#mushkegowuk

· 1mo ago

I dedicated my latest column to talking about Pow Wow and how important and meaningful these events are for our communities. #indigenous #firstnations #onpoli #canPoli #powwow #nishnawbe #mushkegowuk https://www.wawataynews.ca/blogs-columns/pow-wow-sacred-gathering

wawataynews.ca

X Kataquapit @xkataquapit@mstdn.ca

· 2mo ago

In my latest column, I talk about the forest fire reality we live with here in the north and how governments prioritize the dangers. #indigenous #firstnations #nishnawbe #mushkegowuk #forestfires https://www.wawataynews.ca/blogs-columns/ring-forest-fire

Wawatay News Online

The Ring Of Forest Fire

Forest fires have always been a deep worry for those of us who live in the far north of Ontario. We are surrounded by endless forests and we know full well what it means when these trees start to burn in the peak heat of summer. I remember a few hot summers in the 1980s, when I was growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, seeing large columns of smoke rising west of our community. It is a frightful thing to know that you are isolated from the world and that fire mi

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