New life means new name for former Kapyong Barracks site: Naawi-Oodena
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The master plan for the site includes residential and commercial space, sports and recreation facilities, community spaces and an administration centre for Treaty One Nation. (Former Kapyong Barracks Master Plan)
Anishinaabe culture and language are being celebrated in a new name for the former Kapyong Barracks military site in Winnipeg.
Naawi-Oodena pronounced Nah way–Oh day nah means centre of the heart and community, according to Treaty One Nation, a group of seven Treaty 1 First Nations who own and are developing two-thirds of the 65-hectare site as an urban reserve.
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People warm up in a teepee at the camp at Thunderbird House while a volunteer, below, splits firewood.
A young woman with cerebral palsy came into camp, feet white with frostbite and hands nearly frozen. Six weeks pregnant, she had lost her wheelchair while fleeing her abuser.
A young woman with cerebral palsy came into camp, feet white with frostbite and hands nearly frozen. Six weeks pregnant, she had lost her wheelchair while fleeing her abuser.
Volunteers set to work, bringing her into the south teepee, rubbing her hands and feet to jump-start her circulation. They gave her ski pants, a blanket, a hat and scarf and fed her. Then, they arranged for a women’s shelter to take her in.