TRC-Bobcaygeon Blog
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Pine Tree Talk with Pam Palmater
This past summer the final report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was released for public scrutiny. After 2 years of gathering evidence from 2,380 family members, survivors of violence, experts and Knowledge Keepers the Report issued 231 individual...
Pine Tree Talk: Genocide in Canada
This Pine Tree Talk with Dr. Pam Palmater at Trent University on Oct 30. is bound to be informative and impactful. It is a free event. Hope to see you there.
The Paddle Project
Bobcaygeon's Vibrant Village Committee of IMPACT 32 facilitated the annual PADDLE PROJECT. Local artists, community groups, businesses, artisans and community members were invited to paint and decorate wooden paddles. All 68 of the paddles were displayed through-out...
Manoomin Fall Gathering
Date:September 15, 2019Location:Gamiing Nature Centre, 1884 Pigeon Lake Rd. Lindsay, ON, K9V 4R5 Please join us in the spirit of gratitude and community to acknowledge, provide support and strength to manoomin and to learn about our relationships with manoomin within...
Declaration Manoomin (Wild Rice)
Community Voices for Manoomin (CVFM) have finalized the Manoomin Declaration and are seeking supporters signatures. Declaration & signature form
Reading the MMIWG Report
Our group had been following the progress of the Inquiry on Murdered and Missing Indigenous women and Girls (MMIWG) in Canada. It was a mammoth undertaking fraught with controversy and we felt that it would be important to inform ourselves on the results. Because the...
Alice William’s Quilt Workshop
We were lucky enough to have the beautiful quilt by the Kawartha Truth and Reconciliation Support Group (KTRSG) at the performances of Cottagers and Indians at the Art Barn in the Fall of 2018. This is a group quilt project by KTRSG members on the...
Workshop with Quilter Alice Williams
To be held JUNE 22nd, 10am-3pm at the Bobcayegon Municipal Service Centre, 123 East Street South, BobcaygeonTickets: $20 lunch included REGISTRATION IN ADVANCE by JUNE 17th – email: trcbobcaygeon@gmail.com
Gifts From Our Relation the Moose
Kaaren Olsen Dannenmann (Ma’iinkan) is an Anishinaapekwe from Namekosipiink in northern Ontario (Trout Lake). She is a mother of three and a grandmother of five. Her life is intrinsically connected to her homeland, her family and her community. She is a trapper and a...