Elder Margaret Crookedneck

Elder Margaret Crookedneck was born and raised in the boreal forest of what is now known as the Meadow Lake Provincial Park. She’s never formally attended school but has learned and shared history, song, story and curricula for social studies, math, science and Cree Languages Arts in nêhiyawêwin. She sits as and Elder in the Ministikwan Lake Elders Council and continues to assist as a consultant and knowledge keeper. She is 85 years old and a resident of Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation. Elder Crookedneck continues to help in the immersion school as well as the culture camps. She plays nikâwiy (mother), nohkom (grandmother), and câpân (great grandmother). She also indirectly works for the Government of Canada, International organizations, provincial organizations and researchers from countless universities and institutes of higher learning. She’s our living lexicon.