Amanda did face painting and did an awesome job! Greg and I, along with Preston ran the food table. Preston was the Chairman of the board and the person who drove us from the airport the first time. He is an amazing guy and a good cook. After high school he went to Culinary School at Centennial College. We sold pop, juice, hamburgers, hotdogs and more. We had to make 3 runs to the store to get more change and food because we kept running out. It was a long, hot day in the sun with the temperature being 30+ with a blast of humidity. Needless to say we both got burned today.
On another note we were looking really forward to going to the dam after our long day at school to go unwind and put our feet in the water. We went to the store and got some ice cream and munchies to enjoy. After we went to the store we began to drive to the dam. To get to the dam you have to go on a road behind the airport with nothing on it and it is not a high traffic area. We were travelling on the road for about 10-15 minutes (with nothing around) when all of a sudden our vehicle shuts itself off. We were within 2 minutes to the dam. We tried to figure out how to get the vehicle to start but it wouldn't so we had to walk down the road all the way back to the main road (a 10-15 minute drive away).
We made light of the situation, joking how we wouldn't need our nightly walk tonight. It was still very hot out. Oh yah and we had Dexter with us too. We started off and he was so excited because he was out on a nice little walk. He had no clue what he was in for. Today had been my first day wearing thong sandals of the year and for the women out there you know the first day always hurts your feet. So, although I like walking my feet were killing and I just couldn't handle these sandals anymore, so I started off our walk barefoot. My feet started hurting so my night in shining armour came to my rescue and graciously offered me his shoes. So picture the three of us walking down this remote road... Amanda has her dress hiked up (she had shorts underneath), I took off my shirt (I had a tank top underneath) with clown feet because I am wearing Greg's shoes and Greg is walking down the road in his sock feet. It was quite the experience. We walked for 1/2 hour before anyone came along and then they went to get us help and NAPS showed up to rescue us 15 minutes later. So our relaxing trip to the dam turned into a 45 minute death march.
Enjoy the pictures below from Treaty Day.
One of the activities at school was a Mock Jail. Greg and I both got put in there. Greg for 5 minutes and me 3 minutes. A mock jail is a fundraiser where you cant pay for someone to sit in jail, $1/min. 
Greg looks really happy for being in jail, probably because it meant being away from his duties at the barbeque.
One of our grade 9's, Kasenda, with Preston's son Nathaniel. 
Preston and Greg with some of our grade 9 helpers. 
A few of our students!
Our neighbour's son, getting his arm painted. 
This is where everyone got their money. The line was huge, out the gym, down the hall and around the corner. A little history behind the day. When the Treaty was signed 101 years ago, all First Nation people registered with Deer Lake Band received $5. RCMP officers would arrive and hand out the money. The good thing about the money is that if you don't collect for whatever reason, they carry the money to the next year. Some people were collecting $20 or $25 because they have either saved it or been busy.
Part of the line to go get people's money. There is still a long line behind me. 
Some of our grade 8 boys. 
Amanda and one of her masterpieces. On a side note this is one of the sweetest boys in Deer Lake. He is always so friendly to us, making sure he says hi. 
More examples of Amanda's handy work. 
One of the games.... Bobbing For Anything From The Northern That Floats. Right here they are bobbing for tubes and rice krispie treats. They ran out of apples, so they had to improvise. 
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