Culture 2021 Bear Island IYCFF First Nation First Nation Band Connecting with N’Daki Menan Funded Amount: $30000 / Projects / IYCFF / Connecting with N’Daki Menan This project aims to offer the citizens of Temagami First Nation the opportunity to take part in a series of culturally enriching events and activities. Through these events, the leads of the project hope to support the wellbeing of their community and it’s citizens. Medicinal walks, traditional craft(s) and practicing traditional harvesting are all ways they plan to ignite their traditional ways of being. They aim to host a series of events that will happen over a 7 month span starting in August 2021 to February 2022. Each month, there will be an event/activity given to the community that will encompass the following: · Transmission of cultural practices and knowledge · Cultural and land based learning · Discussions and sharing circles · Empowerment of our culture, land and environment · Story telling