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Tag Archives: Algonquin
Memories
There are memories that haunt me, I see them in my distant past and wish they had never occurred. I Wish I Could ForgetI recall that as an innocent 6-year-old boy, hearing white people shout, “Go back to where you … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Spirituality
Tagged Albert Dumont, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Indigenous, Memories, racism
1 Comment
A Request to the Freezing Moon
A fire was lit, bringing spiritual warmth and physical comfort to the people standing close to its welcoming flame. Tobacco from an honourable hand was offered to its coals and the fire, at that time, became sacred. The spirits of … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Spirituality
Tagged Algonquin, Anishinabe, ceremony, circle, freezing moon, friends, kitigan zibi, Ottawa, safety, snow
4 Comments
A Hawk Comes to Feast
In Ottawa on December 7, after helping out with some union work, I slowly and solemnly made my way to North River Road park to put some tobacco down beside a white birch tree. I did so to shed some … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Spirituality
Tagged Akikodjiwan, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, ceremony, Chaudière Falls, circle, Feather, hawk, Victoria Island
10 Comments
Autumn Teachings
Of the four seasons, autumn is the one you should closely examine if you wish to discover soul searching teachings, most of which touch on the emotional health of human beings. Beauty and grandness are at the forefront of the … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Spirituality
Tagged Algonquin, Anishinabe, Autumn, Fall, Ottawa, teachings
3 Comments
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
Posted in Community, Idle No More, Spirituality
Tagged Algonquin, Anglican Church, Anishinabe, apology, Indigenous, spirituality
2 Comments
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
Posted in Community, Idle No More
Tagged Algonquin, Anishinabe, Canada, colonization, Grand Chief, Ottawa, Parliament, protest, Verna Polson, wigwam
3 Comments
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
Posted in Community, Idle No More
Tagged #MMIWG, Akikodjiwan, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Beothuk, colonization, genocide, Indigenous, Kichi Sipi, parole, racism, Residential Schools, spirituality, unceded
7 Comments
The Massacre of Muslims in New Zealand
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
Posted in Community, Spirituality
Tagged Algonquin, Anishinabe, faith, hatred, massacre, mosque, muslim, New Zealand, pine, pray
1 Comment
Akikodjiwan: A Poem
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
Posted in Community, Spirituality
Tagged Akikodjiwan, Albert Island, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Chaudière Falls, Chaudière Island, condos, dream, DreamCorp, faith, 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
The Spiritual Caress of the Winter Season
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
Posted in Community, Spirituality
Tagged Albert Dumont, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Indigenous, spirituality, Winter
6 Comments