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Learning indigenous languages traditional healing from the land Tuesday September 1 2015 13 EDUCATION CULTURE CAMP THE GATEWAY JAMBOREE SOCIETY sends a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to everyone who helped make 2015 a HUGE SUCCESS Thanks to our generous sponsors contributors and donators The Hamlet of Enterprise and their great staff who were tremendous to work with The GNWT - Department of Industry Tourism and Investment and Department of Education Culture and Employment Keiths Water Service Kingland Ford Carter Industries Ashton Associates Concept Energy Services Northland Utilities Michael Nadli MLA Deh Cho Lisas Place Back Eddy Restaurant Buffalo Ex- press Safe Passage for SportinNorton Enterprise Plumbing Heating Erics Bobcat Service Greenway Apartments HR CIBC HR Home Building Centre HR Home Hardware HR Northmart HR Royal Bank HR Super A Foods Intact Insurance La Dee Dah Boutique Monster Recreational MacDonald Associates MSS Ltd. North Country Inn Poison Painting Ptarmigan Inn Rings Pharmacy Riverview Cineplex Rowes Construction Sunrise Cabinets Stittco Superior Sound Tammys Administrative Services Territorial Beverages Wesclean Winnies Dene Art Gallery Thanks to our very talented musicians Pat Burke MCEntertainer Extraordinaire Shane Daniels and the Usual Suspects Theron Daniels Bobbi Bouvier and Jim Constable Dana Cross - Haywired Tony Buggins Jennifer Coleman Dave Poitras Leonard Desjarlais Shelly Dion Frank Fabian Norman Danais Bobby Danais Mark Lyons Ron Karp Pat Coleman Angus Beaulieu Moses Butt North Country Rock Brandee Poitras James Ross Linda Duford Charlie Hardisty Chevy Beaulieu Ian Rossiter Millie Hudson Phil Newton Tour De Mac Jimi C and the Blue Rockin Daddyz The Brothers in Law Band Lindsay Waugh - Kiwi North Thank you to the food vendors craft vendors and information vendors - Northern Farm Training Institute and the Cree Language Program HR Fire Dept. for letting Sparkie come play Sport North for Sportin Nortons visit HR Girl Guides and Treehouse Drop-in Centre for their amazing help in the kids tent our jigger Jodi Danais and our impromptu scarf dancers Georgina Fabian Georgina Webb and Charlie Hardisty. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to our amazing and tireless volunteers - You rock A heartfelt thank you to each and everyone who joined us at the 17th annual Enterprise Gateway Jamboree You made it happen By DALI CARMICHAEL Visitors to the Thebacha Cabins outside of Fort Smith may have noticed a small group of people milling about this weekend pick- ing through the vegetation of the surround- ing boreal forest and bringing their treasures of ferns and fungi back to the site. The group of students hungry for infor- mation were feeding their curiosity as they learned about the medicinal properties of the plants and their traditional names dur- ing a culture camp hosted by the NWT Cree Language Program Uncle Gabes Friendship Centre and the Chipewyan Language Pro- gram on Aug. 29 and 30. Foralongtimewevefocusedonproducing materialssaidorganizerVanceSandersonthe CreelanguagemanagerfortheNorthwestTerri- toryMtisNation.RecentlySandersonandhis crew have turned their focus to hosting more experientiallearningopportunitiesincludinga Creelanguagecookingshowandcouncilgather- ingswhereyouthandelderspracticeusingtheir languageskillstogetherandevenvideogames. People have been requesting that we set up a culture camp for medicines from the land Sanderson noted a request he was only too happy to deliver. Its great because its a chance for kids and elders to get together and learn from each other. After noshing on bannock and hotdogs a mix of elders adults and youth took in a lesson in traditional medicines and the ail- ments they cure from Louise Beaulieu who grew up learning about the healing powers of the land from her parents. Anythingyouwalkonoutthereisavailable youjusthavetohavetheknowledgeofhowtouse itBeaulieusaidhoveringoveratablefullofher own collection of medicines. And if youre not suretherearealotofelderlypeoplewhowilltell youbecausethatsalltheywerebroughtupon. The group followed up their lessons with a hike through surrounding trails stopping along the way to pick a collection of samples to analyze together. PeopleusetraditionalmedicinesandIdont reallyknowmuchaboutitCelineSavardanurse practitioner who attended the camp said. Id liketolearnmoreaboutitformypatientsbutits hardbecausethisisntthekindofstuffyound in books. I feel like Ive learned tonnes today. PhotosDaliCarmichael A group of gatherers journeyed out to Thebacha cabins near Fort Smith on Aug. 29 and 30 to take part in an indigenous language and traditional medicine culture camp. A sample of plants collected from the area surrounding the Salt River during a group hike. Afterward attendees discussed the properties of each item and its medicinal uses.