Rays of light in the dark: How N.W.T. communities got through a year of COVID-19
With large gatherings cancelled and out of territory travel strongly discouraged, people in Northwest Territories communities have spent more time over the last year with their families, helping out in their communities and venturing out on the land.
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With gatherings cancelled and travel discouraged, people are spending more time with family, out on the land
Posted: Apr 01, 2021 7:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 1
A child at a spring culture camp outside Fort Good Hope. (Alex Brockman/CBC)
Paulina Roche says she s never seen so many fishing huts out on Great Bear Lake.
Posted: Dec 31, 2020 3:50 PM CT | Last Updated: December 31, 2020
Despite how 2020 has been a year of disruptions, new normals, and loss, the CEO of the Deline Got ine government, Paulina Roche, says she looks onto the new year and sees light. (Submitted by Mandy Bayha)
After a challenging year, elders in the Sahtu are asking communities across Denendeh to start the year off with healing in mind.
Deline will be holding a fire feeding ceremony at the house of the late Dene prophet Ahya on Jan. 1 at 2 p.m., and elders are asking other communities to do the same thing at the same time.