Culture 2021 Thunder Bay IYCFF First Nation Grassroots Group Story Up- awakinging the spirit of our history by sharing our present stories Funded Amount: $30000 / Projects / IYCFF / Story Up- awakinging the spirit of our history by sharing our present stories The Story Up projects will form space to create connections and community for urban Indigenous youth. By building a studio within our space to record music, spoken word, hip hop, youth podcasting and self expression. Their goal is to make their culture virtually accessible to reach young people. The group plans to host art workshops/ community kitchens with therapeutic small groups, share their history as First Nations and create history for the First Nation’s future. The group has also identified the following: this project will be offered in Thunder Bay, a city in North Western Ontario (NWO) – recently known for its inquiry for unsolved deaths of Aboriginal people. A city with the highest murder rates per capita, a few years in a row. A city that is one of the largest in NWO. A base for off reserve members to call home. A city stolen from the Fort William First Nation people which are across the River who share their land of animkii wajiw (Thunder Mountain) surrounded by beauty our guardian Sleeping Giant, view of Lake Superior shores, yet the elephant in the room, which is the need for truth and reconciliation.