b'COVID-19 has affected not only his community, but also other communities and the world over. We see everywhere throughout the world that everyone is used to a certain level of freedom and a certain level of normalcy, and that has been disrupted across the world, he explains. People love to go out and sit in restaurants and socialize with friends or shop in the malls and go to other functions. People love to gather and be social. It is in Indigenous nature to visit each other and socialize and to cele-brate. We celebrate everything, from the turning of the seasons, to hunting and gathering, and more recently stuff such as birthdays and weddings.Communities and individuals across the world, and especially Indigenous communities, are still struggling fromFNPA welcomes the Chiefs of Ontario as our newest General Members! the effects of being in lockdown, whether its by provincial order or bySave The Date! public perception. People are strug- FNPAs 6th Annual Indigenous Clean Energy Forum & 10th Anniversary Celebration gling with being separated and deniedNovember 22 & 23, 2021 the travel and socialization that they areRegina, SK Treaty 4 Territory Go to www.fnpa.ca to register today! accustomed to, and Kettle and Stony Point is no exception. President & CEO Guy Lonechild would like to congratulate National Chief RoseAnne Archibald on her recent election to the Assembly of First Nations. Mental health and addictions were a concern from day one for ourFor more information on how to become a Member of First Nations Power Authority, contact our Membership community, along with many others,Manager Rebecca at ragecoutay@fnpa.ca. when we began to talk about the threat that COVID-19 could bring, Chief Henry explains. We talk about social distancing and physical distancing, but we also need to be cognizant that social isolation and physical isolation is diffi-cult for those who suffer with addic-tions, and it is difficult for others such as the elderly. jgferris1959@gmail.comHowever, even amongst the chal-lenges, Chief Henry believes the pandemic also provided a unique opportunity. The silver lining of COVID-19 is that many people, and especially Indigenous people across Canada, were able to focus on the immediate world around them, Chief Henry concludes. We have been able to focus more on the impor-tant things in life, and though we haveEd-Digenous Traditions creates Indigenous Learning Kits for been isolated from people outside ourschools, communities, workshops, conferences and communities, we have been able topost-secondary institutions. The kits actively demonstrate and focus on our families, and what is realsupport the educational concepts being introduced.in front of us, such as our community,EDUCATING THE FUTURE WHILE PRESERVING TRADITIONSour nation and our identity. I ssue1 2021C hIefs ofo ntarIoA dvocAte magazIne l 39'