DFC celebrates 23 graduates
After struggling in a provincial high school last year, Neskantaga’s Clyde Moonias found a new path to success at Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School, where he graduated on May 13 along with 22 other students.
“After my brother’s death, I went towards alcohol as an antidepressant,” Moonias said. “What I did was wrong. As I went more towards alcohol, I (lost) focus on my family and friends. But now I live a clean, sober life, a traditional healthy lifestyle. I am proud to say I am a high school graduate, I’m proud to say that I dance and I drum traditionally.”
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