Tag Archives: Indigenous

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 →

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Healing Heartache

Posted on January 11, 2015 by South Wind

As weightless fluffy flakes of snow slowly tumble from the windless sky to form their own distinctive layer on the already snow-covered frozen earth, I find myself in deep meditation of the heart beating in my chest. I marvel at … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Snow?

Posted on January 3, 2015 by South Wind

Where’s the snow? What effect would a snowless winter have on the plants, birds and animals of our territory? My beekeeper friend also farms garlic. The crop won’t do well if snow doesn’t come soon, he tells me. Garlic needs … Continue reading →

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Zero Tolerance on Racism

Posted on December 14, 2014 by South Wind

An incident occurred recently which left me feeling sick at heart. I was at an event, there to offer words of encouragement and acknowledgement for people being honoured for their good work and as well to offer words of prayer, … Continue reading →

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The Sweet Traits Of Our Teenage Girls

Posted on October 2, 2013 by South Wind

The Sweet Traits Of Our Teenage Girls dedicated to Maisy and Shannon (who disappeared in 2008) A pearl, a girl A wind that whirls Talk of love, of a dove Of God up above Teddy bears, country fairs Doing things … Continue reading →

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Racism stinks; can’t you smell it?

Posted on September 6, 2013 by South Wind

The following is my opinion about the controversy that has erupted because Ian Campeau (of A Tribe Called Red) made a completely reasonable request that the Nepean Redskins change their racist name. I speak for no one else but myself. … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Job Thieves

Posted on July 14, 2013 by South Wind

It is dawn at my camp and I have just returned from a short walk. The dew was hardly present on the grasses and the low laying plants of the forest trail, for it is an overcast sky above my … Continue reading →

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Assimilation? Never!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by South Wind

At a time of spiritual meditation I am sometimes drawn To point my face towards the sun My eyes tightly shut Still, through closed eyes I see all the colours Of a magnificent sunrise before me Like the fire within … Continue reading →

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Poetry

Posted on March 24, 2013 by South Wind

My ancestors were natural poets. When it came to describing their special relationship with the land through words born in their hearts and carried to the light by spirit, they had no equals anywhere else on this planet. “The sap … Continue reading →

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Humility – Curbing Violence Against Women

Posted on February 12, 2013 by South Wind

Humility – is it not the greatest of our grandfather teachings? It is impossible to claim to be surrounding oneself with the grandness of any of the other teachings without placing humility in the front, centre and back of all … Continue reading →

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