By John Watson, Local Journalism Initiative, Rocky Mountain Outlook ÎYÂRHE NAKODA FIRST NATION – A new outdoor education building has been officially opened at Mînî Thnî community school to offer students hands-on learning experiences and a different experience to more standardized desk learning. Since 2022, the Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation has donated $290,000 to the Stoney Education Authority, and has committed an additional $125,000 annually for the next two years to the facility. “We are still looking at getting an official name for our outdoor land-based building, and basically, it is there for our four schools to utilize so that we can do land – based education and lessons in a totally different setting from the regular traditional classroom,” said Bill Shade, superintendent of Stoney Education Authority. “We wanted…
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