Mixing Knowledge

Bruno Kistabish. Claude Kistabish
June 29, 2011
Pikogan

"Young people push us forward."

Claude Kistabish, Anishinabe

The numbers speak for themselves: more than half of Canada's Indigenous people are under 30. Their parents wish them the best possible future. "This requires economic development and training," said archaeologist Claude Kistabish. Geology, geography, biology… this knowledge was already at the heart of the life of the First Peoples, it just didn’t have the same name: use of stone, identification over vast territories, gathering of medicinal plants… This is a historic moment. Young people pursuing their studies can help create an unprecedented synergy between current and ancient knowledge. And more and more of them want to do it!