Category Archives: Community

In Defence of Indigenous Spiritual Beliefs

Posted on October 26, 2018 by South Wind

UPDATE: The person involved spoke with me in person, and so I have decided to remove her name from this post. Thank you also for the support I have received, it warms my heart. **** Just got back home (Kitigan Zibi) … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Spirituality | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Indigenous, Kichi Sipi, Ottawa, spirituality, unceded, Windmill Development Group, Zibi | 3 Comments

Thanksgiving 2018

Posted on October 8, 2018 by South Wind

Kwey Dear Readers, Just a couple of things. I’ll be at Iskotew Lodge on October 11. Also, I humbly request that you do your best to attend the panel discussion Reconciliation: Re-Membering Creator’s First Sacred Pipe on October 27th. See the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Nature, Spirituality | 4 Comments

In the Dream: Strawberry Teachings

Posted on September 10, 2018 by South Wind

In the dream, I find myself standing alone, in a field of tall grass, close to a rough, jagged wall made of spruce, white birch and maple trees. I say to them, “Soon, I will come to you to commence … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Algonquin, Anishinabe, faith, kitigan zibi, Strawberry, teachings, transition | Leave a comment

Reflections On The Spirituality Is Unity Walk

Posted on June 26, 2018 by South Wind

Over 200 good and compassionate people walked in spiritual solidarity with Jane Chartrand (Algonquin, Pikwakanagan) and I, Albert Dumont (Algonquin, Kitigan Zibi), on Friday, June 22, 2018. The walk was a special event. I truly believe that the blossoms of … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Spirituality | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, dream, DreamCorp, faith, Faith Is Peace, GoFundMe, Great River, Justin Trudeau, Kichi Sipi, Lebreton Flats, OMB, Ottawa, Ottawa River, Petition, Reconciliation, sacred land, sacred waters, spirituality, unceded, UNDRIP, Victoria Island, Windmill Development Group, Zibi | 5 Comments

Indigenous Spirituality: Let Us Rejoice That It Is Still Here

Posted on June 18, 2018 by South Wind

The small Christian church at Kitigan Zibi (Algonquin unceded territory, QC) is the pride of many residents of this Anishinabeg community, 135 km north of Ottawa on Highway 105. Many a wedding and baptism ceremony have occurred there over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, DreamCorp, faith, Faith Is Peace, GoFundMe, Great River, Justin Trudeau, Kichi Sipi, Lebreton Flats, OMB, Ottawa, Ottawa River, Petition, Reconciliation, sacred land, sacred waters, spirituality, unceded, UNDRIP, Victoria Island, Windmill Development Group, Zibi | 3 Comments

Tina Fontaine and Colton Boushie – They Still Walk Our Streets

Posted on March 12, 2018 by South Wind

I recently helped out at a trauma recovery workshop in Maniwaki, QC facilitated by Dennis Windigo. The Anishinabe (the First People) participating in the program had wisely recognized that a healing and caring hand in the form of the workshop … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Spirituality | Tagged Algonquin, Anishinabe, Colton Boushie, First Nations, injustice, Tina Fontaine, trauma, youth | 2 Comments

Announcement: Spirituality is Unity Walk, June 22

Posted on January 29, 2018 by South Wind

Dear Friends of Akikodjiwan, With hopeful hearts, we ask that you join us on another peaceful walk in support of faith and spirituality. The bloodline, the sacred circle of life, yours and ours, calls on us to walk together in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Spirituality | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, DreamCorp, faith, Faith Is Peace, GoFundMe, Great River, Justin Trudeau, Kichi Sipi, Lebreton Flats, OMB, Ottawa, Ottawa River, Petition, Reconciliation, sacred land, sacred waters, spirituality, unceded, UNDRIP, Victoria Island, Windmill Development Group, Zibi | 3 Comments

An Acre of Time: Algonquin Presence in Ottawa

Posted on January 23, 2018 by South Wind

Over 20 years ago, Phil Jenkins wrote An Acre of Time. He extensively researched the history of the Lebreton Flats in Ottawa, near Akikodjiwan (Chaudière). Below is a quote from the book regarding the continued presence of the Algonquin Anishinabe people … Continue reading →

Posted in Community | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, Kichi Sipi, Lebreton Flats, Ottawa, Phil Jenkins | Leave a comment

Traditional Land, Creator’s Greatest Gift

Posted on January 8, 2018 by South Wind

Each and every Indigenous Nation of Turtle Island was blessed with land and water, set aside especially for them, by Creator. All people of the Indigenous Nations are physically and spiritually aware of where their own “traditional” lands are found. … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Spirituality | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, Iroquois, Kichi Sipi, Mohawk, Ottawa, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa River, sacred land, sacred waters, spirituality, unceded, Victoria Island | 4 Comments

Algonquin Land, Always and Forever, Ours to Defend

Posted on January 2, 2018 by South Wind

He is a burly, desperate man, the product of settler stock who self-identifies as having both Algonquin and Mohawk blood, yet offers no proof that this is true. No Indigenous community recognizes him as a friend or ally. No Indigenous … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More | Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, Iroquois, Kichi Sipi, Mohawk, Ottawa, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa River, sacred land, sacred waters, spirituality, unceded, Victoria Island | 25 Comments