About me
Dr. Lindy Phelps-Henderson is the principal of a K-12 land-based school called Kaa'Naa'Matay Wiigiiam (The Teaching Lodge) on Washagamis Bay First Nation near Kenora, ON. For over twenty years Lindy worked with youth in the public school system as a classroom teacher, forest school teacher, and Indigenous language lead where she has come to integrate Indigenous teachings and ways of knowing and being in her practice. Her doctoral research Mino-Bimaadiziwin: Re-Indigenizing through Land-Based Learning, focuses on centring Anishinabek teachings and practices through planning and leadership, aligning local Indigenous practices with provincial curriculum expectations. Lindy Phelps-Henderson is a proud citizen of the Manitoba Metis Federation and the Red River Homeland, and she currently lives and works in Treaty 3 Territory.
