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DreamKEEPERS Citation
Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) said, “We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with...
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DreamKEEPERS, Politicians, Chaudière Falls
I want all of you who took the time to send your most welcomed remarks congratulating me for receiving a citation (DreamKEEPERS Citation for Outstanding Leadership) to know how grateful I am that you...
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Akikodjiwan Lives, Now And Forever: A Call To Action
Is the soft, rich earth under our feet sacred? Indeed it is! So too are the circles of the sky, the sun and moon, also the wind our children take into their lungs and the waters which flow before a...
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Contaminated Soil Around Chaudière and Albert Islands
I vaguely recall a Fifth Estate (CBC) exposé (I think back in the 50’s) which related how First Nations workers, hired by a corporation to work with asbestos, became deathly ill a few years later....
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Indigenous Spirituality is Precious: Faith Leaders Unite
Well dear readers, we’re on again for another peaceful walk. Let us walk in unity, as friends and believers of faith who care deeply about the spiritual and physical health of water and of all else...
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Come Into The Circle: Comment By Maureen Stark
Dear Readers, I urge you to read, delight and share widely, a comment made on one of my blog posts by Maureen Stark. Her words are profound and truly from the heart and mind of a human being who...
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Faith Is Peace: Walk To Save Akikodjiwan (June 23, 2017)
A special moment in my life took place this past Friday, when Algonquin elders took part in the ‘Faith is Peace’ walk (Victoria Island to Parliament Hill). What made this walk so profoundly joyful and...
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Funding the “Faith is Peace” Walk
Dear Readers, Faith Leaders and Big Drum, 23 June 2017. Photo credit: Dr. Peter Stockdale The “Faith is Peace” walk was for me “prayer in motion.” I think we can all agree on that! Each step taken,...
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Awesome news! The request I made for help in paying off costs incurred from the immensely successful June 23rd ‘Faith is Peace’ walk has now been surpassed. Thank you so very much for your generosity...
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Lights and Glitz at Akikodjiwan
The circus has come to town! An experience not known for a hundred years with a “rock concert” feel to it, according to an organizer interviewed by CBC this Friday morning (October 6th). Lights, glitz,...
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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...
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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...
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An Acre of Time: Algonquin Presence in Ottawa
Over 20 years ago, Phil Jenkins wrote An Acre of Time. He extensively researched the history of the Lebreton Flats in Ottawa, near Akikodjiwan (Chaudière). Below is a quote from the book regarding the...
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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...
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Tina Fontaine and Colton Boushie – They Still Walk Our Streets
I recently helped out at a trauma recovery workshop in Maniwaki, QC facilitated by Dennis Windigo. The Anishinabe (the First People) participating in the program had wisely recognized that a healing...
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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...
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Reflections On The Spirituality Is Unity Walk
Spirituality is Unity Walk reaches Parliament Hill.Photo: Dr. Peter Stockdale Over 200 good and compassionate people walked in spiritual solidarity with Jane Chartrand (Algonquin, Pikwakanagan) and I,...
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In the Dream: Strawberry Teachings
In the dream, I find myself standing alone, in a field of tall grass, close to a rough, jagged wall made of spruce, white birch and maple trees. I say to them, “Soon, I will come to you to commence my...
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Thanksgiving 2018
Kwey Dear Readers, Just a couple of things. I’ll be at Iskotew Lodge on October 11. Also, I humbly request that you do your best to attend the panel discussion Reconciliation: Re-Membering Creator’s...
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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...
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