Finding Dahshaa

On their visit to Canada, William and Kate spent some time out at the Dechinta Centre for Teaching and Learning, where I am co-instructor of the Dene Self Determination Course. The course uses Finding Dahshaa as one of its texts, and incorporates moose hide tanning as the land based element which is used as a cultural referent for understanding community dynamics of self determination. This summer, during July 2011, the moose hide tanning portion of the course was led by Melaw Nahkeko, Dehcho Dene from Fort Simpson.