Learning Story – A Hike Across the Lake

Learning Story – A Hike Across the Lake The Week of February 14, 2023 What Happened?  Today we focused on love. We learned to say ełeghǫnets’eètǫ (love one another), a Dene Law, and made efforts to show love to each other as friends and as family and especially to the Land. We also learned to … Read more

Learning Story – A Second Visit From Lila Erasmus

Learning Story – A Second Visit From Lila Erasmus The Week of February 7, 2023  What Happened?  Lila Fraser Erasmus joined us again and we learned to make salve. Each Bushkid brought some home and we hope you are enjoying it! It snowed so much the night before Bushkids this week. Lila told us a … Read more

Learning Story – A Visit From Lila Erasmus

Learning Story – A Visit From Lila Erasmus The Week of January 31, 2023 What Happened?  On our first day, we created a treaty agreement with each other based on the concept of a treaty that was made as early as 1613. We shared a picture of a Two Row Wampum Belt that was made … Read more

Learning Story – Treaty Agreements

Learning Story – Treaty Agreements The Week of January 24, 2023 What Happened?  Lila Erasmus spent the day with us today. She taught us that the Land changes when we are here “The Bushkids are coming, the Bushkids are coming!” The Land is so happy. She put tobacco in the fire to help us start … Read more

Learning Story – Bushkids Snow Castle Construction

Learning Story – Bushkids Snow Castle Construction The Week of December 6, 2022 What Happened? This Tuesday we continued to explore the lake. Every Bushkid spent time on the lake today and the kinds of play were so varied! The weather apps were saying it was a cold day with an even colder wind – … Read more

Learning Story – Donovan’s Trapping Camp

Learning Story – Donovan’s Trapping Camp The Week of November 15, 2022 What did we do?  This was our second time at Donovan’s camp and it was really clear that our Bushkids were familiar and settled in quickly. Last time a lot of our day was spent discovering the camp and surrounding  areas and there … Read more

Learning Story – Taking Care of Ourselves

Learning Story – Taking Care of Ourselves The Week of October 25, 2022 What happened?  This morning, in our opening circle, we asked the group what they thought we should be thankful for today. “The land!” was one of the first responses. We had such a beautiful day of exploring our land and harvests that … Read more