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Author Archives: South Wind
Police Brutality Against First Nations
In my entire life, and I am not a young man, I have never seen an SQ (Sûreté du Québec) police officer who was not white. From my years growing up in Pontiac County to my present day life at … Continue reading
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The Tree of my Mind’s Eye
When I was young (it seems to me, not all that long ago) I imagined in a barren field, a leafless tree. It looked lonely and desolate like a forgotten teaching, rhyme nor purpose now non-existent, a death of sorts, … Continue reading
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Spring – Let us honour it, regardless of COVID-19
It is a spring like no other I have lived through in my almost 70 years of life. A virus (COVID-19) is travelling like a poisonous fog into our villages, towns and cities. It seems that unless we are careful … Continue reading
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Humour can still be found: even during a Pandemic
Dropped into a corner store today to purchase ‘The Citizen’ and was immensely impressed to see that the shop owner had hired a local to wipe things down in his little store. The employee held a cloth in one hand, … Continue reading
The Coronavirus, Let’s be Sensible and Compassionate
The Spanish Flu of 1918 killed over 50 million people throughout the world’s populations. How horrific it must have been for good people back then, who watched helplessly, as a dearly loved relative, especially children, died of the flu. When … Continue reading
Memories
There are memories that haunt me, I see them in my distant past and wish they had never occurred. I Wish I Could ForgetI recall that as an innocent 6-year-old boy, hearing white people shout, “Go back to where you … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Dumont, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Indigenous, Memories, racism
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A Request to the Freezing Moon
A fire was lit, bringing spiritual warmth and physical comfort to the people standing close to its welcoming flame. Tobacco from an honourable hand was offered to its coals and the fire, at that time, became sacred. The spirits of … Continue reading
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Tagged Algonquin, Anishinabe, ceremony, circle, freezing moon, friends, kitigan zibi, Ottawa, safety, snow
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A Hawk Comes to Feast
In Ottawa on December 7, after helping out with some union work, I slowly and solemnly made my way to North River Road park to put some tobacco down beside a white birch tree. I did so to shed some … Continue reading
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Tagged Akikodjiwan, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, ceremony, Chaudière Falls, circle, Feather, hawk, Victoria Island
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Autumn Teachings
Of the four seasons, autumn is the one you should closely examine if you wish to discover soul searching teachings, most of which touch on the emotional health of human beings. Beauty and grandness are at the forefront of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Algonquin, Anishinabe, Autumn, Fall, Ottawa, teachings
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Anglican Apology: For Spiritual Harm the Church caused the Indigenous Peoples
“Our purpose as human beings,” I was told years ago by an old man of Cree ancestry, “is not to try to understand who or what Creator is, but rather, it is to heap daily praise on the abundance Creator … Continue reading
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Tagged Algonquin, Anglican Church, Anishinabe, apology, Indigenous, spirituality
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