This winter, Francophone educators have been getting together at a camp just outside Dettah, N.W.T. 'We wanted to provide the educators with a sense of how we would teach,' says Lila Fraser Erasmus.
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Kaize Roach-Ashoona attended the fish camp earlier this week. He said he learned about respect: If you respect the animal, you’ll get respect back. (Chantal Dubuc/CBC)
A popular fish camp just outside Yellowknife where people can experience life on the land for a day is back for a second year.
Camp Liwe, which means fish in Wiliideh, teaches traditional skills to the general public, including kids of all ages.
Located on Mackenzie Island, just off the Dettah ice road on the shores of Great Slave Lake, the site has wall tents for group workshops on fish cleaning and preparing food.