It’s been a couple of weeks now since I returned home to Colorado from a trip South to Albuquerque New Mexico with Dene elder Caroline Bjorklund from Churchill, MB. The trip was inspiring to me and a lifelong dream fulfilled for Caroline. The highlight and focal point of the journey was the Gathering of Nations [...]
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Posts from ‘May, 2011’
Churchill to New Mexico…A Search for Divided Roots
Churchill Dene elder Caroline Bjorklund realized a life-long dream and quest last week traveling South all the way to New Mexico seeking her roots and native connections with the Navajo nation. Caroline had heard and read from numerous sources that her Dene tribe from Northern Canada was long ago part of what is known today [...]
A Tribute to Mothers…And Cubs.
I’ve been invited out to the Watchee Lodge in the Wapusk National Park near Churchill for several years now. Unfortunately the trip has not happened for me so far though after seeing the attached video piece by ABC television I hope to venture out there sometime soon. Without question February and March can be cold [...]
Two Hometowns Forever Linked
The bond that exists between Churchill and Winnipeg, Manitoba is ageless. Churchill lies roughly 500 miles North of Winnipeg as the crow flies and is only accessible by airplane, train or dogsled….ruff! Yet, the link between the two towns is one of necessity as well as one which transcends bloodlines over many generations. For thousands [...]