Nikani Awtiken
UINR: 4102 Shore Road B1W 1M4 Eskasoni, NS, Canada

Check out Devon’s first moose! Well done!

Research continues in the Bras d'Or Lake to track the movements of lobster and eel. Partners from UINR and Ocean Tracking Network, along with Mi'kmaw harvesters... from Eskasoni, are in the field collecting species for tagging. With lobster, acoustic tags are attached to the outer shell and are visible on the animal's back. These tags enable us to better understand where they travel within the ecosystem. If you find a lobster that has been tagged, please release it back into the water so it can continue collecting valuable data to help inform the sustainable management of the species. For further information please contact Skyler ([email protected] or 902-371-6888).

This weeks FINAL theme is "Storytelling" At Nikani Awtiken story telling is woven into the camp, youth have the opportunity to listen to knowledge holders share traditional stories and helps youth be able to create and tell their own stories. This package includes all kinds of things that can help to share stories - music, a cup of tea, storybooks, bon fire items. ... We hope you've enjoyed these contest as we've told you our stories of Nikani Awtiken. We hope to see you at camp next year! HOW TO WIN: Tell us a story you've heard or love to share, or tell us someone you love hearing stories from and why.

Congratulations Merideth MacDonald, you are our winner of the Healthy Ecosystems prize! We appreciate your kindness to the ecosystem and we hope you continue to do so, while inspiring others to do the same to protect the environment.

This week's theme: Healthy Ecosystems. At Nikani Awtiken, we learn what a healthy ecosystem looks like, and how we can help nature be (and stay) healthy. This week's prize package is full of great things.... Tell us one way that you take care of the earth, and we'll enter your name into the draw for this prize. See more