Opaskwayak Cree Nation

Opaskwayak Cree Nation: As a kid, I particularly despised the itchy nature of stooking square bales, despite the fact they were a critical part of raising cattle on what was one of the northernmost Angus ranches in all of Canada, on Opaskwayak Cree Nation near The Pas. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Long before contact with European settlers, many First Nations people in North America were natural horticulturalists who not only harvested wild rice and grew potatoes and corn as staples for their families, but used their bounty as goods of trade far beyond our modern borders. As the days begin to shorten and the nights to cool off, a sense of nostalgia always overtakes me as I think back to the days of my youth working on our family ranch and the rush to get more work completed than there were hours in a day. Today, I look back on those days with pride -- not just for the contribution I made to our ranch but because I was part of an agrarian journey that was not as uncommon among First Nations people as you might expect. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.