Author Archives: South Wind

Zibi Condo Sales – An Objection

Posted on November 8, 2015 by South Wind

It was important for me, as an Algonquin, to stand yesterday (Nov. 7) with the good people who object to the planned destruction of Asinabka (Akikodjiwan), our ancient sacred space, at the ‘Zibi’ sales site (3 Eddy Street, Gatineau, Québec). … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Spirituality | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, Justin Trudeau, OMB, Ottawa, Petition, Reconciliation, Reconciliation River, sacred land, sacred waters, unceded, Victoria Island, Westeinde, Windmill Development Group, Zibi | 4 Comments

Asinabka (Akikodjiwan)

Posted on November 2, 2015 by South Wind

If at the end of it all, condos 12 storeys high do get erected at Asinabka (Chaudière Falls and its Islands), it will be a great setback to plans honourable people have made in bringing a sensible and lasting process … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, Justin Trudeau, OMB, Ottawa, Petition, Reconciliation, Reconciliation River, sacred land, sacred waters, unceded, Victoria Island, Westeinde, Windmill Development Group, Zibi | 1 Comment

Once Upon A Time

Posted on October 21, 2015 by South Wind

Once upon a time there lived an emperor who believed himself heaven sent by God to look after the needs of the richest and most powerful men of the land. The emperor’s castle had many rooms, all of them filled … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Arboretum Festival, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, Justin Trudeau, OMB, Ottawa, Petition, Reconciliation, Reconciliation River, sacred land, sacred waters, Stephen Harper, unceded, Victoria Island, Westeinde, Windmill Development Group | 5 Comments

Arboretum Festival Panel

Posted on August 24, 2015 by South Wind

I learned stuff this past weekend at the Arboretum Festival’s UNCEDED OTTAWA Panel (on 22 August), but I can’t wrap my head around where some of it makes any sense. This territory, the never surrendered ancestral lands of the Algonquin … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Arboretum Festival, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, OMB, Ottawa, sacred land, sacred waters, unceded, Victoria Island, Westeinde, Windmill Development Group | 7 Comments

Surviving Storm

Posted on August 17, 2015 by South Wind

A short while ago a ferocious wind touched down close to where my cabin stands on Bitobi Lake. The storm was a wild one! It performed its dance and sang its song and took away with it, the spirits of … Continue reading →

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Life’s Highway, A Collision In The Making

Posted on July 15, 2015 by South Wind

I was clipping along in my Jeep a few days ago on a straight stretch of road about 50 km east of Bancroft, Ont. when I was shaken up a bit by an unexpected experience. Let me tell you about … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Aboriginal, Anishinabe, Canada, ceremony, Mamawi Together, Moose, Ottawa, spirituality | 3 Comments

Chaudière Falls: Unceded Territory

Posted on June 16, 2015 by South Wind

Sacredness is present everywhere! The birds singing their welcoming songs for the early morning sun and the dew-covered berries of early summer know it. All things in the fertile fields of our grand valleys and stirring on the rocky landscape … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Akikpautik, Albert Island, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, Jeff Westeinde, OMB, sacred land, sacred waters, Victoria Island, Windmill Development Group | 7 Comments

Reconciliation: Pleasant Park School

Posted on June 15, 2015 by South Wind

Reconciliation – that’s what June 10th at Pleasant Park Elementary School was truly all about. The First Peoples have had a rough ride of it in this country for quite a while. We only began reclaiming our spirituality in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Aboriginal, Canada, ceremony, Mamawi Together, Ottawa, Pleasant Park School, sacred, seasons, teachings, TRC, Truth and Reconciliation Commission | Leave a comment

A Plea For Help

Posted on June 10, 2015 by South Wind

The seasons of life, how wonderfully fortunate and privileged are the human beings who experience all of them! To live from the springtime of your life all the way through to the winter of your years is something we hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Spirituality | Tagged dialysis, donor, gratitude, health, kidney, kidney failure, kidney transplant | 1 Comment

Development On The Chaudière Falls? No!

Posted on June 8, 2015 by South Wind

The Chaudière Falls – so many thoughts come to mind when I see and hear them. ‘The Kettle of Boiling Waters,’ for me, always provokes thoughts of life and its purpose and of the world waiting for us after our … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Albert Island, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, OMB, sacred land, sacred waters, Victoria Island, Windmill Development Group | 4 Comments