In the circle: powwow, crafting a path to healing for Bearspaw First Nation artist – CTV News

May 22, 2026

ÎYÂRHE NAKODA – Tobias Ear can still picture it – looking up at his grandmother, a concentration painted across her face as she effortlessly crafts another dream catcher.

“I remember when she would make her little crafts, I would say, ‘I want to make things like that,’ but I couldn’t keep up with her,” Ear recalled from his family home in Mînî Thnî.

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Wrapping each one in a leather hide, Phyllis Ear, with her grandson by her side, would head to the trading post in Bragg Creek or Banff where she’d sell her creations for $3 each, earning grocery money for the day.