Kaaren Dolores Dannenmann - Speaker

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My name is Kaaren Dannenmann. I am a NamekisipiiwAnishinaapeKwe, a woman from Trout Lake, Ontario. I am a mother of three and grandmother of four. ​I do not have a daily job, but I do get contract work to teach five-day trapping courses that are certified by the Grand Council Treaty #3 and recognized by Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Ontario. My interest in trapping began with my brother. I became a trapper on his line. We worked with other trappers of Treaty #3 to bring the administrative work of trapping in our treaty area back to the people living there. An agreement was finally reached in 2005 with Ontario and Canada. By that time, we had already developed a trapping course based on traditional Anishinaape knowledge.