Tag: Indigenous culture
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It is never goodbye
Today’s post comes from Park Naturalist Christine King of Wasauksing First Nation, as she departs Killbear Provincial Park for the year. Nishinaabeg do not have a word for “goodbye.” We say, “baa-maa-pii, gi-gaa-waa-baa-min miin-waa,” which means “until later, see you again.”
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Protected: Managing deer populations in provincial parks
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Peace and reconciliation totem pole at Algonquin
In October 2015, the Algonquins of Ontario raised a totem pole overlooking Algonquin Provincial Park’s East Gate. An Algonquin elder carved it from an eastern white pine almost as old as the park. Their gift comes with a story.