Bearspaw First Nation dancer and artist Tobias Ear. LEAH PELLETIER RMO PHOTO

In the circle: powwow, crafting a path to healing for Bearspaw First Nation artist

Bearspaw First Nation dancer and artist Tobias Ear. LEAH PELLETIER RMO PHOTO
Written by The Local Journalism Initiative


ÎYÂRHE NAKODA – Tobias Ear can still picture it – looking up at his grandmother, a concentration painted across her face as she effortlessly crafts another dream catcher.

“I remember when she would make her little crafts, I would say, ‘I want to make things like that,’ but I couldn’t keep up with her,” Ear recalled from his family home in Mînî Thnî.

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