 Keeseekoowenin did not entirely abandon his traditional beliefs, but blended them with Christianity.In November 1878 Flett wrote the first of a series of letters to the Canadian Woman's Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS) in Toronto, drawing their attention to the work being done in native Indian missions.In later letters he listed educational needs, and by 1884 the society was providing financial and material aid to schools and people in the northwest.