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Making Bannock

We had a bannock making competition and took our bannock home to kokum to be the judge. 

Bannock has been around for some time - at least since about 1673 in our area.

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The Scottish people who came here with the Hudson Bay Company during the fur trade brought bannock. During a visit to our Mayor's house, we learned how we made bread before Europeans came here (more on that under a separate page). 

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Scottish people also brought fiddle music. Fiddle music is part or our traditions here. We have/had many good fiddle players. Fun fact* Cree fiddlers taught some Scottish fiddlers some of their own traditional Scottish songs that they had forgotten. Crees had been playing them here. Check out this short documentary about a trip 2 Cree fiddlers took to the Orkney Islands.

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Anyway, the year 1673 is an important year for all First Nations and so is 1763... do you know why? We will learn more about that...

This is not our grandmother - this is Climie Wesley - she helped us with the bannock and with plucking geese.

We like our bannock baked in the oven but over a fire on a stick is the best! There are other ways to make bannock. Raisins are nice to add.

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