Category Archives: Community

Announcement: Grand Chief Polson Hunger Strike

Posted on June 30, 2019 by South Wind

Grand Chief Verna Polson has just announced that beginning at midnight on July 1, 2019, she will eat no food nor drink water until Algonquin Nation rights are respected on the territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg. The Grand Chief stated … Continue reading →

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Genocide? Ask the Beothuk!

Posted on June 25, 2019 by South Wind

The Anishinabe (First Peoples) of past times looked with wounded hearts upon the destruction and death that the Residential Schools were bringing to their children and to their once powerful nations. The death toll of innocent children at the schools … Continue reading →

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Card Sale!

Posted on May 23, 2019 by South Wind

Kwey everyone, I am presently making a big push to sell the remaining stocks of greeting cards I created a long while ago. There are 15 different cards in my collection. Poems of mine are found in 14 of the … Continue reading →

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Spring

Posted on April 23, 2019 by South Wind

It is spring! In forest dwellings, many a new heart will begin to drum before the Strawberry Moon (the first moon of summer) signals to this wondrous season of countless blessings that her time of service to Creator has finally … Continue reading →

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The Massacre of Muslims in New Zealand

Posted on March 18, 2019 by South Wind

I hear the news of the massacre and I immediately wonder if Creator gave the People a ceremony they could perform to honour human beings violently slain while in the midst of their time of prayer. I know of none! … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Willie Dunn

Posted on March 1, 2019 by South Wind

In recent years, I have not allowed a day of my life to take flight and then swiftly disappear into the twilight of yesteryear without giving a thought to family and friends who have passed away. Not long ago, they … Continue reading →

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Akikodjiwan: A Poem

Posted on February 5, 2019 by South Wind

Akikodjiwan © Albert Dumont With the skin On the soles of our feet We gently touch, the sacred surface Of Akikodjiwan The spirit of the island Rises from the rock, like a bird Soaring into the blood of our hearts … Continue reading →

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The Spiritual Caress of the Winter Season

Posted on January 30, 2019 by South Wind

I was recently blessed with a life-altering and dreamlike experience. Truly spiritually refreshing! I want to tell you about it. It was on a sunlit winter’s day, which followed a period of heavy snow and freezing temperatures. I had attached … Continue reading →

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Book Launch: Sitting by the Rapids

Posted on December 19, 2018 by South Wind

After a fine day of sunshine and joy, the evening of Wednesday, December 12, 2018, will be especially memorable to me for many years to come. It will forever mark the time when I launched my poetry book Sitting by … Continue reading →

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In Memory of Chief Harry St. Denis

Posted on November 24, 2018 by South Wind

I am sharing this letter I wrote about the sudden passing of Wolf Lake Algonquin’s Chief, Harry St. Denis, below. Dear Verna Polson and the People of Wolf Lake, A great Algonquin Anishinabe Chief has died. Harry St. Denis talked … Continue reading →

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