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Of Redemption: Remembering Francis Penashue

From RETURN TO NITASSINAN/HOMELAND. Penashue Camp, Lake Minnipi. Francis Penashue lolls on the floor of his tent playing with his grandchildren while his wife Tshaukuesh (Elizabeth) Penashue prepares a meal of fresh duck and bannock on their home-made wood stove. The Penashues spend several months a year in the bush reclaiming their traditional Innu culture and passing it on to their children and grand-children.

It must have been about this time of the year, 24 years ago, when I met Francis Penashue, although I don’t actually remember our first encounter. I lived briefly with his family—in fact Francis’s

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Adventures in iPhoneography – A Series: Part 1 — The Ground Rules

There are always rules....

A.    Transparency re. Gear etc. 1.    Not that I expect anyone to offer them, but just to be clear, I will not accept freebees. I have been, and will continue to be, purchasing whatever

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