Oshki Ogimaag hosts feast on Indigenous Peoples Day

Students at Oshki Ogimaag School in Grand Portage have been working since the last school year on a fall feast for the community. At 5 p.m. on Monday, October 14, the community is invited to the Grand Portage Community Center gym to share the harvest with students.

Students worked with Grand Portage Agriculture Coordinator Andy Schmidt and school staff on planting at the school and at the larger community garden on Mineral Center Road. Community members have donated fish, some ground moose meat and some grouse to accompany the vegetables.

Students found recipes for use of the harvest and they are the cooks for the dinner, which will also include jams, jellies and pickles made by students.

WTIP’s Rhonda Silence spoke with Oshki Ogimaag Director Carmen Keyport about the feast and how the students prepared for the community event.