It was a special Walking Out ceremony a long time in the making.
A Walking Out is a traditional ceremony in Cree culture where a young child’s first contact with the ground is celebrated. It usually takes place near to the time when they take their first steps and in some Cree communities, it happens at sunrise.
For three-year-old Osiris Matoush, of Mistissini, it was a different path.
“It was a difficult time and challenging … to raise a special needs child — especially one with cerebral palsy,” said Osiris’s dad, Erasmus Matoush.
When Osiris was born prematurely three years ago, Erasmus and his wife
