New Canadian Ranger sworn in at Annual Chiefs Conference – Wawatay News

Shawnda Mamakwa, left, is sworn in as a Canadian Ranger by Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Richardson. Photo by Sergeant Peter Moon, Canadian Rangers.

It was a day Shawnda Mamakwa is unlikely to forget.

She received the annual Keewaywin award for being the year’s outstanding youth in Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and she was sworn in as a new Canadian Ranger before the assembled chiefs, delegates, and observers at this year’s Keewaywin Conference in Kingfisher Lake First Nation.

As a new Ranger, Shawnda, 19, becomes a part-time army reservist with the Kingfisher Lake Ranger patrol.

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