The Elders Stories; by Rhonda Snow

Long ago when I was young, around the 1970’s, I would hide on the staircase at a friend’s house, listening to older loggers talking about the Native Ponies. I remember hearing that they lived on the islands and in the bush of Northwestern Ontario. I thought while I listened, fascinated, thinking, “someday I am going to find them!” When I did, I asked many Elders and they said they were always here, as long as birch bark scrolls and pictographs were told and documented. I painted this painting to show how the Elders said that they were always here and they should get the credit for these teachings that were always here, long before any books or articles were published.