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| Aboriginal Family Literacy Circle Newsletter
June, 2014
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| | | Medicine Wheel | Seven Grandfather Teachings | Featured Book | New Words
Medicine Wheel Food & Recipes | Thirteen Moons | Events Calendar | Resources
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| Come Walk in My Moccasins
Come Walk in My Moccasins is a pilot project created by the Aboriginal Family Literacy Circle and sponsored by HPE CYSN.
Each month, we invite you to discover:
- Information about Aboriginal culture
- Programming ideas to use with young children in your home or early learning program
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| | | | Medicine Wheel Teachings:
This ancient symbol, used by most First Nations people, teaches us that all things in life are equal and balanced.
Each month you will discover the relationship of one direction to the Seven Grandfather Teachings, a sacred animal, element, plant medicine and more. Discover how these teachings can be used personally and professionally.
The directions include East, South, West, and North as well as Sky, Earth, and the Centre.
We began our introduction of the Medicine Wheel with a focus on its Centre, followed by North and East, and then South. This month we turn to the direction of West.
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I Like Who I Am
by Tara White and Lee Claremont
Read by Sarah Brown
Video Clip
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| Story Extenders: For more stories, activities, word cards and audible translations, see previous newsletters.
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| | Medicine Wheel Food & Recipes
| | Traditional Cycle of Foods and
Accompanying Recipes
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| Food and recipes representing West/Autumn
View PDF
Created for the NACHC by Lindsay Keuning Rutherford and Thalia Ottaviano |
| | | | | Mocc Walk
Wednesdays to June 4 to 25 |
| | Our Dreams Matter Too Wednesday June 11 |
| | | | Indigenous Holistic Approaches to Helping
Friday June 20 |
| | Haudenosaunee Speaker Series
Saturday June 28 |
| | | | | | Seven Grandfather Teachings
| | Respect
The Buffalo has provided sustenance for the people, providing food, clothing, shelter, medicine and art. The Buffalo was used for survival, and every part of the animal was used, to show respect. Respect is all about attitude. It means listening, helping, sharing, caring and honouring. Listen to those around you, elders, parents and even little ones. We all carry a gift and a purpose; everyone comes into our life with a reason, and has something to teach us.Love
Love must be unconditional. When people are at their weakest or without love to give, love is needed most.
Courage
Courage is to face the foe with integrity.
HumilityHumility is to know yourself as a sacred part of Creation. Honesty in facing a situation is to be brave.
Wisdom
To cherish knowledge is to know Wisdom.
Truth
Truth is to know all of these things.
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| | | | | | | Among First Nations, the annual calendar year follows the 13-moon lunar cycle. Each moon is named for a natural phenomenon – the activity of a seasonally active animal, an important cultural practice or belief, or a common environmental condition.
The turtle, used to represent these thirteen moons, comes from the Anishinaabe culture in which Mother Earth was put on the turtle's back after the great flood. Each of the thirteen sections of the turtle’s back represents one of the thirteen moons of the year.
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| | | Click on the turtle to discover the name of each moon from January 1st to December 31st. |
| | | Sources for Aboriginal books:
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1178 County Road #8, K7R 3K7, Napanee, Canada | | | | |
