The Prince George Native Friendship Centre's Kookums' Konnection sees a female group of elders connect with youth in the community in a meaningful way, bringing young and old together.
With heads bent low and busy hands at work creating Christmas ornaments, the grandmothers that make up the Kookums’ Konnection were hard at work at the Native Friendship Centre just before the holidays.
There were nine elders sitting together in the Gathering Place making the brightly decorated ornaments that would soon be gifted to those in need of a little Christmas cheer. Kookums’ Konnection is a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous elders that was started at the Prince George Native Friendship Centre about 20 years ago as part of the ongoing efforts to support and encourage the engagement of elders and youth within the community.
Kookum means Grandmother in Cree and even if the members in the group are not grandmothers themselves, they are honourary grandmothers to the children and youth that take part in the Native Friendship Centre’s extensive programs.“There are all walks of life and different teachings within our community,” Cardinal said about the 24 women that make up the group. “So we share that with the youth, the families, the children and groups at the Native Friendship Centre.
There are other elders involved in different ways and Kookums’ Konnection is very special, Cardinal added.“Then they volunteer with the early childhood program, the youth groups, any men’s or women’s group and they bring their teachings and knowledge with them,” Cardinal said. “We match each Kookum and their knowledge with the right group. So we’ll have some Kookums will play with the children in the early childhood group while others will teach people how to make Bannock.
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