TRC-Bobcaygeon Blog
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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...
Manoomin Ceremonies
Community Voices for Manoomin (CVFM) – is a group to which several members of TRC-Bobcaygeon belong. This group on Indigenous and non-Indigenous members is dedicated to protecting Manoomin and the Indigenous rights to tend and harvest it. In 2019 there were 4...
Bobcaygeon Public School Water Walk
In this photo co-chair of TRC-Bobcaygeon, Rodney Smith-Merkley and his son along with Rodney's son's teacher and a school board employee. Elder Dorothy Taylor and her son Norman were offering leadership, and TRC-Bobcageon was offering support. Also included 3 members...
Doug Williams – Stories
Gidigaa Migizi-bann (Doug Williams) Doug was an Associate Professor/Director of Studies for the Ph.D. Program and oversaw the cultural component of the program. As a member of the Mississaugas of Curve Lake First Nation, Doug was one of the first graduates of...