by TRC Bobcaygeon | Jan 7, 2019 | For Your Information
Land Acknowledgement can be a hollow act, a superficial token or a meaningful reminder if done from a genuine place of caring. Many articles focus on the content of the Acknowledgement. The intent behind the words and the heartfelt connect to what is being said is the...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Jan 7, 2019 | For Your Information
Traditionally, families had to scatter far and wide to be able to find enough game to feed themselves throughout the long and harsh Canadian winter. The Pow Wow took place each year when families and friends were reunited to dance, drum, feast and give thanks to the...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Oct 22, 2018 | Archives, TRC Bobcaygeon Events
In the Tarragon Theatre production of the play Cottagers and Indians, Curve Lake First Nations playwright Drew Hayden Taylor has turned the serious story of First Nations Manomin harvesting (wild rice) to a ‘laugh out loud’ entertainment. Cottagers and Indians...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Sep 26, 2018 | Archives
Let me start by saying that our TRC Bobcaygeon Community group does everything by consensus. During our planning process for bringing Drew Hayden Taylor’s play Cottagers and Indians to CLFN and the Lakeview Arts Barn plus the workshops and matinees for the...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Jan 27, 2018 | Archives, TRC Bobcaygeon Events
Doug Williams has a very plausible theory on European/British settlement patterns in the Kawarthas and beyond. He explained this to a group gathered to hear more good stories on February 25 at the Bobcaygeon Library. Before ‘contact’ with Westerners the Indigenous...
