Bkejwanong Library gratefully acknowledges the support the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
With their funding our library was able to obtain a road side marquee, additional dollars to support library programming and we were able to purchase new books, magazine subscriptions and a Residential School DVD.
Miigwech!
Bkejwanong Library and Walpole Island Elementary School were very fortunate to have the internationally-acclaimed “Puppetmongers” visit our community on March 31st and April 1st 2011.
They performed their puppet play “Foolish Tales for Foolish Times” and did several puppet demonstrations at the Walpole Island Elementary School over the course of two days. One student was heard to exclaim “That was such fun!”.
Click on the press photo of their visit. Or copy and paste the following link into your browser.
In partnership with Bkejwanong First Nation Public Library, the Puppetmongers came to the Walpole Island community courtesy of “The Next Wave,” an ongoing collaboration between Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS) and Mariposa In The Schools (MITS). The Ontario Arts Council Touring and Collaborations generously supports “The Next Wave” programming.
Come on out to sing karaoke at Bkejwanong Library!
This Sunday from 7-9 PM.
Bkejwanong Library’s First Nation Public Library Week was a huge success!
We started off with a bang on Monday, Feb. 14th with a rocking coffee house. Tuesday we showed a great First Nations movie. Wednesday and Thursday offered enlightening talks on culture and history, respectively. We learned about clans and some of the early history of Wallaceburg. Thanks to David White and Rick Fehr for sharing their knowledge. Friday we learned about genealogy and got people started on their family trees. On Saturday, we showed old photos of Walpole Island. It was nice to see so many new people coming to the library.
On that note, if there is anything you would like us to offer, or if there’s anything that we should offer again, please tell us!
Thanks to the community for coming out and supporting our First Nation Public Library!
Keep posted for our future events!
Boozhoo folks,
This looks like a great opportunity for WIES students to get extra tutoring if they need it. This program runs until June 16, 2011. The tutoring will take place at the elementary school. FYI
Click on the link below to see the flyer.
Our First Nation Public Library Week is going great! It’s been really nice to see the community coming out to our events.
Last night we had a great talk by David White. It’s really neat to be learning more about our history and culture.
Tonight Rick Fehr will be providing more of our local history by telling us about Yellowbird, an Ojibway leader who lived in what’s now Wallaceburg 200 years ago.
The talk starts at 7pm, and we’ll have light refreshments.
PS. As a door prize, we’ll be raffling off a snazzy, stylish black shkimat (bag) with red writing that says “First Nation Public Libraries”. Come out, hear a great talk, and you might score one of these exclusive bags!
Hope to see you here!
Boozhoo kina weya,
Valentine’s Day kicks off First Nation Public Library Week.
See our flyer for all of our events this week.
BkejwanongFirstNationLibraryWeek2011
Hope to see you there!
~Bkejwanong Library 🙂
Boozhoo folks,
Here is a link to the Library’s newsletter. FebNewsletter2011
If you would like to receive it via email, send your email address to library@wifn.org, with the subject line saying: Add me to your mailing list.
Then write in your email.
That way, you’ll be one of the first to receive our latest news.
~Summer
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