My wife and I arrived one lovely evening to the territory of the Saugeen reserve in Southampton, Ontario, where an Indian traditional feast and storytelling took place. I planned to take pictures of the local Indian colour, but the night was not quite sunny, and I had to do some Photoshopping later on in order to adjust the images to my aesthetic ideals.
There is a church and an amphitheatre behind the church. The feast took place at a long table where all the people gathered together.
The feast consisted of home made bread (“bannock”), deep fried Georgian Bay whitefish and mashed potatoes mixed with wild leeks, with strawberries and blueberries for desert and cedar bark Indian tea which had a taste of resin. The tea was not bad at all. Maybe too strong that time. The lady in front of me said: “The tea is OK at first , then oh!”, and poured it out to the ground eventually.
After the meal everybody gathered around the stony stage where Priscilla Yellowhead Tobey told Indian stories and legends.
When the cultural program was over, the guests were allowed to wander around the place to admire the sights of the church, the amphitheatre and the gardens.
