Monday, March 23, 2015

Spring Break - what would you ask the ancestors?

LOUIS GARNEAU (1790-1863)Photo is Metis of Sault Ste Marie  "Five of the earliest Indian inhabitants of St. Mary's Falls 1855".  St. Mary's Falls is Sault Ste. Marie and the people are Metis not Indian. They however were adopted into the Ojibwa Nation and therefore could rightfully be called Indian but not the earliest inhabitants. Garneau married Cadotte's sister as did John Boucher.   Left to right (1) Louis Cadotte, (2) John Bouche, (3) Obogan, (4)  O'Shawan, (5) Louis Gurnoe aka Garneau.
Louis Garneau is the last on the front right.  He is my great-great grandfather.

For our last day of spring break and family circle time we talked about ancestors, how our lives were the same/different than theirs and what we could learn from them.  We talked about what we would ask an ancestor if we could and which one we would ask. 

R wanted to ask a question about farts. 
S wanted to know about their technology. 
I wanted to know about my grandfather's life and how residential school affected him. 
Joel wanted to know more about the lives of his grandmothers. 

It was a good conversation and as usual we did not get to the related crafts I had planned.  We had a good circle time welcoming in the spring buds moon and playing a family version of cards against humanity.  We then went to the art gallery and made art.  It was a good day together.

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