Ian Mulgrew: First Nations find optimism in their kids
“Our children are very strong in their culture, they’re interested in their language, their family history, the cultural events.” — Peter Stone
Peter Stone and I huddled in a poorly constructed cabin in the tiny remote community of Lower Post on the Liard River just south of the Yukon border — it was well below -15 outside and although the stove was working ceaselessly the chinks in the logs quickly exhaled the warmth.
“My legs are dead,” Old Dan Lutz told us between plugs of chewing tobacco.
The federal government assigned him 1901 as the year of his birth, but he claimed to be older.
In a voice filtered through tobacco juice and laughter, Lutz recited his first encounter with a white man.
“I thought it was a ghost with whiskers riding a moose.”
