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Come Walk in My Moccasins Newsletter
August 2019
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In this Issue:
Books: Berry Picking in the Fall, Nipeho/I wait, A Walk on the Shoreline, Braiding Sweetgrass Our Music: Medicine Songs - Buffy St.Marie Our Words: Words Before All Else Our Stories: Medicine Walk Our Traditions: Sweetgrass Teachings Recipe: Baked Walleye |
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Medicines such as tobacco, sage, cedar and sweetgrass are used as Traditional Medicines by many Indigenous People for various reasons. See www.dancingtoeaglespiritsociety.org/medicines.php for more information.
Personal Reflection Question…
What are some natural medicines/ways that you take care of yourself through your own cultural beliefs and teachings? |
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Berry Picking in the Fall
Infant/Toddler
Follow a family as they go berry picking on a fall day in Nunavut.
This is an Arvaaq Book. Books in this series are intended for infants and very young children and are designed to help children develop physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language skills. (excerpt from Strongnations.com)
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Nipehon / I Wait
Preschool/Kindergarten
A young child, her grandmother and mother are going out to pick wild yarrow. As Grandmother gets ready, the child and her mom wait. Grandmother leads the way to the field of blossoms, where they can finally start to pick … only now they have to wait for Mom!
The simple story, written in Cree and English and accompanied by rich acrylic illustrations, shows the patience, love and humor involved as three generations accommodate one another on a family outing. nipêhon / ᓂᐯᐦᐅᐣ / I Wait was translated by Leona Morin-Neilson, who was the inspiration for the book. (excerpt from Strongnations.com)
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| A Walk on the Shoreline
Primary
Young Nukappia can’t wait to get out to his family campsite on the shoreline. After spending all year in the south with his adoptive parents, Nukappia always looks forward to his summer visits with his birth family. After spending one night in town, Nukappia and his uncle Angu begin the long walk down the shore to the family summer campsite, where all of Nukappia’s cousins and aunts and uncles are waiting for him. Along the way, Nukappia learns that the shoreline is not just ice and rocks and water. There is an entire ecosystem of plants and animals that call the shoreline home. From seaweed to clams to char to shore grasses, there is far more to see along the shoreline than Nukappia ever imagined. (excerpt from Strongnations.com)
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| Braiding Sweetgrass
Adult
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert). (excerpt from Strongnations.com) |
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| Medicine Songs
Buffy Sainte-Marie’s 19th album, Medicine Songs, features a mix of new material, such as “You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind),” a collaboration with Tanya Tagaq, and re-recorded older songs, including “Starwalker,” and “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.” The album drew positive reviews, with NOW magazine’s Michael Rancic observing, “Another artist might show signs of disappointment or uncertainty when faced with the notion that not much has changed in half a century, but on Medicine Songs, in the face of the unchanging nature of the oppression she’s expressed through her music, Buffy Sainte-Marie has chosen to be just as determined, unflinching and constant in her own art.” Medicine Songs went on to win the 2018 Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year. (adapted from The Canadian Encyclopedia) |
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The Ohen:ton Kariwatehkwen (Words Before All Else)
"We say the words before all else first because it is important that we set down all our concerns and agenda’s and be of one mind that will honour and celebrate our relationships, not just with one and another but with all the energies in Creation." (2:53 minute video)
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Medicine Walk
Discover plants that are native to the land and learn how people have traditionally used those plants. (2:55 minute video)
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| Sweetgrass Teachings
Spirit Wolf Daniel offers his Sweet Grass teachings and explains why braiding Sweet Grass is important to Indigenous Peoples.
(1:48 minute video) |
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| Baked Walleye
Recipe by Eugen Jeong. Eugene moved to Canada in 2004 to study nutrition at McGill University. Her work life included the Community Kitchen in downtown Thunder Bay where everyone shared knowledge and skills about health and traditional cooking. (Shared from Dietitans of Canada) |
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Indigenous Language Resources |
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First Voices Kids
Interactive online resource for helping children learn words and phrases in 50 different Indigenous languages on Turtle Island!
Mohawk Words and Phrases
Translations in print and audio formats
Michif Language Resource
Translations in audio, video and print formats
Anishnaabemowin - Our Language Our Culture
Ojibwa language booklet
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Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na provides Mohawk language and culture programming at the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory (the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte). They run several programs, including Totáhne (At Grandma's House) for preschool children, Kawenna'ón:we Primary Immersion (K-4) and Shatiwennakará:tats, a year long program for Adults. |
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Morning and Drop-in Programs
Kawenna'on:we Primary Immersion, Tyendinaga |
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Aanii.org Resource website for anishinaabe culture, history and language |
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| Beauty in Movement: An Indigenous Guide to Physical Activity Pamphlet about the importance of physical activity and ideas to get children moving
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| Gathering Communities Making Connections A list of resources and services for people of Indigenous
Ancestry, and for those who work with them |
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Canoe Kids
A family book for readers of all ages that explores Indigenous cultures through authentic Indigenous voices
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Sources for Indigenous books:
Indigenous Book Lending:
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| Ollin Campfire Drum Circle, Kingston, ON Thursday, August 1 |
| | | Putting a Face on Justice: Doll Workshop, Kingston, ON Tuesday, August 6 |
| | International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Kingston, ON
Thursday, August 8 |
| | Asinabka Festival 2019, Ottawa, ON
Thursday, August 8 - Sunday, August 11 |
| | Kahwá:tsire Journey Together Outdoor Drumming, Elbow Lake, ON
Friday, August 9 |
| | | Tyendinaga Pow Wow, Tyendinaga, ON Saturday, August 10 & Sunday, August 11 |
| | | Indigenous Cultural Workshops, Kingston, ON Sunday, August 18 |
| | | Silver Lake Pow Wow, Silver Lake, ON Saturday, August 24 & Sunday, August 25 |
| | Cultural Awareness Training, Peterborough, ON Tuesday, August 27 |
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Help us become more inclusive of the many First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples among our readership. Share an Indigenous recipe, song, or traditional art through Come Walk in My Moccasins. Contact aflccanada@gmail.com if you are interested in becoming a guest contributor.
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