Under The Northern Sky: ‘Meegwetch To Our Wonderful Elders’

These past few months have been hard on my friends and family as we have lost several prominent Elders in our lives.
My family was sad to see the passing of my aunt Josephine Koostachin of Fort Severn this past November. She was my mom’s younger sister and their original family had all been born and raised on the Nawashi River north of the Attawapiskat River on the James Bay coast.
They grew up in a traditional lifestyle on the land led by their parents Xavier and Louise Paulmartin and the