Les Skinner – Trapping and Snaring
Les is a Cree Teacher with the Canadian Native Friendship Centre as well a s the Edmonton Public Libraries. Mondays in person at Highlands Library from 6 – 8 P.M. and online classes on Wednesday evenings. Les also teaches nēhiyawēwin classes through Concordia University and Grant Macewan University.
Les has been teaching the Cree classes for nearly 9 years, after attending them himself to regain his language.
He aims to create a community among the students, as well as preserve the language and the traditional knowledge it holds.
Les stopped by the studio for a second time to teach us some winter related bush words !
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