Shamattawa and Cross Lake First Nations have since approved similar blueprints for the 2021-22 school year. “They enjoyed coming to school, whenever they came to school, but sometimes I had to close down at lunchtime and poof, because there was a case, my hands were tied. I had to look out for the safety of all the students in the school and the staff members,” said Lawrence Einarsson, principal of Kisemattawa Kiskinwahamakew Kamik School in Shamattawa. Einarsson could not approve a single high school credit this year because of recurring closures and limited access to devices and quality internet. The kindergarten to Grade 12 school, which has an enrolment of more than 400 pupils in a fly-in community approximately 750 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, was shuttered for more than half of the total school days allotted for 2020-21. Even during the brief stints when the building was open for in-class learning, attendance was down by 50 per cent, according to the principal.
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WINNIPEG The health of First Nations children in Manitoba is lagging far behind other children in the province according to a new study. The study released Wednesday called Our Children, Our Future: The Health and Well-Being of First Nations Children in Manitoba is a joint project by the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba, the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre, and the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. It takes a village to raise a child, and I say this village called the province and federal government is failing, but it’s never too late to start, said Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas.