The Neadzo family at Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, Oct 9. They celebrated Thanksgiving at the home of another relative this year for the first time after their home burnt down during a wildfire this summer.
For years, the Neadzo family has always hosted extended family at their home in Behchoko, N.W.T. But since that home burned down in the wildfire that hit the community this past July, they will celebrate at a different home this year for the first time.' just going to be happy that we’re going to have everyone together,' Walter Neadzo saysThe Neadzo family is pictured at their Thanksgiving dinner on Oct. 8.
For their extended families, their home was a "hub" where they would get together and celebrate. Most every Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving was spent at their house, with relatives coming to help with cooking and cleaning.The transition out of their old family home and into the trailer has been especially hard for their kids, none of whom had ever lived anywhere else.
In addition to supplying them with a trailer, the Tlicho government put in purchasing orders at stores in the community, so they could replace some of the essentials they lost in the fire.The Neadzo poses in front of their new trailer in Edzo. The family has been living in a two-bedroom trailer since their home burned down in July.
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