How Bear-Heart Woman Brought Truth Back...

How Bear-Heart Woman Brought Truth Back to the People

This wonderful story will take you on a journey through the eyes of a Little Girl who brings love and truth back to her community with the help of Bear-Heart Woman, many other creatures and a very small gift from the earth.

In May and June, 2007, Community Arts & Heritage Education Project worked with 58 learners in grades 5 and 6 at Ogden Community School.

The grade 6 class created masks, props and sets in collaboration with Aboriginal artist, Moses Amik Beaver.

The grade 5 class had creative input and rehearsed the original adaptation of How Bear-Heart Woman Brought Truth Back to the People with writer/artist/director Lila Cano.

Stan Keesic documented the learners process through photographs.

This adaptation of the original legend was seen by over 1000 people in our community. The video documentation of this aboriginal arts education project will be included in a book being published in the United States in December 2007.

Photos from How Bear-Heart Woman Brought Truth Back to the People

As a part of this project, a Community Arts Weekend and Celebration Evening was held with participants from the Ogden Simpson community.  
Learn more about this project and see photos of the amazing work.

CAHEP would like to thank the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council, Teaching Drum Outdoor School, Tamarack Song, Lakehead Public Schools and all the elders who had a hand in keeping this legend alive and passing it down through the story keepers.