THANKS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  
Dave Courchene Jr., Nii Gaani Aki Inini (Leading Earth Man) and all of us who have worked on The Turtle Lodge, on behalf of our children, and generaions to come, acknowledge and thank each and every one of the individuals and organizations who supported the building of the Turtle Lodge. The construction of the Turtle Lodge was inspired by a dream vision more than 25 years ago. The Turtle Lodge started taking physical shape in February 2002. The main Turtle Lodge building is now largely completed. Much work remains to complete building the support facilities at The Turtle Lodge site.

Countless people have contributed to the building of the Turtle Lodge in many ways including, their physical labour; their life skills; their art and artistic skills during fund-raising events; their donations of funds and materials; and in countless other big and small ways.
If we have inadvertently left out the name of an individual or organization in the list below, please let us know via e-mail info@theturtlelodge.com.

We acknowledge our supporters with four quotations:
>> Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. -- Felix Frankfurter
>> Gratitude is the heart's memory. -- French Proverb
>> Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. -- Henry Ward Beecher
>> Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it. -- Lord Halifax

Thank you; Chee Meegwetch !!
List of Sponsors
List of Workers   List of Workers
McDiarmid Lumber
  Henry Guimond, Crew Leader & Architect   Janice Warren
Barbara Bronfman
  Stanley Stevenson   Dorothy Stranger
Vivi Silverstein
  Frank Mannella   Michelle Finney
Frank Mannella
  Stanley Francis   Orianna Courchene
Manitoba Northern Affairs Minister, Eric Robinson
  Danny Rheinboldt   Jo-Ann Hamrlik
Ray St. Germaine
  Kyle Boots   Shirley Guimond
Jesse Lee
  Joe Surace   Annette Paimont
Norbert Ducharme
  Mike Chubb   Jenny E. Seo, the Web Design Magician
Percy Tuesday
  Art Boubard   Don Eccles
Jason Tuesday
  Garnet Stevenson   Peta-Gaye Ebanks
Behavioural Health Foundation
  Mike Rundle   Jackie Ryan
Lorne Weir
  Herman Hope   Cindy White
Spirit Ware, Six Nations Ontario
  Adam Courchene   Judge"
Rob Hedges & Sandy Imrie, Accommodation Tahoe
  Vern McQuatch    
Sacred Visions, Six Nations
  David Courchene III    
Joe the Flute Guy, Rochester, New York
  Lawrence Flett    
Yoga Studio, Toronto Ontario
  Darren Flett  
Becker Automotive, Guelph Ontario
  Ronald Swan  
Cindy Ishoy, Binbrook Ontario
  Robert Maytawashing    
Troy Westwood
  Ernest Stevenson     The countless who we inadvertently missed; and the many who choose to remain anonymous
Don Burnstick
  Chris Fontaine  
Lisa Meeches, The Sharing Circle
  Jim Fenner  
Friends of Mother Earth, Pic River First Nation
  Dustin Courchene    
Rosemary Christensen
  Dwayne McCorrister    
Larry N, Toronto Ontario
  Wayne Manningway    
Helene Ijaz
  Daniel Stevenson    
Dakota Ojibway Tribal Counci
  Two Bears Stevenson    
Southern Chiefs
  Eugene Nabigon    
Sagkeeng First Nation
  Les Stranger    
Leslie Maytawayshing
  Kevin Stranger    
Days Inn, Winnipeg
  Basil Goodchild    
Dianne Longboat
  Tony Michano    
Rocky & Janet Montesano
  Sabina Ijaz    
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