Category Archives: Community

Motionless Waters: Poetry

Posted on August 20, 2013 by South Wind

I’m at my cabin again, oh yeah, and feeling quite pleased with myself at how my poetry writing went this morning. A draft of a poem, one of the city’s Aboriginal organizations requested I write, is laying face up on … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Willie Dunn

Posted on August 13, 2013 by South Wind

The Death Wail by Albert Dumont © Take care the passions I leave behind Hold them fast, by and by May they guide you and make you stronger Remember the love, the kindness, the courage That flowed mightily through my … Continue reading →

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A Tragedy

Posted on August 9, 2013 by South Wind

So, an anniversary sacred to many Canadians has come and gone. The celebrated day, which took place on Morrison Island near Pembroke last weekend, marked the 400th year since one, Samuel de Champlain met Tessouat, a grand chief of the … Continue reading →

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Cloud Healing

Posted on July 28, 2013 by South Wind

Years went by And the little girl’s love of clouds Grew stronger with each passing day “They are islands” she said “Carried by the winds They have seen the oceans And they have smelled the pines” (from one of my … Continue reading →

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The Healing in ‘Sound’

Posted on July 21, 2013 by South Wind

When my drum sings The trees and birds hear it The ears of the four-legged Welcome the sound into themselves Grandfather Sun and Grandmother Moon Bless the day and the night When my drum sings There are sounds which I … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Job Thieves

Posted on July 14, 2013 by South Wind

It is dawn at my camp and I have just returned from a short walk. The dew was hardly present on the grasses and the low laying plants of the forest trail, for it is an overcast sky above my … Continue reading →

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Healing in the Rain

Posted on July 8, 2013 by South Wind

I watch the rain descend Scattered drops, plunging faithfully to their destiny Innocence with an explosive end North Wind must have let out a sigh The drops have transformed Scattered flakes, with no weight Dancing about in their whiteness No … Continue reading →

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Abused and Murdered – Donna Jones

Posted on July 1, 2013 by South Wind

What is a man Who no longer delights At the songs of birds Emerging from the forest Who no longer cares That healing medicines fill every dew drop Who no longer honours the trees As wiser beings than himself Who … Continue reading →

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The Kitigan Zibi Pow Wow

Posted on June 8, 2013 by South Wind

Under a circle of sacred cedar First Peoples singers Humbly awaken the voice of the drum Harmonizing with the hearts of good people While the eagle’s prayer Descends on the rays of the sun A circle of happy dancers Gently … Continue reading →

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Sakahàn

Posted on May 19, 2013 by South Wind

Proudly do I report the success of the launch of Sakahàn (Igniting a Fire) art exhibition at the National Art Gallery on Thursday, May 16. My friends, artwork speaks. The voices emitting from the creations of our artists today are … Continue reading →

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