On February 2, 2017, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry staff made the trip up to Keewaywin from Red Lake to spend the day with staff and students from Keewaywin School.

From Feb. 23 to 25, a group of 42 students from Fort Severn, Keewaywin and North Spirit Lake First Nations travelled to Deer Lake First Nation to participate in the first KOBE Winter Indigenous Games.