, my parents and I got together to butcher a lamb. While some of us were familiar with processing game and small livestock,...
Blood Memory and Reclaiming the Path
Garrick Waswa is a soft-spoken 16-year-old who grew up in Eabametoong First Nation. The remote fly-in community, also known as Fort Hope, is situated on...
Exhibition Highlights the Healing Power of Plants
Partway through the 19th century, scientists began to synthesize new pharmaceuticals in the laboratory. Often, these were inspired by or based on chemical compounds found...
Tanning Hides as an Act of Reconciliation
I’ve been brain tanning hides for a handful of years now, mostly self-taught, without much guidance from mentors. In addition to trial and error, most...
Wild Greens: Give Weeds a Chance
The garden ritual of every growing season always seems to begin, and continue, with pulling the weeds/wild greens. We turn over patches of dandelion and...
Jinton Returns to her Ancestral Roots with Kulning
Who is Jonna Jinton, and what is kulning? Most of us who straddle urban life and time spent in the outdoors can relate to that...
Maple Syrup of the North
Finding a Sweet Spot in a Changing Climate In a region dominated by mixed woods of spruce, balsam poplar, birch, jack pine and balsam fir,...