For The Love Of Culture

by Xavier Kataquapit
Dancers at the 7th Annual Mattagami FN Pow Wow are (left) Mark Carpenter, Thunder Creek Drum Group of Timmins, Ontario and Charlie Kioke, Attawapiskat, OntarioATTAWAPISKAT – Recently, I attended the seventh Annual Mattagami First Nation Pow Wow. In recent years traditional leadership and Elders have been working hard to make the Pow Wow an annual event. Long ago these gatherings had been part of the culture.
Annual Pow Wows serve the function of strengthening the bonds