Feasting the Thunderbirds 2026

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

“The Thunderbirds won’t wait for us”

After an effort to gather earlier in April, the weather was still quite cool and the shorelines were layered with a heavy blanket of snow but as said, we must go to welcome the Thunderbirds back, and so we did.

The Collective and members joined together and shared a meal, put down tobacco and observed the open water and the birds along the shore.

Patricia Beach, Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Treaty 1