Paddling with a Cree Elder
29 Oct
We found something compelling in THIS feature story from the James Bay region of Ontario.
Author Lynn Harper-Cheechoo, writing in the Wawatay News, tells the story of a canoe trip on the Moose River with blind, 77-year-old Cree elder Susan Koostachin.
“Susan watches us with an acute inner vision, amused by our enthusiasm speaking softly in Cree,” Harper-Cheechoo writes. “I place a strawberry in her hand and sit down beside her on the warm sand. It is easy to forget Susan is blind. She does not let any limitation stop her from experiencing her life to the fullest.”
