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Welcome to the Aboriginal Boreal Conservation Leaders Project. This website consists of two partnering components: the Aboriginal Boreal Conservation Leaders series, and a Volunteer/Employment Recruitment program.

As Manitoba's boreal forests consist of a primarily Aboriginal population, conservation efforts benefit greatly from the knowledge and experience of individuals who have lived and breathed community life in Manitoba's northern boreal. We believe this project, through the sharing of personal interest stories and posting of employment/volunteer opportunities, will increase Aboriginal involvement in Manitoba boreal wilderness protection efforts.

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Margaret Dumas

Margaret Dumas

An Interview By Billy Granger

“A lot of bad stuff happened,” says Margaret Dumas, Adult Learning Class Instructor at Fox Lake School, when explaining what it was like when hydro dams were built in the traditional territory of the Fox Lake Cree. Many men working for the dams entered the community, and with that, a time was ushered in when abuses would dissolve relationships and fracture the community. But things are starting to turn around. When Margaret Dumas was working with her husband William at the school in Fox Lake, they came up with an idea to reconnect people in the community with their language, traditions, elders and each other. The idea was to have an annual goose hunt where the community members could be on the land together, practicing traditional ways of life. ...
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July 7th, 2008 | 1 Comment »