Free Lecture: Water Walks by Elder Sheila DeCorte

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This will be an in-person event that is free to view. The lecture will be broadcast live via ZOOM for those who cannot attend in person and recorded and then to the Museum's YouTube at a later date.

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Description: Elder Sheila De Corte will be sharing her personal experience and stories as a local Water Walker. She will be defining what a water walker is and isn't and most importantly bringing awareness to the importance or water.

Speaker Bio: Sheila De Corte is an Ojibwe Elder and knowledge keeper from Animkii Wajiw (Thunder Mountain/Mount McKay) located in Fort William First Nation in the Robinson Superior Treaty Territory of 1850. Her Spirit name is Niibin Giimiwan (Summer Rain), and she is from the Turtle Clan. Sheila was born and raised in the city of Fort William/Thunder Bay, Ontario. She retired from the Federal Public Service in January 2020 to allow her the freedom to follow her cultural spirit wherever that may lead her.

Sheila’s Anishinaabe way of living continues to pull her into many cultural related areas, which includes walking for the water in ceremony. She was first called to the water in 2017 when she joined the water walkers, “For the Earth and Water”, which later brought forward a vision to bring water down from Loc Lomond Lake, located on the sacred mountain of Anemki Wajiw, to help bring healing to the local rivers. With the support and guidance from the late Grandmother Josephine Mandamin, “For Love of the Rivers” water walks began in 2018 and continue today. Now as “For Love of the Rivers 2.0” following a commitment and promise to continue the work that our Grandmother Water Walker started in 2003.

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Thunder Bay Museum

The Thunder Bay Museum is housed within a former police station and courthouse on Donald Street where the Museum opened its first major exhibit in 1997. The Museum is now home to three floors of galleries covering 7,000 sqft and displays the vast and rich heritage of Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. The first and third floors are home to long-term exhibits that chronicle the over 10,000 year history of our area. The second floor gallery features travelling exhibits from other museums and organizations across the country. The Antechamber Gallery, on the third floor is devoted to the celebration of our community’s artistic and creative endeavours with displays rotating approximately three times per year.