Allow the land to teach you’: Sturgeon Lake First Nation turns outdoors into classroom – CBC

Jul 31, 2025

Community hopes to turn teachings from culture and land camps into university curriculum

CBC’s virtual road trip series Land of Living Stories explores the hidden gems across Saskatchewan. Reporter Janani Whitfield hit the road to Sturgeon Lake First Nation in search of inspiring stories of community spirit. This is the first of a two-part series from that community.

Willie Ermine remembers his uncle bringing him and his brother, both young men at the time, through a trail and out into a clearing in the woods by the water of Sturgeon Lake. They stood there quietly.

“We were wondering why — why are we looking at this?” Ermine said.

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