Category Archives: Idle No More

Albert wrote a series of posts about Idle No More.

Press Release: Protest Calls For End To Inhumane Treatment Of Mentally-Ill First Nations Woman

Posted on February 9, 2016 by admin

For Immediate Release – 9 February 2016, Ottawa, Canada Protest Calls For End To Inhumane Treatment Of Mentally-Ill First Nations Woman What: Rally for Marlene Carter: End the Use of Seclusion! Where: Brockville Mental Health Centre, 1831 Oxford Ave, Brockville, … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Spirituality | Tagged Aboriginal, Anishinabe, Brockville, Cree, human rights, Indigenous, inmate, isolation, justice, Marlene Carter, mental health, Onion Lake Cree First Nation, rally, seclusion, solitary confinement | 7 Comments

Stand Up For Marlene Carter

Posted on February 4, 2016 by South Wind

What a miserable season it must be in the life of a human being to have to sit, through the use of force, hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month in the same spot with … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Nature, Spirituality | Tagged Aboriginal, Anishinabe, Brockville, Cree, human rights, Indigenous, inmate, isolation, justice, Marlene Carter, mental health, Onion Lake Cree First Nation, rally, seclusion, solitary confinement | 1 Comment

A Call for Action: Rally for Marlene Carter on 11 February

Posted on January 28, 2016 by South Wind

Marlene Carter, a First Nations woman (Cree, Onion Lake, SK) is still being held in seclusion at the Brockville Mental Health Centre Forensic Treatment Unit after being confined there in the autumn of last year. Why is Marlene in seclusion … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More | Tagged Aboriginal, Anishinabe, Brockville, human rights, Indigenous, inmate, isolation, justice, Marlene Carter, mental health, rally, seclusion, solitary confinement | Leave a comment

The Circle, Power and Healing

Posted on November 15, 2015 by South Wind

If you agree it is a good idea, then please come to take your place in the circle next Saturday, November 21st at 10 a.m. The circle will take place in the park across from North River Road and Prince … 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, Windmill Development Group, Zibi | Leave a comment

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 →

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

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

Invitation: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Event at Rideau High School

Posted on May 11, 2015 by South Wind

I hope this post finds you well. After eight extremely busy weeks I was more than worn out. I truly felt like my wings had been clipped and that climbing the sky wasn’t going to happen again for me at … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Idle No More, Spirituality | Tagged Aboriginal, Canada, ceremony, fasting, Marie Wilson, Ottawa, Rideau High School, sacred, tobacco, TRC, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Wawatay Catering | 1 Comment