A walk to remember (fwd link)

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

Great stuff....

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rolland nadjiwon



phil cash cash wrote:
> A walk to remember
>
> Herb Mathisen
> Northern News Services
> Published Thursday, April 2, 2009
>
> BEHCHOKO/RAE-EDZO - They trudged for hours through deep snow, breaking trail,
> symbolizing their years of hard work with a walk across Marion Lake, the way
> elders used to do it.
>
> Around 50 people – students, teachers and elders – left the cultural centre in
> Behchoko after a feeding of the fire ceremony in the early afternoon of March
> 25 to walk to a village at the end of Marion Lake.
>
> Xaeli, or Marion Village, sits at the mouth of a river and was a place where
> visitors from outlying communities traditionally used to meet.
>
> In June, nine students will graduate from the aboriginal language and culture
> instructors program offered at Aurora College, and the walk was meant to
> commemorate their accomplishments.
>
> Access full article below;
> http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/apr2_09wal-nwt.html
>
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