Indigenous Graduation Wood Buffalo 2023
Indigenous Graduation Wood Buffalo 2023
New Year’s Round Dance & Tea Dance
ATC community members were encouraged to invite family, friends, and co-workers. Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike. All were welcome to experience this festive event.
MMEIP Solidarity Walk
Community members from all over the region, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, gathered on the National Day of Awareness for Murdered, Missing, and Exploited Indigenous People. To honour the survivors of abuse, the families who morn and those still affected by violence against Indigenous people. Attendees were encouraged to show solidarity by wearing a ribbon skirt or ribbon shirt with a jean jacket or jeans.
Fish Fry
ATC partnered with Anzac School to provide an Ice Fishing Camp for students and finished up with a Fish Fry! Students learned how to gut properly, de-scale, and prepare for cooking. Of course, they got to cook up and eat some delicious fish! Students also honoured the successful catch by learning the importance of the drum and round dance.
Ice Fishing Camp
TC partnered with Anzac School to provide an Ice Fishing Camp for students from March 1-3, 2022. Students were able to experience ice fishing. They are learning skills from how to safely assess ice and the thickness, how to cut through the ice and of course, how to ice fish!
DRUM TEACHING
The week of February 22-25, 2022, was Wellness Week at Anzac Bill Woodward School, focusing on Coping with Stress. ATC was asked to take part. We invited local community Knowledge Keepers to teach the cultural importance of drumming for both Déne and Cree cultures. Students learned the proper techniques for drumming, participated in a drum circle, learned songs, and played hand-games to the rhythm of the drums.
ATC LANGUAGE & LAND-BASED LEARNING EDUCATION CONFERENCE
This conference took place at the Quality Inn, Fort McMurray, March 26 – 28, 2019.