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Category Archives: Idle No More
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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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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Verna Polson, Grand Chief Extraordinaire
There are many reasons why a woman like Verna Polson was elected by Algonquin leaders to be the Grand Chief of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation. Verna possesses all the major characteristics which define the perfect Chief. She is strong willed, … Continue reading
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Tagged Algonquin, Anishinabe, Canada, colonization, Grand Chief, Ottawa, Parliament, protest, Verna Polson, wigwam
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Announcement: Grand Chief Polson Hunger Strike
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!
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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Tagged #MMIWG, Akikodjiwan, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Beothuk, colonization, genocide, Indigenous, Kichi Sipi, parole, racism, Residential Schools, spirituality, unceded
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Reflections On The Spirituality Is Unity Walk
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
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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
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Indigenous Spirituality: Let Us Rejoice That It Is Still Here
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
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Announcement: Spirituality is Unity Walk, June 22
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
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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
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Traditional Land, Creator’s Greatest Gift
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
Algonquin Land, Always and Forever, Ours to Defend
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