Lynda Neckoway
Lynda Neckoway was raised in Gillam, Manitoba, speaking Cree as a child. Her parents did not attend residential school. We lived off the land, which provided our food and medicines. My grandfather, a medicine man, helped heal people up and down the Canadian National Railway bay line, and as children, they helped him to search for and gather various medicinal plants. She completed high school in The Pas and returned to Gillam. She got married and have two beautiful boys.
After working in the field of social services and worked for Fox Lake Cree Nation for 17 years, she decided to further her education. She completed the Nechi Institute on Addictions and Community Wellness Diploma Program followed by the Community Centered Therapy Program at Red River Community College. She is an artistic and optimistic person, and believes in creating a healthy relationship with ourselves and with others. She says, “I see the beauty in our people and our language.”
