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Tag Archives: Indigenous
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
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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
Posted in Community, Idle No More, Spirituality
Tagged Algonquin, Anglican Church, Anishinabe, apology, Indigenous, spirituality
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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
Posted in Community, Idle No More
Tagged #MMIWG, Akikodjiwan, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Asinabka, Beothuk, colonization, genocide, Indigenous, Kichi Sipi, parole, racism, Residential Schools, spirituality, unceded
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Spring
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
Posted in Community, Spirituality
Tagged cedar, Fast, Forest, gratitude, Indigenous, Spring, water
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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
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Tagged Albert Dumont, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Indigenous, spirituality, Winter
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Book Launch: Sitting by the Rapids
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
Posted in Community, Spirituality
Tagged Albert Dumont, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Christ Church Cathedral, Indigenous, Kegedonce Press, poetry
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In Memory of Chief Harry St. Denis
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
Posted in Community
Tagged Akikodjiwan, Algonquin, Anishinabe, Chaudière Falls, Chief Harry St. Denis, Indigenous, unceded, Wolf Lake
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In Defence of Indigenous Spiritual Beliefs
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
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J.B., The Cat Who Thinks He’s A Dog
A friend of mine lives in an old farm house on the outskirts of the city. A cat (I’m almost 100% certain it’s a cat) lives with him. The cat’s fur is the colour of a freshly shined black shoe, … Continue reading
My Feelings on Joseph Boyden
Twenty-five summers ago at Lebreton Flats, I stood in circle with 70 good people at 5:15 a.m. to welcome the rising sun with offerings of heartberries and tobacco. At least 35 of the sunrise ceremony’s participants were white folk. This … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Idle No More, Spirituality
Tagged Aboriginal, Community, cons, Indigenous, indigenous rights, Joseph Boyden, liars, self identify
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