Had it not been for Sky’s medical training Nomad may not have survived the incident in the North. I was, however, surprised that this was the first I have heard of her.

She seems to have the necessary drive, training and temperament to meld with Nomad’s team. Sky is an accomplished medical officer, aviation mechanic and pilot. When Nomad first brought Specialist Mina “Thunderbird” Sky to our attention I wasn’t surprised by her recommendation. She completed her Basic Medical Training (CFHSTC) and continued to serve in the CAF as an Aerial Medic. Remembering her mother’s emphasis on the value of balance, Thunderbird felt since the CAF taught her to take lives, she should also learn how to save them.

While benefitting from the guidance of community elders and indigenous instructors, this program sparked an interest in preserving and protecting what she loved most, the Nakoda way of life.Īfter joining the Canadian Armed Forces Thunderbird worked her way through flight school. Her first introduction to engines was at her father’s knee, he taught her to understand helicopters before she learned to fly one.Īlways eager for new experiences she enrolled in the Bold Eagle Program at seventeen where she excelled in basic military training. “Air or ground, you find your balance or end up with a face full of dirt.”īorn in the Nakoda Territories of Saskatchewan, Thunderbird’s first lesson from her mother was the importance of community.

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