Yesterday marked day 3 of the 5 day Traditional Cultural Camp that has been put together by pooled funding from 3 organizations, Maskwacis Justice Society, the Howard Buffalo Memorial Centre (HBMC) and Samson Cree Nation Justice and Legal Support. The camp is being held at Rundle Mission where about 25 youth, 5 elders, countless guest speakers and 10 Youth Workers are being hosted. The camp is highly focused on teaching the youth about the Cree culture.
Wednesday was a day that I organized a partnership with the University of Alberta, Augstana's Outdoor Education Faculty to bring canoes and teach the youth canoeing on the lake. We met at Miqueleon Lake, where the day was spent canoeing and swimming in the water. Augustana provided us 2 highly equipped facilitators, two 10 man canoes, and two 2 man canoes, as well as PFDs and paddles.
It was a perfect day for the kids to be out on the water, it was refreshing to swim and beautiful warm weather to be on the lake. The kids really enjoyed themselves learning about canoeing and repeatedly asked to get back out on the water.
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