Category: Education
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Denesuline Therese Deranger – May 08, 1919 – February 12, 2016 The last Traditional arranged Dene marriage.
She was born into this world at Old Fort, Alberta on May 08, 1919. Eldest child of 11 Children, 2 sisters and 8 brothers. she got married just after turning 15 on July 1933 in Fond du Lac (Isadore Deranger) and became a widow on April 4, 1992 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Born into an…
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To Honour And Respect
GIFT VISION All life is sacred. Every living being is sacred each one of us carries a sacred gift. These gifts have been obscured through colonization and genocide that has created intergenerational trauma. Substance abuse, mental health, and community and family breakdown are symptoms of this trauma. The GIFT Foundation envisions a collective way forward…
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Building A bridge in Our Everyday Dialogue Is Part of Truth and Reconciliation
My dad, Isidore Deranger and older brother, Fred Deranger I started Empathic Witness podcast in October 2020. It has over a thousand subscribers. I admit this is minor, but it is steadily building, and listeners are returning to hear new episodes. By the end of 2022, more amazing Indigenous peoples from across Canada whose words…
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There is a Crack in Everything, that is How the Light Gets In
There is a Crack in Everything, that is How the Light Gets In The pandemic of COVID 19 has brought us some joy and some sorrow. Because of this pain many people accessed their creativity, I founded a charitable foundation, seventhgift.ca (G.I.F.T.) for Indigenous people in Canada to address trauma. We can reframe the sorrow…
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Unstoppable Confidence
We live in a world where anything is possible! I listened to David Nurse in a podcast. He is a best-selling author, speaker, and coach to NBA players as a former professional basketball player. He talks about the psychology of being the very best is to be in integrity with who you say you are.…
From the Shores of the Ottawa River 