Posted: Apr 29, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 29
The Ekali Lake healing camp in Tthets éhk edélı (Jean Marie River First Nation). (Submitted by Jonathan Antoine)
After a 30-day healing program launched by Dehcho First Nations had positive results, coordinators and participants say there is a need for more programming like it. Culture really is healing. Being on the land is healing. That s my hope, is to see more and more of these programs in the N.W.T., especially in the Dehcho, said Kristen Tanche, regional health and wellness coordinator with Dehcho First Nations.
The program is a partnership between Dehcho First Nations and Frank and Bev Hope from Shakes the Dust Hope Consulting.
Posted: Mar 15, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: March 15
April Martel, chief of K atl odeeche First Nation, stands in front of the checkpoint put in place at the reserve s entrance on March 20, 2020. She relied on the expertise of the elders throughout the pandemic to make tough decisions for her people s safety. (Anna Desmarais/CBC)
It s been a year since the World Health Organization deemed COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic.Â
Dr. Kami Kandola, the N.W.T. s chief public health officer, said in a
news conference on that day the territory had been preparing for a pandemic for weeks. Â
In the days and weeks that followed, the territory