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Pokégnek yajdanawa THE POKAGONS TELL IT Bnakwi gises October 2016 Traditional travels and teachings occupy Pokagon teens in August Inside This Month Page 2 Supporting Boys with Braids. Page 5 Hundreds celebrate Sovereignty Day. Page 14 –19 Eleven boys set out for a two night, three day journey “We had some girls interested in the traditional travels trip, recently to experience the outdoors as their Pokagon but we thought it would be a good idea to separate them Open committee ancestors might have. The trip, organized and chaperoned out, give teachings specific to their roles, give them a chance positions—get by Dan Stohrer, youth services coordinator, Kevin Modlin, to open up,” said Rebecca Williams, the organizer and youth involved! conservation officer, and Tribal Police Officer Eric Shaer, cultural coordinator. acquainted middle and high school boys with canoeing, One of the highlights: the young women practiced outdoor cooking and camping. The group paddled down the traditional cooking methods by cooking a goose and squash Manistee River through the Manistee National Forest. on a spit over an open fire. They also created quill work birch “For some of the kids, canoeing was new,” said Stohrer. “It bark medallions. was good to see them overcoming unfamiliarity and fear, and “It was really nice,” said Jenna Martin, one participant. “My enjoying themselves.” favorite part was when my grandma came to talk to us about Stohrer said the teens had good conversations while moon time, so I’m glad we got to learn about that.” spending time together. For example, as this trip took place She also offered this thought: be careful with porcupine right before the Boys with Braids event, the boys discussed quills, they’re sharp! “But it was fun, you just have to not hair, and their choices to grow it long or keep it short.
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