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Tlicho Elder Rosa Mantla showing us all how to name parts of the body in Tlicho using our baby boy as a model, Edzazii Van Camp :)

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Tlicho Elder Rosa Mantla showing us in Tlicho how to name each part of the body in Tlicho
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Archie Smith from Fort Smith, Chipewyan Elder, teaching us how to read the moon (or Kalazaa) :)

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Archie Smith teaches us how to read the moon or "Kalazaa" in Chipewyan
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The late Cree Elder Flora Grandjambe of Fort Mackay, AB

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Richard Van Camp
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A portrait of the late Flora Grandjambe of Fort MacKay, AB
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The hope in her eyes: Tlicho Elder Maryann Football, my great aunt, speaking with my great niece :)

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A snapshot of the mighty oral tradition :)
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The late Dorothy "Dot" Desjarlais from Fort Smith, NWT

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An interview with the late Dorothy "Dot" Desjarlais from Fort Smith, NWT

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