Posted: Jan 25, 2021 8:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 25
Nora Funk lives in Nanaimo, B.C., but is originally from Stephenville. She is learning to speak Mi kmaw after wanting to learn more about her culture.(Submitted by Nora Funk)
When Nora Funk was growing up in Stephenville on the west coast of Newfoundland, she always felt her Mi kmaw ties to the land. After moving to Manitoba at 16 and beginning to increasingly experience her Indigenous culture, she knew she wanted to learn more.
Funk, who now lives in Nanaimo, B.C., told CBC Radio s Weekend AM earlier this month that she hadn t been taking part in Mi kmaw culture before she moved, because it was almost lost in Newfoundland.