MDCC Key Stories

In 2014, Mi’kmawey Debert initiated the Key Stories Project. Elders, knowledge holders and community members have worked with staff to identify the important stories they want to tell and share. These stories range widely from the protection of treaty rights to contemporary community development to centralization.

Bear River First Nation: Following the Elders’ Stories

At the Bear River First Nation, the Key Stories is “journeying wherever the stories take us” as a community — out on the land, visiting with Elders, gathering cultural resources, and honouring ancestral places. The vision of the leadership is for Key Stories to strengthen the Seven Paddles Project, which was started to connect their community to the land and cultural teachings offered by community Elders.

The Legacies of Pat Harlow

Mother. Grandmother. Elder. Survivor. Pat Harlow will always be remembered through her commitment to her family,
to her community of L’stkuk First Nation, and for her dedication to those who need help and guidance.

As I Remember

Deeply rooted in her love of family, spiritual faith and community, Elder Agnes Potter shares memories and stories from L’sɨtkuk First Nation.

The Peters Family

Over the last three years, MDCC had the honour to record three descendants of the legendary trapper and guide, the late Chief Louis Peters, and hear first-hand stories that shaped the community during the mid-20th century. These interviews are being used by community members to help retrace the footsteps of their ancestors.

In these seven short films, siblings Leo Peters, Kay Peters Best, and the late Bazil Peters share stories of their father and childhood living in Bear River hunting, trapping, fishing, and guiding along the “Turnpike.”

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