‘Our people have seen plagues before.’ An Indigenous school in northern Ontario is facing the challenge of COVID

KENORA, ONT.-Maryann Swain waves smoke from burning sage throughout the gym at the Gaagagekiizhik school, just as her grandmother taught her when they were being exposed to pathogens on their reserve. Today, in Ontario's first Anishinaabe immersion school, the need to clear the room of negative energy is more urgent with the onset of COVID-19.