Kapawe’no First Nation – At KFN Collegiate, we believe that nêhiyawak lifelong learning enhances balance for our students. The mainstream colonial education systems have often went away from pimâchimowin and nêhiyawêwin. It’s not just the educators, but an entire system failing to fully grasp our learning needs.
Late Senator Justice Murray Sinclair once said, “Education is what got us into this mess, and it is education that will get us out of it.” This serves as a powerful reminder that while colonial education has caused a lot of harm, it also possesses the potential for healing, especially when combined with our land, air, water, fire, and traditional knowledge. This is the path to greatness!
Our grandmothers embody the heart of teaching, restoring our identities through their iyinisiwin (wisdom). This is crucial as we create a lifelong learning system that truly reflects our pimâchimowin, the core of our way of life. By embracing our ceremonies, pipes, and lodges, we lay down a foundation rooted in manacihitowin (respect) and authenticity.
At KFN Collegiate, we believe in the ability of our teachers, staff, students and parents to establish a solid groundwork for sovereign thinking. The idea of sovereignty is being reignited within us and across our nations. Since foreign crown regulations disrupted our nêhiyawak pimâchimowin in 1876, embracing sovereignty today means diving into our ancestral strength rather than conforming to outside control. Empowered by our leadership; Hereditary Chief Sydney L Halcrow, Lifetime Councillor Debbie Chalifoux, and Lifetime Councillor Pamala Halcrow, we clear a path toward greatness. kiskêyihtamowin wîhkâc yahki (Knowledge ever increasing)
kaskapatew pekiskwewin kinanaskomin hiy hiy
Boh Kubrakovich-Kiniw
Superintendent, KFN Collegiate
Last modified: March 10, 2025
