Honoring Those Who Died… in Cree Culture (12-15-15)

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Honoring Those Who Died… in Cree Culture (12-15-15)

By Kevin Jesmer on Thursday, December 24th, 2015 | No Comments

Honoring Those Who Died … in Cree Culture. Concerning Honoring Loved Ones Who died. (Thompson Manitoba. Swampy Cree) Link to original article With ever-certain hope, Azure introduced the feast with a testament to our loved ones’ final resting place: “As Indian people, we never knew of this place called hell. For us, there were […]

Weather and market a tough combination for trappers at fur tables. 12-22-15

By Kevin Jesmer on Thursday, December 24th, 2015 | No Comments

Weather and market a tough combination for trappers at fur tables IAN GRAHAM / THOMPSON CITIZEN DECEMBER 22, 2015 01:56 PM Link to original article David Bewick of North American Fur Auctions, right, inspects furs during the Thompson fur tables Dec. 18. Photograph By Ian Graham With warm weather persisting into December through much of Manitoba, […]

Fur table sales less than half of 2013 total. Written in 2014

By Kevin Jesmer on Thursday, December 24th, 2015 | No Comments

Fur table sales less than half of 2013 total MOLLY GIBSON KIRBY / THOMPSON CITIZEN DECEMBER 30, 2014 09:41 AM Link to original article One trapper demonstrates how to properly skin a coyote paw during the 2014 Thompson fur tables. Photograph By Molly Gibson Kirby The 2014 Thompson fur tables have come and gone, and the […]

Getting to know the winter road to Cat Lake NW Ontario

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, December 21st, 2015 | No Comments

Getting to know the winter road to Cat Lake NW Ontario return to Communities page Cat Lake is only accessible by air year-round and a seasonal winter road from Pickle Lake, via Northern Ontario Resource Trail which takes an average of 5 hours. http://search.211north.ca/record/TBD0039 175-kilometre winter road running from Pickle Lake to the community. http://news.ontario.ca/mndmf/en/2012/01/2011-2012-winter-roads-program.html […]

Statistics Canada data shows significant differences for aboriginal population. IAN GRAHAM / THOMPSON CITIZEN. 12-2-15

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, December 4th, 2015 | No Comments

Statistics Canada data shows significant differences for aboriginal population. IAN GRAHAM / THOMPSON CITIZEN. 12-2-15 link to original article Aboriginal people are younger, more likely to live in crowded housing and more likely to smoke and to drink heavily than rest of the population as a whole, data released by Statistics Canada shows. They are […]

Getting to know: Camp Of The Woods, Dinorwic Ontario. (Info accessed 2015)

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, November 2nd, 2015 | No Comments

Getting to know: Camp Of The Woods, Dinorwic Ontario. (Info accessed 2015) This is NOT the Camp Of The Woods in Adirondack State Park in New York, nor the camp on Rainy Lake Ontario. It is the Camp of the Woods in Dinorwic Ontario, 40 miles south of Sioux Lookout Ontario and 17 miles from […]

Getting to know: Beaver Lake Camp. Dryden Ontario Canada (Info accessed 2015)

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, November 2nd, 2015 | No Comments

Beaver Lake Camp. Dryden Ontario Canada (Info accessed 2015) Offering Christ’s hope and healing to First Nations youth and families for over 50 years, in regional northern Ontario and Manitoba. Camp’s Office at 807-937-6748. Fax: 807.937.5099 MAILING ADDRESS: Site 306 Box 5 RR 3; Dryden, ON P8N 3G2 Trans-Canada Hwy, Dryden, ON P8N 3G2, Canada Northern Youth […]

Some Aspects of Native Culture That May Have Hebrew, Old Testament, Roots

By Kevin Jesmer on Thursday, September 24th, 2015 | No Comments

Some Aspects of Native Culture That May Have Hebrew, Old Testament, Roots There have been Christian missionaries ministering to the Native people of North America for over 550 years. Even one of Christopher Columbus’ sailor crew was Jewish. Surely some of the Bible stories and practices have influenced Native cultural practices in this time. This […]

Things Related To First Nation People I Found in Montreal 2015.

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, September 4th, 2015 | No Comments

Things Related To First Nation People I Found in Montreal 2015. My wife and I dropped my daughter off in Montreal to study there. I was there for five days. Each day we drove and walked miles. We saw much of the inner city. I noticed there were a few references to First Nation people, […]

Getting To Know the “Out Of The Cold” Homeless Shelter in Sioux Lookout Ontario

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, August 3rd, 2015 | No Comments

Getting To Know the “Out Of The Cold” Homeless Shelter in Sioux Lookout Ontario Root causes of aboriginal homelessness in Sioux Lookout Ontario http://www.homelesshub.ca/sites/default/files/3lnm4pky.pdf $30,000.00 over 12 months to hire a consultant to help develop a “housing first” model of service for the community that will include supported housing, managed alcohol and non-medical detox for […]

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