Photograph By Ramsey Cook Photograph By Ramsey Cook Photograph By Ramsey Cook
Ramsey Cook determining some species-specific measurements with a caliper in the Wildlife Management Lab at the University College of the North campus in The Pas. Photograph By Ramsey Cook Tansi! My name is Ramsey Cook and I am from Split Lake. I belong to Tataskweyak Cree Nation. It was here my grandparents Eve and Joseph Keeper and my uncles raised me to appreciate “wildlife” … and to understand the importance of practical learning while living in nature. Daily chores included hauling water, cutting wood, checking nets and feeding the dogs. As a child, it was fun and I fought to stay out of school, but grandma would usually have me dressed before I was even awake! On occasion, though, I stayed home, and on one of these rare days, I remember a conversation with my Grandpa Joseph as though it were yesterday! He s
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