A land-based education school in Ugpi’Ganjig (Eel River Bar First Nation) in New Brunswick is re-introducing children to Mi’kmaw traditional knowledge.
Seated along Charlo Beach, about 250 kilometres north of Moncton, on Thursday kids took in lessons about plamu (salmon), clams and water safety as part of the M’sit No’kmaq Forest & Nature School program.
“Our education is culturally grounding,” said program co-ordinator Jasmine LaBillois, from Ugpi’Ganjig.
“[It] just allows our children to feel that connectedness to land.”
The forestry school was founded last October and brings about 60 kids to the community learning lodge for a lesson each month. The children are currently spilt into two groups — from kindergarten to Grade 2 and from
