11/06/2025
Yesterday we had an awesome time working with youth from across the NWT teaching them about our Denewá Ts’įlį (traditional Dene economy) and the teachings from mycelia for how to do ethical, community centred business. This was a great group of youth who had so much to share and we’re very grateful to have had the opportunity to spend this time with them. It also challenged us to condense our week long offering that we do during our Medicine Walk Apprenticeship Program into 2.5 hours so it was a great challenge and we’re so happy with how well it turned out.
Our traditional Dene social economy is so beautiful and I feel lucky to come from such a caring and thoughtful culture built on sharing and respect for every being.
These pictures are of the youth learning about the importance of communication in business through a game called frostbite where their leader has frostbite and cannot move and the rest all have snowblindness and must build the fire on teamwork, trust and instructions alone. Máhsi Cho