Dene Náoweré Kó - Canada's Digital Collections

The drawings, poetry, and stories by the youth of Deline show a remarkable depth of experience and knowledge about our community, the land and the wildlife in and around Great Bear Lake. This is linked to a strong sense of self-confidence on the land, and a bond with the family members with whom the experience of hunting, cooking and eating off the land has been shared.

Camping
by Gary Sewi, Grade 4, Deline

A long time ago, my grandma told me stories when we were living in the bush. It was great, because there were lots of kids there, and there were lots of people.

They were listening to my grandma, because she was telling interesting stories. She was talking about the caveman. She said there were three holes with gold in there, and that there were lots of berries.

The next day, she told me to pick berries because she wanted to make the berries into jam. You can just squash them, and then it is going to turn into jam. My grandma told me to put it in a big cup, because I can get lots. After that, Christopher, Connie and I went swimming.

I like to go camping with my grandma.

This digital collection was produced with the financial assistance from Canada's Digital Collections Initiative, Industry Canada.