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When the plane ends

By: treenaorchard January 5, 2020December 12, 2022

Culture and People#family, #gender, #humanity, #relationships, #violence, academia, anthropology, community, culture, firstnations, learning, lifestyle, research, teachingLeave a Comment

I just returned from Kasabonika Lake First Nation, an Oji-Cree community located 53 degrees North and 88 degrees West in the province of Ontario. I spent four days there as part of a collaborative research project designed to support youth resilience and foster community engagement. This was my fourth trip to “Kas”, and each one…

Happy Baptism, Treena

By: treenaorchard December 30, 2019December 12, 2022

Culture and Peopleacademic, anthropology, baptism, firstnations, gender, religion, research, spiritualityLeave a Comment

Part of my Master’s Degree in Anthropology involved taking several courses, but the most important part of the training was doing independent fieldwork. I was interested in learning about the lives of Indigenous teenagers in northern communities, and I was fortunate to live in a remote Naskapi reserve in Quebec for four months to accomplish…