We are a guest when visiting an Indigenous community, which means paying attention to proper community etiquette. Left to right: Tony Moonias (RIP), Chief Charlie Okeese (RIP), and advisor to Chief and Council and one of my mentors Andy Yesno (RIP). Photo composed during a community information session, may 21, 2015.

An example of English and local Ojibwe dialect phonetics used to communicate the application of geology to address some interests of Indigenous communities in the far north of Ontario, Canada.

Martha Papah (left; Eabametoong First Nation), Lily Slipperjack (centre; Eabametoong First Nation) and Lori Churchill (left; formerly Ontario Geological Survey), proof reading the glossary of new Ojibwe language created to describe geological and related activities.

Elder Robert Gray and wife Madeline Gray at the elders’ lunch, in the Lawrence Wesley Education Centre, Cat Lake First Nation, Ontario, Canada, December 11, 2013.

The remote, fly-in First Nations community of Webequie, in the homeland of Webequie First Nation, Ontario, Canada. Photo composed Sept. 11, 2006.

An example of collaboration: Lori Churchill (left: Ontario Geological Survey) with Martha Papah (centre) and Lily Slipperjack (right), both members of Eabametoong First Nation, in the community, developing display material for an information meeting, April 1, 2004.

Log church located in Summewr Beaver, in the homeland of Nibinamik First Nation, Ontario, Canada, July 26, 2002. Photo by Andy Fyon.

Children at the Fort Hope arena, in the homeland of Eabametoong First Nation, Ontario, Canada.

Walking Together Book Distribution Milestone

Walking Together Book Distribution Milestone

Walking Together: Engagement Lessons from My First Nations Learning Journey: Book Metadata Challenges

My journey to become a self-published author of Walking Together: Engagement Lessons from My First Nations Learning Journey. Book by Andy Fyon.

And so the writing starts.