{"id":243,"date":"2023-07-26T10:36:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T14:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wekweeti.com\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2024-04-10T17:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:48:46","slug":"about-wekweeti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/?page_id=243","title":{"rendered":"History &#038; Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"243\" class=\"elementor elementor-243\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06a2a0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06a2a0b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa14042\" data-id=\"aa14042\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7ba97d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f7ba97d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1ab3d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1ab3d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ae0a82\" data-id=\"7ae0a82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4350c9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4350c9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h3 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;text-align: center\">History of Wekwe\u00e8t\u00ec<\/h3><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04c1bfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04c1bfa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-833db7f\" data-id=\"833db7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef373f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8ef373f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f1ac32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f1ac32\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-489a030\" data-id=\"489a030\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b44a7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b44a7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wekwe\u00e8t\u00ec is a relatively new T\u0142\u0131\u0328ch\u01eb community, however people have been living<br \/>in and travelling through this area for hundreds of years. Copper knife blades<br \/>recently found near the community airport give proof of that.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2074\" src=\"http:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wekweeti_copper_knife-300x145.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wekweeti_copper_knife-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wekweeti_copper_knife.png 639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Photo of copper knife blade and handle made of carved antler. Credit: Prince of Wales Northern<br \/>Heritage Centre 992.6.7 &amp; 993.76.9<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0701625\" data-id=\"0701625\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45017ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"45017ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;show_image_overlay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;image_overlay&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/wekweeti.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/wekweeti_painting_by_Roger_Arrowmaker.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2070,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;},&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"http:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Community-Video.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\" poster=\"http:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wekweeti_painting_by_Roger_Arrowmaker.png\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wekweeti_painting_by_Roger_Arrowmaker.png);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-play\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play Video\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-play\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Play Video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18bd68b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18bd68b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7abced\" data-id=\"b7abced\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3081b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3081b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>T\u0142\u0131\u0328ch\u01eb people used to travel towards Snare Lake in the late summer each year. In\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">the early days they would use birchbark canoes. Later, they would use canvas\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">covered boats and travel with their families north, towards Snare Lake (at the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">edge of the barrens).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd0ca9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd0ca9f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f24e373\" data-id=\"f24e373\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8dc8a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8dc8a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/painting_of_Tlicho_travelers-qhfa8iof7e36jnigbqg1pzhli4vya30crmjzoz4880.png\" title=\"painting_of_Tlicho_travelers\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82f3b2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82f3b2f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37bae88\" data-id=\"37bae88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3817c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7f3817c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a584930 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a584930\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd1a7ab\" data-id=\"bd1a7ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f74868f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f74868f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rosa Pea&#8217; a tells this story:<\/p><p>&#8220;I remember coming here from Rae at the end of the summer &#8211; in August. My family travelled\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">together; my mother, father, 3 brothers and myself in a canvas boat with a small kicker (9.9\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">hp). I was old enough to make fire and cook bannock and fish for the family every day. We had\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">our dogs with us (5 or 6 of them). Most of the time, the dogs ran along the shore beside us as\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">we had a lot of gear in the boat. Things like caribou hides for sleeping, packs with clothes and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">blankets, cups, axes, guns.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">&#8220;It could take us about a month to get to this area. Each night we set a net to get fish to feed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">the dogs. If there were ducks we would hunt them for food. We never wasted any parts of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">fish or ducks because we had our family and our dogs to feed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">When we got to Snare Lake sometimes we camped across from where the community is now &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">on a point. Usually, we went way down Snare Lake towards Winter Lake to hunt caribou. We&#8217;d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">make lots of dry meat and make sure the dogs were fed well so they would be strong for the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">winter. The families would stay in that area for the winter, in tents. The men would go on to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">the Barren lands to trap Arctic Fox or hunt caribou. The women and children would stay back in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">camp.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8f9bdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8f9bdd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-031784e\" data-id=\"031784e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-094b134 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"094b134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/moving_to_wekweeti-qhfasd1rhh93naosgb8icz7wyz2ws1sctud0f9p0v4.png\" title=\"moving_to_wekweeti\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-208c56b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"208c56b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c032\" data-id=\"3c2c032\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da0b386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"da0b386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72bdbad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72bdbad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-231dd11\" data-id=\"231dd11\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07230c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07230c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;In April we started to travel back towards Rae with our dogs. If the weather was too\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">warm in the day time, we rested and travelled later in the day or night when the weather\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">was cooler and the snow was harder. We ended up walking most of the way (behind the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">dogs and sleds) because the sleds were full of our gear. We walked all the time! By the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">time we got to Russell Lake area, we had been walking in water and snow that was up to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">our knees! We were only using moccasins -we didn&#8217;t have rubbers- but we were used to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">it and it didn&#8217;t bother us. We had to walk a lot because the dogs were pulling all our gear\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">loaded on the sleds.&#8221; &#8211; Rosa Pea&#8217;a<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73f6b73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73f6b73\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d471565\" data-id=\"d471565\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1068e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1068e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/trip_to_rae-qhfasb633t6j02riraf97zozs7c6cnkw5l21gprt7k.png\" title=\"trip_to_rae\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd2f0eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd2f0eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbbb5b7\" data-id=\"bbbb5b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dfcb14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7dfcb14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-95d57a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95d57a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94a56f0\" data-id=\"94a56f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0804ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0804ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;We went to the Russell Lake area and then the families all went separate ways. The\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">men trapped beaver and muskrats and the women dried the furs. The furs were sold\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">in Rae and with the money, we got supplies that we needed (like flour, sugar, tea,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">tobacco, shells, gas etc). We stayed there for Treaty month (July) and then we\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">headed back up towards the Snare Lake area in August.&#8221; &#8211; Rosa Pea&#8217;a<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-597f9c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"597f9c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8ccec9\" data-id=\"f8ccec9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90b32fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90b32fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sometime in the early 1900&#8217;s Pierre Wedzin built a small log cabin on the point across from where Wekwe\u00e8t\u00ec) is now. People can remember still seeing logs from the building and stones that were used in the stone fireplace. Around 1960 there were four small cabins built where Wekwe\u00e8t\u00ec) is now. They were very small cabins built with logs and a moss roof. The floor was just the ground and spruce boughs. These cabins were built by Victor Laboline, Moise Martin, Johnny Simpson, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c607a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45c607a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/trip_to_rae1-qhfb67883o72kml5naks2hi7t6vg3mq3ec4crx6d9c.png\" title=\"trip_to_rae1\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc5639c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc5639c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4016420\" data-id=\"4016420\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a969eeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a969eeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55f0d2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55f0d2b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a379850\" data-id=\"a379850\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a01fe91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a01fe91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">In 1963 Johnny Simpson and a larger group of these families received help from the government to build larger houses in the same spot. Johnny decided this would be a good place to build the houses. It was flat and it was near the narrow part of the lake where the fishing was good. Snare Lake began as an &#8216;outpost camp&#8217; but soon grew to be a community with the hard work of the people and community leaders. The community name was changed to &#8220;Wekwe\u00e8t\u00ec&#8221; in 1999).<\/span><\/p><p>Ten houses were built by the families of Johnny Simpson, Johnny Eyakfwo, Andrew Lamouelle, Victor Laboline, Jean Rabesca, Louise Whane, Alexis Arrowmaker, Moise Martin and Pierre Wedzin and Pierre Quitte. They were built in an open circle so that children could play in sight of the families, in the centre of the circle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6963f0\" data-id=\"a6963f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7700d9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7700d9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Johnny_and_Marie_Simpson.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2097\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Johnny_and_Marie_Simpson.png 785w, https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Johnny_and_Marie_Simpson-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Johnny_and_Marie_Simpson-768x350.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84457fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84457fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a08ab1f\" data-id=\"a08ab1f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9032f37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9032f37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d9227d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d9227d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9170d1d\" data-id=\"9170d1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253b1ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"253b1ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Noella Kodzin: &#8220;I can remember when the first two houses went up (Johnny Simpson&#8217;s and Victor Laboline&#8217;s houses). There were just 2 trails then &#8211; one trail to the houses and one trail to the ice hole where we got water!&#8221;<\/p><p>Rosa Pea&#8217;a &#8211; &#8220;I can remember staying here (where the community is) and there were lots of families, tents and dogs. We slept on spruce boughs in the tents and used candles or Coleman lanterns for light.&#8221;<\/p><p>Elizabeth Whane &#8211; &#8220;I remember when they built the cabins. We only had dogs then and in the spring time the men would get the logs and everyone would help pull them up the hill to the flat place where the houses were being built. They used ropes tied to the logs and the dogs pulled them up the hill. Everyone helped each other.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7265855 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7265855\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-655f370\" data-id=\"655f370\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc88876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cc88876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fad824f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fad824f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8ef5cd\" data-id=\"f8ef5cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebc3aab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebc3aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the 1960's and 1970's<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e85c5e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e85c5e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ebb842\" data-id=\"5ebb842\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d991a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d991a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Everyone used dog teams to get wood, go hunting, etc. (there were no skidoos in the community until 1977). The first skidoo in town was an Elan.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Light was candle or Coleman lantern. In 1978 the first generator was used in the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">community. There were quite a few extension cords leading to that house so that other\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">people could plug a light bulb in to it!<\/span><\/p><p>People got their own water by bucket from the lake. (Therese Laboline)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a40a600\" data-id=\"a40a600\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78efe41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78efe41\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35e8cc3\" data-id=\"35e8cc3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1cc6bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1cc6bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Arnie Steinwand (from Rae) had a small plywood shack near the bottom of the hill (close to where Kodzin&#8217;s house is now). About once a month Arnie would fly to Snare Lake and open his store for the people. People would buy things like matches, tea, sugar, shells, tobacco using &#8216;credit&#8217; from their Old Age Pension cheques, or by trading smoked caribou hides to Arnie. In the winter- all the canned goods would be frozen! There was a small wood stove in the middle of the cabin. People called Arnie &#8220;Jieko Kawiaa&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><p>Elizabeth Whane &#8211; &#8220;One year, when Louis (Whane) was the sub-Chief &#8211; it was really cold and there were no caribou. People were cold and very hungry. There was nothing to feed the dogs. Louis decided to ask Arnie Steinwand to bring his lane here to fly everyone to Rae that winter.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6499459 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6499459\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f8379e\" data-id=\"9f8379e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d1c7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42d1c7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The next store\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">built, &#8220;Hozil&#8217;a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Naedike&#8221; was\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">started in 1981. It\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">was built in one of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">the first log houses.<\/span><\/p><p>There were no phones at that time. Most houses had bush radios (SBX 11) so that they could talk to people in other communities or people who were in the bush. That&#8217;s how people called the doctor or nurse, ordered planes and groceries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-198c525 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"198c525\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7df5e75\" data-id=\"7df5e75\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ae82b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0ae82b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7b277f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7b277f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa2420e\" data-id=\"aa2420e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ce5ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81ce5ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h3 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;text-align: center\">Schools<\/h3><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e03a43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e03a43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47737d3\" data-id=\"47737d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cbb608 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cbb608\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first school was held in people&#8217;s houses. Teachers were brought here from Chief Jimmy Bruneau School in Rae-Edzoe. This was early in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Later in 1977, a canvas wall tent was used as the school. The students sat on log stumps and used a piece of plywood on their laps for their papers and books. The tent was heated by a wood stove and there was a blackboard and a Coleman lantern for light.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7100bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7100bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fce62f\" data-id=\"5fce62f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc851a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc851a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The younger students would come to school in the morning and the older\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">students would come in the afternoons. People in the community took turns\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">getting wood for the &#8216;school&#8217;. It was very exciting whenever a plane landed &#8211; all\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">the students would rush out of the tent to see who was in the plane! In those\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">days, there were not that many planes visiting Snare L.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">In 1978 the Community Hall was built. Half of it was used for the school and the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">other half was where the teacher lived. Later- a house was built for the teacher\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">and both halves of the building were used for students.\u00a0<\/span>Next a log school was designed by Gino Pin in 1988. Unfortunately it burned down<\/p><p>in 1995<\/p><p>The Archade building was used as a school for half a year and then the present\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">building was built for the school.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">When James Wah-shee was Minister of MACA in 1980 he started to treat Snare Lake as a settlement rather than an outpost camp. Bob Richardson was an office with MACA along with John Ivy and began to work with the people of Snare Lake to form their own council with a chief and sub-chief.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f31602b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f31602b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-344579e\" data-id=\"344579e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55d2284 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55d2284\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Archade-Building.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2318\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Archade-Building.png 652w, https:\/\/wekweeti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Archade-Building-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2011274 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2011274\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-383b5ff\" data-id=\"383b5ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4ed907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f4ed907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-418a340 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"418a340\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-833cab5\" data-id=\"833cab5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of Wekwe\u00e8t\u00ec Wekwe\u00e8t\u00ec is a relatively new T\u0142\u0131\u0328ch\u01eb community, however people have been livingin and travelling through this area for hundreds of years. 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