“This is awesome,” Ryan Caron said. “This is really good.”
Caron, 35, is a member of Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation, a First Nation located next to the small town of Duck Lake, Sask., about 85 kilometres north of Saskatoon.
On Thursday, Caron was one of several organizers who watched as about a dozen youth from the First Nation enjoyed a rare opportunity to learn traditional land-based skills — everything from creating medicine bags to working collaboratively with their families to erect a teepee.
Caron’s voice flooded with emotion shortly after 13-year-old Hayden Blackbird and hunter Conway Katcheech clasped hands.
Katcheech was guiding Hayden as the teen took
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